ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,877, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Air conditioning unit condensate removal" was invented by Jason Northcut (Louisville, Ky.), Benjamin Beyerle (Louisville, Ky.) and Brice Alan Bowley (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioner unit includes an indoor heat exchanger, an outdoor heat exchanger, and a base pan below the indoor heat exchanger and the outdoor heat exchanger. Methods of operating the air conditioner unit may include, or a controller of the air conditioner unit may be configured for, detecting, with a level sensor, a level of condensate in t...