ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,565, issued on June 3, was assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Tokyo).

"Refrigeration cycle device" was invented by Masanori Sato (Tokyo), Takumi Nishiyama (Tokyo) and Kenta Murata (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigeration cycle device includes: a refrigerant circuit which circulates a mixed refrigerant containing at least CF3I and HFO1123, the RC including a compressor, an expansion valve, an indoor heat exchanger, an outdoor heat exchanger and a refrigerant reservoir; an injection pipe having a first end at a first height within the refrigerant reservoir and a second end connected to the compressor; and an injection v...