US Patent Issued to CARRIER on Oct. 20 for "Flexible and adjustable compensator for microchannel indoor units" (Connecticut, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,603, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Flexible and adjustable compensator for microchannel indoor units" was invented by Dhruv Chanakya Hoysall (South Windsor, Conn.) and Thomas Bryant (West Seneca, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compensator for an indoor unit of a reversible heat pump is disclosed. The compensator comprises a conduit of a predefined profile having a first end, and a second end. The first end of the conduit is adapted to be fluidically coupled to a thermal expansion device and a primary header of the indoor unit, such that the conduit remains above a connection poin...