ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,542, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China) and MIDEA GROUP Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Indoor unit of air conditioner, and air conditioner" was invented by Baohua Li (Guangdong, China) and Weidong Zhang (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An indoor unit of an air conditioner and an air conditioner are disclosed. The indoor unit has a housing and an evaporator. The housing has a first air duct, a second air duct, a first air intake port, a first air supply port, a second air intake port, and an adapter air duct assembly. The first air duct communicates with th...