ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,714, issued on March 31, was assigned to QINGDAO HISENSE HITACHI AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEMS Co. LTD. (Qingdao, China).

"Air conditioner indoor unit" was invented by Kun Xu (Qingdao, China), Luhua Yan (Qingdao, China), Zhichao Yuan (Qingdao, China), Yanfang Zhu (Qingdao, China), Hu Li (Qingdao, China), Tao Li (Qingdao, China), Jianjun Meng (Qingdao, China), Bao Qi (Qingdao, China), Xutong Song (Qingdao, China), Yanqiang Huan (Qingdao, China) and Changquan Zhang (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioner indoor unit includes a housing, a panel, a fan assembly, a first air guide assembly, and a first driving assemb...