Patents by Inventor Robert M. Rohde

Robert M. Rohde 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: 11946661
    Abstract: Variable airflow energy efficient HVAC systems can be used to provide for a three duct air supply, a multi-zone air supply, and a two duct air supply. The systems include an air handling unit that defines a cooling circuit portion and an independent heating/bypass circuit portion. The two circuit portions may each have variable air dampers for admitting variable amounts of ambient and return air, and/or the cooling circuit portion and the heating/bypass circuit portion may each have an active cooling element. Corresponding methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Inventor: Robert M. Rohde
  • Publication number: 20220243944
    Abstract: Variable airflow energy efficient HVAC systems can be used to provide for a three duct air supply, a multi-zone air supply, and a two duct air supply. The systems include an air handling unit that defines a cooling circuit portion and an independent heating/bypass circuit portion. The two circuit portions may each have variable air dampers for admitting variable amounts of ambient and return air, and/or the cooling circuit portion and the heating/bypass circuit portion may each have an active cooling element. Corresponding methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventor: Robert M. Rohde
  • Patent number: 9612024
    Abstract: An energy efficient HVAC system. The system provides a bypass air supply duct, an air handler having a bypass air supply circuit, and an air supply unit that utilize return air as a source of heat that would otherwise need to be provided by a heating coil if the air, cooled sufficiently to service interior zones of a building, is too cold for servicing perimeter zones of the building, as is typically the case when the outside air temperature is low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Inventor: Robert M. Rohde
  • Publication number: 20150323213
    Abstract: An energy efficient HVAC system. The system provides a bypass air supply duct, an air handler having a bypass air supply circuit, and an air supply unit that utilize return air as a source of heat that would otherwise need to be provided by a heating coil if the air, cooled sufficiently to service interior zones of a building, is too cold for servicing perimeter zones of the building, as is typically the case when the outside air temperature is low.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventor: Robert M. Rohde
  • Patent number: 9121620
    Abstract: An energy efficient HVAC system. The system provides a bypass air supply duct, an air handler having a bypass air supply circuit, and an air supply unit that utilize return air as a source of heat that would otherwise need to be provided by a heating coil if the air, cooled sufficiently to service interior zones of a building, is too cold for servicing perimeter zones of the building, as is typically the case when the outside air temperature is low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Inventor: Robert M. Rohde
  • Publication number: 20150114596
    Abstract: An energy efficient HVAC system. The system provides a bypass air supply duct, an air handler having a bypass air supply circuit, and an air supply unit that utilize return air as a source of heat that would otherwise need to be provided by a heating coil if the air, cooled sufficiently to service interior zones of a building, is too cold for servicing perimeter zones of the building, as is typically the case when the outside air temperature is low.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Robert M. Rohde