Water heaters with real-time hot water supply determination

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 12000625
APP PUB NO 20220381450A1
SERIAL NO

17817060

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A water heating system can include a water heater having a tank, an inlet line, and an outlet line, where the inlet line provides unheated water to the tank, and where the outlet line draws heated water from the tank. The water heating system can also include multiple sensing devices, where each sensing device of the plurality of sensing devices measures a parameter associated with the tank. The water heating system can further include a controller communicably coupled to the plurality of sensing devices, where the controller determines an amount of heated water in the tank based on measurements made by the plurality of sensing devices.

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RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY1100 ABERNATHY ROAD NE SUITE 1700 ATLANTA GA 30328

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chaudhry, Raheel A Atlanta, US 54 148
Herge, Lydia Atlanta, US 4 11

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