US Patent Issued to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES on Feb. 3 for "Composition containing refrigerant, use of same, refrigerator comprising same, and method for operating said refrigerator" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,264, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Composition containing refrigerant, use of same, refrigerator comprising same, and method for operating said refrigerator" was invented by Mitsushi Itano (Osaka, Japan) and Shun Ohkubo (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object is to provide a novel low-GWP mixed refrigerant. Provided as a means for a solution is a composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132(E)), 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (R1234ze), and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propene (R1234yf)."

The patent was filed on Sept. 7, 2023, und...