{"id":10,"date":"2026-10-20T19:14:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T11:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/airconpicks.com\/index.php\/air-conditioner-brands\/midea\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T20:13:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T12:13:39","slug":"midea","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/airconpicks.com\/index.php\/air-conditioner-brands\/midea\/","title":{"rendered":"Midea Air Conditioners"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Midea Air Conditioners<\/h1>\n<p>Midea (\u7f8e\u7684)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brand overview.<\/strong> Midea Group is the world&#8217;s largest air-conditioning manufacturer by volume, headquartered in Foshan, China. It produces window, portable, split, and central systems and supplies many private-label units sold under other brands.<\/p>\n<h3>Patent Analysis<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Total patents (assignee &#8220;Midea Group&#8221;):<\/strong> ~124,922 (displayed \u2014 hits Google Patents&#8217; ~125k cap; true count is higher).<\/li>\n<li><strong>AC-related patents:<\/strong> ~72,972 (matching &#8220;air conditioner&#8221; OR &#8220;air conditioning&#8221;).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Technical focus:<\/strong> strongest in <strong>refrigerant (51,726)<\/strong>, <strong>compressor (16,830)<\/strong>, and <strong>ventilation\/fresh-air (12,620)<\/strong>; moderate in inverter (2,988), heat pump (2,317), smart control (615).<\/li>\n<li><strong>5-year filing trend (priority year):<\/strong> 2021: 5,854 \u2192 2022: 3,571 \u2192 2023: 4,195 \u2192 2024: 4,009 \u2192 2025: 1,051 (2025 incomplete due to publication lag). Peak in 2021, high and stable since.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Representative patents:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>US12196435B2 \u2014 &#8220;Window air conditioner&#8221; (2025)<\/li>\n<li>US11933504B2 \u2014 &#8220;Makeup air packaged terminal air conditioning unit&#8221; (2024)<\/li>\n<li>US11435105B2 \u2014 &#8220;Air conditioner&#8221; (2022)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Source:<\/strong> Google Patents, assignee query <code>assignee:\"Midea Group\"<\/code>, retrieved 2026-10-20.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Amazon Models<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Note: As of 2026-10-20, Midea has almost no AC units listed on Amazon US (its U-Shaped window series was delisted during the 2025 DOE efficiency transition). Only one third-party split unit was found.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Model<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>BTU<\/th>\n<th>Price<\/th>\n<th>Rating<\/th>\n<th>Key specs<\/th>\n<th>Image<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>MSAFN-09CRN1<\/td>\n<td>Split \/ through-wall (1 HP \u2248 9,000 BTU)<\/td>\n<td>~9,000<\/td>\n<td>$319\u2013$424<\/td>\n<td>n\/a (0 reviews)<\/td>\n<td>Third-party listing; specs sparse<\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/airconpicks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hdawpBloQbfdmDa.jpg\" alt=\"air conditioner\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:240px;height:auto;border-radius:8px;box-shadow:0 2px 6px rgba(0,0,0,.12);\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Midea (\u7f8e\u7684) is the world&#8217;s largest AC maker. Patent landscape and Amazon models.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/airconpicks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/airconpicks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/airconpicks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airconpicks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airconpicks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/airconpicks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143,"href":"https:\/\/airconpicks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/143"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airconpicks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/airconpicks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}