ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,989, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Nortek Air Solutions Canada Inc. (Saskatoon, Canada).
"Integrated panel design" was invented by Philip Paul LePoudre (Saskatoon, Canada) and Gaoming Ge (Saskatoon, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conditioning system includes a liquid-to-air energy exchanger (LAEE) having a plurality of energy exchange (EX) circuits. The LAEE includes a single liquid panel, an air channel, and a plurality of membranes. The single liquid panel has a 5 plurality of liquid circuits through each of which a liquid is configured to flow. Each of the plurality of liquid circuits has a plurality of closed liquid c...