384 patents
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Utility
Coaxial Cable with Two Hour Circuit Integrity
25 Feb 21
A coaxial cable with two hour circuit integrity is provided and can include an inner conductor, an outer conductor, an insulating layer disposed between the inner conductor and the outer conductor that includes a polymer support structure and air pockets that act as a dielectric for a signal transmitted through the inner conductor, an outer jacket, and a flame barrier disposed between the outer jacket and the outer conductor to avoid choking the signal, wherein the flame barrier can prevent fire from advancing from the outer jacket to the outer conductor for at least two hours.
Ronald Caplette, Brian Meachum, Daniel Dunar
Filed: 19 Aug 19
Utility
Method of associating an HVAC controller with an external web service
23 Feb 21
A wireless thermostat may be associated with a user account of an external web service that may facilitate remote access and/or control of the wireless thermostat.
Gabriel A. Bergman, Adam Nemcek
Filed: 16 Feb 17
Utility
Burner Control System
18 Feb 21
A water heater control system the water heater system comprising a rechargeable and non-rechargeable power source.
Peter M. Anderson, Rolf L. Strand, Frederick Hazzard, Gregory Young
Filed: 13 Aug 20
Utility
Circuit for Detecting a Leak In a Water Heater Device and Activating an Alarm Device
18 Feb 21
This disclosure is related to devices, systems, and techniques for outputting an alarm signal in response to detecting a leak in a water heater device.
Frederick Hazzard, Adam Myre, Gregory Young
Filed: 6 Aug 20
Utility
Gas Valve Operator Drive Circuit
18 Feb 21
A water heater comprising a thermoelectric device to power components of the water heater, a valve configured to control gas flow, and a controller.
Frederick Hazzard, Adam Myre, Gregory Young
Filed: 13 Aug 20
Utility
Control System for an Intermittent Pilot Water Heater
18 Feb 21
A water heater control system comprising an energy storage system electrically connected to a pilot valve operator and electrically isolated from a main valve operator.
Frederick Hazzard, Gregory Young, Adam Myre, Peter M. Anderson, Rolf L. Strand, John D. Mitchell
Filed: 13 Aug 20
Utility
Cancelation Circuit for Radio Frequency Antenna Systems
18 Feb 21
A radio frequency antenna system is provided and can include a radio printed circuit board, a first antenna element located proximate an edge of the radio printed circuit board, a second antenna element located proximate the edge of the radio printed circuit board, and a cancelation circuit located on the radio printed circuit board and connected to feeding points of the first antenna and the second antenna, wherein the cancelation circuit can provide a cancelation effect at output ports of the cancelation circuit with respect to signals broadcast by the first antenna element and the second antenna element over air.
Michal Pokorny
Filed: 15 Aug 19
Utility
Systems and methods for customizing and providing automated voice prompts for text displayed on a security system keypad
16 Feb 21
Systems and methods for customizing and providing automated voice prompts for text displayed on a security system keypad are provided.
Xinyu Ma, Liu Nie, Rong Gao
Filed: 30 Jun 17
Design
Water heater controller
9 Feb 21
Brian Moy, Ravindra Khosla, Rajat Shail
Filed: 28 Jul 20
Utility
HVAC zoning devices, systems, and methods
9 Feb 21
A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system may be zoned into one or more zone.
James Flaherty, Nathaniel D. Kraft, Preston Gilmer
Filed: 19 Jun 15
Utility
Systems and methods for efficient utilization of wireless bandwidth
9 Feb 21
Systems and methods are provided that include an access point receiving a request from a device to join a first network defined by a first protocol, the access point allocating a slot of a superframe to the device, and the access point allocating remaining slots of the superframe to communication by the access point on a second network defined by a second protocol.
Vishnu Vardhan Reddy Beema, Sandeep Suresh, Kenneth Eskildsen
Filed: 26 Dec 17
Utility
Method and System for Controlling a Mini-split Hvac Unit from a Remote Location
4 Feb 21
A wireless controller to set a programmable setpoint of a remote HVAC unit that thermostatically controls a temperature in a space using the temperature sensed and a programmable setpoint.
Aaron J. Klein, Ramprasad Yelchuru, Huanimin Bao, Cameron K. Vreeland
Filed: 1 Feb 18
Utility
Universal Wireless Hvac Controller with an Internally Stored Infrared (Ir) Database
4 Feb 21
A wireless controller (200) is configured to send commands to a mini-split HVAC unit (100) that thermostatically controls a temperature in a space (50) using the temperature sensed and a programmable set point.
Zhifei Dong, Huanimin Bao, Ling Dong, Cameron K. Vreeland, Le Zhang
Filed: 1 Feb 18
Utility
Remote sensor with improved occupancy sensing
2 Feb 21
The occupancy status of a building space may be determined by sensing an indication of motion in the building space, in response to sensing the indication of motion in the building space, starting an occupied time period having a length during which the building space is indicated as being occupied, determining a measure related to a number of subsequent sensed indications of motion in the building space during the occupied time period, and selectively adjusting the length of the occupied time period based on the measure related to the number of subsequent sensed indications of motion in the building space during the occupied time period.
Christopher Heintzelman, David Johnson, Steven Hoglund, Jeffrey Boll, David Schultz, Steven C. Nichols
Filed: 10 Oct 18
Utility
Automatic changeover mode in an HVAC controller with reversible deadband enforcement
2 Feb 21
An HVAC controller is configured to automatically change between a HEAT mode and a COOL mode in accordance with a sensed temperature in the building structure, a HEAT temperature set point and a COOL temperature set point.
Christopher Heintzelman, Christopher R. Jones, Joseph Carlos Vargas
Filed: 10 Oct 18
Utility
Wireless sensor with mounting plate
2 Feb 21
A wireless sensor assembly includes a wall plate that is configured to be secured to a wall of a building using either a threaded fastener or a releasable adhesive strip, the wall plate including an aperture therethrough for accommodating the threaded fastener and a recess on a back surface of the wall plate to accommodate at least part of the releasable adhesive strip.
Travis Read, Nathan Carlson, Christopher Heintzelman, Karla Morales
Filed: 10 Oct 18
Utility
Context-aware smart home energy manager
2 Feb 21
A context-aware smart home energy management (CASHEM) system and method is disclosed.
Saad J. Bedros, Tom Markham, Tom Plocher, Pradeep Shetty, Thirumaran Ekambaram, Nasir Mohammed
Filed: 26 May 16
Utility
Power stealing system with an electric load
2 Feb 21
A power stealing system having an electrical load, a capacitive element having an input connected to the electrical load.
Jesus Omar Ponce, Arturo Romero, Jonathan Lopez
Filed: 27 Jul 18
Utility
Humidifier system
26 Jan 21
A system that provides effective and efficient introduction of water droplets into an air flow.
Andrzej Peczalski, Grant Wood, Jason L. Ableitner, Lauren Seymour, Brad A. Terlson, Thomas M. Rezachek, Alex Gu, Charles N. Hoff, Andrew Smith, Chris Ohlsen, Adam D. McBrady
Filed: 13 Oct 17
Utility
HVAC controller with indoor air quality scheduling
26 Jan 21
An HVAC controller, such as a thermostat, may be configured to allow a user to set and/or select schedule time period in which one or more indoor quality units (e.g. humidification, dehumidification, ventilation, etc.) will or will not operate, and/or will operated but using different settings.
Barbara Dean-Hendricks, Joshua Jacque Edberg, David Quam, Amy Ragland
Filed: 17 Oct 17