Patents by Inventor Christopher Niemann

Christopher Niemann 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: 20230075692
    Abstract: A food service system comprising a housing having a first bay, a first positioning bracket having a first opening, and a first power supply module having a first mounting interface. The system may further comprise a first canister to selectively couple the first power supply module and controllably dispense a first food product, where the first canister comprises a first receptacle, a first base coupled to the first receptacle, and a first dispenser. The system may further comprise a first drive motor module removably mounted to the first base and operatively coupled to the first dispenser, where the first canister is removably mounted in the first bay by at least an engagement between the first drive motor module and the first mounting interface, and where the first drive motor module may actuate the first dispenser and the first dispenser controllably dispenses the first food product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Jill Hundley, Chuck Smiley, Christopher Niemann, Ken Wetenkamp, Mike Komendat, Matt Gagner
  • Patent number: 8934242
    Abstract: An air containment cooling system for containing and cooling air between two rows of equipment racks includes a canopy assembly configured to enclose a hot aisle defined by the two rows of equipment racks, and a cooling system embedded within the canopy assembly. The cooling system is configured to cool air disposed within the hot aisle. Other embodiments and methods for cooling are further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Schneider Electric IT Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Bean, Jr., John Christopher Niemann
  • Publication number: 20120229972
    Abstract: An air containment cooling system for containing and cooling air between two rows of equipment racks includes a canopy assembly configured to enclose a hot aisle defined by the two rows of equipment racks, and a cooling system embedded within the canopy assembly. The cooling system is configured to cool air disposed within the hot aisle. Other embodiments and methods for cooling are further disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION CORPORATION
    Inventors: John H. Bean, JR., John Christopher Niemann
  • Patent number: 8184435
    Abstract: An air containment cooling system for containing and cooling air between two rows of equipment racks includes a canopy assembly configured to enclose a hot aisle defined by the two rows of equipment racks, and a cooling system embedded within the canopy assembly. The cooling system is configured to cool air disposed within the hot aisle. Other embodiments and methods for cooling are further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: American Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Bean, Jr., John Christopher Niemann
  • Publication number: 20110084659
    Abstract: A power and communication system for a mobile cart is provided. The system includes a wall unit, which includes a processor and a power circuit. The power circuit receives external power and provides switched AC power to the cart unit when the wall unit is engaged with the cart unit and the processor enables the power circuit. The system also includes a cart unit. The cart unit includes a memory device storing a signature. The memory device is coupled to the processor when the wall unit is engaged with the cart unit. The processor detects continuity when the wall unit is engaged with the cart unit, and in response, the processor reads the signature. The processor enables the power circuit if the signature is a valid signature, and disables the power circuit if the signature is invalid. The switched AC power recharges a rechargeable power source of the mobile cart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: POWER*OTG INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Karl Christopher Niemann, Paul Andrew Ashmore, Andrew Rudolph Heyd, Charles Powell Morris, Zbigniew Stanislaw Sobelewski
  • Publication number: 20100188816
    Abstract: An air containment cooling system for containing and cooling air between two rows of equipment racks includes a canopy assembly configured to enclose a hot aisle defined by the two rows of equipment racks, and a cooling system embedded within the canopy assembly. The cooling system is configured to cool air disposed within the hot aisle. Other embodiments and methods for cooling are further disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION CORPORATION
    Inventors: John H. Bean, JR., John Christopher Niemann
  • Publication number: 20070288574
    Abstract: A video email system and service for subscriber composed of (1) video email software residing on a subscriber's electronic device (110); (2) a server maintained by a provider to manage each subscriber's account and to stream the video on demand to an email recipient (120); and (3) a recipient computer capable of translating a pre-determined video file format and receiving email using any standard email program (130). The service enables a subscriber using the video email software to send a digital video made with any camera and converted by the pre-determined video file format to a recipient having a standard email program through the service provider's server. The server receives the video and sends a gateway email to the recipient with a frame for viewing the video. The server streams the video to the recipient upon demand of the recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Daren Koster, Christoph Niemann