Patents Assigned to Johnson Controls Technology
  • Publication number: 20210312351
    Abstract: A building risk analysis system including one or more memory devices storing instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive threats, each of the threats including a location, wherein each of the threats are threats of a particular threat category, determine a number of threats for each of geographic areas based on the location of each of the threats, and generate a distribution based on the number of threats for each of the geographic areas. The instructions further cause the one or more processors to determine a risk score for each of the geographic areas based on one or more characteristics of the distribution and the number of threats for each of the geographic areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Sajjad Pourmohammad, Vish Ramamurti, Young M. Lee
  • Publication number: 20210313075
    Abstract: A building system of a building, the building system including 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 occupancy data of occupants from an occupant tracking system, the occupancy data indicating locations of the occupants within a building space of the building. The instructions cause the one or more processors to determine, based on the occupancy data, whether one or more occupants of the occupants have violated a social distancing policy that reduces a spread of an infectious disease within the building based on the locations of at least two of the occupants, the social distancing policy based on one or more characteristics of the building space and perform one or more operations to improve compliance with the social distancing policy within the building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Edward Gerard Mc Namara, James Callanan, Tim Murphy, Robert Artur Dubisz, Matthew Breed Myung-Sun Scott, Amit Kumar, Sarah O'Connell, Rachel D. M. Ellerman, Vikas Sharma, Sourabh Taranath Joshi, Akshay Chavan
  • Patent number: 11137165
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a heating and cooling system includes a heat exchanger configured to place an airflow and a refrigerant in thermal communication with one another, where the heat exchanger has a coil and a plurality of fans coupled to the coil, and where the plurality of fans is arranged in an array adjacent to the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Neelkanth S. Gupte, Tejas Mahendra, Mukesh Sharma, Akshay Baljekar
  • Publication number: 20210302931
    Abstract: A system for managing communication between building management system (BMS) devices includes a memory and a controller. The memory includes instructions stored thereon. The controller is configured to execute the instructions to implement an agent manager, a zone manager, and a channel manager. The agent manager is configured to generate an agent for each of the BMS devices. The zone manager is configured to define at least one zone relating to a physical location zone or a building control zone. The channel manager is configured to generate a communication channel associated with the at least one zone. The channel manager is further configured to manage registration of an agent to the communication channel, wherein an agent is configured to communicate over a communication channel in response to being registered to the communication channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Youngchoon Park, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Sudhi R. Sinha, Karl F. Reichenberger
  • Publication number: 20210306176
    Abstract: A building system including one or more memory devices configured to store instructions that cause one or more processors to store a graph data structure in a data storage device including a plurality of nodes representing a plurality of entities and a plurality of edges between the plurality of nodes representing a plurality of relationships between the plurality of entities, wherein the plurality of entities include a first entity representing one of a person, place, or piece of equipment of the building, wherein a second entity of the plurality of entities represents a software component, wherein the software component performs operations for the person, place, or piece of equipment of the building indicated by one or more edges of the plurality of edges relating the first entity to the second entity and cause the software component to execute and perform the operations for the person, place, or piece of equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi Sinha
  • Patent number: 11131320
    Abstract: A centrifugal blower includes a centrifugal fan having a fan wheel that is configured to rotate about a rotational axis. The centrifugal blower includes a blower housing having a first side panel, a second side panel, and a wall extending about the rotational axis and between the first and second side panels. The centrifugal blower also includes a cutoff plate that is configured to extend about the rotational axis, where the cutoff plate includes a first end with a flange having a camber geometry and a second end that is configured to overlap with the wall such that an amount of overlap between the second end and the wall is adjustable to adjust a position of the flange relative to the fan wheel. The centrifugal blower further includes an exhaust port defined by the first side panel, the second side panel, the wall, and the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Elton D. Ray, Bennie D. Hoyt, Paul J. Lucas, Jeffrey A. Leritz, Jordan R. Jensen
  • Patent number: 11125449
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system, includes a cooling circuit, a reheat circuit, and a control system. The cooling circuit includes a condenser, a compressor, an evaporator, and a multi-directional valve, and the HVAC system is configured to circulate refrigerant through the cooling circuit in a cooling operating mode. The reheat circuit includes a reheat heat exchanger, the compressor, the evaporator, and the multi-directional valve, and the HVAC system is configured to circulate refrigerant through the reheat circuit in a reheat operating mode. The control system is configured to execute a switch between the cooling operating mode and the reheat operating mode by sending a signal to the multi-directional valve to adjust from a first position to a second position, interrupting a voltage provided to the compressor at a first time, and restoring application of the voltage to the compressor at a second time that is subsequent to the first time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Norman J. Blanton, Stephen C. Wilson, Paul S. Willmus, Bradford G. Briley
  • Patent number: 11125275
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit including a condenser coil and a condenser fan assembly. The condenser fan assembly includes a first fan and a second fan, where the first fan and the second fan are each configured to operate to pull air through the condenser coil. The HVAC unit also includes a motor of the first fan including a housing and a shaft, where the motor is configured to operate to rotate the shaft in a first direction. The HVAC unit further includes a unidirectional bearing that is coupled to the shaft and a mounting assembly of the condenser fan assembly, where the unidirectional bearing is configured to block rotation of the shaft in a second direction that is opposite the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Pankaj D. Nalamwar, Dnyaneshwar G. Rokade, Rammohan Sethuraj, Karan Garg
  • Publication number: 20210288922
    Abstract: A network switch includes a device interface configured to facilitate communication between the network switch and a plurality of building devices that serve a space, network routing circuitry configured to route network communications associated with the building devices in accordance with one or more network parameters, a control circuit configured to control the plurality of devices via the network communications to provide a plurality of space use cases for the space. and a network manager circuit configured to determine values for the one or more network parameters based on the plurality of space use cases for the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Sheri L. Meyer, Radu M. Dorneanu, Mark L. Ziolkowski
  • Publication number: 20210286334
    Abstract: An energy optimization system for a building includes a processing circuit configured to generate a user interface including an indication of one or more economic load demand response (energy) operation parameters, one or more first participation hours, and a first load reduction amount for each of the one or more first participation hours. The processing circuit is configured to receive one or more overrides of the one or more first participation hours from the user interface, generate one or more second participation hours, a second load reduction amount for each of the one or more second participation hours, and one or more second equipment loads for the one or more pieces of building equipment based on the received one or more overrides, and operate the one or more pieces of building equipment to affect an environmental condition of the building based on the one or more second equipment loads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Mohammad N. ELBSAT, Michael J. Wenzel, Nicole A. Madison, Tricia J. Valentine, Collin W. Eggert, Matthew J. Asmus, James P. Kummer, Carol T. Tumey, Peter A. Craig
  • Publication number: 20210285671
    Abstract: A method for controlling HVAC equipment for a building includes generating, based on historical building data, a discomfort tolerance defining an acceptable amount of occupant discomfort, determining a first value of an environmental condition at which the occupant discomfort is predicted to exceed the discomfort tolerance in a first direction, determining a second value of the environmental condition at which the occupant discomfort is predicted to exceed the discomfort tolerance in a second direction opposite the first direction, and controlling the HVAC equipment to maintain the environmental condition between the first value and the second value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Fang DU, Michael J. WENZEL, Mohammad N. ELBSAT
  • Publication number: 20210285681
    Abstract: An assembly includes a thermoelectric tripping device, a flange, and a gland. The thermoelectric tripping device is configured to be detachably coupled with a damper. The thermoelectric tripping device includes an extending arm including a fuse configured to trip at a pre-defined temperature. The flange is configured to be coupled to a surface of the damper. The gland is defined by a pair of fixtures positioned in-line with each other and having a passage configured therewithin to facilitate passage of the extending arm therethrough. A first fixture of the pair of fixtures is configured to be coupled with the flange, and a second fixture of the pair of fixtures is configured to be detachably coupled with the extending arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Alba Garcia Jarabo, Andrea Tamagni, Claudio Viscardi
  • Publication number: 20210285674
    Abstract: A controller for a plurality of interconnected devices in a system is shown. The controller includes a processing circuit configured to detect that a first device of the plurality of interconnected devices is unavailable and identify a second device of the plurality of interconnected devices schematically dependent upon the first device by conducting a graph theory analysis on schematic relationships indicating connections among the plurality of interconnected devices. The processing circuit is further configured to, in response to identifying the second device schematically dependent upon the first device, generate a reduced subset of the plurality of interconnected devices that excludes the second device. The processing circuit is further configured to operate the reduced subset to transfer one or more resources among the reduced subset via the connections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Matthew J. Asmus, Maxwell J. Neuman
  • Publication number: 20210287521
    Abstract: Systems and methods for responding to incidents in a building are provided. One method includes performing operations including retrieving data relating to one or more on-premises building devices of the building, determining the incident relating to the one or more on-premises building devices, and determining a plurality of potential responses to the incident. The operations further include analyzing the plurality of potential responses and determining relative risks of the potential responses to the incident and transmitting, to a first on-premises building device of the on-premises building devices, data indicating the incident and at least one of the plurality of potential responses based on the relative risks of the potential responses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: John A. Stone, Ryan A. Piaskowski
  • Patent number: 11118798
    Abstract: A cover for an air handling unit enclosure. The cover may include a panel defining a first surface, an insulating layer connected to the first surface of the panel via a first adhesive, and a waterproof membrane connected to the insulating layer via a second adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Merle R. Brubaker, Robert A. Amick, Henry L. Urey, Karen M. Brenner
  • Patent number: 11118799
    Abstract: An outside air handling unit and method for delivering conditioned air to individual heating/cooling zones of a building regardless of whether heating/cooling in needed. The outside air handling unit includes a liquid supply line which is connected to and draws liquid from a chilled supply line of the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Ian Michael Casper, John R. Schwartz, Rick Van Buren, John Evan Bade, Justin P. Kauffman, Brian Smith, Mark A. Adams, Martin L. Doll, Jr., Nicholas Staub, Richard W. Nadeau, Matthew J. Shaub, Sean Gao, Christian C. Rudio, Jonathan D. West
  • Patent number: 11121741
    Abstract: A sensor in a building HVAC system includes a transducer configured to measure a variable in the building HVAC system and to generate a sensor reading indicating a value of the measured variable. The sensor includes a communications interface configured to provide the sensor reading to a control device in the building HVAC system and a near field communication (NFC) circuit separate from the communications interface. The NFC circuit is configured to facilitate bidirectional NFC data communications between the sensor and a mobile device. The sensor includes a processing circuit having a processor and memory. The processing circuit is configured to wirelessly transmit data stored in the memory of the sensor to the mobile device via the NFC circuit, wirelessly receive data from the mobile device via the NFC circuit, and store the data received from the mobile device in the memory of the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Daniel R. Rumler, Steven L. Whitsitt, Robert K. Alexander, Christopher Merkl, Gary A. Romanowich, Bernard Clement, Kevin A. Weiss
  • Patent number: 11118795
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) packaged unit includes a first refrigerant circuit component configured to change a temperature or a pressure of a refrigerant flowing through the first refrigerant circuit component and a second refrigerant circuit component configured to change a temperature or a pressure of the refrigerant flowing through the second refrigerant circuit component. The first and the second refrigerant circuit components are within a common refrigerant circuit that is disposed within a common support structure. The HVAC packaged unit also includes an interconnection conduit having a length formed from aluminum, a first end segment coupled to a first end of the length, and a second end segment coupled to a second end of the length. The first end segment and the second end segment are each formed from copper, and the interconnection conduit extends between the first refrigerant circuit component and the second refrigerant circuit component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Sarjerao Pingale, Manjur Tamboli, Neelkanth S. Gupte, Anand Talikot, Baskaran Kandhappan
  • Publication number: 20210281208
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a refrigeration system that includes a compressor configured to circulate refrigerant along a refrigerant loop, a motor configured to drive the compressor, and a variable speed drive coupled to the motor and configured to supply power to the motor. The variable speed drive includes a primary winding of a step down transformer coupled to an alternating current (AC) power source, a first secondary winding of the step down transformer, where the first secondary winding is configured to supply power at a variable supplied voltage to the motor when the motor operates below a threshold voltage, and a second secondary winding of the step down transformer, where the second secondary winding is configured to supply power at a fixed supplied voltage when the motor operates at or above the threshold voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventor: David F. SAYLOR
  • Publication number: 20210280041
    Abstract: An actuator in an HVAC system is provided. The actuator includes a motor and a drive device. The drive device is driven by the motor and coupled to an HVAC component for driving the HVAC component between multiple positions. The actuator further includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit is coupled to the motor and configured to transmit control signals to operate the motor to drive the HVAC component between a first position and a second position, monitor temperature data received from one or more temperature sensors, determine that the temperature data does not meet an expected performance criterion and transmit an alarm signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: John T. Pierson, John K. Krenzer, Aaron D. Wagner