ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,153, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to GENERAC POWER SYSTEMS INC. (Wis.).
"Thermostat device with improved energy optimization" was invented by Kevin Trinh (Toronto).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device such as a smart thermostat is provided for controlling heating and cooling systems. The device is operable to execute an energy control program to control the heating and a cooling systems based upon different control strategies: a first control strategy that compares the at least one temperature setpoint in the programming schedule to the current measured dry bulb temperature to determine whether to engage or disengage the heating...