Patents by Inventor Michael B. Atlass

Michael B. Atlass 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).

  • Patent number: 7346467
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a plurality of controlled subsystems in a building or plant that facilitates cooperative energy usage with a utility provider. By referring to a single profile of adjustments that correspond to changes in the value of a utility signal and distributing this to each relevant controller for each subsystem, a single setback delta can be applied to each subsystem for each change in utility signal value (i.e., pricing information). Alternatively, multiple profiles can be used to provide for firmer control and thereby allow for different zones to respond differently to a single change signal sent by the utility provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Philip J. Bohrer, Gregory J. Merten, Robert J. Schnell, Michael B. Atlass
  • Patent number: 6975958
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a plurality of controlled subsystems in a building or plant that facilitates cooperative energy usage with a utility provider. By referring to a single profile of adjustments that correspond to changes in the value of a utility signal and distributing this to each relevant controller for each subsystem, a single setback delta can be applied to each subsystem for each change in utility signal value (i.e., pricing information). Alternatively, multiple profiles can be used to provide for firmer control and thereby allow for different zones to respond differently to a single change signal sent by the utility provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Philip J. Bohrer, Gregory J. Merten, Robert J. Schnell, Michael B. Atlass
  • Publication number: 20040267171
    Abstract: A device which can hold a position over a particular point, preferrably an acupuncture point, on a living body, has particularizeable plugs for performing different treatments to those points. Fixation to the body surface is preferred for treatment using the device is preferred. In most forms, the device will have a channel for accomodating and holding the therapy delivery devices. Moxa or other medicaments can be delivered using the inventive structures, as can pressure, or other force, and the devices can be used to provide heat, magnetism, or other forms of energy amenable to use in the inventive device, and which may be of interest in the oriental medicine and new age therapies of non-standard western medical practices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Margery Ann Wells, Michael B. Atlass
  • Patent number: 6783508
    Abstract: A device which can hold a position over a particular point, preferrably an acupuncture point, on a living body, has particularizeable plugs for performing different treatments to those points. Fixation to the body surface is preferred for treatment using the device is preferred. In most forms, the device will have a channel for accomodating and holding the therapy delivery devices. Moxa or other medicaments can be delivered using the inventive structures, as can pressure, or other force, and the devices can be used to provide heat, magnetism, or other forms of energy amenable to use in the inventive device, and which may be of interest in the oriental medicine and new age therapies of non-standard western medical practices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Inventors: Margery Ann Wells, Michael B. Atlass
  • Publication number: 20030187549
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a plurality of controlled subsystems in a building or plant that facilitates cooperative energy usage with a utility provider. By referring to a single profile of adjustments that correspond to changes in the value of a utility signal and distributing this to each relevant controller for each subsystem, a single setback delta can be applied to each subsystem for each change in utility signal value (i.e., pricing information). Alternatively, multiple profiles can be used to provide for firmer control and thereby allow for different zones to respond differently to a single change signal sent by the utility provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventors: Philip J. Bohrer, Gregory J. Merten, Robert J. Schnell, Michael B. Atlass
  • Patent number: 6574581
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a plurality of controlled subsystems in a building or plant that facilitates cooperative energy usage with a utility provider. By referring to a single profile of adjustments that correspond to changes in the value of a utility signal and distributing this to each relevant controller for each subsystem, a single setback delta can be applied to each subsystem for each change in utility signal value (i.e., pricing information). Alternatively, multiple profiles can be used to provide for firmer control and thereby allow for different zones to respond differently to a single change signal sent by the utility provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Philip J. Bohrer, Gregory J. Merten, Robert J. Schnell, Michael B. Atlass