Patents by Inventor Barry Anthony Collins

Barry Anthony Collins 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).

  • FLUID HEATING SYSTEM WITH COMBUSTION TRIM LEARNING
    Publication number: 20240110728
    Abstract: A fluid heating system including a burner unit is operated based on feedback control loops. The fluid heating system comprises a burner unit configured to heat a fluid, a sensor configured to sense a characteristic of the appliance, and a controller coupled to the burner unit and the sensor. The controller includes an electronic processor and a memory. The controller is configured to receive a first signal corresponding to the characteristic from the sensor, determine, based on the first signal, a first feedback loop control, control combustion of the burner unit based on the first feedback loop control, determine, based on the first feedback loop control, a second feedback loop control, and control combustion of the burner unit based on the second feedback loop control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Curtis George Gagne, Yonggon Lee, Brian Thomas Branecky, Barry Anthony Collins, Daniel Mitchell, Mohamed Mehdi Doura
  • Fluid heating system with combustion trim learning
    Patent number: 11885531
    Abstract: A fluid heating system including a burner unit is operated based on feedback control loops. The fluid heating system comprises a burner unit configured to heat a fluid, a sensor configured to sense a characteristic of the appliance, and a controller coupled to the burner unit and the sensor. The controller includes an electronic processor and a memory. The controller is configured to receive a first signal corresponding to the characteristic from the sensor, determine, based on the first signal, a first feedback loop control, control combustion of the burner unit based on the first feedback loop control, determine, based on the first feedback loop control, a second feedback loop control, and control combustion of the burner unit based on the second feedback loop control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: A. O. Smith Corporation
    Inventors: Curtis George Gagne, Yonggon Lee, Brian Thomas Branecky, Barry Anthony Collins, Daniel Mitchell, Mohamed Mehdi Doura
  • FLUID HEATING SYSTEM WITH COMBUSTION TRIM LEARNING
    Publication number: 20220349622
    Abstract: A fluid heating system including a burner unit is operated based on feedback control loops. The fluid heating system comprises a burner unit configured to heat a fluid, a sensor configured to sense a characteristic of the appliance, and a controller coupled to the burner unit and the sensor. The controller includes an electronic processor and a memory. The controller is configured to receive a first signal corresponding to the characteristic from the sensor, determine, based on the first signal, a first feedback loop control, control combustion of the burner unit based on the first feedback loop control, determine, based on the first feedback loop control, a second feedback loop control, and control combustion of the burner unit based on the second feedback loop control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Curtis George Gagne, Yonggon Lee, Brian Thomas Branecky, Barry Anthony Collins, Daniel Mitchell, Mohamed Mehdi Doura
  • Heat exchanger with dual concentric tube rings
    Patent number: 10458677
    Abstract: A water heater apparatus includes an elongated radial burner extending along a longitudinal central axis of the apparatus. First and second concentric rows of longitudinally extending fin tubes around the radial burner. The fin tubes may have multiple wiped circumferentially laterally portions allowing close packing of the fin tubes for improved efficiency and reduced footprint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Lochinvar, LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer Marie Russell, James Travis Adams, David Clark Baese, Barry Anthony Collins
  • Heat Exchanger With Dual Concentric Tube Rings
    Publication number: 20170167753
    Abstract: A water heater apparatus includes an elongated radial burner extending along a longitudinal central axis of the apparatus. First and second concentric rows of longitudinally extending fin tubes around the radial burner. The fin tubes may have multiple wiped circumferentially laterally portions allowing close packing of the fin tubes for improved efficiency and reduced footprint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Jennifer Marie Russell, James Travis Adams, David Clark Baese, Barry Anthony Collins