US Patent Issued to WATTS REGULATOR on March 17 for "Smart thermostat and a thermostat adapter with integrated safety interlock for installation and diagnostics of an in-floor heating system" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,100, issued on March 17, was assigned to WATTS REGULATOR Co. (North Andover, Mass.).

"Smart thermostat and a thermostat adapter with integrated safety interlock for installation and diagnostics of an in-floor heating system" was invented by Dustin Wade Allcorn (Republic, Mo.), Geoffery Paul Bisson (Coldstream, Canada), Michael William Fraser (Armstrong, Canada), Thomas Jeffery Rudnick (Springfield, Mo.), Serge Seminutin (Vernon, Canada) and Brendan Koch (Coldstream, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adapter device and/or a thermostat device for use during installation and testing of in-floor heating systems. The adapter devic...