US 11,709,510 B2
Air distribution systems and methods
Jason T. Letterman, McKinney, TX (US); David G. Pich, Frisco, TX (US); Virginia M. Sivie, Dallas, TX (US); Kazim C. Demirhan, Garland, TX (US); and Hajo C. M. Siemers, Allen, TX (US)
Assigned to Air Distribution Technologies IP, LLC, Milwauke, WI (US)
Filed by Air Distribution Technologies IP, LLC, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Filed on May 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/334,932.
Application 17/334,932 is a continuation of application No. 15/965,555, filed on Apr. 27, 2018, granted, now 11,022,989.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/505,600, filed on May 12, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0286387 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G05D 23/27 (2006.01); F24F 11/46 (2018.01); F24F 11/74 (2018.01); G05D 23/19 (2006.01); F24F 11/80 (2018.01); F24F 120/14 (2018.01); F24F 110/10 (2018.01); F24F 120/12 (2018.01); F24F 11/58 (2018.01)
CPC G05D 23/27 (2013.01) [F24F 11/46 (2018.01); F24F 11/74 (2018.01); F24F 11/80 (2018.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G05D 23/1917 (2013.01); G05D 23/1927 (2013.01); G05D 23/1932 (2013.01); F24F 11/58 (2018.01); F24F 2110/10 (2018.01); F24F 2120/12 (2018.01); F24F 2120/14 (2018.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system, comprising:
a sensor system configured to detect parameters indicative of a plurality of temperatures within a plurality of areas of a conditioned room, including a first temperature corresponding to a first area of the plurality of areas and a second temperature corresponding to a second area of the plurality of areas, the second temperature being different than the first temperature; and
a controller configured to:
receive data indicative of the first temperature corresponding to the first area and the second temperature corresponding to the second area;
control, based on the data, a first air flow temperature control device to a first setting that causes a first air flow to be cooled by a first fan coil or first chilled beam of the first air flow temperature control device and delivered through a first air flow outlet into the first area such that the first air flow changes the first temperature corresponding to the first area to a target temperature; and
control, based on the data, a second air flow temperature control device to a second setting that causes a second air flow to be cooled by a second fan coil or second chilled beam of the second air flow temperature control device and delivered through a second air flow outlet separated from the first air flow outlet into the second area such that the second air flow changes the second temperature corresponding to the second area to the target temperature.