ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,393, issued on July 22, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).
"Flash volume system" was invented by Aaron Foran (Cicero, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerant vapor compression system includes a refrigerant circuit having a compressor, a heat rejection heat exchanger, a heat absorption heat exchanger and a main expansion device arranged between the heat rejection heat exchanger and the heat absorption heat exchanger relative to a flow of refrigerant. A secondary expansion device is disposed downstream from the heat rejection heat exchanger and a flash tank assembly is disposed downstream from the heat ...