ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,654, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Tokyo).
"Air conditioner with switches for allowing an inrush current" was invented by Shigeo Umehara (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioner includes an indoor and outdoor units connected by a power supply line, a common line, and a signal line. The indoor unit includes a first switch for connection between the power supply line and the signal line, and the outdoor unit includes: a second switch for connection between the power supply line and the outdoor unit; a smoother; and a third switch to connect the signal line and a resistor when in an off st...