Heating systems inventions 10/07

20070246554 - Heating control system for vehicle: A hybrid vehicle (100) can be driven using both of respective driving forces from an engine (10) and a motor (80). A heating mechanism (120) of an air conditioning apparatus (110) uses thermal energy from cooling water of the engine (10) to heat the interior of a passenger compartment. An... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070246555 - Heat conveyance system: A heating medium circuit (90) is provided with a plurality of circulation pipelines (40, 49) along each of which a heat source side appliance (11), a utilization side appliance (13, 45), and a pump (41, 42) are arranged to be capable of operation to cause a heating medium to circulate... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070246556 - Water heating system and method: A water heating system, comprises a tank, a bracket, a heating element, and a controller. The bracket has a hole and a notch. The heating element is mounted on the tank, and the heating element passes through the hole. The controller is inserted into the notch. Further, the controller comprises... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070246557 - Water heating systems and methods: A water heating system comprises a tank, a sensor holding apparatus, a heating element, a bracket, and a controller that is external to the sensor holding apparatus. The sensor holding apparatus is coupled to an electronic temperature sensor, and the heating element is mounted on the tank. The bracket has... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070235550 - Determination of the connected heating load of a building: A method and device, wherein the following steps are carried out: measurement or determination of waste gas concentration parameters, waste gas temperature, outside temperature, fuel power during a limited observation period; determination of the efficiency of the heating system in the area of observation over a period of time; determination... Agent: Muirhead And Saturnelli, LLC