Patents by Inventor Mike Troutman

Mike Troutman 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: 11543791
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining operation commands for a fixture within an area of a facility. One example system includes a processor configured to: receive, from a first fixture associated with an area within a facility, operational data related to an operation of the first fixture; receive, from a second fixture associated with the area within the facility, environmental data related to a condition of the area; process the operational data and the environmental data through a status model to determine a status for the area, the status model trained with operational data and environmental data previously received from the first fixture, the second fixture, and other fixtures associated with the facility; determine an operation command for a third fixture associated with the area within the facility based on the status; and provide the operation command to the third fixture for execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Zurn Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Mike Troutman, Dan Klasen, Paul Nelson, Adam Beson, Nolan Bello, William Leannah, Ricky Miezin
  • Publication number: 20210176319
    Abstract: A water management system including a first end point device in communication with a first fixture, the first end point including a first end point electronic processor configured to receive data associated with the first fixture and a first fixture identifier. The water management system also includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by at least one electronic processor to perform a set of functions, such as receiving the data associated with the first fixture and the first fixture identifier, associating the first fixture identifier with a first location classification and a first type classification, processing the data associated with the first fixture to organize the data based at least in part on the first location classification associated with the first fixture identifier or the first type classification associated with the first fixture identifier, and transmitting the organized data of the first fixture to a user device for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: William Leannah, Tony Wilcox, Ricky Miezin, Paul Saari, Anshuman Chourasia, Bill Orr, Larry Le, Michael Job, Warren Anderson, Adam Nye, Krystal Pesch, Tamanjong Fusi, Frank Molinaro, Glen Trickle, Michael Peroutka, Kurt Drier, Ryan Langan, Ryan Palmer, Ari Chakraborty, Mike Troutman, Andrew Roy