ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,842, issued on April 1, was assigned to Tyco Fire & Security GmbH (Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland).
"Integrated zone control system" was invented by Shaun B. Atchison (Wichita, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A zoning system for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a temperature control device configured to monitor a temperature in a zone of a structure for conditioning by the HVAC system and configured to send a wireless control signal including data based on the temperature, and a damper actuator configured to be associated with the zone and configured to adjust a position of a damper to c...