ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,782, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Abnormality determination device, freezing device including this abnormality determination device, and abnormality determination method for compressor" was invented by Kiichirou Satou (Osaka, Japan) and Masataka Nakano (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An abnormality determination device (60) includes a calculator (66) calculating a deviation degree of a compressor (11) from a normal state based on data related to operation of a refrigeration apparatus (1) and a determination unit (62) determining whether the compressor (11) has an abnormality ...