Patents by Inventor Daniel Bower

Daniel Bower 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: 12117191
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure relate to climate control systems and air handler units with improved leak detection, along with method for installing these systems. In some examples, the climate control system comprises a heat exchanger configured to exchange thermal energy between a conditioned airflow and a refrigerant fluid; a drain pan arranged to collect condensate produced at the heat exchanger, the drain pan including one or more drains configured to route condensate out of the drain pan; a refrigerant leak sensor coupled to the drain pan and positioned above the one or more drains and configured to detect a refrigerant leak; and control circuitry operably coupled to the refrigerant leak sensor, the control circuitry configured to: receive a signal from the refrigerant leak sensor indicative of refrigerant located outside the closed circuit associated with the heat exchanger, and determine a refrigerant leak has occurred based on the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Trane International Inc.
    Inventors: Daren Lee Epperson, Leslie Lynn Zinger, Henry Traver Berry, Chad Daniel Bowers, Lane A. Liudahl, Jeffrey L. Stewart, Timothy Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20240325633
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are intravascular artificial pancreas devices and methods for their manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventor: Daniel Bowers
  • Patent number: 12005286
    Abstract: A device and method for estimating a resistance of a wheel of a bicycle is disclosed. The device includes a mounting bracket, a disk, and a resistance adjustment knob. The mounting bracket is coupled to the bicycle. The disk is configured to indicate the resistance. The disk is located within the mounting bracket. The resistance adjustment knob is connected to the disk via a connector. Upon rotation of the knob, the connector rotates the disk for estimating the resistance of the wheel of the bicycle. The determined estimated resistance is visible on the disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventor: Daniel Bower
  • Publication number: 20240003584
    Abstract: A method is provided for controlling a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The method includes measuring a temperature and controlling a compressor of the HVAC system. The temperature is measured by a temperature sensor located between a metering device of the HVAC system and an evaporator coil of the HVAC system. The temperature is representative of a refrigerant temperature. The refrigerant temperature is a temperature of a refrigerant fluid flowing from the metering device to the evaporator coil. The compressor is controlled by control circuitry that is configured to perform the controlling in a dehumidify mode based, at least in part, on a value of a humidity parameter of air of an airflow through an evaporator coil and a reheat coil, where the value is determined using the temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Joel A. Willhite, Qianghua Q. Zhou, Wei Luo, Chad Daniel Bowers, Min Kevin Liang, Justen Grubb, Lane A. Liudahl
  • Publication number: 20230417435
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure relate to climate control systems and air handler units with improved leak detection, along with method for installing these systems. In some examples, the climate control system comprises a heat exchanger configured to exchange thermal energy between a conditioned airflow and a refrigerant fluid; a drain pan arranged to collect condensate produced at the heat exchanger, the drain pan including one or more drains configured to route condensate out of the drain pan; a refrigerant leak sensor coupled to the drain pan and positioned above the one or more drains and configured to detect a refrigerant leak; and control circuitry operably coupled to the refrigerant leak sensor, the control circuitry configured to: receive a signal from the refrigerant leak sensor indicative of refrigerant located outside the closed circuit associated with the heat exchanger, and determine a refrigerant leak has occurred based on the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Daren Lee Epperson, Leslie Lynn Zinger, Henry Traver Berry, Chad Daniel Bowers, Lane A. Liudahl, Jeffrey L. Stewart, Timothy Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20220355151
    Abstract: A device and method for estimating a resistance of a wheel of a bicycle is disclosed. The device includes a mounting bracket, a disk, and a resistance adjustment knob. The mounting bracket is coupled to the bicycle. The disk is configured to indicate the resistance. The disk is located within the mounting bracket. The resistance adjustment knob is connected to the disk via a connector. Upon rotation of the knob, the connector rotates the disk for estimating the resistance of the wheel of the bicycle. The determined estimated resistance is visible on the disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventor: Daniel Bower
  • Patent number: 11415346
    Abstract: A multi-slab microchannel heat exchanger is disclosed. The heat exchanger includes a first slab having a first inlet header and a first outlet header, a second slab including a second inlet header and a second outlet header, a first inlet connector fluidly connected to the first inlet header, a first outlet connector fluidly connected to the first outlet header, a second inlet connector fluidly connected to the second inlet header, and a second outlet connector fluidly connected to the second outlet header. The first slab and the second slab are arranged successively in a direction along a length of the heat exchanger. The first inlet connector, the first outlet connector, the second inlet connector, and the second outlet connector are disposed at a same end of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Gregory M. Peppard, Chad Daniel Bowers, Jennifer L. Caudill
  • Publication number: 20210341189
    Abstract: A multi-slab microchannel heat exchanger is disclosed. The heat exchanger includes a first slab having a first inlet header and a first outlet header, a second slab including a second inlet header and a second outlet header, a first inlet connector fluidly connected to the first inlet header, a first outlet connector fluidly connected to the first outlet header, a second inlet connector fluidly connected to the second inlet header, and a second outlet connector fluidly connected to the second outlet header. The first slab and the second slab are arranged successively in a direction along a length of the heat exchanger. The first inlet connector, the first outlet connector, the second inlet connector, and the second outlet connector are disposed at a same end of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Gregory M. Peppard, Chad Daniel Bowers, Jennifer L. Caudill
  • Patent number: 9874566
    Abstract: To address the need for scaffold-based oxygen concentration monitoring, a single-component, self-referenced oxygen sensor was made into nanofibers. Electrospinning process parameters were tuned to produce a biomaterial scaffold with specific morphological features. The ratio of an oxygen sensitive phosphorescence signal to an oxygen insensitive fluorescence signal was calculated at each image pixel to determine an oxygenation value. A single component boron dye-polymer conjugate was chosen for additional investigation due to improved resistance to degradation in aqueous media compared to a dye polymer blend. Standardization curves show that in fully supplemented media, the fibers are responsive to dissolved oxygen concentrations less than 15 parts per million. Spatial and temporal ratiometric gradients were observed in vitro radiating outward from the center of a dense adherent cell grouping. Sensor activation in ischemia and cell transplant models in vivo show oxygenation decreases on the scale of minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: Kenneth Brayman, Daniel Bowers, Cassandra L. Fraser, Edward A. Botchwey, III
  • Publication number: 20160041177
    Abstract: To address the need for scaffold-based oxygen concentration monitoring, a single-component, self-referenced oxygen sensor was made into nanofibers. Electrospinning process parameters were tuned to produce a biomaterial scaffold with specific morphological features. The ratio of an oxygen sensitive phosphorescence signal to an oxygen insensitive fluorescence signal was calculated at each image pixel to determine an oxygenation value. A single component boron dye-polymer conjugate was chosen for additional investigation due to improved resistance to degradation in aqueous media compared to a dye polymer blend. Standardization curves show that in fully supplemented media, the fibers are responsive to dissolved oxygen concentrations less than 15 parts per million. Spatial and temporal ratiometric gradients were observed in vitro radiating outward from the center of a dense adherent cell grouping. Sensor activation in ischemia and cell transplant models in vivo show oxygenation decreases on the scale of minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Kenneth Brayman, Daniel Bowers, Cassandra L. Fraser, Edward A. Botchwey, III
  • Publication number: 20110236873
    Abstract: A system for computer-based testing includes a test driver that delivers the test to an examinee using a display device and controls progression of the test, a template module that stores presentation format information comprising the presentation format of the test, the presentation format information being accessible to the test driver, and a data module that stores data content information comprising the data content of the test, the data content information being accessible to the test driver, the presentation format information combining with the data content information to create the presentation format and the data content of the test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Clarke Daniel BOWERS
  • Publication number: 20110145792
    Abstract: A system for computer-based testing for producing a test and delivering the test to an examinee includes a storage device that has a first storage location, which stores a first segment of a test definition language, and a second storage location, which stores a second segment of the test definition language, a validation expansion module that validates the first segment and the second segment of the test definition language, a test packager that amalgamates the first storage location and the second storage location and transmits the amalgamated segment to the validation expansion module such that the validation expansion module can determine whether the amalgamated segment forms a complete and valid set, and a test driver that has an executable code that controls functionality that enables the test driver to deliver the test to an examinee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: Prometric, Inc
    Inventor: Clarke Daniel Bowers
  • Patent number: 7828551
    Abstract: A system for computer-based testing includes a test driver that delivers the test to an examinee using a display device and controls progression of the test, a template module that stores presentation format information comprising the presentation format of the test, the presentation format information being accessible to the test driver, and a data module that stores data content information comprising the data content of the test, the data content information being accessible to the test driver, the presentation format information combining with the data content information to create the presentation format and the data content of the test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Prometric, Inc.
    Inventor: Clarke Daniel Bowers
  • Publication number: 20090162829
    Abstract: A memory stores a plurality of first data structures, which includes element specific data objects indicating a classification of at least one of the plurality of segments of the test definition language, and second data structures, which include attribute specific data objects indicating at least one attribute of the segments of the test definition language implemented by a computer. A method for computer-based testing includes authoring a test specification and content of the at least one test using a test definition language, compiling the test specification and content of the at least one test to create a compiled test specification and content, which includes validating the test specification and content, storing the compiled test specification and content to a resource file, and retrieving the compiled test specification and content from the resource file during delivery of the test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: Prometric, Inc
    Inventors: Clarke Daniel Bowers, Tronster Maxwell Hartley, Kyle Michael Kvech, William Howard Garrison
  • Publication number: 20090155756
    Abstract: A memory stores a plurality of first data structures, which includes element specific data objects indicating a classification of at least one of the plurality of segments of the test definition language, and second data structures, which include attribute specific data objects indicating at least one attribute of the segments of the test definition language implemented by a computer. A method for computer-based testing includes authoring a test specification and content of the at least one test using a test definition language, compiling the test specification and content of the at least one test to create a compiled test specification and content, which includes validating the test specification and content, storing the compiled test specification and content to a resource file, and retrieving the compiled test specification and content from the resource file during delivery of the test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Clarke Daniel Bowers, Tronster Maxwell Hartley, Kyle Michael Kvech, William Howard Garrison
  • Publication number: 20090155758
    Abstract: A memory stores a plurality of first data structures, which includes element specific data objects indicating a classification of at least one of the plurality of segments of the test definition language, and second data structures, which include attribute specific data objects indicating at least one attribute of the segments of the test definition language implemented by a computer. A method for computer-based testing includes authoring a test specification and content of the at least one test using a test definition language, compiling the test specification and content of the at least one test to create a compiled test specification and content, which includes validating the test specification and content, storing the compiled test specification and content to a resource file, and retrieving the compiled test specification and content from the resource file during delivery of the test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Prometric, Inc
    Inventors: Clarke Daniel Bowers, Tronster Maxwell Hartley, Kyle Michael Kvech, William Howard Garrison
  • Patent number: 7494340
    Abstract: A memory stores a plurality of first data structures, which includes element specific data objects indicating a classification of at least one of the plurality of segments of the test definition language, and second data structures, which include attribute specific data objects indicating at least one attribute of the segments of the test definition language implemented by a computer. A method for computer-based testing includes authoring a test specification and content of the at least one test using a test definition language, compiling the test specification and content of the at least one test to create a compiled test specification and content, which includes validating the test specification and content, storing the compiled test specification and content to a resource file, and retrieving the compiled test specification and content from the resource file during delivery of the test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Prometric inc.
    Inventors: Clarke Daniel Bowers, Tronster Maxwell Hartley, Kyle Michael Kvech, William Howard Garrison
  • Patent number: 7318727
    Abstract: A system for computer-based testing for producing a test and delivering the test to an examinee includes a test driver that has an executable code that controls the test driver, a storage device that has a plurality of storage locations, which store the test definition language as a plurality of segments, and a validation expansion module that validates at least one of the plurality of segments of the test definition language and writes the at least one of the plurality of segments directly to at least one of the plurality of storage locations in the storage device. A method instantiating a validation expansion module during a test production cycle and loading at least one of the plurality of segments of the test definition language into the validation expansion module from a source file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Prometric Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Clarke Daniel Bowers
  • Publication number: 20060205477
    Abstract: A method for adapting a game of bingo to a lottery, includes predetermining a plurality of bingo faces to achieve a desired liability profile. One or more of the plurality of bingo faces are distributed. Random call numbers are generated until a desired pattern is achieved on one or more of the distributed bingo faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Michael Fisk, Daniel Bower, Budd Libby
  • Patent number: 7080303
    Abstract: A method and/or system for computer-based testing includes, for example, instantiating an expansion module, and providing to the expansion module a resource storage element within a resource file. The method and/or system also includes, for example loading information from the resource storage element into the expansion module during delivery of the test, and providing the information from the expansion module to the test driver during the delivery of the test. Various alternative embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Prometric, A Division of Thomson Learning, Inc.
    Inventor: Clarke Daniel Bowers