ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,119, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan) and DAIKIN EUROPE N.V. (Ostend, Belgium).
"Valve unit for a heat-pump system and method for assembling the same" was invented by David Steen (Ostend, Belgium), Kevin Cornelis (Ostend, Belgium) and Arne Degrande (Ostend, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve unit for a heat-pump system, includes: a liquid refrigerant pipe portion; a gas refrigerant pipe portion; a liquid control valve disposed in the liquid refrigerant pipe portion; a gas control valve disposed in the gas refrigerant pipe portion; a casing accommodating the liquid control valve and th...