US Patent Issued to TRANE INTERNATIONAL on Dec. 16 for "Prioritizing efficient operation over satisfying an operational demand" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,131, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC. (Davidson, N.C.).

"Prioritizing efficient operation over satisfying an operational demand" was invented by John Hughes (Flint, Texas), Thomas B. Krugler (Jacksonville, Texas), Youssef A. Jaber (Tyler, Texas) and Steven Brooks (Overton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Architectures or techniques are presented that can prioritize operating a consumption device in a manner that is efficient in terms of consumption of a resource over satisfying a specified demand assigned to the consumption device. This re-prioritizing can be performed in response to a price of the res...