ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,081, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Air Distribution Technologies IP LLC (Milwaukee).
"Damper for HVAC system" was invented by Cody Christopher Thompson (Overland Park, Kan.), Brian Gerard Bellerive (Louisburg, Kan.), Jeffrey Scott Beneke (Peculiar, Mo.) and Kent Steven Maune (Independence, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A damper assembly includes a frame, a damper blade coupled to the frame and configured to transition between an open position and a closed position, and a latch configured to be secured within the damper assembly via a clip portion of the latch. The latch is configured to deform to facilitate transitioning of...