ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,602, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to HANON SYSTEMS (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Manifold refrigerant module" was invented by In Guk Hwang (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang Yong Rhee (Daejeon, South Korea), Sung Je Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hae Jun Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a manifold refrigerant module comprising: a manifold plate having a plurality of refrigerant flow paths formed therein; and a plurality of heat exchangers arranged on the manifold plate, wherein the plurality of heat exchangers are arranged in the left-right direction or the up-down direction."

The paten...