ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,441, issued on July 1, was assigned to TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH (Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland).
"Membrane-contactor-based air conditioner" was invented by Michael J Sweeney (Seattle), Ryan Vetsch (Fort Saskatchewan, Canada), David Patrick Selmser (St Albert, Canada), Andrew Kim Liang Chan (Edmonton, Canada), Philip Thai (Edmonton, Canada) and Nicholas Labonte (Edmonton, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioner includes an air flow path configured to direct an air flow in a direction. The air conditioner also includes an evaporative cooling membrane panel disposed within the air flow path and including a face di...