ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,245, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Air Distribution Technologies IP LLC (Milwaukee).
"Damper for HVAC system" was invented by Cody Christopher Thompson (Overland Park, Kan.) and Edward Neal Koop (Grandview, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A damper for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a damper blade, a frame coupled to the damper blade and defining a perimeter of an air flow path through the damper, and a frame member of the frame. The frame member defines a portion of the perimeter of the air flow path and includes a base portion, an upstream end portion, and a downstream end portion. Each...