Patents by Inventor Jiri Senkyr

Jiri Senkyr 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: 11015734
    Abstract: A method for calibrating a position of a control valve within a gas valve assembly for controlling fuel flow to a combustion appliance. The method may include moving the control valve to a second end stop, moving the control valve from the second end stop to a first end stop while counting a number of steps traveled by a stepper motor driving the control valve, and comparing the counted number of steps traveled from the second end stop to the first end stop to a reference value stored in a memory of the controller. If the counted number of steps does not match the reference value, the gas valve assembly may be placed in a lockout mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Jiri Senkyr, Milan Fedor
  • Publication number: 20200063890
    Abstract: A method for calibrating a position of a control valve within a gas valve assembly for controlling fuel flow to a combustion appliance. The method may include moving the control valve to a second end stop, moving the control valve from the second end stop to a first end stop while counting a number of steps traveled by a stepper motor driving the control valve, and comparing the counted number of steps traveled from the second end stop to the first end stop to a reference value stored in a memory of the controller. If the counted number of steps does not match the reference value, the gas valve assembly may be placed in a lockout mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Jiri Senkyr, Milan Fedor
  • Patent number: 10288282
    Abstract: A method for commissioning a gas valve assembly for controlling fuel flow to a combustion appliance. An example method for commissioning the gas valve assembly may include initiating a commissioning mode in the controller of the gas valve assembly. Once in the commissioning mode, inputting a user defined initial air to fuel (A/F) ratio, activating the combustion appliance, setting a burner load of the combustion appliance to a set burner load, inputting a desired A/F ratio for the set burner load, running the combustion appliance at the burner load with the desired A/F ratio, and observing the operation of the combustion appliance. The method may further include saving the desired A/F ratio for the set burner load to the controller of the gas valve assembly and exiting the commissioning mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Jiri Senkyr, Frank van Prooijen
  • Publication number: 20170370577
    Abstract: A method for commissioning a gas valve assembly for controlling fuel flow to a combustion appliance. An example method for commissioning the gas valve assembly may include initiating a commissioning mode in the controller of the gas valve assembly. Once in the commissioning mode, inputting a user defined initial air to fuel (A/F) ratio, activating the combustion appliance, setting a burner load of the combustion appliance to a set burner load, inputting a desired A/F ratio for the set burner load, running the combustion appliance at the burner load with the desired A/F ratio, and observing the operation of the combustion appliance. The method may further include saving the desired A/F ratio for the set burner load to the controller of the gas valve assembly and exiting the commissioning mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Jiri Senkyr, Frank van Prooijen