Patents Assigned to HOTSTART, INC.
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Patent number: 12240428Abstract: An engine heater system for supplying compressed air to an air brake of a vehicle. The engine heater system including a gas turbine. A compressor fluidly coupled to an air reservoir of the vehicle. The air reservoir fluidly coupled to an air brake of the vehicle. A shaft rotatably attached between the gas turbine and the compressor, and when the gas turbine rotates the shaft, the compressor provides compressed air to the air reservoir of the vehicle for operating the air brake of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2022Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: HotStart, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin J. Boyce, Michael T. Abbott
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Patent number: 11168888Abstract: An engine heater system for heating a diesel engine of a vehicle. The engine heater system including a gas turbine. A heat exchanger communicatively coupled to an exhaust of the gas turbine. An electric generator including connection members to couple to a battery of the vehicle, and a shaft rotatably attached between the gas turbine and the electric generator. The heat exchanger utilizes the exhaust of the gas turbine to keep the diesel engine of the vehicle within a desired temperature range, and the electric generator charges the battery when the gas turbine rotates the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: HotStart, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin J. Boyce, Michael T. Abbott
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Patent number: 9903617Abstract: An energy consumption controller may be communicatively coupled with a plurality of alternative energy sources and an engine. The controller may be configured to manage energy consumption from the alternative energy sources interconnected with the engine and to keep the engine within a desired temperature range. Within the desired temperature range, the engine will start and run at a full load more rapidly than if the engine cooled excessively. The controller may change the selected energy source as required, based on factors such as cost, engine maintenance and testing and/or imminent need of the engine.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: HOTSTART, Inc.Inventors: James Wilbur Hunt, Jr., Gregory Russell Walters, Clinton Douglas Hermance, Jody Wayne Gaylord, Christopher Michael McFarland, Michael P. Merritt
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Patent number: 9784470Abstract: A fluid heater is disclosed and which has a heater, pump, and a plurality of temperature sensors which are electrically coupled with first and second temperature controlled relays, and wherein the fluid heater is operable to maintain a source of fluid used by an object of interest within a predetermined temperature range and further, is operable under given temperature conditions to discontinue operation so as to protect the object of interest and the heater from becoming damaged through overheating of the fluid which is utilized by same.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2014Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: HOTSTART, Inc.Inventors: David R Sedlacek, Michael T Abbott, Christopher Michael McFarland
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Publication number: 20140233930Abstract: A fluid heater is disclosed and which has a heater, pump, and a plurality of temperature sensors which are electrically coupled with first and second temperature controlled relays, and wherein the fluid heater is operable to maintain a source of fluid used by an object of interest within a predetermined temperature range and further, is operable under given temperature conditions to discontinue operation so as to protect the object of interest and the heater from becoming damaged through overheating of the fluid which is utilized by same.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: HOTSTART, INC.Inventors: David R. Sedacek, Michael T. Abbott, Christopher Michael McFarland
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Patent number: D910717Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: HotStart, Inc.Inventor: Benjamin J. Boyce
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Patent number: D918269Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2019Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: HotStart, Inc.Inventors: Michael T. Abbott, Keith William Kempe, John Isaac Flodin
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Patent number: D943003Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2021Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: HotStart, Inc.Inventor: Benjamin J. Boyce