Patents by Inventor Peter Berkman

Peter Berkman 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: 20230213236
    Abstract: A ventilation fan unit for causing air flow with respect to a room having a ceiling, the room designed for occupancy by a person. The fan unit has a fan unit housing mounted in the ceiling and having an air vent on a room facing surface of the fan unit housing for drawing air from or delivering air to the room. A replaceable panel is provided with a first surface and a second surface, the replaceable panel is removably attachable with the room facing surface of the fan unit housing by way of coupling between the replaceable panel and the fan unit housing so that the replaceable panel can be removed and replaced with another replaceable panel attachable to the fan unit housing by way of the coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Peter BERKMAN, Michael MALAKER, Huang XIAOYING, Lin TIAOHAO, He LITING
  • Patent number: 7549444
    Abstract: A frost free faucet having a spigot assembly including a drain conduit, a sleeve assembly including an elongated pipe, and a valve assembly. The valve assembly includes a ½ turn valve, a check valve and optionally a pressure relief mechanism. The ½ turn valve includes a rotatable valve element configured with a water passageway and a stationary valve element with one or through holes. The rotatable valve element is circular-shaped and configured with a water passageway in a semicircular portion. The stationary element is a disc shaped configured with one or more through-holes in a semi-circular portion of the stationary valve element. Upon turning the rotatable valve element 180 degrees in a first direction, the water passageway and the one or more through-holes are aligned to an open position and upon turning the rotatable element 180 degrees in a second direction, the water passageway and the one or more through-holes are misaligned to a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: B & K Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: James Li, Peter Berkman
  • Patent number: 7140390
    Abstract: A frost free faucet having a spigot assembly including a drain conduit, a sleeve assembly including an elongated pipe, and a valve assembly. The valve assembly including a ¼ turn valve and a check valve. The ¼ turn valve includes a rotatable disc with an inlet and a stationary disc with a through hole. Each disc is formed of a ceramic material, wherein upon turning the rotatable disc 90 degrees in a first direction the inlet and the through-hole align to an open position and upon turning the rotatable disc 90 degrees in a second direction, the inlet and the through-hole misalign to a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: B&K Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Berkman, Shi James Li
  • Publication number: 20060157124
    Abstract: A frost free faucet having a spigot assembly including a drain conduit, a sleeve assembly including an elongated pipe, and a valve assembly. The valve assembly includes a ½ turn valve, a check valve and optionally a pressure relief mechanism. The ½ turn valve includes a rotatable valve element configured with a water passageway and a stationary valve element with one or through holes. The rotatable valve element is circular-shaped and configured with a water passageway in a semicircular portion. The stationary element is a disc shaped configured with one or more through-holes in a semi-circular portion of the stationary valve element. Upon turning the rotatable valve element 180 degrees in a first direction, the water passageway and the one or more through-holes are aligned to an open position and upon turning the rotatable element 180 degrees in a second direction, the water passageway and the one or more through-holes are misaligned to a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: James Li, Peter Berkman
  • Publication number: 20060053425
    Abstract: An intelligent queue may be used to facilitate communication among a set business application programs. In one embodiment, the intelligent queue may interact with a variety of business application programs providing consistent service behaviors across a variety of data store products. The intelligent queue provides extended message storage, efficient journalling, interoperability with other intelligent queues, load balancing, once-only processing, as well as detailed message state information that tracks the status of each message from both the sender and the recipient's perspective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Peter Berkman, Gevik Nalbandian, Jerry Waldorf, Nathan Inada, Rangaswamy Srihari, Alexander Demetriades
  • Publication number: 20050126645
    Abstract: A frost free faucet having a spigot assembly including a drain conduit, a sleeve assembly including an elongated pipe, and a valve assembly. The valve assembly including a ¼ turn valve and a check valve. The ¼ turn valve includes a rotatable disc with an inlet and a stationary disc with a through hole. Each disc is formed of a ceramic material, wherein upon turning the rotatable disc 90 degrees in a first direction the inlet and the through-hole align to an open position and upon turning the rotatable disc 90 degrees in a second direction, the inlet and the through-hole misalign to a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2005
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Peter Berkman, Shi Li
  • Patent number: 6880573
    Abstract: A frost free faucet having a spigot assembly including a drain conduit, a sleeve assembly including an elongated pipe, and a valve assembly. The valve assembly including a ¼ turn valve and a check valve. The ¼ turn valve includes a rotatable disc with an inlet and a stationary disc with a through hole. Each disc is formed of a ceramic material, wherein upon turning the rotatable disc 90 degrees in a first direction the inlet and the through-hole align to an open position and upon turning the rotatable disc 90 degrees in a second direction, the inlet and the through-hole misalign to a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: B & K Industries
    Inventors: Peter Berkman, Robert Tripp, Ralph Mieseler, Igor Alzares
  • Publication number: 20050022882
    Abstract: A frost free faucet having a spigot assembly including a drain conduit, a sleeve assembly including an elongated pipe, and a valve assembly. The valve assembly including a ¼ turn valve and a check valve. The ¼ turn valve includes a rotatable disc with an inlet and a stationary disc with a through hole. Each disc is formed of a ceramic material, wherein upon turning the rotatable disc 90 degrees in a first direction the inlet and the through-hole align to an open position and upon turning the rotatable disc 90 degrees in a second direction, the inlet and the through-hole misalign to a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Peter Berkman, Robert Tripp, Ralph Mieseler, Igor Alzares
  • Patent number: D503216
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: B & K Industries
    Inventors: Peter Berkman, Robert Tripp
  • Patent number: D516678
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: B & K Industries
    Inventors: Robert Tripp, Peter Berkman
  • Patent number: D516679
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: B & K Industries
    Inventors: Robert Tripp, Peter Berkman
  • Patent number: D517172
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: B & K Industries
    Inventors: Robert Tripp, Peter Berkman
  • Patent number: D472962
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: B&K Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Tripp, Peter Berkman
  • Patent number: D486204
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: B&K Industries
    Inventors: Robert Tripp, Peter Berkman
  • Patent number: D499172
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: B&K Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Tripp, Peter Berkman