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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 21, 2012
Applicants:

Gary Lee Sapp, Tyler, TX (US);

Darryl Elliott Denton, Tyler, TX (US);

Jason Thomas Leroy, Tyler, TX (US);

John Bailey, Huntersville, NC (US);

Roy Randall Crawford, Tyler, TX (US);

Inventors:

Gary Lee Sapp, Tyler, TX (US);

Darryl Elliott Denton, Tyler, TX (US);

Jason Thomas LeRoy, Tyler, TX (US);

John Bailey, Huntersville, NC (US);

Roy Randall Crawford, Tyler, TX (US);

Assignee:

Trane International Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 45/00 (2006.01); F28F 9/02 (2006.01); F25B 39/04 (2006.01); F28D 1/053 (2006.01); F25B 40/02 (2006.01); F28D 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 39/04 (2013.01); F28D 1/05391 (2013.01); F25B 40/02 (2013.01); F25B 2339/044 (2013.01); F25B 2500/23 (2013.01); F25B 2500/29 (2013.01); F28D 2021/0068 (2013.01);
Abstract

A heat exchanger has an upper region, a lower region disposed vertically lower than the upper region, and a passive charge management device. The passive charge management device has an internal volume, an upper tube connecting the internal volume to at least one of the upper region and the lower region at a first vertical height, and a lower tube connecting the internal volume to at least one of the upper region and the lower region at a second vertical height that is vertically lower than the first vertical height.


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