US Patent Issued to TRANE INTERNATIONAL on May 27 for "Layered control panel design to provide separation of high/low voltage" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,280, issued on May 27, was assigned to TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC. (Davidson, N.C.).

"Layered control panel design to provide separation of high/low voltage" was invented by Steven Jones (Franklin, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A layered control panel for a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) unit includes an outer layer on which low-voltage components are placed, and an inner layer on which high-voltage components are placed. The outer layer is capable of taking a closed position where it blocks access to the inner layer, and an open position where the outer layer does not block access to the inner ...