ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,675, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Refrigeration cycle apparatus" was invented by Yuuta Iyoshi (Osaka, Japan), Yoshiki Yamanoi (Osaka, Japan) and Kumiko Saeki (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a primary-side refrigerant circuit in which a first refrigerant circulates and a secondary-side refrigerant circuit in which a second refrigerant circulates. The primary-side refrigerant circuit includes a primary-side compressor, a primary-side flow path of a cascade heat exchanger, a primary-side heat exchanger, and a primary-side switching mechan...