US Patent Issued to CARRIER on Aug. 5 for "Alternative near field communication system for HVAC equipment" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,597, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Alternative near field communication system for HVAC equipment" was invented by Ron Kielkowski (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A near field communication device for a heat, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system including: a near field radio antenna configured to detect and transmit near field communication wireless signals, wherein the near field radio antenna is configured to be attached to a housing of an outdoor unit of the HVAC system; a near field transceiver configured to communicate with a mobile device through the near fiel...