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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2018
Applicant:
Gridpoint, Inc., Reston, VA (US);
Inventors:
Sam Taylor, Wirtz, VA (US);
Daniel K. Dyess, Roanoke, VA (US);
Assignee:
GridPoint, Inc., Reston, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 11/30 (2018.01); F24F 11/62 (2018.01); F24F 11/70 (2018.01); F24F 110/00 (2018.01); F24F 140/60 (2018.01); F24F 11/32 (2018.01); F24F 11/63 (2018.01); F24F 11/64 (2018.01); F24F 11/56 (2018.01); F24F 11/46 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 11/30 (2018.01); F24F 11/62 (2018.01); F24F 11/70 (2018.01); F24F 11/32 (2018.01); F24F 11/46 (2018.01); F24F 11/56 (2018.01); F24F 11/63 (2018.01); F24F 11/64 (2018.01); F24F 2110/00 (2018.01); F24F 2140/60 (2018.01);
Abstract
A thermostat with voltage and current sensing capability is coupled directly to an HVAC unit and provides low latency failure detection and control using an on-board CPU. The thermostat can be configured to detect failure modes using current and voltage sensing and to make autonomous decisions to control the HVAC in response to such measurements.