Patents by Inventor Paul Franklin Fay

Paul Franklin Fay 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).

  • Wall-mount air conditioner and method involving same
    Patent number: 10502445
    Abstract: A single-package, wall-mount air conditioner is provided with an economizer unit having a pair of vertical conduits for delivering fresh outside air to a pair of blowers and a damper system that can be selectively positioned to open and close the conduits. The damper system also opens and closes return air recirculation openings through which return air is delivered to the blowers. When the air conditioner is operating in an economizer cooling mode, the return air recirculation openings are partially or completely closed and some or all of the return air is discharged outwardly and upwardly from the air conditioner in a manner to impede any entrainment of the discharged return air with the fresh outside air that is entering the air conditioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Airxcel, Inc.
    Inventors: Thompson Joshua Matambo, Paul Franklin Fay, William James Wilson, Vikas Dhummi Chandrashekar
  • System and method for operating an economizer cycle of an air conditioner
    Patent number: 8744632
    Abstract: An air conditioning system for cooling an enclosure includes an air conditioner and a control system for triggering an economizer cycle of the air conditioner. The control system determines an electrical load of equipment in the enclosure, calculates a maximum acceptable outdoor temperature at which the economizer cycle may be operated based at least partially on the electrical load, receives data representative of an actual outdoor temperature, and initiates the economizer cycle if the actual outdoor temperature is equal to or below the maximum acceptable outdoor temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Airxcel, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew L. Blackshaw, Michael D. Whitehurst, Paul Franklin Fay, Jeff Dewitt Brown
  • System and method for operating an economizer cycle of an air conditioner
    Patent number: 8406930
    Abstract: An air conditioning system for cooling an enclosure includes an air conditioner and a control system for triggering an economizer cycle of the air conditioner. The control system determines an electrical load of equipment in the enclosure, calculates a maximum acceptable outdoor temperature at which the economizer cycle may be operated based at least partially on the electrical load, receives data representative of an actual outdoor temperature, and initiates the economizer cycle if the actual outdoor temperature is equal to or below the maximum acceptable outdoor temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Airxcel, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew L. Blackshaw, Michael D. Whitehurst, Paul Franklin Fay, Jeff Dewitt Brown
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ECONOMIZER CYCLE OF AN AIR CONDITIONER
    Publication number: 20120065795
    Abstract: An air conditioning system for cooling an enclosure includes an air conditioner and a control system for triggering an economizer cycle of the air conditioner. The control system determines an electrical load of equipment in the enclosure, calculates a maximum outdoor temperature at which the economizer cycle may be operated based at least partially on the electrical load, receives data representative of an actual outdoor temperature, and initiates the economizer cycle if the actual outside temperature is equal to or below the maximum outside temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Andrew L. Blackshaw, Michael D. Whitehurst, Paul Franklin Fay, Jeff Dewitt Brown