Johnson Controls Technology Company

Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings Llp

John T Pierson

Hyunchul Kim

Scott Joseph Thorne

Mark A Thoni

Sudhi R Sinha

Thomas Richardson

Jeff Papendorf

Youngchoon Park

Karl F Reichenberger

Vineet Binodshanker Sinha

Donald R Albinger

Kirk P Henderson

Aaron D Wagner

John K Krenzer

Kirk H Drees

Kevin A Weiss

Michael J Ajax

Brennan H Fentzlaff

Abu Bakr Khan

Thomas J Menden

Jacob R Sheahan

Christine R Erickson

Julie Ahl

Jeffry M Papendorf

Thomas Richardon

Peggy D Howe

Kyle David Paull

An actuator in an HVAC system is provided. The actuator includes a motor and a drive device. The drive device is driven by the motor and coupled to an HVAC component for driving the HVAC component between multiple positions. The actuator further includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit is coupled to the motor and configured to transmit control signals to operate the motor to drive the HVAC component between a first position and a second position, monitor temperature data received from one or more temperature sensors, determine that the temperature data does not meet an expected performance criterion and transmit an alarm signal.

Systems and methods for actuator installation auto-verification

An actuator for controlling a flow regulation device. The actuator includes a drive device coupled to the flow regulation device and a motor coupled to the drive device and operable to move the drive device. The actuator further includes a processing circuit configured to receive a first measurement of a characteristic, control the actuator to reposition the flow regulation device in a first direction, receive a second measurement of the characteristic, determine an installation error associated with at least one of the actuator and the flow regulation device based on the first measurement and the second measurement.

Smart actuator with fault detection and resolution

A flow control device is configured to control fluid flow in an HVAC system. The flow control device includes a valve, an actuator configured to open and close the valve, and one or more sensors. The flow control device further includes a fault detection and correction agent configured to receive data from the one or more sensors, analyze the data according to a set of rules, and detect whether one or more faults have occurred. In response to detecting a fault, the fault detection and correction agent is configured to either operate the actuator to open or close the valve or initiate a corrective action to be taken by another device in the HVAC system.

Systems and methods for intelligent pic valves with agent interaction

An actuator for a HVAC system includes a base having a motor and a drive device driven by the motor and configured to be coupled to a movable HVAC component for driving the movable HVAC component between multiple positions, and a removable cartridge removably attached to the base.

HVAC actuator with removable cartridge

An actuator system includes a shaft hub having a shaft and one or more rotation arms coupled to the shaft, one or more shape memory alloy springs coupled to the one or more rotation arms, and as a voltage source configured to apply a voltage to the one or more shape memory alloy springs. The voltage causes the one or more shape memory alloy springs to change in size or shape, thereby applying a force to the one or more rotation arms and causing the shaft hub to rotate. The actuator system also includes a processing circuit configured to receive an indication of a desired incremental rotation for the shaft hub and apply a voltage corresponding to the desired incremental rotation to the one or more shape memory alloy springs, causing the shaft and the shaft hub to rotate about a central axis.

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John T Pierson