Inventor

Michael J. Wenzel

Inventor

Oak Creek, WI, US

Overview

2013–2020

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 73 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G05Bprimary

G05BControl or regulating systems in general16%

G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes12%

H02JElectric power networks10%

Y04SSystems integrating technologies related to power network operation, communication or information technologies for improving the electrical power generation, transmission, distribution, management or usage, i.e. smart grids10%

Y02EReduction of greenhouse gas [ghg] emissions, related to energy generation, transmission or distribution9%

Y02BClimate change mitigation technologies related to buildings, e.g. housing, house appliances or related end-user applications8%

G06FElectric digital data processing6%

F24FAir-conditioning6%

G05FSystems for regulating electric or magnetic variables5%

G01RMeasuring electric variables4%

PatentTitleYear

10,876,754Dynamic central plant control based on load prediction2020 10,855,081Energy storage controller with battery life model2020 10,824,125Central plant control system based on load prediction through mass storage model2020 10,809,676Building HVAC system with multi-level model predictive control2020 10,797,511Photovoltaic energy system with stationary energy storage control and power factor correction2020 10,778,012Battery optimization control system with data fusion systems and methods2020 10,767,885Building automation system with an energy optimization builder and generic data model designer2020 10,767,886Building management system with saturation detection and removal for system identification2020 10,739,742Building energy system with stochastic model predictive control2020 10,739,741Systems and methods for detecting changes in energy usage in a building2020 10,742,055Renewable energy system with simultaneous ramp rate control and frequency regulation2020 10,732,584Building energy optimization system with automated and dynamic economic load demand response (ELDR) optimization2020 10,718,542Building management system with system identification using multi-step ahead error prediction2020 10,706,375Central plant with asset allocator2020 10,700,541Power control system with battery power setpoint optimization using one-step-ahead prediction2020 10,684,598Building management system with efficient model generation for system identification2020 10,678,227Central plant control system with plug and play EMPC2020 10,673,380Photovoltaic energy system with stationary energy storage control2020 10,635,055Building control system with break even temperature uncertainty determination and performance analytics2020 10,594,153Frequency response optimization control system2020 10,591,178Frequency response optimization based on a change in battery state-of-charge during a frequency response period2020 10,580,097Systems and methods for cascaded model predictive control2020 10,564,612Variable refrigerant flow system with multi-level model predictive control2020 10,558,180Building control system with empirical uncertainty determination for energy use model parameters2020 10,495,337Smart thermostat with model predictive control2019 10,429,807Systems and methods for determining an appropriate model parameter order2019 10,423,138Building energy storage system with planning tool2019 10,418,833Electrical energy storage system with cascaded frequency response optimization2019 10,418,832Electrical energy storage system with constant state-of charge frequency response optimization2019 10,386,820Incorporating a demand charge in central plant optimization2019 10,359,748Building energy cost optimization system with asset sizing2019 10,325,331Systems and methods for measuring and verifying energy usage in a building2019 10,317,864Systems and methods for adaptively updating equipment models2019 10,305,309Electrical energy storage system with battery state-of-charge estimation2019 10,283,968Power control system with power setpoint adjustment based on POI power limits2019 10,282,796Building energy storage system with multiple demand charge cost optimization2019 10,261,485Systems and methods for detecting changes in energy usage in a building2019 10,254,721Cascaded systems and methods for controlling energy use during a demand limiting period2019 10,250,039Energy storage controller with battery life model2019 10,222,427Electrical energy storage system with battery power setpoint optimization based on battery degradation costs and expected frequency response revenue2019 10,222,083Building control systems with optimization of equipment life cycle economic value while participating in IBDR and PBDR programs2019 10,197,632Electrical energy storage system with battery power setpoint optimization using predicted values of a frequency regulation signal2019 10,190,793Building management system with electrical energy storage optimization based on statistical estimates of IBDR event probabilities2019 10,186,889Electrical energy storage system with variable state-of-charge frequency response optimization2019 10,175,681High level central plant optimization2019 10,146,237Smart thermostat with model predictive control2018 10,120,375Systems and methods for retraining outlier detection limits in a building management system2018 10,101,730Incorporating a load change penalty in central plant optimization2018 10,095,820Systems and methods for implementing energy conservation measures in a building2018 10,088,814System identification and model development2018 10,007,259Systems and methods for energy cost optimization in a building system2018 9,852,481Systems and methods for cascaded model predictive control2017 9,778,639'Systems and methods for adaptively updating equipment models'2017 9,606,520'Automated fault detection and diagnostics in a building management system'2017 9,575,475'Systems and methods for generating an energy usage model for a building'2017 9,471,722'Systems and methods for evaluating a fault condition in a building'2016 9,436,179'Systems and methods for energy cost optimization in a building system'2016 9,390,388'Systems and methods for measuring and verifying energy usage in a building'2016 9,354,968'Systems and methods for data quality control and cleansing'2016 9,355,069'Systems and methods for determining the uncertainty in parameters of an energy use model'2016 9,348,392'Systems and methods for measuring and verifying energy savings in buildings'2016 9,322,566'Systems and methods for controlling energy use during a demand limiting period'2016 9,298,203'Systems and methods for controlling energy use in a building management system using energy budgets'2016 9,286,582'Systems and methods for detecting changes in energy usage in a building'2016 9,256,702'Systems and methods for determining an appropriate model parameter order'2016 9,235,657'System identification and model development'2016 9,196,009'Systems and methods for detecting changes in energy usage in a building'2015 9,188,993'Systems and methods for sensing dew point in a building space'2015 9,152,610'Systems and methods for generating an energy use model for a building'2015 9,135,667'Systems and methods for building energy use benchmarking'2015 8,843,238'Systems and methods for controlling energy use in a building management system using energy budgets'2014 8,755,943'Systems and methods for controlling energy use in a building management system using energy budgets'2014 8,532,808'Systems and methods for measuring and verifying energy savings in buildings'2013

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

2013–2020Patents assigned to JOHNSON CONTROLS TECH CO (61)· patent assignee history

2013–2017Patents assigned to DREES KIRK H (6)· patent assignee history

2013–2016Patents assigned to WENZEL MICHAEL J (6)· patent assignee history

2013–2020Based in Oak Creek, WI, US· patent location history

2016Patents assigned to KUMMER JAMES P (2)· patent assignee history

2017–2020Based in Grafton, WI, US· patent location history

2019–2020Patents assigned to CON EDISON BATTERY STORAGE LLC (13)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
JOHNSON CONTROLS TECH CO	61	2013–2020
CON EDISON BATTERY STORAGE LLC	13	2019–2020
DREES KIRK H	6	2013–2017
WENZEL MICHAEL Jself	6	2013–2016
KUMMER JAMES P	2	2016

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Oak Creek, WI, US	50	2013–2020
Grafton, WI, US	23	2017–2020