Patents by Inventor Steve Center

Steve Center 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: 11608820
    Abstract: A belt guard for an air compressor that includes an air compressor silencer. The guard includes a housing that includes a front cover and a back cover, and an accommodation portion. The air compressor silencer is provided inside the housing in the accommodation portion, where the air compressor silencer includes a spirally shaped silencer core, and the spirally shaped silencer core includes at least one spiral chamber comprising a core inlet and a core outlet. Additionally, a compressor installation that includes a motor, a compressor, a belt connected to a compressor shaft of the compressor element and a motor shaft of the motor, and a belt guard that includes a front cover and a back cover, and an accommodation portion, where the compressor silencer is provided inside the housing in the accommodation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: QUINCY COMPRESSOR LLC
    Inventors: Tingrong Ren, Steve Centers, Gerald Kalapos, Byron Walker, Erik Baccin
  • Publication number: 20200072207
    Abstract: A belt guard for an air compressor that includes an air compressor silencer. The guard includes a housing that includes a front cover and a back cover, and an accommodation portion. The air compressor silencer is provided inside the housing in the accommodation portion, where the air compressor silencer includes a spirally shaped silencer core, and the spirally shaped silencer core includes at least one spiral chamber comprising a core inlet and a core outlet. Additionally, a compressor installation that includes a motor, a compressor, a belt connected to a compressor shaft of the compressor element and a motor shaft of the motor, and a belt guard that includes a front cover and a back cover, and an accommodation portion, where the compressor silencer is provided inside the housing in the accommodation portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: QUINCY COMPRESSOR LLC
    Inventors: Tingrong REN, Steve CENTERS, Gerald KALAPOS, Byron WALKER, Erik BACCIN
  • Publication number: 20200049142
    Abstract: A noise reducing silencer for a compressor, the silencer including a housing, a spirally shaped silencer core provided in the housing and having an inlet and an outlet, a connecting element connected to the silencer core to connect the outlet of the silencer core to an inlet of a compressor. The silencer core is provided to reduce noise during operation of the compressor, where the silencer core can include two spiral chambers stacked on each other. The spiral chambers can also include hollow walls that form the spiral chambers and that are filled with sound absorbing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: QUINCY COMPRESSOR LLC
    Inventors: Tingrong REN, Steve CENTERS, Gerald KALAPOS, Byron WALKER, Erik BACCIN
  • Publication number: 20190376500
    Abstract: A silencer for a compressor, the silencer including a housing, a spirally shaped silencer tube provided in the housing and having an inlet and an outlet, a connecting element connected to the silencer core to connect the outlet of the silencer core to an inlet of a compressor. The silencer tube is provided to reduce noise during operation of the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: QUINCY COMPRESSOR LLC
    Inventors: Tingrong REN, Steve CENTERS, Gerald KALAPOS, Byron WALKER, Erik BACCIN
  • Patent number: 7539621
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing and distributing centrally-received leads to a plurality of remote dealers are disclosed. The management and distribution of leads may be handled by the centralized methods and systems regardless of the type of lead management software each supported dealer may employ. Also disclosed are systems and methods for collecting and processing information relating to the effectiveness of a dealer's follow-through on leads that it receives, independent of how that dealer processes leads or what type of lead management software the dealer uses. Additional disclosures include systems and methods for transmitting leads and lead follow-up and effectiveness information between a central system that receives leads from a plurality of sources and a dealer via an intermediary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gerard Harrington, Greg Daniels, Eugene Wada, Steve Center, Michael Keranen, Suresh Nair, Jim Dudley, John Fulcher, Melveen Fredeluces, Dave Mateer, Roy Nakahira
  • Publication number: 20050171859
    Abstract: A method of developing a sales lead includes receiving a sales lead from a sales lead source and supplementing it with additional information. The supplemental information may be useful in determining the attractiveness of the sales lead. Attractiveness information may be quantified or otherwise expressed, added to the sales lead, and provided to a sales lead recipient. The sales lead recipient may then quickly and efficiently assess the value of the sales lead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Gerard Harrington, Greg Daniels, Eugene Wada, Steve Center, Michael Keranen, Suresh Nair, Jim Dudley, John Fulcher, Melveen Fredeluces, Dave Mateer, Roy Nakahira
  • Publication number: 20050044036
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing and distributing centrally-received leads to a plurality of remote dealers are disclosed. The management and distribution of leads may be handled by the centralized methods and systems regardless of the type of lead management software each supported dealer may employ. Also disclosed are systems and methods for collecting and processing information relating to the effectiveness of a dealer's follow-through on leads that it receives, independent of how that dealer processes leads or what type of lead management software the dealer uses. Additional disclosures include systems and methods for transmitting leads and lead follow-up and effectiveness information between a central system that receives leads from a plurality of sources and a dealer via an intermediary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Gerard Harrington, Greg Daniels, Eugene Wada, Steve Center, Michael Keranen, Suresh Nair, Jim Dudley, John Fulcher, Melveen Fredeluces, Dave Mateer, Roy Nakahira