US Patent Issued to Mitsubishi Electric US on July 7 for "Air conditioner containing drain pan and refrigerant sensor" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,601, issued on July 7, was assigned to Mitsubishi Electric US Inc. (Cypress, Calif.).

"Air conditioner containing drain pan and refrigerant sensor" was invented by Dan Mihai Manole (Suwanee, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioner is provided, comprising: a drain pan including plurality of drain pan walls forming an outer circumference of the drain pan, and a drain pan bottom, connected to each of the plurality of drain pan walls such that the plurality of drain pan walls and the drain pan bottom form a basin capable of collecting liquid; and a refrigerant sensor arranged proximate to a first outer surface of a first dra...