US Patent Issued to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES on July 8 for "Refrigerant apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,481, issued on July 8, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Refrigerant apparatus" was invented by Kazushi Hisayama (Osaka, Japan), Masanori Ukibune (Osaka, Japan), Tetsuya Okamoto (Osaka, Japan), Masao Ohno (Osaka, Japan) and Kebi Chen (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigeration apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit switchable between a first operation of performing a refrigeration cycle in which a first compressor is stopped and a second compressor is driven and a second operation of performing a refrigeration cycle in which the first and second compressors and are driven. The refrigeration app...