ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,909, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Trane International Inc. (Davidson, N.C.).

"Auxiliary heat exchanger coil for outdoor side-discharge units" was invented by Ying Shi (Shanghai) and Jeffrey L. Stewart (Whitehouse, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for incorporating an auxiliary heat exchanger into a refrigerant fluid circuit of a side-discharge outdoor unit of a climate control system, and operating the climate control system in combination with the auxiliary heat exchanger. The auxiliary heat exchanger may be configured to reduce refrigerant fluid temperatures a...