Methods and systems for selecting and programming replacement motors
AssigneeNidec Motor Corporation
InventorsScott J. Durfee, Charles L. Geiler, Chetan O. Modi, Tarris A. Reed, Scott M. Schroer
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Abstract
Methods and systems for replacing HVAC blower motors and other electric motors are disclosed including systems and methods for gathering and storing information about motors that may need to be replaced, systems and methods for selecting replacement motors, and systems and methods for programming the replacement motors. The systems and methods allow a select few replacement motors to be programmed to replace nearly any original motor.
Claims20
A method of selecting a replacement motor for an electrically-powered device or system, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a computer or another device in communication with the computer, identification information for identifying a replacement motor for an original motor;
- obtaining, from the computer or another device in communication with the computer, data that relates to operational characteristics of the original motor;
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- transferring at least a portion of the data to the replacement motor to cause the replacement motor to mimic at least some of the operational characteristics of the original motor.
A method of identifying a replacement motor for an electrically-powered device or system, the method comprising:
- receiving in a computer system identification information for a number of original motors;
- receiving in the computer system data for each of the original motors, wherein the data for each of the original motors relates to operational characteristics of its respective original motor;
- storing the identification information and the data in memory accessible by the computer system;
- receiving in the computer system identification information for a motor to be replaced;
- comparing the identification information of the motor to be replaced to the identification information stored in the memory;
- if the identification information for the motor to be replaced matches any of the identification information stored in the memory, retrieving the data for the original motor associated with the matching identification information;
- transferring at least a portion of the data for the original motor associated with the matching identification information to a remote personal computing device for use in programming a replacement motor.
A computer program stored on non-transitory computer readable medium for directing operation of a computer for identifying a replacement motor for an electrically-powered device or system, the computer program comprising:
- a code segment for receiving in a computer identification information for a number of original motors;
- a code segment for receiving in the computer data for each of the original motors, wherein the data for each of the original motors relates to operational characteristics of its respective original motor;
- a code segment for storing the identification information and the data in memory accessible by the computer;
- a code segment for receiving in the computer identification information for a motor to be replaced;
- a code segment for comparing the identification information of the motor to be replaced to the identification information stored in the memory;
- a code segment for retrieving the data for the original motor associated with matching identification information;
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- a code segment for transferring at least a portion of the data to a remote personal computing device for use in programming a replacement motor.
A computer program stored on non-transitory computer readable medium for directing operation of a computer for identifying a replacement motor, the computer program comprising:
- a code segment for receiving in the computer identification information for a number of motors;
- a code segment for receiving in the computer data representative of operational characteristics for each of the motors;
- a code segment for receiving in the computer an operational program for each of the motors, wherein each operational program relates to the operational characteristics of its respective motor;
- a code segment for storing the identification information and the operational programs in memory accessible by the computer;
- a code segment for receiving in the computer identification information for a motor to be replaced;
- a code segment for comparing the identification information of the motor to be replaced to the identification information stored in the memory;
- a code segment for retrieving the operational program for the motor associated with matching identification information;
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- a code segment for transferring at least a portion of the operational program to a remote personal computing device for use in programming a replacement motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.