Patents by Inventor James Branyon

James Branyon 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).

  • Purge apparatus for manufacturing tube and fin heat exchanger
    Patent number: 8683678
    Abstract: According to the preferred embodiment, an improved method and apparatus for the manufacturing of an aluminum tube and aluminum fin heat exchanger that includes steps for pneumatic cleaning, thermal cleaning, and uncontrolled-atmosphere open-flame autobrazing of hairpins to return bend fittings. The method uses a tube lubrication system that is adjustable to control amount of lubrication applied to the tube prior to final expansion. The method uses a pneumatic coil cleaning station that is adjusted to reduce the residual oil particulate from the expansion process required to be thermally cleaned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Goodman Global, Inc.
    Inventors: James Branyon, Rodney Catlett, Sean Mosser, Lawrence Walker, Ronald Wenger
  • PURGE APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING TUBE AND FIN HEAT EXCHANGER
    Publication number: 20120055014
    Abstract: According to the preferred embodiment, an improved method and apparatus for the manufacturing of an aluminum tube and aluminum fin heat exchanger that includes steps for pneumatic cleaning, thermal cleaning, and uncontrolled-atmosphere open-flame autobrazing of hairpins to return bend fittings. The method uses a tube lubrication system that is adjustable to control amount of lubrication applied to the tube prior to final expansion. The method uses a pneumatic coil cleaning station that is adjusted to reduce the residual oil particulate from the expansion process required to be thermally cleaned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: JAMES BRANYON, Rodney Catlett, Sean Mosser, Lawrence Walker, Ronald Wenger
  • Method for manufacturing aluminum tube and fin heat exchanger using open flame brazing
    Patent number: 8074356
    Abstract: According to the preferred embodiment, an improved method and apparatus for the manufacturing of an aluminum tube and aluminum fin heat exchanger that includes steps for pneumatic cleaning, thermal cleaning, and uncontrolled-atmosphere open-flame autobrazing of hairpins to return bend fittings. The method uses a tube lubrication system that is adjustable to control amount of lubrication applied to the tube prior to final expansion. The method uses a pneumatic coil cleaning station that is adjusted to reduce the residual oil particulate from the expansion process required to be thermally cleaned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Goodman Global, Inc.
    Inventors: James Branyon, Rodney Catlett, Sean Mosser, Lawrence Walker, Ronald Wenger
  • Method and System for Manufacturing Aluminum Tube and Fin Heat Exchanger Using Open Flame Brazing, and Product Produced Thereby
    Publication number: 20100139094
    Abstract: According to the preferred embodiment, an improved method and apparatus for the manufacturing of an aluminum tube and aluminum fin heat exchanger that includes steps for pneumatic cleaning, thermal cleaning, and uncontrolled-atmosphere open-flame autobrazing of hairpins to return bend fittings. The method uses a tube lubrication system that is adjustable to control amount of lubrication applied to the tube prior to final expansion. The method uses a pneumatic coil cleaning station that is adjusted to reduce the residual oil particulate from the expansion process required to be thermally cleaned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: James Branyon, Rodney Catlett, Sean Mosser, Lawrence Walker, Ronald Wenger