Patents Assigned to Johnson Controls Technology
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Patent number: 11274705Abstract: A vapor compression system including a motor having a housing and a shaft having an axis, the shaft urgable into rotational movement by the motor for powering a system component. A primary bearing and a secondary bearing are positioned in the housing for rotatably supporting the shaft, the primary bearing rotatably supporting the shaft during normal system operation. A first bearing stop and a second bearing stop are positioned on opposite sides of the secondary bearing for transmitting axial forces generated along the shaft for reaction by the motor housing during abnormal system operation. At least a portion of corresponding surfaces of each of the first bearing stop and the second bearing stop facing the secondary bearing have a protective overlying layer of material applied thereto.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2017Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Koman B. Nambiar, Tyler A. Wolgemuth
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Patent number: 11274861Abstract: A heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a refrigerant loop having a compressor, where the compressor is configured to circulate a refrigerant through the refrigerant loop, a first heat exchanger disposed along the refrigerant loop, where the first heat exchanger is configured to place the refrigerant in a first heat exchange relationship with a working fluid, and an air handling unit having a second heat exchanger, where the second heat exchanger is configured to place the working fluid in a second heat exchange relationship with an airflow, and where the air handling unit is isolated from the first heat exchanger to reduce or eliminate mixing of refrigerant with the airflow.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2017Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Ryan L. Snider, Rajiv K. Karkhanis, Chandra S. Yelamanchili, Curtis W. Caskey, Kevin R. Stockton, Nicholas P. Mislak, Douglas A. Kester, Troy E. Smith
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Patent number: 11277893Abstract: A thermostat for a building includes a light emitting diode (LED) system including one or more LEDs configured to emit light to illuminate a floor area beneath the thermostat. The thermostat incorporates an occupancy sensor to sense the approach of a user based on changes in conditions in proximity to the thermostat and detect an ambient light level. The thermostat includes a processing circuit configured to receive data outputs from the occupancy sensor, determine whether the data outputs indicate the approach of a user, cause the one or more LEDs to emit the light towards the floor in response to an indication that a user is approaching the thermostat based on occupancy sensor data correlated with occupancy conditions, and record and store LED activations and deactivations for later retrieval as historic data. The one or more LEDs may be configured as an illumination module removably attachable to the thermostat.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Sudhi Sinha, Joseph R. Ribbich, Michael L. Ribbich, Charles J. Gaidish, John P. Cipolla, Damon B. Smith, John R. Taylor, Jr., John M. Reiszl, William P. Alberth, Jr., Kurt Joseph Mease
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Publication number: 20220076852Abstract: A method for automatically commissioning and operating an HVAC system to serve energy loads of a building site is shown. The method includes querying site information describing the building site to identify physical equipment and relationships between the physical equipment. The method further includes constructing an asset allocator model, the asset allocator model indicating connections between the physical equipment and resources produced or consumed by the physical equipment. The method further includes generating a mapping between points of the physical equipment at the building site and corresponding variables of the asset allocator model. The method further includes using the asset allocator model to generate values of one or more control variables of the asset allocator model. The method further includes adjusting an operation of the physical equipment by triggering software elements to automatically push updated values of the control variables to corresponding points of the physical equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2020Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Andrew J. Przybylski, John H. Burroughs, Michael J. Wenzel
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Patent number: 11268715Abstract: A heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a building space includes an HVAC device including a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to generate an encrypted dynamic key based on a manifest stored on the device. The manifest includes a set of entitlements for the HVAC device based on relationships between the HVAC device and entities. The processing circuit is further configured to transmit the stored manifest to an authentication server by sending the encrypted dynamic key to the authentication server and receive an updated manifest from the authentication server based on the encrypted dynamic key. The processing circuit is further configured to send a payload request to the authentication server based on the updated manifest, the payload request including a software update request.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Youngchoon Park, Justin J. Ploegert, Erik S. Paulson, Sudhi R. Sinha
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Patent number: 11269505Abstract: A method for visualizing and managing entities and connections between entities based on a graphical user interface (GUI) node editor includes constructing an entity datablock, wherein the entity datablock is a data structure describing an entity and comprises entity descriptive information, an entity category, an entity name, entity relationships, and an entity identifier. The method includes establishing the entity relationships as bi-directional relationships, wherein the bi-directional relationships link two disparate entities. The method further includes representing the entity datablock as a node and the bi-directional relationships as lines connecting two nodes, wherein the node comprises at least one of the entity descriptive information, the entity category, or the entity name.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Federico Fala, Nicolae Bogdan Pavel
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Patent number: 11266939Abstract: An adjustable filter assembly for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a first filter retainer configured to capture a first filter and a second filter retainer configured to capture a second filter. The adjustable filter assembly also includes a hinge coupled between first filter retainer and the second filter retainer and about which the first filter retainer and the second filter retainer are configured to rotate to position the first filter and the second filter at an angle relative to one another in a first angled operating configuration and to align the first filter and the second filter with one another in a second angled operating configuration.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventor: Gaurav S. Patil
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Patent number: 11268732Abstract: A building energy management system includes building equipment, a data collector, an analytics service, a timeseries database, and an energy management application. The building equipment monitor and control one or more variables in the building energy management system and provide data samples of the one or more variables. The data collector collects the data samples from the building equipment and generates a data timeseries including a plurality of the data samples. The analytics service performs one or more analytics using the data timeseries and generates a results timeseries including a plurality of result samples indicating results of the analytics. The timeseries database stores the data timeseries and the results timeseries. The energy management application retrieves the data timeseries and the results timeseries from the timeseries database in response to a request for timeseries data associated with the one or more variables.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Andrew J. Boettcher, Steven R. Vitullo, Vivek Narain, Youngchoon Park, Gerald A. Asp, Peter A. Craig, Vijaya S. Chennupati
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Patent number: 11268537Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to an interface for a fan that includes a first bracket coupled to the fan, where the fan is configured to direct a flow of air through an opening of a duct, and the opening comprises a central axis extending therethrough, a second bracket coupled to a frame surrounding the opening of the duct, where the first bracket and the second bracket are configured to surround the opening of the duct, the second bracket is configured to support the first bracket, and the second bracket is partially radially within the first bracket relative to the central axis of the opening, and a gasket disposed between the first bracket and the second bracket, where the first bracket, the second bracket, and the gasket are configured to sealingly engage with one another without mechanical securement.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2018Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Vinay Nanjappa, Vishal S. Jagtap, Chandra S. Yelamanchili, Marcel P. Ferrere, Anil V. Bhosale, Curtis W. Caskey, Nitin C. Dabade, Prashanti S. Dhawan
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Patent number: 11269303Abstract: A control system includes one or more sensors configured to generate sensor data relating to building equipment. The sensor data includes first sensor data collected during a first time period and second sensor data collected during a second time period. The control system also includes a controller configured to use the first sensor data to generate one or more first model coefficients for a model for the building equipment. The controller is also configured to use the second sensor data to generate one or more second model coefficients for the model, generate a test statistic by comparing the one or more first model coefficients and the one or more second model coefficients, compare the test statistic with a value, and automatically identify a change relating to the building equipment in response to the test statistic exceeding the value.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Michael J. Wenzel, Mohammad N. Elbsat, Kirk H. Drees
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Patent number: 11268722Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system that includes an energy recovery conduit that is configured to extend between and fluidly couple an outlet of a central housing of an outdoor HVAC unit and a condenser section of the outdoor HVAC unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Marcel P. Ferrere, Neelkanth S. Gupte, Rajiv K. Karkhanis
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Patent number: 11268540Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system that includes a housing configured to receive a motor of the HVAC system, a fan guard coupled to a surface of the housing, and a damping device disposed between the fan guard and the surface of the housing, where the damping device is configured to absorb vibrational energy generated by the HVAC system.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Robert L. Eskew, Wayne E. Romero
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Patent number: 11268716Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Sourav Bandyopadhyay, Sushant Trivedi
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Patent number: 11268727Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: John W. Uerkvitz, Jonathan A. Burns, Theresa N. Gillette
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Patent number: 11269298Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Ashok Sridharan, Jayesh Patil, Subrata Bhattacharya, Abhigyan Chatterjee
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Publication number: 20220066695Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2020Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: CAROL T. TUMEY, MICHAEL F. JAEGER
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Patent number: 11262112Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Rajiv K. Karkhanis, Nicholas P. Mislak
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Patent number: 11255594Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 20, 2018Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Drew H. Carlton, Cody J. Kaiser, Wayne E. Romero
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Patent number: 11255571Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 19, 2018Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Ravindra B. Salunkhe, Siddappa R. Bidari, Praveen Y R, Kunal J. Gandevia
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Patent number: 11255572Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 7, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: John L. McElvany, Curtis A. Trammell