Patents by Inventor Frantisek Krivanek

Frantisek Krivanek has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11466884
    Abstract: An actuator may include a drive motor, an actuatable output, and a sensor for sensing a first sensed parameter in or around the actuator. The first sensed parameter may have a first sensed parameter value that can change with time. The actuator may also include electronics that may identify a first identified value representative of the first sensed parameter value and increment a first counter value when the first identified value falls within a first range of values, and increment a second counter value when the first identified value falls within a second range of values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Miroslav Mikulica, Lubos Sikora, Frantisek Krivanek, David Zeman
  • Publication number: 20200208862
    Abstract: An actuator may include a drive motor, an actuatable output, and a sensor for sensing a first sensed parameter in or around the actuator. The first sensed parameter may have a first sensed parameter value that can change with time. The actuator may also include electronics that may identify a first identified value representative of the first sensed parameter value and increment a first counter value when the first identified value falls within a first range of values, and increment a second counter value when the first identified value falls within a second range of values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Miroslav Mikulica, Lubos Sikora, Frantisek Krivanek, David Zeman
  • Patent number: 10634379
    Abstract: An actuator may include a drive motor, an actuatable output, and a sensor for sensing a first sensed parameter in or around the actuator. The first sensed parameter may have a first sensed parameter value that can change with time. The actuator may also include electronics that may identify a first identified value representative of the first sensed parameter value and increment a first counter value when the first identified value falls within a first range of values, and increment a second counter value when the first identified value falls within a second range of values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Miroslav Mikulica, Lubos Sikora, Frantisek Krivanek, David Zeman
  • Patent number: 10550952
    Abstract: An HVAC actuator that includes a motor to assist in driving an HVAC component between a first end stop and a second end stop, a return spring configured to provide a bias force toward the second end stop, and a controller operatively coupled to the motor. The controller may store a predetermined zero position that corresponds to the position of the HVAC component that results when the HVAC component is allowed to come to rest against the second end stop under the influence of the bias force of the return spring while the motor is interrupted from controlling the position and speed of the HVAC component. The controller may be configured to remove drive power to the motor before the HVAC component 14 reaches the predetermined zero position, allowing the return spring to gently park the HVAC component on the send end stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Ondrej Ficner, Petr Senfluk, Frantisek Krivanek
  • Publication number: 20190093913
    Abstract: An actuator may include a drive motor, an actuatable output, and a sensor for sensing a first sensed parameter in or around the actuator. The first sensed parameter may have a first sensed parameter value that can change with time. The actuator may also include electronics that may identify a first identified value representative of the first sensed parameter value and increment a first counter value when the first identified value falls within a first range of values, and increment a second counter value when the first identified value falls within a second range of values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Miroslav Mikulica, Lubos Sikora, Frantisek Krivanek, David Zeman