Patents by Inventor Ronald Shaffer

Ronald Shaffer 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).

  • Publication number: 20240151434
    Abstract: A water heater includes a hollow body having an inlet and an outlet, a heating element arranged within the hollow body, a cavity formed between a heating surface of the heating element and an interior surface of the hollow body, an outlet tube, and an adapter sleeve. The outlet tube extends externally from the outlet of the hollow body towards the inlet of the hollow body for depositing heated fluid within the fluid tank, wherein the outlet tube is in fluid communication with the inlet of the hollow body. The adapter sleeve arranged at a lower end of the hollow body, wherein the inlet of the hollow body is arranged in the adapter sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: Ronald SHAFFER
  • Patent number: 11892198
    Abstract: A water heater system includes a water tank and a flow-through heating assembly. The water tank contains heated water. The flow-through heating assembly may extend into the water tank and heats water as water is passed through an interior channel of the flow-through heating assembly. In one embodiment, the flow through heater assembly is a thermosiphonic heater having a hollow body and a heating element extending therein such that an annular recess is defined between an interior surface of the hollow body and the external surface of the heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: NATIONAL MACHINE COMPANY
    Inventor: Ronald Shaffer
  • Publication number: 20240019173
    Abstract: A water heater system includes a tank defining a fluid chamber and having a top end and a bottom end and a thermal mixing valve. The thermal mixing valve is arranged exterior of the tank and at the top end thereof. The thermal mixing valve includes a first fluid inlet that draws water from the bottom end of the tank, a second fluid inlet that is in fluid communication with the fluid chamber, and a fluid outlet exterior to the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Ronald SHAFFER, Samuel CHRISANT, Robert William HYDE, Ronnie BROWNE
  • Patent number: 11747047
    Abstract: A water heater system includes a water heater and a thermal mixing valve. The water heater includes a tank and a cap that each define interior volumes. The interior volume of the tank includes a heating element is the location where fluid is heated, whereas the cap includes a volume within which the thermal mixing valve may be disposed. The thermal mixing valve pulls cool and warm water from the volume of the tank, and then discharges a mixed stream of fluid at a user desired temperature via an outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: NATIONAL MACHINE GROUP
    Inventors: Ronald Shaffer, Samuel Chrisant, Robert William Hyde, Ronnie Browne
  • Publication number: 20220235968
    Abstract: A water heater system includes a water heater and a thermal mixing valve. The water heater includes a tank and a cap that each define interior volumes. The interior volume of the tank includes a heating element is the location where fluid is heated, whereas the cap includes a volume within which the thermal mixing valve may be disposed. The thermal mixing valve pulls cool and warm water from the volume of the tank, and then discharges a mixed stream of fluid at a user desired temperature via an outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Ronald SHAFFER, Samuel CHRISANT, Robert William HYDE, Ronnie BROWNE
  • Patent number: 11293668
    Abstract: A water heater system includes a water heater and a thermal mixing valve. The water heater includes a tank and a cap that each define interior volumes. The interior volume of the tank includes a heating element is the location where fluid is heated, whereas the cap includes a volume within which the thermal mixing valve may be disposed. The thermal mixing valve pulls cool and warm water from the volume of the tank, and then discharges a mixed stream of fluid at a user desired temperature via an outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: NATIONAL MACHINE GROUP
    Inventors: Ronald Shaffer, Samuel Chrisant, Robert William Hyde, Ronnie Browne
  • Patent number: 10921025
    Abstract: A water heater includes a water tank and a flow-through heating element. The water tank contains heated water. The flow-through heating element is located in the lower portion of the water tank and heats water as water is passed through an interior channel of the heating element. In another configuration, the water heater further includes a recirculation line and the heating element further includes an input end external of the water tank to receive water to be heated and an output end to output heated water into the water tank. The recirculation line transports water from the water tank to the input end of the heating element that is external of the water tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: NATIONAL MACHINE GROUP
    Inventors: Ronald Shaffer, Jr., Samuel Chrisant, Robert William Hyde
  • Publication number: 20200124321
    Abstract: A water heater system includes a water tank and a flow-through heating assembly. The water tank contains heated water. The flow-through heating assembly may extend into the water tank and heats water as water is passed through an interior channel of the flow-through heating assembly. In one embodiment, the flow through heater assembly is a thermosiphonic heater having a hollow body and a heating element extending therein such that an annular recess is defined between an interior surface of the hollow body and the external surface of the heating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventor: Ronald SHAFFER
  • Publication number: 20190285314
    Abstract: A water heater system includes a water heater and a thermal mixing valve. The water heater includes a tank and a cap that each define interior volumes. The interior volume of the tank includes a heating element is the location where fluid is heated, whereas the cap includes a volume within which the thermal mixing valve may be disposed. The thermal mixing valve pulls cool and warm water from the volume of the tank, and then discharges a mixed stream of fluid at a user desired temperature via an outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Ronald SHAFFER, Samuel CHRISANT, Robert William HYDE, Ronnie BROWNE
  • Publication number: 20180209692
    Abstract: A water heater includes a water tank and a flow-through heating element. The water tank contains heated water. The flow-through heating element is located in the lower portion of the water tank and heats water as water is passed through an interior channel of the heating element. In another configuration, the water heater further includes a recirculation line and the heating element further includes an input end external of the water tank to receive water to be heated and an output end to output heated water into the water tank. The recirculation line transports water from the water tank to the input end of the heating element that is external of the water tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Ronald SHAFFER, JR., Samuel CHRISANT, Robert William HYDE
  • Patent number: 6419465
    Abstract: A shaft extension for attachment to a crankshaft of an electric motor driven air compressor to axially extend the crankshaft for engagement with an outboard rotational bearing. The electric motor driven air compressor includes a bearing plate, an inboard rotational bearing mounted on the bearing plate, the crankshaft projecting through both of the inboard rotational bearing and the bearing plate and terminating in a distal end disposed exterior of the bearing plate. The air compressor also includes an electric motor, the electric motor having a stator frame, a stator fixedly mounted within the stator frame, and a rotor fixedly mounted to the crankshaft for rotation therewith and disposed interior of the stator. The air compressor further includes the outboard rotational bearing disposed axially outboard of the stator frame, the stator, and the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Walter E. Goettel, Roger Drummond, Ronald Shaffer, James Varney, Brian L. Cunkelman
  • Patent number: 6376950
    Abstract: A combined bearing plate and stator frame for an air compressor powered by an electric motor. The air compressor includes a crankshaft rotationally supported by a rotational bearing, and the electric motor includes a rotor and a stator substantially surrounding the rotor. The rotor is mounted on a portion of the crankshaft for rotation therewith. The combined bearing plate and stator frame is adapted for integration into the air compressor so as to provide a bearing plate for mounting of the rotational bearing and a stator frame for mounting of the stator therein and an aligning the stator with the rotor mounted on the portion of the crankshaft. The combined bearing plate and stator frame includes a bearing plate member and a stator frame member, the bearing plate member and the stator frame member being integrally formed from a single piece of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: James Varney, Walter E. Goettel, Ronald Shaffer, Brian L. Cunkelman
  • Patent number: 6364635
    Abstract: An endplate for attachment to a stator frame of an electric motor used to drive an air compressor. The air compressor has a crankshaft rotationally supported by at least one rotational bearing, and the electric motor includes the stator frame, a stator element mounted to and within the stator frame, and a rotor element rigidly mounted on a portion of the crankshaft for rotation therewith. The crankshaft projects through the stator element and terminates in a distal end. The endplate is adapted for mounting to the stator frame so as to provide support for mounting an additional rotational bearing for rotationally supporting the distal end of the crankshaft on an opposite side of the rotor from the at least one rotational bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Walter E. Goettel, Roger Drummond, Ronald Shaffer, James Varney, Brian L. Cunkelman