ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,999, issued on June 24, was assigned to VIESSMANN CLIMATE SOLUTIONS SE (Allendorf, Germany).

"Burner assembly, method for operating a burner assembly, and wind function" was invented by Sebastian Hack (Marburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method for operating a burner assembly comprising a burner (1) burning an air-fuel mixture. In a step of the method, a target value for an ionization current is specified. The burner (1) is operated in a first operating state at a first specified power level. The ionization current (9) is measured using an ionization electrode (5). The measured ionizati...