US Patent Issued to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES on Nov. 25 for "Turbo-type fluid machine and refrigeration apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,514, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Turbo-type fluid machine and refrigeration apparatus" was invented by Arihiro Iwata (Osaka, Japan), Kosuke Nishimura (Osaka, Japan), Koichi Tanaka (Osaka, Japan), Daigo Fukuda (Osaka, Japan) and Yuki Kawachiya (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbo-type fluid machine includes a shaft configured to be rotationally driven, a compression mechanism having an impeller, and a coupling portion coupling an end portion of the shaft and the impeller with each other. The coupling portion is provided with a balance adjustment mechanism."

The patent was...