Patents by Inventor Stephen Thurlkill

Stephen Thurlkill 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: 11739971
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a controller for a cascade boiler system having both condensing and non-condensing boilers. The controller can receive supply water temperature data and return water temperature data to determine a current temperature differential in the system. The controller can determine a current load demand value using the current temperature differential and a set point temperature. If the current load demand value is less than or equal to a first load demand threshold, the controller can output a control signal for a condensing boiler to transition to a heating mode. If the current load demand value is greater than a second load demand threshold, the controller can output a control signal for a non-condensing boiler to transition to a heating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: Stephen Thurlkill, Jorge Miguel Gamboa Revilla
  • Publication number: 20220260273
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a controller for a cascade boiler system having both condensing and non-condensing boilers. The controller can receive supply water temperature data and return water temperature data to determine a current temperature differential in the system. The controller can determine a current load demand value using the current temperature differential and a set point temperature. If the current load demand value is less than or equal to a first load demand threshold, the controller can output a control signal for a condensing boiler to transition to a heating mode. If the current load demand value is greater than a second load demand threshold, the controller can output a control signal for a non-condensing boiler to transition to a heating mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen Thurlkill, Jorge Miguel Gamboa Revilla
  • Patent number: 11326802
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a controller for a cascade boiler system having both condensing and non-condensing boilers. The controller can receive supply water temperature data and return water temperature data to determine a current temperature differential in the system. The controller can determine a current load demand value using the current temperature differential and a set point temperature. If the current load demand value is less than or equal to a first load demand threshold, the controller can output a control signal for a condensing boiler to transition to a heating mode. If the current load demand value is greater than a second load demand threshold, the controller can output a control signal for a non-condensing boiler to transition to a heating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Rheem Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Stephen Thurlkill, Jorge Miguel Gamboa Revilla
  • Publication number: 20220065486
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a controller for a cascade boiler system having both condensing and non-condensing boilers. The controller can receive supply water temperature data and return water temperature data to determine a current temperature differential in the system. The controller can determine a current load demand value using the current temperature differential and a set point temperature. If the current load demand value is less than or equal to a first load demand threshold, the controller can output a control signal for a condensing boiler to transition to a heating mode. If the current load demand value is greater than a second load demand threshold, the controller can output a control signal for a non-condensing boiler to transition to a heating mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen Thurlkill, Jorge Miguel Gamboa Revilla
  • Patent number: 11092335
    Abstract: A fuel-fired device can include an air-moving device that mixes air and a fuel to generate a fuel-air mixture. The fuel-fired device can also include an air box that provides the air to the air-moving device, and a fuel valve that provides the fuel to the air-moving device, where the fuel valve includes a tracking port coupled to the air box, where the tracking port detects a pressure of the air box. The fuel-fired device can further provide a pressure-regulating device disposed between a pressurized component and the tracking port of the fuel valve. The flow regulating device can control, during an ignition phase of operation, an amount of the fuel provided by the fuel valve to the air-moving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Rheem Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Stephen Thurlkill, Amin Akbarimonfared, Jorge M. Gamboa, Robert S. Glass
  • Publication number: 20190226676
    Abstract: A fuel-fired device can include an air-moving device that mixes air and a fuel to generate a fuel-air mixture. The fuel-fired device can also include an air box that provides the air to the air-moving device, and a fuel valve that provides the fuel to the air-moving device, where the fuel valve includes a tracking port coupled to the air box, where the tracking port detects a pressure of the air box. The fuel-fired device can further provide a pressure-regulating device disposed between a pressurized component and the tracking port of the fuel valve. The flow regulating device can control, during an ignition phase of operation, an amount of the fuel provided by the fuel valve to the air-moving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen Thurlkill, Amin Akbarimonfared, Jorge M. Gamboa, Robert S. Glass