ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,923, issued on April 7, was assigned to Tyco Fire & Security GmbH (Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland).
"Leakage detection and mitigation system" was invented by Mason S. DeWald (Wichita, Kan.), Theresa Thy N. Gillette (Wichita, Kan.) and Andrew M. Boyd (Wichita, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerant leak detection system includes a sensor configured to detect a leaked portion of refrigerant external to a closed-loop refrigeration circuit of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system, memory circuitry having instructions stored thereon, and processing circuitry configured to execute the instructions to...