ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,494, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Rheem Manufacturing Co. (Atlanta).
"Filter systems for room air conditioners" was invented by Marcus Real (San Antonio), Brittany Calderon (San Antonio), Sergio Neaves (San Antonio) and Clayton Koenning (San Antonio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed technology includes a filter having a body that includes one or more notches. The disclosed technology also includes a room air conditioner including a void for receiving the filter. The void can be accessed by an access panel, and the access panel can be located on an outer-face side of the room air conditioner. The room air conditione...