Patents by Inventor Gene B. Portelli

Gene B. Portelli 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: 11617980
    Abstract: An air filter includes filter media, a sensor, and circuitry coupled to the sensor, the circuitry configured to receive data from the sensor representative of the condition of the filter media and wirelessly transmit such data. The data may be received by a device with a display to use the information to present an indication of the filter media condition to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Jonathan B. Arthur, Karl W. Bloedorn, Jayant Chakravarty, Gene B. Portelli, Dennis M. Glass, Michael A. Meis, Lyle L. Luppes, Daniel W. Hennen, Douglas D. Fletcher, Eric O. Hemberg, Oscar M. Hemberg
  • Patent number: 11607635
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for obtaining data representative of the condition of an air filter media of an air filter installed in a powered air-handling system, and for using such data to present an indication of the air filter media condition to a user. The devices, systems and methods use pressure information representative of at least a downstream pressure of the powered air-handling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Jonathan B. Arthur, Karl W. Bloedorn, Jayant Chakravarty, Gene B. Portelli, Dennis M. Glass, Michael A. Meis, Lyle L. Luppes, Daniel W. Hennen, Douglas D. Fletcher, Eric O. Hemberg, Oscar M. Hemberg
  • Publication number: 20220088525
    Abstract: An air filter includes filter media, a sensor, and circuitry coupled to the sensor, the circuitry configured to receive data from the sensor representative of the condition of the filter media and wirelessly transmit such data. The data may be received by a device with a display to use the information to present an indication of the filter media condition to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Jonathan B. Arthur, Karl W. Bloedorn, Jayant Chakravarty, Gene B. Portelli, Dennis M. Glass, Michael A. Meis, Lyle L. Luppes, Daniel W. Hennen, Douglas D. Fletcher, Eric O. Hemberg, Oscar M. Hemberg
  • Patent number: 11202982
    Abstract: An air filter includes filter media, a sensor, and circuitry coupled to the sensor, the circuitry configured to receive data from the sensor representative of the condition of the filter media and wirelessly transmit such data. The data may be received by a device with a display to use the information to present an indication of the filter media condition to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Jonathan B. Arthur, Karl W. Bloedorn, Jayant Chakravarty, Gene B. Portelli, Dennis M. Glass, Michael A. Meis, Lyle L. Luppes, Daniel W. Hennen, Douglas D. Fletcher, Eric O. Hemberg, Oscar M. Hemberg
  • Publication number: 20210346833
    Abstract: An air filter includes filter media, a sensor, and circuitry coupled to the sensor, the circuitry configured to receive data from the sensor representative of the condition of the filter media and wirelessly transmit such data. The data may be received by a device with a display to use the information to present an indication of the filter media condition to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Jonathan B. Arthur, Karl W. Bloedorn, Jayant Chakravarty, Gene B. Portelli, Dennis M. Glass, Michael A. Meis, Lyle L. Luppes, Daniel W. Hennen, Douglas D. Fletcher, Eric O. Hemberg, Oscar M. Hemberg
  • Publication number: 20210106936
    Abstract: An expandable air filter device. The air filter device includes first and second air filter units and an expansion joint. The air filter units each include a filter media assembly and an outer frame assembly. The filter media assembly defines a perimeter. The outer frame assembly is arranged around the perimeter. The expansion joint is connected to and extends between the outer frame assembly of the first air filter unit and the outer frame assembly of the second air filter unit. In some embodiments, the expansion joint is expandable from a collapsed state to an expanded state. A gap between the first and second air filter units is greater in the expanded state than in the collapsed state, with the expansion joint spanning the gap, serving to impede flow of un-filtered air through the gap during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventor: Gene B. Portelli
  • Publication number: 20200391151
    Abstract: An air filter includes filter media, a sensor, and circuitry coupled to the sensor, the circuitry configured to receive data from the sensor representative of the condition of the filter media and wirelessly transmit such data. The data may be received by a device with a display to use the information to present an indication of the filter media condition to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Jonathan B. Arthur, Karl W. Bloedorn, Jayant Chakravarty, Gene B. Portelli, Dennis M. Glass, Michael A. Meis, Lyle L. Luppes, Daniel W. Hennen, Douglas D. Fletcher, Eric O. Hemberg, Oscar M. Hemberg
  • Patent number: 10646809
    Abstract: An air filter includes filter media, a sensor, and circuitry coupled to the sensor, the circuitry configured to receive data from the sensor representative of the condition of the filter media and wirelessly transmit such data. The data may be received by a device with a display to use the information to present an indication of the filter media condition to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Jonathan B. Arthur, Karl W. Bloedorn, Jayant Chakravarty, Gene B. Portelli, Dennis M. Glass, Michael A. Meis, Lyle L. Luppes, Daniel W. Hennen, Douglas D. Fletcher, Eric O. Hemberg, Oscar M. Hemberg
  • Publication number: 20190291037
    Abstract: An air filter includes filter media, a sensor, and circuitry coupled to the sensor, the circuitry configured to receive data from the sensor representative of the condition of the filter media and wirelessly transmit such data. The data may be received by a device with a display to use the information to present an indication of the filter media condition to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Jonathan B. Arthur, Karl W. Bloedorn, Jayant Chakravarty, Gene B. Portelli, Dennis M. Glass, Michael A. Meis, Lyle L. Luppes, Daniel W. Hennen, Douglas D. Fletcher, Eric O. Hemberg, Oscar M. Hemberg
  • Patent number: 10406472
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to air filters expandable from a collapsed arrangement to an expanded, end-use arrangement and to methods of making, using, and installing such air filters. Some embodiments relate to an air filter having an expanded state and a collapsed state. The air filter includes a filter media assembly including (1) filter media including a plurality of pleats, (2) first and second opposing sides, and (3) first and second opposing ends. The air filter also includes a shape retention structure capable of being connected to at least a portion of the filter media assembly and capable of retention the filter media assembly in the expanded state. A spacing distance between adjacent pleats in the filter media is greater in the expanded state of the air filter than in the collapsed state of the air filter. In some embodiments, the air filter is an HVAC air filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Zhiqun Zhang, Andrew R. Fox, Matthew T. Scholz, Gene B. Portelli, Nicolas A. Echeverri, Amanda B. Dauphinais, Leonard M. Martinez, Stephen M. Sanocki, Kannan Seshadri
  • Publication number: 20190262756
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for obtaining data representative of the condition of an air filter media of an air filter, and for using such data to present an indication of the air filter media condition to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Jonathan B. Arthur, Karl W. Bloedorn, Jayant Chakravarty, Gene B. Portelli, Dennis M. Glass, Michael A. Meis, Lyle L. Luppes, Daniel W. Hennen, Douglas D. Fletcher, Eric O. Hemberg, Oscar M. Hemberg
  • Patent number: 10363509
    Abstract: An air filter includes filter media, a sensor, and circuitry coupled to the sensor, the circuitry configured to receive data from the sensor representative of the condition of the filter media and wirelessly transmit such data. The data may be received by a device with a display to use the information to present an indication of the filter media condition to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Jonathan B. Arthur, Karl W. Bloedorn, Jayant Chakravarty, Gene B. Portelli, Dennis M. Glass, Michael A. Meis, Lyle L. Luppes, Daniel W. Hennen, Douglas D. Fletcher, Eric O. Hemberg, Oscar M. Hemberg
  • Publication number: 20180140989
    Abstract: An air filter includes filter media, a sensor, and circuitry coupled to the sensor, the circuitry configured to receive data from the sensor representative of the condition of the filter media and wirelessly transmit such data. The data may be received by a device with a display to use the information to present an indication of the filter media condition to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Jonathan B. Arthur, Karl W. Bloedorn, Jayant Chakravarty, Gene B. Portelli, Dennis M. Glass, Michael A. Meis, Lyle L. Luppes, Daniel W. Hennen, Douglas D. Fletcher, Eric O. Hemberg, Oscar M. Hemberg
  • Publication number: 20160263515
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to air filters expandable from a collapsed arrangement to an expanded, end-use arrangement and to methods of making, using, and installing such air filters. Some embodiments relate to an air filter having an expanded state and a collapsed state. The air filter includes a filter media assembly including (1) filter media including a plurality of pleats, (2) first and second opposing sides, and (3) first and second opposing ends. The air filter also includes a shape retention structure capable of being connected to at least a portion of the filter media assembly and capable of retention the filter media assembly in the expanded state. A spacing distance between adjacent pleats in the filter media is greater in the expanded state of the air filter than in the collapsed state of the air filter. In some embodiments, the air filter is an HVAC air filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Zhiqun Zhang, Andrew R. Fox, Matthew T. Scholz, Gene B. Portelli, Nicolas A. Echeverri, Amanda B. Dauphinais, Leonard M. Martinez, Stephen M. Sanocki, Kannan Seshadri
  • Publication number: 20090306277
    Abstract: Resin systems comprising a crosslinkable resin, a reactive diluent, and a plurality of reactive, surface-modified nanoparticles; and gel coats including such resin systems are described. Articles having such compositions attached to a surface of a substrate, e.g., a fibrous reinforced substrate, are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Emily S. Goenner, Howard S. Creel, Andrew M. Hine, Brant U. Kolb, Gene B. Portelli, Wendy L. Thompson
  • Patent number: 5462996
    Abstract: A thermosettable resin composition is prepared by admixing a liquid mixture of thermosettable resins such as a polyepoxide and amorphous thermoplastic polymer particles such as a polyetherimide to form a homogeneous cured resin composition. The particles have an average diameter of from 0.5-50 micrometers, a surface area of at least 1.0 m.sup.2 /g, a dissolution temperature of at least 50.degree. C., and are essentially insoluble in the thermosettable resin at temperatures of up to 15.degree. C. below the dissolution temperature but are completely dissolved at a temperature of at least 20.degree. C. below the cure temperature of the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Gene B. Portelli, William J. Schultz, John T. Boden, Daniel M. Kaufer
  • Patent number: 5405686
    Abstract: A woven or nonwoven web, or film (e.g. polyimide) or foil is coated with a homogeneous cured composition comprising a liquid mixture of thermosettable resin(s) such as a polyepoxide and curative(s) such as aromatic polyamines and particles of an amorphous thermoplastic polymer such as a polyetherimide. The particles have an average diameter of from 0.5-50 micrometers, a surface area of at least 1.0 m.sup.2 /g, a dissolution temperature of at least 50.degree. C., and are insoluble in the thermosettable resin at temperatures of up to 15.degree. C. below the dissolution temperature but are completely dissolved at a temperature of at least 20.degree. C. below the cure temperature of the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Gene B. Portelli, William J. Schultz, John T. Boden, Daniel M. Kaufer
  • Patent number: 5368922
    Abstract: A thermosettable resin composition having a viscosity that decreases during processing temperatures and increases as the temperature is raised to curing temperatures is provided. The composition comprises thermosettable resins and thermoplastic particles that are insoluble in the thermosettable resins at processing temperatures but soluble in the thermosettable resins at curing temperatures. Prepregs prepared from the thermosettable resin composition are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Gene B. Portelli, William J. Schultz, John T. Boden, Daniel M. Kaufer
  • Patent number: 5276106
    Abstract: A thermosettable resin composition having a viscosity that decreases during processing temperatures and increases as the temperature is raised to curing temperatures is provided The composition comprises thermosettable resins and thermoplastic particles that are insoluble in the thermosettable resins at processing temperatures but soluble in the thermosettable resins at curing temperatures. Prepregs prepared from the thermosettable resin composition are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1994
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Gene B. Portelli, William J. Schultz, John T. Boden, Daniel M. Kaufer
  • Patent number: 4882370
    Abstract: A fiber reinforced composite structure having a glass transition temperature greater than 150.degree. C. is comprised of:a) reinforcing fiber andb) a curable epoxy resin composition comprising(i) one or more epoxides having more than one epoxide group per molecule, of which epoxides at least 10 percent by weight is a 9,9-bis[4-(2,3-epoxypropoxy)phenyl]fluorene, all of the fluorene epoxy present being free of ortho substitution;(ii) an effective amount of one or more epoxy curing agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1989
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Robert C. Jordan, Gene B. Portelli