Patents
US 12089299 B2: One piece heater rack, heater assembly using the heater rack, and method of use
- Granted
- 2024-09-10
- Filed
- 2020-05-21 application 16879899
- Type
- Utility · 23 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A one-piece heater rack includes a number of arrays of attachment nodes and a surrounding peripheral structure. The attachment nodes are configured to allow the attachment of ceramic supports, the ceramic supports designed to hold open type coil electrical resistance heating elements that make up of a heater assembly using the heater rack. The attachment nodes allow attachment of the ceramic supports from above and below the heater rack for ease of installation. The heater rack also includes other features that providing mounting support for other heater assembly elements like terminals, thermostats, temperature limit switches, and air flow control over and through the heater using the peripheral structure, the arrays of attachment nodes or combinations thereof.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg240910.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUTCO, LLC 16 patents | US company or organization | Cookeville, TN | TUTCO INC State business registration FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Patrick Lollar | Cookeville, TN | 12 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Devin Ridley | Cookeville, TN | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| H05B | Electric heating; electric light sources not otherwise provided for; circuit arrangements for electric light sources, in general | H05B3/265 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-05-21 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | LOLLAR, JAMES PATRICK signed 2020-05-07 RIDLEY, DEVIN signed 2020-05-07 | TUTCO, LLC COOKEVILLE, TN | 52721/606 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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