Patents by Inventor Jeff Wallingford

Jeff Wallingford 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: 20210235928
    Abstract: Grills and charcoal-containing fuel blocks are disclosed. A grill may include a housing at least partially defining a cooking chamber, a combustion chamber having a support surface configured to support a charcoal-containing fuel block, the combustion chamber may be fluidically and thermally connected to the cooking chamber, an igniter configured to heat a charcoal-containing fuel block positioned on the support surface, a stoke chamber positioned under and fluidically connected to the combustion chamber, stoke ducting having a first end fluidically connected to the stoke chamber and a second end fluidically connected to a stoke fan, the stoke fan configured to flow air from outside the housing and into the stoke chamber through the stoke ducting, cooling ducting fluidically connecting the cooking chamber to a cooling fan, and the cooling fan configured to flow air from outside the housing and into the cooking chamber through the cooling ducting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Benjamin West, Miguel Christophy, Craig Jacobson, Stephen Hibbs, Michael Chiasson, Neville DeWitt Pierrat, Jon Oxford, Diego Horna, Maggie Venable, Sean Meehan, Lukas Railson, Michael Garver, Dennis Mess, Rylan Miller, Kyle Jones, Jeff Wallingford, Jeremy Woolman, Tyler Edens, Lindsey Smith
  • Patent number: 6201930
    Abstract: A chip removal and replacement system is designed for safely and easily removing or reattaching components from a printed circuit board. The system includes an automatic suction system for lifting a component which has been removed. A nozzle connection and replacement mechanism is provided for interchanging nozzles. The system is also provided with an improved circuit board holder, a circuit board auxiliary preheater, and a simplified control system with one touch removal and replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Metcal, Inc.
    Inventors: Seth Close, Mike Carlomagno, Raymond Lui, Jeff Wallingford