US Patent Issued to A. O. Smith on July 14 for "Fluid heating system with combustion trim learning" (Tennessee, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,727, issued on July 14, was assigned to A. O. Smith Corp. (Milwaukee).

"Fluid heating system with combustion trim learning" was invented by Curtis George Gagne (Smyrna, Tenn.), Yonggon Lee (Brookfield, Wis.), Brian Thomas Branecky (Oconomowoc, Wis.), Barry Anthony Collins (Lebanon, Tenn.), Daniel Mitchell (Gallatin, Tenn.) and Mohamed Mehdi Doura (Mt. Juliet, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid heating system including a burner unit is operated based on feedback control loops. The fluid heating system comprises a burner unit configured to heat a fluid, a sensor configured to sense a characteristic of the appliance, and a con...