ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,261, issued on June 30, was assigned to MAS HVAC INC. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Adaptive economizer section in air handling unit" was invented by Gerald Tyberghein (Minneapolis) and Robert Clarke Story (Saint Augustine, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides several embodiments of an adaptive, modular, energy recovery economizer section for a commercial air handling unit (AHU). The economizer section comprises an energy recovery device, a plurality of dampers, and a plurality of partition walls that allow the AHU to operate in a plurality of modes. Incorporation of the economizer section within the AHU avoid...