Patents by Inventor April Mae Eberly

April Mae Eberly has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11906196
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for a fan of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a frame configured to couple to the HVAC system. The frame includes a support rail having a flange. The mounting assembly includes a first guide rail coupled to the frame and having a first lip extending at an oblique angle relative to the flange. The mounting assembly also includes a second guide rail coupled to the frame and having a second lip extending at the oblique angle relative to the flange. The first and second lips are configured to support and guide translation of a chassis of the fan toward the support rail such that the chassis of the fan engages with the flange. The flange is configured to support the fan offset from the first and second lips in an installed configuration of the fan with the mounting assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: April Mae Eberly Diehl, Kevin Lee Stein, Jeffrey Joseph Ronald, John Russel Lauver, III, Craig Eric Adams
  • Publication number: 20230031104
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for a fan of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a frame configured to couple to the HVAC system. The frame includes a support rail having a flange. The mounting assembly includes a first guide rail coupled to the frame and having a first lip extending at an oblique angle relative to the flange. The mounting assembly also includes a second guide rail coupled to the frame and having a second lip extending at the oblique angle relative to the flange. The first and second lips are configured to support and guide translation of a chassis of the fan toward the support rail such that the chassis of the fan engages with the flange. The flange is configured to support the fan offset from the first and second lips in an installed configuration of the fan with the mounting assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: April Mae Eberly Diehl, Kevin Lee Stein, Jeffrey Joseph Ronald, John Russel Lauver, III, Craig Eric Adams
  • Publication number: 20180106486
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit that includes a heat exchanger configured to establish a heat exchange relationship between a refrigerant flowing through a refrigerant loop of the HVAC unit and an air flow, where the heat exchanger has a refrigerant coil, a tubing segment configured to couple the refrigerant coil of the heat exchanger to another component of the HVAC unit, where the tubing segment has a flexible material, and a releasable connecting element, where the releasable connecting element is configured to couple the tubing segment to the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Curtis Wayne Caskey, Marcel Paul Ferrere, JR., Chandra Sekhar Yelamanchili, Roderick Ray Sentz, April Mae Eberly