ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,260, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Tyco Fire & Security GmbH (Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland) and Johnson Controls Industries SAS (Carquefou, France).

"Condenser subcooler for a chiller" was invented by Damien Jean Daniel Arnou (La Seguiniere, France), Francois Charles Andre Clunet (La Chapelle-sur-Erdre, France), Paul Eric Le Sausse (Nantes, France) and Laurent Claude Eric Thibaud (Mouzillon, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A condenser includes a shell defining an inner volume configured to receive and discharge a refrigerant, a condensing section disposed within the shell, where the condensing section includes a p...