ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,639, issued on March 24, was assigned to GD MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT Co. LTD. (Foshan, China) and HEFEI MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT Co. LTD. (Hefei, China).

"Electric control box, air conditioning outdoor unit, air conditioner and method for assembling electric control box" was invented by Guochun Wang (Foshan, China), An Xu (Foshan, China), Kaiquan Song (Foshan, China), Huadong Luo (Foshan, China), Langshui Huang (Foshan, China), Hongwei Li (Foshan, China) and Yuzhao Luo (Foshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric control box includes a shell, a mounting plate, and a heat exchanger; the mounting...