Patents by Inventor Dinesh TRIKHA
Dinesh TRIKHA 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).
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Patent number: 11566805Abstract: An integrated device in an HVAC system is configured to modify an environmental condition of a building. The integrated device includes a valve configured to regulate a flow of a fluid through a conduit and an actuator. The actuator includes a motor and a drive device. The drive device is driven by the motor and coupled to the valve for driving the valve between multiple positions. The integrated device further includes a processing circuit coupled to the motor. The processing circuit is configured to detect device identifying information for the valve or the actuator and to detect the integrated device location within the building.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2018Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Kirk H. Drees, Herbert J. Doll, Gerald A. Duenkel, Marcello Passoni, Abu Bakr Khan, Kevin A. Weiss, Christopher Merkl, Gary A. Romanowich, Joseph F. Mann, Hunter Hobgood, Dinesh Trikha, Rick A. Van Buren, Nicholas P. Prato
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Patent number: 11487303Abstract: An actuator of an environmental control system of a building including a motor and a drive device driven by the motor and configured to drive a valve within a range of positions. The actuator includes one or more printed circuit boards including one or more processing circuits configured to obtain a raw measurement data set from transducers and generate a flow signal based on the raw measurement data set. The flow signal indicates a flow rate of a fluid through a conduit. The one or more processing circuits are configured to determine an actuator position setpoint based on a flow rate setpoint and the flow signal and operate the motor to drive the drive device to the actuator position setpoint. The motor, the drive device, and the one or more printed circuit boards are located within a common device chassis.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Dinesh Trikha, Homero L. Noboa, Hunter R. Hobgood, Camille M. Aucoin
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Patent number: 11474963Abstract: A device for use in a building management system (BMS) includes a base hardware component that provides communication between the equipment and a first network associated with the BMS. The base hardware component includes a processor and a memory. The device further includes a modular hardware component connected to the base hardware component and a modular software component stored in the memory that recognizes the modular hardware component connected to the base hardware component and provides communication between the equipment and a second network using the modular hardware component. The processor executes a control application to control operation of the equipment based in part on data received from the equipment and data received from at least one of the first network and the second network.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Sudhanshu Dixit, Hunter R. Hobgood, Dinesh Trikha, Ezra M. Imes
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Patent number: 11105527Abstract: A controller includes a plurality of configurable input ports, a plurality of configurable output ports, and a configuration circuit. The configuration circuit is configured to provide a graphical user interface configured to facilitate a user in inputting an equipment description, determine a controller configuration based on the equipment description, configure the plurality of configurable input ports in accordance with the controller configuration, configure the plurality of configurable output ports in accordance with the controller configuration, and enable a set of control logic based on the controller configuration. The controller also includes an online control circuit configured to receive inputs via the plurality of configurable input ports, generate outputs based on the inputs and the set of control logic, and provide the outputs to building equipment via the plurality of configurable output ports.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Aaron D. Wagner, Chaitra Shastry, Jameel Ahmed, Homero L. Noboa, Camille M. Aucoin, Hunter R. Hobgood, Dinesh Trikha
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Publication number: 20210208611Abstract: An actuator of an environmental control system of a building including a motor and a drive device driven by the motor and configured to drive a valve within a range of positions. The actuator includes one or more printed circuit boards including one or more processing circuits configured to obtain a raw measurement data set from transducers and generate a flow signal based on the raw measurement data set. The flow signal indicates a flow rate of a fluid through a conduit. The one or more processing circuits are configured to determine an actuator position setpoint based on a flow rate setpoint and the flow signal and operate the motor to drive the drive device to the actuator position setpoint. The motor, the drive device, and the one or more printed circuit boards are located within a common device chassis.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2020Publication date: July 8, 2021Inventors: Dinesh Trikha, Homero L. Noboa, Hunter R. Hobgood, Camille M. Aucoin
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Publication number: 20210182228Abstract: A device for use in a building management system (BMS) includes a base hardware component that provides communication between the equipment and a first network associated with the BMS. The base hardware component includes a processor and a memory. The device further includes a modular hardware component connected to the base hardware component and a modular software component stored in the memory that recognizes the modular hardware component connected to the base hardware component and provides communication between the equipment and a second network using the modular hardware component. The processor executes a control application to control operation of the equipment based in part on data received from the equipment and data received from at least one of the first network and the second network.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Sudhanshu Dixit, Hunter R. Hobgood, Dinesh Trikha, Ezra M. Imes
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Patent number: 10956348Abstract: A device for use in a building management system (BMS) includes a base hardware component that provides communication between the equipment and a first network associated with the BMS. The base hardware component includes a processor and a memory. The device further includes a modular hardware component connected to the base hardware component and a modular software component stored in the memory that recognizes the modular hardware component connected to the base hardware component and provides communication between the equipment and a second network using the modular hardware component. The processor executes a control application to control operation of the equipment based in part on data received from the equipment and data received from at least one of the first network and the second network.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Sudhanshu Dixit, Hunter R. Hobgood, Dinesh Trikha, Ezra M. Imes
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Publication number: 20200409883Abstract: A device for use in a building management system (BMS) includes a base hardware component that provides communication between the equipment and a first network associated with the BMS. The base hardware component includes a processor and a memory. The device further includes a modular hardware component connected to the base hardware component and a modular software component stored in the memory that recognizes the modular hardware component connected to the base hardware component and provides communication between the equipment and a second network using the modular hardware component. The processor executes a control application to control operation of the equipment based in part on data received from the equipment and data received from at least one of the first network and the second network.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2019Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Sudhanshu Dixit, Hunter R. Hobgood, Dinesh Trikha, Ezra M. Imes
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Patent number: 10848565Abstract: Systems and methods for distributed controls via edge devices are provided. The system includes a coordinating device and a plurality of distributed controllers. The coordinating device is configured to determine a current state, assign tasks for performing control specified by a control application to the plurality of distributed controllers, and broadcast a plurality of parameters. The plurality of distributed controllers are configured to perform the control specified by the control application. Each distributed controller is configured to receive a respective task, perform a respective control operation, and control an edge device using a control signal generated from the control operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Hunter R. Hobgood, Homero L. Noboa, Dinesh Trikha, Camille M. Aucoin, Sudhanshu Dixit
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Publication number: 20200358854Abstract: Systems and methods for distributed controls via edge devices are provided. The system includes a coordinating device and a plurality of distributed controllers. The coordinating device is configured to determine a current state, assign tasks for performing control specified by a control application to the plurality of distributed controllers, and broadcast a plurality of parameters. The plurality of distributed controllers are configured to perform the control specified by the control application. Each distributed controller is configured to receive a respective task, perform a respective control operation, and control an edge device using a control signal generated from the control operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2019Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Hunter R. Hobgood, Homero L. Noboa, Dinesh Trikha, Camille M. Aucoin, Sudhanshu Dixit
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Patent number: 10802512Abstract: A building management system network interface device is provided. The network interface device includes a processing circuit with a device interface module and a network interface module. The device interface module is communicably coupled to a refrigeration equipment controller and includes an equipment object configured to receive data values and to populate attributes of the equipment object with the data values. The network interface module is communicably coupled to the device interface module and an external network, and is configured to map the attributes of the equipment object to individual data objects and to write the attributes of the equipment object to the mapped individual data objects. The processing circuit is also configured to execute control logic to control the operation of the refrigeration equipment controller based on the data values received from the refrigeration equipment controller and commands received from the external network.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Kenneth E. Moore, Dinesh Trikha, Abu Bakr Khan
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Patent number: 10778460Abstract: Disclosed is a system to enable operating parameters of edge devices to be configured. In one example, a controller device detects or verifies edge devices that are powered-off. In response to detecting edge devices, the controller device generates, for each detected edge device, corresponding configuration data, and transmits the configuration data to the server. In one approach, each powered-on edge device connects to the server, and automatically retrieves corresponding configuration data from the server. In another example, a disclosed controller device enables configuring operating parameters of edge devices without a network connection to the server through a simplified process. For example, the controller device detects or verifies edge devices within a predetermined distance from the controller device.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Abu Bakr Khan, Hunter R. Hobgood, Dinesh Trikha, Aasir Rasheed, Saivaishnavi S
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Publication number: 20200208864Abstract: A controller includes a plurality of configurable input ports, a plurality of configurable output ports, and a configuration circuit. The configuration circuit is configured to provide a graphical user interface configured to facilitate a user in inputting an equipment description, determine a controller configuration based on the equipment description, configure the plurality of configurable input ports in accordance with the controller configuration, configure the plurality of configurable output ports in accordance with the controller configuration, and enable a set of control logic based on the controller configuration. The controller also includes an online control circuit configured to receive inputs via the plurality of configurable input ports, generate outputs based on the inputs and the set of control logic, and provide the outputs to building equipment via the plurality of configurable output ports.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Aaron D. Wagner, Chaitra Shastry, Jameel Ahmed, Homero L. Noboa, Camille M. Aucoin, Hunter R. Hobgood, Dinesh Trikha
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Patent number: 10317101Abstract: A building management system network interface device including a processing circuit, which includes a device interface and a network interface. The device interface is configured to provide a serial communication link between the network interface device and an HVAC device. The network interface is configured to communicate with an external network, and to receive data values from the processing circuit. The device interface is configured to populate one or more attributes of an equipment object with the data values. The network interface is configured to map the attributes of the equipment object to individual data objects, and to write the attributes to the mapped individual data objects. The processing circuit is further configured to execute control logic to control the operation of the HVAC device based in part on the data received from the device and one or more commands received from the external network.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Dinesh Trikha, Abu Bakr Khan, Donald Gottschalk
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Publication number: 20180314277Abstract: A building management system network interface device is provided. The network interface device includes a processing circuit with a device interface module and a network interface module. The device interface module is communicably coupled to a refrigeration equipment controller and includes an equipment object configured to receive data values and to populate attributes of the equipment object with the data values. The network interface module is communicably coupled to the device interface module and an external network, and is configured to map the attributes of the equipment object to individual data objects and to write the attributes of the equipment object to the mapped individual data objects. The processing circuit is also configured to execute control logic to control the operation of the refrigeration equipment controller based on the data values received from the refrigeration equipment controller and commands received from the external network.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Kenneth E. Moore, Dinesh Trikha, Abu Bakr Khan
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Publication number: 20180238577Abstract: An integrated device in an HVAC system is configured to modify an environmental condition of a building. The integrated device includes a valve configured to regulate a flow of a fluid through a conduit and an actuator. The actuator includes a motor and a drive device. The drive device is driven by the motor and coupled to the valve for driving the valve between multiple positions. The integrated device further includes a processing circuit coupled to the motor. The processing circuit is configured to detect device identifying information for the valve or the actuator and to detect the integrated device location within the building.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Kirk H. Drees, Herbert J. Doll, Gerald A. Duenkel, Marcello Passoni, Abu Bakr Khan, Kevin A. Weiss, Christopher Merkl, Gary A. Romanowich, Joe Mann, Hunter Hobgood, Dinesh Trikha, Rick A. Van Buren, Nicholas P. Prato
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Publication number: 20180119972Abstract: A building management system network interface device including a processing circuit, which includes a device interface and a network interface. The device interface is configured to provide a serial communication link between the network interface device and an HVAC device. The network interface is configured to communicate with an external network, and to receive data values from the processing circuit. The device interface is configured to populate one or more attributes of an equipment object with the data values. The network interface is configured to map the attributes of the equipment object to individual data objects, and to write the attributes to the mapped individual data objects. The processing circuit is further configured to execute control logic to control the operation of the HVAC device based in part on the data received from the device and one or more commands received from the external network.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2016Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Dinesh TRIKHA, Abu Bakr KHAN, Donald GOTTSCHALK