ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,538, issued on June 3, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Air conditioner and method for controlling same" was invented by Jun Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Taewoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sangwoo Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungjun Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyeongkyu Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea), Youngju Joo (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hyeongjoon Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioner is provided. The air conditioner includes a housing with separate channels, a heat exchanger, two fans, a driver, and a controller. The heat exchanger exchanges heat wit...