US Patent Issued to Rheem Manufacturing on Feb. 17 for "Integrated anode for a heat exchanger" (Alabama, North Carolina, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,644, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Rheem Manufacturing Co. (Atlanta).

"Integrated anode for a heat exchanger" was invented by Robert Stuart Glass (Tuscaloosa, Ala.), Terence Sean Doyle (Oak Park, Calif.), Juan Carlos Montanez (Oxnard, Calif.), Owen Lewis Joyce (Cary, N.C.), William Kevin Carpenter (Warrensville, N.C.), Timothy Curtis Simmons Jr. (Charlotte, N.C.) and Alexander Adam Papp (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water heater can include a heat source and a heat exchanger that transfers heat to the water. A header attached to the heat exchanger provides an inlet and an outlet for water to flow into and out o...