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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8100173 | Method of producing incontinence articles in the form of pants A continuous method for producing incontinence articles in the form of pants for receiving body excrements utilizes crotch sections comprising absorbent bodies and having leg cut-outs formed by a first contour cut. Two partial webs are joined to the crotch sections ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7281423 | Characteristics adjusting apparatus of physical quantity sensing device and a thermal type air flow measuring instrument, and associated adjusting method The output characteristics of the sensing device or the control quantity of the sensing element can be adjusted by extracting an adjusting terminal in addition to a power source terminal, a ground terminal, an output terminal and the like outside a housing containin... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281903 | Device for varying the pressure of the fluid delivered by a jet washer Device for varying the delivery pressure of a jet washer comprising a positive-displacement pump operated by a single-phase electric motor powered by alternating current and having a delivery nozzle of predetermined cross-section, and electronic means for controllin... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7271561 | Fan module and control device thereof Fan module and control device thereof. The fan module comprises a plurality of fans and the control device. The control device comprises a temperature sensing circuit, and a driving circuit. The temperature sensing circuit detects an ambient temperature of the fans ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7181919 | System utilizing waste heat of internal combustion engine A waste heat energy recovery system has a refrigerant cycle and a Rankine cycle. When the cycle operation is changed from the refrigerant cycle to the Rankine cycle, an expansion device is started after the pump is started. When the cycle operation is changed from t... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7062950 | Measurement device A measurement device with a cylindrical housing (2), with a sensor element and with an adjustment element (6) made, for example, as a potentiometer, for setting at least one parameter of the measurement device. The measurement device (1) is espe... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7013966 | Vehicle air conditioner with hot-gas heater cycle A vehicle air conditioner selectively switches one of a cooling mode in which an interior heat exchanger of a refrigerant cycle is operated as an evaporator for cooling air, and a hot-gas heating mode in which the interior heat exchanger is operated as a radiator fo... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7003377 | Controlling cooling air intake for air cooled equipment A method and apparatus for supplying cooling air to electronic equipment from ones of at least two sources. A detector detects whether the quality, such as the temperature of the cooling air from a source, is satisfactory and if not shuts the damper to that source a... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6698512 | Vehicle heating and air conditioning system including a dual mode manual temperature selector An improved vehicle heating and air conditioning system includes a driver-manipulated temperature selector that is physically coupled to a discharge temperature control mechanism. The selector is operable in a normal mode in which movement of the selector... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6591622 | Automatic temperature control A method and device (18) to control the temperature T in a refrigerator or freezer cabinet (10), which keep a set temperature in a space (12) in the cabinet. The space is refrigerated by an element (14) of an intermittently operating refrigerating machine... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6304803 | HVAC control system for an automobile A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system for a vehicle including a front HVAC control system that communicates with a rear HVAC control system. The rear HVAC control system includes a control panel having mode, temperature, and blower speed con... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6155341 | Continuous fan adjustment method A method for adjusting the continuous speed of the blower of a heating and/or cooling system of the type including a thermostat having a mode selector switch which has at least one heating position, a cooling position, and an off position, a fan switch ha... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5984004 | Method and an arrangement for cooling or heating a machine casing For cooling and/or heating a machine casing, a method and an arrangement is disclosed in which the machine casing is provided with cooling channels in which pipes are received. Between the pipes and the walls of the cooling channels, a cavity remains thro... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5937942 | Electronic programmable thermostat with temporary reset An electronic programmable thermostat having a program set made up of a plurality of program start times and program temperature values for a daily time period which can be automatically vacated upon initiation by the thermostat user. The user may initiat... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5720179 | Methods and apparatus for controlling the temperatures of a plurality of rooms The temperatures of a plurality of rooms are controlled by a refrigerant cycle which enables a user to select desired room temperatures and one of the following operating modes: (i) supplying hot refrigerant to the indoor heat exchangers of all rooms, (ii... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5699857 | Vehicle climate control multiplex system An automotive heater, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) control system reduces overall system cost and improves system reliability by reducing the number of wire interconnects between the climate control head and the multifunction body control modul... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5460221 | Fan coil thermostat with circuitry to assure minimum power for relay pull-in A thermostat capable of accommodating primary and secondary loads is taught. Preferably a hydronic valve actuator is the primary load and a fan coil of variable speed is the secondary load. Temperature sensing is electronic and both heating and cooling as... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5311451 | Reconfigurable controller for monitoring and controlling environmental conditions A highly distributed direct digital process control system for use in controlling a fully distributed process includes at least one device controller independently monitoring and controlling a plurality of external devices for performing a complete proces... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5277244 | Relay contact monitoring system A switching system for switching on and off heating and air conditioning units in an environmental control system. The switching system includes a thermostat and a relay conductively coupled to the thermostat. The relay has a contact, which is responsive ... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5230482 | Electronic time thermostat with a temporary next period adjustment means A thermostat having a temporary "now" and "next" functions. The temporary "next" function allows the user to program a temporary deviation from a preprogrammed schedule used to control the temperature within a space. The combination temporary "now" and "n... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5201364 | Apparatus for heating and cooling food articles having removable plates with fluid sealed therein An apparatus is disclosed for heating or cooling food articles including a chamber containing a plurality of tubular, vertically, spaced-apart support means having a fluid inlet and outlet. A plurality of removably mounted hollow plates each having a plur... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5184122 | Facility management system with improved return to automatic control There is disclosed a control system for use, for example, in facility management which controls an environmental parameter to maintain the parameter at a given set point. A PID Controller is coupled to a remote sensor for generating a feedback signal resp... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5176006 | Air-conditioner with installation position detection output compensating temperature The position where an indoor unit is actually installed is manually instructed by an installation position confirmation element. A temperature correction value selector selects and outputs, from a Table prepared in advance, a temperature correction value ... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5092394 | Switching panel and system for controlling zoned heating and cooling systems A zoned heating and cooling system is controlled by a switching panel with a controlling thermostat in a first zone, and an additional thermostat in each additional zone. A switching element corresponding to each first and additional zone, a switching ele... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5038851 | Electronic programmable thermostat for a heating and cooling system with an oscillation control mechanism The programmable thermostat includes a sensor for sensing the ambient temperature within the predetermined volume of space, a timer for generating the current time of day, and a memory for storing a plurality of program times, and a heating and a cooling ... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5022460 | Control of staged heating and cooling apparatus by a four-wire thermostat A heating and cooling apparatus wherein either or both the heating apparatus and cooling apparatus are two-stage is controlled by a thermostat through four connecting wires. A signal on one of the wires enables the functions of controlling operation of th... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4953630 | Apparatus for controlling an automobile air-conditioner to control defrost bleed air An automobile air-conditioner controlling apparatus is equipped with a determination means for determining the amount of air bleeding from a defroster outlet, based on at least the outside temperature and the amount of opening of an air-mix door, when the... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4932466 | Relay panel and system for controlling zoned heating and cooling systems A zoned heating and cooling system is controlled by a relay panel with a controlling thermostat in a first zone, and an additional thermostat in each additional zone. A relay corresponding to each first and additional zone, a relay to control the mode in ... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4898230 | Air conditioner with an energy switch An air conditioner comprises a control portion and a refrigeration system wherein a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device and an evaporator are connected in a refrigerant flow relationship. The control portion compares the temperature measured by a... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4884626 | Combination refrigerator oven A self-contained refrigerator-oven for refrigerating and cooking food in the same enclosed chamber, has both heating elements and cooling elements located in the same appliance. The heating elements may be conventional heating elements and/or a convection... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4829884 | Blowout temperature control system In a blowout temperature control system of an air conditioner for use in vehicles, a temperature detected by a ventilation duct sensor is weighted by a first weighting ratio which varies depending on a wind amount of a ventilation duct. A temperature dete... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4784214 | Control system for a recreational vehicle's air-conditioning/heating unit A secondary control system (10) for a RV's air-conditioning/heating system. Conventional roof-mounted RV heating and cooling units have a primary control for selectively energizing the heating/cooling unit (11). This unit is normally wired through a circu... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4751961 | Electronic programmable thermostat An electronic thermostat includes selectable multiple predetermined temperature programs of desired temperatures over a repetitive time cycle. A manually operable temperature program selector enables recall of a desired temperature for a particular time f... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4741476 | Digital electronic thermostat with correction for triac self heating The present invention is an electronic thermostat having correction for the self heating due to the semiconductor switching device used to switch a temperature modifying apparatus on. This invention includes a semiconductor power switching device disposed... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4733719 | Electronic thermostat with a stored program of desired temperatures and predetermined maximum and minimum temperatures An electronic thermostat including a stored program of desired temperatures and predetermined maximum and minimum temperatures. The stored program of desired temperatures is selectable as either a program of heating temperatures or a program of cooling te... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4694890 | Analog computer variable duty modulator A control system for heating and cooling devices is disclosed which increase the total running time for the heating and cooling devices as the ambient temperature sensed deviates from the set-point temperature. Five states of ON-time modulation of 2, 5, 1... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4683939 | Electronic thermostat with selectable mode to control heating only, cooling only or both heating and cooling A programmable electronic thermostat having selectable modes to control heating only, cooling only or both heating and cooling. This electronic thermostat enables an operator to program a series of desired temperatures over a repetitive heating or cooling... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4635708 | Electronic thermostat for heating and cooling system A programmable electronic thermostat for use in a building having a furnace and an air conditioning system adapted to generate energizing signals for the furnace and the air conditioner. An operator programs the thermostat with a series of desired tempera... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4633908 | Manually operated mode-selecting valve device A manually operated mode-selecting valve device allowing pressurized air to be transmitted to a plurality of working agents so as to actuate them simultaneously with the movement of a single valve medium upon operating a corresponding single actuator is d... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4606401 | Programmable thermostat A programmable thermostat employing means for sensing the ambient temperature on the thermostat, a clock for generating digital electrical signals representative of real time, a programmable digital memory for retaining a schedule of times and temperature... | 08/19/1986 |
