ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,954, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Oil management for dual compressor modulation" was invented by Lok Sudhir Katikala (Telangana, India), Ashalatha Kapa (Telangana, India) and Ashoka Thimma Reddy (Telangana, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioning system includes a first compressor and a second compressor arranged in parallel with the first compressor. The first compressor is a first type of compressor and the second compressor is a second type of compressor different from the first type of compressor. A valve is arranged upstream from both the first compressor and the...