Thomas J. Beckey
25Patents
19h-index
18Co-inventors
78Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 20, 1984 → Nov 25, 2014
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4674027A | Thermostat means adaptively controlling the amount of overshoot or undershoot of space temperature | Physics | 222 | Expired |
| US4615380A | Adaptive clock thermostat means for controlling over and undershoot | Physics | 157 | Expired |
| US5105366A | Comfort control system and method factoring mean radiant temperature | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 101 | Expired |
| US4735054A | Method for minimizing off cycle losses of a refrigeration system during a cooling mode of operation and an apparatus using the method | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 79 | Expired |
| US4598764A | Refrigeration heat pump and auxiliary heating apparatus control system with switchover during low outdoor temperature | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 78 | Expired |
| US4878355A | Method and apparatus for improving cooling of a compressor element in an air conditioning system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 70 | Expired |
| US4848099A | Adaptive refrigerant control algorithm | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 66 | Expired |
| US4750672A | Minimizing off cycle losses of a refrigeration system in a heating mode | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 60 | Expired |
| US4790142A | Method for minimizing cycling losses of a refrigeration system and an apparatus using the method | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 55 | Expired |
| US4702413A | Temperature control system using a single ramp rate curve for control of a multiplant environmental unit | Physics | 53 | Expired |
| US6158082A | Portable blower with blower tube noise reduction | Human Necessities | 52 | Expired |
| US6470602B2 | Snowthrower having impeller assist propulsion | Fixed Constructions | 37 | Expired |
| US4702305A | Temperature control system for control of a multiplant environmental unit | Physics | 33 | Expired |
| US5979013A | Portable blower with noise reduction | Human Necessities | 30 | Expired |
| US6059541A | Air inlet cover for portable blower/vacuum | Human Necessities | 29 | Expired |
| US4860552A | Heat pump fan control | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 28 | Expired |
| US4632177A | Clock operated thermostat having automatic changeover and optimum start | Physics | 26 | Expired |
| US4703795A | Control system to delay the operation of a refrigeration heat pump apparatus after the operation of a furnace is terminated | Physics | 26 | Expired |
| US4759498A | Thermostatic control without temperature droop using duty cycle control | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 22 | Expired |
| US6415816B1 | Air admittance valve assembly | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 17 | Expired |
| US6324720A | Portable blower tube noise reduction | Human Necessities | 17 | Expired |
| US4836442A | Compensation circuit for sensor lag to reduce undershoot and overshoot | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US6742263B2 | Filament trimmer with adjustable cutoff blade | Human Necessities | 13 | Expired |
| US7325574B1 | Rupture disc assembly for pneumatic plugs | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 6 | Expired |
| US9753178B2 | Sensor component stabilization | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.