ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,378, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to York (Wuxi) Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Co. Ltd. (Wuxi, China) and Tyco Fire & Security GmbH (Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland).

"Evaporator" was invented by Xiuping Su (Wuxi, China) and Yong Wang (Wuxi, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An evaporator includes a housing, a first heat exchange tube set, a second heat exchange tube set, a first side heat exchange tube baffle device, a second side heat exchange tube baffle device, and a redistribution device. The first heat exchange tube set is located above the second heat exchange tube set. The first side heat exchange tube baffle dev...