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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
May. 04, 2009
John Bohan, Avon Lake, OH (US);
John Butkowski, North Ridgeville, OH (US);
Timothy Beight, Amherst, OH (US);
Christopher Fildes, Elyria, OH (US);
John Bohan, Avon Lake, OH (US);
John Butkowski, North Ridgeville, OH (US);
Timothy Beight, Amherst, OH (US);
Christopher Fildes, Elyria, OH (US);
R.W. Beckett Corporation, North Ridgeville, OH (US);
Abstract
A system and method is presented for a multi-sensor component for an HVAC system. The multi-sensor component comprises a sensor assembly, having a temperature detector for measuring a temperature of an object or medium, a presence detector to detect the presence of the object or medium against the sensor, and a pressure detector for measuring a pressure of the medium. The temperature, presence and pressure detectors may also be affixed within a single sensor housing. In a heating mode the multi-sensor component is heated by a heater, and in a cooling mode the multi-sensor component cools toward a temperature of the object or medium, and the temperature detector provides temperature data indicative of a temperature response comprising one of a temperature change, a rate of change and a time constant of a thermal decay rate of the multi-sensor component and the presence of the object or medium.