Patents by Inventor Maynard L. Moe

Maynard L. Moe 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).

  • Adaptive load cycler for controlled reduction of energy use
    Patent number: 5675503
    Abstract: A method and system for regulating power delivered to specific appliances or loads which represent but a proportion of the power consumed by different commercial or residential users and in which each appliance or load has variable demands for power consumption, the method and system of the present invention being characterized by measuring the natural run time or average demand of an electrical appliance over a selected real time interval and reducing the run time or average demand of the appliance by an amount directly related to the run-time measurement or average demand measurement of each appliance during periods of peak demand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Denver Energy Cost Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Maynard L. Moe, Theodore A. Hedman
  • Variable-limit demand controller for metering electrical energy
    Patent number: 4819180
    Abstract: A method and system for regulating power delivered to different commercial or residential users in which each user has variable demands for power consumption, there being a power source from which power is transmitted by a utility to each user and a utility control signal which is transmitted from the utility to each user in order to modify the power consumed by each user, the method and system of the present invention being characterized by measuring the power consumption of each user over a selected real time interval, and modifying the power consumption by each user by an amount directly related to the power consumption measurement of each user over that time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Assignee: Dencor Energy Cost Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore A. Hedman, Maynard L. Moe