Patents by Inventor Michael F. Kornacki

Michael F. Kornacki 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: 11131474
    Abstract: A controller for controlling an environmental condition of a building via building equipment includes a user interface configured to present information to a user, an air quality sensor configured to sense indoor air quality conditions, a communications interface configured to communicate with a server system and receive outdoor air quality data from the server system, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to generate indoor air quality data based on the sensed indoor air quality data conditions sensed by the air quality sensor, receive, via the communications interface, the outdoor air quality data from the server system, and generate one or more interfaces indicating the indoor air quality conditions and the outdoor air quality conditions based on the indoor air quality data and the outdoor air quality data and cause the user interface to display the one or more interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Alan S. Schwegler, Joseph R. Ribbich, Corey A. Poquette, Michael F. Kornacki, Brent T. Ellis, Benjamin W. Hapka
  • Patent number: 10982868
    Abstract: Systems and methods for locating building equipment in a building management system (BMS) are provided. An HVAC system includes an HVAC controller and an HVAC device. The HVAC device includes processing circuit including a memory and a processor. The processing circuit automatically determining a location of the HVAC device reporting the location of the HVAC device to the HVAC controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Adam Grabowski, Michael J. Zummo, Nicole Ann Madison, Michael F. Kornacki
  • Patent number: 10808958
    Abstract: A thermostat includes a housing, a touch-sensitive display configured to display visual media and receive user inputs, and processing electronics configured to operate the touch-sensitive display. The housing includes a base and a display mount. The base includes a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall connecting the top wall to the bottom wall, a first side wall connecting the top wall to the bottom wall, and a second side wall connecting the top wall to the bottom wall. The top wall, the bottom wall, the first side wall, and the second side wall define an internal volume. The display mount is cantilevered away from the top wall and includes a mounting surface. The display is attached to the mounting surface. The processing electronics are positioned within the interior volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Joseph R. Ribbich, Vinosh C. Diptee, Julio A. Abdala, Claudio Santiago Ribeiro, Charles J. Gaidish, Michael F. Kornacki, John P. Cipolla, Sudhi Sinha, Michael L. Ribbich
  • Patent number: 10677484
    Abstract: A system for a plurality of thermostats each located in a different building in a neighborhood. Each thermostat includes a processing circuit configured to receive one or more assigned operating time slots from an analytics service and operate building equipment associated with the thermostat based on the one or more assigned operating time slots. The system further includes the analytics service. The analytics service includes a processing circuit configured to receive weather forecast data from a weather service and predict a period of time during which an energy usage peak will occur for the plurality of buildings based on the weather forecast data, determine the one or more operating time slots based on the period of time, assign the one or more operating time slots to each of the plurality of thermostats, and send the one or more assigned operating time slots to the plurality of thermostats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Joseph R. Ribbich, Michael J. Ajax, Michael F. Kornacki, Scott T. Holland, Youngchoon Park, Maria L. Mejia
  • Publication number: 20200003448
    Abstract: A facility management portal and associated user interface can be used for remote monitoring, servicing, and commissioning of a Building Management System (BMS) and associated devices. Building stakeholders can use the facility management portal to configure smart thermostat devices with various settings or parameters associated therewith. For example, building stakeholders may create device profiles associated with smart thermostat devices and provide different device profiles to different groups of thermostat devices installed in a building. Moreover, stakeholders can use the facility management portal to monitor data such as energy consumption and air quality associated with buildings. Building tenants can interact with control devices such as smart thermostats and associated mobile applications to initiate maintenance or emergency notifications relayed through the facility management portal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Alan S. Schwegler, Paul Michael Nowak, Michael F. Kornacki, Ryan J. Bykowski, Kierstyn R. Robbins, Bridget E. Kapler, Vineet Binodshanker Sinha, Sayan Chakraborty, Kerry M. Bell
  • Publication number: 20190277530
    Abstract: A controller for controlling an environmental condition of a building via building equipment includes a user interface configured to present information to a user, an air quality sensor configured to sense indoor air quality conditions, a communications interface configured to communicate with a server system and receive outdoor air quality data from the server system, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to generate indoor air quality data based on the sensed indoor air quality data conditions sensed by the air quality sensor, receive, via the communications interface, the outdoor air quality data from the server system, and generate one or more interfaces indicating the indoor air quality conditions and the outdoor air quality conditions based on the indoor air quality data and the outdoor air quality data and cause the user interface to display the one or more interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Alan S. Schwegler, Joseph R. Ribbich, Maria L. Mejia, Corey A. Poquette, Michael F. Kornacki, Brent T. Ellis, Benjamin W. Hapka
  • Publication number: 20180245811
    Abstract: A thermostat includes a housing, a touch-sensitive display configured to display visual media and receive user inputs, and processing electronics configured to operate the touch-sensitive display. The housing includes a base and a display mount. The base includes a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall connecting the top wall to the bottom wall, a first side wall connecting the top wall to the bottom wall, and a second side wall connecting the top wall to the bottom wall. The top wall, the bottom wall, the first side wall, and the second side wall define an internal volume. The display mount is cantilevered away from the top wall and includes a mounting surface. The display is attached to the mounting surface. The processing electronics are positioned within the interior volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Joseph R. Ribbich, Vinosh C. Diptee, Julio A. Abdala, Claudio Santiago Ribeiro, Charles J. Gaidish, Michael F. Kornacki, John P. Cipolla, Sudhi Sinha, Michael L. Ribbich
  • Patent number: 9964328
    Abstract: A thermostat includes a housing, a touch-sensitive display configured to display visual media and receive user inputs, and processing electronics configured to operate the touch-sensitive display. The housing includes a base and a display mount. The base includes a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall connecting the top wall to the bottom wall, a first side wall connecting the top wall to the bottom wall, and a second side wall connecting the top wall to the bottom wall. The top wall, the bottom wall, the first side wall, and the second side wall define an internal volume. The display mount is cantilevered upward from the top wall and includes a mounting surface perpendicular to the top wall of the base. The housing is not opaque. The display is attached to the mounting surface and is not opaque. The processing electronics are positioned within the interior volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Joseph R. Ribbich, Vinosh C. Diptee, Juilio A. Abdala, Claudio Santiago Ribeiro, Charles J. Gaidish, Michael F. Kornacki, John P. Cipolla, Sudhi Sinha, Michael L. Ribbich
  • Publication number: 20170234562
    Abstract: A system for a plurality of thermostats each located in a different building in a neighborhood. Each thermostat includes a processing circuit configured to receive one or more assigned operating time slots from an analytics service and operate building equipment associated with the thermostat based on the one or more assigned operating time slots. The system further includes the analytics service. The analytics service includes a processing circuit configured to receive weather forecast data from a weather service and predict a period of time during which an energy usage peak will occur for the plurality of buildings based on the weather forecast data, determine the one or more operating time slots based on the period of time, assign the one or more operating time slots to each of the plurality of thermostats, and send the one or more assigned operating time slots to the plurality of thermostats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Joseph R. Ribbich, Michael J. Ajax, Michael F. Kornacki, Scott T. Holland, Youngchoon Park, Maria L. Mejia
  • Publication number: 20160327293
    Abstract: Systems and methods for locating building equipment in a building management system (BMS) are provided. An HVAC system includes an HVAC controller and an HVAC device. The HVAC device includes processing circuit including a memory and a processor. The processing circuit automatically determining a location of the HVAC device reporting the location of the HVAC device to the HVAC controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Adam Grabowski, Michael J. Zummo, Nicole Ann Madison, Michael F. Kornacki
  • Patent number: D733720
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
    Inventors: Joseph M. Mueller, Michael F. Kornacki
  • Patent number: D828816
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Daniel J. Spors, Michael F. Kornacki, Steven J. Grobschmidt, Vineet Sinha, Mark Thoni, Scott Holland, Hyunchul Kim, Michael Lemon, Nikhil Mathew, Holly Prouty
  • Patent number: D844570
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Michael F. Kornacki, Steven J. Grobschmidt, Vineet Sinha, Mark Thoni, Scott Holland, Hyunchul Kim, Michael Lemon, Nikhil Mathew, Holly Prouty
  • Patent number: D875110
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Daniel J. Spors, Michael F. Kornacki, Steven J. Grobschmidt, Vineet Sinha, Mark Thoni, Scott Holland, Hyunchul Kim, Michael Lemon, Nikhil Mathew, Holly Prouty
  • Patent number: D889493
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Alan S. Schwegler, Michael F. Kornacki, Corey A. Poquette, Joseph R. Ribbich, Maria L. Mejia, Benjamin W. Hapka, Drory Ben-Menachem, Selena Goodwin, Amber R. Manuguid, Nicholas V. Pollock, Brent T. Ellis, Brian D. Marr, Naomi Steele, Xinlu Xiao
  • Patent number: D908099
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Michael F. Kornacki, Steven J. Grobschmidt, Vineet Sinha, Mark Thoni, Scott Holland, Hyunchul Kim, Michael Lemon, Nikhil Mathew, Holly Prouty
  • Patent number: D949803
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Michael F. Kornacki, Steven J. Grobschmidt, Vineet Sinha, Mark Thoni, Scott Holland, Hyunchul Kim, Michael Lemon, Nikhil Mathew, Holly Prouty