ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,316, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to SANHUA (HANGZHOU) MICRO CHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGER Co. LTD. (Zhejiang, China).
"Heat exchange apparatus" was invented by Zhiming Dong (Zhejiang, China), Peng Qin (Zhejiang, China), Jianlong Jiang (Zhejiang, China), Michael Shows (Zhejiang, China) and James Thomas (Zhejiang, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchange apparatus includes a heat exchanger, a refrigerant adjustment component, and a first connecting member. The heat exchanger includes a first pipe, a second pipe, a plurality of heat exchange tubes connecting the first pipe and the second pipe, and an edge plate located on an ou...