ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,439, issued on July 8, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Systems for water heater baffles on recreational vehicles" was invented by Jacob Strader (La Grange, Ky.) and Subbu Thenappan (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water heater appliance for a recreational vehicle includes a tank and a flue disposed within the tank. The flue forms a U-shape that extends to and from an external side of the tank. A gas supply is in fluid communication with the flue. A burner assembly is disposed at an inlet of the flue. A baffle disposed within the flue. The baffle includes a plurality of restrictor...