ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,654, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Rheem Manufacturing Co. (Atlanta).

"Systems and methods for controlling a heat transfer system" was invented by Robert Oglesbee (Fishers, Ind.), Allen A. Thorn (Hearne, Texas), Stephen Maciulewicz (Montgomery, Ala.) and Christopher M. Puranen (Montgomery, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flame sensing system, a flame sensing unit, and a method for sensing a flame are described. The flame sensing system includes a flame sense probe and a power regulating device. The power regulating device is configured to generate a regulated voltage from an input voltage received from a power source and t...