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US 2026/0202099 A1Published application
Systems and Methods to Adjust and/or Upgrade Configurations of Water Heaters
AssigneeRheem Manufacturing Company
InventorsJoseph Matthew Krueger, Prudhvi Vishnu Vardhan Amaravadhi, Mathias Joseph German, Raheel Ashraf Chaudhry
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Abstract
A water heater including a controller is disclosed. The controller may obtain a command signal from an external device and upgrade a water heater configuration from a base configuration to an upgraded configuration based on the command signal. The water heater may be configured to operate at a higher or lower heating capacity or has a higher or lower count of features enabled in the upgraded configuration.
Claims20
A water heater comprising:
- a controller configured to:
- obtain a command signal from an external device;
- and
- upgrade a water heater configuration from a base configuration that is operational to an upgraded configuration based on the command signal,
- wherein the water heater is configured to operate at a higher or lower heating capacity or has a higher or lower count of features enabled in the upgraded configuration relative to the base configuration.
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A system comprising:
- a first computing device and a second computing device configured to be communicatively coupled with each other, wherein the first computing device is configured to:
- generate a command signal based on a user request received from the second computing device;
- and
- transmit the command signal;
- and
- a water heater comprising a controller configured to:
- obtain the command signal directly from the first computing device or via the second computing device;
- and
- upgrade a water heater configuration from a base configuration that is operational to an upgraded configuration based on the command signal, wherein the water heater is configured to operate at a higher or lower heating capacity or has a higher or lower count of features enabled in the upgraded configuration relative to the base configuration.
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A method comprising:
- obtaining, by a controller of a water heater, a command signal from an external device;
- and
- upgrading, based on the command signal, a water heater configuration from a base configuration that is operational to an upgraded configuration,
- wherein the water heater is configured to operate at a higher or lower heating capacity or has a higher or lower count of features enabled in the upgraded configuration relative to the base configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.