ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,190, issued on June 23, was assigned to TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC. (Davidson, N.C.).

"Liquid level control of expansion valves in climate control systems" was invented by Steven J. Pitts (La Crescent, Minn.), Justin D. Piggush (La Crosse, Wis.), Lucas Duffy (La Crosse, Wis.), Lee L. Sibik (Onalaska, Wis.) and Bhavana Depuru Guru (La Crosse, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example method of controlling a component of a climate control system includes discharging a multiphase fluid from a condenser of the climate control system. In addition, the method includes flowing the multiphase fluid though a conduit that is downstream of th...