US Patent Issued to Rheem Manufacturing on July 22 for "Fuel/air mixture and combustion apparatus and associated methods for use in a fuel-fired heating apparatus" (Arkansas, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,357, issued on July 22, was assigned to Rheem Manufacturing Co. (Atlanta).

"Fuel/air mixture and combustion apparatus and associated methods for use in a fuel-fired heating apparatus" was invented by Amin Akbarimonfared (Fort Smith, Ark.), Timothy J. Shellenberger (Tyronne, Ga.), Robert Steven Neihouse (Fort Smith, Ark.), Scott Alan Willbanks (Fort Smith, Ark.), Darryl Farley (Fort Smith, Ark.), Nathan Taylor Whalen (Alma, Ark.) and Shawn Allan Reed (Charleston, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel-fired furnace incorporates specially designed fuel/air mixing and combustion structures. The fuel/air mixing structure is of a mixi...