Patents by Inventor Virgil D. Leinum

Virgil D. Leinum 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: 4834401
    Abstract: A fuel tank assembly which includes a fuel tank mounted below spaced I-beams of a refrigerated container chassis during a land transportation mode in which an engine driven generator provides electrical power for driving a refrigeration compressor. The fuel tank is mounted within about 0.5 inch of the lower flanges of the I-beams, to provide maximum road clearance, by a mounting arrangement which projects tank hangers above the level of the lower flanges of the I-beams, and by mounting brackets which extend downwardly from the tank hangers to rest upon the lower inner flange portions of the I-beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1989
    Assignee: Thermo King Corporation
    Inventors: Robert L. Harrington, Dennis F. Feldhake, Bradley G. Ellingson, Virgil D. Leinum, Thomas J. Niemi
  • Patent number: 3973618
    Abstract: The invention relates to the air conditioning of a storage compartment and is especially significant for a transport system. Air is circulated between an air tempering zone and the storage compartment, said air tempering zone having air cooling means and air heating means controlled by a thermostat. The thermostat has a wide range set point and depending upon what set point is selected, the thermostat is responsive either to the temperature of the air discharged from the tempering zone or the temperature of the air returning to said zone. When the set point is above a given point and the air is being cooled to near the desired temperature, said desired temperature is accurately obtained by the thermostat first sending a signal from a selected one of the two sensors that provides a step-reduction in the capacity of the cooling means and then sending a signal to a modulating valve that further reduces to the set point the capacity of the cooling means by a modulation reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1974
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1976
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Lowell B. Naley, Robert W. Haberkorn, Virgil D. Leinum