Patents by Inventor Nate Walker

Nate Walker 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING TANK FAILURE OF A WATER HEATER
    Publication number: 20200348049
    Abstract: A storage-type water heater including a tank configured to contain a fluid, a powered anode at least partially disposed in the fluid, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive a current measurement of the powered anode, determine whether the current measurement exceeds a maximum threshold, record, when the current measurement exceeds the maximum threshold, a plurality of tank potential measurements over a duration of time, determine, based on the recorded tank potential measurements, a predicted time to tank failure, and output an alert corresponding to the predicted time to tank failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Ray Oliver Knoeppel, Nate Walker, Yaojun Wang