ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,609, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Communication method, refrigeration and air conditioning-related system, and communication node" was invented by Mieharu Tokuda (Osaka, Japan), Yuki Murakami (Osaka, Japan) and Wataru Aoto (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a communication method, a refrigeration and air conditioning-related system, and a communication node.A communication method for communicating information regarding a refrigeration and air conditioning-related unit between a plurality of communication nodes, wherein when transmitting information to a second communi...