Patents by Inventor Noel De Villiers

Noel De Villiers 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: 6254010
    Abstract: An air conditioning diffuser is disclosed which includes two temperature sensitive elements. A first element detects room temperature and a second element ducting temperature. When room temperature increases during supply of cooled air, the first element moves a control unit upwards and this results in a first disc of the control unit moving away from a surface on a pivotally mounted link. The link pivots about its mounting so that a baffle hanger and a baffle move down allowing more cooled air to flow through the diffuser. When heated air is being supplied, the second element displaces the unit in the upward direction so that baffle control is transferred from the first disc and the first link surface to a second disc and a second link surface. The link surfaces lie one radially inwardly and one radially outwardly of the link mountings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Brian Rickard (PTY) Ltd.
    Inventor: Noel De Villiers
  • Patent number: 5647532
    Abstract: An air conditioning diffuser is disclosed which includes two temperature sensitive elements. A first element detects room temperature and a second element ducting temperature. When room temperature increases during supply of cooled air, the first element moves a control unit upwards and this results in a first disc of the control unit moving away from a surface on a pivotally mounted link. The link pivots about its mounting so that a baffle hanger and a baffle move down allowing more cooled air to flow through the diffuser. When heated air is being supplied, the second element displaces the unit in the upward direction so that baffle control is transferred from the first disc and the first link surface to a second disc and a second link surface. The link surfaces lie one radially inwardly and one radially outwardly of the link mountings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Assignee: Brian Rickard (Pty) Ltd.
    Inventors: Kobus de Villiers, Noel de Villiers