ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,532, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).
"Accumulator heat exchanger" was invented by Fabien Talhouarn (Franqueville Saint Pierre, France), Benoit Bombard (Franqueville Saint Pierre, France), Mark Hooker (Franqueville Saint Pierre, France) and David Vericel (Franqueville Saint Pierre, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An accumulator heat exchanger comprising an accumulator vessel with an internal volume for accumulation of refrigerant fluid. The accumulator vessel has a first inlet conduit for gaseous refrigerant and a first outlet conduit for superheated gaseous refrigerant; a heat exchan...