ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,123, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Tokyo).

"Outdoor heat exchanger and air conditioner" was invented by Faming Sun (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outdoor heat exchanger includes a plurality of fins, a blower mechanism, a plurality of heat transfer pipes arranged side by side in a vertical direction, and a first flow divider connected to the plurality of heat transfer pipes. The plurality of heat transfer pipes includes a lowermost heat transfer pipe located on a lowermost side and at least one upper heat transfer pipe located above the lowermost heat transfer pipe. The upper heat transfer pip...