99 patents
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Utility
Air management system for the outdoor unit of a residential air conditioner or heat pump
23 Dec 19
A fan assembly includes a fan housing having an inlet and an outlet.
Richie C. Stauter, Peter R. Bushnell
Filed: 6 Oct 16
Utility
Condensate drain pan port
23 Dec 19
An HVAC/R unit, a condensate drain pan port insert, and a condensate drain pan are provided.
Richard Long
Filed: 16 Jan 18
Utility
Multiport extruded heat exchanger
23 Dec 19
A heat exchanger is provided including a first manifold and a second manifold separated from the first manifold.
Luis Felipe Avila, Bruce J. Poplawski, Kazuo Saito
Filed: 31 Aug 15
Utility
Communication systems
23 Dec 19
A message communication system, such as a security system, having a distributed architecture includes a plurality of customer terminals, one or more proprietary routers, one or more automation systems, each customer terminal being associated with an associated at least one of the automation systems, wherein each customer terminal includes at least one communication address of at least one of the proprietary routers, the proprietary router including a routing table to forward the message to the associated automation system or a central station gateway linked to the automation system.
Ron Johan, Gabriel Daher, Daniel Ming On Wu
Filed: 17 Nov 15
Utility
Access Control System with Dynamic Performance Tuning
18 Dec 19
A method of dynamically changing a mode of advertising for at least one of a multiple of access controls, including transmitting advertisements from an access control at a nominal mode; and changing the nominal mode in response to an event.
Michael Lang, Adam Purdue, Adam Kuenzi
Filed: 11 Feb 18
Utility
Locking Module
18 Dec 19
A locking module for selectively coupling a first component and a second component of a lockable device includes a locking member rotatable about an axis between a rest position and an actuated position.
Wayne Floyd Larson
Filed: 27 Feb 18
Utility
Access Control System with Dynamic Performance Tuning
18 Dec 19
A method of dynamically changing a mode of advertising for at least one of a multiple of access controls, including transmitting advertisements from an access control at a nominal mode; and changing the nominal mode in response to a pre-set schedule.
Adam Kuenzi, Michael Lang, Adam Purdue
Filed: 18 Feb 18
Utility
Heat exchanger for air-cooled chiller
16 Dec 19
An air-cooled chiller system includes a heat exchanger including a first tube bank including at least a first and a second flattened tube segments extending longitudinally in spaced parallel relationship; a second tube bank including at least a first and a second flattened tube segments extending longitudinally in spaced parallel relationship, the second tube bank disposed behind the first tube bank with a leading edge of the second tube bank spaced from a trailing edge of the first tube bank; a fan creating an airflow across the first heat exchanger, the airflow flowing over the first tube bank prior to flowing over the second tube bank, wherein refrigerant flows in the heat exchanger in a cross-counterflow direction opposite that of the airflow direction.
Arindom Joardar, Michael F. Taras, Mel Woldesemayat, Jack Leon Esformes, Bruce J. Poplawski, Tobias H. Sienel, Jules Ricardo Munoz
Filed: 23 Feb 14
Utility
Vertical sliding solution of the condenser unit for trucks with refrigerated goods
16 Dec 19
A truck (10) is provided including an engine (12), a cabin, and a conditioned spaced (14) defined by a plurality of adjacent wall members including a front wall member (16).
Ronan Commault, David Vericel, Ludovic Lanuzel
Filed: 2 Feb 14
Utility
Paralleled Passive Front-end Rectifiers with and without Interleaving
11 Dec 19
Embodiments herein relate to a three-phase paralleled passive front-end drive, that includes a rectifier bridge, a coupling reactance operably connected to the rectifier bridge and configured to transfer power from the rectifier to a first direct current (DC) bus, and a bus coupler operably coupling the first DC bus to a second DC bus.
Ismail Agirman
Filed: 25 Jan 18
Utility
Building Management System Having Event Reporting
11 Dec 19
A building management system includes a building system interface (24) configured to access a building system (20); an event service module (26) configured to access event data in the building system through the building system interface (24); a knowledge base (12) providing a model of the building system, the model including semantic descriptions of the event data, the semantic descriptions of the event data being arranged in an ontology; a semantic service module (30) in communication with the knowledge base (12); and a user interface (14) in communication with the semantic service module (30) and the event service module (26), the user interface (14) generating a user request to create an event filter having a filter criterion and report event data matching the filter criterion.
Fabrizio Smith, Daniele Alessandrelli, Christos Sofronis, Alberto Ferrari, Jason Higley, Bhabani Sankar Nanda
Filed: 20 Nov 17
Utility
Refrigerated container and duct extension
9 Dec 19
A duct (100) comprises the molded combination of: an inlet flange (110) surrounding an inlet (102), the inlet having a height and a width; and body (112) extending from the inlet to an outlet (104) and having a body interior that laterally outwardly diverges and upwardly shifts from the inlet toward the outlet.
Shafi N. Khan, Peter R. Bushnell, Richie C. Stauter, Dale R. Fine
Filed: 10 Apr 14
Utility
System and Method for Operating a Hvac System by Determining Occupied State of a Structure Via Ip Address
4 Dec 19
A system and method for operating an HVAC system based on the occupancy of a structure, wherein occupancy of the structure is determined by a remote occupancy identifier, the occupancy identifier configured to determine the occupancy of the structure by detecting if a user device is connected to a network within the structure, the occupancy identifier further configured to change at least one operational parameter setting of the HVAC controller depending on whether the structure is currently occupied or not.
Brent Kumfer
Filed: 7 Sep 17
Utility
Dehumidification Control at Part Load
4 Dec 19
A heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system is provided.
Mani Ram
Filed: 22 Apr 19
Utility
Four-way Valve
4 Dec 19
A heating and cooling system includes a compressor having a discharge outlet and a suction inlet; a first heat exchanger; a second heat exchanger; a four-way valve including: a body including a first port connected to the discharge outlet, a second port connected to the first heat exchanger, a third port connected to the suction inlet and a fourth port connected to the second heat exchanger; a slider positioned in the body; and an actuator assembly configured to impart linear motion to the slider; and a controller configured to send a command to the actuator assembly to move the slider to one of a first position, a second position or a third position.
Sathish R. Das, Charles A. Cluff
Filed: 3 Jun 19
Utility
Fire Type Detection and Notification
4 Dec 19
According to an aspect, a method of fire type detection and notification includes receiving a plurality of sensor data from a plurality of sensors operable to detect one or more fire conditions.
Prasad Babu Lakshmipathy, Sowmya Paturu, Saurabh Kumar Sinha, Sreeramya Soratkal, Jignesh Soneji
Filed: 20 May 19
Utility
Notifying an individual about an item in a secure mailbox
2 Dec 19
A method of notifying an individual about an item in a secure mailbox is provided.
Santhosh Amuduri
Filed: 13 Jun 18
Utility
Integrated Compressed Gas Transport Refrigeration Unit for Compressed Gas Fueled Vehicles
27 Nov 19
A transport refrigeration system comprises a vehicle having a refrigerated cargo space; a compressed gas tank configured to store gas; an engine configured to power the vehicle through combustion of the gas; and a pressure reducing mechanism fluidly connecting the compressed gas tank and the engine.
Ciara POOLMAN, Robert A. CHOPKO
Filed: 1 May 17
Utility
FURNACE WITH PREMIX ULTRA-LOW NOx (ULN) BURNER
27 Nov 19
Disclosed is an induced-draft gas-fired furnace that includes: an electronic furnace controller, a burner assembly, a gas valve, and an inducer motor, wherein the controller: accelerates the inducer motor at a first pre-ignition rate to a first pre-ignition speed; controls the gas valve to supply gas to the burner assembly to obtain a first pre-ignition ratio of fuel to air, operates an igniter to attempt to ignite the first fuel mixture, determines whether fuel has ignited in the burner assembly, wherein when fuel having the first pre-ignition ratio of fuel to air remains unignited after a plurality of ignition attempts, the controller: decelerates the inducer motor to a second pre-ignition rate to obtain a second pre-ignition speed and a second fuel mixture comprising a second pre-ignition ratio of fuel to air, and determines whether the second fuel mixture has ignited in the burner assembly.
Fahad Anwar
Filed: 22 May 19
Utility
Biometric Air Conditioning Control System
27 Nov 19
A biometric air conditioning control system includes a local electronic device, an ambient air parameter sensor, a mobile device, a storage medium, and a processor.
Ankit Tiwari, Blanca Florentino Liano, Piyush Agrawal
Filed: 23 May 19