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Patent US8005648 - Refrigerant loss tracking and repair - Google Patents
A system and method for asset management including tracking refrigerant characteristics is disclosed. The system includes a database including information relating to a refrigerant system and a database including information relating to service technicians. A server is programmed to track a refrigerant...http://www.google.com/patents/US8005648?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8005648 - Refrigerant loss tracking and repair
Publication number US8005648 B2
Application number US 12/360,747
Also published as CA2509492A1, EP1590645A2, US7512523, US20040111697, US20070277147, US20090126388, WO2004053772A2, WO2004053772A3
Publication number 12360747, 360747, US 8005648 B2, US 8005648B2, US-B2-8005648, US8005648 B2, US8005648B2
Inventors Daniel T. Johnson, James W. Peterson, Robert S. McConnell
Original Assignee Verisae, Inc.
Patent Citations (101), Non-Patent Citations (130), Classifications (11), Legal Events (5)
US 8005648 B2
[ [ [ lbs . of refrigerant added ] [ lbs . of refrigerant in full charge ] ] [ [ days since refrigerant last added ] [ 365 days ] ] ] × 100.
[ [ [ lbs . of refrigerant added ] [ lbs . of refrigerant in full charge ] ] [ [ days since refrigerant last added ] [ 365 days ] ] ] × 100
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International Classification F25B49/00, H04L29/06, G06F9/44, G01M3/32, G06F11/30
Cooperative Classification F25B2500/222, F25B49/005, F25B2600/07, F25B2500/19
European Classification F25B49/00F