Patents by Inventor Stephen Adamski
Stephen Adamski 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: 11732730Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the current disclosure, a blower assembly is provided that includes a housing having a pair of side walls and an outer wall connecting the side walls. The outer wall has a cutoff portion and an outlet portion. The housing includes an outlet defined at least in part by an outlet end of the outlet portion and the cutoff portion. The outer wall includes a scroll portion connecting the cutoff portion and the outlet portion. The outlet portion flares outwardly away from the cutoff portion as the outlet portion extends from the scroll portion to the outlet end of the outlet portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Revcor, Inc.Inventors: Zvirimumwoyo P. Chinoda, Nathan K. Shoemaker, Madan Baral, Stephen Baker, Stephen A. Adamski
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Patent number: 11644045Abstract: In one aspect, a fan assembly is provided that can be manufactured while producing a significantly reduced amount of scrap material. More specifically, the fan assembly utilizes a hub ring and one or more hub strips to support a plurality of blades rather than a solid center disc or end disc used by some prior approaches. In another aspect, a method is provided that includes bending a member into an annular configuration and joining end portions of the member together to rigidly fix the member in the annular configuration. The rigid annular member may be used as an end ring, a hub ring, an orifice, or other component, while producing significantly less scrap material than traditional approaches.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Revcor, Inc.Inventors: Craig R. Hall, Richard R. Shelby, Dominic Phillip Menoni, Stephen A. Adamski, Michael F. Buckley
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Publication number: 20220196028Abstract: In one aspect, a fan assembly is provided that can be manufactured while producing a significantly reduced amount of scrap material. More specifically, the fan assembly utilizes a hub ring and one or more hub strips to support a plurality of blades rather than a solid center disc or end disc used by some prior approaches. In another aspect, a method is provided that includes bending a member into an annular configuration and joining end portions of the member together to rigidly fix the member in the annular configuration. The rigid annular member may be used as an end ring, a hub ring, an orifice, or other component, while producing significantly less scrap material than traditional approaches.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Craig R. Hall, Richard R. Shelby, Dominic Phillip Menoni, Stephen A. Adamski, Michael F. Buckley
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Publication number: 20220196032Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the current disclosure, a blower assembly is provided that includes a housing having a pair of side walls and an outer wall connecting the side walls. The outer wall has a cutoff portion and an outlet portion. The housing includes an outlet defined at least in part by an outlet end of the outlet portion and the cutoff portion. The outer wall includes a scroll portion connecting the cutoff portion and the outlet portion. The outlet portion flares outwardly away from the cutoff portion as the outlet portion extends from the scroll portion to the outlet end of the outlet portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2022Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Zvirimumwoyo P. Chinoda, Nathan K. Shoemaker, Madan Baral, Stephen Baker, Stephen A. Adamski
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Patent number: 11274677Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the current disclosure, a blower assembly is provided that includes a housing having a pair of side walls and an outer wall connecting the side walls. The outer wall has a cutoff portion and an outlet portion. The housing includes an outlet defined at least in part by an outlet end of the outlet portion and the cutoff portion. The outer wall includes a scroll portion connecting the cutoff portion and the outlet portion. The outlet portion flares outwardly away from the cutoff portion as the outlet portion extends from the scroll portion to the outlet end of the outlet portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Revcor, Inc.Inventors: Zvirimumwoyo P. Chinoda, Nathan K. Shoemaker, Madan Baral, Stephen Baker, Stephen A. Adamski
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Patent number: 11193495Abstract: A method including bending an elongate portion of a flat strip of metallic material into a ring about an axis extending parallel to a thickness of the elongate portion of the strip of metallic material. The method includes fixing end portions of the ring together to form a flat ring, the flat ring having opposite flat side surfaces, a radially inner surface, a radially outer surface, a pair of radially inner edges, and a pair of radially outer edges, wherein the pair of radially inner edges connect the radially inner surface and the opposite flat side surfaces and the pair of radially outer edges connect the radially outer surface and the opposite flat side surfaces. The method includes connecting a plurality of curved blades to the flat ring and connecting a hub support to the curved blades at a position spaced from the flat ring along the curved blades.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Revcor, Inc.Inventors: Craig R. Hall, Richard R. Shelby, Dominic Phillip Menoni, Stephen A. Adamski, Michael F. Buckley
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Publication number: 20200271123Abstract: In one aspect, a fan assembly is provided that can be manufactured while producing a significantly reduced amount of scrap material. More specifically, the fan assembly utilizes a hub ring and one or more hub strips to support a plurality of blades rather than a solid center disc or end disc used by some prior approaches. In another aspect, a method is provided that includes bending a member into an annular configuration and joining end portions of the member together to rigidly fix the member in the annular configuration. The rigid annular member may be used as an end ring, a hub ring, an orifice, or other component, while producing significantly less scrap material than traditional approaches.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Craig R. Hall, Richard R. Shelby, Dominic Phillip Menoni, Stephen A. Adamski, Michael F. Buckley
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Patent number: 10670036Abstract: In one aspect, a fan assembly is provided that includes a plurality of elongated metallic fan blades, a first metallic end ring, a second metallic end ring, and a metallic hub support connected to the fan blades intermediate the first and second end rings. The fan blades include straight inlet edges radially inward from first and second radially inner edges of the first and second metallic end rings so that inlet portions of the blades extend radially inward from the first and second metallic end rings. In another aspect, a fan assembly is provided that includes a hub support having a hub strip and a hub ring. The hub strip has an elongate configuration with an attachment portion connected to the hub ring at one end of the hub strip and another attachment portion connected to the hub ring at an opposite end of the hub strip.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Revcor, Inc.Inventors: Craig R. Hall, Richard R. Shelby, Dominic Phillip Menoni, Stephen A. Adamski, Michael F. Buckley
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Publication number: 20200132085Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the current disclosure, a blower assembly is provided that includes a housing having a pair of side walls and an outer wall connecting the side walls. The outer wall has a cutoff portion and an outlet portion. The housing includes an outlet defined at least in part by an outlet end of the outlet portion and the cutoff portion. The outer wall includes a scroll portion connecting the cutoff portion and the outlet portion. The outlet portion flares outwardly away from the cutoff portion as the outlet portion extends from the scroll portion to the outlet end of the outlet portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Zvirimumwoyo P. Chinoda, Nathan K. Shoemaker, Madan Baral, Stephen Baker, Stephen A. Adamski
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Publication number: 20190078581Abstract: In one aspect, a fan assembly is provided that can be manufactured while producing a significantly reduced amount of scrap material. More specifically, the fan assembly utilizes a hub ring and one or more hub strips to support a plurality of blades rather than a solid center disc or end disc used by some prior approaches. In another aspect, a method is provided that includes bending a member into an annular configuration and joining end portions of the member together to rigidly fix the member in the annular configuration. The rigid annular member may be used as an end ring, a hub ring, an orifice, or other component, while producing significantly less scrap material than traditional approaches.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventors: Craig R. Hall, Richard R. Shelby, Dominic Phillip Menoni, Stephen A. Adamski, Michael F. Buckley
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Publication number: 20190040869Abstract: In one aspect, a fan assembly is provided that can be manufactured while producing a significantly reduced amount of scrap material. More specifically, the fan assembly utilizes a hub ring and one or more hub strips to support a plurality of blades rather than a solid center disc or end disc used by some prior approaches. In another aspect, a method is provided that includes bending a member into an annular configuration and joining end portions of the member together to rigidly fix the member in the annular configuration. The rigid annular member may be used as an end ring, a hub ring, an orifice, or other component, while producing significantly less scrap material than traditional approaches.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Craig R. Hall, Richard R. Shelby, Dominic Phillip Menoni, Stephen A. Adamski, Michael F. Buckley
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Patent number: 10125784Abstract: In one aspect, a fan assembly is provided that can be manufactured while producing a significantly reduced amount of scrap material. More specifically, the fan assembly utilizes a hub ring and one or more hub strips to support a plurality of blades rather than a solid center disc or end disc used by some prior approaches. In another aspect, a method is provided that includes bending a member into an annular configuration and joining end portions of the member together to rigidly fix the member in the annular configuration. The rigid annular member may be used as an end ring, a hub ring, an orifice, or other component, while producing significantly less scrap material than traditional approaches.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Revcor, Inc.Inventors: Craig R. Hall, Richard R. Shelby, Dominic Phillip Menoni, Stephen A. Adamski, Michael F. Buckley
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Patent number: 9995316Abstract: A blower assembly having a housing and a cross flow fan rotatably mounted to the housing. Rotation of the fan drives fluid flow through the housing and produces an eccentric vortex of fluid flow in the housing. The fan has a circular blade support that induces fluid flow with rotation of the fan which interacts with the eccentric vortex. The circular blade support has at least one flow interrupter configured and arranged to rotate through the interaction of the eccentric vortex and the flow induced by the circular blade support to disrupt the interaction between the eccentric vortex and the flow induced by the circular blade support. In this manner, the at least one flow interrupter reduces the effect of the unstable vortex-blade support interaction on the airflow through the blower assembly which stabilizes the air loading on the blower assembly motor and reduces noise.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Revcor, Inc.Inventors: Craig R. Hall, Nathan K. Shoemaker, Stephen A. Adamski
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Publication number: 20150260201Abstract: In one aspect, a blower assembly is provided having a housing and a cross flow fan rotatably mounted to the housing. Rotation of the fan drives fluid flow through the housing and produces an eccentric vortex of fluid flow in the housing. The fan has a circular blade support that induces fluid flow with rotation of the fan which interacts with the eccentric vortex. The circular blade support has at least one flow interrupter configured and arranged to rotate through the interaction of the eccentric vortex and the flow induced by the circular blade support to disrupt the interaction between the eccentric vortex and the flow induced by the circular blade support. In this manner, the at least one flow interrupter reduces the effect of the unstable vortex-blade support interaction on the airflow through the blower assembly which stabilizes the air loading on the blower assembly motor and reduces the noise.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: Revcor, Inc.Inventors: Craig R. Hall, Nathan K. Shoemaker, Stephen A. Adamski
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Publication number: 20150037154Abstract: In one aspect, a fan assembly is provided that can be manufactured while producing a significantly reduced amount of scrap material. More specifically, the fan assembly utilizes a hub ring and one or more hub strips to support a plurality of blades rather than a solid center disc or end disc used by some prior approaches. In another aspect, a method is provided that includes bending a member into an annular configuration and joining end portions of the member together to rigidly fix the member in the annular configuration. The rigid annular member may be used as an end ring, a hub ring, an orifice, or other component, while producing significantly less scrap material than traditional approaches.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2014Publication date: February 5, 2015Inventors: Craig R. Hall, Richard R. Shelby, Dominic Phillip Menoni, Stephen A. Adamski, Michael F. Buckley
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Patent number: 8881396Abstract: In one aspect, a fan assembly is provided that can be manufactured while producing a significantly reduced amount of scrap material. More specifically, the fan assembly utilizes a hub ring and one or more hub strips to support a plurality of blades rather than a solid center disc or end disc used by some prior approaches. In another aspect, a method is provided that includes bending a member into an annular configuration and joining end portions of the member together to rigidly fix the member in the annular configuration. The rigid annular member may be used as an end ring, a hub ring, an orifice, or other component, while producing significantly less scrap material than traditional approaches.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Revcor, Inc.Inventors: Craig R. Hall, Dominic Phillip Menoni, Richard R. Shelby, Stephen A. Adamski, Michael F. Buckley
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Publication number: 20120201680Abstract: In one aspect, a fan assembly is provided that can be manufactured while producing a significantly reduced amount of scrap material. More specifically, the fan assembly utilizes a hub ring and one or more hub strips to support a plurality of blades rather than a solid center disc or end disc used by some prior approaches. In another aspect, a method is provided that includes bending a member into an annular configuration and joining end portions of the member together to rigidly fix the member in the annular configuration. The rigid annular member may be used as an end ring, a hub ring, an orifice, or other component, while producing significantly less scrap material than traditional approaches.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2011Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: REVCOR, INC.Inventors: Craig R. Hall, Dominic Phillip Menoni, Richard R. Shelby, Stephen A. Adamski, Michael F. Buckley
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Publication number: 20050074332Abstract: A fan inlet plate is provided in which a portion of the inlet plate is integral with and disposed at an angle with respect to the rest of the inlet plate to define a baffle of the fan. The portion of the inlet plate can be bent from the rest of the inlet plate. Also, the portion of the inlet plate can be at least partially cut from the rest of the inlet plate in order to facilitate bending of the portion as just described. An inlet structure for a fan housing is also provided, and has a first wall at least partially covering a side of the fan, and a second wall integral with the first wall and extending to inside the fan. In some embodiments, the first and second walls are integrally formed by a molding process.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2003Publication date: April 7, 2005Inventors: Stephen Adamski, Eric Cole, William Metzger