ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,643, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Tokyo).

"Refrigerant distribution device" was invented by Yuta Suzuki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerant distribution device includes: first refrigerant pipes connected to refrigerant pipes extending from an outdoor unit; second refrigerant pipes connected to refrigerant pipes extending from indoor units; solenoid valves provided on at least two or more of the second refrigerant pipes; a controller having a first terminal portion to which wires that extend from the solenoid valves and a second terminal portion to which wires extending from the outdoor...