US Patent Issued to Rheem Manufacturing on Sept. 16 for "Linearization of airflow through zone dampers of an HVAC system" (Alabama Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,426, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Rheem Manufacturing Co. (Atlanta).

"Linearization of airflow through zone dampers of an HVAC system" was invented by Christopher M. Puranen (Montgomery, Ala.) and Stephen Maciulewicz (Montgomery, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments include systems and methods for linearization of airflow through dampers of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems. In one embodiment, a system may include a fan, a first damper for a first zone of the system, the first damper configured to move from a first position to a second position, and from the second position to a third position; a...