US Patent Issued to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES on June 23 for "Air conditioner indoor unit and air conditioner" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,170, issued on June 23, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Air conditioner indoor unit and air conditioner" was invented by Hiroyuki Nakano (Osaka, Japan) and Atsushi Yamamoto (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An indoor unit of an air conditioner includes a heat transfer tube and a connection pipe. The connection pipe includes a first connection pipe a liquid pipe and a second connection pipe as a gas pipe. The first connection pipe and the second connection pipe each have a first section and a second section. A contact prevention member is provided in an area where the second section of the first conn...