IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0646963
(2012-10-08)
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등록번호 |
US-8625976
(2014-01-07)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
Gardner, Linn, Burkhart & Flory, LLP
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
2 인용 특허 :
32 |
초록
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A method of heating or cooling a room of a building includes providing supplemental warmer or cooler air to the room with an inline duct supplemental heating and cooling device mounted along an air duct that supplies the room with air from a main furnace or cooling unit associated with the building.
A method of heating or cooling a room of a building includes providing supplemental warmer or cooler air to the room with an inline duct supplemental heating and cooling device mounted along an air duct that supplies the room with air from a main furnace or cooling unit associated with the building. A thermostat is used to set a desired temperature for the room, and a controller of the supplemental heating and cooling device is in communication with the thermostat, and activates an electric heater and/or fan as appropriate to warm or cool the room as needed. When the device is used to cool the room, the fan may be operated to draw cooled air through the duct from the main cooling unit and/or from other areas in the building that are linked via ductwork.
대표청구항
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1. A method of heating and cooling a room that is primarily heated by a furnace adapted to supply heat to the room through an air duct, and that is primarily cooled by a cooling unit adapted to supply cooled air to the room through the air duct, said method comprising: directing substantially all of
1. A method of heating and cooling a room that is primarily heated by a furnace adapted to supply heat to the room through an air duct, and that is primarily cooled by a cooling unit adapted to supply cooled air to the room through the air duct, said method comprising: directing substantially all of the air from the air duct into a fluid passageway defined by a housing of a heating and cooling device that is positioned in-line with the air duct, the housing containing a heater and a fan disposed in the fluid passageway, whereby substantially all of the air in the fluid passageway is received from the air duct and is directed through the heater and the fan;controlling the heater and the fan of the heating and cooling device with a controller that is in communication with a thermostat positioned in the room;selecting a desired temperature in the room at the thermostat;automatically activating the heater with the controller when the temperature detected in the room by the thermostat is lower than a threshold minimum temperature corresponding to the selected desired temperature;automatically activating the fan with the controller when the temperature detected in the room is lower than the threshold minimum temperature or higher than a threshold maximum temperature corresponding to the selected desired temperature;supplementing the cooling unit associated with the air duct by activating the fan to draw cooled air through the air duct with the fan when the temperature detected by the thermostat in the room is higher than the threshold maximum temperature corresponding to the selected desired temperature; anddischarging substantially all of the air in the fluid passageway of the heating and cooling device into the room. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically deactivating the electric heater when the temperature detected in the room is approximately equal to the desired temperature. 3. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically deactivating the fan when the temperature detected in the room is approximately equal to the desired temperature. 4. The method of claim 1, further comprising selectively activating the electric heater and the fan with a wireless thermostat that is in wireless communication with the controller. 5. The method of claim 1, further comprising positioning the heating and cooling device in-line with the air duct by coupling a vibration insulator sleeve, which includes a hollow fabric member, between the housing and the air duct. 6. A method of heating and cooling a room that is primarily heated by a furnace adapted to supply heat to the room through an air duct, and that is primarily cooled by a cooling unit adapted to supply cooled air to the room through the air duct, said method comprising: mounting an electric heating and cooling device in-line with the air duct, the electric heating and cooling device including an electric heater and a fan disposed in a fluid passageway defined by a housing that is coupled to the air duct;directing heated or cooled air, from the furnace or the cooling unit, through the air duct so that substantially all air passing from the furnace or the cooling unit through the air duct is directed through the fluid passageway, the heater, and the fan, so that substantially all of the air passing through the electric heating and cooling device is received from only the air duct regardless of whether either of the fan or the electric heater is operating;adjusting a thermostat that is in communication with the heating and cooling device to select a desired temperature in the room;detecting a temperature in the room with the thermostat;automatically activating the electric heater and the fan when the temperature detected in the room is lower than the desired temperature, to propel heated air generated by the furnace and the electric heater to the room through the air duct; andautomatically activating the fan without activating the electric heater when the temperature detected in the room is higher than the desired temperature to propel air through the air duct that is at a cooler temperature than the temperature detected in the room by the thermostat. 7. The method of claim 6, further comprising automatically deactivating the electric heater when the temperature detected in the room is higher than or equal to the desired temperature. 8. The method of claim 6, further comprising automatically deactivating the fan when the temperature detected in the room is substantially equal to the desired temperature. 9. The method of claim 6, further comprising selectively activating the electric heater and the fan with a wireless thermostat that is in wireless communication with the controller. 10. The method of claim 6, further comprising: detecting a temperature of air discharged from the heating and cooling device with a discharge air temperature sensor mounted at the housing; andautomatically deactivating the electric heater when the discharge air temperature sensor detects that the temperature of the air discharged from the heating and cooling device is higher than a selectively chosen limit temperature. 11. The method of claim 6, wherein said mounting the electric heating and cooling device in-line with the air duct comprises coupling a vibration insulator sleeve, including a hollow fabric member, between the housing and the air duct. 12. A method of heating and cooling a room that is primarily heated by a furnace adapted to supply heat to the room through an air duct, and that is primarily cooled by a cooling unit adapted to supply cooled air to the room through the air duct, said method comprising: positioning an electric heating and cooling device in-line with the air duct, the electric heating and cooling device including a heater and an electric fan disposed in a fluid passageway defined by a housing;directing substantially all of the air passing from the furnace or the cooling unit through the air duct through the fluid passageway, the heater, and the fan;selectively adjusting a thermostat that is in communication with the heating and cooling device to a temperature desired in the room;detecting a temperature in the room with the thermostat;automatically activating the heater and the fan when the temperature detected in the room is detected by the thermostat as being lower than a threshold minimum temperature corresponding to the desired temperature;automatically activating the fan, without activating the heater, when the temperature detected in the room is higher than a threshold maximum temperature corresponding to the desired temperature, to propel air through the air duct that is at a cooler temperature than the temperature detected in the room by the thermostat. 13. The method of claim 12, further comprising automatically deactivating the electric heater when the temperature detected in the room is higher than or substantially equal to the desired temperature. 14. The method of claim 12, further comprising automatically deactivating the fan when the temperature detected in the room is substantially equal to the desired temperature. 15. The method of claim 12, further comprising selectively activating the electric heater and the fan with a wireless thermostat that is in wireless communication with the electric heating and cooling device. 16. The method of claim 15, further comprising selectively activating the electric heater and the fan with a controller that is in wireless communication with the wireless thermostat. 17. The method of claim 12, wherein said positioning an electric heating and cooling device in-line with the air duct comprises coupling a vibration insulator sleeve, including a hollow fabric member, between the housing and the air duct.
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