ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,756, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to BFI Automation Mindermann GmbH (Heiligenhaus, Germany).
"Control unit for detecting a flame in operation using flame monitors suitable for burners and flame monitoring system" was invented by Jens Michael Mindermann (Ratingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Control unit for detecting a flame in operation using flame monitors suitable for burners operated using a fuel, wherein the flame monitor comprises at least one sensor as operating means for detecting the radiation emission from a flame as a visible reaction between fuel and oxidizing oxygen in a combustion region, and an evaluation...