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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014

Filed:

Jan. 27, 2010
Applicants:

Erroll L. Eaton, Carrollton, TX (US);

Mark D. Hess, Plano, TX (US);

Richard A. Mauk, Lewisville, TX (US);

Stephen A. Walter, Flower Mound, TX (US);

David M. Wynnick, Lewisville, TX (US);

Inventors:

Erroll L. Eaton, Carrollton, TX (US);

Mark D. Hess, Plano, TX (US);

Richard A. Mauk, Lewisville, TX (US);

Stephen A. Walter, Flower Mound, TX (US);

David M. Wynnick, Lewisville, TX (US);

Assignee:

Lennox Industries Inc., Richardson, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 3/489 (2006.01); H01R 13/645 (2006.01); H01R 12/50 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/6456 (2013.01); H01R 23/7073 (2013.01);
Abstract

An airflow managing system for monitoring airflow of a HVAC system, a HVAC system and a method of monitoring the airflow in a HVAC system is provided. In one embodiment, the airflow managing system includes: (1) an air pressure sensor configured to obtain an air pressure measurement directly from a scroll of an air blower of the HVAC system and (2) a HVAC controller configured to determine an airflow rate for the HVAC system based on the air pressure measurement and corresponding parameters associated with the air blower.


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