ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,012, issued on March 3, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"System and method to avoid mixed air condensation" was invented by Bryan Isaac D'Souza (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioning unit configured to introduce outdoor makeup air to a conditioned space includes sensors to determine the characteristics of the indoor air and the outdoor makeup air. Input from the sensors is used to determine characteristics of a mixed flow of indoor air and outdoor makeup air prior to discharge of the mixed flow to the conditioned space. The air conditioning unit modifies one or more o...