26 patents
Utility
Evaporatively Cooled Refigeration System and Method
2 Feb 23
An evaporatively cooled refrigeration system includes a refrigerant, a gas/liquid separator, an expansion valve in fluid connection to the gas/liquid separator, an evaporator to receive the refrigerant from the expansion valve, a compressor configured to compress the refrigerant in fluid connection to the evaporator, and a gas cooler in fluid connection to the compressor.
Jonathan Walker, Zan Liu
Filed: 21 Jul 22
Utility
Electro-magnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) having electromagnet array for generating configurable bias magnetic field patterns
24 Jan 23
An electro-magnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) having an electromagnet array is provided.
Baiyang Ren
Filed: 30 Apr 20
Utility
Reactive Energy Storage for Instantaneous Hot Water Applications
24 Nov 22
Systems and methods are directed to water heater systems, including combi boilers and instantaneous water heaters, for initiating pre-heat and energy savings operations.
Owen A. Cunningham, Adam Fogus, Ryan Hardesty, Daniel G. Karch
Filed: 21 May 21
Utility
Methodology of Instantaneous Hot Water Production in Suboptimal Operations
24 Nov 22
Systems and methods are directed to water heater systems, including combi boilers and instantaneous water heaters, for initiating back up operations, e.g., for continuous flow and hot water delivery, in response to errors or interruptions to normal operations.
Owen A. Cunningham, Adam Fogus, Ryan Hardesty, Daniel G. Karch
Filed: 21 May 21
Utility
Modulation Systems and Methods for Instantaneous Hot Water Applications
24 Nov 22
Systems and methods are directed to water healer systems, including combi boilers and instantaneous water heaters, for initiating pre-heat and energy savings operations.
Owen A. Cunningham, Ryan Hardesty, Daniel G. Karch
Filed: 21 May 21
Utility
Systems and Methods for Instantaneous Hot Water Demand Startup
24 Nov 22
Systems and methods are directed to water heater systems, including combi boilers and instantaneous water heaters, for initiating off-cycle purge operations, e.g., for energy reductions and efficiency means.
Owen A. Cunningham, Adam Fogus, Daniel G. Karch
Filed: 21 May 21
Utility
Cabinet Heater Plenum Thermostat Controller
20 Oct 22
A cabinet heater system and devices comprising an air plenum thermostat controller are discussed herein.
Patrick Alexander von Zur Muehlen
Filed: 15 Apr 21
Utility
Spark ignition pilot assembly
11 Oct 22
An apparatus for lighting a burner of a heat exchanger includes a mounting plate configured to be mounted to the heat exchanger, the mounting plate including a first and second opening, a pilot ignition rod assembly installed in the first opening, the pilot ignition rod assembly including a flame ionization rod and a terminal, and a sleeve coupled to and aligned with the second opening and configured to extend substantially through a refractory material lining a combustion chamber of the heat exchanger, the sleeve being joined to a ground rod on a distal end and a gas orifice mount on a proximal end, the gas orifice mount including a gas venturi surrounded by the sleeve, wherein the sleeve is sized to extend from the mounting plate through an opening in the refractory material lining the combustion chamber, wherein the sleeve includes a sleeve opening adjacent to the gas venturi, the sleeve opening configured to allow air from the combustion chamber to the gas venturi.
Alex Planer, Chris Ellingwood
Filed: 5 Feb 21
Utility
Multiple Mode Hybrid Heat Exchanger
22 Sep 22
A multiple mode hybrid heat exchanger apparatus includes a frame assembly, an indirect heat exchange section, a spray system, an intermediate distribution basin, a direct heat exchange section, a vertical passage, a lower air inlet, a cold water collection basin, and a fan.
Jidong Yang, Zan Liu, Kathryn Pullen
Filed: 22 Mar 22
Utility
Spark Ignition Pilot Assembly
11 Aug 22
An apparatus for lighting a burner of a heat exchanger includes a mounting plate configured to be mounted to the heat exchanger, the mounting plate including a first and second opening, a pilot ignition rod assembly installed in the first opening, the pilot ignition rod assembly including a flame ionization rod and a terminal, and a sleeve coupled to and aligned with the second opening and configured to extend substantially through a refractory material lining a combustion chamber of the heat exchanger, the sleeve being joined to a ground rod on a distal end and a gas orifice mount on a proximal end, the gas orifice mount including a gas venturi surrounded by the sleeve, wherein the sleeve is sized to extend from the mounting plate through an opening in the refractory material lining the combustion chamber, wherein the sleeve includes a sleeve opening adjacent to the gas venturi, the sleeve opening configured to allow air from the combustion chamber to the gas venturi.
Alex Planer, Chris Ellingwood
Filed: 5 Feb 21
Utility
System and method for data acquisition
26 Jul 22
A system and method for pipeline data acquisition may include a software program that can autonomously review new and legacy videos collected by camera-equipped robotic systems from inside the pipelines, and automatically detect and categorize different features.
Ali Asmari, Xinghua Jia, Robert E. Kodadek, III
Filed: 8 Oct 19
Utility
System for servicing cable
5 Jul 22
A system for servicing cable includes a field-end assembly and a live-end assembly, each mounted on a support structure having at least one drive mechanism operable to cause relative linear movement between the field-end assembly and the live-end assembly.
Alex Symington, Dennis John Semet, Caner Oktayer, Aalap Rajendra Shah, Than Lin Htaik, Patrick McHugh, Maggie Chow, George Murray, Luis Jerez, Thomas Campbell, Michael Baratta
Filed: 16 Dec 19
Utility
Counter balanced lid
25 Jan 22
A lid for a heat generating device in which the heat generating device has a body with a combustion chamber disposed therein.
Neil Butt, Joel Bodine, Michael Hostetler, Frederick Hoffmaster
Filed: 3 Jan 20
Design
Boiler
9 Nov 21
Neil Butt, Joel Bodine, Mike Hostetler, Fred Hoffmaster, Anis Rahman, Dave DeVries, John Miller, Ross Brinkman, Clifford Krapfl
Filed: 11 Jan 19
Utility
Networked boilers and control method
26 Oct 21
A hydronic system having a set of inputs, a plurality of boilers, and a controller.
Ryan Jeremy Hardesty, Daniel George Karch, David Ralston King, Owen Andrew Cunningham, Neil Damon Butt, Aaron Sevrin Smith, Jeffrey John Calabro
Filed: 28 Jul 16
Utility
System and method for controlling a variable-speed appliance circulator
12 Oct 21
The present disclosure pertains to a system configured to prepare and use prediction models for classifying images.
Aaron Smith, Neil Butt
Filed: 3 Apr 19
Design
Boiler
21 Sep 21
Daniel Karch, Owen Cunningham, Roger S. Anthony, Anis M. Rahman, Dave DeVries, Mike P. Boyd, Ross Brinkman, Clifford Krapfl, Johanna Frerichs
Filed: 11 Jan 19
Utility
Modular heat exchange tower and method of assembling same
3 Aug 21
The present disclosure relates to a modular heat exchange tower that has a plurality of air inlet modules each having stanchion disposed therein.
Eric Rasmussen, Mark Davison, Dustin Jenkins, John Dalton
Filed: 28 Nov 18
Utility
System and Apparatus for Detecting Faults in an Insulation Layer of a Buried Conductor
29 Jul 21
Methods, systems and locators for detecting faults in an insulation later of an insulated conductor buried beneath a ground surface are described.
Mark MARSDEN, Peter MANN, Charles ALEXANDER, Jeff THOMPSON
Filed: 16 Apr 21
Utility
System and apparatus for detecting faults in an insulation layer of a buried conductor
13 Jul 21
Methods, systems and locators for detecting faults in an insulation layer of an insulated conductor buried beneath a ground surface are described.
Mark Marsden, Peter Mann, Charles Alexander, Jeff Thompson
Filed: 15 Nov 17