Patents by Inventor Jack J. Fuller

Jack J. Fuller 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).

  • Method of assembling a heat exchanger using a fin retainer
    Patent number: 5154679
    Abstract: Following the step of lacing the hair pin tubes into the plate fins, a plurality of plastic retainer elements are placed onto the hair pin tubes and into a budding relationship with top plate fin to thereby retain it in place while the tube bundle is transferred to the expansion table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1992
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Jack J. Fuller, Joe T. Cason
  • Grommet insertion apparatus
    Patent number: 5090115
    Abstract: Apparatus is provided for the automated insertion of elastomeric grommets in the legs of a compressor base. The holes in each of the compressor legs are aligned with respective discharge ends of guide cylinders which function to receive the grommets and to force them upwardly through a converging portion thereof to deform a head portion sufficiently such that it passes through the compressor leg hole and is then allowed to spring back to its original shape to secure the grommet within the hole. Provision is also made for assisting the removal of the remaining portion of the grommet from the guide cylinder by a push rod which engages the base of the compressor at the same time that the grommet head passes through the leg opening, such that the entire compressor is moved upwardly to pull the grommet body from the converging portion of the guide cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1992
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Jack J. Fuller, Joseph A. Podesta, Daniel J. Yarnold
  • Grommet insertion method and apparatus
    Patent number: 5052096
    Abstract: Apparatus is provided for the automated insertion of elastomeric grommets in the legs of a compressor base. The holes in each of the compressor legs are aligned with respective discharge ends of guide cylinders which function to receive the grommets and to force them upwardly through a converging portion thereof to deform a head portion sufficiently such that it passes through the compressor leg hole and is then allowed to spring back to its original shape to secure the grommet within the hole. Provision is also made for assisting the removal of the remaining portion of the grommet from the guide cylinder by a push rod which engages the base of the compressor at the same time that the grommet head passes through the leg opening, such that the entire compressor is moved upwardly to pull the grommet body from the converging portion of the guide cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1991
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Jack J. Fuller, Joseph A. Podesta, Daniel J. Yarnold