US Patent Issued to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO on Sept. 23 for "Refrigeration cycle apparatus" (Japanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,171, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan) and THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO (Tokyo).

"Refrigeration cycle apparatus" was invented by Eiji Kumakura (Osaka, Japan), Hirofumi Daiguji (Tokyo), Arun Majumdar (Stanford, Calif.), Wei-Lun Hsu (Tokyo) and Jubair Ahmed Shamim (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerant circuit includes a compressor that compresses refrigerant and an expansion mechanism that decompresses refrigerant. The refrigerant circuit configures a vapor compression refrigeration cycle in which the refrigerant circulates. The adsorbent adsorbs and desorbs the refrigerant circulating ...