ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,394, issued on July 22, was assigned to Yiso (Guangdong) Smart Technology Co.Ltd (Foshan, China).

"Automatic refrigerant charging system and method for air conditioners" was invented by Fudang Wei (Foshan, China), Zhicheng Huang (Foshan, China) and Ceyun Tang (Foshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic refrigerant charging system, including a charging device, a to-be-charged air conditioner, and a refrigerant storage tank connected to the air conditioner through the charging device. The refrigerant storage tank is configured for storing the refrigerant. The charging device is configured for controlling the refrigerant ...