US Patent Issued to GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT, MIDEA GROUP WUHAN HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT on Nov. 18 for "Housing and duct-type air conditioner" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,087, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT Co. LTD. (Foshan, China) and MIDEA GROUP WUHAN HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT Co. LTD. (Wuhan, China).

"Housing and duct-type air conditioner" was invented by Ruiqiong Zhong (Foshan, China) and Lin Zhang (Foshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing includes a shell and a clamp plate. An air return opening is provided on one side of the shell. The clamp plate includes a fixation plate and a clamp plate folded edge. Two ends of the fixation plate along a length direction of the fixation plate are connected to two side walls of the air return opening...