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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:
Sep. 15, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 26, 2016
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Eric M. Perez, Hickory Creek, TX (US);

Mark G. Beste, Grapevine, TX (US);

Steven Schneider, Plano, TX (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24D 19/10 (2006.01); F24D 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24D 19/1084 (2013.01); F24D 5/04 (2013.01); F24D 2200/04 (2013.01); F24D 2220/0207 (2013.01); F24D 2220/042 (2013.01); F24D 2220/044 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2614 (2013.01);
Abstract

A heating control method includes determining a first speed for an air circulation fan that corresponds with a temperature set point using a temperature map that maps temperatures to speeds of the air circulation fan and operating the air circulation fan at the first speed and a heating unit in a first configuration with at least one active burner from a plurality of burners where less than all of the burners are active when the heating unit is in the first configuration. The method further includes measuring a first temperature while operating the air circulation fan at the first speed, determining a temperature difference between the first temperature and the temperature set point, comparing the temperature difference to a temperature difference threshold, and updating the temperature map to map the first speed to the first temperature when the temperature difference is greater than the temperature difference threshold.


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