Patents by Inventor Steven K. Klingemann

Steven K. Klingemann 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: 10697676
    Abstract: An electronic expansion device includes a main body having inlet and outlet side faces; an inlet disposed on the inlet side face; an orifice formed in the main body between the inlet side face and the outlet side face; a flow path fluidly connecting an inlet side of the orifice and an outlet side of the orifice, the flow path configured to redirect an inlet flow and provide an outlet flow; an outlet disposed on the outlet side face, the outlet being in fluid communication with the inlet via the orifice and the flow path; and a flow control device including an electric motor and a sealing member, the sealing member extending through the main body between the inlet and the outlet, wherein the sealing member is movable into and out of the main body to control the outlet flow of a fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Steven K. Klingemann, Ryan Doud
  • Patent number: 10345020
    Abstract: An electronic expansion device includes a main body having inlet and outlet side faces; an inlet disposed on the inlet side face; an orifice formed in the main body between the inlet side face and the outlet side face; a flow path fluidly connecting an inlet side of the orifice and an outlet side of the orifice, the flow path configured to redirect an inlet flow and provide an outlet flow; an outlet disposed on the outlet side face, the outlet being in fluid communication with the inlet via the orifice and the flow path; and a flow control device including an electric motor and a sealing member, the sealing member extending through the main body between the inlet and the outlet, wherein the sealing member is movable into and out of the main body to control the outlet flow of a fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Steven K. Klingemann, Ryan Doud
  • Publication number: 20180279222
    Abstract: HVAC components having improved efficiency are described. In one embodiment, excessive sleep current draw in a battery-powered device having a microcontroller is detected by measuring a voltage drop across a MOSFET device coupled in a for ward-conducting orientation in series between the battery and the microcontroller, causing a transistor to conduct when the voltage drop exceeds a predetermined threshold to generate a first trigger signal, integrating the first trigger signal to generate a second trigger signal, and generating an interrupt to the microcontroller. In another embodiment, a battery-saving method of operating an HVAC component includes maintaining the HVAC device in the sleep mode, receiving a user input to wake the device, transmitting a data request and returning the HVAC component to the sleep mode, waking up the HVAC device to poll an adjacent network node storing a cached response, displaying the response, and returning the HVAC device to sleep.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Trane International Inc.
    Inventors: Joel C. VanderZee, Steven K. Klingemann, Christopher C. VanderKoy, Joshua VanTol
  • Patent number: 9788412
    Abstract: Techniques and arrangements for forming ground bonds between a plurality of components are provided. In one form, a grounding arrangement includes a first circuit board including a first ground plane and a flange member electrically coupled to the first ground plane. The arrangement also includes a second circuit board including a second ground plane, and a polymeric member including an electrically conductive coating. The polymeric member forms a bond between the first ground plane, the flange member, and the second ground plane. In one particular but non-limiting aspect of this form, the grounding arrangement is utilized in a human machine interface having a liquid crystal display. Further embodiments, forms, objects, features, advantages, aspects, and benefits shall become apparent from the description and drawings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Trane International Inc.
    Inventors: Steven K. Klingemann, Alejandro Jimenez
  • Publication number: 20170176068
    Abstract: An electronic expansion device includes a main body having inlet and outlet side faces; an inlet disposed on the inlet side face; an orifice formed in the main body between the inlet side face and the outlet side face; a flow path fluidly connecting an inlet side of the orifice and an outlet side of the orifice, the flow path configured to redirect an inlet flow and provide an outlet flow; an outlet disposed on the outlet side face, the outlet being in fluid communication with the inlet via the orifice and the flow path; and a flow control device including an electric motor and a sealing member, the sealing member extending through the main body between the inlet and the outlet, wherein the sealing member is movable into and out of the main body to control the outlet flow of a fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Steven K. KLINGEMANN, Ryan DOUD
  • Publication number: 20160295687
    Abstract: Techniques and arrangements for forming ground bonds between a plurality of components are provided. In one form, a grounding arrangement includes a first circuit board including a first ground plane and a flange member electrically coupled to the first ground plane. The arrangement also includes a second circuit board including a second ground plane, and a polymeric member including an electrically conductive coating. The polymeric member forms a bond between the first ground plane, the flange member, and the second ground plane. In one particular but non-limiting aspect of this form, the grounding arrangement is utilized in a human machine interface having a liquid crystal display. Further embodiments, forms, objects, features, advantages, aspects, and benefits shall become apparent from the description and drawings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Steven K. Klingemann, Alejandro Jimenez
  • Publication number: 20150382449
    Abstract: Techniques and arrangements for forming ground bonds between a plurality of components are provided. In one form, a grounding arrangement includes a first circuit board including a first ground plane and a flange member electrically coupled to the first ground plane. The arrangement also includes a second circuit board including a second ground plane, and a polymeric member including an electrically conductive coating. The polymeric member forms a bond between the first ground plane, the flange member, and the second ground plane. In one particular but non-limiting aspect of this form, the grounding arrangement is utilized in a human machine interface having a liquid crystal display. Further embodiments, forms, objects, features, advantages, aspects, and benefits shall become apparent from the description and drawings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Steven K. Klingemann, Alejandro Jimenez
  • Patent number: 8454229
    Abstract: Two vertically offset thermistors for sensing a fluid such as oil and refrigerant in a compressor shell are monitored by a method that takes into account rapidly changing conditions within the shell. The system can determine the fluid's sump temperature, high/low liquid levels, and can determine whether the thermistors are sensing the fluid as a liquid, gas, or a mixture of the two, such as a foam or mist of liquid and gas. For greater accuracy, thermistor readings can be dithered and filtered to provide temperature or voltage values having more significant digits than the readings originally processed through a limited-bit A/D converter. For faster response, limited microprocessor time is conserved by sampling thermistor readings at strategic periods that enable the microprocessor to identify certain conditions and temperatures via simple delta-temperature ratios and undemanding equations rather than resorting to exponential functions or lookup tables to determine time constants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Trane International Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald W. Okoren, Jerry E. Brown, Joel C. VanderZee, Charles E. Nelson, Steven K. Klingemann, Jeffrey J. DeGroot
  • Patent number: 8393787
    Abstract: Two vertically offset thermistors for sensing a fluid such as oil and refrigerant in a compressor shell are monitored by a method that takes into account rapidly changing conditions within the shell. The system can determine the fluid's sump temperature, high/low liquid levels, and can determine whether the thermistors are sensing the fluid as a liquid, gas, or a mixture of the two, such as a foam or mist of liquid and gas. For greater accuracy, thermistor readings can be dithered and filtered to provide temperature or voltage values having more significant digits than the readings originally processed through a limited-bit A/D converter. For faster response, limited microprocessor time is conserved by sampling thermistor readings at strategic periods that enable the microprocessor to identify certain conditions and temperatures via simple delta-temperature ratios and undemanding equations rather than resorting to exponential functions or lookup tables to determine time constants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Trane International Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald W. Okoren, Jerry E. Brown, Joel C. VanderZee, Charles E. Nelson, Steven K. Klingemann, Jeffrey J. DeGroot
  • Publication number: 20110075699
    Abstract: Two vertically offset thermistors for sensing a fluid such as oil and refrigerant in a compressor shell are monitored by a method that takes into account rapidly changing conditions within the shell. The system can determine the fluid's sump temperature, high/low liquid levels, and can determine whether the thermistors are sensing the fluid as a liquid, gas, or a mixture of the two, such as a foam or mist of liquid and gas. For greater accuracy, thermistor readings can be dithered and filtered to provide temperature or voltage values having more significant digits than the readings originally processed through a limited-bit A/D converter. For faster response, limited microprocessor time is conserved by sampling thermistor readings at strategic periods that enable the microprocessor to identify certain conditions and temperatures via simple delta-temperature ratios and undemanding equations rather than resorting to exponential functions or lookup tables to determine time constants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Ronald W. Okoren, Jerry E. Brown, Joel C. VanderZee, Charles E. Nelson, Steven K. Klingemann, Jeffrey J. DeGroot
  • Publication number: 20110075700
    Abstract: Two vertically offset thermistors for sensing a fluid such as oil and refrigerant in a compressor shell are monitored by a method that takes into account rapidly changing conditions within the shell. The system can determine the fluid's sump temperature, high/low liquid levels, and can determine whether the thermistors are sensing the fluid as a liquid, gas, or a mixture of the two, such as a foam or mist of liquid and gas. For greater accuracy, thermistor readings can be dithered and filtered to provide temperature or voltage values having more significant digits than the readings originally processed through a limited-bit A/D converter. For faster response, limited microprocessor time is conserved by sampling thermistor readings at strategic periods that enable the microprocessor to identify certain conditions and temperatures via simple delta-temperature ratios and undemanding equations rather than resorting to exponential functions or lookup tables to determine time constants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Ronald W. Okoren, Jerry E. Brown, Joel C. VanderZee, Charles E. Nelson, Steven K. Klingemann, Jeffrey J. DeGroot
  • Patent number: 7874724
    Abstract: Two vertically offset thermistors for sensing a fluid such as oil and refrigerant in a compressor shell are monitored by a method that takes into account rapidly changing conditions within the shell. The system can determine the fluid's sump temperature, high/low liquid levels, and can determine whether the thermistors are sensing the fluid as a liquid, gas, or a mixture of the two, such as a foam or mist of liquid and gas. For greater accuracy, thermistor readings can be dithered and filtered to provide temperature or voltage values having more significant digits than the readings originally processed through a limited-bit A/D converter. For faster response, limited microprocessor time is conserved by sampling thermistor readings at strategic periods that enable the microprocessor to identify certain conditions and temperatures via simple delta-temperature ratios and undemanding equations rather than resorting to exponential functions or lookup tables to determine time constants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Trane International Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald W. Okoren, Jerry E. Brown, Joel C. VanderZee, Charles E. Nelson, Steven K. Klingemann, Jeffrey J. DeGroot
  • Publication number: 20080250798
    Abstract: Two vertically offset thermistors for sensing a fluid such as oil and refrigerant in a compressor shell are monitored by a method that takes into account rapidly changing conditions within the shell. The system can determine the fluid's sump temperature, high/low liquid levels, and can determine whether the thermistors are sensing the fluid as a liquid, gas, or a mixture of the two, such as a foam or mist of liquid and gas. For greater accuracy, thermistor readings can be dithered and filtered to provide temperature or voltage values having more significant digits than the readings originally processed through a limited-bit A/D converter. For faster response, limited microprocessor time is conserved by sampling thermistor readings at strategic periods that enable the microprocessor to identify certain conditions and temperatures via simple delta-temperature ratios and undemanding equations rather than resorting to exponential functions or lookup tables to determine time constants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Ronald W. Okoren, Jerry E. Brown, Joel C. VanderZee, Charles E. Nelson, Steven K. Klingemann, Jeffrey J. DeGroot
  • Patent number: 5370459
    Abstract: A contact-type surface temperature probe which has a generally uniform thermocouple junction. The thermocouple junction is formed by joining each of the thermocouple elements or materials directly to an electrically conductive spring flexure, thus eliminating the need for having to form the thermocouple materials directly to each other. As a result, the thermocouple junction of the present invention has a more uniform or smooth contour for better contact with the surface without having to remove burrs or other non-uniformities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1994
    Assignee: Claud S. Gordon Company
    Inventors: David P. Culbertson, Alfred J. Barrett, Steven K. Klingemann, Richard E. Voss
  • Patent number: D424016
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Mark K. Gipson, Steven K. Klingemann, Jason J. Alvarez, Shawn O. Barrett, Arthur O. Volbrecht