Patents by Inventor Mitchell T. DeJong

Mitchell T. DeJong 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: 9311432
    Abstract: The present inventors devised, among other things, systems, methods, and software that radically simplify and reduce the time necessary to specify, design, manufacture, and document control panels and wiring harnesses for semi-custom and custom equipment, such as HV AC equipment. A computer storage medium includes data relating to a plurality of control panel enclosures and a set of rules for designing a control panel. The system receives a selection of two or more components for placement in the control panel, retrieves information about the two or more components from a database, and generates one or more layouts. The one or more layouts comprise placement of the two or more components within at least one of the plurality of control panel enclosures as a function of the set of rules for designing a control panel. The control panel enclosures are dynamically selected as a function of the two or more components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: DESIGN READY CONTROLS, INC.
    Inventors: Troy Schmidtke, Mitchell T. DeJong, Dipesh Karki, Peder A. Lindberg, Charles Ray Kerkhoff
  • Patent number: 9026409
    Abstract: The present inventors devised, among other things, systems, methods, and software that radically simplify and reduce the time necessary to specify, design, manufacture, and document control panels and wiring harnesses for semi-custom and custom equipment, such as HVAC equipment. A computer storage medium includes data relating to a plurality of control panel enclosures and a set of rules for designing a control panel. The system receives a selection of two or more components for placement in the control panel, retrieves information about the two or more components from a database, and generates one or more layouts. The one or more layouts comprise placement of the two or more components within at least one of the plurality of control panel enclosures as a function of the set of rules for designing a control panel. The control panel enclosures are dynamically selected as a function of the two or more components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Design Ready Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Troy Schmidtke, Mitchell T. DeJong, Dipesh Karki, Peder A. Lindberg, Christopher Ray Kerkhoff
  • Publication number: 20110307100
    Abstract: The present inventors devised, among other things, systems, methods, and software that radically simplify and reduce the time necessary to specify, design, manufacture, and document control panels and wiring harnesses for semi-custom and custom equipment, such as HVAC equipment. A computer storage medium includes data relating to a plurality of control panel enclosures and a set of rules for designing a control panel. The system receives a selection of two or more components for placement in the control panel, retrieves information about the two or more components from a database, and generates one or more layouts. The one or more layouts comprise placement of the two or more components within at least one of the plurality of control panel enclosures as a function of the set of rules for designing a control panel. The control panel enclosures are dynamically selected as a function of the two or more components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: Design Ready Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Troy Schmidtke, Mitchell T. DeJong, Dipesh Karki, Peder A. Lindberg, Christopher Ray Kerkhoff
  • Publication number: 20110276168
    Abstract: The present inventors devised, among other things, systems, methods, and software that radically simplify and reduce the time necessary to specify, design, manufacture, and document control panels and wiring harnesses for semi-custom and custom equipment, such as HVAC equipment. One exemplary system includes a computerized product configuration module that defines product family parameters from user input and outputs a product family data structure, for example, a coded character string, to a technical design module. The technical design module, which incorporates engineering design rules for control panels and wiring modules, automatically processes the coded character string, outputting detailed engineering drawings, component listings, and even assembly instructions to robotic manufacturing equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: Design Ready Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Troy Schmidtke, Mitchell T. DeJong, Dipesh Karki, Ted Bartell
  • Publication number: 20110276167
    Abstract: The present inventors devised, among other things, systems, methods, and software that radically simplify and reduce the time necessary to specify, design, manufacture, and document control panels and wiring harnesses for semi-custom and custom equipment, such as HVAC equipment. One exemplary system includes a computerized product configuration module that defines product family parameters from user input and outputs a product family data structure, for example, a coded character string, to a technical design module. The technical design module, which incorporates engineering design rules for control panels and wiring modules, automatically processes the coded character string, outputting detailed engineering drawings, component listings, and even assembly instructions to robotic manufacturing equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: Design Ready Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Troy Schmidtke, Mitchell T. DeJong, Dipesh Karki, Ted Bartell
  • Publication number: 20110276163
    Abstract: The present inventors devised, among other things, systems, methods, and software that radically simplify and reduce the time necessary to specify, design, manufacture, and document control panels and wiring harnesses for semi-custom and custom equipment, such as HVAC equipment. One exemplary system includes a computerized product configuration module that defines product family parameters from user input and outputs a product family data structure, for example, a coded character string, to a technical design module. The technical design module, which incorporates engineering design rules for control panels and wiring modules, automatically processes the coded character string, outputting detailed engineering drawings, component listings, and even assembly instructions to robotic manufacturing equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: Design Ready Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Troy Schmidtke, Mitchell T. DeJong, Dipesh Karki, Ted Bartell
  • Patent number: 8000832
    Abstract: The present inventors devised, among other things, systems, methods, and software that radically simplify and reduce the time necessary to specify, design, manufacture, and document control panels and wiring harnesses for semi-custom and custom equipment, such as HVAC equipment. One exemplary system includes a computerized product configuration module that defines product family parameters from user input and outputs a product family data structure, for example, a coded character string, to a technical design module. The technical design module, which incorporates engineering design rules for control panels and wiring modules, automatically processes the coded character string, outputting detailed engineering drawings, component listings, and even assembly instructions to robotic manufacturing equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Design Ready Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Troy Schmidtke, Mitchell T. DeJong, Dipesh Karki, Ted Bartell