ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,362, issued on May 19, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Method and system to reduce brownout conditions for wall thermostats" was invented by Andrew Poos (Louisville, Ky.), Craig Benjamin Williams (Louisville, Ky.) and Malcolm Jessee (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioning system is provided. The air conditioning system can include an air conditioner unit having a linear transformer and a switching circuit. The linear transformer can include a plurality of primary windings and at least one secondary winding, and the switching circuit can be coupled to the plurality of p...