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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2009
Applicants:
Randy S. Storch, Highland Park, IL (US);
Scott M. Kordik, West Dundee, IL (US);
Joe B. Doran, Round Rock, TX (US);
Matthew Banach, Gurnee, IL (US);
Inventors:
Randy S. Storch, Highland Park, IL (US);
Scott M. Kordik, West Dundee, IL (US);
Joe B. Doran, Round Rock, TX (US);
Matthew Banach, Gurnee, IL (US);
Assignee:
Herman Miller, Inc., Zeeland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 3/12 (2006.01); G05D 5/00 (2006.01); G05D 9/00 (2006.01); G05D 11/00 (2006.01); G08B 23/00 (2006.01); H04L 27/04 (2006.01); H01H 47/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An energy management system () includes a series of smart devices () connected through a network system communications bus (). The smart devices () are connected to loads () and include energy monitor boards () and a core board () for monitoring energy consumption of the loads () and transmitting the energy consumption data to a gateway ().