Patents by Inventor Frank J Stier

Frank J Stier 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).

  • Patent number: 12181320
    Abstract: A flow meter control assembly including a housing. The flow meter control assembly further includes a user interface disposed in the housing. The user interface includes an input device configured to receive a configuration parameter from a user and a display configured to display the configuration parameter. The flow meter control assembly further includes a processing circuit disposed within the housing and coupled to the user interface, the processing circuit configured to update a control program of at least one of the flow meter control assembly and an actuator coupled to the flow meter control assembly based on the configuration parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Cory C. Strebe, Frank J. Stier, Kyle M. Bero, George J. Dietz
  • Publication number: 20210325228
    Abstract: A flow meter control assembly including a housing. The flow meter control assembly further includes a user interface disposed in the housing. The user interface includes an input device configured to receive a configuration parameter from a user and a display configured to display the configuration parameter. The flow meter control assembly further includes a processing circuit disposed within the housing and coupled to the user interface, the processing circuit configured to update a control program of at least one of the flow meter control assembly and an actuator coupled to the flow meter control assembly based on the configuration parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Cory C. Strebe, Frank J. Stier, Kyle M. Bero, George J. Dietz
  • Patent number: 6225141
    Abstract: The present method defines a plurality of individual temperature sensor cells on a single printed circuit board with a separate temperature detector mounted in each cell. The temperature response of each detector is characterized substantially simultaneously and the values for series and parallel trimmer resistors for each cell are determined from the temperature response of the detector for the cell. Then an automated machine attaches properly valued resistors in parallel and in series with each detector on the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Co.
    Inventors: Ronald J Wenner, Henkerikus C Van Eldick, Frank J Stier, George Rudich, Bruce R Schultz, Fernando F Garcia
  • Patent number: 5950811
    Abstract: An electrical switch has a snap action blade with a contact pad. The snap action blade toggles between a first configuration at which the contact pad abuts a stationary contact and a second configuration at which the contact pad is remote from the stationary contact. An actuator moves the snap action blade between the first and second configurations. A reset spring has a first position which biases the movable contact into one of the first and second configurations, and has a second position at which that biasing does not occur. A reset selector acts to determine whether the reset spring is in the first or second position. A manual reset actuator is provided to move the snap action blade into the one of the first and second configurations when the reset spring is in the second position. Operation of the reset selector selects whether the switch is in an automatic reset mode or a manual reset mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Co.
    Inventors: Thomas O. Kautz, Frank J. Stier
  • Patent number: 5941371
    Abstract: An electrical switch has a snap action blade with a contact pad. The snap action blade levers between a first configuration at which the contact pad is remote from a stationary contact and a second configuration at which the contact pad abuts the stationary contact. An actuator moves the snap action blade between the first and second configurations. A reset latch has a first position in which a catch coupled to the snap action blade can engage the reset latch to hold the snap action blade in one of the first and second configurations, and has a second position at which such latching does not occur. A manual reset actuator is provided to release the catch from the reset latch. A reset selector determines whether the reset latch is in the first or second position and thus whether the switch is in an automatic reset mode or a manual reset mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas O. Kautz, Frank J. Stier