Patents by Inventor Michael Anthony Fadell

Michael Anthony Fadell 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).

  • Inhibiting deleterious control coupling in an enclosure having multiple HVAC regions
    Patent number: 9851728
    Abstract: The current application is related to environmental-conditioning systems controlled by intelligent controllers and, in particular, to an intelligent-thermostat-controlled HVAC system that detects and ameliorates control coupling between intelligent thermostats. Control coupling can lead to inefficient HVAC operation. When control coupling is detected, a settings-adjustment directive is sent to at least one intelligent thermostat to adjust one or more intelligent-thermostat settings, including an HVAC-cycle-initiation delay parameter, swing parameter, and a parameter that indicates whether or not an intelligent thermostat should first obtain confirmation or permission before initiating an HVAC cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Yoky Matsuoka, Rangoli Sharan, Michael Anthony Fadell, Matthew Lee Rogers
  • INHIBITING DELETERIOUS CONTROL COUPLING IN AN ENCLOSURE HAVING MULTIPLE HVAC REGIONS
    Publication number: 20140052300
    Abstract: The current application is related to environmental-conditioning systems controlled by intelligent controllers and, in particular, to an intelligent-thermostat-controlled HVAC system that detects and ameliorates control coupling between intelligent thermostats. Control coupling can lead to inefficient HVAC operation. When control coupling is detected, a settings-adjustment directive is sent to at least one intelligent thermostat to adjust one or more intelligent-thermostat settings, including an HVAC-cycle-initiation delay parameter, swing parameter, and a parameter that indicates whether or not an intelligent thermostat should first obtain confirmation or permission before initiating an HVAC cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: NEST LABS, INC.
    Inventors: Yoky Matsuoka, Rangoli Sharan, Michael Anthony Fadell, Matthew Lee Rogers