ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,112, issued on April 29, was assigned to GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China) and MIDEA GROUP Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Middle air duct support member and air conditioner" was invented by Taisheng Liu (Guangdong, China), Zhiqiang Liu (Guangdong, China), Zhiqiang Yang (Guangdong, China) and Zeping Li (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A middle air duct support member and an air conditioner provided. The middle air duct support member has an annular first support portion and an annular second support portion arranged at an axial end of the first support portion. The second support portion and...