ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,766, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to GD Midea Heating & Ventilating Equipment Co. Ltd. (Foshan, China) and Midea Group Co. Ltd. (Foshan, China).

"Air conditioning system" was invented by Zhaohui Li (Foshan, China), Feng Li (Foshan, China), Guochun Wang (Foshan, China) and Yuzhao Luo (Foshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioning system includes an indoor heat exchanger, an outdoor heat exchanger, an economizer, and an electric control box: the economizer is disposed between the indoor heat exchanger and the outdoor heat exchanger; the economizer includes a heat exchange body; the heat exchange body is provided wit...