Patents by Inventor Terry J. Broccard

Terry J. Broccard 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).

  • Strategic modular secondary refrigeration
    Patent number: 5743102
    Abstract: A commercial refrigeration network including refrigeration system units constructed and arranged for placement in strategic proximity to corresponding product cooling zones within the shopping arena of a food store, each refrigeration unit having a condensing unit rack configured to accommodate the maximum refrigeration loads of its associated zone with an optimum floor space footprint in the shopping arena, and the condensing unit rack including a plurality of multiplexed compressors, condenser and associated high side and low side refrigerant delivery and suction conduits operatively connected to evaporators for cooling the corresponding zone, and the network also including another cooling source remote from said modular refrigeration units and constructed and arranged for circulating a fluid coolant in heat exchange relationship with the condenser to obtain optimum condensing and efficiency of said evaporators in cooling the corresponding zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Hussmann Corporation
    Inventors: Charles D. Thomas, Terry J. Broccard, Wayne G. Schaeffer, Doron Shapiro
  • Strategic modular commercial refrigeration
    Patent number: 5440894
    Abstract: A commercial refrigeration network including refrigeration system units constructed and arranged for placement in strategic proximity to corresponding product cooling zones within the shopping arena of a food store, each refrigeration unit having a condensing unit rack configured to accommodate the maximum refrigeration loads of its associated zone with an optimum floor space footprint in the shopping arena, and the condensing unit rack including a plurality of multiplexed compressors, condenser and associated high side and low side refrigerant delivery and suction conduits operatively connected to evaporators for cooling the corresponding zone, and the network also including another cooling source remote from said modular refrigeration units and constructed and arranged for circulating a fluid coolant in heat exchange relationship with the condenser to obtain optimum condensing and efficiency of said evaporators in cooling the corresponding zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: Hussmann Corporation
    Inventors: Wayne G. Schaeffer, William C. Wehmeier, Terry J. Broccard, John A. Behr