US Patent Issued to Mitsubishi Electric on Sept. 8 for "Relay unit and air-conditioning apparatus including relay unit" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,876, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Tokyo).

"Relay unit and air-conditioning apparatus including relay unit" was invented by Hiroaki Kobata (Tokyo), Hiroki Takahashi (Tokyo), Hiroki Washiyama (Tokyo), Ryosuke Matsui (Tokyo) and Yuji Motomura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A relay unit includes a housing having a lower portion having four side faces each having an outlet; a heat exchanger accommodated in the housing; and a drain pan located below the heat exchanger. At a front face of the lower portion of the housing, a removable sheet metal cover having the outlet is formed. The drain pan include...