Patents Assigned to Control Technology
  • Publication number: 20230151587
    Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking a heading of an excavator are provided. An initial heading of the excavator platform is obtained and a current azimuthal orientation of the excavator platform is associated with the initial heading. Coordinates of a measurement center of the GNSS device are obtained. Coordinates of a center of rotation of the excavator platform are determined using the initial heading of the excavator platform, the coordinates of the measurement center, and a known spatial relationship between the measurement center of the GNSS device and the center of rotation of the excavator platform. Rotation of the excavator platform is tracked from the initial heading to a first heading using rotation measurements from a swing sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Ennis, Christopher Corwin
  • Patent number: 11653457
    Abstract: A submersible control system with a control panel. The control panel has a frame to house electronic components. The frame has a connection opening for wiring required for an electrical connection to the electrical components. An outer door is attached to the frame to be water-tight to the frame in a closed position thereof. A conduit is sealed to be water-tight with respect to the connection opening. The conduit is filled with an epoxy for water-tight sealing an interior of the conduit to the wiring fed through the conduit. The control panel will remain water-tight for at least 24 hours after being submerged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Custom Controls Technology Inc.
    Inventor: Gerardo Gallo
  • Patent number: 11641079
    Abstract: An electrical connector for a compressor of an HVAC system includes electrical leads and a plug communicatively coupled to the electrical leads. The plug includes a plug body and first connectors configured to electrically couple the electrical leads to second connectors of the compressor via engagement of the first connectors with the second connectors. The first connectors are symmetrically distributed on the plug body such that the first connectors can align with the second connectors in a plurality of alignment orientations of the first connectors and the second connectors. The plug also includes at least one interference projection radially extending from a periphery of the plug body. The at least one interference projection is configured to physically interfere with a positioning guide of the compressor and block engagement between the first connectors and the second connectors in all except for one alignment orientation of the plurality of alignment orientations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventor: Rob L. Eskew
  • Patent number: 11640147
    Abstract: A building management system including one or more circuits configured to receive a selection of an object associated with one of a building system, a piece of equipment, or a space of one or more building systems, one or more pieces of equipment, and/or one or more spaces of a building; determine the one or more pieces of equipment related to the object and/or the one or more spaces related to the object; and generate a graphical user interface illustrating (i) a relationship of the object with (a) the one or more pieces of equipment related to the object and/or (b) the one or more spaces related to the object and/or (ii) a control path between the object and (a) the one or more pieces of equipment related to the object and/or (b) the one or more spaces related to the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Ryan A. Piaskowski, Prashant P. Taralkar
  • Publication number: 20230131926
    Abstract: A method and a system for detecting heavy metal ions are provided. The method includes: fixing a pre-manufactured micro-electrode chip on a connecting device, connecting the connecting device to an electrochemical workstation, carrying out setting before detection on the electrochemical workstation, the micro-electrode chip including a counter electrode and a working electrode, carrying out graphene modification treatment on the counter electrode in advance, and carrying out bismuth film modification treatment on the working electrode in advance; and carrying out acid pretreatment on an aqueous solution to be detected, dropwise adding 5 µL to 100 µL of a treated aqueous solution to a working area of the pre-manufactured micro-electrode chip, measuring an I-V curve by the electrochemical workstation subjected to the setting before detection, and determining species and concentrations of heavy metal ions in the aqueous solution according to peak values of voltage and current of the I-V curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicants: Hohai University Changzhou Campus, Jiangsu Jimbio Technology Co., Ltd., Changzhou Youchen Measurement and Control Technology Co., Ltd, Kangdasi (Nanjing) Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Xiaolu ZHU, Hao CHENG, Wenjie ZHAO, Xudong WU, Chunbo ZHU
  • Publication number: 20230130374
    Abstract: The present application provides a method, a device and a storage medium for predicting a remaining service life of a rail transit hardware device, the method including: generating particles of the hardware device at an initial moment; determining a state equation for a moment of prediction from a pre-established multi-stage state variation equation; determining particle weights at the moment of prediction on the basis of the state equation for the moment of prediction; predicting a state value at the moment of prediction according to the particle weights at the moment of prediction and the state equation for the moment of prediction; and determining the remaining service life of the hardware device on the basis of the state value at the moment of prediction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Traffic Control Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jingyi Zhao, Yingang Yu
  • Patent number: 11624310
    Abstract: A component for a mixer of a vehicle exhaust system, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a doser mount comprising a curved body having a center boss with a doser opening defining a doser axis. The curved body includes at least a first mating surface configured to receive a first mixer shell defined by a first dimension and a second mating surface configured to receive a second mixer shell defined by a second dimension different than the first dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, USA, LLC
    Inventors: Randall Cvelbar, Eduardo Alano, Amee Bhatt, Amaresh Rakkasagi, Anthony Burnett
  • Publication number: 20230106822
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and other techniques for determining a period during which an implement of a construction machine is interacting with a ground surface. A vibration signal that is indicative of a movement of the implement is captured. One or more features are extracted from the vibration signal. The one or more features are provided to a machine-learning model to generate a model output. An implement-on-ground (IOG) start time and an IOG end time are predicted based on the model output, the IOG start time and the IOG end time forming the period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jung Hyun Jun, Peter France, Alistair Baker, Colin Daniell, Alan Greenstreet, Jeremy Wyn-Harris
  • Patent number: 11614285
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a climate management system that includes a heat exchanger having a first set of microchannel coils fluidly coupled to a first circuit of the climate management system and a second set of microchannel coils fluidly coupled to a second circuit of the climate management system, where the first circuit and the second circuit are fluidly separate from one another, and where the first set of microchannel coils and the second set of microchannel coils are disposed in an alternating arrangement along a length of the heat exchanger such that the first set of microchannel coils and the second set of microchannel coils are interlaced in the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Zhiwei Huang, Neelkanth S. Gupte
  • Patent number: 11616367
    Abstract: An energy storage system includes a plurality of physical devices and an integration engine. The physical devices include at least a battery and a power inverter operable to charge and discharge the battery. Each of the physical devices stores one or more data points. The integration engine includes a processing circuit having a processor and memory. The memory stores a virtual device network including a plurality of virtual devices and a virtual device manager. Each of the virtual devices includes one or more attributes. The virtual device manager is configured to map the attributes of the virtual devices to corresponding data points stored by the physical devices and update the attributes of the virtual devices in response to detecting changes in value of the corresponding data points stored by the physical devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Eric G. Lang, Donald A. Gottschalk
  • Publication number: 20230087105
    Abstract: The present application relates to a method, device, and system for detecting welding spot quality abnormalities based on deep learning. The method includes: acquiring a dynamic welding parameter in a welding process corresponding to any target welding spot; inputting the dynamic welding parameter into a pre-trained dynamic welding parameter simulation model for simulation, and acquiring a welding simulation parameter output by the dynamic welding parameter simulation model; determining a deviation of the dynamic welding parameter from the welding simulation parameter, and determining that the target welding spot is an abnormal welding spot when the deviation is greater than a preset threshold. The solution of the present application can reduce the frequency of manual tearing down and batches for abnormality detection, which has a faster abnormality detection speed and may cover all welding spots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Tianjin Sunke Digital control technology Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Eugene Feng, Yongzhi Zhang, Lanmin Nie
  • Patent number: 11609009
    Abstract: A refrigerant leak management system includes a controller is configured to receive a signal indicative of a refrigerant pressure within a refrigerant circuit and determine whether the refrigerant pressure is indicative of a refrigerant leak in the refrigerant circuit. In response to determining that the refrigerant pressure is indicative of the refrigerant leak, the controller is configured to activate a fan configured to motivate air proximate the refrigerant circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventor: Norman J. Blanton
  • Publication number: 20230080474
    Abstract: Embodiments of the application provide a train control method, system, computer device and storage medium. A scheme applying the train control method of the application determines a current travelling state of a vehicle under control firstly, and configures different state weights according to different travelling states to determine a corresponding target travelling parameter in a particular travelling state. The scheme can ensure to determine and obtain in real time an optimal target travelling parameter for the vehicle under control according to its current travelling state, regardless of the travelling environment of the vehicle under control, and control the vehicle under control in real time and effectively by the target travelling parameter during a travelling process. Thereby, the real-time performance and control accuracy of vehicle control can be improved, and the control effect of the train control method provided by the embodiments of the application can be further improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Traffic Control Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chunhai GAO, Feng BAO, Lu YU, Lei ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11603781
    Abstract: An exhaust system includes an exhaust component with a wall having an outer surface and an inner surface that defines an internal exhaust gas flow path. At least one opening is formed in the exhaust component to extend through the wall of the exhaust component from the outer surface to the inner surface. A member is formed from a resistive material and is configured to cover the at least one opening. A diverter is positioned adjacent the at least one opening to block at least a portion of the exhaust gas flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, USA, LLC
    Inventors: Kurt G. Augustyniak, James Egan
  • Patent number: 11603646
    Abstract: Techniques for generating earthmoving flow vectors for assisting control of a construction machine are disclosed. A design elevation map of an earthmoving site may be obtained. The design elevation map may include a plurality of design elevation points of the earthmoving site. An actual elevation map of the earthmoving site may be obtained. The actual elevation map may include a plurality of actual elevation points of the earthmoving site. A dual-layer input graph may be formed based on the design elevation map and the actual elevation map. The dual-layer input graph may include a plurality of nodes related through a plurality of connections. A flow graph may be generated by solving the dual-layer input graph. The flow graph may include a set of flow vectors indicating movement of the earth within the earthmoving site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Jones, Joseph Corbett-Davies
  • Patent number: 11591943
    Abstract: A vehicle exhaust system component, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a housing defining an internal cavity to receive exhaust gases, at least one first catalyst received within the internal cavity, at least one filter positioned within the internal cavity downstream of the at least one first catalyst, and at least one second catalyst received within the internal cavity downstream of the at least one filter. A mixer has an inlet that receives exhaust gases exiting the at least one filter and an outlet that directs exhaust gases into the at least one second catalyst. One or more of the at least one first catalyst, the at least one second catalyst, and the at least one filter are serviceable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, USA, LLC
    Inventor: Jerome Hornback
  • Patent number: 11583812
    Abstract: A mixer for a vehicle exhaust gas system includes a mixer housing defining an internal cavity and having a mixer inlet configured to receive exhaust gas and a mixer outlet to direct exhaust gas to downstream exhaust components. A flow device is configured to receive the exhaust gas from the mixer inlet and to facilitate mixing of the exhaust gas and a reductant introduced into the first flow device. The flow device comprises a Venturi body centered on a body center axis, and the Venturi body comprises a body inlet configured to receive the exhaust gas from the mixer inlet and a body outlet configured to provide the exhaust gas to the mixer outlet. The Venturi body also includes a louver extending from an internal surface of the mixer housing to a distal edge that is downstream of the body outlet. An upstream vane is positioned within the Venturi body proximate the body inlet and is coupled to an upstream vane hub that is centered on an upstream vane hub axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, USA, LLC
    Inventor: Eduardo Alano
  • Patent number: 11585255
    Abstract: A mixer assembly for a vehicle exhaust system includes a mixer shell defining an internal cavity, wherein the mixer shell includes an upstream end configured to receive exhaust gases and downstream end, and a reactor positioned within the internal cavity. The reactor has a reactor inlet configured to receive injected fluid and a reactor outlet that directs a mixture of exhaust gas and injected fluid into the internal cavity. An inlet baffle is mounted to the upstream end of the mixer shell. The inlet baffle includes at least one opening that directs exhaust gas into at least one exhaust gas inlet to the reactor and a plurality of bypass openings that direct exhaust gas to bypass entry into the reactor. The inlet baffle includes a crowned portion that curves away from the reactor to provide for an increased open area within the internal cavity between the inlet baffle and the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, USA, LLC
    Inventors: Randall Cvelbar, Eduardo Alano, Amaresh Rakkasagi, Jerome Hornback, Jeffery Prairie
  • Publication number: 20230037859
    Abstract: A building manager includes a communications interface configured to receive information from a smart energy grid. The building manager further includes an integrated control layer configured to receive inputs from and to provide outputs to a plurality of building subsystems. The integrated control layer includes a plurality of control algorithm modules configured to process the inputs and to determine the outputs. The building manager further includes a fault detection and diagnostics layer configured to use statistical analysis on the inputs received from the integrated control layer to detect and diagnose faults. The building manager yet further includes a demand response layer configured to process the information received from the smart energy grid to determine adjustments to the plurality of control algorithms of the integrated control layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Clay G. Nesler, Kirk H. Drees, James P. Kummer, Derek Supple, Marc D. Andraca, John I. Ruiz, Paul Harrison Rode
  • Publication number: 20230017198
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method and apparatus for adjusting a train diagram, the method includes: obtaining a first time of an extra train corresponding to a target passenger flow, and obtaining a set of trains with adjustable departure times based on the first time, in which the set of trains includes at least one train; adjusting a departure time of the at least one train in the set of trains based on a preset minimum departure time interval to obtain an adjusted train diagram; and performing an extra train adding instruction based on the adjusted train diagram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Traffic Control Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kai LU, Ming Luo, Xingdong Zhao