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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2010
Tom C. Zimmer, Louisville, KY (US);
Tim N. Johnson, Louisville, KY (US);
Robert Lafleur, Louisville, KY (US);
Brice Alan Bowley, Louisville, KY (US);
Shinichi Hirose, Yao, JP;
Masanobu Amazutsumi, Yao, JP;
Gregory Michael Thomas, Louisville, KY (US);
Tohru Ariga, Yao, JP;
Tom C. Zimmer, Louisville, KY (US);
Tim N. Johnson, Louisville, KY (US);
Robert Lafleur, Louisville, KY (US);
Brice Alan Bowley, Louisville, KY (US);
Shinichi Hirose, Yao, JP;
Masanobu Amazutsumi, Yao, JP;
Gregory Michael Thomas, Louisville, KY (US);
Tohru Ariga, Yao, JP;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An electric heating module for a room air conditioning system and methods are presented in which the duty cycle of the electric heater banks are controlled to limit the inrush current during the startup phase of the heater or to supplement the heat generated by the heat pump when the heat capacity of the heat pump nears the heat loss of the room being heated.