ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,695, issued on March 4, was assigned to VAHTERUS OY (Kalanti, Finland).

"Device for use in refrigeration or heat pump system, and refrigeration or heat pump system" was invented by Reima Viinikkala (Lokalahti, Finland), Mauri Kontu (Kalanti, Finland) and Valtteri Haavisto (Rusko, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for use in a refrigeration or heat pump system. A device includes an outer casing which includes a longitudinal cylindrical shell and end plates arranged at both ends of the shell, and at least three units of the refrigeration or heat pump system arranged inside the same common outer casing, which units are sel...