ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,944, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Rheem Manufacturing Co. (Atlanta).
"Water heating system" was invented by Saman Beyhaghi (Montgomery, Ala.), Atilhan Manay (Roswell, Ga.), Shubham Srivastava (Montgomery, Ala.), Qian Zhang (Montgomery, Ala.) and Tobey Fowler (Montgomery, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water heating system having a tank and one or more heat sources for heating water is provided. The water heating system includes a water outlet for allowing egress of water from the tank and a dip tube for allowing ingress of water into the tank. The dip tube includes a first end for coupling with a water source and a seco...