Patents by Inventor Jim Otter

Jim Otter 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 for making a film with improved wettability properties
    Patent number: 7658968
    Abstract: A method for making a film having improved wettability properties for use with a heat exchanger of a condensing furnace or an air conditioner. The film can be made of any thermoplastic film which bonds to metal. Polar particulates are mechanically are adhered to and embedded in the upper surface of the heated film. The particulate can be surface treated to either enhance adhesion of the particulate to the film or to enhance wettability. In another embodiment, the film is coated with an adhesive substance or a mixture of reactants, the particulate pressed into and adhered to the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventor: Jim Otter
  • Method for making a film with improved wettability properties
    Publication number: 20020074110
    Abstract: A method for making a film having improved wettability properties for use with a heat exchanger of a condensing furnace or an air conditioner. The film can be made of any thermoplastic film which bonds to metal. Polar particulates are mechanically are adhered to and embedded in the upper surface of the heated film. The particulate can be surface treated to either enhance adhesion of the particulate to the film or to enhance wettability. In another embodiment, the film is coated with an adhesive substance or a mixture of reactants, the particulate pressed into and adhered to the coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Applicant: Carrier Corporation
    Inventor: Jim Otter