ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,027, issued on June 24, was assigned to Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, Texas).

"HVAC system operated with adaptive discharge air temperature setpoint" was invented by Rakesh Goel (Irving, Texas) and Juan Antonio Contreras Lafaire (Frisco, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An HVAC system includes a blower, a variable-speed compressor, an indoor air temperature sensor that measures an indoor air temperature (IAT) of an enclosed space, and a controller. The controller stores an indoor temperature setpoint and a default discharge air temperature setpoint. The controller receives the IAT. The controller determines that the IAT is ...