Ventilation inventions 04/07

20070093193 - Energy efficient paint booth: A method of conditioning the air supplied to a paint application booth having a separate air supply from a paint application building housing the paint application booth includes determining a booth psychometric condition preferred to apply paint inside the paint application booth. Air is removed from the paint application building... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070093194 - Air flow control system and method for vehicle ventilation: An air flow control system and method for vehicle ventilation operates such that the operating speed of the blower providing ventilation air is changed to substantially maintain a selected air flow rate despite changes to the state of one or more passenger-operable vents. In a first embodiment, a pressure sensor... Agent: Lang Michener

20070093195 - Cover means: The present invention concerns a cover means, intended for use in a frame (11, 12) for cable entries, pipe penetrations etc. The cover means comprises a plate (1, 14, 18, 19), locking means (7, 8) and sealing means (5). The plate (1, 14, 18, 19)is furnished with flanges (2, 3)... Agent: Steven S Payne

20070093196 - Linear drive for integrated damper: A housing assembly having an integrated damper with a linear drive mechanism is provided. In one embodiment, the housing assembly includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet. A damper is disposed in the housing and is positionable to regulate flow entering the housing through the inlet. A linear... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan L.L.P.

20070093197 - Peel and stick vents, soffits and ridges: Peel-and-stick vents, particularly roof vents having an adhesive layer with a release liner disposed on a surface for adherence to a roof surface wall, floor or other substrate having a ventilation opening.... Agent: Gaf Materials Corporation Attn: William J. Davis, Esq.

20070087677 - Converting existing prior art fume hoods into high performance low airflow stable vortex fume hoods: The present invention provides a method and conversion kits, that include all necessary components, to convert any style existing prior art fume hood into a stable vortex high performance low airflow fume hood that can accommodate varying size prior art fume hoods without altering the fume hood envelope or customizing... Agent: Mathews, Shepherd, Mckay, & Bruneau, P.A.

20070087678 - System, method, and apparatus for air flow distribution in an automotive vehicle: A system for distributing air flow in an automotive ventilation system is disclosed. A blower is attached to a plenum assembly having multiple distribution chambers for distributing the air flow to different parts of the vehicle. A single duct channel is mounted inside the plenum between the blower and the... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20070087679 - Fan type chemical diffusing apparatus: A fan type chemical diffusing apparatus includes an apparatus main body having an air inlet and an air outlet, a fan type blower disposed in the apparatus main body, and an active ingredient impregnated body or mass for containing an active ingredient. The fan type blower includes a fan casing,... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070087680 - Air duct structure for vehicle: Disclosed herein is an air duct structure for a vehicle. The air duct structure comprises an air conditioning unit to condition air supplied from an outside to a preset temperature and to supply the conditioned air to an interior of the vehicle through connection holes, an integral side duct assembly... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070087681 - Method to sense airflow by measuring torque on the damper shaft: A damper assembly includes a damper frame, at least one damper blade, an actuator and a sensor module coupled to a first rotatable damper element. The one or more damper blades are movably attached to the damper frame to at least partially regulate air flow proximate the damper frame. The... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070082598 - Module frame for receiving electronic plug-in modules: A housing for holding electronic plug-in modules includes an installation space open toward the front side of the housing for plug-in modules, an air suction space under the installation space, and a fan space above the installation space, in which at least two radial-flow fans are arranged one behind the... Agent: Ip Section Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP

20070082599 - Peripheral skirt intended to be attached underneath the bottom panel of a device, and corresponding device: The present invention concerns an Electronic device comprising a bottom panel, and a ventilation hole on the bottom panel. The Electronic device comprises a peripheral skirt attached to the bottom panel. The skirt surrounds the hole, and comprises an opening on one side of the bottom panel for permitting privileged... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070082600 - Apparatus and method for selecting and growing living plants: Apparatus for selecting and growing plants includes a housing, sensors and probes at least partially disposed within the housing for measuring at least one of climate and soil parameters. A rechargeable power source and a controller for at least receiving the climate and/or soil parameter measurement are provided. There is... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20070082601 - Dynamic control of dilution ventilation in one-pass, critical environments: A dilution ventilation control system for use in a one-pass, critical environments comprising: one or more one-pass, critical environments comprising, a variable source of supply airflow volume, an exhaust for completely exhausting the airflow volume supply from the critical environment and from a building comprising the critical environment through one... Agent: Mirick, O'connell, Demallie & Lougee, LLP

20070077878 - Device for control of air flow rates to the instrument panel air outlets of a vehicle heating or air conditioning unit: A device for control of the air flow rates into the instrument panel air outlets of a vehicle heating or air conditioning unit is described that is provided with a casing, with damper doors for both instrument panel side air outlets in the casing parts and at least one damper... Agent: Fraser Martin & Miller LLC

20070077879 - Common hvac doors: The present invention relates to arrangement of devices, and, in particular doors, in the architecture of HVAC units. Where space is a consideration, having doors that are common and/or that can be used or nestled in a common operative space, reduce the need of inventory of different parts, and allow... Agent: Valeo Climate Control Corp. Intellectual Property Department

20070077880 - Computer system airflow-guiding device: An airflow-guiding device for being mounted into a computer system to periodically change airflow passing therethrough, comprises a motor, a gearing driven by the motor and a plurality of airflow-guiding plates pivoted to a frame and linked to the gearing and driven thereby to turn back and forth periodically. The... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP