Patents by Inventor Christopher L. Schultz

Christopher L. Schultz 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).

  • Publication number: 20240136044
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to methods and systems for playback of adaptive music corresponding to an athletic activity. A user input is received from a user selecting an existing song for audible playback to the user, the song comprising a plurality of audio layers including at least a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. Augmented playback of the existing song to the user is initiated by audibly providing the first layer but not the second layer. Physical activity information derived from a sensor corresponding to a real-time physical activity level of a user is received. If the physical activity level of the user is above a first activity level threshold, the augmented playback of the existing song is continued by audibly providing the first layer and the second layer to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Justin Fraga, Harold L. Lindstrom, JR., Willoughby H. Walling, Christopher Andon, Kristopher J. Schultz, Eric S. McGary
  • Patent number: 9372004
    Abstract: A filter unit, system and method for removing grease, oil and other particulates from air. The filter unit includes a housing having upstream and downstream walls and a cavity therebetween. The upstream wall has an entrance opening aligned with a downstream wall portion, and the downstream wall has first and second exit openings aligned with first and second upstream wall portions. A heat exchanger is disposed within the cavity and includes first and second upstream conduits within the entrance opening and first and second downstream conduits within the first and second exit opening. The entrance and exit openings are arranged to define S-shaped air flow paths through the housing between the entrance and exit openings, each of which flows around a downstream side of one of the upstream conduits then around an upstream side of one of the downstream conduits before exiting through one of the exit openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Blissfield Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Daniel W. Sikkenga, Christopher L. Schultz, Thomas A. Parott, Richard L. Ricker, Antonio R. Galvan, Brian A. Ford, Frederick D. Morrison, Patrick D. Farver, Bruce A. Eppink
  • Publication number: 20160025354
    Abstract: Filter units and filtration systems, as well as methods of using such units and systems to remove particulates from air, for example, within a kitchen environment. Such a filter unit includes a heat exchanger within a housing, an access opening at a lateral end of the filter unit that defines a lateral narrowed section of the filter unit. The access opening provides access to headers of the heat exchanger through openings in enclosures that partially enclose ends of the headers. If one or more filter units are combined end-to-end to form a filtration system, a closure can be provided to removably close a through-passage formed by the access openings of two adjacent units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel W. Sikkenga, Christopher L. Schultz, Thomas A. Parott, Antonio R. Galvan, Brian A. Ford, Patrick D. Farver, Dean Osenbaugh, Darcy McMenamin
  • Publication number: 20140345461
    Abstract: A filter unit, system and method for removing grease, oil and other particulates from air. The filter unit includes a housing having upstream and downstream walls and a cavity therebetween. The upstream wall has an entrance opening aligned with a downstream wall portion, and the downstream wall has first and second exit openings aligned with first and second upstream wall portions. A heat exchanger is disposed within the cavity and includes first and second upstream conduits within the entrance opening and first and second downstream conduits within the first and second exit opening. The entrance and exit openings are arranged to define S-shaped air flow paths through the housing between the entrance and exit openings, each of which flows around a downstream side of one of the upstream conduits then around an upstream side of one of the downstream conduits before exiting through one of the exit openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Daniel W. Sikkenga, Christopher L. Schultz, Thomas A. Parott, Richard L. Ricker, Antonio R. Galvan, Brian A. Ford, Frederick D. Morrison, Patrick D. Farver, Bruce A. Eppink
  • Patent number: 8852307
    Abstract: A filter unit, system and method for removing grease, oil and other particulates from air, for example, in a kitchen environment. The filter unit includes a housing having an upstream side, an downstream side, and a cavity therebetween, a heat exchanger disposed within the cavity and comprising at least two tubes, at least one entrance aperture disposed on the upstream side of the housing and defined by at least one fin, at least one baffle disposed on the downstream side of the housing so as to be oppositely disposed from the at least one entrance aperture, and at least one exit aperture disposed on the downstream side of the housing adjacent the at least one baffle. The baffle and fin define at least one flow path through the housing and around the tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Blissfield Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Daniel W. Sikkenga, Christopher L. Schultz, Thomas A. Parott, Richard L. Ricker, Antonio R. Galvan, Brian A. Ford, Frederick D. Morrison, Patrick D. Farver, Bruce A. Eppink
  • Publication number: 20130240177
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly includes at least first and second coils adapted to contain a fluid therein and at least two support members securing the coils. Each of the first and second coils are individually formed of at least one tube including an inlet at an uppermost extent thereof and an outlet at a lowermost extent thereof and include a vertical column containing a plurality of horizontal rows and a plurality of bends at opposite ends of the horizontal rows and fluidically interconnecting the horizontal rows thereof in series to define a serpentine configuration. The first and second coils are adjacent each other and nested so that the horizontal rows of the first coil are parallel to the horizontal rows of the second coil and at least some of the horizontal rows of the first coil are disposed between adjacent pairs of the horizontal rows of the second coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: BLISSFIELD MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: Patrick A. Howard, Bruce Allen Eppink, Frederick David Morrison, Antonio Richard Galvan, Christopher L. Schultz, Dallas Guilford, James Byron Pickett, Richard Paul Muhlenkamp, Stephen Dwayne Fouch, Tony D. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20120060820
    Abstract: A filter unit, system and method for removing grease, oil and other particulates from air, for example, in a kitchen environment. The filter unit includes a housing having an upstream side, an downstream side, and a cavity therebetween, a heat exchanger disposed within the cavity and comprising at least two tubes, at least one entrance aperture disposed on the upstream side of the housing and defined by at least one fin, at least one baffle disposed on the downstream side of the housing so as to be oppositely disposed from the at least one entrance aperture, and at least one exit aperture disposed on the downstream side of the housing adjacent the at least one baffle. The baffle and fin define at least one flow path through the housing and around the tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: BLISSFIELD MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: Daniel W. Sikkenga, Christopher L. Schultz, Thomas A. Parott, Richard L. Ricker, Antonio R. Galvan, Brian A. Ford, Frederick D. Morrison, Patrick D. Farver, Bruce A. Eppink
  • Patent number: 5058623
    Abstract: A valve assembly is disclosed. The valve assembly includes a valve body having inlet and outlet openings. A central cavity is defined by the valve body. A movable poppet is positioned within the cavity. A plug closes the cavity and a spring extends between the rear end of the poppet and the plug. The rear end of the poppet defines a cylindrical recess and the valve body defines a drain opening adjacent the outlet. The cylindrical recess provides a fluid passage to the drain opening. The poppet is opened when the fluid pressure on the inlet side overcomes the force of the spring and is closed when the force of the spring is greater than the fluid pressure force on the front of the poppet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: Blissfield Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Gerald R. Beagle, Christopher L. Schultz