Patents by Inventor Benjamin Farlen Hudgens

Benjamin Farlen Hudgens 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).

  • Heat exchanger with differentiated resistance flowpaths
    Patent number: 10107506
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed which may include (1) providing a preselected and/or non-uniform airflow distribution output from a heat exchanger, (2) selectively directing air through a relatively lower resistance flowpath to manage an airflow characteristic and/or distribution downstream of the heat exchanger, (3) providing an HVAC system comprising a heat exchanger comprising a fin arrangement configured to cause relatively more air to contact a selected component that lies either upstream or downstream relative to the heat exchanger, and (4) receiving a relatively uniform airflow into a heat exchanger and outputting an airflow comprising a localized increased airflow rate. A heat exchanger comprising differentiated resistance flowpaths may selectively affect a direction and/or localized flow rate or distribution of an airflow exiting the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Trane International Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Neal Kraft, Anosh Porus Wadia, Delbert Steven Christopher, Benjamin Farlen Hudgens
  • Heat Exchanger with Differentiated Resistance Flowpaths
    Publication number: 20140299305
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed which may include (1) providing a preselected and/or non-uniform airflow distribution output from a heat exchanger, (2) selectively directing air through a relatively lower resistance flowpath to manage an airflow characteristic and/or distribution downstream of the heat exchanger, (3) providing an HVAC system comprising a heat exchanger comprising a fin arrangement configured to cause relatively more air to contact a selected component that lies either upstream or downstream relative to the heat exchanger, and (4) receiving a relatively uniform airflow into a heat exchanger and outputting an airflow comprising a localized increased airflow rate. A heat exchanger comprising differentiated resistance flowpaths may selectively affect a direction and/or localized flow rate or distribution of an airflow exiting the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Trane International Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Neal Kraft, Anosh Porus Wadia, Delbert Steven Christopher, Benjamin Farlen Hudgens