ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,766, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electric component unit, and outdoor unit of refrigeration apparatus" was invented by Daiki Hirawa (Osaka, Japan), Katsutoshi Sakurai (Osaka, Japan), Makoto Takayanagi (Osaka, Japan), Taichi Koshiji (Osaka, Japan) and Hiroaki Matsuda (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric component unit in an outdoor unit of a refrigeration apparatus, includes: a first electric component; a first chamber that houses the first electric component; a second electric component; and a second chamber that houses the second electric component. The first chamber...