US Patent Issued on July 14 for "Packaged terminal air conditioner (PTAC) with an integrated energy recovery ventilator (ERV) or heat recovery ventilator (HRV)" (Israeli Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,704, issued on July 14.

"Packaged terminal air conditioner (PTAC) with an integrated energy recovery ventilator (ERV) or heat recovery ventilator (HRV)" was invented by Yehuda Fulda (Beit Shemesh, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a novel packaged terminal air conditioner (PTAC) system with an integrated energy recovery ventilator (ERV) unit or a heat recovery ventilator (HRV) unit. The integration of the ERV/HRV unit within the PTAC ensures lowering the work load of the compressor that would otherwise consume lot of power to cool/heat the room or any living space."

The patent was filed on April ...