ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,201, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Heat exchanger" was invented by Kou Terai (Osaka, Japan) and Yutaka Shibata (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchanger that heats or cools water with a fluid includes: a heat transfer portion that includes fluid flow paths through which a fluid flows, and water flow paths through which water flows and that are adjacent to the fluid flow paths; an upstream portion that forms an upstream space on an upstream side of the water flow paths; and a distributor disposed in the upstream space and that distributes water that flows into the upst...