ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,745, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to HITACHI-JOHNSON CONTROLS AIR CONDITIONING INC. (Tokyo).

"Control device, heat exchange system, and recording medium recording program" was invented by Kyohei Sakai (Tokyo), Mutsumi Morooka (Tokyo) and Aya Kinoshita (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller includes a first storage storing setting information used for operation control of a heat exchange system that exchanges heat between fluid and a heat medium. The controller executes operation control using the setting information. A communicator includes a second storage medium storing setting information used for the operation contro...