Patents by Inventor Frank A. Volino

Frank A. Volino 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: 20170368914
    Abstract: A cover for a transportation refrigeration unit includes a substantially solid front panel and one or more airflow inlet openings located at a top of the cover to direct an airflow from outside the cover into the transportation refrigeration unit. A refrigerated container system includes a container having a cargo compartment for transportation of a cargo and a transportation refrigeration unit secured to the container and including a refrigeration unit operably connectible to the cargo compartment and configured to direct cooling airflow into the cargo compartment thereby cooling the cargo compartment to a selected temperature. A cover is secured to the refrigeration unit and includes a substantially solid front panel and one or more airflow inlet openings positioned at a top of the cover to direct an inlet airflow from outside the cover into the refrigeration unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Mary D. Saroka, Frank A. Volino
  • Publication number: 20170191730
    Abstract: In one aspect, a return air bulkhead (50) for a temperature controlled container (10) is provided. The bulkhead (50) includes a lower section (52) configured to couple to the container (10) and an upper section (54) separate from the lower section (52). The upper section (54) is configured to be adjustably coupled to the lower section (52) at varying heights relative to the lower section (52) such that a total height of the return air bulkhead (50) is adjustable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Richie Charles Stauter, Brad George Leech, Jason Stuart Forman, Frank A. Volino, Alan John Knight
  • Patent number: 6089110
    Abstract: Apparatus for supporting an elongated sensor in a partition, which is defined by a pair of spaced apart parallel walls. The sensor is supported at a predetermined angle with a sensor end on one side of the partition and an output end on the other side of the partition. The support apparatus comprises an elongated container means adapted to extend through openings in the two spaced walls with open ends on either side of the partition. The container means is open at either end and is adapted to axially and radially support the sensor therein with the sensor end of the sensor extending into a region to be sensed on one side of the partition and the output end extending to the other side of the partition. A cap and seal arrangement is provided on the output end of the container to engage the elongated container and the output end of the sensor to thereby provide an air tight seal therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Scott A. Pallotta, Frank A. Volino