ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,506, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Air-conditioning apparatus" was invented by Kota Kurihara (Tokyo) and Shohei Ishimura (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air-conditioner for performing a heating operation includes an indoor unit with an indoor heat exchanger set in an air-conditioning target space. There is an outdoor unit set outside the air-conditioning target space, the outdoor unit including a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, and an outdoor fan to supply outdoor air to the outdoor heat exchanger. Additionally, there is a humidifier to heat and evaporate condensed water in the...