US Patent Issued to The Energy Conservatory on April 29 for "Smart fan for building diagnostic testing" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,975, issued on April 29, was assigned to The Energy Conservatory Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Smart fan for building diagnostic testing" was invented by Kris H. Koenig (Minneapolis), Eric Mueller (Minneapolis), Steven B. Rogers (Minneapolis), Clay Hansen (Minneapolis) and Samuel Alan Englund (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Smart fans are described that can be used in any application in which a flow of a fluid, such as air, is required. In two specific applications, one or more of the fans can be used to conduct a blower door test or a duct leakage test. However, the smart fans described herein can be used in other applications." ...