Patents by Inventor John R. Willey

John R. Willey 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: 20020087389
    Abstract: The Value Your Home invention collects real estate, and real estate related, data from various sources, adjusts and filters the data, processes that data using trend analysis, comparable market analysis, buy/sell signal analysis, and appraisal engines, responds to user inputs, and provides information outputs and trend, comparable market analysis, buy/sell signal, and appraisal decision tools to users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Michael Sklarz, John R. Willey
  • Patent number: 6192913
    Abstract: A control valve assembly for a pilotless gas burner in which the valve has a gas inlet port and a single gas outlet port. Interposed between the gas inlet port and the single gas outlet port is a sleeve that provides predetermined amounts of gas flow to the single gas output port depending upon a plurality of orifices in the sleeve being opened or closed. The valve automatically closes if the main burner flame is extinguished and must be restarted manually. Further, manual control of the valve is provided by a shaft which is rotatably and axially inserted into the valve to provide ignition fuel to the burner and to regulate the amount of fuel flow through the sleeve to the single output port and the burner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: DESA International
    Inventors: John R. Willey, Eric M. Kaltenmark, Ricky J. Fielder
  • Patent number: 6152128
    Abstract: A portable forced air heater includes a one-piece unichassis structure which forms the base and the outer housing of the heater. The outer housing defines an elongated passage having a front end and a back end and which receives a burner assembly. The burner assembly is spaced from the outer housing such that cooling air flows between the combustion chamber of the burner assembly and the outer housing. The burner assembly itself includes the elongated combustion chamber which is shorter than the air passage defined by the outer shell and includes a rear head member which is snapped into place in the inlet end of the combustion chamber. Self-aligning mounting tabs and brackets are formed in both the unichassis and the combustion chamber to significantly reduce the number of parts and to simplify construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: DESA International
    Inventors: John R. Willey, Eric M. Kaltenmark
  • Patent number: 6065468
    Abstract: A housing for an outdoor gas fired construction heater that incorporates a one-piece shell design that sits on and mounts directly to the base. Openings are used in the sides near the top and the bottom of the shell to provide the burner system with a metered amount of inlet air. Integrally formed, inwardly and downwardly projecting panels protect the burner system from debris, drafts at floor level, and to shield the floor on which the burner sits from infrared energy. In order to increase the strength of the top and shell assembly, the top sits on and is directly mounted to the shell. The shell height and top openings are of a size to allow heat out but to prevent drafts from pulling the flame out of the top of the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Desa International
    Inventors: John R. Willey, Eric M. Kaltenmark, Ricky J. Fielder
  • Patent number: D410536
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: Desa International
    Inventors: John R. Willey, Eric M. Kaltenmark, Ricky J. Fielder
  • Patent number: D417492
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Desa International
    Inventors: John R. Willey, Eric M. Kaltenmark, Ricky J. Fielder