Patents by Inventor William A. Drews

William A. Drews 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: 10306812
    Abstract: A hot/cold aisle containment system includes a frame structure, at least one electronic equipment enclosure installed at least partially within the frame structure, and a header panel assembly. The frame structure is adapted to be at least partially covered by one or more panels to define an interior space and includes a vertical member and a horizontal member. The header panel assembly is installed between a top of the at least one electronic equipment enclosure and the horizontal member of the frame structure to prevent circulation of air above the enclosure. The header panel assembly includes a main panel and at least one seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.
    Inventor: William Drew Krietzman
  • Patent number: 10271452
    Abstract: A cable manager includes a backbone assembly and at least one side wall extending from the backbone assembly. The at least one side wall optionally includes one or more cable finger units. The backbone assembly includes a spine member having an extruded construction. The spine member includes one or more channels extending substantially an entire length thereof to facilitate easy attachment, removal and/or repositioning of a structure relative to the spine member. The cable manager optionally includes an accessory rod, a half-spool assembly, a cable finger accessory, a strap/buckle accessory, and/or a door assembly having an interference-free hinge set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Preston Ellis Hennrich, James I. Lawrence, John W. Robertson, Johnny C. Fraga, Jared Keith Davis, William Drew Krietzman
  • Publication number: 20190098791
    Abstract: A cable manager includes a backbone assembly and at least one side wall extending from the backbone assembly. The at least one side wall optionally includes one or more cable finger units. The backbone assembly includes a spine member having an extruded construction. The spine member includes one or more channels extending substantially an entire length thereof to facilitate easy attachment, removal and/or repositioning of a structure relative to the spine member. The cable manager optionally includes an accessory rod, a half-spool assembly, a cable finger accessory, a strap/buckle accessory, and/or a door assembly having an interference-free hinge set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Preston Ellis HENNRICH, William Drew KRIETZMAN
  • Patent number: 10243334
    Abstract: A cable pathway divider, for installation on a cable runway, includes a pair of post halves and a ring-shaped locking member. Each post half includes a base portion and an extension portion, and the base portions of the post halves are arrangeable at opposite sides of a cross member of a cable runway. The post halves are securable to one another from opposite sides of the cross member, via clamping arrangement of the ring-shaped locking member relative to the post halves, such that the extension portions extend into a space above the cable runway to divide the cable runway into at least two cable paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.
    Inventor: William Drew Krietzman
  • Patent number: 10237994
    Abstract: An electronic equipment enclosure includes a frame structure that includes side cross members between front and rear frames, a vertical mounting rail fastened to the frame structure, and a first cable management structure. The vertical mounting rail includes a fastening portion, for interfacing with the frame structure, and at least one support portion including an aperture therein. The first cable management structure has a boss adapted to be maneuvered into the aperture and seated therein so as to fasten the first cable management structure to the at least one support portion without a separate fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.
    Inventors: D. Brian Donowho, William Drew Krietzman, Brandi May Oldt, Jose Arturo Garza, Jr., Richard Evans Lewis, II
  • Publication number: 20180228056
    Abstract: An electronic equipment enclosure includes a frame structure and a customizable side air dam kit. The frame structure includes a front frame, a rear frame, front-to-back frame members connecting corners of the front and rear frames together, reinforced bracket structures located near ends of the cross members, and extruded horizontal mounting rails parallel to, but inward from, the front-to-back frame members. The ends of the horizontal mounting rails are connected to the reinforced bracket structures. Panels are installed in longitudinal slots in the front-to-back frame members and horizontal mounting rails, each of which is extruded. The customizable side air dam kit includes a framework of horizontal and vertical frame pieces, adapted to connect to the frame structure, and a customizable air dam panel supported by the framework. A plurality of the frame pieces are provided to an installer for use in constructing the framework to fit the specific frame structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Richard Evans LEWIS, II, William Drew KRIETZMAN
  • Patent number: 10003180
    Abstract: A cable pathway divider, for installation on a cable runway, includes a pair of post halves and a ring-shaped locking member. Each post half includes a base portion and an extension portion, and the base portions of the post halves are arrangeable at opposite sides of a cross member of a cable runway. The post halves are securable to one another from opposite sides of the cross member, via clamping arrangement of the ring-shaped locking member relative to the post halves, such that the extension portions extend into a space above the cable runway to divide the cable runway into at least two cable paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.
    Inventor: William Drew Krietzman
  • Publication number: 20180110153
    Abstract: A cable manager includes a backbone assembly and at least one side wall extending from the backbone assembly. The at least one side wall optionally includes one or more cable finger units. The backbone assembly includes a spine member having an extruded construction. The spine member includes one or more channels extending substantially an entire length thereof to facilitate easy attachment, removal and/or repositioning of a structure relative to the spine member. The cable manager optionally includes an accessory rod, a half-spool assembly, a cable finger accessory, a strap/buckle accessory, and/or a door assembly having an interference-free hinge set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Preston Ellis HENNRICH, James I. LAWRENCE, John W. ROBERTSON, Johnny C. FRAGA, Jared Keith DAVIS, William Drew KRIETZMAN
  • Patent number: 9949406
    Abstract: An electronic equipment enclosure includes a frame structure and a customizable side air dam kit. The frame structure includes a front frame, a rear frame, front-to-back frame members connecting corners of the front and rear frames together, reinforced bracket structures located near ends of the cross members, and extruded horizontal mounting rails parallel to, but inward from, the front-to-back frame members. The ends of the horizontal mounting rails are connected to the reinforced bracket structures. Panels are installed in longitudinal slots in the front-to-back frame members and horizontal mounting rails, each of which is extruded. The customizable side air dam kit includes a framework of horizontal and vertical frame pieces, adapted to connect to the frame structure, and a customizable air dam panel supported by the framework. A plurality of the frame pieces are provided to an installer for use in constructing the framework to fit the specific frame structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Evans Lewis, II, William Drew Krietzman
  • Publication number: 20170290181
    Abstract: An electronic equipment enclosure includes a frame structure, one or more panels attached to the frame structure, at least one vertical mounting rail fastened to the frame structure, and a rail seal attached to the at least one vertical mounting rail. The rail seal includes a generally flat panel portion and a seal along an edge thereof. The seal is adapted to engage at least one of the one or more panels to provide an air dam between the one or more panels and the at least one vertical mounting rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: D. Brian DONOWHO, William Drew KRIETZMAN, Brandi May OLDT, Jose Arturo GARZA, JR., Richard Evans LEWIS, II
  • Publication number: 20170127570
    Abstract: An electronic equipment enclosure includes a frame structure and a customizable side air dam kit. The frame structure includes a front frame, a rear frame, front-to-back frame members connecting corners of the front and rear frames together, reinforced bracket structures located near ends of the cross members, and extruded horizontal mounting rails parallel to, but inward from, the front-to-back frame members. The ends of the horizontal mounting rails are connected to the reinforced bracket structures. Panels are installed in longitudinal slots in the front-to-back frame members and horizontal mounting rails, each of which is extruded. The customizable side air dam kit includes a framework of horizontal and vertical frame pieces, adapted to connect to the frame structure, and a customizable air dam panel supported by the framework. A plurality of the frame pieces are provided to an installer for use in constructing the framework to fit the specific frame structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Richard Evans LEWIS, II, William Drew KRIETZMAN
  • Publication number: 20170104294
    Abstract: A ganged electrical receptacle unit with locking feature includes a plurality of receptacles and a lock housing. The electrical receptacles are ganged together. The lock housing extends from a front of the receptacles and includes a pair of opposed side supports, a pair of torsion bars, each extending between the opposed side supports, a lock tab extending from each torsion bar toward the receptacle, and a release tab extending from each torsion bar away from the receptacle. A plug may be inserted into the lock housing causing temporary deflection of the lock tabs until the plug is seated in, and electrically connected with, the receptacle, at which point the lock tabs return to their undeflected positions and retain the plug in the receptacle. The release tabs may be depressed to release the lock tabs from the plug, thereby permitting the withdrawal of the plug from the lock housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: William Drew KRIETZMAN, Richard Evans LEWIS, II
  • Patent number: 9549487
    Abstract: An electronic equipment enclosure includes a frame structure and a customizable side air dam kit. The frame structure includes a front frame, a rear frame, front-to-back frame members connecting corners of the front and rear frames together, reinforced bracket structures located near ends of the cross members, and extruded horizontal mounting rails parallel to, but inward from, the front-to-back frame members. The ends of the horizontal mounting rails are connected to the reinforced bracket structures. Panels are installed in longitudinal slots in the front-to-back frame members and horizontal mounting rails, each of which is extruded. The customizable side air dam kit includes a framework of horizontal and vertical frame pieces, adapted to connect to the frame structure, and a customizable air dam panel supported by the framework. A plurality of the frame pieces are provided to an installer for use in constructing the framework to fit the specific frame structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Evans Lewis, II, William Drew Krietzman
  • Patent number: 9531126
    Abstract: A ganged electrical receptacle unit with locking feature includes a plurality of receptacles and a lock housing. The electrical receptacles are ganged together. The lock housing extends from a front of the receptacles and includes a pair of opposed side supports, a pair of torsion bars, each extending between the opposed side supports, a lock tab extending from each torsion bar toward the receptacle, and a release tab extending from each torsion bar away from the receptacle. A plug may be inserted into the lock housing causing temporary deflection of the lock tabs until the plug is seated in, and electrically connected with, the receptacle, at which point the lock tabs return to their undeflected positions and retain the plug in the receptacle. The release tabs may be depressed to release the lock tabs from the plug, thereby permitting the withdrawal of the plug from the lock housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.
    Inventors: William Drew Krietzman, Richard Evans Lewis, II
  • Patent number: D771995
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: June Life, Inc.
    Inventors: Nikhil Bhogal, Danielle Sheehan, Gabe Risk, Amanda Tyree, Nikko Lubinski, Matt Van Horn, William Drew Atkinson
  • Patent number: D771996
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: June Life, Inc.
    Inventors: Nikhil Bhogal, Danielle Sheehan, Gabe Risk, Amanda Tyree, Nikko Lubinski, Matt Van Horn, William Drew Atkinson
  • Patent number: D777504
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: June Life, Inc.
    Inventors: Nikhil Bhogal, Danielle Sheehan, Gabe Risk, Amanda Tyree, Nikko Lubinski, Matt Van Horn, William Drew Atkinson
  • Patent number: D780111
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Randall Clyne, William Drew Atkinson, Sameer Venugopal, David Andres Guasca
  • Patent number: D782864
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: June Life, Inc.
    Inventors: Nikhil Bhogal, Danielle Sheehan, Gabe Risk, Amanda Tyree, Nikko Lubinski, Matt Van Horn, William Drew Atkinson
  • Patent number: D802996
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: June Life, Inc.
    Inventors: Nikhil Bhogal, Danielle Sheehan, Gabe Risk, Amanda Tyree, Nikko Lubinski, Matt Van Horn, William Drew Atkinson