ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,846, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).
"Multi-level oil vaporizer for refrigeration system" was invented by Anthony S. Molavi-Tabrizi (Mooresville, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vaporizer includes an inner shell through which a refrigerant and oil mixture is flowed, and one or more hot gas pathways extending through the inner shell from a hot gas inlet to a hot gas outlet, through which a hot gas is flowed to boil refrigerant in the refrigerant and oil mixture. The inner shell is embedded in an outer shell. The outer shell defines a sump fluidly connected to the inner shell via a sump ...