Patents by Inventor Christopher Allen Fildes

Christopher Allen Fildes 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: 11953204
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for a controller for a fuel oil burner system that controls a fuel oil burner to perform intermittent ON cycles. In one example, a controller includes a memory configured to store a value for one or more burner control delay periods and a processor. The processor is configured to perform an auto-set procedure in a first ON cycle. The auto-set procedure includes detecting an oil valve in the fuel oil burner; determining that the value for a burner control delay period is a default value; and in response, storing a valve-present value as the value for the burner control delay period in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: R.W. Beckett Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Allen Fildes, Benjamin Scott Anderson, James Todd, III
  • Patent number: 11835233
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and circuitries are provided for detecting flame in a fuel oil burner. In one example, a method includes receiving a series of one or more light samples, each indicative of a level of light. When the fuel oil burner is operating in the flame expected mode, the method includes determining whether the values of the one or more of the light samples exceed a flame threshold; determining whether the values of the one or more of the light samples meet secondary criteria; determining that a flame is present when the values of the one or more light samples exceed the flame threshold and meet the secondary criteria; and determining that a flame is not present when the values of the one or more light samples are below the flame threshold or do not meet the secondary criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: R.W. Beckett Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Allen Fildes, Benjamin Scott Anderson
  • Publication number: 20220373179
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and circuitries are provided for detecting flame in a fuel oil burner. In one example, a method includes receiving a series of one or more light samples, each indicative of a level of light. When the fuel oil burner is operating in the flame expected mode, the method includes determining whether the values of the one or more of the light samples exceed a flame threshold; determining whether the values of the one or more of the light samples meet secondary criteria; determining that a flame is present when the values of the one or more light samples exceed the flame threshold and meet the secondary criteria; and determining that a flame is not present when the values of the one or more light samples are below the flame threshold or do not meet the secondary criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Allen Fildes, Benjamin Scott Anderson
  • Publication number: 20220341592
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for a controller for a fuel oil burner system that controls a fuel oil burner to perform intermittent ON cycles. In one example, a controller includes a memory configured to store a value for one or more burner control delay periods and a processor. The processor is configured to perform an auto-set procedure in a first ON cycle. The auto-set procedure includes detecting an oil valve in the fuel oil burner; determining that the value for a burner control delay period is a default value; and in response, storing a valve-present value as the value for the burner control delay period in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Allen Fildes, Benjamin Scott Anderson, James Todd, III
  • Patent number: 11312228
    Abstract: A tank adapter has a body with first and second ends and an axial hole. A hollow cylinder of the body has an external tapered thread from the first end toward the second end of the body. A flange between the first and second ends has a flat face extending radially outward from the hollow cylinder to a flange outer diameter. A gage mount portion has a gage mount outer diameter that is less than the flange outer diameter and extends from the second end toward the first end and has gage mounting features for securing a level gage. A gasket mates with the flat face. In a first configuration, the external tapered thread engages an internal tapered thread of a first tank opening. In a second configuration, a collar nut compresses the gasket between the flange and a top rim of a second tank opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: R.W. Beckett Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Robert Traczek, Christopher Allen Fildes, Timothy Ryan Brewster
  • Publication number: 20200340846
    Abstract: A tank adapter has a body with first and second ends and an axial hole. A hollow cylinder of the body has an external tapered thread from the first end toward the second end of the body. A flange between the first and second ends has a flat face extending radially outward from the hollow cylinder to a flange outer diameter. A gage mount portion has a gage mount outer diameter that is less than the flange outer diameter and extends from the second end toward the first end and has gage mounting features for securing a level gage. A gasket mates with the flat face. In a first configuration, the external tapered thread engages an internal tapered thread of a first tank opening. In a second configuration, a collar nut compresses the gasket between the flange and a top rim of a second tank opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffrey Robert Traczek, Christopher Allen Fildes, Timothy Ryan Brewster
  • Patent number: D875586
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: R.W. Beckett Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Allen Fildes, Jeffrey Robert Traczek, Glenn Douglas Allen, Timothy Ryan Brewster, Craig Arthur Butler, Brian Paul Smith
  • Patent number: D1022129
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: R.W. Beckett Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Allen Fildes, Jeffrey Robert Traczek, Duane Lee Wilson, Wilbert Edward Meibuhr, Brian Paul Smith