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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2023
Applicant:
Johnson Controls Tyco Ip Holdings Llp, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Inventors:
Bo Fan, Wuxi, CN;
Zhigang Wu, Suzhou, CN;
Hayato Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Zhongyue Sun, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Liming Yang, Mequon, WI (US);
Robert D. Turney, Watertown, WI (US);
Assignee:
TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 49/02 (2006.01); F25B 13/00 (2006.01); F25B 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 49/02 (2013.01); F25B 13/00 (2013.01); F25B 45/00 (2013.01); F25B 2345/001 (2013.01); F25B 2500/06 (2013.01); F25B 2500/222 (2013.01); F25B 2700/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A refrigerant charge controller for heating, ventilation, or air conditioning (HVAC) equipment includes a processing circuit configured to analyze usage data for the HVAC equipment using a machine learning model to estimate an amount of refrigerant used by the HVAC equipment, identify a refrigerant deficiency based on the amount of refrigerant, and initiate a corrective action in response to identifying the refrigerant deficiency.