US Patent Issued to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC on Sept. 30 for "Magnetic heat pump and magnetic refrigeration cycle apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,255, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Magnetic heat pump and magnetic refrigeration cycle apparatus" was invented by Atsushi Ogasahara (Tokyo), Shun Tonooka (Tokyo) and Tetsuya Matsuda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic heat pump includes magnetocaloric members, an impeller, deformable members, a casing, an electric motor, and a magnetic field generator. The impeller has accommodation chambers. The deformable members face the accommodation chambers. The casing has an interior space accommodating the magnetocaloric members, the impeller, and the deformable members and allowing a he...