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Thermostat

a technology of thermostats and thermostats, applied in the field of thermostats, can solve the problems of tedious programming of each of the multiple “time periods”

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-03-01
HUNTER FAN
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However, the programming of each of the multiple “time periods” can become very tedious.

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[0007]With reference next to the drawings, there is shown a thermostat 10 embodying principles of the invention in a preferred form. The thermostat 10 includes a housing 11 having a control panel 13 with a plurality of manually selectable input elements or input keys 15 and a display panel 17 for displaying various functions of the programmable thermostat, as depicted schematically in FIGS. 1-7. The design of the thermostat control panel 13 of the present invention may be of various sizes, shapes and configurations. The programmable thermostat 10 may include many different computer architectures, but generally requires a temperature sensor 18, a microprocessor or central processing unit (CPU) 19 having a permanent memory such as a read only memory (ROM) 20 for storing the schedule program set or instructions for operation and control of the thermostat, a working memory or random access memory (RAM) 21 that retains or receives at least the particular schedule program set for that day...

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A thermostat (10) includes a housing (11) having a control panel (13) with a plurality of manually selectable input elements or input keys (15) and a display panel (17) for displaying various functions of the programmable thermostat. The programmable thermostat also includes a temperature sensor (18), a microprocessor (19) having memory for storing a schedule program set which includes a number of schedule time periods. Each schedule time period includes a start time, end time and temperature. The manual programming of select schedule time periods may automatically set the start and end times of another schedule time period.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]This invention relates to thermostats, and specifically to programmable electronic thermostats.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Thermostats have existed for many years. Recently, programmable thermostats have been designed to include programmable capabilities that include multiple “time periods” associated with each day so that a user may select different times to start and stop each “time period” and different temperatures (both heating and cooling) associated with each “time period”. The thermostat then controls a heating and / or cooling system (HVAC system) according to the programmed times and temperatures for each “time period” throughout the day. The use of these select “time periods” decrease the energy expenses associated with the running of the HVAC system by running the system at different temperatures when the homeowner is “away” from the home, i.e., the thermostat is programmed to operate the heating system at a cooler temperature setting and operates...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): F23N5/20
CPCF23N5/203G05D23/1904F24F11/30F24F2110/10F24F11/59F23N2225/12F24F11/46F24F11/523
Inventor LIN, ANDYSCHROEDER, ERICHMOODY, NICOLE
Owner HUNTER FAN
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