ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,173, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Copeland LP (Sidney, Ohio).
"Multiple-compressor system with oil balance control" was invented by Prashant Rangnath Raskar (Ahmednagar, India), Sunil A. Magadum (Pune, India), Douglas Patrick Pelsor (Plain City, Ohio), Pradeep Chiral (Ahmednagar, India) and Pavan Pralhad Jorwekar (Ahmednagar, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A climate-control system may include first and second compressors and a suction manifold. The first compressor includes a first shell, a first compression mechanism, and a first suction inlet through which working fluid is drawn into the first compressor. The second c...