ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,163, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan) and DENSO Corp. (Kariya, 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 low-temperature circuit having a chiller and in which a cooling water circulates therethrough; a heat dissipation unit for dissipating heat to an air; a refrigeration circuit in which a refrigerant c...