US Patent Issued to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES on March 4 for "Solid-state refrigeration apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,662, issued on March 4, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Solid-state refrigeration apparatus" was invented by Akio Yoshimoto (Osaka, Japan), Junichi Teraki (Osaka, Japan) and Michio Moriwaki (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid-state refrigeration apparatus includes a solid cooling structure, first and second heat exchangers, a heating medium circuit, a reciprocating conveying mechanism, and a thermal storage section. The solid cooling portion includes a solid refrigerant substance, an internal channel where the solid refrigerant substance is disposed, and an induction section configured to caus...