ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,869, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Evoqua Water Technologies LLC (Pittsburgh).

"Hot water cart conditioning system and method" was invented by Michael Gullion (Oakley, Calif.), Joshua Hawley (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Christopher Hall (Fort Meyers, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conditioning system for a filter module is disclosed. The conditioning system may generally include an inlet, a heat exchanger, a magnetically levitated pump, a channel provided to bypass the heat exchanger, a controller, an outlet, and a base. The system may have components lined with corrosion-resistant materials. A method of conditioning a f...