Patents by Inventor Charles Stevenson
Charles Stevenson 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).
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Publication number: 20240060670Abstract: A multifunction adaptive whole house fan system can include a whole house fan to pull large volume of air through a building structure. The whole house fan can pull air from a motorized window or damper into the building structure and expel air through an attic. The system can monitor the environment to operate the whole house fan when desired conditions are present in coordination with other systems of the building structure to reduce overall energy consumption.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Dana Charles Stevenson, Dane Stevenson, Dustin Martin Stevenson
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Patent number: 11821651Abstract: An energy efficient and quiet air cooling system for a building structure is provided. The air cooling system includes an evaporator system mounted in the wall of the building, a remotely mounted fan, an air intake, and a sound and heat insulating duct. The fan is mounted in the attic and configured to draw air from the living area of the building through the sound insulating duct with sufficient power to create a negative static pressure in the living area. The negative static pressure in turn causes outside air to flow through the evaporator system which removes heat from the outside air. The cooled air is in turn drawn into the building and pulled into the attic through the duct and expelled through the attic. The fan expels warm air into the attic, creating a positive pressure environment which causes the warm air to be expelled from the attic through natural vents.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: QC MANUFACTURING, INC.Inventor: Dana Charles Stevenson
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Systems and methods for controlling and adjusting volume of fresh air intake in a building structure
Patent number: 11802698Abstract: A fresh-air cooling system and methods of cooling a building structure with the same are provided. The system has an exterior interface assembly, a damper, a register, a duct, and a motorized fan. The exterior interface assembly is connected to the register by the duct and provides a flow path for air outside the building to enter the duct. The motorized fan is disposed in an attic of the building structure and pulls air into the attic from a living space to create a negative static pressure in the living space. The damper is positioned along the flow path from the exterior interface assembly to the living space and opens to allow air outside the building structure to enter the living space in response to motorized fan creating in the living space a negative static pressure that exceeds the cracking pressure of the damper. The cracking pressure of the damper can be adjusted to control the flow rate of outside air through the damper.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: QC MANUFACTURING, INC.Inventor: Dana Charles Stevenson -
Patent number: 11781762Abstract: A fresh-air cooling system for a building structure having an unvented attic is provided. The system provides airflow pathways that allow outside air to be drawn through, and discharged from, a building having an unvented attic. Dampers with a low thermal conductivity regulate airflow through the building structure. The system allows a whole house fan to cool a building having an unvented attic. The system seals or otherwise alters airflow pathways through the building structure in order to reduce heat transfer between the building and the outside environment when the cooling system is not in use.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: QC MANUFACTURING, INC.Inventor: Dana Charles Stevenson
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Patent number: 11703388Abstract: A method of optical analysis comprises receiving light at an optical spectrometer module from a light source, distributing the received light into two or more light beams with a light distribution component of the optical spectrometer module, concurrently exposing each of a reference and one or more test samples to one of the two or more light beams, and concurrently measuring a property of the light associated with each of the reference sample and one or more test samples with a corresponding detector.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2018Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hugh Charles Stevenson, David Death, Eran Lande
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Publication number: 20230115888Abstract: An attic fan assembly having a cover, a housing, and a flashing. The housing having a first opening, a second opening, and a sidewall positioned between the openings. The sidewall having a plurality of apertures that can be positioned in a variety of configurations. A motor and fan blade assembly can be located within the housing. The flashing and the cover of the attic fan assembly can be removably attached to the housing. The flashing can be used to secure the attic fan assembly to the roof of a structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Dustin Martin Stevenson, Dana Charles Stevenson
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Patent number: 11609015Abstract: A multifunction adaptive whole house fan system can include a whole house fan to pull large volume of air through a building structure. The whole house fan can pull air from a motorized window or damper into the building structure and expel air through an attic. The system can monitor the environment to operate the whole house fan when desired conditions are present in coordination with other systems of the building structure to reduce overall energy consumption.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2022Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: QC MANUFACTURING, INC.Inventors: Dana Charles Stevenson, Dane Stevenson, Dustin Martin Stevenson
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Publication number: 20220412588Abstract: An automated cooling system and method for energy efficient use with a building structure by adjusting operational parameters is provided. The automated cooling system can adjust operational parameters in response to conditions (e.g., temperature, humidity) detected by sensors located at one or more strategically selected locations inside or outside the building structure. The automated cooling system can ramp speeds of a motor that rotates fan blades in response to changes in the air temperature in the building structure so as to maintain a desired temperature without switching on and off the motor to preserve fan blade inertia.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Dana Charles Stevenson, Dustin Martin Stevenson
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Publication number: 20220364751Abstract: A multifunction adaptive whole house fan system can include a whole house fan to pull large volume of air through a building structure. The whole house fan can pull air from a motorized window or damper into the building structure and expel air through an attic. The system can monitor the environment to operate the whole house fan when desired conditions are present in coordination with other systems of the building structure to reduce overall energy consumption.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Dana Charles Stevenson, Dane Stevenson, Dustin Martin Stevenson
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Patent number: 11460204Abstract: An automated cooling system and method for energy efficient use with a building structure by adjusting operational parameters is provided. The automated cooling system can adjust operational parameters in response to conditions (e.g., temperature, humidity) detected by sensors located at one or more strategically selected locations inside or outside the building structure. The automated cooling system can ramp speeds of a motor that rotates fan blades in response to changes in the air temperature in the building structure so as to maintain a desired temperature without switching on and off the motor to preserve fan blade inertia.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: QC MANUFACTURING, INC.Inventors: Dana Charles Stevenson, Dustin Martin Stevenson
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Patent number: 11435103Abstract: A multifunction adaptive whole house fan system can include a whole house fan to pull large volume of air through a building structure. The whole house fan can pull air from a motorized window or damper into the building structure and expel air through an attic. The system can monitor the environment to operate the whole house fan when desired conditions are present in coordination with other systems of the building structure to reduce overall energy consumption.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: QC MANUFACTURING, INC.Inventors: Dana Charles Stevenson, Dane Stevenson, Dustin Martin Stevenson
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Patent number: 11415333Abstract: A fresh air cooling and ventilating system can include a whole house fan for introducing fresh air into a building structure. The fresh air cooling and ventilating system can include a whole house fan and/or a controller. The controller can be operably in communication with an air conditioning system and coordinate the usage of the fresh air cooling and ventilating system and the air conditioning system to reduce overall energy consumption. The system can be automated to run with no or minimal user input.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: QC MANUFACTURING, INC.Inventors: Dana Charles Stevenson, Dane Stevenson, Dustin Martin Stevenson
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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AND ADJUSTING VOLUME OF FRESH AIR INTAKE IN A BUILDING STRUCTURE
Publication number: 20220196265Abstract: A fresh-air cooling system and methods of cooling a building structure with the same are provided. The system has an exterior interface assembly, a damper, a register, a duct, and a motorized fan. The exterior interface assembly is connected to the register by the duct and provides a flow path for air outside the building to enter the duct. The motorized fan is disposed in an attic of the building structure and pulls air into the attic from a living space to create a negative static pressure in the living space. The damper is positioned along the flow path from the exterior interface assembly to the living space and opens to allow air outside the building structure to enter the living space in response to motorized fan creating in the living space a negative static pressure that exceeds the cracking pressure of the damper. The cracking pressure of the damper can be adjusted to control the flow rate of outside air through the damper.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2022Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventor: Dana Charles Stevenson -
Publication number: 20220163224Abstract: An automated cooling system and method for energy efficient use with a building structure by adjusting operational parameters is provided. The automated cooling system can adjust operational parameters in response to conditions (e.g., temperature, humidity) detected by sensors located at one or more strategically selected locations inside or outside the building structure. The automated cooling system can ramp speeds of a motor that rotates fan blades in response to changes in the air temperature in the building structure so as to maintain a desired temperature without switching on and off the motor to preserve fan blade inertia.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2021Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Dana Charles Stevenson, Dustin Martin Stevenson
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Publication number: 20220082285Abstract: A multifunction adaptive whole house fan system can include a whole house fan to pull large volume of air through a building structure. The whole house fan can pull air from a motorized window or damper into the building structure and expel air through an attic. The system can monitor the environment to operate the whole house fan when desired conditions are present in coordination with other systems of the building structure to reduce overall energy consumption.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Dana Charles Stevenson, Dane Stevenson, Dustin Martin Stevenson
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Systems and methods for controlling and adjusting volume of fresh air intake in a building structure
Patent number: 11274839Abstract: A fresh-air cooling system and methods of cooling a building structure with the same are provided. The system has an exterior interface assembly, a damper, a register, a duct, and a motorized fan. The exterior interface assembly is connected to the register by the duct and provides a flow path for air outside the building to enter the duct. The motorized fan is disposed in an attic of the building structure and pulls air into the attic from a living space to create a negative static pressure in the living space. The damper is positioned along the flow path from the exterior interface assembly to the living space and opens to allow air outside the building structure to enter the living space in response to motorized fan creating in the living space a negative static pressure that exceeds the cracking pressure of the damper. The cracking pressure of the damper can be adjusted to control the flow rate of outside air through the damper.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: QC MANUFACTURING, INC.Inventor: Dana Charles Stevenson -
Patent number: 11193687Abstract: A multifunction adaptive whole house fan system can include a whole house fan to pull large volume of air through a building structure. The whole house fan can pull air from a window or damper into the building structure and expel air through an attic. The system can monitor the environment to operate the whole house fan when desired conditions are present in coordination with other systems of the building structure to reduce overall energy consumption.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: QC MANUFACTURING, INC.Inventors: Dana Charles Stevenson, Dane Stevenson, Dustin Martin Stevenson
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Patent number: 11175056Abstract: An attic fan assembly and method for efficiently cooling an attic is provided. The assembly includes a motor, a fan blade assembly, a control unit, a condition sensor, and a speed sensor. The control unit receives a condition sensor signal from the condition sensor and determines a target speed. The control unit receives a speed sensor signal from the speed sensor and determines a present speed. The control unit sends a motor signal to control speed of the motor according to the conditions of the target speed and the present speed.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2017Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: QC MANUFACTURING, INC.Inventors: Dana Charles Stevenson, Dustin Martin Stevenson
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Publication number: 20210348791Abstract: A multifunction adaptive whole house fan system can include a whole house fan to pull large volume of air through a building structure. The whole house fan can pull air from a window or damper into the building structure and expel air through an attic. The system can monitor the environment to operate the whole house fan when desired conditions are present in coordination with other systems of the building structure to reduce overall energy consumption.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Dana Charles Stevenson, Dane Stevenson, Dustin Martin Stevenson
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Patent number: 11092350Abstract: A multifunction adaptive whole house fan system can include a whole house fan to pull large volume of air through a building structure. The whole house fan can pull air from a window or damper into the building structure and expel air through an attic. The system can monitor the environment to operate the whole house fan when desired conditions are present in coordination with other systems of the building structure to reduce overall energy consumption.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: QC MANUFACTURING, INC.Inventors: Dana Charles Stevenson, Dane Stevenson, Dustin Martin Stevenson