Patents Assigned to Johnson Controls Technology Company
-
Patent number: 11268715Abstract: A heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a building space includes an HVAC device including a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to generate an encrypted dynamic key based on a manifest stored on the device. The manifest includes a set of entitlements for the HVAC device based on relationships between the HVAC device and entities. The processing circuit is further configured to transmit the stored manifest to an authentication server by sending the encrypted dynamic key to the authentication server and receive an updated manifest from the authentication server based on the encrypted dynamic key. The processing circuit is further configured to send a payload request to the authentication server based on the updated manifest, the payload request including a software update request.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Youngchoon Park, Justin J. Ploegert, Erik S. Paulson, Sudhi R. Sinha
-
Publication number: 20220066695Abstract: A multi-tiered data storage system for building management system (BMS) data includes a plurality of data stores including a first data store and a second data store. The system further includes a data access router configured to provide a consistent endpoint for the BMS data to an application that provides or consumes the BMS data regardless of whether the BMS data is stored in the second data store or the first data store, obtain a requested data object of the BMS data from the second data store in response to a determination that the requested data object is available in the second data store, and obtain the requested data object from the first data store in response to a determination that the requested data object is not available in the second data store.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2020Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: CAROL T. TUMEY, MICHAEL F. JAEGER
-
Patent number: 11262112Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes an air flow path through which an air flow is routed. The HVAC system also includes a first condenser coil positioned in the air flow path and configured to receive a first portion of a refrigerant from a refrigerant conduit. The HVAC system also includes a second condenser coil positioned in the air flow path downstream from the first condenser coil relative to the air flow, and configured to receive a second portion of the refrigerant from the refrigerant conduit in parallel with the first portion of the refrigerant received by the first condenser coil.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Rajiv K. Karkhanis, Nicholas P. Mislak
-
Patent number: 11255572Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit includes a drain pan including a basin defined by a base and a plurality of side walls configured to collect condensate from an evaporator of the HVAC unit. The HVAC unit also includes a drain port disposed in the base of the basin and arranged such that the drain pan is configured to direct the condensate toward the drain port and out of the basin, a protruded portion extending from an outer surface of a side wall of the plurality of side walls, and a passage proximate to a top edge of the side wall of the plurality of side walls and configured to facilitate overflow of the condensate out of the basin and along the protruded portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: John L. McElvany, Curtis A. Trammell
-
Patent number: 11255594Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a condensate collection assembly that includes a condensate collection trough configured to couple to the heat exchanger, the condensate collection trough having a condensate receptacle and a channel, the condensate receptacle is configured to be positioned adjacent to a condensate flow path of the heat exchanger and receive a condensate from the condensate flow path, and the channel is configured to direct the condensate from the condensate receptacle to a condensate pan and a cover disposed over the channel, where the cover is configured to restrict a flow of air from entering the channel.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2018Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Drew H. Carlton, Cody J. Kaiser, Wayne E. Romero
-
Patent number: 11255571Abstract: In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a condensate level switch mounting assembly includes a condensate level switch having a mounting frame, a first bracket configured to fixedly attach to a condensate drain pan, and a second bracket having a mounting plate configured to engage with the mounting frame of the condensate level switch to secure the condensate level switch to the second bracket. The condensate level switch mounting assembly further includes a fastener assembly configured to couple the second bracket to the first bracket such that an angular position of the second bracket is adjustable relative to the first bracket.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2018Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Ravindra B. Salunkhe, Siddappa R. Bidari, Praveen Y R, Kunal J. Gandevia
-
Publication number: 20220043410Abstract: A building management system includes one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive a publication by an agent on an agent communication channel, the publication comprising timeseries data, identify, based on the publication, an object entity of an entity database associated with the agent, wherein the entity database includes one or more object entities and relationships between the one or more object entities and one or more data entities, identify a data entity related to the object entity based on a relationship of the relationships relating the object entity and the data entity, and ingest the timeseries data into the data entity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Erik S. Paulson, Vijaya S. Chennupati, Kelsey C. Schuster
-
Publication number: 20220042704Abstract: A method includes determining control setpoints for equipment based on a time-varying availability of green energy and revenue from an incentive program of an energy provider. The method also includes controlling the equipment using the control setpoints.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: KIRK H. DREES, MICHAEL J. WENZEL, ROBERT D. TURNEY
-
Patent number: 11241650Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a purge system for a vapor compression system including an emission canister. The emission canister includes a load cell disposed in an interior of the emission canister, a base supported by the load cell, and an adsorbent material disposed on the base. The adsorbent material is configured to adsorb a refrigerant flowing through the emission canister, and the load cell is configured to monitor a weight of the adsorbent material and the refrigerant within the emission canister.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Maccrae William Monteith, Daniel Jay Lentz
-
Patent number: 11238055Abstract: A building management system (BMS) includes building equipment, an eventseries generator, and a storage interface. The building equipment are configured to generate a plurality of data samples. Each of the data samples includes a data value and a timestamp. The eventseries generator is configured to assign a sample state to each data sample based on the data value of the data sample and generate one or more events based on the timestamp of each data sample and the sample state assigned to each data sample. Each of the events includes a start time, an end time, and an event state. The eventseries generator is configured to generate an eventseries including the one or more generated events. The storage interface is configured to store the eventseries in an eventseries database.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANYInventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vijaya S. Chennupati, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Erik S. Paulson, Ada L. Ma
-
Patent number: 11236928Abstract: A curb assembly for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a frame configured to couple to a curb of a structure, a pedestal system configured to couple to a housing of the HVAC system and to the frame, such that the pedestal system extends from the housing to the frame, and an adjustable duct connector configured to fluidly couple an air flow passage of the housing with ductwork of the structure. The pedestal system is configured to enclose a space formed between the frame and the housing and the adjustable duct connector configured to be disposed within the space.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Manjur Tamboli, Neelkanth S. Gupte, Sarjerao D. Pingale
-
Patent number: 11236951Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a conduit configured to flow a refrigerant therethrough and a fin coupled to the conduit. The fin has a slot formed therethrough, in which the slot has a first portion and a second portion continuous with the first portion and disposed at an angle relative to the first portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventor: Rong Yu
-
Patent number: 11236762Abstract: A centrifugal blower has a first housing section and a second housing section separated by a width of the centrifugal blower. The centrifugal blower also has an intake port extending through the first housing section and the second housing section along the width, and an outlet port formed by the first housing section and the second housing section. A dimension of the width continuously decreases as the outlet port is approached along a length of the centrifugal blower.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Madhuka M. Jayarathne, Hongdan Wang, Roy R. Crawford, Robert E. Cabrera, Paul J. Lucas
-
Patent number: 11231211Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system having a return air recycling system that includes a heat exchanger configured to be disposed along a refrigerant circuit of the HVAC system and flow a refrigerant therethrough, an exhaust fan configured to direct return air across the heat exchanger to place the refrigerant in thermal communication with the return air and to exhaust the return air from the HVAC system, and a controller configured to adjust a speed of the exhaust fan, a flow rate of refrigerant through the heat exchanger, or both, based on feedback indicative of a temperature of the return air.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventor: Anil V. Bhosale
-
Patent number: 11231212Abstract: A desuperheater of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a first conduit defining a first fluid flow path configured to receive a refrigerant, and a second conduit defining a second fluid flow path and configured to facilitate heat transfer between the first fluid flow path and the second fluid flow path. The desuperheater also includes an inlet of the second conduit configured to receive collected water into the second fluid flow path. The desuperheater also includes a ventilation hole disposed in the second conduit and configured to vent water vapor from the second fluid flow path.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Ryan L. Snider, Karla D. Alvarez Cavazos, Nicholas P. Mislak
-
Patent number: 11231197Abstract: A leak detection system of a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a sensor configured to detect a UV tracer in a monitored gas volume of the HVAC system. The leak detection system also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor. The controller is configured to modify operation of the HVAC system in response to the sensor detecting the UV tracer in the monitored gas volume.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2018Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: William F. McQuade, Neelkanth Gupte
-
Patent number: 11231201Abstract: A climate management system includes a controller configured to receive an input indicative of an airflow rate setpoint for each zone of a plurality of zones of the climate management system. The controller is further configured to determine a respective airflow rate adjustment for each airflow rate setpoint and adjust each airflow rate setpoint based on the respective airflow rate adjustment to determine a respective adjusted airflow rate for each zone of the plurality of zones, where the respective airflow rate adjustment for each zone of the plurality of zones is based on a current annual season of a plurality of annual seasons.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2018Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Tyler P. McCune, Theresa N. Gillette, Jonathan A. Burns
-
Patent number: 11231691Abstract: A building management system (BMS) including a controller having an adaptive interaction manager and an agent manager. The system further includes one or more input-output (I/O) devices, the I/O devices in communication with the adaptive interaction manager. The controller further including a number of BMS field devices. The I/O devices are configured to receive an input from a user, and further configured to communicate the input to the adaptive interaction manager. The agent manager is configured to determine if one or more existing software agents are capable of performing the desired action, and to automatically transmit the existing software agents to one or more of the BMS field devices based on the agent manager determining the existing software agents are capable of performing the desired action. The software agents are configured to automatically be installed in a processing circuit of the BMS field device to perform the required action.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2017Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANYInventors: Sudhi Sinha, Daniel M. Curtis, Donald Albinger, Youngchoon Park, Joseph Mueller, Karl Reichenberger, Matthew T. Trawicki, Patrick E. Harder
-
Patent number: 11226597Abstract: A method for interacting with a building management system (BMS) using intelligent software agents. The method includes receiving a user request from a multi-input device configured to accept vocal and textual inputs, and contextualizing the user request for a space and/or place and a corresponding user. The method further includes constructing a user skill level from the user request, and activating a customized BMS optimization process, the customized BMS optimization process determined by the intelligent software agents from the user skill level, the user request, and the space and/or place.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Sudhi R. Sinha, Youngchoon Park, Ada L. Ma
-
Patent number: 11226129Abstract: A system configured to modify an environmental condition of a building includes a valve configured to regulate a flow of a fluid and an actuator. The actuator includes a motor and a drive coupling, the drive coupling driven by the motor and coupled to the valve for driving the valve between multiple positions. The system further includes a flow rate sensor configured to measure the flow rate of the fluid through the valve and a processing circuit coupled to the motor and the flow rate sensor. The processing circuit is configured to receive a flow rate setpoint and a flow rate measurement, determine an actuator position setpoint based on the flow rate setpoint and the flow rate measurement, and operate the motor to drive the drive coupling to the actuator position setpoint. The flow rate sensor and the processing circuit are located within a common integrated device chassis.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Kirk H. Drees, Herbert J. Doll, Gerald A. Duenkel, Marcello Passoni