ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,116, issued on March 17, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Air conditioner" was invented by Daehyoung Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Yongcheol Sa (Seoul, South Korea), Jiyoung Jang (Seoul, South Korea), Chiwoo Song (Seoul, South Korea) and Jisung Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioner is provided that may include an outdoor unit provided with a compressor; a plurality of indoor units connected to the outdoor unit, each having an indoor heat exchanger, and each disposed in a different space; a low pressure pipe that connects the indoor heat exchanger and the compressor and in whi...