Patents by Inventor Steve Wolff

Steve Wolff 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: 9322733
    Abstract: Ports for sensing one or more parameters in an HVAC system and methods for installing such ports. In one illustrative embodiment, a port provides a fluid passageway through a wall of an HVAC component such as an air duct. The port may be formed of a hollow stem member having a first end and a second end and a head member positioned therebetween. The port may include an anchor member for anchoring the port to a wall of the HVAC component. In some cases, the anchor member may secure the port within the wall such that the head member forms a substantially fluid tight seal with the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Petr Adamik, Steve Wolff, Reed Bisson, Amy Ragland
  • Publication number: 20150163945
    Abstract: An HVAC controller includes a housing having an outer housing wall, a circuit board within the housing and a flexible circuit electrically coupled to the circuit board. The flexible circuit may provide a bias force toward a non-flexed state when flexed. A temperature sensor may be electrically coupled to the flexible circuit, which is mounted in a flexed configuration within the housing such that the bias force of the flexible circuit biases the temperature sensor against the outer housing wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Eric Barton, Pavel Marak, Vaclav Kucera, Steve Wolff, Paul Schwendinger, Eugene Takach, Mohammad Aljabari
  • Publication number: 20130025729
    Abstract: The present disclosure related generally to ports for sensing one or more parameters in an HVAC system, and methods for installing such ports. In one illustrative embodiment, a port provides a fluid passageway through a wall of an HVAC component such as an air duct. The port may be formed of a hollow stem member having a first end and a second end and a head member positioned therebetween. The port may include an anchor member for anchoring the port to a wall of the HVAC component. In some cases, the anchor member may secure the port within the wall such that the head member forms a substantially fluid tight seal with the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Petr Adamik, Steve Wolff, Reed Bisson, Amy Ragland
  • Patent number: 7633518
    Abstract: An object detection portal wherein a video image is obtained of a volume or area being scanned, and location of a threat object is determined and displayed in real time as an indicator overlay on the video image. An individual subject being scanned may be continuously monitored by an operator during an object divesting process, and an operator may view the threat object moving from or remaining with the subject. Object location information is supplied to a video driver to superimpose the overlay on a real time image of a subject. The scanning portal may interact with an exit barrier. The exit barrier may be activated automatically in response to sensing of a threat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Quantum Magnetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Peter Beevor, Alexander R. Perry, Gerard Andrew Hanley, Steve Wolff, Peter V. Czipott
  • Publication number: 20040080315
    Abstract: An object detection portal wherein a video image is obtained of a volume or area being scanned, and location of a threat object is determined and displayed in real time as an indicator overlay on the video image. An individual subject being scanned may be continuously monitored by an operator during an object divesting process, and an operator may view the threat object moving from or remaining with the subject. Object location information is supplied to a video driver to superimpose the overlay on a real time image of a subject. The scanning portal may interact with an exit barrier. The exit barrier may be activated automatically in response to sensing of a threat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: Simon Peter Beevor, Alexander R. Perry, Gerard Andrew Hanley, Steve Wolff, Peter V. Czipott