Patents by Inventor Willis K. Drake

Willis K. Drake 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).

  • Wireless control of a heating or cooling unit
    Patent number: 9213342
    Abstract: A control system includes a remote temperature sensor configured to wirelessly communicate a signal indicative of a space temperature, and a return air temperature sensor configured to output a signal indicative of a temperature of return airflow within an air conditioning/heating unit. The system further includes a controller segregated from the space that is responsive to the signals from the sensors for determining a working sensed temperature based upon a temperature value associated with the return air sensor and at least one temperature value associated with at least one remote temperature sensor. The controller is configured to compare the working sensed temperature to a set-point temperature and responsively generate a command signal to activate the air conditioning or heating unit to control temperature relative to a set-point. The controller controls the air conditioning/heating unit at all times based upon the temperature value associated with the return air sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Willis K. Drake, William C. Leise, Rishi Siravuri, Marc P. N. Rody
  • WIRELESS CONTROL OF A HEATING OR COOLING UNIT
    Publication number: 20120248207
    Abstract: A control system includes a remote temperature sensor configured to wirelessly communicate a signal indicative of a space temperature, and a return air temperature sensor configured to output a signal indicative of a temperature of return airflow within an air conditioning/heating unit. The system further includes a controller segregated from the space that is responsive to the signals from the sensors for determining a working sensed temperature based upon a temperature value associated with the return air sensor and at least one temperature value associated with at least one remote temperature sensor. The controller is configured to compare the working sensed temperature to a set-point temperature and responsively generate a command signal to activate the air conditioning or heating unit to control temperature relative to a set-point. The controller controls the air conditioning/heating unit at all times based upon the temperature value associated with the return air sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Willis K. Drake, William C. Leise, Rishi Siravuri, Marc P.N. Rody