Patents by Inventor William W. Bitterli

William W. Bitterli 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: 4253153
    Abstract: A terminal reheat HVAC system which regulates the temperature in a plurality of temperature controlled spaces by modulating the temperature of cool discharge air presented to each of the spaces from an air handler source, each space receiving the cool discharge air through an associated space distribution unit which includes heating apparatus supplied from a common heat source for reheating the cool air to provide temperature regulation within the space in response to a space temperature error signal from an associated space temperature control, is controlled by electronic processing means in combination with dedicated sensing and control apparatus which provide actuation of the air handler and common heat source only in response to actual sensed space temperatures outside of a temperature band established by heat and cool temperature reference signals stored in the electronic processing means, the electronic processing means further providing modulation of the cool discharge air temperature from the air hand
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1981
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: William W. Bitterli, John E. Games, David M. Healey
  • Patent number: 4215408
    Abstract: Apparatus is provided for controlling, during unoccupied periods, the operation of an HVAC system and perimeter heating system providing hot air and hot fluid, respectively, to a temperature controlled living space having occupied and unoccupied periods, the apparatus including an electronic processing means in combination with dedicated sensing apparatus, the apparatus providing controlled actuation of the HVAC and permieter heating system in dependence on the temperature difference between an actual space temperature signal and unoccupied space heat and cool reference temperature signals, the apparatus further providing an optimum start-up procedure including simultaneous actuation of the HVAC and perimeter heating system to accelerate the heating of the space, the HVAC discharge temperature being modulated during the start-up procedure in dependence on the temperature difference between the actual space temperature and an occupied space heat reference temperature signal, the perimeter heating system discha
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1980
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: John E. Games, William W. Bitterli
  • Patent number: 4212078
    Abstract: A central control system includes a central processing unit (CPU) installed in a central location of a facility, and interconnected with a plurality of remote controllers, each located in an associated one of several buildings in the facility and each including a remote microprocessor (RMP), the CPU automatically controlling, simultaneously from the central location, the closed loop operation of individual environmental conditioning systems in the several buildings comprising the facility in combination with the RMP associated therewith and in dependence on the sensed temperature conditions within the living spaces associated with each system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1980
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: John E. Games, Richard E. Rosien, William W. Bitterli
  • Patent number: 4205381
    Abstract: Electronic processing means, in combination with dedicated sensing apparatus is used to control the operation of an HVAC system which regulates the temperature in one or more temperature controlled spaces. The electronic processing means and associated sensing apparatus being readily adapted to existing HVAC systems through interface apparatus installed in each of the existing HVAC control lines associated with the HVAC sources of mixed air, hot air, and cold air, to provide selective actuation and modulation of the discharge air temperature from each source, individually or in combination, in response to sensed HVAC parameters including source discharge temperatures, space temperatures, outside air temperature, and the relative humidity of the outside air and return air from the spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1980
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: John E. Games, William W. Bitterli, David M. Healey