US 12,188,668 B2
System and method for heating and cooling
Masahiro Honda, Cypress, TX (US); Junichi Shimoda, Osaka (JP); Takashi Shimamura, Osaka (JP); Yuuji Yamada, Osaka (JP); Hideyuki Nakagawa, Houston, TX (US); Hiroyuki Imada, Osaka (JP); David Palazzolo, Houston, TX (US); Joseph Kelly Hearnsberger, Katy, TX (US); Sriram Venkat, Katy, TX (US); Chris Bellshaw, Houston, TX (US); John Clements, Atlanta, GA (US); Masahiro Oka, Osaka (JP); Akinori Nakai, Cypress, TX (US); Cheng Li, Cypress, TX (US); and Takahiro Yamada, Cypress, TX (US)
Assigned to Daikin Manufacturing Company, L.P., Waller, TX (US); and Daikin Industries, Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Daikin Manufacturing Company, L.P., Waller, TX (US); and Daikin Industries, Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/000,339.
Application 17/000,339 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/250,900, filed on Jan. 17, 2019, granted, now 10,948,208.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/619,824, filed on Jan. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0386433 A1, Dec. 10, 2020
Int. Cl. F24F 11/46 (2018.01); F24F 1/08 (2011.01); F24F 1/32 (2011.01); F24F 3/06 (2006.01); F24F 11/64 (2018.01); F24F 11/65 (2018.01); F24F 11/80 (2018.01); F24H 3/00 (2022.01); F25B 13/00 (2006.01); F25B 30/02 (2006.01); F25B 49/02 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); F24F 110/10 (2018.01); F24F 110/20 (2018.01); F24F 110/22 (2018.01); F24F 140/30 (2018.01); F24F 140/50 (2018.01); F24F 140/60 (2018.01)
CPC F24F 11/46 (2018.01) [F24F 1/08 (2013.01); F24F 1/32 (2013.01); F24F 3/065 (2013.01); F24F 11/64 (2018.01); F24F 11/65 (2018.01); F24F 11/80 (2018.01); F24H 3/00 (2013.01); F25B 13/00 (2013.01); F25B 30/02 (2013.01); F25B 49/02 (2013.01); G05B 19/042 (2013.01); F24F 2110/10 (2018.01); F24F 2110/20 (2018.01); F24F 2110/22 (2018.01); F24F 2140/30 (2018.01); F24F 2140/50 (2018.01); F24F 2140/60 (2018.01); F24F 2221/54 (2013.01); F25B 2313/0233 (2013.01); F25B 2600/0253 (2013.01); F25B 2600/2513 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2614 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
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1. An HVAC system, comprising:
a first controller configured to provide a first signal using a first communicating protocol to a first controllable HVAC component; and
a second controller configured to receive the first signal from the first controller and output a second signal, separate from the first signal, using a second communicating protocol to a second controllable HVAC component based on the first signal;
wherein the first controllable HVAC component is controllable only by the first signal using the first communicating protocol and the second controllable HVAC component is controllable only by the second signal using the second communicating protocol, wherein the first communicating protocol and the second communicating protocol are different protocols, and wherein a translation feature of the second controller facilitates communication between the different protocols; and
wherein the first controller and the first controllable HVAC component are part of either an indoor unit or an outdoor unit of the HVAC system, and wherein the second controller and the second controllable HVAC component are part of the other of the indoor unit or the outdoor unit, the indoor and outdoor units configured to circulate refrigerant therebetween.