Ventilation inventions 05/08

20080125026 - Air vent for vehicle: An air vent for a vehicle includes a housing, a user-manipulable grill on a front of the housing, and a lamp mounted in the housing. A user can recognize the amount of opening of the vent based on the amount of light.... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080125027 - Door assembly for climate control system: A motor vehicle climate control system that utilizes a door to selectively open and close an inlet formed in a housing of the climate control system. The housing includes a wall having a seal surface. The seal surface is spaced outwardly from an inner surface of the wall. A seal... Agent: Tung & Associates

20080125028 - Precipitation resistant ridge vent: A precipitation resistant ventilator for a structure enclosing an interior space. The ventilator encloses a space that is in communication with the structure interior space. A thin sheet of air permeable water resistant material is disposed within the ventilator interior. The thin sheet of air permeable water resistant material forms... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080119124 - Air outlet device for vehicle cabin: A register includes an operation knob which is slidably assembled to a selected one of front horizontal blades and which is connected to a selected one of rear vertical blades via a connection mechanism. The connection mechanism includes a connection pillar portion formed integrally with an intermediate portion of the... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080119126 - Apparatus for controlling an air distribution system: r

20080119125 - Ventilation system air vent for the passenger space of a vehicle: A ventilator flap, making up the terminal part of a main air duct providing an upstream air flow (3). The ventilator flap is provided with diffusion elements, directing elements, and control elements for going from one mode to the other which includes a central duct (5), at least partly coaxial... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080119127 - Programmable air register kit: A kit for identifying and controlling an air register in response to a user-set program is disclosed. The kit contains at least one of a remote control programmable air register capable of vent open, vent close, partial open, wake, leave, arrive, sleep and revert 24 hours settings and memory operations.... Agent: George R. Reardon

20080119128 - Variable volume floor diffuser with attachment means: A diffuser for positioning in an opening of a passageway having conditioned air, the diffuser including a grate assembly, a pan assembly, and a retention assembly. The grate assembly includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion contains an aperture, a plurality of slotted sections, and a... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080119129 - Air distribution apparatus: An air distribution apparatus for mounting with respect to an air conditioning port in a ceiling surface is provided. The air distribution apparatus includes at least one bracket and an air distribution device. The at least one bracket includes a body portion and a protrusion extending from the body portion.... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080113598 - Blower enclosure: Embodiments of the present invention provide a blower enclosure configured to secure to a base and house a blower. The blower enclosure includes a main body defining an internal blower chamber, and at least one access door configured to open to allow access to the blower. The enclosure may also... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20080113599 - Safety workbench with blower performance controllable dependent on the position of the front pane: A safety workbench includes a work chamber enclosed by a housing, including a work opening located in the housing front side and settable using an adjustable front pane to let in an external air flow flowing into the work chamber, and including at least one fan for delivering the external... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20080113600 - Buffeting noise reducing system and method in a vehicle: A buffeting noise reducing system includes: a duct configured for air to pass therethrough, with an air intake at one end disposed inside the vehicle, and a blower assembly at the other end, including an air outlet, a blower fan for blowing air through the air outlet, and a blower... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080113601 - Universal vehicle window vent: A universal vehicle window vent is provided. The window vent has a bottom portion for receiving a vehicle window, and a top portion for engaging the window channel of a vehicle's door. The window vent is dimensioned to fit any vehicle window such that when it is installed, an opening... Agent: Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne P.c.

20080113602 - Microbial resistant vehicle air conditioning ductwork: A vehicle HVAC system includes a HVAC components such as a duct, vent, manually adjustable airflow control head, toggle or housing manufactured from a molded plastic material having an antimicrobial additive. The antimicrobial additive is preferably introduced as an additive during molding of the HVAC components that are typically injection... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.c.

20080113603 - Computer system cooling system: A computer system cooling system, comprising a chassis comprising a first air circulation device and a second circulation device and a motherboard disposed therein, the motherboard oriented to position a card coupled thereto such that the first air circulation device is disposed on one side of the card and the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080113604 - Embedded computer chassis with service fan tray: An embedded computer chassis may include a fan tray receptacle adapted to receive at least one primary fan tray, where the at least one primary fan tray is adapted to be non-redundant in providing cooling air to the embedded computer chassis. Embedded computer chassis may also include a cooling air... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080113605 - Amusement apparatus: The amusement apparatus comprising a housing, a frame and an interior space, and a door allowing entry of a player having arms into interior space. An air circulation system fluidly connected to interior space of housing. An engagement system located within interior space. Engagement system, control system, signaling system and... Agent: Law Office Of Jay R. Hamilton, Plc.

20080113606 - Crawlspace air apparatus: A crawlspace encapsulation system for encapsulating a crawlspace of a building. The system includes a substantially impermeable barrier layer disposed in the crawlspace and isolating at least a portion of the crawlspace from an outside atmosphere and an air circulation system located in the isolated portion.... Agent: Perman & Green

20080113607 - Wind-guiding cover: A wind-guiding cover is applicable to an electronic apparatus having a dissipating fan, a first heat-generating device and a second heat-generating device sequentially disposed along a straight line. The electronic apparatus further includes an upper lid. The wind-guiding cover includes a cover board for covering the first heat-generating device, and... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080113608 - System, combination and method for controlling airflow in convective treatment: In a convective system that includes a blower to thermally treat and pressurize air, a convective device to receive and convect the thermally-treated pressurized air, and an air hose to conduct a flow of thermally-treated pressurized air from the blower to an inlet port in the convective device, an interface... Agent: Terrance A. Meador Incaplaw

20080113609 - Combined supply and exhaust apparatus: A combined supply and exhaust apparatus for an air using appliance is provided. The combined supply and exhaust apparatus includes air supply and air exhaust passages. The air supply and air exhaust passages extend between inlets and outlets. A common wall separates the air supply passage from the air exhaust... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.c.

20080113610 - External rib cage for an inflatable air duct: An external suspension system for supporting an inflatable air duct includes a series of external hangers that help hold the duct open while the duct is deflated. In some embodiments, the suspension system supports the duct at a series of points that are broadly distributed in a staggered pattern across... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, Llc

20080113611 - Hinge assembly for supporting a fan on a roof: A buttressed hinge assembly adjusts to fit a roof in order to hold a fan thereon, which fan is especially suitable for a restaurant roof. The hinge assembly attaches to a roof vent to hold the fan in a proper position, yet permits the fan to be easily moved for... Agent: Mathew R. P. Perrone, Jr.

20080113612 - Impeller exhaust ridge vent: An impeller exhaust ridge vent is provided for covering a ridge slot formed along the ridge of a roof. The ridge vent has an elongated laterally flexible center panel with edge portions along which vents are formed. Standoffs can depend from the bottom of the center panel for supporting the... Agent: William J. Davis Gaf Materials Corporation

20080113613 - Damper positioning lock: A damper positioning lock includes a plate having a plurality of recesses along an arcuate edge and a damper positioning handle pivotally associated with the plate. A mechanism is associated with the handle for selectively engaging a selected one of the recesses.... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20080108292 - Air-distribution system, with contactless activation of air outlets: A system for air distribution in the passenger compartment of a vehicle, for example a motor vehicle, includes at least one outlet for outflow of air into the passenger compartment, which can be activated by putting one's hand at a short distance therefrom without touching it. Associated to the air... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti Pc

20080108290 - Fume hood: An improved fume hood that has an external sensor that automatically controls at least one lighting fixture located on or in the fume hood such that when a person is sensed in front of the fume hood, the light in the fume hood will automatically turn on. Once the technician... Agent: Mckellar Ip Law, Pllc

20080108291 - Device for distribution of air within the passenger compartment of a vehicle: A flow of air coming out of a louver facing the internal space of the passenger compartment of a vehicle is oriented, exploiting the Coanda effect, in an area adjacent to a first surface of the passenger compartment or in an area adjacent to a second surface of the passenger... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti Pc

20080108293 - Temperature door for a vehicle and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system: A temperature door for air-handling system of a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning system for a vehicle is disclosed, wherein a cost and a weight of the system are minimized and a temperature stratification, a flow efficiency, and a NVH/noise of the system are optimized.... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller Llc

20080108294 - Cooling unit cover: The invention discloses an aesthetically pleasing, low cost cover for covering and a method for covering a cooler/air conditioning unit for preventing heat loss and blocking cold air from entering a home. The cover comprises an impermeable sheet capable of covering a cooler/air conditioning unit. The impermeable sheet has a... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20080108295 - Building, ventilation system, and recovery device control: Control systems for recovery wheels, ventilation systems with recovery devices, buildings having ventilation, and methods of controlling recovery wheels and controlling or modifying ventilation systems. A parameter of ventilation systems or recovery devices, such as the speed of a recovery wheel, may be controlled as a function of pressure, differential... Agent: Allan W. Watts Bryan Cave LLP

20080108296 - Fan assisted floor ventilation diffuser: A fan assisted floor ventilation diffuser includes an enclosed diffuser housing with an air inlet opening and an air outlet opening. A diffuser grille covers the air outlet opening and an inlet fan is mounted at the air inlet opening. The inlet fan pulls air from the underfloor plenum into... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080102743 - Hood mounted display system: The present invention comprises a hood for mounting above an area where air is desired to be exhausted. The hood includes a frame having a front wall and a cavity. A filter may be mounted to the frame in the cavity. A video display is mounted to the front wall.... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080102744 - Ventilation system: The present disclosure relates to a ventilation system for a building including a conditioning unit, a ventilation unit and a control unit. The conditioning unit is mounted in at least one of a door and a wall of the building for conditioning air as it moves through or into the... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP