ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,661, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Cascade unit and refrigeration cycle apparatus" was invented by Kumiko Saeki (Osaka, Japan), Yuta Iyoshi (Osaka, Japan) and Yoshiki Yamanoi (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cascade unit and a refrigeration cycle apparatus are capable of cooling an electric component. The cascade unit of the refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a primary-side refrigerant circuit that includes a primary-side heat exchanger and in which a primary-side refrigerant flows, a secondary-side refrigerant circuit that includes a secondary-side compressor and a utili...