Patents by Inventor Scot Reagen
Scot Reagen 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).
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Patent number: 11781812Abstract: A heat exchanger including a plurality of parallel fins, and at least one tube passing through the parallel fins, wherein the tube carries a fluid that exchanges heat with air passing through the heat exchanger. The parallel fins each include a plurality of air deflecting members formed therein. Each air deflecting member is bent substantially orthogonally relative to a planar surface of each fin, and each air deflecting member is configured to direct the air passing through the heat exchanger to increase turbulence of the air, and to impinge the air against adjacent parallel fins, and to balance air flow across the heat exchanger and decrease maldistribution of the air flow through the heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Brazeway, Inc.Inventors: Matt Baker, Scot Reagen
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Publication number: 20220299275Abstract: A heat exchanger that includes a microchannel tube having a plurality of straight sections interconnected by a plurality of bent sections; a plurality of accordion-style fins located between adjacent straight sections of the microchannel tube; and a plurality of brackets having a plurality of slots formed therein that are each configured for receipt of a respective straight section of the microchannel tube, wherein the plurality of brackets are configured to compress the accordion-style fins into direct engagement with the adjacent straight sections of microchannel tube, and wherein at least one of the accordion-style fins and the microchannel tube includes a mating feature that prevents lateral movement of the accordion-style fin relative to the adjacent straight sections of the microchannel tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Scot Reagen, Matt Baker, David Wayne Skrzypchak, Scott C. Peters
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Patent number: 10900722Abstract: A heat transfer tube including an inner surface including a plurality of grooves. The plurality of grooves includes at least primary grooves and secondary grooves, wherein the primary grooves extend axially along a length of the tube, and the secondary grooves intersect the primary grooves.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Brazeway, Inc.Inventors: Scot Reagen, Matt Baker, Dave W. Skrzypchak, Gary Wolfe, Chen-Yu Lin, Jared Lee Myers
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Publication number: 20200158441Abstract: A heat exchanger including a plurality of parallel fins, and at least one tube passing through the parallel fins, wherein the tube carries a fluid that exchanges heat with air passing through the heat exchanger. The parallel fins each include a plurality of air deflecting members formed therein. Each air deflecting member is bent substantially orthogonally relative to a planar surface of each fin, and each air deflecting member is configured to direct the air passing through the heat exchanger to increase turbulence of the air, and to impinge the air against adjacent parallel fins, and to balance air flow across the heat exchanger and decrease maldistribution of the air flow through the heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Matt BAKER, Scot REAGEN
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Publication number: 20200124358Abstract: A heat transfer tube including an inner surface including a plurality of grooves. The plurality of grooves includes at least primary grooves and secondary grooves, wherein the primary grooves extend axially along a length of the tube, and the secondary grooves intersect the primary grooves.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: Scot REAGEN, Matt BAKER, Dave W. SKRZYPCHAK, Gary WOLFE, Chen-Yu LIN, Jared Lee Myers
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Patent number: 10578374Abstract: A heat exchanger including a plurality of parallel fins, and at least one tube passing through the parallel fins, wherein the tube carries a fluid that exchanges heat with air passing through the heat exchanger. The parallel fins each include a plurality of air deflecting members formed therein. Each air deflecting member is bent substantially orthogonally relative to a planar surface of each fin, and each air deflecting member is configured to direct the air passing through the heat exchanger to increase turbulence of the air, and to impinge the air against adjacent parallel fins, and to balance air flow across the heat exchanger and decrease maldistribution of the air flow through the heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Brazeway, Inc.Inventors: Matt Baker, Scot Reagen
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Patent number: 10551130Abstract: A heat transfer tube including an inner surface including a plurality of grooves. The plurality of grooves includes at least primary grooves and secondary grooves, wherein the primary grooves extend axially along a length of the tube, and the secondary grooves intersect the primary grooves.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2015Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Brazeway, Inc.Inventors: Scot Reagen, Matt Baker, Dave W. Skrzypchak, Gary Wolfe, Chen-Yu Lin, Jared Lee Myers
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Patent number: 10508325Abstract: An extrudable aluminum alloy for a micro channel and round tube heat exchanger application including silicon in an amount that ranges between 0.15 and 0.30 wt %, iron in an amount that is less than or equal to 0.15 wt %, manganese in amount that ranges between 0.50 and 0.90 wt %, zinc in amount of no greater than 0.03 wt %, copper in amount of no greater than 0.03 wt %, and nickel in an amount of no greater than 0.01 wt %.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Brazeway, Inc.Inventors: Vikas Somani, Alfred Wang, Scot Reagen
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Publication number: 20190093939Abstract: A refrigeration system for a refrigerator or a freezer, comprising a compressor; a condenser; and an evaporator, wherein the evaporator includes a coil formed of a plurality of linear sections connected by a plurality of curved sections, and the coil is attached to a plurality of fins, each fin has a length and a width, and the width defines an evaporator depth; and the plurality of curved sections are arranged in a number of columns to define a tube pattern formed along the evaporator depth.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Scot REAGEN, Brian John CHRISTEN, William SPROW, Scott C. PETERS, Gary WOLFE, Matt BAKER
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Publication number: 20180058772Abstract: A heat exchanger including a plurality of parallel fins, and at least one tube passing through the parallel fins, wherein the tube carries a fluid that exchanges heat with air passing through the heat exchanger. The parallel fins each include a plurality of air deflecting members formed therein. Each air deflecting member is bent substantially orthogonally relative to a planar surface of each fin, and each air deflecting member is configured to direct the air passing through the heat exchanger to increase turbulence of the air, and to impinge the air against adjacent parallel fins, and to balance air flow across the heat exchanger and decrease maldistribution of the air flow through the heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Matt Baker, Scot Reagen
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Publication number: 20160369377Abstract: An extrudable aluminum alloy for a micro channel and round tube heat exchanger application including silicon in an amount that ranges between 0.15 and 0.30 wt %, iron in an amount that is less than or equal to 0.15 wt %, manganese in amount that ranges between 0.50 and 0.90 wt %, zinc in amount of no greater than 0.03 wt %, copper in amount of no greater than 0.03 wt %, and nickel in an amount of no greater than 0.01 wt %.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Inventors: Vikas Somani, Alfred Wang, Scot Reagen
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Publication number: 20160097604Abstract: A heat transfer tube including an inner surface including a plurality of grooves. The plurality of grooves includes at least primary grooves and secondary grooves, wherein the primary grooves extend axially along a length of the tube, and the secondary grooves intersect the primary grooves.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2015Publication date: April 7, 2016Inventors: Scot Reagen, Matt Baker, Dave W. Skrzypchak, Gary Wolfe, Chen-Yu Lin
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Publication number: 20110036553Abstract: A heat exchanger system having a fluid passage operable to fluidly communicate a first fluid and a heat transfer surface extending from the fluid passage for transferring heat between the first fluid and a second fluid. The system can further include a heating element operably coupled to and selectively applying thermal energy to at least one of the fluid passage and the heat transfer surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2010Publication date: February 17, 2011Inventors: Brian John Christen, Scot Reagen, David Wayne Skrzypchak, William Sprow
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Publication number: 20090178432Abstract: An ice maker evaporator includes a plurality of dividers and one or more micro-multi-port tubes that are arranged into a plurality of cells such that ice cubes can be formed therein. The evaporator can be made of aluminum and the components can be brazed, soldered or otherwise joined together.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2008Publication date: July 16, 2009Inventors: Scot Reagen, Saumin Mehta, Scott C. Peters
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Patent number: 7028764Abstract: An evaporator for disposition along an air flow for cooling the air. The evaporator comprises a continuous serpentine tube having an inlet and an outlet and a plurality of inner fins attached to the serpentine tube. The serpentine tube including at least one column of tube runs. The tube runs are grouped into tube run sets. Each tube run set is defined by at least one reverse bend and the tube runs extending from the ends of the at least one reverse bend. The centerline of each tube run set is not parallel to the centerline of an adjacent tube run set. Each inner fin extends between at least two tube runs of a tube run set.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2003Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: TI Group Automotives Systems, LLCInventor: Scot Reagen
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Publication number: 20030196783Abstract: An evaporator for disposition along an air flow for cooling the air. The evaporator comprises a continuous serpentine tube having an inlet and an outlet and a plurality of inner fins attached to the serpentine tube. The serpentine tube including at least one column of tube runs. The tube runs are grouped into tube run sets. Each tube run set is defined by at least one reverse bend and the tube runs extending from the ends of the at least one reverse bend. The centerline of each tube run set is not parallel to the centerline of an adjacent tube run set. Each inner fin extends between at least two tube runs of a tube run set.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2003Publication date: October 23, 2003Applicant: TI GROUP AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LLCInventor: Scot Reagen
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Publication number: 20030034155Abstract: A method of making an evaporator and the resultant evaporator. The resultant evaporator comprises a continuous serpentine tube having an inlet and an outlet. The serpentine tube includes at least one column of parallel tube runs. Each tube run is defined by at least one reverse bend. The column of parallel tube runs has an overall length defined by the distance between the outermost tube runs. The evaporator further comprises a plurality of inner fins attached to the individual tubes. Each inner fin extends between two tube runs defined by opposite ends of a reverse bend. The inner fins have a length less than the overall length the column of tube runs.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2001Publication date: February 20, 2003Applicant: TI Group Automotive Systems Corp.Inventors: Scot Reagen, Jeff Sensmeier
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Patent number: 6370775Abstract: A method of making an evaporator and the resultant evaporator. The resultant evaporator comprises a continuous serpentine tube having an inlet and an outlet. The serpentine tube includes at least one column of parallel tube runs. Each tube run is defined by at least one reverse bend. The column of parallel tube runs has an overall length defined by the distance between the outermost tube runs. The evaporator further comprises a plurality of inner fins attached to the individual tubes. Each inner fin extends between two tube runs defined by opposite ends of a reverse bend. The inner fins have a length less than the overall length the column of tube runs.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2000Date of Patent: April 16, 2002Assignee: TI Group Automotive Systems, LLCInventors: Scot Reagen, Jeff Sensmeier
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Patent number: 6253839Abstract: A method of making an evaporator and the resultant evaporator. The resultant evaporator comprises a continuous serpentine tube having an inlet and an outlet. The serpentine tube includes at least one column of parallel tube runs. Each tube run is defined by at least one reverse bend. The column of parallel tube runs has an overall length defined by the distance between the outermost tube runs. The evaporator further comprises a plurality of inner fins attached to the individual tubes. Each inner fin extends between two tube runs defined by opposite ends of a reverse bend. The inner fins have a length less than the overall length the column of tube runs.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 1999Date of Patent: July 3, 2001Assignee: TI Group Automotive Systems Corp.Inventors: Scot Reagen, Jeff Sensmeier