公开(公告)号：US20190203965A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-04

申请号：US15859573

申请日：2017-12-31

申请人： RCS TECHNOLOGY, LLC

发明人： Thomas Thibault

IPC分类号： F24F11/46 ,  F24F11/64 ,  F24F11/65 ,  F24F11/67 ,  F24D19/10 ,  F24F11/61 ,  G05B13/02

CPC分类号： F24F11/46 ,  F24D19/1084 ,  F24F11/61 ,  F24F11/64 ,  F24F11/65 ,  F24F11/67 ,  F24F2110/10 ,  F24F2110/12 ,  F24F2120/10 ,  F24F2130/10 ,  F24F2221/54 ,  G05B13/026

摘要： Various ways to control the ambient temperature of a room in a structure are described. In one embodiment, a method for intelligently controlling an ambient room temperature in a structure is described, comprising receiving a future outdoor temperature forecast related to a geographic area where the structure is located, and altering a temperature profile for controlling the ambient room temperature based on the future outdoor temperature forecast.

公开(公告)号：US20190049122A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-14

申请号：US15673376

申请日：2017-08-09

申请人： Fire Chief Industries LLC

发明人： Danny N. Haynes

IPC分类号： F24D19/10 ,  F24D5/04 ,  F24H3/06 ,  F24H9/00 ,  F24H9/18 ,  F24H9/20 ,  F23N3/08

CPC分类号： F24D19/1084 ,  F23L1/00 ,  F23L9/02 ,  F23L9/06 ,  F23N3/087 ,  F24B7/025 ,  F24D5/04 ,  F24H3/067 ,  F24H9/0063 ,  F24H9/0073 ,  F24H9/189 ,  F24H9/2092 ,  F24H2230/00

摘要： A furnace including a housing and a firebox in the housing having a combustion chamber. The furnace includes a combustion air delivery system for delivering combustion air to the combustion chamber. The combustion air delivery system includes a manifold mounted outside the combustion chamber and extending vertically along the front face of the combustion chamber from a lower end to an upper end. An air blower is mounted on the manifold. The combustion air delivery system includes a primary combustion air passage for delivering air from the air blower to a primary combustion air outlet at the front face of the combustion chamber. The combustion air delivery system includes a secondary combustion air passage for delivering air to a secondary combustion air outlet positioned inside the combustion chamber adjacent the top face of the combustion chamber.

公开(公告)号：US20180347840A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-06

申请号：US16048008

申请日：2018-07-27

申请人： Honeywell International Inc.

发明人： Jay Nelson ,  David Bures ,  Petr Kasparik ,  Soumitri Kolavennu ,  Roman Konecny ,  Amit Kulkarni ,  Daniel Becvar ,  Martin Adamek ,  Juraj Buno ,  Steven Hoglund ,  Libor Horky ,  Jan Malek ,  Adam Nemcek ,  Martin Skala ,  Tomas Losak ,  Josef Novotny ,  Thomas Gessner ,  Preston Gilmer ,  Ix ,  Hari Thiruvengada ,  Christopher Goh ,  Robert D. Juntunen ,  David Mulhouse ,  Bas Timmers ,  Cary Leen ,  Heidi Finch

IPC分类号： F24F11/30 ,  F24D19/10 ,  G05D23/19 ,  G10L15/22 ,  F24F110/00 ,  F24F130/40 ,  F24F11/58 ,  F24F11/52 ,  G06F3/16 ,  F24F11/56

CPC分类号： F24F11/30 ,  F24D19/1084 ,  F24F11/52 ,  F24F11/56 ,  F24F11/58 ,  F24F2110/00 ,  F24F2130/40 ,  G05D23/1902 ,  G06F3/167 ,  G10L15/22 ,  Y02B10/40

摘要： An HVAC controller may be controlled in response to a natural language audio message that is not recognizable by the HVAC controller as a command, where the natural language audio message is translated into a command recognizable by the HVAC controller. The HVAC controller may be a thermostat including a housing that houses a temperature sensor, a microphone, and a controller. The controller may identify a trigger phrase in an audio stream provided by the microphone. In response to identifying the trigger phrase, the controller initiates processing of the audio stream to identify a command following the trigger phrase and to generate a command understandable by the thermostat that instructs the controller to perform the identified command. The controller then executes the generated command understandable by the thermostat. A user may communicate with the thermostat via the microphone of the thermostat and/or a remote device having a microphone.

公开(公告)号：US20180313566A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-01

申请号：US16027063

申请日：2018-07-03

申请人： Honeywell International Inc.

发明人： Adam Nemcek ,  Tomas Hrebicek ,  Daniel Becvar

IPC分类号： F24F11/62 ,  H04L12/28 ,  F24D19/10 ,  F24F11/30 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G05D23/19 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/30 ,  F24F130/40 ,  F24F110/00 ,  F24F11/56 ,  F24F11/52 ,  F24F11/58 ,  G10L15/08

CPC分类号： F24F11/62 ,  F24D19/1084 ,  F24F11/30 ,  F24F11/52 ,  F24F11/56 ,  F24F11/58 ,  F24F2110/00 ,  F24F2130/40 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G05D23/1905 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/30 ,  G10L2015/088 ,  H04L12/2816

摘要： An HVAC controller may be controlled in response to a natural language audio message that is not recognizable by the HVAC controller as a command, where the natural language audio message is translated into a command recognizable by the HVAC controller. Voice recognition software identifies a trigger phrase included in the natural language audio message and in response the HVAC controller performs an action. In response to identifying a trigger phrase at the HVAC controller, the HVAC controller may establish a single duplex connection with a remote server having a voice interaction module. An end user may then have a continuous dialog with the voice interaction module via the HVAC controller over the established single duplex connection. The voice interaction module may allow for an end user to interrupt the dialog at any time, as desired.

公开(公告)号：US20180292102A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-11

申请号：US16005666

申请日：2018-06-11

申请人： Robert J. Mowris ,  John Walsh

发明人： Robert J. Mowris ,  John Walsh

IPC分类号： F24F11/77 ,  F24F11/46 ,  F04D27/00 ,  F24F11/00 ,  F24D19/10 ,  G05D23/275

CPC分类号： F24F11/77 ,  F04D27/004 ,  F24D19/1084 ,  F24F11/0001 ,  F24F11/46 ,  G05D23/275

摘要： The efficient fan controller includes a microprocessor receiving at least one signal input from thermostat/equipment control terminals to control a fan relay to operate a system fan. The microprocessor monitors a thermostat call for cooling/heating duration and determines a variable fan-off delay based on the cooling/heating cycle duration, and at an end of a cooling/heating cycle energize the fan relay to operate the system fan for the variable fan-off delay. The fan controller avoids false thermostat activation signals and includes a common wire adapter to provide continuous power to a smart communicating thermostat and is configured to evaluate floating, zero, rectified, false positive and active input signals. The fan controller can be embodied on a forced-air-unit control board or thermostat. The fan controller installation methods ensure the system fan/blower operates at high speed for heating and cooling to improve thermal comfort, efficiency and satisfy the thermostat sooner to save energy.

公开(公告)号：US09995498B2

公开(公告)日：2018-06-12

申请号：US14978673

申请日：2015-12-22

申请人： AZBIL CORPORATION

发明人： Kazuya Harayama ,  Mayumi Miura ,  Masato Tanaka

IPC分类号： F24F11/00 ,  F24D19/10

CPC分类号： F24F11/62 ,  F24D19/1084 ,  F24F11/30 ,  F24F11/46 ,  F24F11/52 ,  F24F11/61 ,  F24F11/63 ,  F24F11/83 ,  F24F2110/10 ,  F24F2140/60

摘要： A monitoring apparatus includes an information obtaining unit that obtains, from a target VAV air conditioning system to be monitored, a room temperature and a variable air volume; a room temperature display processing unit that displays, in a form of a graph, the room temperature obtained from the target VAV air conditioning system to be monitored; a controllable range calculating unit that calculates a length of a bar of a bar graph indicating a controllable range on the basis of the variable air volume; and a controllable range display processing unit that displays the bar graph including the bar having the length calculated by the controllable range calculating unit such that the bar graph is overlapped with the room temperature.

公开(公告)号：US20170363326A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-21

申请号：US15623959

申请日：2017-06-15

申请人： Enerco Group, Inc.

发明人： Brian Vandrak ,  Michael Mullins

IPC分类号： F24H9/20 ,  F24H3/00 ,  F24D19/10

CPC分类号： F24H9/2085 ,  F23N1/002 ,  F23N5/242 ,  F23N2041/02 ,  F24D19/1084 ,  F24H1/06 ,  F24H3/006 ,  F24H3/065 ,  Y02E20/342

摘要： One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a portable heater that may be used in an area used for human occupancy, to provide heat to that area. Such a heater can be portable, and comprise an environmental detector that senses ambient air conditions, and may provide data used to shut down the heater in threshold conditions. In one implementation, a portable heater for use in high altitudes can comprise a housing configured for portability, in which a combustion region and a fuel supply component are disposed. The heater can comprise an environmental detector with a flameless sensor configured to detect an ambient level of a constituent of the atmosphere, and generate a signal indicative of the constituent level; and a sensor interface that can control flow of fuel from the fuel supply, based at least upon a signal received from the sensor.

公开(公告)号：US20170356669A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-14

申请号：US15179553

申请日：2016-06-10

申请人： Honeywell International Inc.

发明人： Patrick Gonia ,  Robert D. Juntunen

IPC分类号： F24F11/00 ,  F24D19/10

CPC分类号： F24D19/1084 ,  F24F5/0096 ,  F24F11/30 ,  F24F11/56 ,  F24F11/62 ,  F24F2110/10 ,  F24F2110/12 ,  F24F2110/50 ,  F24F2140/40 ,  F24F2221/34 ,  Y02B10/40

摘要： An HVAC controller may wirelessly communicate with a mobile wireless device that provides a user interface for interacting with the HVAC controller. In some cases, the communication module wirelessly receives a sensed parameter from a remote wireless sensor in a living space of the building and receives a wired input from a return air sensor. A controller may be operatively coupled to the communication module and may control the HVAC system based at least in part on the sensed parameter from the remote wireless sensor when the sensed parameter from the remote wireless sensor is available and, in some cases, control the HVAC system based at least in part on the return air parameter when the sensed parameter from the remote wireless sensor is not available.

公开(公告)号：US09816721B2

公开(公告)日：2017-11-14

申请号：US14296784

申请日：2014-06-05

申请人： Jacob Towsley

发明人： Jacob Towsley

IPC分类号： F24F11/00 ,  F24F3/08 ,  F24D19/10

CPC分类号： F24F11/0012 ,  F24D19/1084 ,  F24D19/1087 ,  F24F3/08 ,  F24F11/0034 ,  F24F11/008 ,  F24F11/30 ,  F24F11/83 ,  F24F11/84 ,  F24F2011/0047 ,  F24F2011/0082 ,  F24F2110/10 ,  F24F2120/10 ,  F24F2140/60

摘要： A system and method that optimizes energy consumption in an HVAC unit by minimizing chiller activity. The system uses a control unit that overrides a thermostat in at least one room to close a cooling valve that leads a fluid input to the room. When multiple cooling valves are closed through the rooms, the consequential return fluid maintains greater cooling capacity and thus, the chiller does not have to operate at full capacity. The control unit individually controls components in the HVAC unit, which were previously controlled by switches on the thermostat. The control unit includes a temperature sensor that monitors an environment, such as the room and a plenum. The control unit also includes a control relay that closes the cooling valve on the HVAC unit when the predetermined temperature of the control unit is above the thermostat temperature set by a room occupant.

公开(公告)号：US09810446B2

公开(公告)日：2017-11-07

申请号：US14682329

申请日：2015-04-09

申请人： Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

发明人： Naoyuki Harada ,  Takamitsu Sasaki

IPC分类号： F24F11/00 ,  F24D19/10 ,  G06Q20/08 ,  G05F1/66 ,  G06Q50/06

CPC分类号： F24F11/0086 ,  F24D19/1084 ,  F24F11/30 ,  F24F11/47 ,  F24F11/59 ,  F24F11/62 ,  F24F11/64 ,  F24F11/65 ,  F24F2110/10 ,  F24F2140/60 ,  G05F1/66 ,  G06Q20/085 ,  G06Q20/145 ,  G06Q50/06 ,  G07F15/003 ,  G07F17/0014

摘要： Time information indicating a necessary amount of time for a room temperature to reach a set temperature, and charges information indicating electricity charges corresponding to an amount of electric power consumed that is necessary for the room temperature to reach the set temperature, are displayed correlated with each of a plurality of running buttons corresponding to each of a plurality of operating modes.