ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,673, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Refrigeration cycle apparatus and refrigeration cycle method" was invented by Yuki Mori (Tokyo) and Takahiro Nakai (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a refrigeration cycle apparatus, including a compressor to compress a sucked refrigerant, a condenser to condense the refrigerant discharged from the compressor to exchange heat, a receiver to store the refrigerant discharged from the condenser, an evaporator to evaporate the refrigerant discharged from the receiver to exchange heat, an upstream expansion valve provided at a pi...