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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 03, 2016
Applicant:

Lennox Industries Inc., Richardson, TX (US);

Inventors:

LiYing Guo, Addison, TX (US);

David Omlor, Flower Mound, TX (US);

Assignee:

Lennox Industries Inc., Richardson, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 45/00 (2006.01); F24F 11/00 (2018.01); F24F 11/30 (2018.01); F24F 11/62 (2018.01); F25B 49/00 (2006.01); F25B 13/00 (2006.01); F24F 140/20 (2018.01); F24F 11/36 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 11/30 (2018.01); F24F 11/62 (2018.01); F25B 49/005 (2013.01); F24F 11/36 (2018.01); F24F 2140/20 (2018.01); F25B 13/00 (2013.01); F25B 2313/0314 (2013.01); F25B 2313/0315 (2013.01); F25B 2500/222 (2013.01); F25B 2700/2106 (2013.01); F25B 2700/21152 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of determining loss of refrigerant charge in a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The method includes receiving, using a controller, a plurality of temperature values from a plurality of temperature sensors placed at multiple locations within the HVAC system and calculating, using the controller using the plurality of temperature values, a plurality of temperature-dependent values. The method further includes determining, using the controller, whether a first temperature-dependent value of the plurality of temperature-dependent values is above a first predetermined temperature value and responsive to a determination that the first temperature-dependent value is above the first predetermined temperature value, transmitting, using the controller to a user interface, a notification indicating that the HVAC system is operating with low refrigerant charge.


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