Patents by Inventor William Randall Erwin

William Randall Erwin 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).

  • Publication number: 20190086103
    Abstract: An air handling unit has an interior shell, an exterior skin associated with the interior shell to form a wall space at least partially bound by each of the interior shell and the exterior skin, and a control component at least partially carried within the wall space. A cabinet for an air handling unit has at least one wall comprising an interior shell and an exterior skin associated with the interior shell to form a wall space at least partially bound by each of the interior shell and the exterior skin. The at least one wall at least partially defines a fluid duct of the cabinet and a control component is at least partially disposed within the wall space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Scott A. Lackie, William Randall Erwin
  • Patent number: 10139115
    Abstract: An air handling unit has an interior shell, an exterior skin associated with the interior shell to form a wall space at least partially bound by each of the interior shell and the exterior skin, and a control component at least partially carried within the wall space. A cabinet for an air handling unit has at least one wall comprising an interior shell and an exterior skin associated with the interior shell to form a wall space at least partially bound by each of the interior shell and the exterior skin. The at least one wall at least partially defines a fluid duct of the cabinet and a control component is at least partially disposed within the wall space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Trane International Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A. Lackie, William Randall Erwin
  • Patent number: 9870009
    Abstract: An HVAC switching circuit may comprise a current source circuit charging a capacitor used to power an HVAC DC power relay coil. The power relay coil terminal is connected to an activation control circuit which comprises at least one of (1) each of (a) a threshold circuit which activates a first transistor to energize the power relay coil when the voltage across the threshold circuit reaches a first threshold value and (b) a regenerative feedback circuit configured to lower the first threshold value to a second threshold voltage, and (2) a voltage divider connected between a first terminal on the power relay coil and the negative DC supply, and a programmable shunt regulator, configured as a level triggered switch, programmed by the voltage divider and connected between the second power relay coil terminal and the negative DC supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Trane International Inc.
    Inventors: William Randall Erwin, Bradley Thomas Wilson
  • Publication number: 20170023955
    Abstract: An HVAC switching circuit may comprise a current source circuit charging a capacitor used to power an HVAC DC power relay coil. The power relay coil terminal is connected to an activation control circuit which comprises at least one of (1) each of (a) a threshold circuit which activates a first transistor to energize the power relay coil when the voltage across the threshold circuit reaches a first threshold value and (b) a regenerative feedback circuit configured to lower the first threshold value to a second threshold voltage, and (2) a voltage divider connected between a first terminal on the power relay coil and the negative DC supply, and a programmable shunt regulator, configured as a level triggered switch, programmed by the voltage divider and connected between the second power relay coil terminal and the negative DC supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: William Randall Erwin, Bradley Thomas Wilson
  • Patent number: 9459634
    Abstract: An HVAC switching circuit may comprise a current source circuit charging a capacitor used to power an HVAC DC power relay coil. The power relay coil terminal is connected to an activation control circuit which comprises at least one of (1) each of (a) a threshold circuit which activates a first transistor to energize the power relay coil when the voltage across the threshold circuit reaches a first threshold value and (b) a regenerative feedback circuit configured to lower the first threshold value to a second threshold voltage, and (2) a voltage divider connected between a first terminal on the power relay coil and the negative DC supply, and a programmable shunt regulator, configured as a level triggered switch, programmed by the voltage divider and connected between the second power relay coil terminal and the negative DC supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Trane International Inc.
    Inventors: William Randall Erwin, Bradley Thomas Wilson
  • Publication number: 20140225455
    Abstract: An HVAC switching circuit may comprise a current source circuit charging a capacitor used to power an HVAC DC power relay coil. The power relay coil terminal is connected to an activation control circuit which comprises at least one of (1) each of (a) a threshold circuit which activates a first transistor to energize the power relay coil when the voltage across the threshold circuit reaches a first threshold value and (b) a regenerative feedback circuit configured to lower the first threshold value to a second threshold voltage, and (2) a voltage divider connected between a first terminal on the power relay coil and the negative DC supply, and a programmable shunt regulator, configured as a level triggered switch, programmed by the voltage divider and connected between the second power relay coil terminal and the negative DC supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventors: William Randall Erwin, Bradley Thomas Wilson
  • Publication number: 20110232860
    Abstract: An air handling unit has an interior shell, an exterior skin associated with the interior shell to form a wall space at least partially bound by each of the interior shell and the exterior skin, and a control component at least partially carried within the wall space. A cabinet for an air handling unit has at least one wall comprising an interior shell and an exterior skin associated with the interior shell to form a wall space at least partially bound by each of the interior shell and the exterior skin. The at least one wall at least partially defines a fluid duct of the cabinet and a control component is at least partially disposed within the wall space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Scott A. Lackie, William Randall Erwin
  • Patent number: 5642104
    Abstract: An automatic lighting controller applies a turn-off control signal to a gate controlled power switch for switching OFF lighting when a timer circuit determines that motion activity above a threshold level has not occurred within the controlled area during a prescribed interval. A counter produces a grace period count signal and a reset count signal, with the grace period count signal occurring within a predetermined sub-interval, for example, one count cycle prior to the reset count signal. The grace period count cycle (N-1) interval is adjustable, for example, from about 0.6 second (for test purposes) to about 14 seconds. The grace period count signal enables an audio transducer which provides an audible alert that the lights are about to be switched OFF automatically. A person in the controlled area can override the impending automatic shutoff simply by initiating some motion activity during the grace period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: The Genlyte Group Incorporated
    Inventor: William Randall Erwin