ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,637, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Ultra-low NOx multi-port air staged burner apparatus" was invented by Joshua J. Weaver (Yorktown, Ind.) and Curtis L. Taylor (Paradise Valley, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A burner apparatus and a method of operating the burner apparatus can include a housing and an array maintained by the housing. The burner apparatus can function according to an air staged mode of operation. The array can include a group of low-capacity fuel swirlers and low-capacity air swirlers, wherein individual or groups of the low-capacity fuel swirlers and/or low...