ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,337, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).

"Air conditioning system for a vehicle" was invented by Yu Hoshino (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioning system for a vehicle includes a grille shutter on a front part of a vehicle and arranged in a front face of an engine compartment where a driving source is installed, the grille shutter being capable of adjusting a volume of outside air to be introduced into the engine compartment. A heat source is in the engine compartment. Circulation piping includes a temperature increase section which goes through the heat source. The ci...