Patents
US 12173925 B2: Ventilating system
- Granted
- 2024-12-24
- Filed
- 2024-01-25 application 18422452
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
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Abstract
A ventilating system includes a main housing defining an inlet configured to receive air into the main housing and an outlet configured to allow the air to exit the main housing. The system further includes a fan in the main housing and configured and arranged to generate a flow of air into the main housing through the inlet and from the main housing through the outlet. The system further includes a grille configured to be coupled to the main housing, a plate configured to be coupled to the grille, and a lens coupled to the plate.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg241224.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broan-NuTone LLC 190 patents | US company or organization | Hartford, WI | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirko Zakula | New Berlin, WI | 47 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Corey Scott Jacak | West Bend, WI | 55 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Anup Nikam | Hartford, WI | 8 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Thomas Dare | Hartford, WI | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| James D. Bohn | Hartford, WI | 6 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Santosh R. Narasimhan | Hartford, WI | 11 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| F21S | Non-portable lighting devices; systems thereof; vehicle lighting devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors | F21S8/026 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| F24F | Air-conditioning; air-humidification; ventilation; use of air currents for screening | F24F7/007 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| F21V | Functional features or details of lighting devices or systems thereof; structural combinations of lighting devices with other articles, not otherwise provided for | F21V23/003 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| F21Y | Indexing scheme associated with subclasses f21k, f21l, f21s and f21v, relating to the form or the kind of the light sources or of the colour of the light emitted | F21Y2103/33 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| Y10T | Technical subjects covered by former us classification | Y10T29/49002 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-21 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | ZAKULA, MIRKO signed 2024-02-06 JACAK, COREY SCOTT signed 2024-02-07 NIKAM, ANUP signed 2024-02-06 DARE, THOMAS signed 2024-02-06 BOHN, JAMES signed 2024-02-07 NARASIMHAN, SANTOSH signed 2024-02-06 | BROAN-NUTONE LLC HARTFORD, WI | 66511/810 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
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