ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,660, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Gas furnace and air conditioner having the same" was invented by Janghee Park (Seoul, South Korea), Yongki Jeong (Seoul, South Korea) and Jinwoo Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a gas furnace and an air conditioner having the same. The gas furnace includes: a burner for burning fuel; a manifold providing the fuel to an entry of the burner; a heat exchanger spaced apart from an exit of the burner and providing a passage for combustion gas generated by the burner; an inducer for causing a fluid to flow through the burn...