ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,380, issued on April 21, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"System and method for operating an air conditioner unit according to a predetermined schedule" was invented by Craig Benjamin Williams (Louisville, Ky.), Justin Haag (Simpsonville, Ky.) and Robert Jules LaFleur (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioning system for conditioning a room includes an air conditioner unit operable in at least one of a normal operating mode or an energy management mode; a plurality of occupancy indication devices; and a controller in operative communication with the air conditioner unit ...