US Patent Issued to CARRIER on Nov. 3 for "Thermostat" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,990, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Thermostat" was invented by Mark E Cipolla (Chardon, Ohio), Zachariah S Simmering (Mansfield, Ohio) and Jason R Ertel (Twinsburg, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a thermostat that comprises a plurality of pogo pins operatively connected to a plurality of terminal tabs associated with a terminal block assembly of the thermostat. The terminal block assembly is configured in/on a mounting bracket associated with the thermostat, such that a tip of the pogo pins extends at least partially outside from a front side of the mounting brack...