US Patent Issued to Carrier Japan on June 2 for "Rotary compressor and refrigeration cycle device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,631, issued on June 2, was assigned to Carrier Japan Corp. (Tokyo).

"Rotary compressor and refrigeration cycle device" was invented by Ken Miura (Fuji, Japan), Akira Iuchi (Fuji, Japan) and Napat Mothaneeyachart (Fuji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigeration cycle device of the embodiment includes an indoor unit, a first outdoor unit and a second outdoor unit, and a control unit. The second outdoor unit includes a four-way valve. The four-way valve includes a main valve having a main valve body and a sub-valve having a sub-valve body. The main valve body is movable between a first position and a second position. The sub-v...