ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,862, issued on May 12, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Hot water supply apparatus" was invented by Yasuhiro Kouno (Osaka, Japan) and Hideho Sakaguchi (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hot water supply apparatus includes: a first channel configured to send water in a medium-temperature layer (M) to a heating section; and a second channel configured to return water heated by the heating section to a tank. The second channel has an outflow port at a lower position than an inflow port of the first channel."
The patent was filed on March 10, 2023, under Application No. 18/181,826.
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