US Patent Issued to Parker-Hannifin on Dec. 2 for "Bulbless thermostatic expansion valve containing a thermal separation slot" (Missouri Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,014, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Parker-Hannifin Corp. (Cleveland).

"Bulbless thermostatic expansion valve containing a thermal separation slot" was invented by Eric R. Coyle (Chesterfield, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bulbless thermostatic expansion valve includes a valve body having an inlet and an outlet, a suction line that is fluidly isolated from the inlet and the outlet, a valve member movable relative to the valve body for controlling flow of an operating fluid through the valve body, and a power element mounted to the valve body adjacent to the suction line and that senses temperature and pressure of the suction...