ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,568, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Magnetic refrigerator with a plurality of magneto-thermal containers" was invented by Atsushi Ogasahara (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic refrigerator includes: a pipe through which a heat transport medium is transported between a high-temperature end and a low-temperature end through a magneto-thermal container; a pump to transport the heat transport medium through the pipe between the high-temperature end and the low-temperature end; a valve to switch the pipe between an opened state and a closed state; and a controller to control the valve t...