ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,852, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC (Stone Mountain, Ga.).

"Refrigeration system with an oil drain conduit and methods of use" was invented by Janakiraman Kuppuswamy (Decatur, Ga.) and Shitong Zha (Snellville, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigeration system includes a low side heat exchanger configured to receive a first portion of a working fluid from a flash tank. The refrigeration system further includes a header positioned downstream of the low side heat exchanger, wherein the header has one or more inlets configured to receive the working fluid from the low side heat exchanger, a ...