Natural Ventilation Including Air Passage Through Rooftop (i.e., No Air Pump) Patents (Class 454/250)
  • Patent number: 11460202
    Abstract: A roof mounted ventilation assembly having fluidly coupled supply and relief fans is provided. One drive unit assembly may be operatively associated with both fans. A rotatably and vertically movable duct fluidly couples a supply discharge plenum to a roof-mounted air intake hood so that the former may move vertically and rotatably relative to the latter, thereby the present invention can selectively pressurize the spaced inhabited by the supply discharge plenum through a positive supply to relief air volume ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventor: Gary Gerard Powers
  • Patent number: 11153988
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing airflow for cooling computing devices (e.g. in a data center) in normal and cold environments are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises positioning the computing devices on a plurality of racks with air barriers to create hot and cold aisles. The computing devices may be configured in a first mode to draw in cool air the cold aisles and exhaust heated air into the hot aisles. Temperatures in the cold aisles may be periodically measured. In response to temperatures below a predetermined threshold, one or more of the cold aisles may be converted into a temporary hot aisle by adjusting ventilation openings and configuring a subset of the computing devices to temporarily draw in warm air from the temporary hot aisle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Core Scientific, Inc.
    Inventor: Harsh Patel
  • Patent number: 10959349
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing airflow for cooling computing devices (e.g. in a data center) in normal and cold environments are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises positioning the computing devices on a plurality of racks with air barriers to create hot and cold aisles. The computing devices may be configured in a first mode to draw in cool air the cold aisles and exhaust heated air into the hot aisles. Temperatures in the cold aisles may be periodically measured. In response to temperatures below a predetermined threshold, one or more of the cold aisles may be converted into a temporary hot aisle by adjusting ventilation openings and configuring a subset of the computing devices to temporarily draw in warm air from the temporary hot aisle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Core Scientific, Inc.
    Inventor: Harsh Patel
  • Patent number: 10072860
    Abstract: A centralized fresh air cooling system that operates with outside air that vents inside house air into the attic of a house or building. A damper redirects air from the output of the central air circulator to the attic area to blow the hot attic air out of an attic. A typical central air circulator can replace the air within a house or building five to ten times an hour. They system can be retrofit to most central air systems by replacing the thermostats and installing the damper between the air circulator and the house or building ducting. Outside cooler air is drawn in windows or other openings in house or building, into the air circulator returns and then into the attic. The system uses multiple sensors and control mechanism to ensure optimal energy savings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Inventor: Mike Richards
  • Patent number: 9933173
    Abstract: A building may include a floor, a dome having a vent, and an internal ceiling that divides areas underneath the dome into first and second chambers. The internal ceiling may have an aperture that is structured to allow air to pass from the first chamber into the second chamber. The building may also include an air inlet configured to allow air to travel from outside the building into the first chamber and an air moving device that is configured to facilitate the movement of the air. The building may also include an air cooling element that is configured to cool the air as it travels from outside the building into the first chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Oregon Health & Science University
    Inventor: Perry Gliessman
  • Patent number: 9890964
    Abstract: A coaxial ventilator exchanges atmosphere between parts of a building that are at differing heights. The coaxial ventilator includes an outer conduit that extends from an upper end thereof downward to a lower end thereof. The outer conduit surrounds an inner conduit that extends substantially the entire length of the outer conduit. Both the outer and inner conduits are open at their respective upper ends and lower ends. Temperatures of atmosphere both surrounding and within the outer conduit and the inner conduit induce an exchange of atmosphere between the coaxial ventilator and surrounding atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Inventor: Siang Teik Teoh
  • Patent number: 9739495
    Abstract: A coaxial ventilator (20) exchanges atmosphere between parts of a building (22) that are at differing heights. The coaxial ventilator (20) includes an outer conduit (24) that extends from an upper end (42) thereof downward to a lower end (44) thereof. The outer conduit (24) surrounds an inner conduit (62) that extends substantially the entire length of the outer conduit (24). Both the outer and inner conduits (24, 62) are open at their respective upper ends (42, 66) and lower ends (44, 68). Temperatures of atmosphere both surrounding and within the outer conduit (24) and the inner conduit (62) induce an exchange of atmosphere between the coaxial ventilator (20) and surrounding atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Inventor: Siang Teik Teoh
  • Patent number: 9739493
    Abstract: A coaxial ventilator (20) exchanges atmosphere between parts of a building (22) that are at differing heights. The coaxial ventilator (20) includes an outer conduit (24) that extends from an upper end (42) thereof downward to a lower end (44) thereof. The outer conduit (24) surrounds an inner conduit (62) that extends substantially the entire length of the outer conduit (24). Both the outer and inner conduits (24, 62) are open at their respective upper ends (42, 66) and lower ends (44, 68). Temperatures of atmosphere both surrounding and within the outer conduit (24) and the inner conduit (62) induce an exchange of atmosphere between the coaxial ventilator (20) and surrounding atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Inventor: Siang Teik Teoh
  • Patent number: 9404265
    Abstract: A building may include a floor, a dome having a vent, and an internal ceiling that divides areas underneath the dome into first and second chambers. The internal ceiling may have an aperture that is structured to allow air to pass from the first chamber into the second chamber. The building may also include an air inlet configured to allow air to travel from outside the building into the first chamber and an air moving device that is configured to facilitate the movement of the air. The building may also include an air cooling element that is configured to cool the air as it travels from outside the building into the first chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Perry Gliessman
  • Patent number: 9182136
    Abstract: An integrated heating and cooling system for a living space of a building connects together (a) a solar-based heating and cooling system and (b) heating and cooling systems that rely directly or indirectly on fossil fuels that are conventionally used in buildings. The system operates the solar-based heating and cooling system preferentially to heat or cool the living space. Therefore, the system minimizes the use of fossil fuels to heat and cool the living space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: TO IP HOLDING COMPANY PTY LTD
    Inventors: Terrence Oaten, Tilo Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9145703
    Abstract: A protective shelter including an enclosure having at least a floor, at least one sidewall coupled to the floor, a door, and a roof coupled to the at least one sidewall. The protective shelter further includes one or more members coupled to the enclosure that support the protective shelter on a substrate and a resilient grouser attached to at least one of the one or more members and in contact with the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Red Dog Mobile Shelters, LLC
    Inventor: Oscar T. Scott, IV
  • Patent number: 9086222
    Abstract: The invention discloses a ventilation system including an inner, an outer tube and an air intake and exhaust apparatus. The inner tube has one end extending in a radial direction, wherein an air outlet and an air outlet are formed on the inner tube. An exhaust channel is formed between the inner and outer tubes, and the supporting member is disposed in the exhaust channel. The air intake and exhaust apparatus comprises an elevating member, a plurality of driving members and a cover plate. The elevating member has a connection block. The driving members are made of expandable material. The cover plate is rotatably coupled with the inner tube and has a connection portion. The connection portion abuts against the connection block when the driving members are not expanding. The connection portion of the cover plate disengages from the connection block when the driving members are expanding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: National Pingtung University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Chang-Hsien Tai, Jr-Ming Miao, Shi-Wei Lo, Jyh-Tong Teng
  • Patent number: 9022845
    Abstract: A ventilated roof features an elongated vent having a vent opening and an elongated vent shingle supporting surface. The vent opening is in fluid communication with a slot defined by the top surface of a roof deck and communicating through the roof deck. An end cap has an end cap shingle supporting surface and is located adjacent to an end of the elongated vent. The vent and the end cap adjacent to the vent are supported in an equivalent spaced-apart relation to the top surface of the roof deck. The elongated vent shingle supporting surface, the end cap shingle supporting surface and the top surface of the roof deck provide a substantially continuous support to a shingle overlapping any two of those elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Inventor: John C. Henderson
  • Patent number: 8974275
    Abstract: A passive ventilation stack for a room, building or the like comprises an interior space and first and second openings providing fluid communication between the interior space and a room to be ventilated, and the outside atmosphere. A control system is provided for varying the size of the openings, so as to cause natural heat exchange between relatively cool ventilation air entering the stack from outside and relatively warm air entering the stack from a room or building to be ventilated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Cambridge Enterprise Limited
    Inventors: Andrew W. Woods, Shaun D. Fitzgerald
  • Patent number: 8881449
    Abstract: A span type greenhouse has structural units installed parallel to one another over an entire length of a bay defined under a span. The ratio of a distance between a top of the greenhouse and a horizontal straight line passing through top ends of side posts over the bay width is less than 1/5. This greenhouse also has central double opening windows. In a transverse profile of the greenhouse, and angle formed between a straight line tangential to an arch segment in a transverse plane of the greenhouse at a side lintel, and a straight line intersecting a hinge axis and the end of a closed side window in the transverse plane of the greenhouse is non-zero in the direction of a concave side of the greenhouse profile, this break in slope procuring a slope for the closed window that is at least 15°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Filclair
    Inventor: Arnauld Thery
  • Patent number: 8790167
    Abstract: A vent for a roof includes a body having an inner surface facing the roof, an outer surface, first and second opposing ends and first and second opposing sides. First and second edge portions are disposed at or about the first and second sides, respectively, and include a plurality of openings for the passage of air. A plurality of protrusions extend outwardly from the inner surface of the body. A plurality of elongated resilient members extend longitudinally between the first and second ends of the body and cooperate with the protrusions. At least a portion of each of the elongated resilient members extends beyond a bottom edge of the vent and is compressed against the exterior surface of the roof, in order to substantially fill in and seal spaces between the exterior surface of the roof and the at least one vent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Air Vent, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Bradley Holland, Andrew Frederick Lindahl
  • Patent number: 8782967
    Abstract: A roof structure and a vented eave riser are described. A vented eave riser can include a barrier wall with one or more air flow openings, and an ember impedance structure positioned proximate to the barrier wall. A roof structure may comprise a roof deck and a layer of roof cover elements spaced above the roof deck to form an air layer between the roof deck and the roof cover elements. The roof structure may also comprise one or more vent members each replacing and mimicking an appearance of one or more roof cover elements of the layer of roof cover elements, and/or at least one vented eave riser positioned at an eave between the roof deck and the layer of roof cover elements. The vent members and/or the vented eave riser may further include an ember impedance structure, such as a fire-resistant mesh material or a baffle structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Inventor: Gregory S. Daniels
  • Patent number: 8650833
    Abstract: A method for installing a roof vent includes the steps of providing a base component having an outer flange having a bottom surface and surrounding a central opening; providing a top cover; mounting the top cover on the base component over the central opening to permit the air to flow through the central opening, but to exclude water from entering the central opening; and welding a riser box on the bottom surface of the base component around the central opening, the riser box being sized and shaped to fit around the curb of the roof. The base component is then mounted onto the curb such that the base component covers the building venting aperture and the riser box fits around the curb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Ross Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventor: Barry Ross Polston
  • Patent number: 8608533
    Abstract: A roof ventilation system operable based on environmental parameters is disclosed. The system includes a vent, a fan, a solar panel, a battery and a controller. The vent is positioned within a field of a roof, and includes a first opening configured to allow airflow between regions above and below the roof. The fan is positioned to generate an air flow through the vent. The solar panel is positioned on the roof in a location such that the solar panel receives solar radiation. The battery is electrically connected to the solar panel. The controller is in communication with the fan, and is configured to drive the fan based on at least one environmental parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Inventor: Gregory S. Daniels
  • Patent number: 8551597
    Abstract: An airflow pad is disclosed that includes first and second external facings of paper material extending between edge portions of the panel and having interior portions disposed remotely from the edge portions. A low-density core of paper material disposed between and associating the external facings to provide stiffness to the panel. The pad defines a network of channels open at least one of the edge portions and at the interior portion of the first facing allowing airflow therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Hexacomb Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond A. Kowalski, John R. Welday
  • Patent number: 8550290
    Abstract: A storage container system comprising an arrangement for adjustable ventilation intended for storing at least one article that is thermally sensitive and/or requires ventilation to the ambient atmosphere. The device includes at least one door and at least one aperture ventilation assembly. The aperture ventilation assembly includes a planar wall aperture array and a corresponding planar shutter aperture array, wherein the sliding relationship between the two arrays results in a plurality of ventilation levels, including a fully open state, and a closed state capable of substantially sealing off the contents of the container from the ambient atmosphere. Certain preferred embodiments include a plurality of storage compartments configured within the container's inner volume wherein each compartment is sealed from one another and possesses its own aperture ventilation assembly for ventilation adjustments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Inventor: Robert L. Davis
  • Publication number: 20130244563
    Abstract: An air handler building structure is disclosed, which includes a floor, a plurality of lateral walls, a roof, and one or more openings located either on the roof or on at least one of the lateral walls. The lateral walls include a lower and an upper lateral walls opposing to each other having different respective heights determined in accordance with a ratio. The roof has a pitch consistent with the ratio associated with the lower and upper lateral walls. The shape of the building structure allows air within the building structure to rise via natural convection. In addition, a first dimension along a first direction defined between the lower and upper lateral walls relative to a second dimension along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction is such that the building structure provides access to outside natural air via one or more openings on the lower lateral wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: YAHOO! INC.
    Inventors: Scott Noteboom, Albert Dell Robison
  • Patent number: 8429922
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for improving the cooling of the attic of a building by increasing the air flow therethrough includes the use of an air diverter attached to an A/C condenser unit casing partially around the exhaust fan opening in the casing for directing air from the exhaust fan into an air stream through open space towards a building soffit. A separate air hood mounted to the building soffit captures the air stream and directs it through the soffit into the attic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Inventor: Jimmy L. Freeman
  • Publication number: 20120190288
    Abstract: The invention relates to a through-passage roofing tile comprising at least one part that has an inlet opening and a sealing surface. A connecting part is arranged below the lower part, said connecting part likewise having a sealing surface which lies below the sealing surface of the lower part. Both sealing surfaces face each other. The lower part and the connecting part are interconnected by fixing means. A sarking membrane lies at least partly between both sealing surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventor: Dirk Willen
  • Publication number: 20120164932
    Abstract: A beaded soffit panel and related method for buildings and the like includes a plurality of generally flat, imperforate base portions shaped to enclose at least a portion of the soffit when the soffit panel is mounted in a generally horizontal orientation under the eave. A plurality of generally M-shaped, contoured beads extend between the base portions, and have oppositely inclined sidewalls with center walls therebetween to create a decorative appearance on the soffit panel. A plurality of narrow vent slits extend through the exterior faces of the bead sidewalls at a predetermined acute angle to define angled tabs that extend inwardly, whereby when the soffit panel is installed, vision through the vent slits from a position generally underneath the eave is substantially blocked by the angled tabs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: C. Scott Rasmussen, Paul W. Vander Laan
  • Patent number: 8069621
    Abstract: A ridge ventilator for covering an open ridge of a roof while promoting ventilation of a space beneath the roof. The ridge ventilator has a sectional body having a first side and a second side, a number of partitions extending across said body between said sides, as well as a first end and a second end. The vent body has a width between said sides to permit said body to be laid over and cover an open ridge in a roof formed at the peak. The body also includes a recessed middle portion in a top face of the body, the recess being sized and shaped to accommodate roofing cap shingles. The body also includes opposed raised and curved, in side view, air foil side sections; which have a grill to permit air to pass therethrough between a space beneath said roof and the outside, the air foil side sections being sized and shaped to create, in a wind passing over the air foil sections, a low pressure adjacent to the grill to facilitate drawing air out of the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Canplas Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: James Mantyla, James H. A. McKee, Rick Parkinson, Nicholas Broeders, Gordon F. Olsen
  • Publication number: 20110111690
    Abstract: A ventilated roof features an elongated vent having a vent opening and an elongated vent shingle supporting surface. The vent opening is in fluid communication with a slot defined by the top surface of a roof deck and communicating through the roof deck. An end cap has an end cap shingle supporting surface and is located adjacent to an end of the elongated vent. The vent and the end cap adjacent to the vent are supported in an equivalent spaced-apart relation to the top surface of the roof deck. The elongated vent shingle supporting surface, the end cap shingle supporting surface and the top surface of the roof deck provide a substantially continuous support to a shingle overlapping any two of those elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventor: John C. Henderson
  • Patent number: 7927178
    Abstract: A bee house for housing a plurality of bee hives includes a generally rectangular frame and four upwardly extending opaque fixed walls fixed to the frame and a gable roof having a generally triangular cross-section. The roof has a peak and a pair of eaves or outer edges below its peak and defines a longitudinally extending opening between a pair of roof panels at or along the peak. The bee house also includes a plurality of shelves for holding three bee hives on each shelf and an air-conditioner for maintaining the bee house at a temperature of between about 25° C. and 35 C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Inventor: Fahd E. M. A. Alazemi
  • Patent number: 7892077
    Abstract: Ridge strip apparatus. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Lafarge Roofing Components GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Sattler, Manfred Rinklake
  • Publication number: 20100227540
    Abstract: A ventilation system for an attic space in a building having a roof includes a ventilation tube defining a ventilation channel. The ventilation tube is configured for the movement of air within the ventilation channel between a first end of the ventilation tube and a second end of the ventilation tube. The ventilation tube is disposed within an attic space in a building, such that the first end of the ventilation tube is positioned adjacent a soffit vent, and the second end of the ventilation tube is positioned within the attic space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventor: Mark H. Smith
  • Patent number: 7774998
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a photovoltaic frame assembly comprises a photovoltaic module and a frame having a plurality of air vents. The air vents allow air to flow into the frame and thereby cool the photovoltaic module. The frame may be installed in-line with another such frame to allow air flow between frames. The air vents may be located within a perimeter of the frame to allow for structural integrity while remaining aesthetically pleasing. The frame may include an inner lip, an outer lip, or both to provide different mounting options to accommodate different sites. The frame may comprise a plurality of frame members, such as extrusions including the air vents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: SunPower Corporation
    Inventor: Peter Aschenbrenner
  • Patent number: 7765750
    Abstract: Attic vents and methods of their use and manufacture are provided. The air vent of this invention includes an bottom panel member, a pair of side rails and a plurality of support members that connect the bottom to the side rails. The vent is foldable to allow portions of it to lie substantially flat during shipping, and to be deployed at the work site. The foldable configuration allows the vent to be pre-attached to an insulation batt using glue or other fastening means, and then folded and compressed along with the insulation batt for shipping. When deployed at the work site and installed in a roof structure along with the insulation batt, the vent defines at least one channel on the roof facing side thereof, for directing ventilated air from a soffit region of the roof to the roof peak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventor: Richard S. Duncan
  • Patent number: 7610725
    Abstract: A venting system that is incorporated into the roof and/or wall allows the same to provide continuous air flow to ventilate the roofs and walls and prevent condensation build up and ultimate water damage to the structure. The channeled venting system is incorporated into the roof and/or wall sheathing and thereby is not prone to blockage by improper or amateur insulation installations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Inventor: Wayne A. Willert
  • Publication number: 20090053990
    Abstract: There is disclosed a vent for venting a building enclosure. The vent comprises a base, a cover and at least one attachment structure configured to attach the cover to the base. The base has an attachment element for attaching the base to the building enclosure and an aperture in the base to permit gas to pass in and out of the building enclosure therethrough. The cover, which is for covering the aperture, has a first cover portion and a second cover portion which are angled relative to one another. The at least one attachment structure is carried by both the first and second cover portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: CANPLAS INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventor: James H.A. McKee
  • Publication number: 20090026279
    Abstract: The present invention provides an environmental control system for controlling moisture in a solar energy collector. The environmental control system facilitates the flow of air within and through the solar energy collector by using and enhancing a thermal gradient within the solar energy collector caused by exposure to sunlight. Two or more orifices are located in an enclosed solar energy system to permit air to enter, circulate and remove moisture from the system. The position of the two or more orifices and a thermal gradient generated by the solar energy collector facilitates this process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: SOLFOCUS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeremy Dittmer, Marc Finot, Mark Spencer
  • Publication number: 20090023377
    Abstract: In one form, a vent system is provided that can be mounted to a structure to provide for air flow either into or out of the structure. The vent system comprising one or more covers and at least one bottom flange in which the bottom flange defines a hole or opening. The cover is positioned over the opening and further defines the space between the cover and the flange to provide for air to travel either into or out of the opening. One or more inserts may be positioned within the opening or within other spaces defined by the cover and bottom flange to assist in minimizing the amount of moisture, snow or other foreign objects from entering the vent system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Raymond William Duke, Gary Mathia
  • Patent number: 7250000
    Abstract: A system and method of vent placement within a building is provided for improved passive ventilation. Vents are provided within the dividing structures or material layers that form the building's exterior and interior walls, ceiling, roof, floor, and/or intermediate story-defining “ceiling-floors.” Preferably, each vent is not a conventional ventilation stack and is oriented generally along a planar portion of the dividing structure within which the vent is positioned. Preferably, each vent is substantially entirely contained within its associated dividing structure. Vents are provided in corner sections of exterior walls, roof-portions, and the bottom floor of the building. Vents are also provided in corner sections of the ceiling portions, floor portions, and wall portions that define the interior rooms of the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Inventor: William B. Daniels, II
  • Patent number: 7219473
    Abstract: A ridge ventilator for covering an open ridge of a roof while promoting ventilation of a space beneath the roof. The ridge ventilator has a sectional body having a first side and a second side, a number of partitions extending across said body between said sides, as well as a first end and a second end. The vent body has a width between said sides to permit said body to be laid over and cover an open ridge in a roof formed at the peak. The body also includes a recessed middle portion in a top face of the body, the recess being sized and shaped to accommodate roofing cap shingles. The body also includes opposed raised and curved, in side view, air foil side sections; which have a grill to permit air to pass therethrough between a space beneath said roof and the outside, the air foil side sections being sized and shaped to create, in a wind passing over the air foil sections, a low pressure adjacent to the grill to facilitate drawing air out of the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Canplas Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: James Mantyla, James H. A. McKee, Rick Parkinson, Nicholas Broeders
  • Patent number: 7143557
    Abstract: A structural vent assembly comprising a back member having a forward surface and a rear surface; a mount member adapted to be secured to the support structure between the roof deck and the support structure, the mount member having a proximal end fixedly attached to the rear surface; a front member having an outer surface and an inner surface; and means for connecting the forward surface to the inner surface in spaced apart relationship to form a passage for air flow therebetween, the passage having an upper end and a lower end communicating with the air space of the roof deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Inventor: W. Howard Ayers, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7024829
    Abstract: A ridge vent for tile roofs. The vent includes first and second sub-flashing portions for spanning air gaps provided between the upper reaches of a roof deck and below a centrally located ridge beam. A plurality of ventilation apertures are provided in each of the sub-flashing portions. A top cap flashing is provided for attachment above the ridge beam. Included in the top cap flashing are a plurality of ventilation apertures defined by edge wall portions. A tile roof is provided, of the flat, low profile undulating, or of the S-tile (undulating) type. Tiles are provided in rows up to the edge of the sub-flashing. The gap between the top of the tiles and the bottom of the top cap flashing is preferably provided with a weathertight seal. Ridge cap tiles are provided in conventional stacked fashion running along above the top cap flashing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Pacific Award Metals, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas G. Sharp, W. Brent Taylor
  • Patent number: 6938631
    Abstract: A ventilator for a covering for a boat or other object includes a dome for covering air venting openings. The air vents are provided in a pair of oppositely disposed ventilator plates. The boat or other covering is firmly clamped between the ventilator plates by means of a nut that can be tightened by hand. The venting openings are disposed one above the other with no obstructions therebetween in order to allow for direct air transfer between the inside and the outside of the cover while preventing weather elements from entering the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Inventor: William E. Gridley
  • Patent number: 6662509
    Abstract: A ridge vent for tile roofs. The vent includes first and second sub-flashing portions for spanning air gaps provided between the upper reaches of a roof deck and below a centrally located ridge beam. A plurality of ventilation apertures are provided in each of the sub-flashing portions. A top cap flashing is provided for attachment above the ridge beam. Included in the top cap flashing are a plurality of ventilation apertures defined by edge wall portions. A tile roof is provided, of the flat, low profile undulating, or of the S-tile (undulating) type. Tiles are provided in rows up to the edge of the sub-flashing. The gap between the top of the tiles and the bottom of the top cap flashing is preferably provided with a weathertight seal. Ridge cap tiles are provided in conventional stacked fashion running along above the top cap flashing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Pacific Award Metals, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas G. Sharp, W. Brent Taylor
  • Patent number: 6620040
    Abstract: The present invention provides a moisture venting structure for use in the construction of walls. It comprises a sheet of wall construction material. The sheet of material has a first side and a second side, wherein the first side has a plurality of channels formed therein. The channels are constructed and arranged to interconnect at least one channel with another channel. The interconnected arrangement, thereby, allows moisture to move from one channel into another channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Inventors: Daniel F. Rehbein, David C. Larson
  • Patent number: 6571522
    Abstract: The covering system includes at least one panel capable of being placed in an inclined position with respect to a horizontal. The panel incudes an inner chamber, a plurality of suction apertures through which the inner chamber communicates with a void inside of a building, and a discharge aperture disposed at a level higher than the suction apertures when the panel is installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Inventor: Fabio Perini
  • Patent number: 6491579
    Abstract: A ventilation system for an attic or rafter space that mimics the appearance of the roofing material and thus has little effect on the appearance of the building. In one aspect primary vents are installed in the roof deck below the roof tiles, and the roof tiles are mounted to as to provide air spaces in between them and thus allow air flow from the primary vents to the outside. In another aspect a secondary vent is constructed to look like the surrounding field tiles and is installed over each primary vent. One or more vent openings in the secondary vent and an opening in the primary vent conduct air between the attic or rafter space and the outside. The secondary vent has a frame with one or more vent openings and a cap covering each opening shielding the ventilating space. Frames are formed in one piece and are made to fit each different size and type of roofing tile. The caps and the frame are ribbed for rigidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Inventor: Harry T. O'Hagin
  • Patent number: 6447390
    Abstract: A roof ventilation apparatus provides a vent tile shaped like a roof tile itself, and thus is inconspicuous and unobtrusive when installed, and blends with the field and/or ridgeline tile. The base of the unit may be used to mark the opening, after which a hole is cut in the roof, roofing cement is applied to the base flange, and the base is secured in place. The unit cover is then placed over the base and the remainder of the roof tile application is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Inventor: Harry Theodore O'Hagin
  • Patent number: 6354051
    Abstract: The present invention provides a ventilation system for an attic or rafter space that mimics the appearance of the roofing material and thus has little effect on the appearance of the building. The vent has two pieces, a primary vent and a secondary vent and they may be made of aluminum, galvanized steel or copper. The primary vent is installed on a roof deck over a ventilation opening cut through the deck. The secondary vent is constructed to look like the surrounding field tiles and is installed over the primary vent. One or more vent openings in the secondary vent and an opening in the primary vent conduct air between the attic or rafter space and the outside. The secondary vent has a skeleton with one or more vent openings and a cap covering each opening shielding the ventilating space. Skeletons are formed in one piece and are made to fit each different size and type of roofing tile. The caps and the skeleton are ribbed for rigidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Inventor: Harry O'Hagin
  • Patent number: 6347991
    Abstract: A hinged vent chute, for providing ventilation to an open attic space, includes an elongated chute segment and an insulation dam segment. The elongated chute segment has one or more upwardly open channels, extending from a lower end to an upper end of the chute segment, that provide an air passage from a soffit region of a roof, over an interior surface of the roof, up into an open attic space beneath the roof. The hinged vent chute has a hinge or fold line joining the elongated chute segment to the insulation dam segment which permits the vent chute to be folded downward at the hinge to position the insulation dam segment for securement to form an insulation dam which prevents loose fill insulation in an attic from flowing down into a soffit region of a roof and blocking air flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Johns Manville International, Inc.
    Inventors: Blake Boyd Bogrett, Dennis Robert Larratt, John Brooks Smith
  • Publication number: 20010039776
    Abstract: The present invention provides a ventilation system for an attic or rafter space that mimics the appearance of the roofing material and thus has little effect on the appearance of the building. The vent has two pieces, a primary vent and a secondary vent and they may be made of aluminum, galvanized steel or copper. The primary vent is installed on a roof deck over a ventilation opening cut through the deck. The secondary vent is constructed to look like the surrounding field tiles and is installed over the primary vent. One or more vent openings in the secondary vent and an opening in the primary vent conduct air between the attic or rafter space and the outside. The secondary vent has a skeleton with one or more vent openings and a cap covering each opening shielding the ventilating space. Skeletons are formed in one piece and are made to fit each different size and type of roofing tile. The caps and the skeleton are ribbed for rigidity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 1999
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventor: HARRY O'HAGIN
  • Patent number: RE47799
    Abstract: A ventilated roof features an elongated vent having a vent opening and an elongated vent shingle supporting surface. The vent opening is in fluid communication with a slot defined by the top surface of a roof deck and communicating through the roof deck. An end cap has an end cap shingle supporting surface and is located adjacent to an end of the elongated vent. The vent and the end cap adjacent to the vent are supported in an equivalent spaced-apart relation to the top surface of the roof deck. The elongated vent shingle supporting surface, the end cap shingle supporting surface and the top surface of the roof deck provide a substantially continuous support to a shingle overlapping any two of those elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Inventor: John C. Henderson