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Honeywell International Inc.

Pur Water Purification Products, Inc.

Adc Telecommunications, Inc.

Recovery Engineering, Inc.

The Procter & Gamble Company

Helen of Troy Limited

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Whirlpool Corporation

The Procter & Gamble

Pur Water Purification, Inc.

David James Emmons

Steven L Wolff

Travis J Read

Eric James Barton

John D Tanner

Nathan Carlson

Judd Dylan Olson

John Paul Boros

Kevin Graebel

Jack Du

Johannes N Gaston

Douglas J VanOrnum

Pavel Marak

Bin Wang

Dominic J Daunter

Patrick S Gonia

Jason Alan Born

Noah Eberhard Dingler

Liang-Ju Lu

Richard Paul Riedel

Tarik Khoury

Preston Gilmer

Ladislav Janovec

Paul G Schwendinger

William Joseph Cruzen

Jonathan Erbacher

Nathaniel D Kraft

Richard Alan Arett

Dimitris Ioannis Collias

Alan Joseph Mitchell

Robert J Ziebol

Armin Schwarz-Hartmann

Brad Alan Terlson

Brian David Andres

Matthew Lloyd Newman

Stephane Joseph Pierre Beland

Steven James Schroeck

Donald Stephen Bretl

James Flaherty

Robert Bick

Todd Lawrence Rose

Simon Leung

Peter Stoeffel

Paul Robare

Erik G Orwoll

John Edward Cronin

Soumitri N Kolavennu

Frank Delmar Macaulay

Harold Ashton Roberts

John B Amundson

James W Conroy

David Quam

Norman Scott Broyles

Sriharsha Putrevu

Brad Edward Paine

Heidi Finch

Amy Ragland

George B Pfeffer

Joseph George Bodkin

Christopher Heintzelman

Shaohui Qiu

Richard D Hembree

Jiri Sapak

Brian Beale

Eric J Mueller

James L Lund

Michael S Beard

Kenneth John Edelman

Ajay Pai

Madhu T Chandrashekar

Christopher George Daily

Ward William Ostendorf

Matthew Edward Mostoller

Rajat Nmn Shail

Philip Frank Souter

Eugene J Takach

Jeffrey A Weber

Josef Novotny

Michael Donovan Mitchell

Kathleen Grieshop Baier

Brian Fei Moy

Edward John Howard

John Andrew McDaniel

Colin Ure

Petr Adamik

Calvin G Nelson

Jaromir Cechak

Mark E Stout

Robert A Eno

Arnold Kalla

Ishit Trivedi

Jesus Velazquez

Virginie Turcotte

Aleyse McNealy

Cesar Alejandro Arzate

Rajat Saha

Michal Sicner

Tomas Rezny

Christy Ann Olson

Daniel Theodore West

A damper assembly is configured for placement within a duct of a ductwork system that supplies conditioned air through a register boot to a register vent. The damper assembly includes a damper that is configured to articulate from a deployment configuration, which facilitates advancement of the damper through the register boot and into the duct, to an operational configuration, in which the damper is positioned within the duct and able to selectively control how much conditioned air being supplied through the duct is permitted to pass by the damper and exit the register vent. The damper assembly includes an elongated deployment member that extends from the damper and is configured to facilitate advancement of the damper through the register boot and into the duct.

Retrofit damper assembly

A control module configured to control operation of a damper assembly includes an air damper configured to be disposed within an air duct and movable between an open end position and a closed end position, the air duct providing conditioned air to a register boot proximate the air duct. The control module includes a control module housing that is securable to the register boot. A controller is disposed within the control module housing and is configured to generate damper position control signals, the controller providing the damper position control signals to the damper assembly via a control cable that operably couples the control module with the damper assembly. An antenna extends from the control module housing and is operably coupled to the controller, and is configured to extend through an opening formed within a wall of the register boot to be positioned exterior to the register boot.

Damper system control module

A damper system is configured for installation in ductwork including a duct supplying conditioned air through a register boot to a register vent. A damper is movable between a closed position and an open position. A control module includes a control module housing, a controller, a power supply and a transceiver. The controller monitors a remaining energy level of the power supply and transmits a first low battery message via the transceiver when the remaining energy level drops to a first energy threshold. The controller instructs the damper assembly to move to a predetermined position and to transmit a second low battery message via the transceiver when the remaining energy level drops to a second energy threshold.

Retrofit damper system with power management

The disclosure is directed to a control device configured to control the distribution of conditioned air, or liquid, to a space inside a building. In some examples, the control device may be a wall mounted switch, similar to a light switch, inside or near the space. Operating the switch may send signals to control the position of a vent, or a valve, to allow or prevent conditioned air, or liquid, from changing the environment of the space in the building.

Room conditioning comfort switch

A monitoring system for monitoring a status of a building comprising a first sensor configured to detect a first condition in the space and a second sensor configured to detect a second condition in the space is disclosed. The system may further comprise a memory for storing one or more rules each configured to identify one or more issues in the space based on the first and/or second conditions in the space and a communications module configured to communicate with a remote device over a network. A controller may be configured to apply the one or more rules to the first and second detected conditions in the space to identify the one or more issues and provide a notification to the remote device via the communications module.

Building health analysis and management system

A thermostat that is configured to be releasably secured to a wall mountable connector, wherein the wall mountable connector includes a jumper switch that permits an installer or other professional to easily form an electrical connection between different wiring terminals of the wall mountable connector in accordance with how particular field wires are connected to the wiring terminals of the wall mountable connector. The thermostat is further configured to automatically determine the position of the jumper switch of the wall mountable connector, and in some cases, change the control of at least some functionality of the thermostat and/or HVAC equipment depending on the position of the jumper switch.

Wall mount connector including memory

A system and approach for remote reading, setting and control of devices such as thermostats. A phone, such as a smartphone, a gateway and a cloud may be incorporated relative to interaction with the device or devices. The gateway may have a hub that has bluetooth communication capabilities with the device. The hub may be connected to a router that in turn is connected to a cloud in a wireless or wired manner. The phone may communicate with the cloud to achieve interaction with the device. The hub may also handle WiFi communications. The gateway may instead be a phone that contains an app which lets operate as a gateway for communications with the cloud. There may be one or more devices that are a part of one or more home area networks that are connected to a gateway via bluetooth and WiFi, and in turn connected to the cloud.

Bluetooth thermostat and hub

An HVAC controller may have an operational mode in which the HVAC controller provides operational instructions, and a commissioning mode in which a plurality of wireless devices can be enrolled. While in the commissioning mode, the HVAC controller is configured to accept a first input from a user via the user interface that designates a first zone of the plurality of zones and causes each of two or more first wireless devices that are subsequently placed in an enrollment mode by the user to be enrolled in the first zone, and to subsequently accept a second input from the user via the user interface that designates a second zone of the plurality of zones and causes each of two or more second wireless devices that are subsequently placed in an enrollment mode by the user to be enrolled in the second zone.

HVAC controller with a zone commissioning mode

A faucet-mounted filter system includes a body forming a fluid chamber having a water inlet, a quick connect device positioned adjacent the water inlet for mounting the filter system to a water faucet, a filtered water flow path disposed within the body and in fluid communication with the water inlet, an unfiltered water flow path disposed within the body and in fluid communication with the water inlet, a diverter valve disposed within the fluid chamber and operable to open and close the filtered and unfiltered water flow paths, a seal, an actuator engaging the diverter valve to open and close the filtered and unfiltered water flow paths, a flow meter connected to the body and in fluid communication with the filter flow path, a filter housing connected to the body and having a reservoir, and a filter cartridge disposed within the reservoir.

Apparatus and methods for faucet-mounted water filtration systems

A modular damper system is configured for installation in a ductwork of a building that supplies conditioned air through a register vent of the building and includes a damper unit, a control module and a power module. The damper unit is mountable upstream of the register vent and includes a damper that is movable between a closed position and an open position. The control module includes a controller that provides control commands to the damper unit and includes a housing that is configured to be secured to the ductwork at a position between the register vent and the damper unit. A power module is electrically coupled to the control module to provide power to the control module and includes a housing that is configured to be secured to the ductwork at a position between the register vent and the damper unit.

Modular retrofit damper system

A damper assembly for use in a round forced air duct feeding a register vent through a register boot includes a damper frame having a frame periphery with a first side and a second side that is at least substantially parallel with the first side, the first side and the second side each having a length that is greater than a distance between the first side and the second side. A damper blade is pivotable relative to the damper frame about an axis of rotation, at least substantially parallel with the first side and the second side, between an open position and a closed position. A flexible outer seal extends outwardly from the frame periphery of the damper frame and is at least substantially circular in order to seal against an inner surface of the round forced air duct.

Retrofit damper optimized for universal installation

Retrofit damper system with optimized power management

Damper system control module with radio controller antenna for installation

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Plymouth, MN, United States of America

David James Emmons