PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16005666
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["236", "049300"]

Abstract:
The efficient fan controller includes a microprocessor receiving at least one signal input from thermostat/equipment control terminals to control a fan relay to operate a system fan. The microprocessor monitors a thermostat call for cooling/heating duration and determines a variable fan-off delay based on the cooling/heating cycle duration, and at an end of a cooling/heating cycle energize the fan relay to operate the system fan for the variable fan-off delay. The fan controller avoids false thermostat activation signals and includes a common wire adapter to provide continuous power to a smart communicating thermostat and is configured to evaluate floating, zero, rectified, false positive and active input signals. The fan controller can be embodied on a forced-air-unit control board or thermostat. The fan controller installation methods ensure the system fan/blower operates at high speed for heating and cooling to improve thermal comfort, efficiency and satisfy the thermostat sooner to save energy.

Claim (Index 6):
The fan controller of  claim 1 , wherein the fan controller is installed on the HVAC system ( 100 ) to improve thermal comfort, energy efficiency and satisfy the thermostat sooner to save energy by controlling the system fan/blower ( 206 ) to a high speed using at least one method selected from the group consisting of:\n installing a 24-volt wire jumper ( 840 ) from a fan only tap to a high-speed or cool speed tap of the system fan/blower ( 206 ) to enable the thermostat \u201cG\u201d signal wire to control high speed fan operation, installing a high-voltage Y-adapter ( 842 ) combining the two high voltage signal outputs from a Forced Air Unit (FAU) control board ( 238 ) to the high speed tap  15  of the system fan/blower ( 206 ) to enable high speed fan operation in cooling and heating modes, using a dip switch or other electrical control switching device ( 844 ) on the FAU control board to enable high speed system fan/blower operation when the thermostat G terminal is energized in cooling or heating modes, using wired or wireless (WIFI) software application commands ( 846 ) to control a switching device to enable high speed system fan/blower operation when the thermostat G terminal is energized in cooling or heating modes, and using an electrical signal waveform ( 848 ) identified by a controller to enable high speed system fan/blower operation when the thermostat G terminal is energized in cooling or heating modes.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.88235
- Patent Class: 236.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: closed
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15144806', '15251978', '15614600', '15358131', '14168503']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8529940504156585
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.57455297281702
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8251499426557946
- Mean Citation Score: 457.42610600000006
- Max Citation Score: 504.2814
- Similarity Product: 382.9620608476639

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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