Patents by Inventor Niranjan Humbad

Niranjan Humbad 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).

  • Aspirator with integral muffler
    Patent number: 8240428
    Abstract: An aspirator with an integral muffler includes a housing having a top, a bottom and a side and an aspirator chamber and a muffler chamber in the housing. The aspirator chamber includes an inlet, an outlet and a venturi section between the inlet and the outlet, and the muffler chamber has an outlet and an inlet in fluid communication with the muffler chamber duct. A duct extends from the muffler chamber outlet into the aspirator chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Behr America Inc.
    Inventors: Niranjan Humbad, Tom Jerome, Dan Silaghi, Chris Craft, Tikanand Kulkarni, Matthew Morris
  • ASPIRATOR WITH INTEGRAL MUFFLER
    Publication number: 20110127106
    Abstract: An aspirator with an integral muffler includes a housing having a top, a bottom and a side and an aspirator chamber and a muffler chamber in the housing. The aspirator chamber includes an inlet, an outlet and a venturi section between the inlet and the outlet, and the muffler chamber has an outlet and an inlet in fluid communication with the muffler chamber duct. A duct extends from the muffler chamber outlet into the aspirator chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Niranjan Humbad, Tom Jerome, Dan Silaghi, Chris Craft, Tikanand Kulkarni, Matthew Morris
  • Centrifugal blower assembly
    Patent number: 6162016
    Abstract: A centrifugal blower assembly including a fan wheel and a housing enclosing the fan wheel. The housing has an inlet housing cover and an exit housing cover forming a volute chamber with a cut-off region and terminating in a fluid exit end. The inlet housing cover has a sidewall with an inlet aperture extending therethrough and a volute peripheral wall defining an interior surface of the volute chamber, and a wedge extending from the interior surface of the volute peripheral wall near the cut-off region to the sidewall adjacent the inlet aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Niranjan Humbad