Patents by Inventor Scott McMillan
Scott McMillan 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).
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Publication number: 20160038788Abstract: A performance monitoring system and method for edging or near-edging sports includes a pair of measurement apparatus associated with each foot or of an athlete. Each measurement apparatus includes at least one sensor, adapted to cooperate with the corresponding foot or boot and the corresponding surface-engaging equipment to measure and provide at least force data exerted on said surface-engaging equipment. A data receiver cooperates with each sensor to receive said data and to communicate said data to a data processor. The data processor is adapted to determine from said data, for each sensor, at least the following derived characteristics: force over time, a peak force, delta time, and corresponding explosiveness. Feedback of the characteristics is provided to a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2014Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Scott McMillan, Ernie Janzen, Matt Greig, Yong Gui, Minghao Hu, Joe Newton
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Patent number: 9041319Abstract: A system incorporating an actuator connected to a polarity-insensitive two-wire communications bus. The actuator may have an electromechanical mover, a processor connected to the electromechanical mover, and a potentiometer, having a number of address settings, connected to the processor. A setting of the number of settings of the potentiometer may be a selection of an address for the actuator on the communications bus. There may be additional actuators and a controller connected to the communications bus. Each actuator may have an address which is different from an address of the other actuators connected to the communications bus. If an actuator is substituted with a replacement actuator, then a setting of a plurality of settings on a potentiometer of the replacement actuator may be selected to obtain an address that is the same as the address of the actuator which is substituted.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2011Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Cory Grabinger, Scott McMillan, Nathan Carlson, Daniel Waseen, Torrey William McNallan
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Patent number: 8972064Abstract: A system incorporating an actuator. The actuator may have a motor unit with motor controller connected to it. A processor may be connected to the motor controller. A coupling for a shaft connection may be attached to an output of the motor unit. The processor may incorporate a diagnostics program. The processor may be connected to a polarity-insensitive two-wire communications bus. Diagnostic results of the diagnostics program may be communicated from the processor over the communications bus to a system controller. If the diagnostic results communicated from the processor over the communications bus to the system controller indicate an insufficiency of the actuator, then an alarm identifying the insufficiency may be communicated over the communications bus to the system controller.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Cory Grabinger, Torrey William McNallan, Daniel Waseen, Adrienne Thomle, Scott McMillan
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Patent number: 8918218Abstract: Methods and systems for remotely monitoring and/or controlling a demand control ventilation system are disclosed. In one illustrative embodiment, a demand control ventilation device having a damper and a controller are provided. The damper may have a range of damper positions for controlling a flow of outside air into the building. The controller controls the damper positions such that a desired flow of outside air is drawn through the damper and into the building. A remote monitoring device may also be provided. The remote monitoring device may be located remotely from the demand control ventilation device, but in communication with or part of the controller. In some instances, the remote monitoring device may have a user interface for remotely monitoring and/or controlling at least certain aspects of the demand control ventilation system from the remote location.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2010Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Cory Grabinger, Scott McMillan, Adrienne Thomle, Milan Kostelecky
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Publication number: 20140268959Abstract: A bidirectional power converter that can be used in an electric vehicle to perform AC to DC power conversion to charge the electric vehicle's battery and to perform DC to AC power conversion to export power to run external electrical loads is described. The bidirectional power converter may include an AC interface coupled to a cyclo-inverter circuit, and a DC interface coupled to a H-bridge circuit. The cyclo-inverter can be electrically coupled to the H-bridge circuit through a transformer. The bidirectional power converter may include a neutral terminal on the AC interface that is coupled to the transformer through a filtering inductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Engineered Electric CompanyInventors: Gene H. Frohman, Scott Ramsay, Keven Roche, Thomas Parsons, Michael Kelley, John Thompson, Scott McMillan, Jessica Farace, Matthew Tarca, David Gellis
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Patent number: 8749182Abstract: An actuator system having an actuator with an auxiliary switch. Make and break connection positions of the auxiliary switch relative to a rotative position of an output shaft coupling may be adjusted electronically according to an adjustment signal. The adjustment signal may be conveyed to the actuator from a computer or controller via a two-wire polarity insensitive bus. The adjustment signal may instead be provided an auxiliary potentiometer.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Cory Grabinger, Torrey William McNallan, Daniel Waseen, Adrienne Thomle, Scott McMillan
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Patent number: 8688278Abstract: Methods for controlling an economizer of an HVAC system are disclosed. An illustrative control method may include positioning one or more controllable dampers in first and second configurations such that a mixed air stream has first and second mixing ratios of incoming outside air to return air. First and second measures related to the temperature of the mixed air stream may be recorded when the dampers are in each of the first and second configurations. Based on the recorded first and second measures, it may be determined whether and/or how much of the incoming outside air to admit into the economizer via the one or more controllable dampers during subsequent operation of the HVAC system.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Todd Kreft, Cory Grabinger, Scott McMillan, Paul Wacker
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Publication number: 20140067134Abstract: A system incorporating an actuator. The actuator may have a motor unit with motor controller connected to it. A processor may be connected to the motor controller. A coupling for a shaft connection may be attached to an output of the motor unit. The processor may incorporate a diagnostics program. The processor may be connected to a polarity-insensitive two-wire communications bus. Diagnostic results of the diagnostics program may be communicated from the processor over the communications bus to a system controller. If the diagnostic results communicated from the processor over the communications bus to the system controller indicate an insufficiency of the actuator, then an alarm identifying the insufficiency may be communicated over the communications bus to the system controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Cory Grabinger, Torrey William McNallan, Daniel Waseen, Adrienne Thomle, Scott McMillan
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Patent number: 8588983Abstract: A system incorporating an actuator. The actuator may have a motor unit with motor controller connected to it. A processor may be connected to the motor controller. A coupling for a shaft connection may be attached to an output of the motor unit. The processor may incorporate a diagnostics program. The processor may be connected to a polarity-insensitive two-wire communications bus. Diagnostic results of the diagnostics program may be communicated from the processor over the communications bus to a system controller. If the diagnostic results communicated from the processor over the communications bus to the system controller indicate an insufficiency of the actuator, then an alarm identifying the insufficiency may be communicated over the communications bus to the system controller.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2011Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Cory Grabinger, Torrey William McNallan, Daniel Waseen, Adrienne Thomle, Scott McMillan
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Publication number: 20130113402Abstract: An actuator system having an actuator with an auxiliary switch. Make and break connection positions of the auxiliary switch relative to a rotative position of an output shaft coupling may be adjusted electronically according to an adjustment signal. The adjustment signal may be conveyed to the actuator from a computer or controller via a two-wire polarity insensitive bus. The adjustment signal may instead be provided an auxiliary potentiometer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Inventors: Cory Grabinger, Torrey William McNallan, Daniel Waseen, Adrienne Thomle, Scott McMillan
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Publication number: 20130116834Abstract: A system incorporating an actuator. The actuator may have a motor unit with motor controller connected to it. A processor may be connected to the motor controller. A coupling for a shaft connection may be attached to an output of the motor unit. The processor may incorporate a diagnostics program. The processor may be connected to a polarity-insensitive two-wire communications bus. Diagnostic results of the diagnostics program may be communicated from the processor over the communications bus to a system controller. If the diagnostic results communicated from the processor over the communications bus to the system controller indicate an insufficiency of the actuator, then an alarm identifying the insufficiency may be communicated over the communications bus to the system controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Cory Grabinger, Scott McMillan, Nathan Carlson, Daniel Waseen, Torrey William McNallan
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Publication number: 20130116833Abstract: A system incorporating an actuator connected to a polarity-insensitive two-wire communications bus. The actuator may have an electromechanical mover, a processor connected to the electromechanical mover, and a potentiometer, having a number of address settings, connected to the processor. A setting of the number of settings of the potentiometer may be a selection of an address for the actuator on the communications bus. There may be additional actuators and a controller connected to the communications bus. Each actuator may have an address which is different from an address of the other actuators connected to the communications bus. If an actuator is substituted with a replacement actuator, then a setting of a plurality of settings on a potentiometer of the replacement actuator may be selected to obtain an address that is the same as the address of the actuator which is substituted.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Cory Grabinger, Scott McMillan, Nathan Carlson, Daniel Waseen, Torrey William McNallan
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Publication number: 20120283880Abstract: Methods for controlling an economizer of an HVAC system are disclosed. An illustrative control method may include positioning one or more controllable dampers in first and second configurations such that a mixed air stream has first and second mixing ratios of incoming outside air to return air. First and second measures related to the temperature of the mixed air stream may be recorded when the dampers are in each of the first and second configurations. Based on the recorded first and second measures, it may be determined whether and/or how much of the incoming outside air to admit into the economizer via the one or more controllable dampers during subsequent operation of the HVAC system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Todd Kreft, Cory Grabinger, Scott McMillan, Paul Wacker
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Publication number: 20120195697Abstract: An apparatus is provided for transporting textile items into sorting bins with reduced energy consumption and improved load measuring accuracy and which provides textile item counting and sorting for a commercial laundry using vacuum air systems to move textiles into sorting bins and using a variable frequency drive to increase on/off response time of vacuum in the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2012Publication date: August 2, 2012Inventors: Bryant R. Osiensky, David Rinella, Gerald W. Pelissier, Scott McMillan
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Patent number: 8195335Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for controlling an economizer of an HVAC system. The economizer has an outside air stream of incoming outside air, a return air stream of return air, and a mixed air stream of mixed incoming outside air and return air that is provided to the cooling unit of the HVAC system. The economizer also includes one or more controllable dampers for controlling a mixing ratio of incoming outside air to return air in the mixed air stream. The control method includes positioning the one or more controllable dampers in first and second configurations such that the mixed air stream has first and second mixing ratios of incoming outside air to return air in the mixed air stream. The method also includes recording first and second measures related to the temperature of the mixed air stream when the dampers are in each of the first and second configurations. First and second measures related to other parameters of the mixed air stream may be recorded as well.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2010Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Todd Kreft, Cory Grabinger, Scott McMillan, Paul Wacker
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Patent number: 8167137Abstract: An apparatus is provided for transporting textile items into sorting bins with reduced energy consumption and improved load measuring accuracy and which provides textile item counting and sorting for a commercial laundry using vacuum air systems to move textiles into sorting bins and using a variable frequency drive to increase on/off response time of vacuum in the system.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2010Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Colmac Indutries, Inc.Inventors: Brant R. Osiensky, David Rinella, Gerald W. Pelissier, Scott McMillan
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Publication number: 20120083173Abstract: Some embodiments provide a propulsion system for a marine vessel that includes an electric motor-generator coupled between an internal combustion engine and a propeller through one or more clutches. The propulsion system includes a controller configured to adjust a torque load of the electric motor-generator based on factors such as rotational speed, propeller torque, and/or a peak torque output of the internal combustion engine. Some embodiments provide a propulsion assembly component including an electric motor-generator that can be installed in an existing marine propulsion system. Embodiments also provide methods for propelling a marine vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2011Publication date: April 5, 2012Inventor: Scott McMillan
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Publication number: 20110264280Abstract: Methods and systems for automatically calibrating one or more damper positions of a demand control ventilation system are disclosed. In one illustrative embodiment, a demand control ventilation system includes a damper for controlling a flow of outside air into a building. A controller may be programmed to automatically execute a calibration algorithm from time to time to calibrate one or more calibration damper positions such that a predetermined flow of outside air is drawn through the damper and into the building at each of the one or more calibration damper positions. This calibration can, in some instances, help increase the efficiency and/or utility of the demand control ventilation system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2010Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Cory Grabinger, Paul Wacker, Todd Kreft, Scott McMillan, Adrienne Thomle
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Publication number: 20110264273Abstract: Methods and systems for remotely monitoring and/or controlling a demand control ventilation system are disclosed. In one illustrative embodiment, a demand control ventilation device having a damper and a controller are provided. The damper may have a range of damper positions for controlling a flow of outside air into the building. The controller controls the damper positions such that a desired flow of outside air is drawn through the damper and into the building. A remote monitoring device may also be provided. The remote monitoring device may be located remotely from the demand control ventilation device, but in communication with or part of the controller. In some instances, the remote monitoring device may have a user interface for remotely monitoring and/or controlling at least certain aspects of the demand control ventilation system from the remote location.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2010Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Cory Grabinger, Scott McMillan, Adrienne Thomle, Milan Kostelecky
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Publication number: 20110172831Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for controlling an economizer of an HVAC system. The economizer has an outside air stream of incoming outside air, a return air stream of return air, and a mixed air stream of mixed incoming outside air and return air that is provided to the cooling unit of the HVAC system. The economizer also includes one or more controllable dampers for controlling a mixing ratio of incoming outside air to return air in the mixed air stream. The control method includes positioning the one or more controllable dampers in first and second configurations such that the mixed air stream has first and second mixing ratios of incoming outside air to return air in the mixed air stream. The method also includes recording first and second measures related to the temperature of the mixed air stream when the dampers are in each of the first and second configurations. First and second measures related to other parameters of the mixed air stream may be recorded as well.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2010Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Todd Kreft, Cory Grabinger, Scott McMillan, Paul Wacker