Patents by Inventor Brent A. James

Brent A. James 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: 10893632
    Abstract: An equipment enclosure free air cooling assembly includes an air outlet arranged to deliver air to inside an equipment enclosure and an air inlet arranged to receive air from outside the equipment enclosure. An air flow pathway is provided through which air entering the air inlet must pass to reach the air outlet. An adjustable screen assembly has a screen filter element. An adjustment mechanism is operable to selectively utilize different regions of the screen filter element for filtering air passing through the air flow pathway at different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Diversified Control, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent A. James, Lewis G. James, Aron J. King
  • Patent number: 10451295
    Abstract: An equipment enclosure with temperature control components, an equipment enclosure temperature control unit, an equipment enclosure temperature control method, and various modular temperature control subassemblies are respectively disclosed for controlling the temperature of equipment in an equipment chamber. The temperature control components and unit may be implemented with a modular design wherein an air-conditioning unit is selectively mountable on an air handler assembly. The temperature control components and unit may support air-conditioning, free-air-cooling, free-air-cooling-with-return, and heating modes of operation. An emergency-free-air-cooling mode of operation may also be supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Diversified Control, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent A. James, Lewis G. James, Aron J. King
  • Publication number: 20180332737
    Abstract: An equipment enclosure free air cooling assembly includes an air outlet arranged to deliver air to inside an equipment enclosure and an air inlet arranged to receive air from outside the equipment enclosure. An air flow pathway is provided through which air entering the air inlet must pass to reach the air outlet. An adjustable screen assembly has a screen filter element. An adjustment mechanism is operable to selectively utilize different regions of the screen filter element for filtering air passing through the air flow pathway at different times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Brent A. James, Lewis G. James, Aron J. King
  • Publication number: 20160178223
    Abstract: An equipment enclosure with temperature control components, an equipment enclosure temperature control unit, an equipment enclosure temperature control method, and various modular temperature control subassemblies are respectively disclosed for controlling the temperature of equipment in an equipment chamber. The temperature control components and unit may be implemented with a modular design wherein an air-conditioning unit is selectively mountable on an air handler assembly. The temperature control components and unit may support air-conditioning, free-air-cooling, free-air-cooling-with-return, and heating modes of operation. An emergency-free-air-cooling mode of operation may also be supported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Brent A. James, Lewis G. James, Aron J. King
  • Patent number: 8443738
    Abstract: A high-security enclosure includes a base, a cover and a lock system. The lock system includes a base portion and a cover portion. The lock system base portion includes one or more fixed lock bars. The lock system cover portion includes one or more movable lock bars. Each movable lock bar is generally perpendicular to, and arranged to engage, one of the fixed lock bars. The lock system cover portion further includes a lock bar retraction assembly coupled to the one or more movable lock bars for retracting the movable lock bar(s) substantially simultaneously out of engagement with the fixed lock bar(s). A security drive mechanism is coupled to the lock bar retraction assembly to drive the lock system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Diversified Control, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent A. James, Aron J. King, Michael R. Cosley
  • Publication number: 20100236298
    Abstract: A high-security enclosure includes a base, a cover and a lock system. The lock system includes a base portion and a cover portion. The lock system base portion includes one or more fixed lock bars. The lock system cover portion includes one or more movable lock bars. Each movable lock bar is generally perpendicular to, and arranged to engage, one of the fixed lock bars. The lock system cover portion further includes a lock bar retraction assembly coupled to the one or more movable lock bars for retracting the movable lock bar(s) substantially simultaneously out of engagement with the fixed lock bar(s). A security drive mechanism is coupled to the lock bar retraction assembly to drive the lock system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: Diversified Control, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent A. James, Aron J. King, Michael R. Cosley
  • Patent number: 5860302
    Abstract: A lock structure for a container having a first part carrying a resilient latch and a second part carrying a latch retainer, the lock structure including a first housing mounted on the second part and having a chamber for containing the latch retainer, and a second housing mounted on the second part of the container and containing a key-operated latch-moving member for biasing the latch out of latching engagement with the latch retainer, the latch-moving member being of a configuration to be moved to a non-unlatching position by the resilient latch when the latch-moving member is not actuated to an unlatching position by a key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Diversified Control, Inc.
    Inventor: Brent A. James
  • Patent number: 5730567
    Abstract: A fastener including a body, a shroud rotatably mounted on the body, and a resilient retaining ring located in opposed grooves between the shroud and the body, one end of the body extending outwardly beyond the shroud, and a frustoconical outer surface on the shroud which has its larger side proximate the end of the body which extends beyond the shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignees: McGard, Inc., Diversified Control, Inc.
    Inventors: Daryl R. Haseley, Brent A. James
  • Patent number: 5682016
    Abstract: A filter cage for impeding access to a cable filter within an enclosure having an enclosure wall and a plurality of bosses extending outwardly therefrom and containing a cable filter and associated cables, the filter cage including a cage wall, a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls depending from the cage wall, cutouts in the end walls for receiving the cables, apertures in the cage wall for receiving screws for fastening the filter cage to the bosses, openings in the cage wall for permitting viewing of the filter within the cage, the end walls and side walls being spaced so as to abut the bosses on the enclosure wall to thereby locate the apertures in the cage wall in proper alignment with the bosses for receiving screws which pass through the apertures and into the bosses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: Diversified Control, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent A. James, Garrick D. James
  • Patent number: 5412960
    Abstract: A lock structure for use on an enclosure having first and second sections which are assembled and disassembled by a relative rectilinear telescopic sliding engagement including a first channel having a first web and a first pair of legs secured to the first section, a latch pivotally mounted on the first channel and being biased by a spring to a locking position, a second channel having a second web and a second pair of legs secured to the second section so that the first pair of legs fit between the second pair of legs when the first and second sections are being moved into assembled relationship, and an end on one of the second legs for functioning as a keeper for the latch when the first and second sections are in fully assembled relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1995
    Assignee: Diversified Control, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent A. James, Garrick D. James
  • Patent number: 5345795
    Abstract: A lock structure for mounting between first and second supporting surfaces including a cup mounted on the first surface, a housing mounted on the cup, a rocker arm located within the housing and pivotally mounted on the cup, a keeper mounted on the second supporting surface, interengaging surfaces between the rocker arm and the keeper for effecting a locking relationship therebetween, a spring located between the housing and the rocker arm to bias the rocker arm in a locking position relative to the keeper, and an actuator shaft keyed to the rocker arm and rotatably mounted in the housing and having a curvilinear groove therein for receiving a mating key for pivoting the actuator shaft and the rocker arm keyed thereto out of locking engagement with the keeper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1994
    Assignee: Diversified Control, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent A. James, Garrick D. James