ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,476, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to AGC Inc. (Tokyo).
"Working medium and heat cycle system" was invented by Masato Fukushima (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a working medium for heat cycle which has less influence over the ozone layer, which has less influence over global warming and which provides a heat cycle system excellent in the cycle performance (the efficiency and the capacity), and a heat cycle system excellent in the cycle performance (the efficiency and the capacity). A working medium for heat cycle comprising 1,2-difluoroethylene is employed for a heat cycle system (such as a Rankine cycle system, a ...