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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:
May. 17, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2002
Applicants:
Dennis Patrick Miller, Fullerton, CA (US);
Douglas G. Gilliland, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Inventors:
Dennis Patrick Miller, Fullerton, CA (US);
Douglas G. Gilliland, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Assignee:
ADC DSL Systems, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D027/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for controlling fan operation that includes detecting a stopped fan and attempting to start the stopped fan. The method includes attempting to start the stopped fan again after at least one first time interval when the fan does not start. The method includes attempting to start the stopped fan again after at least one second time interval when the fan does not start after a predetermined number of first time intervals, where the at least one second time interval is longer than the first time interval.