ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,322, issued on June 30, was assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Tokyo).

"Air conditioning system" was invented by Hiroaki Kotake (Tokyo) and Kazuki Nata (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A direct current power supply generates a power supply voltage being a direct current voltage. A communication circuit is drivable by the power supply voltage generated by the direct current power supply. The communication circuit communicates with another communication circuit with a communication method using a radio frequency signal through a communication line. The communication line is a core wire included in a cable including a shield. T...