US Patent Issued to Copeland Comfort Control on July 1 for "Systems and methods for controlling a variable gas valve" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,423, issued on July 1, was assigned to Copeland Comfort Control LP (St. Louis).

"Systems and methods for controlling a variable gas valve" was invented by John F. Broker (Warrenton, Mo.), Ryan Jensen (St. Louis) and Daniel L. Furmanek (Ballwin, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated furnace controller (IFC) for use in a gas-powered heating system includes a modulating gas valve assembly having a modulating gas valve to variably control a flow of gas through the gas valve assembly and a control circuit. The IFC includes a processor, a memory, and a communication interface. The IFC is communicatively coupled to the modulating ...