ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,008, issued on June 16, was assigned to VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France).

"Method for controlling a thermal conditioning system" was invented by Bertrand Nicolas (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France) and Mohamed Yahia (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for controlling a thermal conditioning system includes a heat-transfer liquid circuit, a refrigerant circuit having a compressor, a first heat exchanger supplying a first thermal power to a heat-transfer fluid, a first expansion valve, a second heat exchanger supplying a second thermal power to the heat-transfer liquid...