ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,385, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to QINGDAO HISENSE HITACHI AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEMS Co. LTD. (Qingdao, China).

"Air conditioner monitoring system and air conditioner" was invented by Huayao Gong (Shandong, China), Weilong Wu (Shandong, China) and Kai Sheng (Shandong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioner monitoring system includes a cloud monitoring platform, a local monitoring platform, and a converter. The converter is configured to collect communication data and includes a first port, a communication assembly, a power supply device, and a second port. The first port is coupled to the local monitoring platfor...