US 11,703,241 B2
Environmental control unit including maintenance prediction
Goncalo Costa, Cambridge, MA (US); Jerry Huson, Watham, MA (US); and Klaus Herz, Wernau (DE)
Assigned to Robert Bosch LLC, Broadview, IL (US); and Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed by Robert Bosch LLC, Broadview, IL (US); and Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/337,845.
Application 17/337,845 is a division of application No. 16/017,644, filed on Jun. 25, 2018, granted, now 11,054,164.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/527,468, filed on Jun. 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0293433 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. F24F 11/38 (2018.01); G05B 13/02 (2006.01); G05B 23/02 (2006.01); F25B 49/00 (2006.01); F25B 49/02 (2006.01); F25B 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 11/38 (2018.01) [F25B 49/005 (2013.01); F25B 49/02 (2013.01); G05B 13/024 (2013.01); G05B 23/0283 (2013.01); F25B 13/00 (2013.01); F25B 2500/13 (2013.01); F25B 2500/19 (2013.01); F25B 2600/0251 (2013.01); F25B 2700/151 (2013.01); F25B 2700/2104 (2013.01); F25B 2700/2106 (2013.01); F25B 2700/21152 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2614 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A monitoring and/or control device for monitoring a component of an environmental control unit, the device including a sensor configured to be situated relative to the component so as to receive and signal data from the component during operation of the component, and a controller coupled to the sensor, the controller configured to (i) receive electrical signals from the sensor, (ii) compare the electrical signals to a reference signal, (iii) determine a performance characteristic of the component based on the results of the comparison, and (iv) output a signal corresponding to the performance characteristic of the component to a user display.