US Patent Issued to Rheem Manufacturing on Oct. 21 for "Combined space and water heating systems" (Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,139, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Rheem Manufacturing Co. (Atlanta).

"Combined space and water heating systems" was invented by Vishwanath Ardha (Montgomery, Ala.), Atilhan Manay (Roswell, Ga.), Robert L. Long (Fort Smith, Ark.), Harshad Inamdar (Fort Smith, Ark.) and Timothy Shellenberger (Tyrone, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combination domestic hot water and space heating system is disclosed. The system includes two refrigerant circuits, one dedicated to heating potable water in a water storage tank and one dedicated to heating a condenser used to heat a space within a building. A controller sends output signals to v...