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Integrated smart actuator and valve device applications

US11566805B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21Claims

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Assignee

Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP · US

Inventors

Kirk H. Drees · Cedarburg, US
Herbert J. Doll · Obermoschel, DE
Gerald A. Duenkel · Grafton, US
Marcello Passoni · Vimercate, IT
Abu Bakr Khan · Franklin, US
Kevin A. Weiss · Gurnee, US
Christopher Merkl · Milwaukee, US
Gary A. Romanowich · Slinger, US
Joseph Francis Mann · Waukesha, US
Hunter R. Hobgood · Franklin, US
Dinesh Trikha · Shorewood, US
Rick Van Buren · Oosterdijk, US
Nicholas P. Prato · Milwaukee, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 21, 2018
Grant date	Jan 31, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 21, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05B2219/2642
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An integrated device in an HVAC system is configured to modify an environmental condition of a building. The integrated device includes a valve configured to regulate a flow of a fluid through a conduit and an actuator. The actuator includes a motor and a drive device. The drive device is driven by the motor and coupled to the valve for driving the valve between multiple positions. The integrated device further includes a processing circuit coupled to the motor. The processing circuit is configured to detect device identifying information for the valve or the actuator and to detect the integrated device location within the building.

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