Patents by Inventor Lee A. Buckley
Lee A. Buckley 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).
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Publication number: 20230258286Abstract: A conduit support assembly for a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and/or refrigeration (HVAC&R) system includes a bracket having a base portion and a tab portion. The base portion includes a channel formed therein, the channel is configured to receive a conduit of the HVAC&R system, the tab portion is configured to be inserted through an opening in a panel of the HVAC&R system, and the base portion and the tab portion are configured to cooperatively capture the panel in an installed configuration of the conduit support assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Michael Lee Buckley, Xingshun Gao, Jacob Conrad Ballentine
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Patent number: 10215444Abstract: A heat exchanger is provided with stacked coil sections. Each of the stacked coil sections is configured to circulate a fluid independent from the other coil section. An air moving device is used to circulate air through both of the stacked coil sections. The stacked coil sections are positioned to have the air exiting the one coil section entering the other coil section.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2018Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: William L. Kopko, Mustafa Kemal Yanik, Michael Lee Buckley, Glenn Eugene Nickey, Ian Michael Casper
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Publication number: 20180156492Abstract: A heat exchanger is provided with stacked coil sections. Each of the stacked coil sections is configured to circulate a fluid independent from the other coil section. An air moving device is used to circulate air through both of the stacked coil sections. The stacked coil sections are positioned to have the air exiting the one coil section entering the other coil section.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2018Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: William L. Kopko, Mustafa Kemal Yanik, Michael Lee Buckley, Glenn Eugene Nickey, Ian Michael Casper
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Patent number: 9869487Abstract: A heat exchanger is provided with stacked coil sections. Each of the stacked coil sections is configured to circulate a fluid independent from the other coil section. An air moving device is used to circulate air through both of the stacked coil sections. The stacked coil sections are positioned to have the air exiting the one coil section entering the other coil section.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2011Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Glenn Eugene Nickey, Ian Michael Casper, William L. Kopko, Michael Lee Buckley, Mustafa Kemal Yanik
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Patent number: 8944152Abstract: A compact evaporator including a suction baffle system is provided for use in a refrigeration system. The suction baffle system includes a suction baffle and a passageway. The suction baffle includes a plurality of walls and is adjacent to the interior wall of shell. The passageway extends below one of the walls of the suction baffle toward the lower portion of the shell and is adjacent to the interior wall of the shell. A suction tube having an inlet is attached to the evaporator shell and the inlet is adjacent to the passageway and located partially below the suction baffle. The passageway minimizes the possibility of liquid carry-over in the suction tube that feeds into the compressor.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2010Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Satheesh Kulankara, Michael Lee Buckley, Mustafa Kemal Yanik
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Publication number: 20110192188Abstract: A heat exchanger is provided with stacked coil sections. Each of the stacked coil sections is configured to circulate a fluid independent from the other coil section. An air moving device is used to circulate air through both of the stacked coil sections. The stacked coil sections are positioned to have the air exiting the one coil section entering the other coil section.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2011Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANYInventors: Glenn Eugene NICKEY, Ian Michael CASPER, William L. KOPKO, Michael Lee BUCKLEY, Mustafa Kemal YANIK
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Publication number: 20110017432Abstract: A compact evaporator including a suction baffle system is provided for use in a refrigeration system. The suction baffle system includes a suction baffle and a passageway. The suction baffle includes a plurality of walls and is adjacent to the interior wall of shell. The passageway extends below one of the walls of the suction baffle toward the lower portion of the shell and is adjacent to the interior wall of the shell. A suction tube having an inlet is attached to the evaporator shell and the inlet is adjacent to the passageway and located partially below the suction baffle. The passageway minimizes the possibility of liquid carry-over in the suction tube that feeds into the compressor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2010Publication date: January 27, 2011Applicant: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANYInventors: Satheesh KULANKARA, Michael Lee Buckley, Mustafa Kemal Yanik
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Patent number: 7537084Abstract: A compressor muffler includes a housing having an inlet end and an outlet end. A baffle arrangement extends from an interior surface of the housing. The baffle arrangement includes a surface capable of reflecting compressed fluid to attenuate noise. A valve assembly is disposed inside the baffle arrangement. The valve assembly is positionable between a first position and a second position. The valve assembly also includes a valve surface that at least partially prevents flow of fluid through the housing from the outlet end when the valve assembly is in the first position.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2005Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: York International CorporationInventor: Michael Lee Buckley
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Patent number: 6941769Abstract: A flash tank configuration for an economizer is provided that is inexpensive and simple to construct, reliable to operate, and efficient for use in an economizer compression refrigeration system. The configuration includes an upper baffle and a lower baffle configured and arranged within the flash tank so as to separate the liquid and gas phases of intermediate pressure refrigerant, and to convey each phase to other components in the refrigeration systems. The flash tank has a generally cylindrical shape, and is dimensioned so as to provide adequate internal volume for expansion of refrigerant to a desired pressure, separation of the resulting refrigerant gas and refrigerant liquid phases, and temporary storage of the refrigerant phases before conveying the liquid phase to the main refrigerant line between the condenser and the evaporator, and returning the gas phase to the compressor. Additionally, methods are provided for using the flash tank to separate refrigerant phases.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2004Date of Patent: September 13, 2005Assignee: York International CorporationInventors: Frank Highland Hill, IV, Curtis Christian Crane, Michael Lee Buckley, Blake Evan Stabley
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Patent number: 4985298Abstract: Highly absorbent nonwoven webs formed from readily available nonwoven materials and having a polyelectrolyte super-absorbent polymeric sorbent coating the individual fibers of the nonwoven web are disclosed. The polymeric sorbent coating absorbs liquid while minimizing occlusion of the interstices of the web.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 1989Date of Patent: January 15, 1991Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Lee A. Buckley, Thomas I. Insley