ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,371, issued on June 24, was assigned to Copeland LP (Sidney, Ohio).

"Systems and methods for assembling liquid desiccant air conditioner panels using flexible alignment features" was invented by Jason Warner (Greenville, Ohio), Douglas P. Pelsor (Plain City, Ohio), Chris Cicenas (Etna, Ohio), Jeffery J. Langhals (Lima, Ohio), Anthony J. Kramer (Osgood, Ohio) and Robert Chilton (Celina, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of assembling a multilayer panel for use in a heat exchanger. An example method includes positioning a frame on a work platform, the frame having two header sections and a middle section, the middle section d...