Patents by Inventor James L. E. Meats

James L. E. Meats 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: 11604444
    Abstract: A Modular Fan Array of a 2×2 array of small fan modules provides many advantages over the replacement of duty of a solitary large fan, including some of the following advantages: —the combined flowrate capacity of the Fan Array can be sized equal to or in excess of the 100% flowrate capacity of the large fan, however a turndown limit of 50% will result in the Fan Array only having a turndown limit of 12.5%. There is a redundancy fan modules. With one going OFFLINE the other three can provide some measure of ventilation, while with the large fan going OFFLINE, ventilation is disable completely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Inventors: James L.E. Meats, Jeffery F. Kallenberger, Robert A. Valbracht
  • Patent number: 10989206
    Abstract: A fan control system has a fan duct, a fan mounted in the duct, an electronic commutator (EC) motor for driving the fan, and a control system hub for controlling the EC motor. A pressure differential sensing system is mounted in association with duct and feeding a pressure differential signal to the control system hub. An input device mounted on the control system hub for scaling an output signal from a low percent extreme to a high percent extreme and sends that output signal to the EC motor. Wherein the control system hub speeds, slows or switches OFF the EC motor according to the pressure differential signal except that the input device sets a speed limit ceiling on the EC motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Loren Cook Company
    Inventors: Jeffery F. Kallenberger, James L. E. Meats, William S. Hohulin, Robert A. Valbracht, Rickey W. Jennings
  • Patent number: 6508627
    Abstract: This centrifugal blower fan wheel has extruded-aluminum airfoil blades. The preferred blades have two hollow regions, separated by an angled mid-load support beam, inside the blade. The nose section of the blade (at the leading edge) and the tail section of the blade (at the trailing edge) have open semi-circular grooves which face the adjacent hollow sections and are designed to accept thread cutting or thread forming screws for attachment of the blade to a ring-shroud and back-plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Lau Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Allen Gerken, Michael Joseph Neely, Michael Brendel, James L. E. Meats
  • Publication number: 20020182079
    Abstract: This centrifugal blower fan wheel has extruded-aluminum airfoil blades. The preferred blades have two hollow regions, separated by an angled mid-load support beam, inside the blade. The nose section of the blade (at the leading edge) and the tail section of the blade (at the trailing edge) have open semi-circular grooves which face the adjacent hollow sections and are designed to accept thread cutting or thread forming screws for attachment of the blade to a ring-shroud and back-plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Mark A. Gerken, Michael Joseph Neely, Michael Brendel, James L.E. Meats