ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,241, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Johnson Controls Light Commercial IP GmbH (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"HVAC system having electrical switch for supplying power to a fan and a compressor" was invented by Robert L. Eskew (Kingman, Kan.), Derrick Madison Guyot (Rose Hill, Kan.), Toan Hai Dinh (Wichita, Kan.) and Zili Shi (Wichita, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes an electrical switch configured to close and enable supply of power to a compressor of the HVAC system based on receipt of an electric current, a first electrical circuit config...