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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.

Patent No.:

US 10775066 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 19, 2018

Battery compartment for an hvac controller

Applicant:

Ademco Inc., Golden Valley, MN (US);

Inventors:

Josef Novotny, Kuncina, CZ;

Tomas Losak, Breclav, CZ;

Eugene J. Takach, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Assignee:

Ademco Inc., Golden Valley, MN (US);

Attorney:

Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Marc E Norman

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 11/62 (2018.01); F24F 13/20 (2006.01); G05D 23/19 (2006.01); H05K 13/00 (2006.01); F24F 11/30 (2018.01); H02H 9/04 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01); F24F 11/76 (2018.01); F24F 11/52 (2018.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 11/62 (2018.01); F24F 11/30 (2018.01); F24F 11/76 (2018.01); F24F 13/20 (2013.01); G05D 23/19 (2013.01); G05D 23/1904 (2013.01); G05D 23/1917 (2013.01); G05D 23/1919 (2013.01); H02H 9/04 (2013.01); H05K 7/1427 (2013.01); H05K 13/00 (2013.01); F24F 11/52 (2018.01); G02B 6/0031 (2013.01); G02B 6/0088 (2013.01); H05K 1/0215 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49117 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49126 (2015.01);
Abstract

An HVAC controller may include a first sub-assembly and a second sub-assembly releasably securable to the first sub-assembly. The first sub-assembly may include a housing having the back and a cover, a printed circuit board at least substantially enclosed by the housing, a battery compartment formed in the back of the housing for receiving one or more batteries, and a display exposed for viewing through an aperture in the cover of the housing for viewing the display by a user. The printed circuit board may include one or more battery terminals that extend from the printed circuit board through the back of the housing and into the battery compartment. In some cases, the battery compartment may define a cup-shaped reservoir that may be configured to collect leakage from one or more of the batteries.

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