ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,240, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Johnson Controls Technology Co. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Systems and methods for configuring and communicating with HVAC devices" was invented by Daniel R. Rumler (New Berlin, Wis.), Steven L. Whitsitt (Waukesha, Wis.), Robert K. Alexander (Jackson, Wis.), Christopher Merkl (Milwaukee), Gary A. Romanowich (Slinger, Wis.), Bernard Clement (Mequon, Wis.) and Kevin A. Weiss (Gurnee, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor in a building HVAC system includes a transducer configured to measure a variable in the building HVAC system and to generate a sensor reading indicating a value of the meas...