US Patent Issued to Rheem Manufacturing on Sept. 8 for "Leak detection systems for a fluid heating device" (Alabama Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,880, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Rheem Manufacturing Co. (Atlanta).

"Leak detection systems for a fluid heating device" was invented by Nathan Oliver Andrew (Auburn, Ala.), Arthur Young Hinton (Pike Road, Ala.), Troy Edward Trant (Montgomery, Ala.), Jason A. Steinbaum (Auburn, Ala.) and Nicholas K. Nicholson (Selma, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed technology includes a leak detection system for a fluid heating device, the leak detection system including: a structure configured to at least partially insert into a portion of a fluid heater; a fluid removing portion of or in contact with the structure, the fluid...