ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,278, issued on July 29.

"Heat exchanger with horizontally positioned receiver drier" was invented by Marek Gluchowski (Skawina, Poland), Andrzej Jugowicz (Skawina, Poland) and Wojciech Ochala (Skawina, Poland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A condenser includes a first and a second core and a receiver drier, the first and the second cores include a first and a second pair of collectors respectively for heat exchange fluid. At least the first pair of collectors are arranged substantially vertically. The receiver drier includes a tubular casing, an inlet and an outlet port, a desiccant section and a suction tube. The inlet and outlet po...