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Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014

Filed:

Mar. 27, 2007
Applicants:

Wade C. Patterson, Huntsville, AL (US);

Terry G. Phillips, Meridianville, AL (US);

Inventors:

Wade C. Patterson, Huntsville, AL (US);

Terry G. Phillips, Meridianville, AL (US);

Assignee:

A. O. Smith Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F22B 1/28 (2006.01); F24H 9/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24H 9/2014 (2013.01);
Abstract

A water heating system, comprises a tank, a bracket, a heating element, and a controller. The bracket has a hole and a notch. The heating element is mounted on the tank, and the heating element passes through the hole. The controller is inserted into the notch. Further, the controller comprises a relay coupled to the heating element and logic configured to control a state of the relay. The logic resides in a portion of the controller that is inserted into the notch.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Patterson, Wade. (2014). Water heating systems and methods (U.S. Patent No. 8887671). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8887671

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