Granted Patent B1

US 7,437,941 · App. 11/743,374 · Granted Oct 21, 2008

Abstract

Claims (9)

1. A pressure gauge for determining refrigerant pressure and refrigerant saturated vapor equivalent temperature for a refrigerant in an HVAC system comprising:

a. a pressure sensor connected to the HVAC system for producing an electronic pressure signal proportional to the refrigerant pressure in the HVAC system;

b. a microprocessor for receiving the electronic pressure signal and programmed to:

i. calculate a refrigerant pressure value of the refrigerant from the electronic pressure signal; and

ii. calculate a refrigerant saturated vapor equivalent temperature value from the refrigerant pressure value for the refrigerant in the HVAC system; and

c. a display connected to the microprocessor for showing the calculate refrigerant pressure value and the calculated refrigerant saturated vapor equivalent temperature value.

2. The pressure gauge of claim 1 , wherein the microprocessor further calculates a series of the instantaneous refrigerant pressure value and renders a graph of the instantaneous refrigerant pressure values on the display.

3. The pressure gauge of claim 1 , wherein the microprocessor further generates a trend line of the refrigerant pressure value or the refrigerant saturated vapor equivalent temperature value over a preselected time period and renders the trend line for the preselected time period on the display.

4. The pressure gauge of claim 1 , wherein the pressure gauge further includes a temperature sensor that produces an electronic temperature signal proportional to temperature of the refrigerant in the HVAC system and wherein the microprocessor calculates a temperature value for the refrigerant and renders the refrigerant temperature value on the display.

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