ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,673, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Tokyo).
"Air-conditioning apparatus" was invented by Yuji Motomura (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air-conditioning apparatus includes an indoor unit that cools or heats an air-conditioning target space; an outdoor unit that supplies heating energy or cooling energy to the indoor unit; a refrigerant shut-off unit that shuts off supply of refrigerant to the indoor unit; a refrigerant sensor that detects refrigerant leaking from the indoor unit; a space detector that detects information regarding a volume of a space where the indoor unit is installed; and a con...