US Patent Issued to Carrier Japan on Nov. 3 for "Sterilization unit" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,982, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Carrier Japan Corp. (Tokyo).

"Sterilization unit" was invented by Tetsuro Ozawa (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To Provide a sterilization unit (11) that can safely perform the work of inspecting or replacing an ultraviolet lamp (32). A sterilization unit (11) is provided with: a casing (12), an ultraviolet lamp (32) sterilizing air passing through the casing (12); a control board (65a) for the ultraviolet lamp (32), and an electrical component box (61) provided on one side surface of the casing (12) to house the control board (65a). The electrical component box (61) is provided w...