Patents by Inventor Stephen Spears

Stephen Spears 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).

  • Apparatus and method for treating addresses in an environmental control network
    Patent number: 7783791
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating addresses employed in an environmental control network that involves at least one control unit communicating with a plurality of components, each respective component of the plurality of components having an address selected from a predetermined number of address values, includes: an address extending unit coupled with the at least one control unit and with at least one coupled component of the plurality of components. The address extending unit treats each address for each coupled component to establish a respective unique treated address for each coupled component. The at least one control unit identifies each respective component by the respective treated address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Lennox Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Spears
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING ADDRESSES IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL NETWORK
    Publication number: 20080192745
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating addresses employed in an environmental control network that involves at least one control unit communicating with a plurality of components, each respective component of the plurality of components having an address selected from a predetermined number of address values, includes: an address extending unit coupled with the at least one control unit and with at least one coupled component of the plurality of components. The address extending unit treats each address for each coupled component to establish a respective unique treated address for each coupled component. The at least one control unit identifies each respective component by the respective treated address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: Lennox Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Spears