US Patent Issued to Mitsubishi Electric on June 17 for "Air conditioning apparatus for railway vehicle" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,695, issued on June 17, was assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Tokyo).

"Air conditioning apparatus for railway vehicle" was invented by Katsuhiro Fujiki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioning apparatus for a railway vehicle includes a compressor to compress a refrigerant, a condenser to condense the compressed refrigerant, an expander to expand the condensed refrigerant, an evaporator to vaporize the expanded refrigerant, and refrigerant piping connecting the compressor, the condenser, the expander, and the evaporator. One of the condenser or the evaporator is an indoor heat exchanger, and the other is an outdo...