ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,922, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Tokyo).
"Heat source unit" was invented by Naoki Seto (Tokyo) and Yu Tamaki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat source unit includes: a bottom plate having a wave-like shape including a series of alternating ridge and groove portions; and a pair of support legs located at opposite end portions of the bottom plate, between which the ridge and groove portions extend, the pair of support legs being configured to support the opposite end portions. Each of the support legs has a support portion on which an end portion of the bottom plate is placed, and a wall portio...