US Patent Issued to Flexchanger Technologies on March 4 for "Hybrid residential heater and control system therefor" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,656, issued on March 4, was assigned to Flexchanger Technologies Inc. (Canada).

"Hybrid residential heater and control system therefor" was invented by Walter Wardrop (Vancouver, Canada) and Nicholas Barber (Mission, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid heating system for use with a gas supply and an electricity supply to provide a temperature controlled environment is provided, the hybrid heating system comprising: a hybrid heater, the hybrid heater including a firebox, a gas burner housed in the firebox and providing a first heat source, a variable pressure gas valve in fluid communication with the gas burner, a modulatin...