Patent №
US 9,746,199
Granted
2017-08-29
Filed 2017
Owner
JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
Lab
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AI components
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planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
15399706
An integrated device in an HVAC system is configured to modify an environmental condition of a building. The device includes a valve configured to regulate the flow of fluid through a conduit, an actuator comprising a motor and a drive device, and a communications mechanism. The communications mechanism is configured to receive a flow rate setpoint from an external control device of an outer control loop. The device further includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to determine an actuator position setpoint using a cascaded feedback control mechanism based on the flow rate setpoint and a flow rate measurement from a flow rate sensor of an inner control loop. The valve, the actuator, the communications mechanism, and the processing circuit are located within a common integrated device chassis.
AI classification
Ownership
JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
assignment · 408710389
Assignors
DREES, KIRK H., DOLL, HERBERT J., DUENKEL, GERALD A., PASSONI, MARCELLO
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.