Patents by Inventor Dennis M. Stone

Dennis M. Stone 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: 20160200505
    Abstract: A refrigerated transportation cargo container includes a transportation cargo container and a refrigeration unit located at an end of the transportation cargo container to provide a flow of supply air for the transportation cargo container. The refrigeration unit includes a housing having a front wall with one or more front wall openings therein. A back wall is located opposite the front wall and nearer to an interior of the cargo container relative to the front wall. One or more components of a refrigeration unit are installed in the housing via insertion through the one or more front wall openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Dennis M. Stone, Ping Sue Vang, Mingfei Gan, Kenneth Cresswell
  • Publication number: 20120118003
    Abstract: A refrigerated container includes a box-like structure having a floor, a pair of opposed side walls, a rear wall, and a roof panel defining an interior volume having an open forward end; and a refrigeration unit disposed in the forward end of the box-like structure and integrated into the box-like structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dennis M. Stone, Harold Hill, Lester G. Harrington, Yu H. Chen, Kenneth Creswell, David F. Crockford
  • Patent number: 8117860
    Abstract: A refrigeration unit for a shipping container exposed to end loads and rack loads. The refrigeration unit has a frame, a back panel, a plurality of structural support brackets secured to the back panel, a condenser cover secured to the plurality of structural support brackets so that the condenser cover, the plurality of structural support brackets, the frame, and the back panel form a structural member sufficient to support end loads and rack loads. The refrigeration unit also has a condenser coil having a first end and a second end, a first coil support member secured to one of the structural support brackets and secured around the first end, and a second coil support member secured to one of the structural support brackets and secured around the second end. The first and second coil support members maintain the condenser coil unstressed from the end loads and rack loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis M. Stone, Thomas A. Anderson, Jason Scarcella
  • Publication number: 20100083681
    Abstract: A refrigeration unit for a shipping container exposed to end loads and rack loads. The refrigeration unit has a frame, a back panel, a plurality of structural support brackets secured to the back panel, a condenser cover secured to the plurality of structural support brackets so that the condenser cover, the plurality of structural support brackets, the frame, and the back panel form a structural member sufficient to support end loads and rack loads. The refrigeration unit also has a condenser coil having a first end and a second end, a first coil support member secured to one of the structural support brackets and secured around the first end, and a second coil support member secured to one of the structural support brackets and secured around the second end. The first and second coil support members maintain the condenser coil unstressed from the end loads and rack loads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dennis M. Stone, Thomas A. Anderson, Jason Scarcella