ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,856, issued on May 12, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Air conditioner and method for controlling an air conditioner" was invented by Beomchan Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Sungoh Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Hyeri Park (Seoul, South Korea), Jusu Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyungsoon Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioner and a method for controlling an air conditioner are provided. The air conditioner includes an outdoor unit including a compressor and a heat exchanger; and an indoor unit connected to the outdoor unit through a gas pipe and a liquid pipe and having a heat excha...