Patents Assigned to Control Technology
  • Patent number: 11268716
    Abstract: A building management system includes a communications bus, field devices connected to the communications bus, a cloud service including a machine learning engine; and a controller for an HVAC device. The controller communicates with the communications bus and the cloud service and is configured to transmit messages through the communications bus to the field devices, compile a list of connected field devices, receive sample data from the connected field devices, and transmit the sample data from the connected field devices to the cloud service. The controller is further configured to receive identifying characteristics for each of the connected field devices from the cloud service and to select a control logic file for the HVAC device based on the identifying characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Sourav Bandyopadhyay, Sushant Trivedi
  • Patent number: 11268727
    Abstract: A control system of a heat, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. In some embodiments, the HVAC system includes an electronic display configured to concurrently display a plurality of zone icons that indicate a current setpoint mode corresponding to a plurality of building zones, wherein the current setpoint mode comprises a home setpoint mode and an away setpoint mode. Additionally, the HVAC system may include a control circuitry communicatively coupled to the electronic display. The control circuitry may be configured to toggle the current setpoint mode associated with the plurality of building zones between the home setpoint mode and the away setpoint mode based on a received user input. Further, the control circuitry may be configured to control operation of the HVAC system based on the current setpoint mode associated with each building zone of the plurality of building zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: John W. Uerkvitz, Jonathan A. Burns, Theresa N. Gillette
  • Patent number: 11269298
    Abstract: A building automation system (BAS) includes building equipment located within a building and a BAS network configured to facilitate communications between the building equipment. The building equipment operate to affect a variable state or condition within the building. The BAS includes a BAS-BIM integrator configured to receive BAS points from the BAS network and to integrate the BAS points with a building information model (BIM). The BIM includes a plurality of BIM objects representing the building equipment. The BAS includes an integrated BAS-BIM viewer configured to use the BIM with the integrated BAS points to generate a user interface. The user interface includes a graphical representation of the BIM objects and the BAS points integrated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Ashok Sridharan, Jayesh Patil, Subrata Bhattacharya, Abhigyan Chatterjee
  • Publication number: 20220066695
    Abstract: A multi-tiered data storage system for building management system (BMS) data includes a plurality of data stores including a first data store and a second data store. The system further includes a data access router configured to provide a consistent endpoint for the BMS data to an application that provides or consumes the BMS data regardless of whether the BMS data is stored in the second data store or the first data store, obtain a requested data object of the BMS data from the second data store in response to a determination that the requested data object is available in the second data store, and obtain the requested data object from the first data store in response to a determination that the requested data object is not available in the second data store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: CAROL T. TUMEY, MICHAEL F. JAEGER
  • Patent number: 11262112
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes an air flow path through which an air flow is routed. The HVAC system also includes a first condenser coil positioned in the air flow path and configured to receive a first portion of a refrigerant from a refrigerant conduit. The HVAC system also includes a second condenser coil positioned in the air flow path downstream from the first condenser coil relative to the air flow, and configured to receive a second portion of the refrigerant from the refrigerant conduit in parallel with the first portion of the refrigerant received by the first condenser coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Rajiv K. Karkhanis, Nicholas P. Mislak
  • Patent number: 11255594
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a condensate collection assembly that includes a condensate collection trough configured to couple to the heat exchanger, the condensate collection trough having a condensate receptacle and a channel, the condensate receptacle is configured to be positioned adjacent to a condensate flow path of the heat exchanger and receive a condensate from the condensate flow path, and the channel is configured to direct the condensate from the condensate receptacle to a condensate pan and a cover disposed over the channel, where the cover is configured to restrict a flow of air from entering the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Drew H. Carlton, Cody J. Kaiser, Wayne E. Romero
  • Patent number: 11255571
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a condensate level switch mounting assembly includes a condensate level switch having a mounting frame, a first bracket configured to fixedly attach to a condensate drain pan, and a second bracket having a mounting plate configured to engage with the mounting frame of the condensate level switch to secure the condensate level switch to the second bracket. The condensate level switch mounting assembly further includes a fastener assembly configured to couple the second bracket to the first bracket such that an angular position of the second bracket is adjustable relative to the first bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Ravindra B. Salunkhe, Siddappa R. Bidari, Praveen Y R, Kunal J. Gandevia
  • Patent number: 11259349
    Abstract: An audio-visual transmission device connected with a camera and a receiver is provided and includes a wireless module, a processor and a universal serial bus (USB) port. The wireless module is used for wireless connection with the camera to receive an audio-visual data transmitted from the camera. The processor transmits a connection request signal to the camera through the wireless module. The universal serial bus (USB) port is used for transmitting the audio-visual data. The camera transmits a connection acknowledgment signal and the audio-visual data back to the processor via the wireless module according to the connection request signal, and the receiver is connected to the audio-visual transmission device through the USB port to receive the audio-visual data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Control Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Ching Liu, Min-Chieh Tsai, Ming-Te Chang
  • Patent number: 11255978
    Abstract: Systems and methods for receiving GNSS and corrections signals by a GNSS rover. The GNSS rover may include a radome enclosing a GNSS antenna and a GNSS front end. The GNSS rover may also include a corrections antenna attached to a connection housing and configured to receive corrections signals from a base station. The connection housing may be configured to removably attach to the radome. The GNSS rover may further include a corrections front end enclosed within the radome and electrically coupled to the corrections antenna via capacitive coupling when the connection housing is removably attached to the radome. The GNSS rover may further include a first capacitor plate enclosed within the radome and positioned substantially parallel to an outer wall of the radome and a second capacitor plate enclosed within the connection housing and positioned substantially parallel to an outer wall of the connection housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Jerald W. Yost
  • Patent number: 11255572
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit includes a drain pan including a basin defined by a base and a plurality of side walls configured to collect condensate from an evaporator of the HVAC unit. The HVAC unit also includes a drain port disposed in the base of the basin and arranged such that the drain pan is configured to direct the condensate toward the drain port and out of the basin, a protruded portion extending from an outer surface of a side wall of the plurality of side walls, and a passage proximate to a top edge of the side wall of the plurality of side walls and configured to facilitate overflow of the condensate out of the basin and along the protruded portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: John L. McElvany, Curtis A. Trammell
  • Patent number: 11255243
    Abstract: An injection assembly for a vehicle exhaust system includes a housing defining a fluid cavity, a doser mounted to the housing and configured to inject a fluid into the fluid cavity, and a valve to control flow of the fluid. The valve is moveable between an open position and a closed position. A resilient member is configured with a biasing force to bias the valve to the closed position. The biasing force is overcome when fluid is heated downstream of the valve and exceeds a predetermined pressure level to allow backflow into the fluid cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, USA, LLC
    Inventors: Edward Kinnaird, John Rohde, Atul Shinde, Tony Parrish
  • Patent number: 11248506
    Abstract: An automotive exhaust aftertreatment system includes a doser. The doser includes a doser body and a valve system that opens to discharge a reagent into exhaust gas. The doser includes a heater to heat the reagent prior to releasing the reagent into the exhaust gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, USA, LLC
    Inventors: Edward Kinnaird, John Rohde
  • Publication number: 20220043410
    Abstract: A building management system includes one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive a publication by an agent on an agent communication channel, the publication comprising timeseries data, identify, based on the publication, an object entity of an entity database associated with the agent, wherein the entity database includes one or more object entities and relationships between the one or more object entities and one or more data entities, identify a data entity related to the object entity based on a relationship of the relationships relating the object entity and the data entity, and ingest the timeseries data into the data entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Erik S. Paulson, Vijaya S. Chennupati, Kelsey C. Schuster
  • Publication number: 20220042704
    Abstract: A method includes determining control setpoints for equipment based on a time-varying availability of green energy and revenue from an incentive program of an energy provider. The method also includes controlling the equipment using the control setpoints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: KIRK H. DREES, MICHAEL J. WENZEL, ROBERT D. TURNEY
  • Patent number: 11242788
    Abstract: A vehicle exhaust system includes a mixer assembly for a vehicle exhaust system. The mixer assembly includes a mixer housing that defines an internal cavity and which includes at least one injection opening. A manifold is positioned within the internal cavity at the injection opening. A primary injector is configured to inject fluid through the injection opening and into the internal cavity, and at least one secondary injector, which is separate from the primary injector, is configured to inject fluid into the internal cavity when operating temperatures fall below a predetermined level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, USA, LLC
    Inventor: Edward Kinnaird
  • Patent number: 11241650
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a purge system for a vapor compression system including an emission canister. The emission canister includes a load cell disposed in an interior of the emission canister, a base supported by the load cell, and an adsorbent material disposed on the base. The adsorbent material is configured to adsorb a refrigerant flowing through the emission canister, and the load cell is configured to monitor a weight of the adsorbent material and the refrigerant within the emission canister.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Maccrae William Monteith, Daniel Jay Lentz
  • Patent number: 11242790
    Abstract: A mixer assembly for a vehicle exhaust system includes a housing having an inlet portion and an outlet portion that are connected to each other with a channel portion. An inlet baffle is positioned at the inlet portion and an outlet baffle is positioned at the outlet portion. The inlet and outlet baffles are non-concentric. An injector housing is attached to the housing downstream of the inlet baffle and a spray guide is mounted within the injector housing. The spray guide has a spray inlet and a spray outlet that directs spray into the channel portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies
    Inventors: Chris Chapman, Philip M. Dimpelfeld, Syed Saleem Quadri, Aejaz Ahmed
  • Patent number: 11236762
    Abstract: A centrifugal blower has a first housing section and a second housing section separated by a width of the centrifugal blower. The centrifugal blower also has an intake port extending through the first housing section and the second housing section along the width, and an outlet port formed by the first housing section and the second housing section. A dimension of the width continuously decreases as the outlet port is approached along a length of the centrifugal blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Madhuka M. Jayarathne, Hongdan Wang, Roy R. Crawford, Robert E. Cabrera, Paul J. Lucas
  • Patent number: 11236928
    Abstract: A curb assembly for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a frame configured to couple to a curb of a structure, a pedestal system configured to couple to a housing of the HVAC system and to the frame, such that the pedestal system extends from the housing to the frame, and an adjustable duct connector configured to fluidly couple an air flow passage of the housing with ductwork of the structure. The pedestal system is configured to enclose a space formed between the frame and the housing and the adjustable duct connector configured to be disposed within the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Manjur Tamboli, Neelkanth S. Gupte, Sarjerao D. Pingale
  • Patent number: 11236951
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a conduit configured to flow a refrigerant therethrough and a fin coupled to the conduit. The fin has a slot formed therethrough, in which the slot has a first portion and a second portion continuous with the first portion and disposed at an angle relative to the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventor: Rong Yu