ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,693, issued on July 14, was assigned to Trane International Inc. (Davidson, N.C.).

"Push/pull furnace and methods related thereto" was invented by Timothy J. Tupa (Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.), Justen William Grubb (Clarksville, Tenn.), Caleb R. Joiner (Clarksville, Tenn.), William James Teising (Nashville, Tenn.), Stephen Kowalski (Clarksville, Tenn.) and Gary L. Wright (Clarksville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example furnaces and methods related thereto include a burner box including at least one burner configured to combust a fuel/air mixture. In addition, the furnace includes a first blower including an inlet nozzle having a...