ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,517, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Refrigeration cycle apparatus" was invented by Nanami Kishida (Tokyo) and Yoji Onaka (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit in which at least a compressor, a condenser, a first pressure reducer, and an evaporator are connected by pipes. The condenser includes a plurality of heat transfer tubes extending in an up-and-down direction, a first header having a tubular outer wall into which first ends of the plurality of heat transfer tubes are inserted, and a partition plate that is provided from a firs...