US Patent Issued to Robert Edward Leake JR. on July 14 for "Systems and methods for a protective device for air conditioner units" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,468, issued on July 14, was assigned to Robert Edward Leake JR. (Salado, Texas).

"Systems and methods for a protective device for air conditioner units" was invented by Robert Edward Leake Jr. (Salado, Texas) and Michael David Splawn (Salado, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective device that includes a thermal fuse and a metal oxide varistor (MOV) fuse positioned in series downstream of a main breaker, wherein a transformer's primary windings are positioned upstream from the MOV fuse and downstream of the thermal fuse."

The patent was filed on Aug. 22, 2024, under Application No. 18/812,634.

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