Patents by Inventor Gilberto Fagundez de Souza

Gilberto Fagundez de Souza 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).

  • Assembly guides for molded components
    Patent number: 6460362
    Abstract: A molded component having a through opening configured to receive a fastener therethrough for attachment of the component to another structure. The through opening has a longitudinal axis. Integrally formed within the molded component is a guide structure which surrounds the through opening and extends axially outwardly and radially outwardly from the through opening. The guide structure is configured to contact a threaded fastener and/or an installation tool holding a threaded fastener to thereby guide the fastener into the through opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Alessandro Oliveira de Barros, Gilberto Fagundez de Souza, Paulo Augusto Lisboa Ramos
  • One-piece vent and exhaust door for an air conditioner
    Patent number: 6443832
    Abstract: A room air conditioner of the type having a partition dividing indoor and outdoor sections is provided with vent and exhaust openings for exhausting air into the outdoor section and for venting outdoor air into the indoor section. A combination vent and exhaust door is mounted on the partition in the outdoor section. The combination vent and exhaust door is configured to be selectively operable to a first position wherein the vent opening is closed and the exhaust opening is open, a second position wherein both the vent opening and the exhaust opening are closed and a third position wherein the vent opening is open and the exhaust opening is closed. An actuator mechanism is mechanically linked to the combination door for selectively operating the door to each of the three positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Alessandro Oliveira de Barros, Gilberto Fagundez de Souza, Paulo Augusto Lisboa Ramos
  • Turbulence inducer for condensate sub-cooling coil
    Patent number: 6349555
    Abstract: An orifice member for the condenser fan of an air conditioning unit which has a basepan and partition dividing the unit into an indoor section forward or the partition and an outdoor section behind the portion. The wall section has at least one through opening therein laterally spaced from the centerline of the orifice and in close proximity to the basepan. The opening communicates the region of the basepan on the high pressure side of the wall section with the low pressure side region of the basepan, which contains the sub-cooling coil. The opening is located and configured such that when the air conditioner is operating and condensate has collected in the basepan, condensate will be pumped through the opening from the high pressure side to the low pressure side and thereby cause turbulence in the condensate in the region of the basepan which contains the sub-cooling coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Alessandro Oliveira de Barros, Gilberto Fagundez de Souza, Luciano da Luz Moraes, Paulo Augusto Lisboa Ramos