US Patent Issued on March 31 for "Hydraulic unit" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,731, issued on March 31.

"Hydraulic unit" was invented by Luke Michael Sheppard (Peacehaven, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic unit is for use in a multi zone heating system. The hydraulic unit comprises a variable output pump; a plurality of independently controllable valves, each valve being associated with one heating zone; and at least one temperature sensor. Each heating zone receives a heated water supply from a common heat source via the pump. The heating system includes a controller comprising a processor which receives signals from the at least one temperature sensor which processes the signals in acc...