Patents by Inventor Benjamin Puffer

Benjamin Puffer 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).

  • Publication number: 20230077435
    Abstract: According to an aspect of this disclosure, a ventilation and lighting system including a main housing having an inlet opening and a discharge opening, a blower and motor assembly disposed within a housing and operable to move air through the inlet and outlet, a grille configured to be located at the inlet opening, the grille having a cavity and a plate defining a plurality of apertures through which air may move, and one or more lighting elements arranged within the cavity and an optical component covering the cavity. The system is arranged such that light developed by the one or more lighting elements mixes within the cavity and transmits through the optical component covering the cavity, and the system further includes a controller that coordinates operation of the blower and motor assembly and the one or more lighting elements from a remote location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Benjamin Puffer, Bernard Krauska, Colin Norton, Jason Asmus, Julie Stange, Lauren Weigel
  • Patent number: 11536424
    Abstract: According to an aspect of this disclosure, a ventilation and lighting system including a main housing having an inlet opening and a discharge opening, a blower and motor assembly disposed within a housing and operable to move air through the inlet and outlet, a grille configured to be located at the inlet opening, the grille having a cavity and a plate defining a plurality of apertures through which air may move, and one or more lighting elements arranged within the cavity and an optical component covering the cavity. The system is arranged such that light developed by the one or more lighting elements mixes within the cavity and transmits through the optical component covering the cavity, and the system further includes a controller that coordinates operation of the blower and motor assembly and the one or more lighting elements from a remote location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Puffer, Bernard Krauska, Colin Norton, Jason Asmus, Julie Stange, Lauren Weigel
  • Publication number: 20220154897
    Abstract: According to an aspect of this disclosure, a ventilation and lighting system including a main housing having an inlet opening and a discharge opening, a blower and motor assembly disposed within a housing and operable to move air through the inlet and outlet, a grille configured to be located at the inlet opening, the grille having a cavity and a plate defining a plurality of apertures through which air may move, and one or more lighting elements arranged within the cavity and an optical component covering the cavity. The system is arranged such that light developed by the one or more lighting elements mixes within the cavity and transmits through the optical component covering the cavity, and the system further includes a controller that coordinates operation of the blower and motor assembly and the one or more lighting elements from a remote location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin Puffer, Bernard Krauska, Colin Norton, Jason Asmus, Julie Stange, Lauren Weigel
  • Patent number: 11262035
    Abstract: A ventilation and lighting system having a fan, a grille having one or more lighting elements and a controller that coordinates operation of the fan and the one or more lighting elements from a remote location. The controller defines scene control configured to define one or more scenes, each of which defines a predefined light control and fan control. The light control can have predefined settings of color, duration, intensity, saturation, and/or correlated color temperature. The fan control can have predefined settings of duration and/or power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Puffer, Bernard Krauska, Colin Norton, Jason Asmus, Julie Stange, Lauren Weigel
  • Publication number: 20210190280
    Abstract: A ventilation and lighting system having a fan, a grille having one or more lighting elements and a controller that coordinates operation of the fan and the one or more lighting elements from a remote location. The controller defines scene control configured to define one or more scenes, each of which defines a predefined light control and fan control. The light control can have predefined settings of color, duration, intensity, saturation, and/or correlated color temperature. The fan control can have predefined settings of duration and/or power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Benjamin Puffer, Bernard Krauska, Colin Norton, Jason Asmus, Julie Stange, Lauren Weigel
  • Patent number: 10928022
    Abstract: According to an aspect of this disclosure, a ventilation and lighting system including a main housing having an inlet opening and a discharge opening, a blower and motor assembly disposed within a housing and operable to move air through the inlet and outlet, a grille configured to be located at the inlet opening, the grille having a cavity and a plate defining a plurality of apertures through which air may move, and one or more lighting elements arranged within the cavity and an optical component covering the cavity. The system is arranged such that light developed by the one or more lighting elements mixes within the cavity and transmits through the optical component covering the cavity, and the system further includes a controller that coordinates operation of the blower and motor assembly and the one or more lighting elements from a remote location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Puffer, Bernard Krauska, Colin Norton, Jason Asmus, Julie Stange, Lauren Weigel
  • Publication number: 20190360649
    Abstract: According to an aspect of this disclosure, a ventilation and lighting system including a main housing having an inlet opening and a discharge opening, a blower and motor assembly disposed within a housing and operable to move air through the inlet and outlet, a grille configured to be located at the inlet opening, the grille having a cavity and a plate defining a plurality of apertures through which air may move, and one or more lighting elements arranged within the cavity and an optical component covering the cavity. The system is arranged such that light developed by the one or more lighting elements mixes within the cavity and transmits through the optical component covering the cavity, and the system further includes a controller that coordinates operation of the blower and motor assembly and the one or more lighting elements from a remote location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Benjamin Puffer, Bernard Krauska, Colin Norton, Jason Asmus, Julie Stange
  • Patent number: D725767
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Hoshino, Benjamin Puffer, David Pringle
  • Patent number: D879284
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventor: Benjamin Puffer
  • Patent number: D881375
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventor: Benjamin Puffer
  • Patent number: D892296
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventor: Benjamin Puffer
  • Patent number: D895783
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventor: Benjamin Puffer
  • Patent number: D899576
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventor: Benjamin Puffer
  • Patent number: D902372
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Puffer, Anup Nikam, Kwame Appiahene-Agyei, David Jennings Lucas
  • Patent number: D909560
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Puffer, Anup Nikam, Kwame Appiahene-Agyei, David Jennings Lucas
  • Patent number: D943730
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Puffer, Anup Nikam, Kwame Appiahene-Agyei, David Jennings Lucas
  • Patent number: D946137
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Puffer, Anup Nikam, Kwame Appiahene-Agyei, David Jennings Lucas