US Patent Issued to Research Products on July 1 for "Multi-zone environmental control system" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,431, issued on July 1, was assigned to Research Products Corp. (Madison, Wis.).

"Multi-zone environmental control system" was invented by John Bloemer (Sun Prarie, Wis.), Wade Ferkey (Oregon, Wis.) and Prabahara Sundar Baladhandapani (Middleton, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-zone environmental control system such as an HVAC and/or an IAQ control system includes a control module, a primary user interface, and at least one secondary user interface. The control module is configured to control an environmental system and controlled devices, each device associated with a respective zone. The primary user interface is in commu...