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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 10, 2023
Applicant:

Monotony.ai, Inc., Watertown, MA (US);

Inventors:

Noa M. Rensing, West Newton, MA (US);

Benjamin D. Bixby, Newton Highlands, MA (US);

Jesse Sielaff, Norfolk, MA (US);

Assignee:

MONOTONY.AI, INC., Watertown, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 31/00 (2006.01); D06F 29/00 (2006.01); D06F 33/72 (2020.01); D06F 58/48 (2020.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); D06F 33/50 (2020.01); D06F 34/08 (2020.01); D06F 34/26 (2020.01); D06F 39/04 (2006.01); D06F 95/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 31/00 (2013.01); D06F 29/005 (2013.01); D06F 33/72 (2020.02); D06F 58/48 (2020.02); B25J 11/0085 (2013.01); D06F 33/50 (2020.02); D06F 34/08 (2020.02); D06F 34/26 (2020.02); D06F 39/04 (2013.01); D06F 95/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems of load balancing a heat pump in fluid communication with a plurality of combination washing and drying machines are disclosed. A method of loading balancing the heat pump includes receiving, at a controller, a cycle status of each one of a plurality of combination washing and drying machines, identifying an available machine, determining, based on one or more load characteristics, a washing and drying cycle duration of a load of laundry. The controller is configured to determine a cycle start time of the available machine based on the determined cycle duration and temperature profiles, a cycle status of each one of the remainder of the plurality of machines, and staggering washing and drying cycles between the identified available one of the plurality of machines and the remainder of the plurality of machines to balance load on the heat pump.


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