Patents by Inventor Stuart Allen Means

Stuart Allen Means 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).

  • HVAC system with location determination capability
    Patent number: 9310090
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a system controller having a location determination module configured to cause determination and/or reporting of the location of the HVAC system in response to a first run and/or initialization of the HVAC system. The location determination module may determine and/or report location information via global positioning system (GPS) capability, a service provider (SP), customized data provider (CDP), Internet sites, LAN, WAN, 3G, 4G, and/or any other type of network infrastructure to effect reporting of the location of the HVAC system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Trane International Inc.
    Inventor: Stuart Allen Means
  • HVAC System with Location Based Operation
    Publication number: 20160010888
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a system controller having a location determination module configured to cause determination and/or reporting of the location of the HVAC system in response to a first run and/or initialization of the HVAC system. The location determination module may determine and/or report location information via global positioning system (GPS) capability, a service provider (SP), customized data provider (CDP), Internet sites, LAN, WAN, 3G, 4G, and/or any other type of network infrastructure to effect reporting of the location of the HVAC system. The system controller may select a climate-based operation parameter value for the HVAC system as a function of a geographic location of the HVAC system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Eldo Groskreutz, Karl Mutchnik, Gregory Brown, Kit William Klein, Stuart Allen Means
  • HVAC System with Location Determination Capability
    Publication number: 20150219349
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a system controller having a location determination module configured to cause determination and/or reporting of the location of the HVAC system in response to a first run and/or initialization of the HVAC system. The location determination module may determine and/or report location information via global positioning system (GPS) capability, a service provider (SP), customized data provider (CDP), Internet sites, LAN, WAN, 3G, 4G, and/or any other type of network infrastructure to effect reporting of the location of the HVAC system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventor: Stuart Allen Means
  • Microchannel Heat Exchanger
    Publication number: 20140224460
    Abstract: A microchannel heat exchanger of an HVAC system may include a plurality of microchannel tubes having fins disposed between at least one pair of adjacent microchannel tubes. The pair of adjacent microchannel tubes may connect a header on each end of the microchannel tubes in fluid communication, and at least one of the microchannel tubes and the fins are oriented substantially parallel with respect to a primary airflow direction of an airflow across the microchannel heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventor: Stuart Allen Means