ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,653, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Ultra-low NOx multi-port burner apparatus" was invented by Joshua J. Weaver (Yorktown, Ind.), Curtis Taylor (Paradise Valley, Ariz.) and Christopher S. Eldridge (Muncie, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A burner apparatus and method of operating the burner apparatus include a burner housing, and a group of fuel and air swirlers maintained by the burner housing, with the group of fuel and air swirlers supplied by a common fuel and air source. The fuel and air can be directed to one or more of the fuel and air swirlers at a time. Each fuel and a...