ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,314, issued on May 27, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Solid-state refrigeration device" was invented by Akio Yoshimoto (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid-state refrigeration device includes a solid-state cooler, first and second heat exchangers, a heat medium circuit, a reciprocating transport mechanism to transport a heat medium of the heat medium circuit, and an operation switching mechanism. The operation switching mechanism is configured to switch between a heating operation and a defrosting operation. In the heating operation, the heat medium heated by the solid-state cooler is caused t...