US Patent Issued to DENSO on Sept. 30 for "Air conditioner" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,832, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Air conditioner" was invented by Naito Muto (Kariya, Japan), Yoshiki Katoh (Kariya, Japan), Hiroaki Kawano (Kariya, Japan), Yukihisa Ijuin (Kariya, Japan), Yoshinori Ichishi (Kariya, Japan), Yoshio Hayashi (Kariya, Japan), Junki Hirayama (Kariya, Japan) and Yasuhiro Yokoo (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an air conditioner, a heat medium circuit includes: a first branch part, a first merging part, a second branch part, and a second merging part. A first flow rate adjusting unit is disposed in the heat medium circuit between the first branch part a...