Patents by Inventor Eric Keith Haupt
Eric Keith Haupt 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).
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Patent number: 10202019Abstract: The invention relates to a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a motor vehicle, the HVAC system having a length greater than a width and disposed with the length parallel to a longitudinal axis of the motor vehicle between the front seats thereof. The HVAC system includes a blower assembly disposed beneath an instrument panel of the motor vehicle or inside an engine compartment.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2013Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: HANON SYSTEMSInventors: Lakhi Nandlal Goenka, Eric Keith Haupt, Heidi Crandall
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Patent number: 9682608Abstract: An HVAC system includes a primary HVAC unit and a supplemental heat exchanger. The primary HVAC unit is disposed within a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle and configured for at least one of heating and cooling a passenger compartment. The supplemental heat exchanger is spaced apart from the primary HVAC unit and also disposed within the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle. The supplemental heat exchanger is configured to supplement at least one of the heating and the cooling of the passenger compartment by the primary HVAC unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2013Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: HANON SYSTEMSInventors: Lakhi Nandlal Goenka, Eric Keith Haupt, Heidi Crandall
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Patent number: 9476520Abstract: A fluid distribution door for use in a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning system includes a main body having a first surface and a second surface. The first surface and the second surface cooperate to form a first surface configuration which intersects with a second surface configuration. Each of the first surface configuration and the second surface configuration is formed by a three-dimensional feature.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: HANON SYSTEMSInventors: Eric Keith Haupt, Jim Patrick Nolta, Jr., Shankar Patil
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Patent number: 9086073Abstract: A blower assembly for use in a vehicle is disclosed, wherein the blower assembly includes a housing and a fan wheel disposed in the housing. A scroll duct formed in the housing axially and radially expands from a scroll cutoff towards an air outlet. The fan wheel includes a hub, concentrically arranged inner and outer annular rings, and an array of spaced apart blades extending between the hub and the annular rings.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2012Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: Halla Visteon Climate Control CorporationInventors: Jayanthi R. Iyer, Eric Keith Haupt, Dennis Anthony Vermette
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Publication number: 20140261822Abstract: A fluid distribution door for use in a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning system includes a main body having a first surface and a second surface. The first surface and the second surface cooperate to form a first surface configuration which intersects with a second surface configuration. Each of the first surface configuration and the second surface configuration is formed by a three-dimensional feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Eric Keith Haupt, Jim Patrick Nolta, Jr., Shankar Patil
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Publication number: 20140213166Abstract: The invention relates to a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a motor vehicle, the HVAC system having a length greater than a width and disposed with the length parallel to a longitudinal axis of the motor vehicle between the front seats thereof. The HVAC system includes a blower assembly disposed beneath an instrument panel of the motor vehicle or inside an engine compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Lakhi Nandlal Goenka, Eric Keith Haupt, Heidi Crandall
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Publication number: 20140213168Abstract: The invention relates to a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a motor vehicle, the HVAC system having a length greater than a width and disposed with the length parallel to a longitudinal axis of the motor vehicle and between the front seats thereof. The HVAC system includes a plurality of heat exchangers disposed within a housing thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Lakhi Nandlal Goenka, Eric Keith Haupt, Heidi Crandall
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Publication number: 20140213165Abstract: A defrost system for a motor vehicle is disclosed, the defrost system including ducting in fluid communication with a top of a windshield of the motor vehicle and/or at least one side of the windshield of the motor vehicle. In certain embodiments, the ducting has at least a portion disposed in an A-pillar of the motor vehicle, and in other embodiments the ducting has at least a portion disposed in a B-pillar of the motor vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Lakhi Nandlal Goenka, Eric Keith Haupt, Heidi Crandall
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Publication number: 20140209269Abstract: An HVAC system includes a primary HVAC unit and a supplemental heat exchanger. The primary HVAC unit is disposed within a passenger compartment region of a motor vehicle and configured for at least one of heating and cooling a passenger compartment. The supplemental heat exchanger is spaced apart from the primary HVAC unit and also disposed within the passenger compartment region of the motor vehicle. The supplemental heat exchanger is configured to supplement at least one of the heating and the cooling of the passenger compartment by the primary HVAC unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Lakhi Nandlal Goenka, Eric Keith Haupt, Heidi Crandall
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Publication number: 20130209245Abstract: A blower assembly for use in a vehicle is disclosed, wherein the blower assembly includes a housing and a fan wheel disposed in the housing. A scroll duct formed in the housing axially and radially expands from a scroll cutoff towards an air outlet. The fan wheel includes a hub, concentrically arranged inner and outer annular rings, and an array of spaced apart blades extending between the hub and the annular rings.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2012Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Jayanthi R. Iyer, Eric Keith Haupt, Dennis Anthony Vermette
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Patent number: 7074122Abstract: An air handling module for the air conditioning system of a motor vehicle is provided, including a housing having a first portion defining a first path and a second portion defining a second path and a conduit having first and second ends and an enclosed passageway there between. The conduit is positioned within the housing such as to at least partially connect the first path and the second path adjacent to the second end of the conduit.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2004Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Eric Keith Haupt, Michael James Nabors, Dennis Anthony Vermette, Mehran Shahabi