US Patent Issued to CARRIER on June 17 for "Electronically commutated motor zero-watt standby power consumption" (Connecticut, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,780, issued on June 17, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Electronically commutated motor zero-watt standby power consumption" was invented by Jonathan Blake (Newington, Conn.), Luis Arnedo (South Glastonbury, Conn.) and Michael S. Smyth (Andrews, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a blower assembly including a blower motor; and an electronically commutated motor (ECM) controller in electrical communication with the blower motor, the ECM controller including: a rectifier electrically connected to an alternating current (AC) input source, the...