ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,254, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Air conditioning appliance and make-up air filter tray" was invented by Joseph Robert Tobbe (Louisville, Ky.), Charles D. Robinson III (Louisville, Ky.) and Timothy Scott Shaffer (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A single-package air conditioner unit includes a housing defining an outdoor portion and an indoor portion, an outdoor heat exchanger assembly disposed in the outdoor portion and comprising an outdoor heat exchanger and an outdoor fan, an indoor heat exchanger assembly disposed in the indoor portion and comprising an ...