Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Valve assembly with integrated flow sensor controller
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Application No.: US16735528Application Date: 2020-01-06
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Publication No.: US11487303B2Publication Date: 2022-11-01
- Inventor: Dinesh Trikha , Homero L. Noboa , Hunter R. Hobgood , Camille M. Aucoin
- Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
- Applicant Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
- Current Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Main IPC: F16K31/02
- IPC: F16K31/02 ; G05D7/01 ; F24F11/63 ; F24F11/74 ; F16K37/00 ; G01F25/10 ; G01F1/00 ; G05D7/06

Abstract:
An actuator of an environmental control system of a building including a motor and a drive device driven by the motor and configured to drive a valve within a range of positions. The actuator includes one or more printed circuit boards including one or more processing circuits configured to obtain a raw measurement data set from transducers and generate a flow signal based on the raw measurement data set. The flow signal indicates a flow rate of a fluid through a conduit. The one or more processing circuits are configured to determine an actuator position setpoint based on a flow rate setpoint and the flow signal and operate the motor to drive the drive device to the actuator position setpoint. The motor, the drive device, and the one or more printed circuit boards are located within a common device chassis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210208611A1 VALVE ASSEMBLY WITH INTEGRATED FLOW SENSOR CONTROLLER Public/Granted day:2021-07-08
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