ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,774, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Bradford White Corp. (Ambler, Pa.).
"Water heater" was invented by Ryan Patrick Rice (Milwaukee), John Ferdinand Bopp (West Bend, Wis.), John Walter Lesniak II (Brookfield, Wis.) and Anthony Collin Schaeve (Milwaukee).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water heater including a cabinet having an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path disposed between the inlet and the outlet and having a plurality of upper and lower junctions to redirect the flow path. Each lower junction includes a drain port. A flow rate sensor measures the flow rate of the fluid through the flow path, an inlet temperature sensor meas...