Patents by Inventor Nicholas Hiner

Nicholas Hiner 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).

  • Patent number: 11022127
    Abstract: The prior art has used pitched blades attached to a stationary motor, normally electric. to move air within the confines of a structure or room. The preferred invention incorporates a series of solid discs. The discs are affixed to a stationary electric motor and thus rotate around a central axis. The discs are equally spaced and centrally perforated in a manner that will allow air to flow in high volumes through the perforations and pass along the discs thus exiting symmetrically between each disc perpendicularly to the flow of air that is at its entrance. Due to the less restrictive or low pressure air entrance as well as the correct vertical disc spacing a corresponding increase in the laminar flow is realized. This feature of the preferred invention allows for operation at a rotational speed that practical for use as a ceiling fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Exhale Fans LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Hiner, Richard W Halsall
  • Publication number: 20190293074
    Abstract: The prior art has used pitched blades attached to a stationary motor, normally electric. to move air within the confines of a structure or room. The preferred invention incorporates a series of solid discs. The discs are affixed to a stationary electric motor and thus rotate around a central axis. The discs are equally spaced and centrally perforated in a manner that will allow air to flow in high volumes through the perforations and pass along the discs thus exiting symmetrically between each disc perpendicularly to the flow of air that is at its entrance. Due to the less restrictive or low pressure air entrance as well as the correct vertical disc spacing a corresponding increase in the laminar flow is realized. This feature of the preferred invention allows for operation at a rotational speed that practical for use as a ceiling fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Hiner, Richard W. Halsall
  • Patent number: D652133
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Exhale Fans LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Hiner, Richard Halsall
  • Patent number: D676543
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Exhale Fans LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Hiner, Richard Halsall
  • Fan
    Patent number: D676952
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Exhale Fans LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas A. Hiner