ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,200, issued on April 14, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan) and DENSO Corp. (Kariya-city, Japan).

"In-vehicle temperature control system" was invented by Ryo Michikawauchi (Numazu, Japan), Hidefumi Aikawa (Sunto-gun, Japan), Masanari Numata (Kariya, Japan), Yu Ofune (Kariya, Japan), Satoshi Ito (Kariya, Japan), Naoki Kato (Kariya, Japan) and Tatsuhito Matsumoto (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a refrigeration circuit, low-temperature circuit and controller. The refrigeration circuit includes: a tiller for absorbing heat from a colling water to a refrigerant; and a condenser for releasi...