Patents by Inventor Timothy M. Wetzel

Timothy M. Wetzel 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).

  • Updating demand response settings
    Patent number: 8369998
    Abstract: An appliance controller is provided comprising an appliance including demand response settings. The settings include threshold variables for determining a reaction of the appliance in response to reaching one or more threshold variables. The controller further comprises a signal from an associated utility to the appliance, wherein the appliance includes a controller in signal communication with the associated utility. The controller receives and processes the signal from the associated utility. The signal is converted and compared to the demand response threshold variables and the appliance is operated in one or more power consuming functions based on the comparison of the signal to the demand response variables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jeff Donald Drake, Timothy Dale Worthington, Michael F. Finch, Adam Hofmann, John K. Besore, Timothy M. Wetzel
  • UPDATING DEMAND RESPONSE SETTINGS
    Publication number: 20110153106
    Abstract: An appliance controller is provided comprising an appliance including demand response settings. The settings include threshold variables for determining a reaction of the appliance in response to reaching one or more threshold variables. The controller further comprises a signal from an associated utility to the appliance, wherein the appliance includes a controller in signal communication with the associated utility. The controller receives and processes the signal from the associated utility. The signal is converted and compared to the demand response threshold variables and the appliance is operated in one or more power consuming functions based on the comparison of the signal to the demand response variables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Jeff Donald Drake, Timothy Dale Worthington, Michael F. Finch, Adam Hofmann, John K. Besore, Timothy M. Wetzel