Patents by Inventor Benjamin Thorpe Puffer

Benjamin Thorpe Puffer 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).

  • Speaker fan system and method
    Patent number: 10760579
    Abstract: A ventilation assembly includes a main housing comprising a first housing wall and a second housing wall, a fan assembly disposed within the main housing, the fan assembly including a fan, and an acoustic device disposed between said first and second housing walls, the acoustic device having a first distal portion, a second distal portion and an intermediate portion extending between the first distal portion and the second distal portion, the first distal portion being relatively wider than the intermediate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Daniel L. Karst, Benjamin Thorpe Puffer, Brent Elliott Coffey
  • Humidity wall control
    Patent number: 10741345
    Abstract: A humidity monitoring system mountable to a wall has a housing for receiving a humidity sensor. A face plate having an extended portion can be mounted over the housing such that the extend portion is positioned adjacent to the humidity sensor. The extended portion defining a secondary space within which humid air can be pass proximate to the humidity sensor to improve the monitoring of the ambient humid air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Jonas, Benjamin Thorpe Puffer
  • Speaker fan system and method
    Patent number: 10054127
    Abstract: A ventilation assembly having a main housing that can be pre-installed in a wall or ceiling aperture. A fan assembly can be inserted through the aperture and releasably mounted within the main housing. The fan assembly can be removed from the main housing and replaced without removing the main housing from the wall or ceiling. An accessory component can be releasably mounted to the fan assembly either through the aperture when the fan assembly is mounted or prior to installation of the fan assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Daniel L. Karst, Benjamin Thorpe Puffer, Brent Elliott Coffey
  • Ventilation grill
    Patent number: D822821
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth John Jonas, Corey Scott Jacak, Benjamin Thorpe Puffer, Michael J. Aleven
  • Vent hood
    Patent number: D826391
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Thorpe Puffer, Jeremy Donald O'Halloran
  • Vent hood
    Patent number: D826392
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Richard R. Sinur, Brian R. Wellnitz, Benjamin Thorpe Puffer, Benoit Gauthier, Daniel Bathalon
  • Vent hood
    Patent number: D834695
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Thorpe Puffer, Jeremy Donald O'Halloran
  • Vent hood
    Patent number: D836765
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Thorpe Puffer, Hyuk-Jae Chang, Jeremy Donald O'Halloran
  • Vent hood
    Patent number: D838829
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Inventors: Benjamin Thorpe Puffer, Jeremy Donald O'Halloran
  • Vent hood
    Patent number: D838830
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Thorpe Puffer, Jeremy Donald O'Halloran
  • Grille
    Patent number: D842449
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Hyuk-Jae Chang, Benjamin Thorpe Puffer, Michael Patton
  • Grill element
    Patent number: D850601
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventor: Benjamin Thorpe Puffer
  • Vent hood
    Patent number: D858734
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Thorpe Puffer, Alan David Bengtson
  • Wireless speaker
    Patent number: D861639
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Thorpe Puffer, Kenneth John Jonas
  • Ventilation grill
    Patent number: D883467
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth John Jonas, Corey Scott Jacak, Benjamin Thorpe Puffer, Michael J. Aleven
  • Ventilation grill
    Patent number: D884869
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth John Jonas, Corey Scott Jacak, Benjamin Thorpe Puffer, Michael J. Aleven
  • Ventilation grill
    Patent number: D886983
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth John Jonas, Corey Scott Jacak, Benjamin Thorpe Puffer, Michael J. Aleven
  • Vent hood
    Patent number: D897521
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventor: Benjamin Thorpe Puffer
  • Ventilation grill
    Patent number: D904594
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth John Jonas, Corey Scott Jacak, Benjamin Thorpe Puffer, Michael J. Aleven
  • Ventilation grill
    Patent number: D908200
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth John Jonas, Corey Scott Jacak, Benjamin Thorpe Puffer, Michael J. Aleven