Patents by Inventor Kent Kuffner

Kent Kuffner 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).

  • Patent number: 11378300
    Abstract: An air conditioning unit includes a passage having a heat exchanger; a blower for blowing air through the passage; a blower motor driving the blower in response to a drive signal; an energy recovery ventilator (ERV), the blower drawing outside air from the ERV; and a controller for adjusting the drive signal in a ventilation mode to reduce power used by the blower motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dwight H. Heberer, Daniel J. Dempsey, Kevin D. Thompson, Eric W. Adams, Kent Kuffner
  • Patent number: 10760856
    Abstract: An energy recovery system includes a heating or cooling system and an accessory operably connected to the heating or cooling system, or a component of the heating or cooling system. One or more accessory interlocking mechanisms are located at the housing interlocked with one or more complimentary interlocking mechanisms located at the system or the component of the heating or cooling system to secure the accessory directly to the component. A method of securing an accessory to a heating or cooling system or a component of a heating or cooling system includes aligning one or more accessory interlocking mechanisms with one or more complimentary interlocking mechanisms The accessory is urged toward an installed position by moving the accessory along a length of the one or more complimentary interlocking mechanisms. The one or more accessory interlocking mechanisms are interlocked with the complimentary interlocking mechanisms to secure the accessory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dwight H. Heberer, Kent Kuffner
  • Publication number: 20190154292
    Abstract: An air conditioning unit includes a passage having a heat exchanger; a blower for blowing air through the passage; a blower motor driving the blower in response to a drive signal; an energy recovery ventilator (ERV), the blower drawing outside air from the ERV; and a controller for adjusting the drive signal in a ventilation mode to reduce power used by the blower motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Dwight H. Heberer, Daniel J. Dempsey, Kevin D. Thompson, Eric W. Adams, Kent Kuffner
  • Patent number: 10222085
    Abstract: An air conditioning unit includes a passage having a heat exchanger; a blower for blowing air through the passage; a blower motor driving the blower in response to a drive signal; an energy recovery ventilator (ERV), the blower drawing outside air from the ERV; and a controller for adjusting the drive signal in a ventilation mode to reduce power used by the blower motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dwight H. Heberer, Daniel J. Dempsey, Kevin D. Thompson, Eric W. Adams, Kent Kuffner
  • Publication number: 20180266771
    Abstract: An energy recovery system includes a heating or cooling system and an accessory operably connected to the heating or cooling system, or a component of the heating or cooling system. One or more accessory interlocking mechanisms are located at the housing interlocked with one or more complimentary interlocking mechanisms located at the system or the component of the heating or cooling system to secure the accessory directly to the component. A method of securing an accessory to a heating or cooling system or a component of a heating or cooling system includes aligning one or more accessory interlocking mechanisms with one or more complimentary interlocking mechanisms The accessory is urged toward an installed position by moving the accessory along a length of the one or more complimentary interlocking mechanisms. The one or more accessory interlocking mechanisms are interlocked with the complimentary interlocking mechanisms to secure the accessory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Dwight H. Heberer, Kent Kuffner
  • Patent number: 9995538
    Abstract: An energy recovery system includes a heating or cooling system and an accessory operably connected to the heating or cooling system, or to a component of the heating or cooling system. One or more accessory interlocking mechanisms are located at the housing interlocked with one or more complementary interlocking mechanisms located at the system or the component of the heating or cooling system to secure the accessory directly to the component. A method of securing an accessory to a heating or cooling system or a component of a heating or cooling system includes aligning one or more accessory interlocking mechanisms with one or more interlocking mechanisms. The accessory is urged toward an installed position by moving the accessory along a length of the one or more complementary interlocking mechanisms. The one or more accessory interlocking mechanisms are interlocked with the complementary interlocking mechanisms to secure the accessory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dwight H. Heberer, Kent Kuffner
  • Publication number: 20140190657
    Abstract: An energy recovery system includes a heating or cooling system and an accessory operably connected to the heating or cooling system, or a component of the heating or cooling system. One or more accessory interlocking mechanisms are located at the housing interlocked with one or more complimentary interlocking mechanisms located at the system or the component of the heating or cooling system to secure the accessory directly to the component. A method of securing an accessory to a heating or cooling system or a component of a heating or cooling system includes aligning one or more accessory interlocking mechanisms with one or more complimentary interlocking mechanisms The accessory is urged toward an installed position by moving the accessory along a length of the one or more complimentary interlocking mechanisms. The one or more accessory interlocking mechanisms are interlocked with the complimentary interlocking mechanisms to secure the accessory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Dwight H. Heberer, Kent Kuffner