| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 237012000 | Processes | 20 |
| 20080257970 | Method for Controlling a Heating Device and System for Carrying Out Said Method - A method for controlling a warming device includes: providing a system including the warming device and a household appliance, the system configured to at least one of process and prepare at least one of a beverage and a food; and automatically turning on a heating element of the warming device by a selection of a future activation time at which the household appliance is switched from a standby state to an ON state, the selection being made using the household appliance. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090114732 | MULTIPLE CELL LIQUID HEAT PUMP SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method having a plurality of cells and a plurality of heating elements and a controller for independently controlling the plurality of heating elements. The heat pump is capable of maintaining a fluid temperature within a predetermined range. A second pump pumps fluid through a heat exchanger in operative relationship with the blower upon a call for heat. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20100096467 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HEATING APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to provide a method of controlling a heating apparatus that is capable of automatically controlling a heating-off temperature and a heating-on temperature according to an operation environment such that upper and lower variations of a room temperature set by a user are reduced on the basis of the room temperature, thereby allowing the user to feel comfortable. In order to achieve the object of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a heating apparatus that controls the start/stop operation of the heating apparatus on the basis of a room temperature set by a user. In this case, a temperature when the heating apparatus is operated to increase the room temperature and the operation of the heating apparatus is stopped is set as a temperature that is obtained by subtracting a heating-off temperature at a cycle immediately before a current cycle by a compensation value determined according to overshoot that has occurred at the cycle immediately before the current cycle, and a temperature when the operation of the heating apparatus is stopped to decrease the room temperature and the heating apparatus is operated is set as a temperature that is obtained by adding the heating-on temperature at the cycle immediately before the current cycle and a compensation value determined according to undershoot that has occurred at the cycle immediately before the current cycle, such that a difference between the measured room temperature and the room temperature set by the user is minimized. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100133352 | RADIATORS - A radiator ( | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100187319 | RANKINE CYCLE POWER PLANT HEAT SOURCE CONTROL - Provision is made in an organic rankine cycle power plant for modulating the flow of hot gases from a thermal source to the evaporator. The modulation device may be a blower on the downstream side of the evaporator or a valve on the upstream side thereof. The modulation device is controlled by generation of a digital signal to enable or disenable the modulation device and an analog signal for adjusting the position of the modulation device. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20110006125 | CONTROLLING UNDER SURFACE HEATING/COOLING - Controlling under surface heating/cooling by supplying liquid to at least two supply loops in an under surface heating/cooling system, and controlling the flow of the liquid on and off such that during the duty cycle the flow is high and between the duty cycles the flow is off. Room temperature is controlled by controlling the percentage of the duty cycles, which percentage is determined on the basis of the heating demand of the rooms. Different loops are controlled such that at least in two different loops the duty cycles start at different moments. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110198406 | Vapor/vacuum heating system - A building heating system with cycling steam source used for plurality of radiators is provided. During heating cycle condensate is retained in radiators and released later through steam supply line. Such condensate and steam flows alternation eliminates water hammering and justify usage of smaller diameter tubes and new radiator design. When air is evacuated, system operates like branched heat pipe with periodic condensate return. System may include vacuum check valve on air vent lines and operational procedure to create vacuum naturally by steam condensing in a closed space after complete air purging from the system. Steam/vapor source's cut off pressure can be adjusted to regulate the vapor's temperature depending on the outside temperature. Method is proposed for conversion of the existing steam heating systems into a vapor/vacuum system with naturally induced vacuum. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110290895 | Secondary Heating System for Motor Vehicles - A secondary heating system for heating the interior of a motor vehicle having an independent electrical circuit and coolant pump that utilizes maximum latent heat usage from a shut down engine to conserve fuel. Weight sensors are provided in the seats to detect the presence of a passenger therein and activate said system once the engine is turned off. The secondary heating system of the present invention further includes a periodic shut down at preset intervals to extend battery usage. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120031986 | SECONDARY HEATING SYSTEM CONTROLLER - A secondary heating-system-controller ( | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120248212 | Methods and Systems for Controlling a Hybrid Heating System - In at least some embodiments, a hybrid heating system includes a heat pump and an auxiliary furnace. The system also includes a controller coupled to the heat pump and the auxiliary furnace. The controller, in response to receiving a heat request, selects either the heat pump or the auxiliary furnace based on an economic balance point algorithm. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120261481 | Self-Adjusting Thermostat for Floor Warming Control Systems and Other Applications - A method of controlling the temperature of an environment, including the steps of providing a thermostat and receiving a signal from an occupancy sensor indicating whether an area has been occupied for each discrete time period of a 24 hour time period, assigning a first point value to each discrete time period where occupancy has been sensed, and repeating the steps for the next two 24 hour periods, and averaging the point values for each discrete time period in the first, second, and third 24 hour periods, to obtain an average point value, and sending a first signal to a heating device adapted for heating a second area to provide a temperature-related setting for a given discrete time period when the average point value for that discrete time period is above a threshold point value. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120312885 | VARIABLE RATE HEATING FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES - An exemplary temperature control system for animal confinement buildings includes an agricultural heater and a ventilation system. The agricultural heater is modified to be a variable rate heater using SmartBox technology or by applying appropriate control logic and outputs to a conventional room controller. A heat on/off relay of the room controller can serve as an enable signal connected to the SmartBox. Heating is controlled using a proportional-plus-integral algorithm for error correction. Error correction may be ceased when temperatures fall within a dead band. Heat is turned on when the temperature drops to an on temperature equal to a set point minus 0.5 F. Heat can be turned off when the heater has been at a minimum output level for a minimum output period (such as 90 seconds) and the temperature has not dropped below the on temperature during the minimum output period. An auto-variable radiant brooder may be incorporated. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130026244 | WORK VEHICLE HEATING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A work vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine and a catalytic converter coupled to the exhaust of the engine. A reduction agent system provides for injection of a reduction agent, such as urea, upstream of the catalytic converter. Coolant heated by the engine is directed to the reduction agent system to defrost/heat the reduction agent, and is also directed to a vehicle cabin heating system. Flow of coolant may be preferentially directed to the cabin heating system rather than to the reduction agent system, such as following vehicle startup, particularly during cold-weather operation. Flow may be altered to favor the reduction agent system, such as based upon time and/or the temperature of the cabin. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20140138451 | Compressor Crankcase Heating Control Systems and Methods - A crankcase heating control system for a heat pump system includes a data receiving module and a power control module. The data receiving module receives data indicative of a temperature of a compressor of the heat pump system, data indicative of an ambient temperature, and data indicative of a current date and a current time. The power control module selectively applies power to a heater of a crankcase of the compressor and selectively disables the heater based on the temperature of the compressor, the ambient temperature, the current date, and the current time. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140203092 | COMMUNICATING THERMOSTAT RECOVERY ALGORITHM - The present subject matter relates methods and systems for operation of an HVAC system including a heat pump and a secondary energy source (electric or gas) where a utility's demand response server may issue demand response event instructions. Upon receipt of a demand response event instruction as set point for controlling the HVAC system may be changed and, upon expiration of the demand response event, the HVAC system is controlled so that operation of its secondary energy source is inhibited until recovery of the system to its user established set point is obtained. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140231531 | ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING A GAS DELIVERY CONTROL SYSTEM AND A CENTRAL HEATING INSTALLATION AND GAS DELIVERY CONTROL METHOD - An arrangement is disclosed of a gas delivery control system ( | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140326796 | WIRELESS AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE CONTROL OF RADIATOR HEATING - An insulated heating-unit cover having an opening to permit air to circulate around the heating-source when a vent disposed at the top of the cover is opened, allowing heat into a space. The cover can include a heating-unit temperature sensor disposed within a space covered by the cover and a controller in wireless communication with a space temperature sensor located at a distance away from the heating-unit. The controller can be configured to operate an actuator such that the vent is open when the space temperature sensor indicates that the ambient temperature is below a set point temperature and such that the vent is closed when the ambient temperature is greater than the set point temperature. The controller can communicate with a plurality of other similar controllers and a central server to effect changes in the output of a central heating source coupled to a plurality of individual heating-units. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20150028117 | AIR HEATER SYSTEMS AND CONTROL METHODS - A method for controlling an air heating system is disclosed with an air chamber, an inlet, an outlet, wherein the outlet may be positioned closer to the floor of the room than the inlet, a fan for motivating air to pass from the room to the air chamber and back into the room, an inlet temperature sensor, an outlet temperature sensor, a room temperature sensor, and a controller, the controller to control fan speed based on the temperatures sensed. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150090802 | HEATING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE HEATING DEVICE - The invention relates to a heating device ( | 04-02-2015 |
| 20160169539 | WEATHER FORECAST AND PREDICTION BASED TEMPERATURE CONTROL | 06-16-2016 |
