Recreational vehicle air conditioner and methods of operation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11970047-B2
Application number	US-202017108571-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 1, 2020
Priority date	Dec 1, 2020
Publication date	Apr 30, 2024
Grant date	Apr 30, 2024

Abstract

An air conditioning assembly for a recreational vehicle may include a sealed refrigeration system, a display screen, and a controller. The sealed refrigeration system may be mounted to the recreational vehicle. The display screen may be mounted to the recreational vehicle. The controller may be in operable communication with the sealed refrigeration system and the display screen. The controller may be configured to initiate a system operation. The system operation may include detecting the corresponding condition of the air conditioner assembly, presenting a variable field value at the discrete output field based on the detected corresponding condition, determining an anomaly at the air conditioner assembly, and changing the discrete output field to present a predetermined field value in response to determining the anomaly.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An air conditioning assembly for a recreational vehicle, the air conditioning assembly comprising:
a sealed refrigeration system mounted to the recreational vehicle;
a display screen mounted to the recreational vehicle, the display screen defining a discrete output field; and
a controller in operable communication with the sealed refrigeration system and the display screen, the controller being configured to initiate a system operation comprising
detecting a corresponding condition of the air conditioning assembly,
presenting a variable field value at the discrete output field based on the detected corresponding condition,
determining an anomaly at the air conditioning assembly, and
changing the discrete output field to present a predetermined field value in response to determining the anomaly.

2. The air conditioning assembly of claim 1 , further comprising an assembly sensor in operable communication with the controller and configured to sense the corresponding condition, wherein detecting the corresponding condition comprises receiving a condition signal from the assembly sensor.

3. The air conditioning assembly of claim 2 , wherein the assembly sensor is a temperature sensor and wherein the discrete output field is a temperature field.

4. The air conditioning assembly of claim 1 , wherein detecting the corresponding condition comprises receiving a condition signal from a user input to indicate a desired operation of the air conditioning assembly.

5. The air conditioning assembly of claim 1 , wherein changing the discrete output field comprises alternating between presentation of the variable field value and the predetermined field value.

6. The air conditioning assembly of claim 5 , wherein alternating is repeated according to a predetermined rate of alternating.

7. The air conditioning assembly of claim 1 , further comprising an assembly sensor in operable communication with the controller, wherein the anomaly comprises a short-circuiting of the assembly sensor.

8. The air conditioning assembly of claim 1 , further comprising an assembly sensor in operable communication with the controller, wherein the anomaly comprises an unplugged state of the assembly sensor.

9. The air conditioning assembly of claim 1 , wherein determining the anomaly comprises detecting a first anomaly of a plurality of programmed potential anomalies, and wherein changing the discrete output field comprises selecting a first predetermined field value of a plurality of predetermined field values, each predetermined field value of the plurality of predetermined field values corresponding to a discrete anomaly of the plurality of programmed potential anomalies.

10. The air conditioning assembly of claim 1 , wherein the discrete output field is a first output field, wherein the corresponding condition is a first corresponding condition, wherein the display screen further defines a second output field to present a variable field value based on a second corresponding condition of the air conditioning assembly, wherein determining the anomaly comprises detecting a first anomaly of a plurality of programmed potential anomalies, and wherein the system operation further comprises
detecting the second corresponding condition of the air conditioning assembly,
presenting a variable field value at the second output field based on the detected second corresponding condition,
determining a second anomaly at the air conditioning assembly of the plurality of programmed potential anomalies, and
changing the second output field to present a predetermined field value in response to determining the second anomaly.

11. An air conditioning assembly for a recreational vehicle, the air conditioning assembly comprising:
an assembly sensor;
a display screen mounted to the recreational vehicle, the display screen defining a discrete output field; and
a controller in operable communication with the assembly sensor and the display screen, the controller being configured to initiate a system operation comprising
detecting a corresponding condition of the air conditioning assembly,
presenting a variable field value at the discrete output field based on the detected corresponding condition,
determining an anomaly at the air conditioning assembly, and
changing the discrete output field to present a predetermined field value in response to determining the anomaly,
wherein determining the anomaly comprises detecting a first anomaly of a plurality of programmed potential anomalies, and
wherein changing the discrete output field comprises selecting a first predetermined field value of a plurality of predetermined field values, each predetermined field value of the plurality of predetermined field values corresponding to a discrete anomaly of the plurality of programmed potential anomalies.

12. The air conditioning assembly of claim 11 , wherein the assembly sensor is configured to sense the corresponding condition, wherein detecting the corresponding condition comprises receiving a condition signal from the assembly sensor.

13. The air conditioning assembly of claim 12 , wherein the assembly sensor is a temperature sensor and wherein the discrete output field is a temperature field.

14. The air conditioning assembly of claim 11 , wherein detecting the corresponding condition comprises receiving a condition signal from a user input to indicate a desired operation of the air conditioning assembly.

15. The air conditioning assembly of claim 11 , wherein changing the discrete output field comprises alternating between presentation of the variable field value and the predetermined field value.

16. The air conditioning assembly of claim 15 , wherein alternating is repeated according to a predetermined rate of alternating.

17. The air conditioning assembly of claim 11 , further comprising an assembly sensor in operable communication with the controller, wherein the anomaly comprises a short-circuiting of the assembly sensor.

18. The air conditioning assembly of claim 11 , further comprising an assembly sensor in operable communication with the controller, wherein the anomaly comprises an unplugged state of the assembly sensor.

19. The air conditioning assembly of claim 11 , wherein the discrete output field is a first output field, wherein the corresponding condition is a first corresponding condition, wherein the display screen further defines a second output field to present a variable field value based on a second corresponding condition of the air conditioning assembly, wherein determining the anomaly comprises detecting a first anomaly of a plurality of programmed potential anomalies, and wherein the system operation further comprises
detecting the second corresponding condition of the air conditioning assembly,
presenting a variable field value at the second output field based on the detected second corresponding condition,
determining a second anomaly at the air conditioning assembly of the plurality of programmed potential anomalies, and
changing the second output field to present a predetermined field value in response to determining the second anomaly.

20. An air conditioning assembly for a recreational vehicle, the air conditioning assembly comprising:
a temperature sensor;
a display screen mounted to the recreational vehicle, the display screen defining a discrete output field comprising a temperature field; and
a controller in operable communication with the temperature sensor and the display screen, the controller bein

Assignees

• Haier Us Appliance Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Henderson Richard Dustin
• Ohayon Tal Abraham

Classifications

• B60H1/00985 Primary

  Control systems or circuits characterised by display or indicating devices, e.g. voice simulators (characterised by the input of sound using a voice synthesizer B60H1/00757; B60H1/00978 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60H1/00364 Primary

  for caravans or trailers · CPC title

• B60H1/00978

  Control systems or circuits characterised by failure of detection or safety means; Diagnostic methods · CPC title

• B60P3/38

  Sleeping arrangements {, e.g. living or sleeping accommodation on the roof of the vehicle} · CPC title