IP Library Granted Patent US 12,241,802
Granted Patent B2
US 12,241,802 · App. 17/496,131 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Monitoring system for a radon mitigation system

Inventors: Nara Gasparian Scott (Bloomfield Hills, MI); David Scott (Bloomfield Hills, MI); Emilie Scott (Bloomfield Hills, MI)
G01L19/083F24F8/70G01L19/0038
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Patent No.
US 12,241,802
App. No.
17/496,131
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for monitoring pressure within a volume defined by a wall has a housing and a manometer coupled to the housing having fluid therein. The manometer is coupled to the volume and has a fluid level corresponding to a pressure within the volume. A pressure sensor is coupled to the housing and is coupled to volume. The pressure sensor generates a pressure signal corresponding to the pressure within the volume. A controller is coupled to the pressure sensor and is programmed to compare the pressure signal to a threshold and programmed to generate an indicator based on comparing.

Claims (8)

1. A mitigation system for monitoring pressure for a building having a slab comprising:

a conduit communicating air from under the slab to an outside area of the building, said conduit having a volume;

a fan coupled to the conduit and moving air through the conduit;

a housing;

a pressure sensor coupled to the volume between the slab and the fan through a conduit and configured to generate a pressure signal corresponding to a pressure within the volume of the exhaust conduit;

a controller coupled to the pressure sensor, the controller is programmed to compare the pressure signal to a first threshold and a second threshold, said controller generating a low pressure indicator when threshold is both at and below the first threshold and a high pressure indicator when the pressure signal is at and greater than the second threshold, said high pressure indicator indicative of a conduit problem above the exhaust fan, said low pressure indicator indicative of a problem under the slab or in the conduit below the pressure sensor; and

a wireless interface communicating the low pressure indicator and the high pressure indicator to a user device or a central monitoring system.

2. The mitigation system of claim 1 further comprising a temperature sensor generating a temperature signal, said wireless interface communicating the temperature signal to the user device or the central monitoring system.

Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63111475 · Nov 9, 2020
Related Publication 20220146354A1 · May 12, 2022
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