Patents by Inventor Lisa L. Weyna

Lisa L. Weyna 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 to program air conditioner modules
    Patent number: 8140192
    Abstract: A system to program microcomputers associated with a plurality of bus rooftop air conditioners comprises a plurality of air conditioner modules located on a bus rooftop. Each air conditioner module includes a microcomputer. Each microcomputer is connected to a CAN (computer area network) bus connection, and the CAN bus is common to each microcomputer. The system also includes a programming device that is communicatively coupled to at least one of the microcomputers of one of the plurality of air conditioner modules, wherein the programming device transfers a software update to the at least one of the microcomputers followed by the at least one of the microcomputers transferring the software update to each of the microcomputers in the of air conditioner modules located on a bus rooftop. A method for programming a plurality of microcomputers contained within a plurality of bus air conditioning modules is also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Xu Qiang Liao, Lisa L. Weyna
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROGRAM AIR CONDITIONER MODULES
    Publication number: 20100063635
    Abstract: A system to program microcomputers associated with a plurality of bus rooftop air conditioners comprises a plurality of air conditioner modules located on a bus rooftop. Each air conditioner module includes a microcomputer. Each microcomputer is connected to a CAN (computer area network) bus connection, and the CAN bus is common to each microcomputer. The system also includes a programming device that is communicatively coupled to at least one of the microcomputers of one of the plurality of air conditioner modules, wherein the programming device transfers a software update to the at least one of the microcomputers followed by the at least one of the microcomputers transferring the software update to each of the microcomputers in the of air conditioner modules located on a bus rooftop. A method for programming a plurality of microcomputers contained within a plurality of bus air conditioning modules is also presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xu Qiang Liao, Lisa L. Weyna