INTEGRATED SMART ACTUATOR AND VALVE DEVICE

Patent №

US 9,746,199

Granted

2017-08-29

Filed 2017

Owner

JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY

Lab

AI components

1

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.

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AI classification

Planning1.00
Vision0.05
Knowledge representation0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Speech0.00
Machine learning0.00
AI hardware0.00
Natural language0.00

Ownership

JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY

assignment · 408710389

Assignors

DREES, KIRK H., DOLL, HERBERT J., DUENKEL, GERALD A., PASSONI, MARCELLO

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