Patents by Inventor Joseph Michael Kuelker

Joseph Michael Kuelker 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 and apparatus for modular air-to-air heat exchanger
    Patent number: 10228196
    Abstract: A heat exchanger core assembly includes a frame assembly and a plurality of core bundles positioned within the frame assembly. Each core bundle includes at least one row of tubing defining at least one end of the core bundle, an edge seal gasket to seal the core bundle from an adjacently placed core bundle, and an indoor face seal gasket to seal the end with respect to the frame assembly. A method of replacing a core bundle of a heat exchanger core assembly includes identifying a core bundle requiring replacement, removing the core bundle by accessing the core bundle and sliding the core bundle with respect to the remaining plurality of core bundles from the frame assembly, and inserting a replacement core bundle in a space defined by the removed core bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roy L. Grantham, Paul Timothy Dierkes, Joseph Michael Kuelker
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODULAR AIR-TO-AIR HEAT EXCHANGER
    Publication number: 20180224217
    Abstract: A heat exchanger core assembly includes a frame assembly and a plurality of core bundles positioned within the frame assembly. Each core bundle includes at least one row of tubing defining at least one end of the core bundle, an edge seal gasket to seal the core bundle from an adjacently placed core bundle, and an indoor face seal gasket to seal the end with respect to the frame assembly. A method of replacing a core bundle of a heat exchanger core assembly includes identifying a core bundle requiring replacement, removing the core bundle by accessing the core bundle and sliding the core bundle with respect to the remaining plurality of core bundles from the frame assembly, and inserting a replacement core bundle in a space defined by the removed core bundle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Roy L. Grantham, Paul Timothy Dierkes, Joseph Michael Kuelker