Patents by Inventor Thomas P. Naughton
Thomas P. Naughton 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).
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Patent number: 11767997Abstract: An access control system receives a trigger command for controlling a ventilation system; determines that the trigger command includes a lock trigger to hold an entrance door in a closed position; and induces a locking differential air pressure between opposite sides of the entrance door in response to the lock trigger, where the locking differential air pressure is sufficient to bias the entrance door to contact or to increase contact with a door frame in the closed position. The access control system may also determine that the trigger command includes an open assist trigger to ease an opening of the entrance door; and may induce an opening differential air pressure between the opposite sides of the entrance door in response to the open assist trigger, where the opening differential air pressure is sufficient to bias the entrance door to reduce contact with the door frame in the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLPInventor: Thomas P. Naughton
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Publication number: 20220404046Abstract: An access control system receives a trigger command for controlling a ventilation system; determines that the trigger command includes a lock trigger to hold an entrance door in a closed position; and induces a locking differential air pressure between opposite sides of the entrance door in response to the lock trigger, where the locking differential air pressure is sufficient to bias the entrance door to contact or to increase contact with a door frame in the closed position. The access control system may also determine that the trigger command includes an open assist trigger to ease an opening of the entrance door; and may induce an opening differential air pressure between the opposite sides of the entrance door in response to the open assist trigger, where the opening differential air pressure is sufficient to bias the entrance door to reduce contact with the door frame in the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventor: Thomas P. NAUGHTON
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Patent number: 11435098Abstract: An access control system receives a trigger command for controlling a ventilation system; determines that the trigger command includes a lock trigger to hold an entrance door in a closed position; and induces a locking differential air pressure between opposite sides of the entrance door in response to the lock trigger, where the locking differential air pressure is sufficient to bias the entrance door to contact or to increase contact with a door frame in the closed position. The access control system may also determine that the trigger command includes an open assist trigger to ease an opening of the entrance door; and may induce an opening differential air pressure between the opposite sides of the entrance door in response to the open assist trigger, where the opening differential air pressure is sufficient to bias the entrance door to reduce contact with the door frame in the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLPInventor: Thomas P. Naughton
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Patent number: 10955573Abstract: A system and method for a distributed earthquake analysis and reporting system are provided. The system includes a facility control system at a facility that obtains earthquake information sent from one or more seismic sensors, and sends the earthquake information over a network directly or indirectly to other facility control systems. The facilities which include the facility control systems can be owned/operated by different business organizations or by the same organization, in examples. The facility control system at each facility responds to received earthquake information from the other facility control systems by configuring building systems such as public address systems to warn building occupants, industrial machine controllers to stop machinery, and elevator controllers to stop elevators at a nearest floor and open its doors, in examples.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Sensormatic Electronics, LLCInventor: Thomas P. Naughton
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Publication number: 20200292187Abstract: An access control system receives a trigger command for controlling a ventilation system; determines that the trigger command includes a lock trigger to hold an entrance door in a closed position; and induces a locking differential air pressure between opposite sides of the entrance door in response to the lock trigger, where the locking differential air pressure is sufficient to bias the entrance door to contact or to increase contact with a door frame in the closed position. The access control system may also determine that the trigger command includes an open assist trigger to ease an opening of the entrance door; and may induce an opening differential air pressure between the opposite sides of the entrance door in response to the open assist trigger, where the opening differential air pressure is sufficient to bias the entrance door to reduce contact with the door frame in the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2019Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventor: Thomas P. NAUGHTON
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Patent number: 10379237Abstract: A system and method for a distributed earthquake analysis and reporting system are provided. The system includes a facility control system at a facility that obtains earthquake information sent from one or more seismic sensors, and sends the earthquake information over a network directly or indirectly to other facility control systems. The facilities which include the facility control systems can be owned/operated by different business organizations or by the same organization, in examples. The facility control system at each facility responds to received earthquake information from the other facility control systems by configuring building systems such as public address systems to warn building occupants, industrial machine controllers to stop machinery, and elevator controllers to stop elevators at a nearest floor and open its doors, in examples.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Sensormatic Electronics, LLCInventor: Thomas P. Naughton
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Publication number: 20190235103Abstract: A system and method for a distributed earthquake analysis and reporting system are provided. The system includes a facility control system at a facility that obtains earthquake information sent from one or more seismic sensors, and sends the earthquake information over a network directly or indirectly to other facility control systems. The facilities which include the facility control systems can be owned/operated by different business organizations or by the same organization, in examples. The facility control system at each facility responds to received earthquake information from the other facility control systems by configuring building systems such as public address systems to warn building occupants, industrial machine controllers to stop machinery, and elevator controllers to stop elevators at a nearest floor and open its doors, in examples.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventor: Thomas P. Naughton
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Publication number: 20180364375Abstract: A system and method for a distributed earthquake analysis and reporting system are provided. The system includes a facility control system at a facility that obtains earthquake information sent from one or more seismic sensors, and sends the earthquake information over a network directly or indirectly to other facility control systems. The facilities which include the facility control systems can be owned/operated by different business organizations or by the same organization, in examples. The facility control system at each facility responds to received earthquake information from the other facility control systems by configuring building systems such as public address systems to warn building occupants, industrial machine controllers to stop machinery, and elevator controllers to stop elevators at a nearest floor and open its doors, in examples.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2017Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventor: Thomas P. Naughton
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Patent number: 9912149Abstract: Lighting and surge protection circuitry for protection of a differential pair includes a diode bridge circuit having a first pair and a second pair of connections to the diode bridge circuit, with the first pair of connections configured to be coupled to a pair of differential inputs of a functional circuit and a first diode coupled between the second pair of connections; and second and third diodes coupled between the first pair of connections and ground. The lighting and surge protection circuitry also includes a diode pair coupled between an output of the functional circuit being protected and power and ground terminals and a small resistance in series with the output of the functional circuit.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2014Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: Sensomatic Electronics, LLCInventors: Thomas P. Naughton, David S. Pinney
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Publication number: 20160043544Abstract: Lighting and surge protection circuitry for protection of a differential pair includes a diode bridge circuit having a first pair and a second pair of connections to the diode bridge circuit, with the first pair of connections configured to be coupled to a pair of differential inputs of a functional circuit and a first diode coupled between the second pair of connections; and second and third diodes coupled between the first pair of connections and ground. The lighting and surge protection circuitry also includes a diode pair coupled between an output of the functional circuit being protected and power and ground terminals and a small resistance in series with the output of the functional circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2014Publication date: February 11, 2016Applicant: Sensormatic Electronics, LLCInventors: Thomas P. Naughton, David S. Pinney