US Patent Issued to Honeywell International on July 21 for "System and method for controlling face velocity of a fume hood" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,866, issued on July 21, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"System and method for controlling face velocity of a fume hood" was invented by Wei Hua (Acton, Mass.), James M. Barrette (Ashburnham, Mass.), David R. Boisvert (North Chelmsford, Mass.), Liwen Yu (Acton, Mass.), Robert S. Klamka (Westford, Mass.) and Mason R. Walls (Hudson, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for controlling a face velocity of a fume hood includes one or more sensors that are configured to detect one or more users in front of the fume hood. A controller is configured to determine a desired ventilation airflow rate for ...