SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING AND COMMUNICATING WITH HVAC DEVICESA sensor in a building HVAC system includes a transducer configured to measure a variable in the building HVAC system and to generate a sensor reading indicating a value of the measured variable. The …DRIVE·Aug 15·2 min readFollowH04B5/72Johnson Controls Technology Company
SMART BUILDING MANAGERA building manager includes a communications interface configured to receive time-of-use information from a smart energy grid and a processing circuit configured to process the time-of-use information…DRIVE·Jul 4·1 min readFollowG05F1/66Johnson Controls Technology Company
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING AND COMMUNICATING WITH HVAC DEVICESAn actuator in a HVAC system includes a mechanical transducer, a processing circuit, a wireless transceiver, and a power circuit. The processing circuit includes a processor and memory and is configur…DRIVE·Feb 22·2 min readFollowF24F11/00Johnson Controls Technology Company
SMART BUILDING MANAGERA building manager includes a communications interface configured to receive information from a smart energy grid. The building manager further includes an integrated control layer configured to recei…DRIVE·Feb 9·1 min readFollowG05F1/66Johnson Controls Technology Company
BUILDING SYSTEM WITH TIMESERIES SYNCHRONIZATIONA method for monitoring or controlling equipment of a building includes receiving a first timeseries comprising first data samples of a first variable monitored or controlled by a system and a second …DRIVE·Nov 17·1 min readFollowF24F11/62Johnson Controls Technology Company
BUILDING ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH ENERGY ANALYTICSA building energy management system includes building equipment, a data collector, an analytics service, a timeseries database, and an energy management application. The building equipment monitor and…DRIVE·Sep 22·1 min readFollowF24F11/62Johnson Controls Technology Company
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING AND COMMUNICATING WITH HVAC DEVICESAn actuator in a HVAC system includes a mechanical transducer, a processing circuit, a wireless transceiver, and a power circuit. The processing circuit includes a processor and memory and is configur…DRIVE·Oct 28·2 min readFollowF24F11/00Johnson Controls Technology Company
BUILDING ENERGY OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM WITH ECONOMIC LOAD DEMAND RESPONSE (ELDR) OPTIMIZATION AND ELDR USER INTERFACESAn energy optimization system for a building includes a processing circuit configured to generate a user interface including an indication of one or more economic load demand response (energy) operati…DRIVE·Sep 16·2 min readFollowG05B19/042Johnson Controls Technology Company
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING INDOOR PATHSA method for generating paths in a building space, the method including retrieving, by a processing circuit, a heatmap for the building space, generating, by the processing circuit, a plurality of vec…DRIVE·Sep 9·1 min readFollowG01C21/206Johnson Controls Technology Company
CENTRAL PLANT WITH ASSET ALLOCATORA controller for a system of equipment that operate to produce or consume one or more resources includes one or more processing circuits configured to generate a resource balance constraint using a ba…DRIVE·Jul 8·1 min readFollowG06Q10/06313Johnson Controls Technology Company
SMART BUILDING MANAGERA building manager includes a communications interface configured to receive information from a smart energy grid. The building manager further includes an integrated control layer configured to recei…DRIVE·May 20·1 min readFollowG05F1/66Johnson Controls Technology Company
BUILDING ENERGY SYSTEM WITH PREDICTIVE CONTROL OF BATTERY AND GREEN ENERGY RESOURCESA building energy system includes HVAC equipment, green energy generation, a battery, and a predictive controller. The HVAC equipment provide heating or cooling for a building. The green energy genera…DRIVE·Apr 15·1 min readFollowF24F11/47Johnson Controls Technology Company
BUILDING CONTROL SYSTEM WITH LOAD CURTAILMENT OPTIMIZATIONA system controlling equipment to serve energy loads of a building includes a cost function generator configured to obtain a cost function of decision variables representing an amount of resources con…DRIVE·Mar 4·2 min readFollowG05B15/02Johnson Controls Technology Company
BUILDING SYSTEM WITH PROBABILISTIC FORECASTING USING A RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORK SEQUENCE TO SEQUENCE MODELA building system for building data point prediction, the building system comprising one or more memory devices configured to store instructions, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause t…DRIVE·Feb 25·2 min readFollowG06N7/005Johnson Controls Technology Company
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING OUTLET POWERA power outlet control device includes at least one electrical outlet and a processing circuit comprising a processor and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the pr…DRIVE·Jan 28·1 min readFollowH02J13/0005Johnson Controls Technology Company
CENTRAL PLANT WITH ASSET ALLOCATORA controller for central plant equipment obtains a model of one or more sources configured to supply input resources, one or more subplants configured to convert the input resources to output resource…DRIVE·Feb 6·2 min readFollowG06Q10/06313Johnson Controls Technology Company
BATTERY MODULE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY SYSTEM AND METHODA battery module includes a housing, a plurality of battery cells disposed in the housing, and a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly disposed in the housing. The PCB assembly includes a PCB and a shu…DRIVE·Nov 9·1 min readFollowH01M2/22Johnson Controls Technology Company
BATTERY, BATTERY PLATE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLYA battery plate assembly for a lead-acid battery is disclosed. The assembly includes a plates of opposing polarity each formed by an electrically conductive grid body having opposed top and bottom fra…DRIVE·Nov 9·2 min readFollowH01M4/73Johnson Controls Technology Company
LAYERED BATTERY MODULE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLYA battery module includes a lower housing and a plurality of battery cells. The plurality of battery cells are electrically coupled together to produce a voltage. A lid assembly is disposed over the b…DRIVE·Nov 2·1 min readFollowH01M2/22Johnson Controls Technology Company
BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE OPTIMIZATION BASED ON STATISTICAL ESTIMATES OF IBDR EVENT PROBABILITIESA central plant that generates and provides resources to a building. The central plant includes an electrical energy storage subplant configured to store electrical energy purchased from a utility and…DRIVE·Apr 13·1 min readFollowF24F11/0086Johnson Controls Technology Company
FOLDING HEAD RESTRAINT MECHANISMA mechanism for folding a head restraint for a backrest of a seat, including a head restraint and a cross portion, where the cross portion is fixed relative to the backrest. The cross portion defines …DRIVE·Feb 2·1 min readFollowB60N2/4855Johnson Controls Technology Company
SEAT SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLEA seat system () for a vehicle, includes a plurality of seats ( to ) which are disposed next to one another and at least two of which are pivotable about a common pivot axis (S). At least one of the s…DRIVE·Jan 5·1 min readFollowB60N2/3009Johnson Controls Technology Company
BACKREST ADJUSTER FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, AND VEHICLE SEATA vehicle seat and a backrest adjuster () for a vehicle seat are provided in order to adjust the inclination of a backrest () of a vehicle seat (). The backrest adjuster includes a transmission elemen…DRIVE·Dec 8·1 min readFollowB60N2/22Johnson Controls Technology Company
INTEGRATED CONNECTOR HAVING SENSE AND SWITCHING CONDUCTORS FOR A RELAY USED IN A BATTERY MODULERelays having internal connections on both sides of their switches may be used in conjunction with a connector that integrates both the normal relay switch control lines with the sensing conductors of…DRIVE·Mar 31·1 min readFollowH01H47/002Johnson Controls Technology Company
FREE FLOATING BATTERY CELL ASSEMBLY TECHNIQUES FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERY MODULEPresent embodiments include a lithium ion battery module having a lineup of prismatic lithium ion battery cells positioned within a cell receptacle area of a housing of the lithium ion battery module.…DRIVE·Mar 31·1 min readFollowH01M2/1061Johnson Controls Technology Company
BATTERY MODULE COMPRESSED CELL ASSEMBLYA battery module includes a housing including a first interior surface, a second interior surface opposite the first interior surface, and a compressed cell assembly disposed within an interior space …DRIVE·Mar 31·1 min readFollowH01M2/1077Johnson Controls Technology Company
