ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,642, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Tokyo).
"Outdoor unit of air-conditioning apparatus" was invented by Kimitaka Kadowaki (Tokyo), Akinori Kurachi (Tokyo), Naoto Ishii (Tokyo), Tsukine Matsugami (Tokyo) and Tomoya Kimura (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus, wherein the outdoor unit has a control box and an electrical box accommodated therein, in the control box, devices serving as a controller configured to control refrigeration cycle-related devices are accommodated, and in the electrical box, devices including a thermal relay are accommodated, the de...