ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,843, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to EPTA S.P.A. (Milan).

"Vapour compression refrigeration system with rotary pressure exchanger and management method of such a system" was invented by Stefano Trabucchi (Milan), Daniele Mazzola (Milan) and Ignacio Varela Chaparro (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vapour compression refrigeration system has a main refrigerant circuit having a main gas cooler or condenser arranged in a high pressure branch, a first main evaporator arranged in a first low pressure branch, a main compressor fluidically connecting the first low pressure branch to the high pressure branch, and an expansion device c...