ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,827, issued on April 22, was assigned to HISENSE AIR CONDITIONING Co. LTD. (Qingdao, China).
"Air conditioner and control apparatus" was invented by Qian Chang (Shandong, China), Jinrui Zhang (Shandong, China) and Shuai Yang (Shandong, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioner includes: an indoor heat exchanger, an outdoor heat exchanger, an expansion valve, an indoor fan, a compressor, a four-way valve, a temperature control assembly, an outdoor assembly, a signal control assembly, and an indoor assembly. The indoor heat exchanger is configured to exchange heat between indoor air and a refrigerant flowing in the indoor ...