US Patent Issued to Bradford White on July 15 for "Air funnel for a heat pump system of a water heater" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,845, issued on July 15, was assigned to Bradford White Corp. (Ambler, Pa.).

"Air funnel for a heat pump system of a water heater" was invented by Joshua Bultema (Grandville, Mich.), Benjamin De Jager (Ada, Mich.) and Michael Richards (Byron Center, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water heating appliance includes a heat exchanger that draws heat from process air and delivers the heat to a heat exchange media. The heat exchanger has a polygonal cross-section defining a first area. The water heating appliance also includes a blower that delivers the process air through the heat exchanger. The water heating appliance further inclu...