ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,699, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Compressor and air conditioner" was invented by Ryosuke Wada (Osaka, Japan), Yuya Sunahara (Osaka, Japan), Koichi Irikawa (Osaka, Japan), Emu Kato (Osaka, Japan) and Haruka Hosogoe (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressor includes a compression mechanism, an injection valve disposed in an injection passage, and an injection pipe to supply refrigerant to the injection passage. The injection valve includes a valve body movable along a first direction, a valve presser disposed closer to the injection pipe than the valve body to restrict moveme...