ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,658, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to A. O. Smith Corp. (Milwaukee).
"Diffuser for thermal storage tank" was invented by Steven Patrick Smiltneek (Smyrna, Tenn.), Cade Matthew Guest (Mount Juliet, Tenn.), Edward John Karl (Smyrna, Tenn.) and Gregory Allen Russell (Murfreesboro, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diffuser is provided for use in a thermal storage tank. The diffuser includes a fluid inlet to receive a flow of liquid into the diffuser, and a fluid outlet to discharge the flow of liquid out of the diffuser into an internal volume of the thermal storage tank. A flow circuit extends between the fluid inlet and the flu...