ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,500, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD (Osaka, Japan) and ATOMIS INC. (Hyogo, Japan).
"Adsorption heat pump" was invented by Kazuhiro Furusho (Osaka, Japan), Akinari Sugiyama (Osaka, Japan), Michiru Kagawa (Osaka, Japan), Daisuke Asari (Kyoto, Japan), Dai Kataoka (Kyoto, Japan) and Kenji Sumida (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for producing spherical activated carbon is complex; therefore, an adsorbent that has an effective adsorption amount larger than or equal to that of spherical activated carbon and that is easily produced is desired. An adsorption heat pump uses, as refrigerant, carbo...