Patents by Inventor Glen Trickle

Glen Trickle 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: 12641156
    Abstract: A water management system including a first end point device in communication with a first fixture, the first end point including a first end point electronic processor configured to receive data associated with the first fixture and a first fixture identifier. The water management system also includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by at least one electronic processor to perform a set of functions, such as receiving the data associated with the first fixture and the first fixture identifier, associating the first fixture identifier with a first location classification and a first type classification, processing the data associated with the first fixture to organize the data based at least in part on the first location classification associated with the first fixture identifier or the first type classification associated with the first fixture identifier, and transmitting the organized data of the first fixture to a user device for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: ZURN WATER, LLC
    Inventors: William Leannah, Anthony Wilcox, Richard J. Miezin, Larry Le, Michael Job, Glen Trickle, Kurt Drier, Mike Troutman, Andrew Roy
  • Publication number: 20250276486
    Abstract: Various improved designs for expansion tool heads are disclosed herein that are structured (1) to provide improved and more-evenly distributed strain in the pipe during the expansion strokes of the tool head which can include more gradually inducing the strain in the pipe and/or (2) to avoid the induction of plastic deformation of the pipe in regions of seal formation between the radial-inwardly facing surface of the pipe and the radially-outward facing surface of the fittings (i.e., the ribs of the fitting) especially in instances in which the tool head is not rotated between separate expansion steps. This may be achieved, for example, by the use of convexly curved outer profiles that limit initial insertion depth of the tool in the pipe prior to expansions and/or by the use of a “hybrid” toothed profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2025
    Publication date: September 4, 2025
    Inventor: Glen Trickle
  • Publication number: 20250196032
    Abstract: A filter interface includes a first inlet positioned on a filter head, a second inlet positioned on a filter cap of a filter cartridge, two ledges positioned on the filter head, and at two tabs positioned on the filter cap. The second inlet is selectively coupled to the first inlet to provide fluid communication between the first inlet and the second inlet while the filter cap is secured relative to the filter head. Each of the tabs protrudes in a radial direction. The filter cap and filter head are coupled by translating the filter cap along an insertion direction and rotating the filter cap about the insertion direction toward a locked position, thereby causing each of the tabs to engage one of the ledges and secure the filter cap relative to the filter head. The tabs are positioned asymmetrically as viewed along the insertion direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Bryan Miller, Glen Trickle
  • Publication number: 20240297917
    Abstract: A water management system including a first end point device in communication with a first fixture, the first end point including a first end point electronic processor configured to receive data associated with the first fixture and a first fixture identifier. The water management system also includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by at least one electronic processor to perform a set of functions, such as receiving the data associated with the first fixture and the first fixture identifier, associating the first fixture identifier with a first location classification and a first type classification, processing the data associated with the first fixture to organize the data based at least in part on the first location classification associated with the first fixture identifier or the first type classification associated with the first fixture identifier, and transmitting the organized data of the first fixture to a user device for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: William Leannah, Anthony Wilcox, Richard J. Miezin, Larry Le, Michael Job, Glen Trickle, Kurt Drier, Mike Troutman, Andrew Roy
  • Patent number: 11984768
    Abstract: A plumbing system for generating electrical power, including a hydroelectric generator assembly configured to generate power, a power source arranged in parallel with the hydroelectric generator assembly, and an interconnecting power harness in communication with the hydroelectric generator assembly and the power source. The plumbing system additionally includes a plumbing fixture in communication with the interconnecting power harness. The plumbing fixture includes a valve and a sensor configured to detect the presence of a user. The hydroelectric generator assembly is configured to provide power to the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: ZURN WATER, LLC
    Inventors: Chadwick Williams, Jack Salay, Cesar Leon, Matt Gjertson, Dan Danowski, Glen Trickle, Karthik Sundaramoorthy, Keith Mercer, Long Le, Jon Huddle, Robert Weaver, Robert Saadi, Vipresh Jain, Keith Boucher, Brandon Feil
  • Publication number: 20240085873
    Abstract: Methods and systems of monitoring and managing a facility including a plurality of end point devices. One system includes a first gateway device. The first gateway device includes a first electronic processor configured to receive fixture data from at least one electro-mechanical element of a fixture associated with the facility, the fixture data related to an operation of the fixture, and enable transmission of the fixture data to a remote device for virtual processing. The system also includes a second gateway device communicatively coupled with the first gateway device. The second gateway device includes a second electronic processor configured to receive, from the first gateway device, the processed fixture data. The second electronic processor configured to convert the processed fixture data pursuant to a networking protocol associated with a building management system and transmit the converted fixture data for display via a visual dashboard associated with the building management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Arindam Chakraborty, Warren Anderson, Glen Trickle
  • Patent number: 11847905
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing an availability status associated with a facility. One system includes a visual indicator associated with a facility subsystem of the facility and a sensor configured to detect data associated with the facility subsystem. The system also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the visual indicator and the sensor. The controller is configured to receive a data from the sensor. The controller is also configured to determine a current availability status associated with the facility subsystem based on the data received from the sensor. The controller is also configured to control the visual indicator to indicate the current availability status associated with the facility subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Arindam Chakraborty, Glen Trickle
  • Patent number: 11776260
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for providing an availability status associated with a facility. One system includes an illumination indicator, a thermal grid array sensor, and an electronic controller. The thermal grid array sensor is configured to sense an outside region, an entryway region, and an inside region associated with a facility subsystem. The electronic controller is configured to determine the current availability status as unavailable responsive to the thermal grid array sensor detecting a heat signature in the outside region, subsequently in the entryway region, and subsequently in the inside region. The electronic controller is also configured to determine the current availability status as available responsive to the thermal grid array sensor detecting the heat signature in the inside region, subsequently in the entryway region, and subsequently in the outside region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: WHIFFAWAY LTD, ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Brandon Feil, Anthony G. Wilcox, Arindam Chakraborty, Glen Trickle, James McLean, Sebastian Marshall, Paul Johnston
  • Patent number: 11768473
    Abstract: Methods and systems of monitoring and managing a facility including a plurality of end point devices. One system includes a first gateway device. The first gateway device includes a first electronic processor configured to receive fixture data from at least one electro-mechanical element of a fixture associated with the facility, the fixture data related to an operation of the fixture, and enable transmission of the fixture data to a remote device for virtual processing. The system also includes a second gateway device communicatively coupled with the first gateway device. The second gateway device includes a second electronic processor configured to receive, from the first gateway device, the processed fixture data. The second electronic processor configured to convert the processed fixture data pursuant to a networking protocol associated with a building management system and transmit the converted fixture data for display via a visual dashboard associated with the building management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Arindam Chakraborty, Warren Anderson, Glen Trickle
  • Publication number: 20230076725
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing an availability status associated with a facility. One system includes a visual indicator associated with a facility subsystem of the facility and a sensor configured to detect data associated with the facility subsystem. The system also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the visual indicator and the sensor. The controller is configured to receive a data from the sensor. The controller is also configured to determine a current availability status associated with the facility subsystem based on the data received from the sensor. The controller is also configured to control the visual indicator to indicate the current availability status associated with the facility subsystem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Arindam Chakraborty, Glen Trickle
  • Patent number: 11555734
    Abstract: A fixture for flooding detection that includes a communication interface; a processor; and a computer-readable storage media coupled to the processor and having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: receiving, from a first sensor, a first signal indicative of a water level at a location within a facility, determining, based on the first signal, the water level at the location within the facility, determining a shut-off condition based on the water level at the location within the facility reaching a first predetermined height, and transmitting, via the communication interface, a shut-off signal to at least one water inlet at the location within the facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Zurn Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Arindam Chakraborty, Glen Trickle
  • Publication number: 20220373982
    Abstract: Methods and systems of monitoring and managing a facility including a plurality of end point devices. One system includes a first gateway device. The first gateway device includes a first electronic processor configured to receive fixture data from at least one electro-mechanical element of a fixture associated with the facility, the fixture data related to an operation of the fixture, and enable transmission of the fixture data to a remote device for virtual processing. The system also includes a second gateway device communicatively coupled with the first gateway device. The second gateway device includes a second electronic processor configured to receive, from the first gateway device, the processed fixture data. The second electronic processor configured to convert the processed fixture data pursuant to a networking protocol associated with a building management system and transmit the converted fixture data for display via a visual dashboard associated with the building management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Arindam Chakraborty, Warren Anderson, Glen Trickle
  • Patent number: 11488457
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing an availability status associated with a facility. One system includes a visual indicator associated with a facility subsystem of the facility and a sensor configured to detect data associated with the facility subsystem. The system also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the visual indicator and the sensor. The controller is configured to receive a data from the sensor. The controller is also configured to determine a current availability status associated with the facility subsystem based on the data received from the sensor. The controller is also configured to control the visual indicator to indicate the current availability status associated with the facility subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Zurn Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Arindam Chakraborty, Glen Trickle
  • Publication number: 20220191984
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for providing an availability status associated with a facility. One system includes an illumination indicator, a thermal grid array sensor, and an electronic controller. The thermal grid array sensor is configured to sense an outside region, an entryway region, and an inside region associated with a facility subsystem. The electronic controller is configured to determine the current availability status as unavailable responsive to the thermal grid array sensor detecting a heat signature in the outside region, subsequently in the entryway region, and subsequently in the inside region. The electronic controller is also configured to determine the current availability status as available responsive to the thermal grid array sensor detecting the heat signature in the inside region, subsequently in the entryway region, and subsequently in the outside region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Brandon Feil, Anthony G. Wilcox, Arindam Chakraborty, Glen Trickle, James McLean, Sebastian Marshall, Paul Johnston
  • Patent number: 11221601
    Abstract: Methods and systems of monitoring and managing a facility including a plurality of end point devices. One system includes a first gateway device. The first gateway device includes a first electronic processor configured to receive fixture data from at least one electro-mechanical element of a fixture associated with the facility, the fixture data related to an operation of the fixture, and enable transmission of the fixture data to a remote device for virtual processing. The system also includes a second gateway device communicatively coupled with the first gateway device. The second gateway device includes a second electronic processor configured to receive, from the first gateway device, the processed fixture data. The second electronic processor configured to convert the processed fixture data pursuant to a networking protocol associated with a building management system and transmit the converted fixture data for display via a visual dashboard associated with the building management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Arindam Chakraborty, Warren Anderson, Glen Trickle
  • Publication number: 20210383658
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing an availability status associated with a facility. One system includes a visual indicator associated with a facility subsystem of the facility and a sensor configured to detect data associated with the facility subsystem. The system also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the visual indicator and the sensor. The controller is configured to receive a data from the sensor. The controller is also configured to determine a current availability status associated with the facility subsystem based on the data received from the sensor. The controller is also configured to control the visual indicator to indicate the current availability status associated with the facility subsystem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Arindam Chakraborty, Glen Trickle
  • Publication number: 20210324828
    Abstract: A plumbing system for generating electrical power, including a hydroelectric generator assembly configured to generate power, a power source arranged in parallel with the hydroelectric generator assembly, and an interconnecting power harness in communication with the hydroelectric generator assembly and the power source. The plumbing system additionally includes a plumbing fixture in communication with the interconnecting power harness. The plumbing fixture includes a valve and a sensor configured to detect the presence of a user. The hydroelectric generator assembly is configured to provide power to the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Chadwick Williams, Jack Salay, Cesar Leon, Matt Gjertson, Dan Danowski, Glen Trickle, Karthik Sundaramoorthy, Keith Mercer, Long Le, Jon Huddle, Robert Weaver, Robert Saadi, Vipresh Jain, Keith Boucher, Brandon Feil
  • Patent number: 11153945
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for providing an availability status associated with a facility. One system includes an illumination indicator, a thermal grid array sensor, and an electronic controller. The thermal grid array sensor is configured to sense an outside region, an entryway region, and an inside region associated with a facility subsystem. The electronic controller is configured to determine the current availability status as unavailable responsive to the thermal grid array sensor detecting a heat signature in the outside region, subsequently in the entryway region, and subsequently in the inside region. The electronic controller is also configured to determine the current availability status as available responsive to the thermal grid array sensor detecting the heat signature in the inside region, subsequently in the entryway region, and subsequently in the outside region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC, WHIFFAWAY LTD
    Inventors: Brandon Feil, Anthony G. Wilcox, Arindam Chakraborty, Glen Trickle, James McLean, Sebastian Marshall, Paul Johnston
  • Publication number: 20210176319
    Abstract: A water management system including a first end point device in communication with a first fixture, the first end point including a first end point electronic processor configured to receive data associated with the first fixture and a first fixture identifier. The water management system also includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by at least one electronic processor to perform a set of functions, such as receiving the data associated with the first fixture and the first fixture identifier, associating the first fixture identifier with a first location classification and a first type classification, processing the data associated with the first fixture to organize the data based at least in part on the first location classification associated with the first fixture identifier or the first type classification associated with the first fixture identifier, and transmitting the organized data of the first fixture to a user device for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: William Leannah, Tony Wilcox, Ricky Miezin, Paul Saari, Anshuman Chourasia, Bill Orr, Larry Le, Michael Job, Warren Anderson, Adam Nye, Krystal Pesch, Tamanjong Fusi, Frank Molinaro, Glen Trickle, Michael Peroutka, Kurt Drier, Ryan Langan, Ryan Palmer, Ari Chakraborty, Mike Troutman, Andrew Roy
  • Patent number: D1103334
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: EMC Water LLC
    Inventors: Bryan Miller, Glen Trickle