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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8142265 | Motorized air vent A motorized air register, air diffuser or vent for HVAC systems in commercial and residential applications comprises a supporting frame abutting a floor, wall or ceiling and a second depending frame for enclosing a damper. The damper is motor driven from a first ful... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7931525 | Air flow control in a ventilating pipe The invention relates to a device (10) for controlling airflow (A) in a ventilation pipe (12) comprising one or several air throttle (32) which are synchronously actuated and prevent air flowing (A) in the air pipe in the closed position thereof... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7841930 | Adjustable terminal basket with light weight, horizontal diffuser grille An adjustable terminal basket with lightweight horizontal diffuser grille is mounted in the floor of an occupied space for delivering conditioned air from an under floor air plenum to the occupied space above the floor. The modular floor terminal basket regulates th... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7628686 | Modular floor terminal basket with damper A modular floor terminal basket with a damper is mounted in the floor of an occupied space for delivering air from an under floor air plenum to the occupied space above. The modular floor terminal basket with a damper includes a generally cylindrical basket with air... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7334468 | Control logic for fluid flow control devices A system for controlling a fluid flow control device positioned on a surface of a vehicle. The system includes a fluid flow control device, a ground clearance sensor and a controller. The fluid flow control device has a body with at least one surface and an actuatio... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7320638 | Air diffuser An improved air diffuser is provided, including a housing having a bottom and an upwardly extending side wall with air slots to receive air. The housing supports a grille, and a flow regulator fits within the housing. The diffuser is configured to be secured to a fl... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7270264 | Cash dispensing automated banking machine with interlocking sheet metal parts An automated banking machine (10) is provided. The automated banking machine may include a fascia (50) in operative connection with a frame (110). The machine may include a plurality of hardware devices which are accessible through the fascia. T... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7258607 | Return air grille assembly The present disclosure provides an air grille assembly for use especially with air conditioning and heating ducts, having a detachable grille constructed of a relatively thick material, such as wood, synthetic wood, vinyl or the like. The grille can mount against th... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7250000 | Building with improved vent arrangement A system and method of vent placement within a building is provided for improved passive ventilation. Vents are provided within the dividing structures or material layers that form the building's exterior and interior walls, ceiling, roof, floor, and/or intermediate... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7238103 | Register A register includes a retainer, and a fin assembly. The retainer has an outlet opening. The fin assembly includes a plurality of fin members. The fin members are disposed in the retainer in a manner neighboring one after another. One of the neighboring paired fin me... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7178395 | Control logic for fluid flow control devices A system for controlling fluid flow about a vehicle. The system comprises a fluid flow control device, an obstacle sensor for detecting obstacles, and a controller. The fluid flow control device has a body with at least one surface and an actuation means in operativ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7147554 | Hooded exhaust vent A hooded exhaust vent having walls bounding an exhaust opening covered by a guard, in the assembly of which the walls and guard respectively have laterally extending slides urged in sliding movement into slide tracks in the path of the movement to establish a slidin... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140960 | Boot hanger mounting bracket The present invention relates to duct systems, registers and ductwork components used with floor or ceiling registers employed in warm air heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems, and specifically to improvements for mounting and installing the components ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7108600 | Air duct register The present invention provides an air duct registrer for adding forced air (heat, air conditioning), exhausting air or simply to balance air quality. The air duct register has a manifold and is designed with a removable manifold collar connectible to the flexible or... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7097558 | Register assembly with adjustable faceplate connectors A register assembly with adjustable faceplate connectors can be used to cover air duct openings that supply a flow of heated or cooled air to a room of a structure, and can also be used to cover air duct openings that receive return air from the room. The register a... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7094143 | Security housing having ventilation openings A security housing contains a housing body having ventilation openings for supplying air to a heat source, in which air convection takes place for dissipating heat. First air guide elements are disposed in the housing body on a first side of each of the ventilation ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7057506 | Cooling fluid provisioning with location aware sensors A method of controlling cooling fluid provisioning in a room housing a plurality of components. The room includes at least one plenum having one or more cooling system components configured to vary a characteristic of at least one of cooling fluid supply to and remo... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7000634 | Adjustable valve for variable flows and a method for reducing flow through a valve A fluid valve comprises a fluid conduit and a flow reducing device. The fluid conduit includes a fluid input end and a fluid output end. The flow reducing device comprises a first fluid passage and is configured to adjust the width of the first fluid passage. The fi... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6974377 | Air duct outlets for inclined surfaces Air duct outlets for use on inclined surfaces within vehicles are provided. An air duct outlet includes a body having a fascia with an opening formed therein. A louver assembly is disposed within the fascia opening and is movable between a first position substantial... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6945866 | Method and apparatus for delivering conditioned air using pulse modulation A method and apparatus for delivering conditioned air using short duty cycles during which a damper is fully open for a time and fully closed for the remaining time. Conditioned air is continuously supplied to a plenum at low pressure and is applied to the space whe... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6945867 | Movable grating control A grating assembly drive means is connected to control the movement of the movable grating between OPEN and CLOSED positions relative to a fixed grating. The drive means moves the movable grating through yieldable connection when moving toward CLOSED position, where... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6919809 | Optimization of building ventilation by system and zone level action A method of selecting a ventilation control strategy from among a plurality of ventilation control strategies. The method comprises the steps of: determining if a CO2 signal is present and valid; selecting a CO2 based ventilation control strate... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6902474 | Air duct outlet with single vane air stream direction control An air duct outlet that allows a user to redirect an air stream within a wide range of directions includes a housing having a planar first wall and a convexly-curved second wall in adjacent, spaced-apart relationship and that define an air passageway having an inlet... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6866578 | Wooden vent cover A wooden vent cover has fixed vanes with major vane surfaces at angles which enhance the throw and spread of air flow through the vent cover. A vent assembly with a wooden vent cover having optimized vane major surface angles including an air flow regulator in combi... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6848990 | Register assembly for covering an air duct opening A register assembly for covering an air duct opening is comprised of a faceplate, a base, a damper mechanism and a filter frame that are easily assembled together. Most if not all of the component parts may be constructed of plastic reducing the manufacturing cost o... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6832951 | Vent assembly and method A vent assembly has a vent cover and sliding air flow regulator for controlling the flow of air through the vent cover. Unique couplers may be used to interconnect the air flow regulator and vent cover for relative sliding motion. In addition, actuator mechanisms ar... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6800024 | Vent termination receptacle with damper A high pressure air supply duct is terminated by a termination receptacle defining a cylindrical housing with an inlet pipe connected to the duct and generally at right angles to the axis. The housing has one end closed and a mounting flange member at the open end f... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6786817 | Vent assembly A vent assembly has a vent cover and sliding air flow regulator for controlling the flow of air through the vent cover. Plural sets of unique couplers may be used to interconnect the air flow regulator and vent cover for relative sliding motion. Desirably, two such ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6544117 | Motorized floor diffuser system An automated and adjustable air diffuser assembly for placement in a floor opening in a raised access flooring system having an air distribution plenum under the floor. The assembly comprises a fixed circular hanging frame member, a suspendable fixed fram... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6537146 | Air register A register for regulating the passage of air to be mounted in a vent opening of a wall, floor, or ceiling. The register includes a grill having a plate with grill openings for the passage of air therethrough, a frame connected to the bottom of the grill, ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6506113 | Modular air vent assembly kit A modular air vent assembly kit can be used to cover duct openings that supply a flow of heated or cooled air to a room in addition to covering duct openings that receive return air from a room. The modular air vent assembly kit is comprised of a frame, a... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6503140 | Air register A register to be mounted in a vent opening of a wall, floor, or ceiling for regulating the passage of air. The register includes a grill having a plate with grill openings for directing the passage of air therethrough, a frame connected to the bottom of t... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6435962 | Operating mechanism for vent louver A vent register for controlling the flow of air from a heating and cooling duct system. The register includes a rack and pinion operating mechanism for controlling the movement of the damper louvers. The louvers are molded with an integral pinion gear and... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6422935 | Air vent covering assembly An air vent covering assembly is provided which is adapted to be mounted to a floor, in the peripheral region of an air vent opening therethrough. The air vent covering assembly comprises a cover plate, abase, at least one damper plate, and first and seco... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6361432 | Air diffuser with air flow regulator A diffuser adapted to regulate air flow from an underfloor air distribution system. A grille sits on a dust receptacle or basket-shaped housing that is supported by a mounting assembly in the floor. A flow regulator or damper nests inside the housing. Bot... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6340329 | Room grating An air grating where the air flow is controlled by a grid movable between OPEN and CLOSED positions. Control means acts when the movable grid arrives at either a warm or a cool limiting position. The arrival at a limiting position prepares said moving mea... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6322442 | Air duct register system An air duct has a rectilinear face plate with an internal face and an external face. The face plate has a rectangular, central opening with a height and width less than the lengths of the edges to form a solid periphery of between about 1.0 and 2.0 inches... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6309297 | Register assembly for covering an air duct opening A register assembly for covering an air duct opening is comprised of a faceplate, a base, a damper mechanism and a filter frame that are easily assembled together. Most if not all of the component parts may be constructed of plastic reducing the manufactu... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6302784 | Modular air vent assembly kit A modular air vent assembly kit can be used to cover duct openings that supply a flow of heated or cooled air to a room in addition to covering duct openings that receive return air from a room. The modular air vent assembly kit is comprised of a base, a ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6290596 | Air diffuser, and mold and method for its production An air diffuser for underfloor air and electrical distribution systems, which can be rapidly converted to a cable grommet assembly, is provided with a diffuser grille having generally helical slots that produce a swirling air flow pattern with low impulse... | 09/18/2001 |
