ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,292, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Gree Electric Appliances Inc. of Zhuhai (Guangdong, China).

"Fin structure and heat exchanger" was invented by Wu Xiang (Guangdong, China), Quyang Ma (Guangdong, China), Ge Yu (Guangdong, China), Kai Xia (Guangdong, China), Weixue Lin (Guangdong, China) and Shiqiang Zhang (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a fin tube heat exchanger in which multiple stacked fins are formed into a particular shape so as to make the air flow between the fins smoother and which exhibits excellent heat transfer performance by increasing the ridge lines that are the lines of intersection ...