Michael D Muecke

51538415, Oct 6, 1992

Nov 21, 1990

7/616370

Gerald L. Goff - Austin TX
Michael L. Muecke - Austin TX

Advanced Micro Devices - Austin TX

G05B 1546
B65G 6530

364478

A method and apparatus for lifting select semi-conductor wafers from a quartz wafer boat. A removable transfer platform is provided for receiving a quartz wafer boat and positioning the wafer boat above upwardly extending fingers adapted for engaging wafers disposed therein. The upwardly extending wafer engagement fingers are mounted on a wand that is programmed for select vertical and horizontal movement relative to the wafer boat. The fingers of the wand also include ends adapted for engaging the peripheral edges of the wafer supported within the wafer boat for being lifted therefrom.

20210120640, Apr 22, 2021

Dec 7, 2020

17/113617

- Shelton CT, US
Terrence R. Arbouw - Georgetown TX, US
Michael L. Muecke - Round Rock TX, US

H05B 45/00
H05B 45/10
H05B 47/11

A method of determining a drive signal provided to a light-emitting diode (LED). The method including sensing, via a first sensor, a first light intensity corresponding to a natural light in a room, sensing, via a second sensor, a second light intensity for a zone of the room, determining, via the controller, an expected light intensity, and determining, via the controller, whether the second light intensity exceeds the expected light intensity. The method further including, in response to determining that the second light intensity exceeds the expected light intensity, determining, via the controller, an artificial light intensity, determining, via the controller, the drive signal based on a desired light intensity for the zone of the room, the artificial light intensity, the first light intensity, and the second light intensity, and controlling, via the controller, the driver to provide the drive signal to the LED array.

20210029806, Jan 28, 2021

Oct 12, 2020

17/068056

- Shelton CT, US
Mark Alan Rosenau - West Lake Hills TX, US
Edward John Krohne - Liberty Hill TX, US
Stephan Karl Zitz - Round Rock TX, US
Thomas James Hartnagel - Round Rock TX, US
Edward Leo Rivas - Austin TX, US
Michael Lee Muecke - Round Rock TX, US
Peter Anthony Baselici - Austin TX, US
Terrence Robert Arbouw - Georgetown TX, US

H05B 47/175
H04L 12/64

Systems and methods for controlling electrical loads in one or more areas. The system includes a room controller having a microprocessor for accessing data and providing commands, memory for storing information operably connected to the microprocessor, a relay for powering a load based on commands from the microprocessor, and a port for connecting a peripheral device. The system also includes a peripheral device connected to the port and configured to send data including a device type and a device instance byte to the controller indicating the type of peripheral device. The device instance byte includes a port number identifying the port and a slot number identifying a time slot within a time domain multiplexing cycle. The system also includes a load connected to the relay.

20200253025, Aug 6, 2020

Apr 2, 2020

16/838412

- Shelton CT, US
Mark Alan Rosenau - West Lake Hills TX, US
Edward John Krohne - Liberty Hill TX, US
Stephan Karl Zitz - Round Rock TX, US
Thomas James Hartnagel - Round Rock TX, US
Edward Leo Rivas - Austin TX, US
Michael Lee Muecke - Round Rock TX, US
Peter Anthony Baselici - Austin TX, US
Terrence Robert Arbouw - Georgetown TX, US

H05B 47/175
H04L 12/64

Systems and methods for controlling electrical loads in one or more areas. The system includes a room controller having a microprocessor for accessing data and providing commands, memory for storing information operably connected to the microprocessor, a relay for powering a load based on commands from the microprocessor, and a port for connecting a peripheral device. The system also includes a peripheral device connected to the port and configured to send data including a device type and a device instance byte to the controller indicating the type of peripheral device. The device instance byte includes a port number identifying the port and a slot number identifying a time slot within a time domain multiplexing cycle. The system also includes a load connected to the relay.

20200196406, Jun 18, 2020

Feb 24, 2020

16/799209

- Shelton CT, US
Terrence R. Arbouw - Georgetown TX, US
Michael L. Muecke - Round Rock TX, US

H05B 45/00
H05B 47/11
H05B 45/10

A method of determining a drive signal provided to a light-emitting diode (LED). The method includes in response to determining that a second light intensity exceeds the expected light intensity, determining, via the controller, an artificial light intensity based on a task-to-sensor ratio, determining, via the controller, a total natural light intensity based on the second light intensity and the artificial light intensity, determining, via the controller, a non-useful natural light intensity based on the total natural light intensity, the first light intensity, and the task-to-sensor ratio, determining, via the controller, the drive signal based on a desired light intensity for the zone, the total natural light intensity, the non-useful natural light intensity, and the artificial light intensity, and controlling, via the controller, the driver to provide the second drive signal to the LED array.

20190384248, Dec 19, 2019

Aug 30, 2019

16/556618

- Shelton CT, US
Mark A. Rosenau - West Lake Hills TX, US
Thomas J. Hartnagel - Round Rock TX, US
Michael L. Muecke - Round Rock TX, US
Terrence R. Arbouw - Georgetown TX, US

G05B 19/042
G06F 13/364
G06F 13/42

Devices, systems and methods for controlling electrical loads in one or more areas. A method includes transmitting, with a microcontroller via a transceiver, a sync packet including a unique address of the lighting fixture control module to a bus. The method includes listening, via the transceiver, on the bus. The method includes placing the microcontroller into a master operation mode when a master sync timeout period expires without receiving a second sync packet including a unique address for a second master device from the bus. The method includes placing the microcontroller into a subordinate operation mode when the second sync packet is received from the bus during the master sync timeout period.

20190371156, Dec 5, 2019

Aug 13, 2019

16/539425

- Shelton CT, US
Michael Muecke - Round Rock TX, US
Terrence Arbouw - Georgetown TX, US

G08B 21/22
G01V 8/12
H04L 12/28

Device and method for controlling Bluetooth™ enabled occupancy sensors. One example system includes a transceiver, a display, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive from an occupancy sensor, a plurality of occupancy data points and an occupancy threshold, and to generate a graphical representation based on the data points and the threshold. The graphical representation includes a first line providing an indication of the values of the plurality of the occupancy data points relative to the occupancy threshold over time. The electronic processor is configured to present the graphical representation on the display. The electronic processor is configured to receive a user input indicating an updated occupancy sensing value, generate, based on the graphical representation and the updated occupancy sensing value, an updated graphical representation, present, on the display, the updated graphical representation, and transmit, to the occupancy sensor, the updated occupancy sensing value.

20190342957, Nov 7, 2019

May 2, 2019

16/401847

- Shelton CT, US
Terrence R. Arbouw - Georgetown TX, US
Michael L. Muecke - Round Rock TX, US

H05B 33/08
H05B 37/02

A lighting system including a driver providing a first drive signal and a second drive signal; an LED array coupled to the driver and configured to receive the first second drive signals; a sensor positioned to sense light intensity for a zone; and an electronic controller. The electronic controller configured to control the driver to provide the first drive signal to the LED array; receive, from the sensor, a first light intensity; retrieve from the memory a task-to-sensor ratio for the sensor; retrieve from the memory a non-useful light intensity; determine an artificial light intensity based on first drive signal and the task-to-sensor ratio; determine the second drive signal based on a desired light intensity for the zone, the non-useful natural light intensity, and the artificial light intensity; and control the driver to provide the second drive signal to the LED array.