ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,723, issued on March 31, was assigned to Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, Texas).

"HVAC system with wireless damper and zoning control" was invented by Kenneth Scott Carpenter (Rockwall, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a thermostat comprising a processor configured to determine instructions for providing a flow of conditioned air to a first zone of the HVAC system. The HVAC system includes a damper located in a duct associated with the first zone of the HVAC system. The damper includes a moveable plate configured to block the flow of conditioned air through ...