US Patent Issued to TRANE INTERNATIONAL on June 3 for "Suction gas heat exchanger control and utilization" (French, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,566, issued on June 3, was assigned to TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC. (Davidson, N.C.).

"Suction gas heat exchanger control and utilization" was invented by Thibaut Gerson (Nancy, France), Raphael Gury (Thaon les Vosges, France), Jon P. Hartfield (La Crosse, Wis.), Laurent Maire Richard (Charmes, France), Patrick Alexandre (Gezoncourt, France), Sebastien Montemont (Charmes, France) and Thierry Choffe (Charmes, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) system includes a suction heat exchanger configured to add heat to working fluid prior to entering the compressor, so as to supp...