US Patent Issued on Dec. 9 for "Compact, leakless, and power-efficient packaged terminal air conditioner (PTAC) with an evaporating element for the meltwater" (Israeli Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,828, issued on Dec. 9.

"Compact, leakless, and power-efficient packaged terminal air conditioner (PTAC) with an evaporating element for the meltwater" was invented by Yehuda Fulda (Beit Shemesh, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a novel packaged terminal air conditioner (PTAC) system that is compact, leakless, and power-efficient and integrates an evaporating element that heats and evaporates the meltwater collected within a drain pan disposed of in the outdoor portion. The proposed PTAC system includes an air sealing frame configurable within the sleeve of the PTAC system to completely seal off air...