Ventilation inventions 08/08

20080207105 - Chimney termination cap: A chimney termination cap is provided with a body having a perimeter sidewall with a lower region adapted to be mounted to a chimney. The body has an opening for venting the chimney. A lid is mounted to a top of the body. A tray is mounted within the body... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c.

20080207106 - Blower controller for elevator system: An elevator system includes a mode switch configured to select one of a plurality of operation modes based on a state of the elevator cage, and a blower controller configured to control a blower to adjust pressure inside an elevator cage according to the selected operation mode.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080207107 - Vehicle efficacious constituents supply apparatus: A vehicle efficacious constituents supply apparatus 10 includes a main unit 13 including an air gun and a subunit 15 including an air gun. A curling ring V1 of air containing aromatic constituents is projected from the main unit 13 towards an efficacious area A, while a curling ring V2... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080207108 - Roof light system having a ventilation device with improved flexibility: The roof light system is composed by a roof unit (10), a light conduit (70) and a diffuser unit (80). A ventilation device has a ventilation tube (60) is separate and detached from the light conduit (70). The first end (60a) of the ventilation tube is connected with the roof... Agent: Turner Padget Graham & Laney, P.a.

20080207110 - Rear axle breather: The purpose of the invention is a device to circulate air between the interior and the exterior of an enclosure (1) intended to contain air and a liquid, in which the enclosure (1) is an element intended to be installed in a vehicle, characterized in that it consists of at... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20080207109 - Ventilation register and ventilation systems: Displacement ventilation systems are generally poor performers when it comes to heating. The instant patent application discusses devices and systems for improving heating performance while retaining the benefits of displacement ventilation without wholesale co-location of independent space conditioning systems.... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge Pc

20080207111 - Ventilation system with sound barrier: The invention relates to a noise-optimized ventilation system (100) which can in particular be integrated into a vehicle, with the ventilation system (100) having at least one heat exchanger (1) and a fan (2) for acting on an air guiding volume (3) with an air flow (7), wherein the air... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.c.

20080207112 - Wall-mounted grille particularly for the passage of air from an air-conditioning unit toward the outside: A wall-mounted grille particularly for the passage of air from an air-conditioning unit toward the outside, the grille being constituted by a perimetric frame inside which a plurality of deflecting vanes are fixed in a parallel arrangement and have a substantially concave transverse cross-section with the concavity directed upward, the... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20080200108 - High velocity and high dilution exhaust system: A nozzle for an exhaust fan that has a primary, central aperture for exhaust. Arranged around the periphery of the central aperture is a plurality of side apertures. The nozzle fits over the fan outlet. A stack may extend upwardly from the central aperture. Exhaust exiting the side apertures induces... Agent: Christopher J. Mcdonald Hoffman, Wasson & Gitler, P.C.

20080200109 - Asymmetrical pressure relief vent: One or more valves may be employed in a pressure relief vent of a vehicle. The valves may have asymmetrical closing characteristics of differing pressuring inducing closing characteristics or both in order to reduce the peak noise generated as the valves are closing.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080200110 - Box vane mixing element for automotive heating, ventilating and air conditioning system: An HVAC housing assembly includes a novel structure to aid the mixing of hot and cold air downstream of the evaporator and heater core. One or more variable nozzles are carried for displacement with the temperature door for accelerating some of the cold air stream through an internal housing opening... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080200111 - Sealed ventilation duct: A sealed ventilation duct for an HVAC system includes a sheet of flexible material incorporating an insulated bonding sealer and folded so as to be self-locking. The insulated bonding sealer adheres the opposing longitudinal edges together to maintain the desired shape of the duct and improves the energy efficiency of... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080200112 - Supply air terminal device: A supply air terminal device (10) has a supply air chamber (12), into which fresh air is conducted from out of doors and further from it through a nozzle gap or nozzles (12a1, 12a2 . . . ) into a mixing chamber (14). The fresh supply air (L1) induces a... Agent: Stiennon & Stiennon

20080200113 - Hybrid ventilator: A ventilator having a ventilator stator for mounting to a structure and a ventilator rotor for mounting and rotation with respect to the stator. One or more wind-drivable elements are mounted to the ventilator. A motor is provided for operation between the ventilator rotor and ventilator stator for selective motor-driven... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080194191 - Aircraft cabin pressure controls with an open-loop motor control system: non-linear control law logic to compensate for excessive motor loads or motor degradation: A cabin pressure control system (CPCS) software control logic modification may boost the voltage applied to a motor when conditions are sensed indicating a combination of larger than normal cabin pressure and cabin rate error conditions. The motor may be part of an open-loop system for operating a butterfly valve... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080194192 - Baffle plate assembly for directing air flow in a cargo container: A cargo container has a top, bottom, and sides. The cargo container includes a ventilation unit having an air outlet. The cargo container also includes a ventilated floor, which has an air channel, and a baffle plate assembly configured to direct air from the air outlet of the ventilation unit... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080194193 - Flap of a motor vehicle ventilation system: The invention relates to a flap (2) of a motor vehicle ventilation system, which is disposed in a housing (1) in the mounted state and controls the air supply to the interior of the vehicle along with a second flap (4). The flap (2) according to the invention comprises a... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.c.

20080194194 - Demand controlled ventilation system with central air quality measurement and method herefor: The invention describes an outlet system in which a characteristic of one of gas and/or a liquid, for example the percentage CO2 in air, is measured in a central outlet duct (2). The outlet system comprises local outlet ducts (5, 6, 7) that are in flow communication with the central... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080194195 - Reduced noise air conditioning and heating systems: A column air handling system includes a coil unit having a set of coils for changing a temperature of an air stream flowing therethrough and a fan unit for driving the air stream through the coil unit. The fan unit includes a plenum fan directly driven by a motor.... Agent: Thompson & Knight, L.l.p. Patent Prosecution Group

20080188170 - Mobile laminar flow hood: The invention relates to an equipment comprising a blower hood suitable to create a laminar flow of sterile air. The equipment further comprises support means for the blower hood. The support means are suitable to provide a stable positioning of the blower hood and a stable adjustment of the direction... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080188171 - Instrument panel vent: An instrument panel is provided for use in a vehicle interior. The instrument panel includes an outer surface, a vent mad a step. The vent is arranged along the outer surface to direct forced air toward a specific area of a window in the vehicle. The step is formed along... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20080188172 - Vehicle accessories for enhancing smells: There is provided a vehicle accessory (30, 40, 50, 60) for enhancing smells within a vehicle (10). The accessory (30, 40, 50, 60) comprises: (a) sensors (30, 40) for sensing at least one of visual objects and smells present in an environment (20) surrounding the vehicle (10) and generating corresponding... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080188173 - Ventilation airflow rate control: Airflow rates within a ventilation system are controlled using motor speed or torque and motor electric current or pressure. Fan speed or torque may be varied to compensate for differing restriction in ductwork, and may provide a constant airflow rate over a range of varying airflow restriction. Air handlers or... Agent: Allan W. Watts Bryan Cave LLP

20080188174 - Power system for a building structure: An electrical generation system is adapted for use with an HVAC system to adjust the louvers of a shutter disposed to control a flow of air into the room of a house. The generation system includes a wind generator disposed in a duct of the HVAC system and having properties... Agent: Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman LLP

20080188175 - Air circulator with releasable air grille:

20080188176 - Roof vent shield: The roof vent shield is attached to the downslope side of an existing roof vent, to prevent the entrance of windblown moisture into the mouth of the vent. The shield includes an elongate panel disposed along the length of the vent, with the upper edges of the vent opening and... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.