Patent ID: 6885164

Claim:
A climate control system comprising: at least one damper for controlling airflow within an air passage; at least one electric motor for adjusting a position of the at least one damper via a motor shaft, the at least one electric motor having a stator and a rotor being provided to facilitate rotation of the motor shaft; an encoder ring being operatively connected to the motor shaft of the at least one electric motor, the encoder ring having a plurality of encoder segments being provided on the encoder ring, each of the plurality of encoder segments having an electrically insulated portion provided between adjacent encoder segments, the plurality of encoder segments providing for a generation of a pulse signal during rotation of the motor shaft; and a control unit for determining the position of the at least one damper on the basis of the generated pulse signal, and for controlling a rotation of the motor shaft of the at least one electric motor on the basis of both an input signal from a hand control element and the generated pulse signal.