Patents by Inventor Joseph G. Raffaelli

Joseph G. Raffaelli 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: 6658372
    Abstract: A furnace diagnostic system includes sensors that monitor various functions of the furnace. Data generated by such sensors may be stored for subsequent transfer or may be transferred in real time via an infra red link to a remote handheld device with which an analysis thereof is performed. The handheld device additionally allows the technician to control various furnace functions to facilitate the generation of relevant real time data. In order to further enhance the system's diagnostics capabilities, the communication may be established with a centralized computing facility which includes a data base containing data relating to an entire population of similar furnaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Robertshaw Controls Company
    Inventors: Anthony W. Abraham, Joseph G. Raffaelli, Robert W. Cuomo, Derek Daniel Johnson, Robert Wayne Lewis, Eldon Vaughn
  • Patent number: 6535838
    Abstract: A furnace diagnostic system includes sensors that monitor various functions of the furnace. Data generated by such sensors may be stored for subsequent transfer or may be transferred in real time via an infra red link to a remote handheld device with which an analysis thereof is performed. The handheld device additionally allows the technician to control various furnace functions to facilitate the generation of relevant real time data. In order to further enhance the system's diagnostics capabilities, the communication may be established with a centralized computing facility which includes a data base containing data relating to an entire population of similar furnaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Robertshaw Controls Company
    Inventors: Anthony W. Abraham, Joseph G. Raffaelli, Robert W. Cuomo, Derek Daniel Johnson, Robert Wayne Lewis, Eldon Vaughn
  • Publication number: 20030004682
    Abstract: A furnace diagnostic system includes sensors that monitor various functions of the furnace. Data generated by such sensors may be stored for subsequent transfer or may be transferred in real time via an infra red link to a remote handheld device with which an analysis thereof is performed. The handheld device additionally allows the technician to control various furnace functions to facilitate the generation of relevant real time data. In order to further enhance the system's diagnostics capabilities, the communication may be established with a centralized computing facility which includes a data base containing data relating to an entire population of similar furnaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Anthony W. Abraham, Joseph G. Raffaelli, Robert W. Cuomo, Derek Daniel Johnson, Robert Wayne Lewis, Eldon Vaughn
  • Publication number: 20020052713
    Abstract: A furnace diagnostic system includes sensors that monitor various functions of the furnace. Data generated by such sensors may be stored for subsequent transfer or may be transferred in real time via an infra red link to a remote handheld device with which an analysis thereof is performed. The handheld device additionally allows the technician to control various furnace functions to facilitate the generation of relevant real time data. In order to further enhance the system's diagnostics capabilities, the communication may be established with a centralized computing facility which includes a data base containing data relating to an entire population of similar furnaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Applicant: INVENSYS a Robertshaw Controls company
    Inventors: Anthony W. Abraham, Joseph G. Raffaelli, Robert W. Cuomo, Derek Daniel Johnson, Robert Wayne Lewis, Eldon Vaughn
  • Patent number: 4019854
    Abstract: A system for trial period ignition of a fluid fuel burner having an oscillator with a gate in the feedback path thereof, the oscillator providing power to a burner fuel valve and to a spark generator, wherein oscillator operation is sustained after the period only upon flame detection which keeps the oscillator feedback path gate closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1977
    Assignee: International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
    Inventors: Elmer A. Carlson, Joseph G. Raffaelli, Ronald A. Gann