US Patent Issued to Rheem Manufacturing on May 27 for "Overflow sensor assembly in temperature control systems" (Arkansas, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,271, issued on May 27, was assigned to Rheem Manufacturing Co. (Atlanta).

"Overflow sensor assembly in temperature control systems" was invented by Robert L. Long (Fort Smith, Ark.), Kenneth D. Frederick (Fort Smith, Ark.), Kevin M. Ray (Fort Smith, Ark.), Karl S. Tallakson (Greenwood, Ark.) and Sivakumar Gopalnarayanan (Plano, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments include overflow sensor assemblies for water heaters, HVAC systems, and other devices for which temperature control systems may be used. An example overflow sensor assembly for detecting fluid leaks at a device may include a sensor probe configured to be in elec...