Patents by Inventor Marcello Vaca

Marcello Vaca 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).

  • PROVIDING DOMESTIC HOT WATER FROM CONVENTIONAL RESIDENTIAL SPLIT SYSTEM HEAT PUMPS
    Publication number: 20230375225
    Abstract: In a split system heat pump cooling and heating system, an auxiliary hot water storage tank is provided as an energy storage bank. Two sets of coils run through this storage tank, a first set carrying hot refrigerant from the heat pump to deposit energy and a second set carrying hot potable water to remove energy. Valve and switch matrixes are operated at the heat pump to provide hot potable water from the energy storage bank during both normal space heating and cooling operations of the heat pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Villara Corporation
    Inventors: Rick Wylie, Robert Radcliff, Richard Bourne, Mark Beutler, James H. Phillips, Jim Ramge, Felix Ortiz, Marc Disalvo, Esteban Lopez, Mike Bettencourt, Robert Campbell, SR., Marcello Vaca, Dujon O. Currington
  • Providing domestic hot water from conventional residential split system heat pumps
    Patent number: 11754316
    Abstract: In a split system heat pump cooling and heating system, an auxiliary hot water storage tank is provided as an energy storage bank. Two sets of coils run through this storage tank, a first set carrying hot refrigerant from the heat pump to deposit energy and a second set carrying hot potable water to remove energy. Valve and switch matrixes are operated at the heat pump to provide hot potable water from the energy storage bank during both normal space heating and cooling operations of the heat pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Villara Corporation
    Inventors: Rick Wylie, Robert Radcliff, Richard Bourne, Mark Beutler, James H. Phillips, Jim Ramge, Felix Ortiz, Marc Disalvo, Esteban Lopez, Mike Bettencourt, Robert Campbell, Sr., Marcello Vaca, Dujon O. Currington
  • PROVIDING DOMESTIC HOT WATER FROM CONVENTIONAL RESIDENTIAL SPLIT SYSTEM HEAT PUMPS
    Publication number: 20220341628
    Abstract: In a split system heat pump cooling and heating system, an auxiliary hot water storage tank is provided as an energy storage bank. Two sets of coils run through this storage tank, a first set carrying hot refrigerant from the heat pump to deposit energy and a second set carrying hot potable water to remove energy. Valve and switch matrixes are operated at the heat pump to provide hot potable water from the energy storage bank during both normal space heating and cooling operations of the heat pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: Villara Corporation
    Inventors: Rick Wylie, Robert Radcliff, Richard Bourne, Mark Beutler, James H. Phillips, Jim Ramge, Felix Ortiz, Marc Disalvo, Esteban Lopez, Mike Bettencourt, Robert Campbell, SR., Marcello Vaca, Dujon O. Currington