Patents by Inventor Adam NOVAK

Adam NOVAK 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: 9598960
    Abstract: A scroll compressor orbiting scroll bearing lubrication system includes a scroll compressor crankshaft having a lubricating fluid gallery extending therethrough between a first stage orbiting scroll and a second stage orbiting scroll. The first stage employs an orbiting scroll radial bearing and an orbiting scroll hydrodynamic thrust bearing, while the second stage employs an orbiting scroll radial bearing and an orbiting scroll hydrostatic thrust bearing. Lubricating fluid is supplied to the second stage orbiting scroll radial bearing via the lubricating fluid gallery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Jerry Allen Rood, Scott Joseph Smerud, Keith Adam Novak, Joseph M. Heger, Derrick Lepak, Michael Gerard Benco
  • Publication number: 20150037192
    Abstract: A scroll compressor includes an orbiting scroll member disposed within a compressor housing. The orbiting scroll member has a substantially circular baseplate and a generally spiral wrap extending from its base. A first seal is disposed proximal to the outer periphery of the orbiting scroll baseplate to provide an external seal between the baseplate and the housing. A second seal is disposed radially inward from the first seal to provide an internal seal between the baseplate and the housing. A space between the internal seal and the external seal defines a balance piston chamber. The balance piston chamber is pressurized via a high or intermediate pressure oil source to reduce thrust loading on the baseplate caused by an axial pressure differential across the baseplate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Scott Joseph Smerud, John Robert Sauls, Michael Gerard Benco, Jerry Allen Rood, Keith Adam Novak, Derrick Lepak, Joseph M. Heger
  • Publication number: 20150037184
    Abstract: A scroll compressor orbiting scroll bearing lubrication system includes a scroll compressor crankshaft having a lubricating fluid gallery extending therethrough between a first stage orbiting scroll and a second stage orbiting scroll. The first stage employs an orbiting scroll radial bearing and an orbiting scroll hydrodynamic thrust bearing, while the second stage employs an orbiting scroll radial bearing and an orbiting scroll hydrostatic thrust bearing. Lubricating fluid is supplied to the second stage orbiting scroll radial bearing via the lubricating fluid gallery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Jerry Allen Rood, Scott Joseph Smerud, Keith Adam Novak, Joseph M. Heger, Derrick Lepak, Michael Gerard Benco
  • Publication number: 20150037185
    Abstract: A compressor crankshaft assembly includes a crankshaft and an eccentric drive pin extending from one end of the crankshaft. The shape of the drive pin viewed into the exposed end of the drive pin is defined by the intersection of a first cylinder that is coaxial with the axis of a substantially cylindrical orbital bearing journaled and installed to receive the eccentric drive pin and a second cylinder that is coaxial with the axis of a substantially cylindrical main bearing journaled and installed to rotatably receive the crankshaft, such that the area defined by the intersecting portion is less than the area defined by either cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Jerry Allen Rood, Michael Gerard Benco, Scott Joseph Smerud, Wayne Gerard Gorski, Keith Adam Novak
  • Publication number: 20110237177
    Abstract: An air handling unit has a first modular cabinet comprising a first profile, a second modular cabinet comprising a second profile that is complementary to the first profile, and the first profile comprises an alignment feature. An air handling unit has a heat exchanger cabinet comprising a first profile, a blower cabinet comprising a second profile complementary to the first profile, a first connector system disposed at least partially on each of the heat exchanger cabinet and the blower cabinet, and the first connector system is operable to releasably secure the first profile to the second profile. An air handling unit has a first modular cabinet comprising a first portion of a first connection system and a second modular cabinet comprising a second portion of the first connection system. A component of the first portion may be least partially received within the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Stewart, Mark Hudgins, Richard Lee Jameson, Keith Adam Novak, Leslie Zinger
  • Publication number: 20110232861
    Abstract: An air handling unit has an interior wall configured to selectively retain a removable component of the air handling unit. An air handling unit has an interior wall configured as a drain pan. An air handling unit has an outer skin joined to the interior wall, an insulator disposed between the interior wall and the outer skin, and the interior wall has a mounting channel configured to selectively retain a removable component of the air handling unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Stewart, Mark Hudgins, Richard Lee Jameson, Keith Adam Novak, Leslie Zinger
  • Publication number: 20100178630
    Abstract: The present invention is dental tray for applying treatment gels to a person's teeth. The dental tray is sized and shaped to accommodate the dental arch of a person's oral cavity and is constructed from a temperature-dependent material such that the dental arch forms to the shape of the person's teeth profile at temperatures at or above that of the person's oral cavity. Once the dental tray is fitted to the person's specific teeth profile, a treatment gel is applied to the dental tray, the dental tray reinserted and the treatment gel applied to the person's teeth by contact therewith. In one embodiment of the present invention, the treatment gel is applied to the unformed dental tray such that the dental tray is fitted to the person's teeth profile simultaneous with the treatment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Jonathan Erik Novak, Thomas Edwin Novak, Keith Adam Novak