Patents Examined by Sean P Schechtman
  • Patent number: 8660708
    Abstract: A system provides space conditioning zone control in a building for efficient energy use and conservation of energy resources. The system includes an energy transfer module coupled to a solar thermal system to receive a first airflow and an auxiliary thermal module coupled to the energy transfer module for processing a return airflow to provide a conditioned airflow for one or more spatial zones. The system further includes a zone controller coupled directly to the auxiliary thermal module and a thermostat in each spatial zone for operating the auxiliary thermal module. Furthermore, the system includes a master control module wirelessly communicated with each thermostat and configured to operate the energy transfer module. The master control module initiates a transfer of the first airflow based upon a first setpoint before the zone controller initiates a generation and transfer of the conditioned airflow based upon a second setpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: PVT Solar, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramachandran Narayanamurthy, Joshua R. Plaisted
  • Patent number: 8560136
    Abstract: A system stabilizing device disposed in a micro grid incorporates a self-supporting control unit (200). The self-supporting control unit (200) allows a dq transforming unit (201) to determine an effective system voltage Vsd and an ineffective system voltage Vsq from a system voltage Vs. A fluctuation detecting unit (202) has differential characteristics and first-order lag characteristics, and determines the fluctuation component of the effective system voltage Vsd. This fluctuation component is multiplied by a gain in a proportional computing unit (203) to determine an ineffective current command Irefq. A fluctuation detecting unit (204) does not have differential characteristics, but has first-order lag characteristics, and determines the fluctuation component of the ineffective system voltage Vsq. This fluctuation component is multiplied by a gain in a proportional computing unit (205) to determine an effective current command Irefd.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Meidensha Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunobu Oi, Masakazu Muneshima, Issei Hirayama
  • Patent number: 7840310
    Abstract: A smart, adaptive control system that monitors and influences physical conditions of an architectural setting. The architectural setting in which the system is deployed typically includes a plurality of private spaces and at least one community space. The individual private spaces, and the community spaces, may include an environmental control device that affects one or more physical conditions of the individual private space. Each private space may also include an environmental sensor that measures a particular physical condition of the private space. The private spaces may also include one or more occupant sensors, which measure either behavioral or physiological parameters of an occupant. The environmental control devices, environmental sensors, and occupant sensors are in communication with a computer. The computer is also in communication with a database, which houses a data set that describes how to best modify the physical conditions of the architectural setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Orfield Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven J. Orfield
  • Patent number: 7826910
    Abstract: A method and system may operate to receive a first data from a sensor of a controlled device via a wireless network at a first time, transmit the first data to a controller system, receive a second data from the sensor of the controlled device via the wireless network at a second time, transmit the second data to the controller system, determine that a third data has not been received prior to a predetermined time period, or that the third data has been received prior to the predetermined time period and the third data is outside of a determined range of values, calculate a fourth data based on the first data and the second data, and transmit the fourth data to the controller system at a third time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Kun Ji, Ayman Fawaz
  • Patent number: 7509188
    Abstract: Methods, systems, computer products and a website for electrical power maintenance and restoration. Exemplary embodiments include an electrical power maintenance and restoration system, including a server having an interface for communicating over a computer network, a database having a region of memory having data related to an inventory of electrical power equipment, a website coupled to the database for accessing the inventory of electrical power equipment in response to an event and a webpage for displaying location-specific data of the inventory of electrical power equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property, I,L.P.
    Inventor: Kenneth Jake Hyatt