Patents by Inventor William S. Gatley
William S. Gatley 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).
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Patent number: 11971196Abstract: A draft inducer blower assembly for use with a water heater has a housing, a motor, and a fan. The housing has an exhaust volute surrounding the fan and a base adapted to be mounted atop a water heater. The housing has an inlet port adapted to receive exhaust gas from the water heater. The fan is connected to the motor for rotation about a rotation axis. The exhaust volute has a cut-off at a cut-off angle relative to the rotation axis. The exhaust volute has an exhaust outlet passageway that extends to an exhaust port. The exhaust port is lower than the top of the exhaust volute.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.Inventors: Steven W. Post, Jeffrey Jay Long, William S. Gatley, Jr.
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Patent number: 11306944Abstract: A draft inducer blower assembly for use with a water heater has a housing, a motor, and a fan. The housing has an exhaust volute surrounding the fan and a base adapted to be mounted atop a water heater. The base has an inlet port adapted to receive exhaust gas from the water heater. The fan is connected to the motor for rotation about a rotation axis. The exhaust volute and the base are non-adjustably fixed relative to each other. The exhaust volute has a cut-off at a cut-off angle relative to the rotation axis. The exhaust volute has an exhaust outlet passageway that extends to an exhaust port. The exhaust port is lower than the top of the exhaust volute.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2016Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Steven W. Post, Jeffrey Jay Long, William S. Gatley, Jr.
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Publication number: 20220099337Abstract: A draft inducer blower assembly for use with a water heater has a housing, a motor, and a fan. The housing has an exhaust volute surrounding the fan and a base adapted to be mounted atop a water heater. The housing has an inlet port adapted to receive exhaust gas from the water heater. The fan is connected to the motor for rotation about a rotation axis. The exhaust volute has a cut-off at a cut-off angle relative to the rotation axis. The exhaust volute has an exhaust outlet passageway that extends to an exhaust port. The exhaust port is lower than the top of the exhaust volute.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Steven W. Post, Jeffrey Jay Long, William S. Gatley, JR.
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Patent number: 11215379Abstract: A draft inducer blower assembly for use with a water heater has a housing, a motor, and a fan. The housing has an exhaust volute surrounding the fan and a base adapted to be mounted atop a water heater. The housing has an inlet port adapted to receive exhaust gas from the water heater. The fan is connected to the motor for rotation about a rotation axis. The exhaust volute has a cut-off at a cut-off angle relative to the rotation axis. The exhaust volute has an exhaust outlet passageway that extends to an exhaust port. The exhaust port is lower than the top of the exhaust volute.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Steven W. Post, Jeffrey Jay Long, William S. Gatley, Jr.
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Patent number: 11015836Abstract: A draft inducer blower assembly for use with a water heater has a housing, a motor, and a fan. The housing has an exhaust volute surrounding the fan and a base adapted to be mounted atop a water heater. The base has an inlet port adapted to receive exhaust gas from the water heater. The fan is connected to the motor for rotation about a rotation axis. The exhaust volute and the base are non-adjustably fixed relative to each other. The exhaust volute has a cut-off at a cut-off angle relative to the rotation axis. The cut-off angle extends at an angle that is no more than twenty degrees positive from horizontal. The exhaust volute has an exhaust outlet passageway that extends to an exhaust port. The exhaust outlet passageway extends beneath the cut-off before reaching the exhaust port.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2016Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Steven W. Post, Jeffrey Jay Long, William S. Gatley, Jr.
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Publication number: 20190353400Abstract: A draft inducer blower assembly for use with a water heater has a housing, a motor, and a fan. The housing has an exhaust volute surrounding the fan and a base adapted to be mounted atop a water heater. The housing has an inlet port adapted to receive exhaust gas from the water heater. The fan is connected to the motor for rotation about a rotation axis. The exhaust volute has a cut-off at a cut-off angle relative to the rotation axis. The exhaust volute has an exhaust outlet passageway that extends to an exhaust port. The exhaust port is lower than the top of the exhaust volute.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2019Publication date: November 21, 2019Inventors: Steven W. Post, Jeffrey Jay Long, William S. Gatley, JR.
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Patent number: 10473108Abstract: A blower assembly includes a centrifugal fan and a motor assembly. The centrifugal fan has a plurality of axially extending impeller blades, a first axial end, and an air inlet. The air inlet is at the first axial end of the centrifugal fan. The motor assembly comprises a stator, a rotor, and an air directing surface. The air directing surface is shaped and configured to direct air drawn into the air inlet radially outwardly toward the impeller blades. The air directing surface extends generally along the rotor axis from its first end to its second end. At least a surface region of the air directing surface generally circumscribes the rotor axis and diverges radially outwardly as such surface region of the air directing surface extends away from the first end toward the second end.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Steven W. Post, William S. Gatley, Jr.
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Patent number: 10443891Abstract: A draft inducer blower assembly for use with a water heater has a housing, a motor, and a fan. The housing has an exhaust volute surrounding the fan and a base adapted to be mounted atop a water heater. The base has an inlet port adapted to receive exhaust gas from the water heater. The fan is connected to the motor for rotation about a rotation axis. The exhaust volute has a cut-off at a cut-off angle relative to the rotation axis. The exhaust volute has an exhaust outlet passageway that extends to an exhaust port. The exhaust port is lower than the top of the exhaust volute.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Steven W. Post, Jeffrey Jay Long, William S. Gatley, Jr.
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Publication number: 20180010610Abstract: A blower assembly includes a centrifugal fan and a motor assembly. The centrifugal fan has a plurality of axially extending impeller blades, a first axial end, and an air inlet. The air inlet is at the first axial end of the centrifugal fan. The motor assembly comprises a stator, a rotor, and an air directing surface. The air directing surface is shaped and configured to direct air drawn into the air inlet radially outwardly toward the impeller blades. The air directing surface extends generally along the rotor axis from its first end to its second end. At least a surface region of the air directing surface generally circumscribes the rotor axis and diverges radially outwardly as such surface region of the air directing surface extends away from the first end toward the second end.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: Steven W. Post, William S. Gatley, JR.
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Publication number: 20170363322Abstract: A draft inducer blower assembly for use with a water heater has a housing, a motor, and a fan. The housing has an exhaust volute surrounding the fan and a base adapted to be mounted atop a water heater. The base has an inlet port adapted to receive exhaust gas from the water heater. The fan is connected to the motor for rotation about a rotation axis. The exhaust volute and the base are non-adjustably fixed relative to each other. The exhaust volute has a cut-off at a cut-off angle relative to the rotation axis. The cut-off angle extends at an angle that is no more than twenty degrees positive from horizontal. The exhaust volute has an exhaust outlet passageway that extends to an exhaust port. The exhaust outlet passageway extends beneath the cut-off before reaching the exhaust port.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Steven W. Post, Jeffrey Jay Long, William S. Gatley, JR.
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Publication number: 20170363323Abstract: A draft inducer blower assembly for use with a water heater has a housing, a motor, and a fan. The housing has an exhaust volute surrounding the fan and a base adapted to be mounted atop a water heater. The base has an inlet port adapted to receive exhaust gas from the water heater. The fan is connected to the motor for rotation about a rotation axis. The exhaust volute and the base are non-adjustably fixed relative to each other. The exhaust volute has a cut-off at a cut-off angle relative to the rotation axis. The exhaust volute has an exhaust outlet passageway that extends to an exhaust port. The exhaust port is lower than the top of the exhaust volute.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Steven W. Post, Jeffrey Jay Long, William S. Gatley, JR.
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Publication number: 20170363324Abstract: A draft inducer blower assembly for use with a water heater has a housing, a motor, and a fan. The housing has an exhaust volute surrounding the fan and a base adapted to be mounted atop a water heater. The base has an inlet port adapted to receive exhaust gas from the water heater. The fan is connected to the motor for rotation about a rotation axis. The exhaust volute has a cut-off at a cut-off angle relative to the rotation axis. The exhaust volute has an exhaust outlet passageway that extends to an exhaust port. The exhaust port is lower than the top of the exhaust volute.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Steven W. Post, Jeffrey Jay Long, William S. Gatley, JR.
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Patent number: 9777735Abstract: A blower assembly includes a centrifugal fan and a motor assembly. The centrifugal fan has a plurality of axially extending impeller blades, a first axial end, and an air inlet. The air inlet is at the first axial end of the centrifugal fan. The motor assembly comprises a stator, a rotor, and an air directing surface. The air directing surface is shaped and configured to direct air drawn into the air inlet radially outwardly toward the impeller blades. The air directing surface extends generally along the rotor axis from its first end to its second end. At least a surface region of the air directing surface generally circumscribes the rotor axis and diverges radially outwardly as such surface region of the air directing surface extends away from the first end toward the second end.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2012Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Steven W. Post, William S. Gatley, Jr.
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Patent number: 8960131Abstract: A water heater system comprises a water tank, a burner plenum, a flue, a blower, a combustion air passageway, a dilution air passageway, an upstream manifold, and a downstream manifold. The upstream manifold divides air from the blower so that some air flows through the combustion air passageway to the burner plenum and some air flows through the dilution air passageway to the downstream manifold. The downstream manifold combines the air from the dilution air passageway with combustion products from the flue.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.Inventor: William S. Gatley, Jr.
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Publication number: 20140261239Abstract: A water heater system comprises a water tank, a burner plenum, a flue, a blower, a combustion air passageway, a dilution air passageway, an upstream manifold, and a downstream manifold. The upstream manifold divides air from the blower so that some air flows through the combustion air passageway to the burner plenum and some air flows through the dilution air passageway to the downstream manifold. The downstream manifold combines the air from the dilution air passageway with combustion products from the flue.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventor: William S. Gatley, JR.
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Publication number: 20140261240Abstract: A water heater system comprises a water tank, a burner plenum, a flue, and a dilution air blower system. The dilution air blower system comprises a blower, a dilution air passageway, and a venturi system. Air from the blower is forced through the dilution air passageway and discharged toward the venturi system. When the dilution air blower system is attached to the water heater system, air discharged from the dilution air discharge passage via the blower passes through a converging region, throat region, diverging region and exit passage of the venturi system and draws combustion products through the flue and out the venturi system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventor: William S. Gatley, JR.
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Publication number: 20140023536Abstract: A blower assembly includes a centrifugal fan and a motor assembly. The centrifugal fan has a plurality of axially extending impeller blades, a first axial end, and an air inlet. The air inlet is at the first axial end of the centrifugal fan. The motor assembly comprises a stator, a rotor, and an air directing surface. The air directing surface is shaped and configured to direct air drawn into the air inlet radially outwardly toward the impeller blades. The air directing surface extends generally along the rotor axis from its first end to its second end. At least a surface region of the air directing surface generally circumscribes the rotor axis and diverges radially outwardly as such surface region of the air directing surface extends away from the first end toward the second end.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: RBC MANUFACTURING CORPORATIONInventors: Steven W. Post, William S. Gatley, Jr.
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Patent number: 6951241Abstract: A method of cooling the bearings of a motor in a motor housing for a furnace assembly is disclosed comprising an aperture in the motor housing whereby air is brought into the motor housing and drawn around the motor via an impeller into the impeller housing thereby eliminating the need of a separately attached fan to cool the motor or motor bearings. The impeller pulls the air from the motor housing into the impeller housing or blower via an inlet port in the impeller housing and apertures in the back plate of the impeller and out an exhaust port situated in the impeller housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2000Date of Patent: October 4, 2005Assignee: Fasco Industries, Inc.Inventor: William S. Gatley
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Patent number: 6530346Abstract: A non-dilution air water heater blower for use in expelling exhaust gases from a water heater. The water heater blower includes a one piece blower housing defined by an outer wall having an upper section and a lower section. An inlet plate is positioned between the upper section and the lower section of the blower housing to define an upper chamber and a lower chamber. The lower chamber of the blower housing surrounds the exhaust flue from the water heater. A blower motor is attached to the outside surface of the blower housing. A rotating impeller coupled to the blower motor and positioned in the upper chamber draws exhaust gases from the water heater into the lower chamber through an inlet aperture formed in the inlet plate and out of an exhaust outlet formed in the upper chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2001Date of Patent: March 11, 2003Assignee: Fasco Industries, Inc.Inventors: Lyn D. Coones, William S. Gatley
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Publication number: 20010011853Abstract: A C-frame motor comprising a stator, a rotor, a rotor shaft, a bobbin and a housing is disclosed. The housing is configured to conform to the shape of the stator/rotor/bobbin assembly so that a curtain of air can be concentrated onto the motor to enhance performance, safety and motor longevity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 1999Publication date: August 9, 2001Inventors: WILLIAM S GATLEY, BOBBY D GARRISON