ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,641, issued on March 24, was assigned to ZHONGSHAN AMITIME ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Zhongshan, China).

"Temperature control system coupled with heat pump water heater" was invented by Fengxi Tong (Foshan, China), Shaohuan Zeng (Meizhou, China), Shuangming Zheng (Foshan, China) and Tao Li (Maoming, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a temperature control system coupled with a heat pump water heater. The temperature control system comprises a heat exchange unit, a heat exchanger, a supply water pipeline, a return water pipeline, a room temperature control apparatus, a heat pump water heater, a buffer water tank and a water pu...