Patents by Inventor Tom Dare

Tom Dare 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: 12565894
    Abstract: A ventilating fan has a fan housing formed to define an interior space, an inlet opening, and an outlet opening spaced apart from the inlet opening, a fan wheel arranged to lie within the interior space, the fan wheel comprising a blade hub and a plurality of fan blades from the blade hub, and a fan-wheel rotation drive assembly configured to rotate the plurality of fan blades about a rotation axis, the fan-wheel rotation drive assembly comprising one or more rotor magnets fixed to the fan wheel and arranged circumferentially around the rotation axis, and one or more stator magnets fixed to the fan housing and arranged circumferentially around the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Tom Dare, Santosh Narasimhan
  • Publication number: 20250271171
    Abstract: A ventilation system having a housing defining an internal region and the housing configured to be positioned adjacent to a room of a building structure, a blower in the internal region and configured to draw air out of the room of the building structure, and a grille configured to at least partially block view of the housing and the blower. The grille has a trim cover configured to connect to at least one of the main housing, the blower and the room. The trim cover has at least one side element configured to define an aperture and a hanger connected to the at least one side element. The hanger has a base. A grille cover is configured to engage the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Publication date: August 28, 2025
    Inventors: Luis Esparza, Anup Nikam, Robert Woodruff, Jesse Hollingsworth, Tom Dare
  • Publication number: 20240230148
    Abstract: A ventilation fan includes a scroll formed to define an interior space, an inlet opening into the interior space, and an outlet opening into the interior space and spaced apart from the inlet. A fan wheel is coupled to the scroll within the interior space and includes a plurality of fan blades configured to rotate about a vertical rotation axis to draw air into the interior space to ventilate a room positioned adjacent to the ventilation fan. An inlet collar is coupled to an exterior surface of a bottom wall of the scroll and extends through the inlet. The inlet collar has a upper, distal end located above a lower end of each of the plurality of fan blades when the ventilation fan is installed above or adjacent to a ceiling of the building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Anup Nikam, Tom Dare
  • Publication number: 20240133581
    Abstract: A ventilation fan includes a scroll formed to define an interior space, an inlet opening into the interior space, and an outlet opening into the interior space and spaced apart from the inlet. A fan wheel is coupled to the scroll within the interior space and includes a plurality of fan blades configured to rotate about a vertical rotation axis to draw air into the interior space to ventilate a room positioned adjacent to the ventilation fan. An inlet collar is coupled to an exterior surface of a bottom wall of the scroll and extends through the inlet. The inlet collar has a upper, distal end located above a lower end of each of the plurality of fan blades when the ventilation fan is installed above or adjacent to a ceiling of the building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Anup Nikam, Tom Dare
  • Publication number: 20240084809
    Abstract: A ventilating fan has a fan housing formed to define an interior space, an inlet opening, and an outlet opening spaced apart from the inlet opening, a fan wheel arranged to lie within the interior space, the fan wheel comprising a blade hub and a plurality of fan blades from the blade hub, and a fan-wheel rotation drive assembly configured to rotate the plurality of fan blades about a rotation axis, the fan-wheel rotation drive assembly comprising one or more rotor magnets fixed to the fan wheel and arranged circumferentially around the rotation axis, and one or more stator magnets fixed to the fan housing and arranged circumferentially around the rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Tom Dare, Santosh Narasimhan