Patents by Inventor Bryan D. Drummond

Bryan D. Drummond 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: 10947020
    Abstract: A one-piece part and a method of making the one-piece part. The one-piece part comprises an upper wall; a lower wall having an exterior portion and an interior portion, the interior portion overlapping the upper wall; lateral walls connecting the upper wall to the lower wall; an intermediate wall connecting the upper wall to the lower wall, the intermediate wall extending longitudinally between the lateral walls; a bottom wall connecting the lateral walls and the lower wall; and a top wall connecting the lateral walls and the upper wall, wherein the lateral walls, the top wall, the bottom wall, the exterior portion of the lower wall, the intermediate wall, and the upper wall have exterior surfaces and interior surfaces, the interior surfaces defining a volume of the one-piece part, and wherein the interior portion of the lower wall extends into said volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO., INC.
    Inventor: Bryan D. Drummond
  • Patent number: 10637388
    Abstract: A motor control unit including an inverter, a fan to blow air and thereby cool the inverter, and an enclosure configured to maintain the inverter in a dry condition. The enclosure includes a back wall, a bottom wall having a ventilation grid, with the fan positioned adjacent the ventilation grid to draw air therethrough, a top cover member, a central member extending between the top cover member and the bottom wall, and a skirt below the bottom wall defining an at least partially enclosed volume surrounding the ventilation grid, and a droplet diverter to prevent that air drawn by the fan carries water droplets into the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Franklin Electric Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan D. Drummond, Zachary K. Foster
  • Publication number: 20190109554
    Abstract: A motor control unit comprising an inverter, a fan to blow air and thereby cool the inverter, and an enclosure configured to maintain the inverter in a dry condition. The enclosure includes a back wall, a bottom wall having a ventilation grid, with the fan positioned adjacent the ventilation grid to draw air therethrough, a top cover member, a central member extending between the top cover member and the bottom wall, a skirt below the bottom wall defining an at least partially enclosed volume surrounding the ventilation grid, and droplet diverter means to prevent that air drawn by the fan carries water droplets into the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: Franklin Electric Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan D. Drummond, Zachary K. Foster