Patents by Inventor Michael O. Brewer

Michael O. Brewer 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).

  • AIREND HAVING A LUBRICANT FLOW VALVE AND CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20240011489
    Abstract: A compressor system can include a lubricant injection system useful to supply lubricant to an airend. The compressor system can include a variable lubricant flow valve which can be regulated by a controller on the basis of operating conditions of the compressor system. In one form the compressor system also includes an oil separator and/or an oil cooler with or without a thermal control valve. The controller can have one or more modes of operation, including a mode in which the controller regulates the flow of lubricant to the airend to increase an internal flow area of the valve when the airend is operated at an unloaded or loaded condition. In some forms the controller can regulate the lubricant flow valve and/or the thermal control valve and/or the lubricant cooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Borkowski, Kelton C. Sprinkle, Michael O. Brewer, Stephen Dickinson, Ryan D. Hartman, Daniel McGuinness
  • Airend having a lubricant flow valve and controller
    Patent number: 11802564
    Abstract: A compressor system can include a lubricant injection system useful to supply lubricant to an airend. The compressor system can include a variable lubricant flow valve which can be regulated by a controller on the basis of operating conditions of the compressor system. In one form the compressor system also includes an oil separator and/or an oil cooler with or without a them al control valve. The controller can have one or more modes of operation, including a mode in which the controller regulates the flow of lubricant to the airend to increase an internal flow area of the valve when the airend is operated at an unloaded or loaded condition. In some forms the controller can regulate the lubricant flow valve and/or the thermal control valve and/or the lubricant cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Borkowski, Kelton C. Sprinkle, Michael O. Brewer, Stephen Dickinson, Ryan D. Hartman, Daniel McGuinness
  • AIREND HAVING A LUBRICANT FLOW VALVE AND CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20230017093
    Abstract: A compressor system can include a lubricant injection system useful to supply lubricant to an airend. The compressor system can include a variable lubricant flow valve which can be regulated by a controller on the basis of operating conditions of the compressor system. In one form the compressor system also includes an oil separator and/or an oil cooler with or without a them al control valve. The controller can have one or more modes of operation, including a mode in which the controller regulates the flow of lubricant to the airend to increase an internal flow area of the valve when the airend is operated at an unloaded or loaded condition. In some forms the controller can regulate the lubricant flow valve and/or the thermal control valve and/or the lubricant cooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Borkowski, Kelton C. Sprinkle, Michael O. Brewer, Stephen Dickinson, Ryan D. Hartman, Daniel McGuinness
  • Airend having a lubricant flow valve and controller
    Patent number: 11448220
    Abstract: A compressor system can include a lubricant injection system useful to supply lubricant to an airend. The compressor system can include a variable lubricant flow valve which can be regulated by a controller on the basis of operating conditions of the compressor system. In one form the compressor system also includes an oil separator and/or an oil cooler with or without a thermal control valve. The controller can have one or more modes of operation, including a mode in which the controller regulates the flow of lubricant to the airend to increase an internal flow area of the valve when the airend is operated at an unloaded or loaded condition. In some forms the controller can regulate the lubricant flow valve and/or the thermal control valve and/or the lubricant cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Borkowski, Kelton C. Sprinkle, Michael O. Brewer, Stephen Dickinson, Ryan D. Hartman, Daniel McGuinness
  • AIREND HAVING A LUBRICANT FLOW VALVE AND CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20210095657
    Abstract: A compressor system can include a lubricant injection system useful to supply lubricant to an airend. The compressor system can include a variable lubricant flow valve which can be regulated by a controller on the basis of operating conditions of the compressor system. In one form the compressor system also includes an oil separator and/or an oil cooler with or without a thermal control valve. The controller can have one or more modes of operation, including a mode in which the controller regulates the flow of lubricant to the airend to increase an internal flow area of the valve when the airend is operated at an unloaded or loaded condition. In some forms the controller can regulate the lubricant flow valve and/or the thermal control valve and/or the lubricant cooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Borkowski, Kelton C. Sprinkle, Michael O. Brewer, Stephen Dickinson, Ryan D. Hartman, Daniel McGuinness