ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,230, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Liquid deterioration determination device and hydraulic unit" was invented by Hikaru Seike (Osaka, Japan), Hirokazu Nakamura (Osaka, Japan), Mineo Inoue (Osaka, Japan) and Kenji Ayado (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid deterioration determination device includes a light receiver and a determination unit. The light receiver receives detection light transmitted through a liquid or detection light reflected by the liquid. The determination unit determines a degree of deterioration of the liquid. The light receiver outputs first and second ...