ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,270, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Heat exchanger assembly for an air conditioning appliance" was invented by Richard Michael Phillips (Goshen, Ky.) and Bryan Isaac D'Souza (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchanger assembly for an air conditioner unit includes an indoor heat exchanger positioned within an indoor portion of the air conditioner unit, an outdoor heat exchanger positioned within an outdoor portion of the air conditioner unit, the outdoor heat exchanger comprising an outdoor coil and a plurality of heat exchange fins thermally coupled to th...