ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,680, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Outside air treatment device and air conditioning system" was invented by Naotoshi Fujita (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outside air processing device adjusts the temperature and humidity of outside air taken thereinto, and then supplies the adjusted air to a target space. The outside air processing device includes a heating element configured to heat air, a humidifying element configured to humidify air that has passed through the heating element, and a control unit for outside air processing configured to change the temperature of air a...