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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.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert Louis Breeden, Azle, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 1/100 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus defines ( ) a time period Ps following a completion of a demand for one of heating and cooling, the time period sufficient to allow a sensed room temperature Tr measured ( ) by a thermostat ( ) to stabilize after the completion of the demand; and records ( ) an evaluation temperature Te equal to the sensed room temperature measured at an end of the time period. The method and apparatus determines ( ), at a future time after recording the evaluation temperature, whether to allow an automatic changeover between heating and cooling modes, based upon a comparison of the evaluation temperature and the sensed room temperature measured at the future time.