US Patent Issued to TRANE INTERNATIONAL on Jan. 28 for "Compressor lubrication supply system and compressor thereof" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,592, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC. (Davidson, N.C.).

"Compressor lubrication supply system and compressor thereof" was invented by Mark W. Harrison (Onalaska, Wis.), Steven J. Pitts (La Crescent, Wis.) and Todd W. Smith (Onalaska, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lubricant supply system is for a compressor that compresses a first working fluid in a heat transfer circuit. The lubricant supply system includes a lubricant tank, a lubricant pathway for supplying lubricant from the lubricant tank to one or more bearings of the compressor, and a lubricant refrigeration system with a lubricant heater and a...