Patents by Inventor Marcin Piech

Marcin Piech 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).

  • Publication number: 20250140094
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure describe systems and methods for a portable fire alarm device. The device includes a sensing unit configured to a sensing unit configured to receive signals from at least one of on-board sensors and remotely located sensor devices to generate sensor related data. The device also includes an alert generation unit configured to generate an alert based on the sensor-related data indicating a potential fire hazard. The device also includes a power unit comprising at least a pluggable power interface to enable a connection of the portable fire alarm device with an Alternating Current (AC) outlet to supply power to the sensing unit and the alert generation unit to generate the alert. The device further includes an interface module configured to establish a connection with a communication module of another device to send the generated alert to one or more external electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Rajiv Ranjan, Jennifer Alexander, Marcin Piech
  • Patent number: 12282008
    Abstract: A method of indicating the presence of a target gas in a gas volume comprising providing a gas sensing core, configured for detection of the target gas, and a condition sensor within the gas volume, providing a controller, allowing gas to fluidly interact with the gas sensing core, monitoring a target gas measurement output from the gas sensing core, monitoring a parameter output from the condition sensor, recording a parameter output minimum value, calculating a parameter difference, calculating a rate of change of the parameter with respect to time, and indicating the presence of a target gas is detected in the gas volume when the target gas measurement exceeds a target gas measurement threshold value and the parameter difference is less than a parameter difference threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ziyou Xiong, Michael Birnkrant, Marcin Piech
  • Patent number: 12259267
    Abstract: A fire suppressant module according to one example includes a suppressant tank having a body and a base, a counterweight scale disposed in the base, and a data module comprising at least one of a display configured to display a weight of the suppressant tank and processor and a transmitter configured to communicate the weight of the suppressant tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: KIDDE-FENWAL, LLC
    Inventors: Marcin Piech, Cezary Jedryczka, Wojciech Szelag
  • Patent number: 12257467
    Abstract: An integrated fire suppression system includes a plurality of fire detection systems. Each of the fire detection systems is individually addressable. A control system is communicatively coupled to each of the fire detection systems. A plurality of building systems is communicatively connected to the control system. The plurality of building systems includes at least one of a fire suppression system, an alarm system, a heating ventilation and cooling (HVAC) system, a building power supply system, and a building security system. The control system is configured to provide a localized response to a fire detection by at least one fire detection system in the plurality of fire detection systems, the localized response being a response in at least one of the plurality of building systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Birnkrant, May L. Corn, Marcin Piech, Changmin Cao
  • Patent number: 12253457
    Abstract: A refrigerant detection assembly operable to detect refrigerant mixed with air includes a housing having an internal cavity fluidly connected with an ambient atmosphere surrounding the housing via an opening. A subassembly mounted within the internal cavity includes an air chamber fluidly connected with the internal cavity, a non-dispersive infrared sensor operably coupled to the air chamber, a printed circuit board, and a heat conduction plate mechanically and thermally coupled to the printed circuit board. At least one insulator is arranged within the internal cavity at a position between a portion of the subassembly and the housing. A shell is connectable to the housing in overlapping arrangement with the opening. The shell has at least one shell opening formed therein such that a flow path extends from the shell opening, through the opening formed in the housing to the internal cavity, and into the air chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael J. Birnkrant, Marcin Piech
  • Publication number: 20250003776
    Abstract: A protective shield for a sensor subassembly is disclosed. The protective shield includes a cover member and a plurality of mounting tabs. The plurality of mounting tabs extend from the cover member. Each of the plurality of mounting tabs is adapted to engage with a sensor housing of the sensor subassembly, such that the cover member is adapted to cover at least one sensor accommodated in the sensor subassembly. The provision of the cover member prevents at least one of heat, ambient particulate matter, particles or spray of liquid that may be present in the HVAC environment (such as water, oil, and refrigerant), vibration, electrical noise, and other emissions within the environment of the HVAC system from directly contacting the at least one sensor accommodated in the sensor housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Sotiri Hovardas, Michael Birnkrant, Seth Hill, Marcin Piech
  • Patent number: 12163821
    Abstract: In a system for measuring a fire suppressant or fire suppression propellant quantity, the system comprising: a base (102); a top plate (106) positioned to support a tank (22) of said fire suppressant or fire suppression propellant; a plurality of springs (112) positioned between the top plate and the base to support the top plate atop the base, the plurality of springs positioned to support the top plate along a range of motion between an extended condition and a retracted condition; a first magnetic member (142) mounted to the base; a second magnetic member (140) mounted to the top plate so that a spacing between the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member decreases as the top plate moves from the extended condition to the retracted condition. At least one of the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member is a permanent magnet. A magnetic field sensor (160) is positioned to detect changes in a magnetic field associated with changes in said spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: KIDDE-FENWAL, LLC
    Inventors: Marcin Piech, Tadeusz Pawel Witczak, Beata I. Wawrzyniak
  • Publication number: 20240348918
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure describe a robust optical monitoring device and an operating method thereof. The optical monitoring device includes a housing comprising a first compartment and a second compartment. The first compartment includes a camera circuit board and a wireless connection circuit board, wherein the second compartment comprises a supply circuit board. Further, the housing includes an isolation cell to isolate the first compartment and the second compartment, a camera configured to be disposed in the first compartment of the housing to receive images associated with a sight glass, and an illumination board disposed within the first compartment of the housing positioned to project light for operation of the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Mateusz Mazur, Rajiv Ranjan, Marcin Piech, Leszek Wolski
  • Patent number: 11986686
    Abstract: A fire suppressant storage device (20) comprises: a tank (22) having a first port (40), a second port (70), and an interior (32) for storing fire suppressant. A discharge assembly (46) is mounted to the first port and comprises: a discharge valve (48); and a discharge conduit (50). The discharge conduit is at least partially within the interior and has an interior and an exterior. A liquid level measurement assembly is mounted to the second port and comprises: a tube (100) at least partially within the interior and having: an exterior and an interior sealed relative to the surrounding tank interior. A float (120) surrounds the tube and has one or more magnets (130) and having a range of motion. A plurality of magnetic field sensors (152, 154) are along a carrier (150) within the tube interior. The carrier extends from a proximal end to a distal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Marcin Piech, Tadeusz Pawel Witczak, Beata I. Wawrzyniak, Lukasz Majchrzak, Dawid Milcarek, Cezary Jedryczka
  • Patent number: 11988602
    Abstract: An example SPR detection system includes a first prism having a first surface adjacent to a first metal layer exposed to a sample gas, and a second prism having a second surface adjacent to a second metal layer exposed to a reference gas. At least one light source is configured to provide respective beams to the first and second surfaces, where each of the beams causes SPR of a respective one of the metal layers. At least one photodetector is configured to measure a reflection property of reflections of the respective beams from the metal layers during the SPR. A controller is configured to determine whether a target gas is present in the sample gas based on a known composition of the reference gas and at least one of an electrical property of the first and second metal layers during the SPR and the reflection property of the metal layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: David L. Lincoln, Michael J. Birnkrant, Jose-Rodrigo Castillo-Garza, Marcin Piech, Catherine Thibaud, Michael J. Giering, Kishore K. Reddy, Vivek Venugopalan
  • Patent number: 11944857
    Abstract: A fire suppressant storage device (20) comprising: a tank (22) having a first port and an interior for storing fire suppressant; and a discharge assembly mounted to the first port. The discharge assembly has a discharge valve (48) and a discharge conduit (50) at least partially within the interior. The discharge conduit has an interior surface (60) and an exterior surface (58). The discharge assembly further comprises a gauge (80) on the discharge conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Michael John Birnkrant, Marcin Piech, May L. Corn
  • Patent number: 11904196
    Abstract: A fire suppressant storage device (20) comprises: a tank (22) having a first port (40), a second port (70), and an interior (32) for storing fire suppressant. A discharge assembly (46) is mounted to the first port and comprises a discharge valve (48) and a charge conduit (50) at least partially within the interior. The discharge conduit has an interior and an exterior. A liquid level measurement assembly (82; 200; 250; 300; 400) is mounted to the second port and comprises: a tube (100) at least partially within the tank interior and having an interior sealed relative to the surrounding tank interior and an exterior; a float (120; 220) surrounding the tube; and a member (122; 222; 252; 302) axially movable within the tube interior. One of the float and the member comprises an upper magnet (130; 230) and a lower magnet (132; 232). The other of the float and the member magnetically cooperates with the upper magnet and the lower magnet to relatively axially trap the member to the float.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Marcin Piech, Cezary Jedryczka, Wojciech Szelag, Rafal Wojciechowski, Tadeusz Pawel Witczak
  • Publication number: 20230408455
    Abstract: A photoacoustic detection system includes a detector that has a chamber, a pulsed light source, piezoelectric tuning forks, and a photosensor. The chamber has an inlet and an outlet for flow of an analyte. The pulsed light source is adjacent the chamber and is operable to emit a light beam along a path through the chamber. The tuning forks are arranged along the path, and each of the tuning forks is operable to emit first sensor signals. The photosensor is arranged along the path and is operable to emit second sensor signals. A controller is connected to receive the first and second sensor signals. The controller is configured to determine whether a target species is present in the analyte based on the first sensor signals and determine whether the target species is present in the analyte based on the second sensor signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: David L. Lincoln, Michael J. Birnkrant, Peter R. Harris, Marcin Piech, Arthur Blanc, Jose-Rodrigo Castillo-Garza
  • Patent number: 11830339
    Abstract: A detection system includes a host detection system that has at least one primary hazard detector and a controller connected for communication with the at least one primary hazard detector. At least one portable auxiliary hazard detector can be temporarily introduced in a vicinity of the host detection system and link with the controller of the host detection system to provide additional detection capability. The portable auxiliary hazard detector has at least one light source that can emit a light beam, and at least one photosensor that is operable to emit sensor signals responsive to interaction of the light beam with an analyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: David L. Lincoln, Marcin Piech, Michael J. Birnkrant
  • Publication number: 20230341160
    Abstract: A detection assembly operable to detect a refrigerant leak event includes a sensor network and a controller. The sensor network is operable to generate sensor outputs including triggering-sensor (TS) outputs and triggering-sensor context (TSC) outputs. The controller is operable to perform a sensor-reading context analysis on the sensor outputs. The sensor-reading context analysis includes accessing a set of the sensor outputs that occurred within a context time window, along with determining that a pattern of the set of sensor outputs represents the refrigerant leak event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Ziyou Xiong, Michael Birnkrant, Marcin Piech
  • Patent number: 11754533
    Abstract: A photoacoustic detection system (20) includes a detector (22) that has a chamber (24), a pulsed light source (26), piezoelectric tuning forks (28), and a photosensor (30). The chamber has an inlet and an outlet for flow of an analyte. The pulsed light source is adjacent the chamber and is operable to emit a light beam along a path through the chamber. The tuning forks are arranged along the path, and each of the tuning forks is operable to emit first sensor signals. The photosensor is arranged along the path and is operable to emit second sensor signals. A controller (38) is connected to receive the first and second sensor signals. The controller is configured to determine whether a target species is present in the analyte based on the first sensor signals and determine whether the target species is present in the analyte based on the second sensor signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: David L. Lincoln, Michael J. Birnkrant, Peter R. Harris, Marcin Piech, Arthur Blanc, Jose-Rodrigo Castillo-Garza
  • Patent number: 11741809
    Abstract: A system for measuring a status of a detection device having a component transformable between a plurality of configurations includes a fiber optic cable for transmitting light. The at least one fiber optic cable defines a node arranged in communication with the component. A control system is operably coupled to the fiber optic cable such that scattered light reflected from the component and returned to the node is transmitted to the control system. The control system analyzes the scattered light to determine the configuration of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael J. Birnkrant, Hector Ortiz Valencia, Marcin Piech, Michael T. Gorski, Peter R. Harris
  • Publication number: 20230266157
    Abstract: In a system for measuring a fire suppressant or fire suppression propellant quantity, the system comprising: a base (102); a top plate (106) positioned to support a tank (22) of said fire suppressant or fire suppression propellant; a plurality of springs (112) positioned between the top plate and the base to support the top plate atop the base, the plurality of springs positioned to support the top plate along a range of motion between an extended condition and a retracted condition; a first magnetic member (142) mounted to the base; a second magnetic member (140) mounted to the top plate so that a spacing between the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member decreases as the top plate moves from the extended condition to the retracted condition. At least one of the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member is a permanent magnet. A magnetic field sensor (160) is positioned to detect changes in a magnetic field associated with changes in said spacing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Marcin Piech, Tadeusz Pawel Witczak, Beata I. Wawrzyniak
  • Publication number: 20230228444
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying patterns of indoor air quality sensors. A method includes receiving sensor data from a sensor to determine indoor air quality, the sensor including indoor air quality (IAQ) sensors and identifying a pattern of the sensor data for a period of time. The method may also include comparing current sensor data to the identified pattern of the sensor data and transmitting a message to a user device based at least in part on the comparison to indicate the indoor air quality and the pattern of the sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Ziyou Xiong, Michael J. Birnkrant, Marcin Piech, Sotiri Tolis Hovardas, Peter McKinney, Emily Yang
  • Patent number: D1027682
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael J. Birnkrant, Marcin Piech