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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7398821 | Integrated ventilation cooling system A system and method for cooling and heating of buildings comprising an integrated assembly of devices, including a variable speed air handler, hot water heating coil, outside air damper, controller, and optional compressor-based air conditioner. During the summer th... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7347774 | Remote autonomous intelligent air flow control system and network The present invention provides one or more autonomous in-duct or register grill mounted flow control devices, each of which has the capability to restrict or boost air flow through the duct or vent to which it is attached. The individual flow control devices may be ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7231967 | Ventilator system and method The ventilator system and method use a heat exchanger to selectively transfer heat between fresh outside air entering and exhaust air leaving an enclosed space whenever energy can be recovered from the exhaust air by doing so. The system uses a microprocessor-based ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7191845 | Self-closing vent A self-closing vent has its frame and honeycomb screen coated with an intumescent material. When affixed to an external wall or eave of a building, the vent is normally open, allowing free flow of air into and out of the building, but when exposed to the heat of a f... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189158 | Airflow control system A dual airflow control system for an environment having a first air zone and a second air zone. The system includes a first input device operable to generate a first input signal indicative of a desired airflow to the first zone and a second input device operable to... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7189159 | Air diffusers A diffuser cartridge (10) of restricted height is provided for controlling flow of air in an air conditioning system. The cartridge (10) has two axially aligned temperature sensitive elements (34,68) for respectively sensing room temperature and... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188481 | Adjustable damper actuator An actuator for controlling the position of a damper. It is an adjustable damper actuator that can actuate a damper to have positions that are other than fully open and fully closed. The actuator has adjustable stops for attaining a partially closed or partially ope... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7168627 | Electronically-controlled register vent for zone heating and cooling An Electronically-Controlled Register vent (ECRV) that can be easily installed by a homeowner or general handyman is disclosed. The ECRV can be used to convert a non-zoned HVAC system into a zoned system. The ECRV can also be used in connection with a conventional z... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7163156 | System and method for zone heating and cooling An Electronically-Controlled Register vent (ECRV) that can be easily installed by a homeowner or general handyman is disclosed. The ECRV can be used to convert a non-zoned HVAC system into a zoned system. The ECRV can also be used in connection with a conventional z... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7037187 | System for distributing air to a row of seats in the passenger compartment of a means of transport or inside the room of a building A system for the distribution of air to a row of seats in a passenger compartment of a means of transport, such as for example an aeroplane, train or bus, or in the room of a building, comprises a main duct and a series of outlets. The outlets are without valves for... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7004401 | System and method for regulating agriculture storage facilities in order to promote uniformity among separate storage facilities In one embodiment, the invention is directed toward a networked grain aeration control system. For example, the system can provide centralized monitoring of the aeration of a number of grain storage facilities, thereby improving the management of stored grain. The n... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6976337 | Energy-saving housing The invention provides energy-saving housing wherein the indoor temperature condition can be made comfortable throughout the year by a small amount of energy by suppressing loads on cooling and heating devices, and high airtightness and high heat insulation performa... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6957696 | Combination radiant and forced air climate control system A method and controller for controlling the operation of a zoned climate control system including a primary heat source, a secondary heat source, a cooling unit, and a humidifier unit. The controller is configured to receive both heating demand signals and cooling d... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6935571 | Air diffuser A diffuser comprising a casing (10), a first temperature sensitive element (32) for sensing room temperature variations and including a body and a piston which move relatively to one another in response to temperature variations, a second temperature s... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6857577 | Thermally powered VAV diffuser and control assembly A thermally powered VAV diffuser assembly (21, 221) having a housing (42, 242) formed for coupling to a supply air duct or conduit (22, 222), a damper (24, 224) mounted across a supply air opening (27, 227) for movement relative th... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6823685 | Vehicle air conditioning device A vehicle air-conditioning device having at least one control element which supplies a prescribed value to the air-conditioning control unit, a state of flow being provided by an air speed and a degree of turbulence of the air, which can be influenced by the strengt... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6782945 | Dual zone automatic climate control algorithm utilizing heat flux analysis A method for automatically controlling the climate in a plurality of climate control zones of a cabin of an automobile comprising at least a driver zone and a passenger zone having a temperature sensor located in a driver side zone and at least one conditioned air o... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6685099 | Cabin air purge strategy A ventilation system for purging air contained with a vehicle interior is disclosed. The ventilation system includes a blower, a first vent, a second vent, at least one interior temperature sensor, at least one external temperature sensor, a motion sensor... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6659359 | Grille controlling apparatus for indoor ventilator Disclosed is a grille controlling apparatus for an indoor ventilator that senses an indoor temperature in a building such that it can control the operation of the grille mounted on the indoor ventilator. The apparatus includes a grill cover that is dispos... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6651895 | Adaptive automatic climate control method for a motor vehicle An improved motor vehicle automatic climate control methodology allows an occupant of the vehicle to select one of a number of automatic climate control settings that are calibrated to satisfy the comfort preferences of different types of occupants. In a ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6575233 | Combination radiant and forced air climate control system A method utilizing a controller for controlling the operation of a zoned climate control system including a primary heat source, a secondary heat source, a cooling unit, and a humidifier unit. The controller is configured to receive both heating demand si... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6491094 | Control for a heating ventilating and air conditioning unit A control system for a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning unit having a heating stage, a cooling stage, and an economizer is provided. The system includes a memory configured to store a first predetermined temperature range and a second predetermi... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6488213 | Vehicle air conditioner with control system learning manual control operation of blower voltage In a control system of a vehicle air conditioner, when a temperature difference between a previous target air temperature at the previous manual operation and a present target air temperature at the present manual operation is smaller than a predetermined... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6488081 | Method for controlling a heating ventilating and air conditioning unit A method for controlling a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning unit is provided. A conditioning unit having a heating stage, a cooling stage, a fan, and an economizer is operated to provide supply air to one or more zones. The temperature of air in... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6446876 | Apparatus with integrated shape memory actuator for regulating the flow of air in a conduit, particularly for air-conditioning systems in motor vehicles Apparatus comprising a plurality of Venetian blind slats controlled by an actuator rod associated to one side of a frame supporting the pivoting slats. The actuator rod is controlled by a metallic alloy shape memory wire associated to said rod, which is p... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6340329 | Room grating An air grating where the air flow is controlled by a grid movable between OPEN and CLOSED positions. Control means acts when the movable grid arrives at either a warm or a cool limiting position. The arrival at a limiting position prepares said moving mea... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6322443 | Duct supported booster fan A booster fan assembly includes a fan, an electric motor coupled to the fan, an electric cord coupled to the motor and adapted to be coupled to a source of electric power through a pair of thermostats and voltage reducing transformer, and a support couple... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6280319 | High availability airflow management system for use in electronic equipment A cooling fan (FIG. 1, 100) generates an air current, which includes a substantial swirl component, along a first direction (10). When the air current reaches the first plate (120), which is predominantly perpendicular to the direction of the airflow, a p... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6254010 | Air diffusers An air conditioning diffuser is disclosed which includes two temperature sensitive elements. A first element detects room temperature and a second element ducting temperature. When room temperature increases during supply of cooled air, the first element ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6250560 | Variable-air-volume diffuser actuator assembly and method An adaptive control device (77) and method (102-108) for control of the operation of an actuator (72), and particularly thermally-powered actuator (72) of the type used in a variable-air-volume diffuser (71). The preferred adaptive control device is an ex... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6176435 | Thermally powered diffuser A thermally powered variable air volume diffuser is provided, comprising a diffuser housing and a thermally powered actuator assembly mounted therein which varies the size of a supply air discharge opening. The actuator assembly comprises four thermal act... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6161763 | Module-controlled building drying system and process There is disclosed a module control system and wet (i.e., flooded) building drying process that controls drying air circulation between inside and outside the building based upon absolute humidity and temperature sensor measurements.... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6129286 | Ventilation system, particularly for use in the agricultural field A ventilation system, for example in the agricultural field. The ventilation system includes a ventilator and a processor module. Connections are included for connecting sensors associated with the ventilator to the processor module and on to a central pr... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6052999 | Method for controlling opening/closing of cool air discharge ports of a refrigerator A method for controlling opening/closing of cool air discharge ports of a refrigerator is disclosed. The refrigerator has a device for opening/closing the ports. The device has a member for opening/closing the ports, and a motor for driving the member. A ... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5984196 | Thermal rotary vent An air vent that automatically opens and closes in response to changes in the ambient air temperature. The air vent includes a housing, a louver frame mounted to the housing and a series of vent louvers pivotally mounted to the frame. The louver frame inc... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5957373 | Automatic ventilator with manual override A ventilator is selectively configured so that it can automatically open and close its louvers according to the temperature in its environment or have its louvers manually positioned in either the open or closed orientation. The louvers are disposed in an... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5947371 | Operation control apparatus of an air conditioner and a method thereof A room air conditioner is operable to perform heating or cooling operations in a room. Furthermore, it is possible to direct warm or cool air to selected regions of the room. For example, it is possible to carry out a distant mode of operation wherein war... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5913723 | Process and apparatus for air conditioning and/or heating, especially for apartment buildings A domestic air conditioning and/or heating method, particularly for apartment buildings, using an outside unit (2) and an inside unit (1) connected to one another via fluid and electrical lines (3). The outside unit (2) includes a compressor, a ventilatio... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5902183 | Process and apparatus for energy conservation in buildings using a computer controlled ventilation system A method and apparatus for conserving energy in buildings consisting of an indoor temperature sensor, an outdoor temperature sensor, a programmable electronic thermostat, and a bi-directional power ventilator. The programmable electronic thermostat contai... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5884491 | Temperature controlling apparatus for refrigerator adopting fuzzy interference and method using the same A temperature controlling apparatus adopting a fuzzy adaptation model and a method using the same are provided, in which temperatures of a plurality of positions of a refrigeration compartment are estimated in order to rapidly reach temperature equilibriu... | 03/23/1999 |
