Patents by Inventor David Emmett Benson

David Emmett Benson 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).

  • Fan coil block and grid configuration system
    Patent number: 8827780
    Abstract: A fan coil block of the present invention preferably includes a fan for drawing air and a cooling device for cooling air drawn by the fan. A flexible air handling system of the present invention preferably includes a fan coil block that is supportable overhead by an overhead support system. The present invention is also directed to an air handling method that includes the steps of providing an overhead support system for supporting overhead devices, defining a return air chase within the interior space of a building, and supporting a fan coil block above or within the return air chase using the overhead support system. The fan coil block draws and cools air from the return air chase and returns the cooled air to a plenum above the overhead support system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Huntair, Inc.
    Inventors: David Emmett Benson, Kent Peterson, Michael Thomas Post
  • Modular clean room plenum
    Patent number: 6514137
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a modular clean room plenum is provided. This modular clean room plenum includes a rectangular plenum body with an air barrier forming a top surface of the modular clean room plenum and a ceiling grid forming a bottom surface of the modular clean room plenum. The modular clean room plenums are attached to the primary support structure of a clean room building in whatever number and configuration is required by the clean room layout. By providing, in one modular component, the air barrier layer, the ceiling grid, the framework between the two layers, the fire sprinkler system, the air transfer ducts, the balancing dampers and all of the normal components of the ceiling grid, the cost and time required for construction can be significantly decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Inventors: Paul Giulo Panelli, David Emmett Benson, Howard Lyle Gile
  • Modular clean room plenum
    Patent number: 6132309
    Abstract: A modular clean room plenum includes a rectangular plenum body with an air barrier forming a top surface of the modular clean room plenum and a ceiling grid forming a bottom surface of the modular clean room plenum. The modular clean room plenums are attached to the primary support structure of a clean room building in whatever number and configuration is required by the clean room layout. By providing, in one modular component, the air barrier layer, the ceiling grid, the framework between the two layers, the fire sprinkler system, the air transfer ducts, the balancing dampers and all of the normal components of the ceiling grid, the cost and time required for construction can be significantly decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Inventors: Paul Giulo Panelli, David Emmett Benson, Howard Lyle Gile