US Patent Issued to Air Distribution Technologies IP on July 29 for "Air duct damper and installation components" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,270, issued on July 29, was assigned to Air Distribution Technologies IP LLC (Milwaukee).

"Air duct damper and installation components" was invented by Jean H. Scholten (Roswell, Ga.), Aurimas Aniulis (Atlanta) and Damon Bryan Smith (Alto, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow control member includes a body portion configured to be coupled to a damper plate and a plurality of projections extending from a periphery of the body portion. The plurality of projections defining an flow space between adjacent projections. The plurality of projections vary in size along the periphery of the body portion."

The patent was filed on Oct. 7,...