ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,014, issued on June 24, was assigned to Therm Controls Inc. (New York).

"Automated temperature control of heating radiators" was invented by Pepin Gelardi (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Joseph Gonzalez (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Jingwen Zhu (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Jackson Zhao (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Jesse Klein (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Andrew Staniforth (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are disclosed of a radiator temperature control apparatus for controlling the heat output of a radiator. The radiator temperature control apparatus may include an airtight enclosure around the air outlet of the radiator air vent, an adjustable opening in the airtight e...