ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,525, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Rheem Manufacturing Co. (Atlanta).
"Electronic temperature limiting control" was invented by Michael Sutkowski (Indianapolis), Cameron Wright (Indianapolis) and Dean A. Drake (Oklahoma City).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy cutoff apparatus for a water heating system includes a safety cutoff circuit and a presence detection circuit. The safety cutoff circuit receives a temperature signal from a temperature sensor. The temperature signal is indicative of whether a temperature of water in the water heating system within a permissible temperature range. The safety cutoff circuit disables a ...