ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,556, issued on April 8, was assigned to GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT Co. LTD. (Foshan, China).

"Panel assembly of ceiling-embedded air conditioner and ceiling-embedded air conditioner having the same" was invented by Chao Lin (Foshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A panel assembly includes a panel frame having one or more air outlets surrounding a reference axis. The one or more air outlets include an adjustable port having a port inner edge close to the reference axis and a port outer edge away from the reference axis. On the reference axis, a projection of the port inner edge is located on a side of a projection of th...