Patents by Inventor Steve S. Dingle

Steve S. Dingle 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).

  • Defrost bypass dehumidifier
    Patent number: 8769969
    Abstract: A defrost bypass dehumidifier includes an air flow path with first, second and third segments in series from upstream to downstream and passing ambient air respectively to an evaporator coil then to a condenser coil and then discharging same. The air flow path has a bypass segment passing ambient air to the evaporator coil in parallel with the noted first air flow path segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Technologies Holdings Corp.
    Inventors: Todd DeMonte, Scott E. Sloan, Steve S. Dingle, Timothy S. O'Brien, Phillip R. Steinmetz
  • Defrost bypass dehumidifier
    Patent number: 8316660
    Abstract: A defrost bypass dehumidifier includes an air flow path with first, second and third segments in series from upstream to downstream and passing ambient air respectively to an evaporator coil then to a condenser coil and then discharging same. The air flow path has a bypass segment passing ambient air to the evaporator coil in parallel with the noted first air flow path segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Technologies Holdings Corp.
    Inventors: Todd DeMonte, Scott E. Sloan, Steve S. Dingle, Timothy S. O'Brien, Phillip R. Steinmetz
  • Defrost Bypass Dehumidifier
    Publication number: 20100275630
    Abstract: A defrost bypass dehumidifier includes an air flow path with first, second and third segments in series from upstream to downstream and passing ambient air respectively to an evaporator coil then to a condenser coil and then discharging same. The air flow path has a bypass segment passing ambient air to the evaporator coil in parallel with the noted first air flow path segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Technologies Holdings Corp.
    Inventors: Todd DeMonte, Scott E. Sloan, Steve S. Dingle, Timothy S. O'Brien, Phillip R. Steinmetz
  • Enhanced performance dehumidifier
    Patent number: 7540166
    Abstract: A dehumidifier includes an air flow path with first, second and third segments in series from upstream to downstream and passing ambient air respectively to an evaporator coil then to a condenser coil and then discharging same. The air flow path has a fourth segment passing ambient air to the condenser coil in parallel with the noted second air flow path segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Technologies Holdings Corp.
    Inventors: Timothy S. O'Brien, Steve S. Dingle
  • Enhanced performance dehumidifier
    Patent number: 7281389
    Abstract: A dehumidifier includes an air flow path with first, second and third segments in series from upstream to downstream and passing ambient air respectively to an evaporator coil then to a condenser coil and then discharging same. The air flow path has a fourth segment passing ambient air to the condenser coil in parallel with the noted second air flow path segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Bou-Matic Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Timothy S. O'Brien, Steve S. Dingle
  • Enhanced drying dehumidifier
    Patent number: 7246503
    Abstract: A dehumidifier includes an impeller in a cabinet downstream of a condenser coil and drawing air through the cabinet from upstream to downstream through first, second and third segments of an air flow path from an evaporator coil to the condenser coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Bou-Matic Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Timothy S. O'Brien, Steve S. Dingle
  • High performance dehumidifier
    Patent number: 7194870
    Abstract: A dehumidifier includes a compressor delivering hot compressed refrigerant, a desuperheater coil receiving refrigerant from the compressor and condensing same, a condenser coil receiving refrigerant from the desuperheater coil and condensing same, an expansion device receiving refrigerant from the condenser coil and expanding same, and an evaporator coil receiving refrigerant from the expansion device and evaporating same and delivering the refrigerant to the compressor, in a refrigeration cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Bou-Matic Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Timothy S. O'Brien, Steve S. Dingle
  • Evaporator refrigerant distributor
    Patent number: 5836382
    Abstract: A refrigerant distributor for use in a shell and tube evaporator has a decreasing cross-sectional area which uniformly distributes refrigerant to the tube bundle within the evaporator shell and operates with a small distributor to evaporator pressure drop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: American Standard Inc.
    Inventors: Steve S. Dingle, Jon P. Hartfield