US 12,270,572 B2
Systems and methods for controlling indoor air quality with a fluid moving apparatus
Mohamad Khalil Dahouk, Fort Wayne, IN (US); Roger Carlos Becerra, Fort Wayne, IN (US); Zachary Joseph Stauffer, Fort Wayne, IN (US); Ludovic Andre Chretien, Columbia City, IN (US); Michael David Smith, Rogers, AR (US); Scott A. Coonrod, Fort Wayne, IN (US); and Ramin Rezaei, Centerville, OH (US)
Assigned to Regal Beloit America, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US)
Filed by REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC., Beloit, WI (US)
Filed on Nov. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/100,326.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/706,561, filed on Aug. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0065470 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. F24F 8/192 (2021.01); F24F 11/30 (2018.01); F24F 11/77 (2018.01); F24F 13/08 (2006.01); F24F 8/22 (2021.01); F24F 110/50 (2018.01)
CPC F24F 8/192 (2021.01) [F24F 11/30 (2018.01); F24F 11/77 (2018.01); F24F 13/08 (2013.01); F24F 8/22 (2021.01); F24F 2110/50 (2018.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid moving system, comprising:
a fluid moving apparatus configured to convey a fluid through a housing from an inlet to an outlet;
an active cleaning device configured to neutralize or remove at least a portion of an undesired matter from the fluid conveyed through the housing, wherein said active cleaning device is communicatively coupled to a system controller;
an electric motor including a rotor coupled to said fluid moving apparatus and configured to turn said fluid moving apparatus upon application of electric power to a stator of said electric motor; and
a motor controller communicatively coupled to said electric motor and configured to control at least one of a speed output or a torque output thereof, said motor controller separate from the system controller, wherein said active cleaning device is further communicatively coupled to said motor controller and configured to operate based on a control signal received from the system controller or said motor controller.