ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,497, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Johnson Controls Light Commercial IP GmbH (Shaffahausen, Switzerland).
"Multi-configuration drain pan assembly" was invented by Amr Maher Aly (Wichita, Kan.), Xianjin Cheng (Andover, Kan.), Elmer Wayne Romero (Oxford, Kan.) and D'Marcus Letrey Garrett (Wichita, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An HVAC system may include a housing having a first wall and a second wall opposite the first wall and an evaporator disposed within a portion of the housing to cool an air flow. The portion of the housing may include an inlet and an outlet to receive and output the air flow. The HVAC system may also i...