Patents by Inventor Scott Cress

Scott Cress 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: 10900687
    Abstract: An HVAC controller includes a touch-responsive display and a scheduling grid having one or more rows representing a 24 hour period of a day-of-week. A user selects an operation to be performed such as adding or deleting a scheduled event, such as a period of occupancy or non-occupancy. A visual representation of the available operations and the temporal regions subject to the available operations is presented. A user may then select the desired region on which to perform the operation, the operation is visually represented on the touch-responsive display, and the user indicates whether the operation should be saved or discarded. The operation may be applied to additional remote HVAC devices in a single operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Trane International Inc.
    Inventors: Charles P. Quistad, Scott Cress, Rick Kloeppner, Amit Samtani, James Brink, Rachel Michael Nilsson, Sean Fuller Mosley, Zachary Frank Stark, Brian J. Politiske, Susan M. Mairs
  • Publication number: 20200132326
    Abstract: An HVAC controller includes a touch-responsive display and a scheduling grid having one or more rows representing a 24 hour period of a day-of-week. A user selects an operation to be performed such as adding or deleting a scheduled event, such as a period of occupancy or non-occupancy. A visual representation of the available operations and the temporal regions subject to the available operations is presented. A user may then select the desired region on which to perform the operation, the operation is visually represented on the touch-responsive display, and the user indicates whether the operation should be saved or discarded. The operation may be applied to additional remote HVAC devices in a single operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Trane International Inc.
    Inventors: Charles P. Quistad, Scott Cress, Rick Kloeppner, Amit Samtani, James Brink, Rachel Michael Nilsson, Sean Fuller Mosley, Zachary Frank Stark, Brian J. Politiske, Susan M. Mairs
  • Patent number: 6196559
    Abstract: A snowboot binding used for mounting on top of a snowboard. The snowboot binding adapted for engaging the sides and bottom of a sole of a snowboot and a heel of the snowboot. The binding having a horizontal baseplate with a front, a rear, a center portion and a first side and a second side on opposite sides of the center portion. Along the length of the first side of the base plate is an upwardly extending inverted “L” shaped first rail. Also, along the length of the second side of the base plate is an upwardly extending inverted “L” shaped second rail. A portion of the two “L” shaped rails are received in sole interface grooves formed in opposite sides of the sole of the snowboot. Mounted on one side of the first rail is a spring biased locking pin release lever having a locking pin extending inwardly toward the side of the sole of the snowboot. The sole having a snow cavity therein with a locking pin bar mounted on the side of the sole and in front of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Inventor: Scott Cress