Patents by Inventor Maxwell J. Neuman

Maxwell J. Neuman 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).

  • Systems and methods to automatically link availability of series devices in a plant
    Patent number: 11867419
    Abstract: A controller for a plurality of interconnected devices in a system is shown. The controller includes a processing circuit configured to detect that a first device of the plurality of interconnected devices is unavailable and identify a second device of the plurality of interconnected devices schematically dependent upon the first device by conducting a graph theory analysis on schematic relationships indicating connections among the plurality of interconnected devices. The processing circuit is further configured to, in response to identifying the second device schematically dependent upon the first device, generate a reduced subset of the plurality of interconnected devices that excludes the second device. The processing circuit is further configured to operate the reduced subset to transfer one or more resources among the reduced subset via the connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
    Inventors: Matthew J. Asmus, Maxwell J. Neuman
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO AUTOMATICALLY LINK AVAILABILITY OF SERIES DEVICES IN A PLANT
    Publication number: 20210285674
    Abstract: A controller for a plurality of interconnected devices in a system is shown. The controller includes a processing circuit configured to detect that a first device of the plurality of interconnected devices is unavailable and identify a second device of the plurality of interconnected devices schematically dependent upon the first device by conducting a graph theory analysis on schematic relationships indicating connections among the plurality of interconnected devices. The processing circuit is further configured to, in response to identifying the second device schematically dependent upon the first device, generate a reduced subset of the plurality of interconnected devices that excludes the second device. The processing circuit is further configured to operate the reduced subset to transfer one or more resources among the reduced subset via the connections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Matthew J. Asmus, Maxwell J. Neuman