US Patent Issued to Johnson Controls Light Commercial IP on April 14 for "Drain pan adapter and a drain pan" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,522, issued on April 14, was assigned to Johnson Controls Light Commercial IP GmbH (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Drain pan adapter and a drain pan" was invented by Lingjun Meng (Andover, Kan.), Lanson D. Owen (Maize, Kan.) and Lester D. Sherrow (Wichita, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system may include a heat exchanger to condition an air flow, and conditioning the air flow may generate condensate. The HVAC system may also include a drain pan that collects the condensate and a drain pan adapter coupled between the drain pan and the heat exchanger. The drain pan adapter may in...