US Patent Issued to Rheem Manufacturing on March 31 for "Drain assembly for heat exchanger system" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,729, issued on March 31, was assigned to Rheem Manufacturing Co. (Atlanta).

"Drain assembly for heat exchanger system" was invented by Ammar K. Sakarwala (Lewisville, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a drain assembly for an AC furnace coil unit. The drain assembly includes a drain pan defining one or more drain channels extending longitudinally therealong, and an arcuate heat shield detachably coupled to the drain pan. The arcuate heat shield extends along a length of the drain pan. The arcuate heat shield is configured to define a cavity between an inner surface thereof and the drain pan, and dis...