ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,116, issued on April 29, was assigned to JOHNSON CONTROLS LIGHT COMMERCIAL IP GMBH (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Housing for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit" was invented by Elmer Wayne Romero (Oxford, Kan.), Debra S. Yates (Wichita, Kan.), Xianjin Cheng (Andover, Kan.), Stephen C. Szczepanski (Wichita, Kan.) and Cole Brennan Morrow (Derby, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing for a component (e.g., a heat exchanger) of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system is disclosed that includes one or more attachment flanges and/or one or more support flanges that are integrated into t...