ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,279, issued on July 29, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS LTD. (Tokyo).
"Refrigeration machine" was invented by Taichi Yoshii (Tokyo), Tatsuo Ishiguro (Tokyo), Yoshie Togano (Tokyo), Naoya Miyoshi (Tokyo) and Wenping Wu (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This refrigeration machine comprises a compressor that compresses a refrigerant, a condenser that condenses the refrigerant which has been compressed by the compressor, an expander that expands the refrigerant which has been condensed by the condenser, a liquid film type evaporator that evaporates the refrigerant which has been expanded by the expander, a...