Patent ID: 7145110

Claim:
A central control device with enhanced thermal isolation of temperature sensing electrical components, comprising: (a) a housing containing support means and electrical components, said electrical components being supported on the support means and adapted for thermostatic control of environmental control equipment which in turn controls temperature of a conditioned space; (b) the electrical components further comprising a processor and a temperature sensor; (c) the temperature sensor being adapted to detect ambient air temperature in the conditioned space while being simultaneously supported on support means and electrically connected to and thermally isolated from other electrical components by a thermal barrier means; and (d) the processor including: 1) a central processing unit; 2) a real time clock; 3) a memory coupled to said central processing unit for storing a central control program and data; and 4) an input/output unit coupled to the central processing unit, to the environmental control equipment for issuing control signals thereto, and to a reception interface adapted to receive signals representing a temperature from the temperature sensor by way of the thermal barrier means.