Patents by Inventor Michael Ardis

Michael Ardis 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).

  • Thermal energy network and methods of providing thermal energy
    Patent number: 11371720
    Abstract: A thermal energy network interconnecting a plurality of thermal loads and methods of providing thermal energy therebetween, the network and methods including: a primary circuit loop for working fluid, at least two thermal loads thermally connected to the primary circuit loop, at least one of the thermal loads being capable of taking heat from the primary circuit loop and at least one of the thermal loads being capable of rejecting heat into the primary circuit loop, an energy centre connected to the loop and capable of acting as a heat source or a heat sink, and a control system adapted to provide to the primary circuit loop a positive or negative thermal input from the energy centre as a balancing thermal input to compensate for net thermal energy lost to or gained from the at least two thermal loads by the primary circuit loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Erda Master IPCO Limited
    Inventors: Dmitriy Zaynulin, Michael Ardis, Kevin Stickney, Gregory Davis, Alban Leiper, John Hayes
  • THERMAL ENERGY NETWORK
    Publication number: 20190316788
    Abstract: A district energy network interconnecting a plurality of thermal loads and for redistributing thermal energy therebetween, the network comprising: a primary circuit loop for working fluid, at least two thermal loads thermally connected to the primary circuit loop, at least one of the thermal loads being capable of taking heat from the primary circuit loop and at least one of the thermal loads being capable of rejecting heat into the primary circuit loop, an energy centre connected to the loop and capable of acting as a heat source or a heat sink, and a control system adapted to provide to the primary circuit loop a positive or negative thermal input from the energy centre as a balancing thermal input to compensate for net thermal energy lost to or gained from the at least two thermal loads by the primary circuit loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Dmitriy Zaynulin, Michael Ardis, Kevin Stickney, Gregory Davis, Alban Leiper, John Hayes
  • THERMAL ENERGY NETWORK
    Publication number: 20160334116
    Abstract: A district energy network interconnecting a plurality of thermal loads and for redistributing thermal energy therebetween, the network comprising: a primary circuit loop for working fluid, at least two thermal loads thermally connected to the primary circuit loop, at least one of the thermal loads being capable of taking heat from the primary circuit loop and at least one of the thermal loads being capable of rejecting heat into the primary circuit loop, an energy centre connected to the loop and capable of acting as a heat source or a heat sink, and a control system adapted to provide to the primary circuit loop a positive or negative thermal input from the energy centre as a balancing thermal input to compensate for net thermal energy lost to or gained from the at least two thermal loads by the primary circuit loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Dmitriy Zaynulin, Michael Ardis, Kevin Stickney, Gregory Davis, Alban Leiper, John Hayes