Patents by Inventor Norbert Lederle

Norbert Lederle 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: 10268212
    Abstract: To balance (S3) a group of consumers in a fluid transport system in which each consumer is provided with a motorized control valve for regulating the flow through the consumer, characteristic data for the consumers is stored (S2) which determines a valve position of the relevant control valve for target flows through one of the consumers in each case. A current total flow through the group of consumers is determined by means of a common flow sensor (S32) and a balance factor (S34) is defined on the basis of the current total flow and a sum of the desired target flows through the consumers. The consumers are dynamically balanced by setting (S31) the valve settings for the corresponding control valves on the basis of the characteristic data and the balance factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: BELIMO HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Peter Schmidlin, Reto Hobi, Urs Keller, Norbert Lederle, Marc Thuillard
  • Patent number: 9639099
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for regulating the room temperature in a room or in a plurality of rooms, the room temperature can be regulated by regulating the mass flow of a heat-carrying fluid flowing through a heat exchanger according to a determined current room temperature. In accordance with some embodiments, a temperature sensor in the room can be dispensed that can determine the current room temperature, in each case the mass flow of the heat carrying fluid through the heat exchanger and the flow temperature prevailing at the input to the heat exchanger and the return temperature prevailing at the output of the heat exchanger are measured, and that a temperature assigned to the determined values of the mass flow, the flow temperature and the return temperature is output as the current room temperature and used for regulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: BELIMO HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Peter Schmidlin, Norbert Lederle
  • Publication number: 20150316935
    Abstract: To balance (S3) a group of consumers in a fluid transport system in which each consumer is provided with a motorized control valve for regulating the flow through the consumer, characteristic data for the consumers is stored (S2) which determines a valve position of the relevant control valve for target flows through one of the consumers in each case. A current total flow through the group of consumers is determined by means of a common flow sensor (S32) and a balance factor (S34) is defined on the basis of the current total flow and a sum of the desired target flows through the consumers. The consumers are dynamically balanced by setting (S31) the valve settings for the corresponding control valves on the basis of the characteristic data and the balance factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: BELIMO HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Peter SCHMIDLIN, Reto HOBI, Urs KELLER, Norbert LEDERLE, Marc THUILLARD
  • Publication number: 20140284391
    Abstract: A method for regulating the room temperature in a room or in a group comprising a plurality of rooms, the room temperature in a room or in a plurality of rooms is regulated by regulating the mass flow of a heat-carrying fluid flowing through a heat exchanger according to a determined current room temperature. A temperature sensor in the room can be dispensed with in that, in order to determine the current room temperature, in each case the mass flow of the heat carrying fluid through the heat exchanger and the flow temperature prevailing at the input to the heat exchanger and the return temperature prevailing at the output of the heat exchanger are measured, and that a temperature assigned to the determined values of the mass flow, the flow temperature and the return temperature is output as the current room temperature and used for regulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Peter Schmidlin, Norbert Lederle