US Patent Issued to Hitachi on Jan. 27 for "Air sterilization apparatus and air conditioner using same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,234, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Hitachi Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Air sterilization apparatus and air conditioner using same" was invented by Hiroyuki Toyoda (Tokyo), Daisuke Akimaru (Tokyo), Akinori Kawasaki (Tokyo) and Tomoaki Taguchi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an air sterilization apparatus that is excellent in applicability to a rectangular duct and can effectively irradiate dust, bacteria, viruses, and the like in circulating air with ultraviolet light while preventing an increase in blowing resistance. The air sterilization apparatus includes a rectangular frame, an ultraviolet light emitting unit, and...