ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,433, issued on April 15, was assigned to Tyco Fire & Security GmbH (Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland).
"Self-orienting refrigerant sensor systems" was invented by Robert L. Eskew (Kingman, Kan.) and Brian D. Rigg (Douglass, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-orienting sensing system for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a housing having a main body. The housing defines a sensing aperture in a first portion of the main body and a mounting channel in a second portion of the main body. The self-orienting sensing system includes a sensing element retained within the housing. The sensing element...