US Patent Issued to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES on Aug. 4 for "Refrigeration cycle device and refrigerant leakage determination system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,914, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Refrigeration cycle device and refrigerant leakage determination system" was invented by Shu Miura (Osaka, Japan) and Keisuke Nishitani (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioner has a heat source unit and a utilization unit, and includes a refrigerant circuit, a first detector, and a controller. The refrigerant circuit is configured by a compressor, a condenser, an expansion mechanism, and an evaporator being connected by a refrigerant pipe. The first detector detects the temperature or pressure of refrigerant in the refrigerant circui...