Patents by Inventor James D. Echols

James D. Echols 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: 20210140694
    Abstract: According to another aspect, the present disclosure relates to a system for modular adiabatic evaporative pre-cooling of a horizontal air-cooled commercial refrigeration condenser. The system includes an evaporative media with an air permeable construction. The evaporative media has a water absorbable construction. The system also has a water supply port for supplying the volume of water. The system also has a water distributer for distributing the volume of water supplied from the water supply port. The water distributer distributes the volume of water to the evaporative media. The system also includes a water drain port for draining the volume of water distributed to the evaporative media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventor: James D. Echols
  • Patent number: 10845109
    Abstract: According to another aspect, the present disclosure relates to a system for modular adiabatic evaporative pre-cooling of a horizontal air-cooled commericial refrigeration condenser. The system includes an evaporative media with an air permeable construction. The evaporative media has a water absorbable construction. The system also has a water supply port for supplying the volume of water. The system also has a water distributer for distributing the volume of water supplied from the water supply port. The water distributer distributes the volume of water to the evaporative media. The system also includes a water drain port for draining the volume of water distributed to the evaporative media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: CoVAP LLC
    Inventor: James D. Echols
  • Publication number: 20180372387
    Abstract: According to another aspect, the present disclosure relates to a system for modular adiabatic evaporative pre-cooling of an existing air conditioning condenser unit. The system includes an evaporative media with an air permeable construction. The evaporative media has a water absorbable construction. The system also has a water supply port for supplying the volume of water. The system also has a water distributer for distributing the volume of water supplied from the water supply port. The water distributer distributes the volume of water to the evaporative media. The system also includes a water drain port for draining the volume of water distributed to the evaporative media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventor: JAMES D. ECHOLS
  • Patent number: 4839613
    Abstract: A disciplined frequency standard includes an adaptive control loop to correct for ambient temperature effects. The crystal resonator of the disciplined frequency standard is enclosed within an oven which is heated by current applied through a resistive heater. A small current sensing resistor is inserted in series between the oven current source and the oven heater to produce a voltage drop which is proportional to oven current. An analog temperature signal T is derived from the voltage drop and is multiplied with a frequency/temperature parameter dF/dT to produce a compound temperature correction factor UT. The frequency/temperature parameter U and an aging drift parameter B are measured in control loops which are weighted by averaging time parameters K, L, respectively. The measured values of B, U are stored and the weighting factors K, L are adjusted according to the variance of the most recent measurement from the stored average.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1989
    Assignee: Austron, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Echols, James A. Barnes, Bruce M. Penrod