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Country	kind	publication No.	Filing Date	Type	Sub-Type
EP	B1	EP1008816	Oct 25, 1999	Patent	Grant
Type : Patent Sub-Type : Grant
Patent		Method for the diagnosis of an air conditioning system		Jan 28, 2004

• 15 United States
• 10 France
• 8 Japan
• 7 China
• 5 Korea
• 2 Other

Patent Owner(s)

Patent Owner	Address
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES INC	LEGAL STAFF - MAIL CODE 480-410-202 P O BOX 5052 TROY MI

International Classification(s)

• G01K:MEASURING TEMPERATURE; MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT;....

• 2000 Application Filing Year
• G01K Class
• 165 Applications Filed
• 64 Patents Issued To-Date
• 38.79 % Issued To-Date

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name	Address	# of filed Patents	Total Citations
Archibald, Charles Andrew	Lockport, NY	14	298
# of filed Patents : 14 Total Citations : 298
Brandon, Giles M	Bascharage, LU	4	144
# of filed Patents : 4 Total Citations : 144
Kachur, Christopher M	Amherst, NY	4	140
# of filed Patents : 4 Total Citations : 140

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• 60 Citation Count
• G01K Class

• 99.23 % this patent is cited more than
• 24 Age

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Maintenance Fees

Fee	Large entity fee	small entity fee	micro entity fee	due date

Fee	Large entity fee	small entity fee	micro entity fee
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unavoidable	$700.00	$350.00	$175.00
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unintentional	$1,640.00	$820.00	$410.00

Full Text

US Patent No: 6240733

Method for the diagnosis of an air conditioning system

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Abstract

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In a method for the diagnosis of an air conditioning system having a condenser, an evaporator, an expansion device and a compressor, the stroke of which can be set via a valve, a maximum compressor stroke is set abruptly when the air conditioning system is running and a pressure impulse arising in the high pressure side of the refrigerant circuit is measured in order to determine the degree of filling of the refrigerant circuit.

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• STCH2005
• LAPS2005
• FP2005
• REMI2004
• I2001
• AS2000
• F2000
• PD1998

Date	Code	Event	Description
Jul 06, 2005	STCH	INFORMATION ON STATUS: PATENT DISCONTINUATION	free format text: PATENT EXPIRED DUE TO NONPAYMENT OF MAINTENANCE FEES UNDER 37 CFR 1.362
Jun 06, 2005	LAPS	LAPSE FOR FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES
Jun 05, 2005	FP	LAPSED DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEE	Effective Date: Jun 05, 2005
Dec 22, 2004	REMI	MAINTENANCE FEE REMINDER MAILED
Jun 05, 2001	I	Issuance
May 08, 2000	AS	ASSIGNMENT	free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:BRANDON, GILES M.;ARCHIBALD, CHARLES ANDREW;KACHUR, CHRISTOPHER M.;REEL/FRAME:010777/0677;SIGNING DATES FROM 19991206 TO 19991221 Owner name: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC., MICHIGAN
Jan 21, 2000	F	Filing
Nov 23, 1998	PD	Priority Date