ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,496, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Airmaster A/S (Aars, Denmark).

"Decentralized system for combined fresh air ventilation and recirculation with a heat pump having a vibration-dampened compressor" was invented by Erik Bjorn (Aars, Denmark), Steffen Pedersen (Aars, Denmark) and Ole Valentin Sorensen (Aars, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A decentralized system for providing an optimized environment in a room, the decentralized system includes a balanced ventilation system and a fluid system both arranged in a housing. The decentralized system includes a compressor which is suspended by three or more springs attached to th...