ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,363, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC. (Davidson, N.C.).
"Heat pump having a charge management receiver" was invented by Yves Jacques Raimbault (Uxegney, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A receiver assembly for a heat pump system is provided including a first receiver volume and a second receiver volume. The first receiver volume is configured to accommodate an amount of refrigerant based on a difference between a refrigerant charge for cooling operations of the heat pump system and a refrigerant charge for heating operations of the heat pump system. The second receiver volume has a first fluid connecti...