ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,163, issued on March 25, was assigned to Copeland LP (Sidney, Ohio).
"Climate-control system with thermal storage" was invented by Brian R. Butler (Sidney, Ohio) and Andrew M. Welch (Franklin, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A climate-control system may include a compressor, a thermal storage device, an outdoor heat exchanger, an indoor heat exchanger, a first expansion device, and a second expansion device. The compressor may include an intermediate-pressure inlet, an intermediate-pressure outlet, a discharge outlet, a suction-pressure pocket, and a plurality of compression pockets. The thermal storage device may include a cond...