Patents by Inventor Anthony J. Reardon

Anthony J. Reardon 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: 20200240684
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system having a refrigerant circuit that includes a compressor, a condenser system with a first set of tubes and a second set of tubes fluidly separate from the first set of tubes within the condenser system, and a valve positioned downstream of the compressor and upstream of the second set of tubes relative to a direction of refrigerant flow through the refrigerant circuit, in which the refrigerant circuit is configured to direct refrigerant through the first set of tubes and through the second set of tubes. The HVAC system further has a pressure switch configured to detect a discharge pressure of the compressor and to instruct the valve to close based on the discharge pressure being below a threshold pressure such that refrigerant flow is blocked through the second set of tubes and refrigerant flow is enabled through the first set of tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Anthony J. Reardon, Zhiwei Huang
  • Publication number: 20200149754
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system that has a first circuit and a second circuit that each have a compressor and a condenser, a conduit extending from the second circuit downstream of the condenser to the first circuit upstream of the compressor, a valve along the conduit that may manage flow therethrough, and a controller that may operate the HVAC system in a first mode such that each circuit separately circulates the refrigerant in each circuit and transition to a second mode such that refrigerant-sharing occurs between the circuits. In response to a request to transition from the second mode to the first mode, the controller may determine an amount of refrigerant subcooling, compare the amount to a threshold value associated with the first mode, and instruct opening of the valve upon a determination that the amount is less than the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Baskaran K, Karan Garg, Curtis W. Caskey, Norman J. Blanton, Anthony J. Reardon, Zhiwei Huang
  • Publication number: 20200088434
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system. The system includes a housing with HVAC equipment. A sensor detects an operating condition of the HVAC system and wirelessly transmits a signal indicative of the operating condition. The sensor couples to or is disposed within the housing. A controller receives the signal indicative of the operating condition and controls operation of the HVAC system in response to the signal. The controller is coupled to or disposed within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Joseph P. Diaz, Theresa T. Dinh, Curtis A. Trammell, Vincent E. Ford, Anthony J. Reardon, Randall C. Forristall, Tyler S. Riddle, Robert C. Haddad
  • Publication number: 20190226738
    Abstract: A vapor compression system that includes a baffle that separates a first condenser and a first fan from a second condenser and a second fan. A controller that switches between first and second modes of operation. In the first mode of operation the controller closes a valve to block a flow of a refrigerant through a first condenser and turns off the first fan. In the second mode of operation the controller opens the valve to enable the flow of the refrigerant through the first condenser and turns on the first fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Randall C. Forristall, Vincent E. Ford, Theresa T. Dinh, Tyler S. Riddle, Curtis A. Trammell, Robert C. Haddad, Anthony J. Reardon
  • Patent number: 7338400
    Abstract: A belt tensioning system for a motor and a belt-driven blower each secured inside an air handling unit. The blower rotatably carries a first shaft, a first sheave and a bladed arrangement being secured to the first shaft. A second sheave secured to a second shaft is rotatably carried by the motor. A belt engaging the periphery of the first sheave and the second sheave urges the first sheave to rotate about the first shaft in response to the motor urging the second sheave to rotate about the second shaft. An adjuster having adjustment means is secured to the structure. Actuating the adjustment means in a direction urges the motor either toward the adjuster or away from the adjuster to vary the distance between the first sheave and the second sheave to vary the tension in the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Wayne Joseph Pierjok, Dennis Timothy Diamond, Robert H. Edgell, Jyotindra S. Shah, Anthony J. Reardon
  • Patent number: 7128302
    Abstract: A support system for an air handling unit (AHU) including a first rail supporting the AHU and a second rail supporting the first rail. A vibration isolator is disposed between the first rail and the second rail to vibrationally isolate the AHU from the second rail. The vibration isolator includes a spring secured between opposed spring retainers. An adjusting member threadedly receives the upper spring retainer. The first rail structurally carries the guide member along at least two positions. An angle is secured to the second rail, and the second end of the structural member slidably engages the guide member. Rotating the adjusting member with respect to the spring retainer in one direction compresses the spring between the spring retainers to support the weight of the first rail and the AHU. The angle constrains the AHU to movement along the guide member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: York International Corporation
    Inventors: Harold J. Dubensky, Wayne Joseph Pierjok, Robert H. Edgell, Jyotindra S. Shah, Anthony J. Reardon