US Patent Issued to Rheem Manufacturing on March 24 for "Integrated refrigerant charge collector for heat pumps" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,664, issued on March 24, was assigned to Rheem Manufacturing Co. (Atlanta).

"Integrated refrigerant charge collector for heat pumps" was invented by Kevin Mercer (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated refrigerant charge collector for a heat pump system is provided. The charge collector includes an elongated housing, and a divider plate disposed within the elongated housing to define an accumulator compartment and a receiver compartment. A horizontal plane of the divider plate is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the elongated housing. The accumulator compartment is in fluid communication with a reversing valve a...