ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,685, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Johnson Controls Light Commerical IP GmbH (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).
"Shield for HVAC drain pan" was invented by Stephen C. Szczepanski (Wichita, Kan.), Debra S. Yates (Wichita, Kan.), Elmer Wayne Romero (Oxford, Kan.), Cole Brennan Morrow (Derby, Kan.), Johnny Huang (Wichita, Kan.) and Xianjin Cheng (Andover, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drain pan for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a trough defining a flow path and configured to direct condensate along the flow path, a shield disposed within the trough and having a body extending across the tr...