ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,031, issued on June 24, was assigned to HISENSE (GUANGDONG) AIR CONDITIONING Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Air conditioner" was invented by Wei Tang (Guangdong, China), Dechuang Yuan (Guangdong, China), Zhiwen Liang (Guangdong, China) and Hongjie Chen (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioner includes a base, a housing, an indoor unit, an outdoor unit and an electrical control assembly. The housing is disposed on the base, and an accommodating space is provided between the housing and the base. The indoor unit is located in the accommodating space. The outdoor unit is located in the accommodating space and a...