ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,262, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SIEMENS SCHWEIZ AG (Zurich, Switzerland).
"Weighted return temperature limitation" was invented by Karl-Heinz Petry (Reichenburg, Switzerland) and Kuno Marbach (Emmenbrucke, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of the present disclosure optimize energy usage of an HVAC system. For example, some embodiments include a method comprising: generating a flow through a heat exchanger; determining a return temperature of fluid having passed through heat exchanger; determining a current flow of the fluid through the heat exchanger; and controlling the flow of the fluid based on...