ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,088, issued on May 26, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).
"Circulation valve and air conditioner" was invented by Peisen Cao (Foshan Guangdong, China), Xing Liu (Foshan Guangdong, China) and Zhiheng Deng (Foshan Guangdong, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circulation valve comprises a flow control assembly and a pressure control assembly, where a containing cavity and a plurality of sub-channels are formed in the flow control assembly, the plurality of sub-channels all communicate with the containing cavity, a slide block is disposed in the containing cavity, the slide block is configured to move in the co...