US Patent Issued to CARRIER on Jan. 27 for "HVAC unit pressure, vacuum and charging apparatus and method" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,251, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"HVAC unit pressure, vacuum and charging apparatus and method" was invented by Sotiri Hovardas (Pittsboro, Ind.) and Adam Finney (Carmel, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A testing and charging system for a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a testing and charging apparatus operably connectible to a refrigerant line of the HVAC system, an inert gas supply operably connected to the testing and charging apparatus, a refrigerant supply operably connected to the testing and charging apparatus, and a controller. The controlle...