General control techniques in a heating, ventilation and air conditioning network

US8798796B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Lennox Industries Inc. · US

Inventors

• Wojciech Grohman · Little Elm, US
• Darko Hadzidedic · Carrollton, US
• Timothy H. Thorson · McKinney, US
• Muhammad Ali Mirza · Farmers Branch, US
• Ammar Kailani · Richardson, US
• Timothy E. Wallaert · Wylie, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 21, 2009
• Grant date: Aug 5, 2014
• Expiry date: Aug 15, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F24F2110/50
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The disclosure provides an HVAC data processing and communication network. In various embodiments of systems and methods including a bus, a compressor is coupled to the bus, and a subnet controller is coupled to the bus. The subnet controller disables the compressor when acting upon a dehumidification command.