US 11,886,210 B2
Method and system for providing a centralized appliance hub
Dean C. Allen, Seattle, WA (US); Douglas James Moore, Seattle, WA (US); Andrea M. Doyle, Seattle, WA (US); and Larry Paul Highley, Edgewood, WA (US)
Assigned to OVERCAST INNOVATIONS LLC, Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by OVERCAST INNOVATIONS LLC, Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/941,662.
Application 17/941,662 is a continuation of application No. 16/459,509, filed on Jul. 1, 2019, granted, now 11,487,307.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/860,318, filed on Jun. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/693,311, filed on Jul. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0004177 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G05D 23/19 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G08B 21/16 (2006.01); A62C 3/00 (2006.01); A62C 99/00 (2010.01); G08B 21/14 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 23/1917 (2013.01) [A62C 3/00 (2013.01); A62C 99/0072 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G08B 21/14 (2013.01); G08B 21/16 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2614 (2013.01)] 35 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An appliance hub for use in an upper portion of an enclosure, the appliance hub comprising:
a substrate configured to be positioned in an upper portion of an enclosure;
a climate control apparatus mounted on the substrate, the climate control apparatus configured to regulate a temperature within the enclosure;
one or more lighting elements configured to provide light within the enclosure;
one or more fluid lines connected to the substrate and configured to provide fluid service and return to the climate control apparatus; and
one or more electrical connections connected to the substrate and configured to provide electrical power and/or data to at least one of the climate control apparatus and the one or more lighting elements;
wherein the substrate has a first face and a second face opposite the first face, wherein the first face faces away from the ground when the substrate is installed in an upper portion of an enclosure, and wherein the substrate has a polygonal cross section when observed from a direction normal to the second face.