Patents by Inventor Axel Hilborne-Clarke

Axel Hilborne-Clarke has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for decentralized balancing of hydronic networks
    Patent number: 8109289
    Abstract: A method includes associating a plurality of valve balancing units with a plurality of valves in a hydronic network. The method also includes adjusting a setting of at least one of the valves using at least one of the valve balancing units to balance the hydronic network. Adjusting the setting could include identifying a differential pressure across a valve and a flow rate of material through that valve. Adjusting the setting could also include comparing the identified differential pressure to a target differential pressure and/or the identified flow rate to a target flow rate. Adjusting the setting could further include instructing an actuator to adjust the setting until the identified differential pressure is within a first threshold of the target differential pressure and/or the identified flow rate is within a second threshold of the target flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Pavel Trnka, Vladimir Havlena, Jaroslav Pekar, Axel Hilborne-Clarke
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DECENTRALIZED BALANCING OF HYDRONIC NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20100147394
    Abstract: A method includes associating a plurality of valve balancing units with a plurality of valves in a hydronic network. The method also includes adjusting a setting of at least one of the valves using at least one of the valve balancing units to balance the hydronic network. Adjusting the setting could include identifying a differential pressure across a valve and a flow rate of material through that valve. Adjusting the setting could also include comparing the identified differential pressure to a target differential pressure and/or the identified flow rate to a target flow rate. Adjusting the setting could further include instructing an actuator to adjust the setting until the identified differential pressure is within a first threshold of the target differential pressure and/or the identified flow rate is within a second threshold of the target flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Pavel Trnka, Vladimir Havlena, Jaroslav Pekar, Axel Hilborne-Clarke