Stephen Stopyra

US Patent:

6722152, Apr 20, 2004

Filed:

May 5, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/429451

Inventors:

Andreas Hille - Renningen, DE
Robert C. Reimann - LaFayette NY
Belin Czechowicz - Dewitt NY
Stephen Stopyra - Syracuse NY

Assignee:

Carrier Corporation - Farmington CT

International Classification:

F25D 2312

US Classification:

62262, 454158, 62908

Abstract:

In a bus rooftop air conditioner having a fresh air inlet for routing fresh air to an evaporator coil by way of a passageway and including a frame located in the passageway for the receiving a filter therein. A hinge mounted grill has a body portion for covering the fresh air inlet, while at the same time having a extended arm coming into contact with the filter to hold it in position. The filter can be removed and replaced by simply rotating the grill member to an open position to thereby disengage the extended arm from the filter and allow it to be removed. The grill member has integrally connected and substantially normally extending guide vanes near its other end which, when the grill is the covering position, extends into a condenser discharge opening to thereby act as diffusers within that opening.

US Patent:

6745586, Jun 8, 2004

Filed:

May 5, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/429390

Inventors:

Robert C. Reimann - LaFayette NY
Peter R. Bushnell - Cazenovia NY
Stephen Stopyra - Syracuse NY
Belin Czechowicz - Dewitt NY

Assignee:

Carrier Corporation - Farmington CT

International Classification:

B60H 132

US Classification:

62244, 62DIG 16, 454903

Abstract:

A module is provided for attachment to the roof of a bus and includes all of necessary components for conditioning the return air from the passenger compartment and delivering conditioned air thereto. Each module includes an evaporator section, a condenser section and a power section including a compressor and an inverter. The evaporator sections have a return air compartment that extends a substantial distance across the roof of the bus such that a single design can meet the needs of various return air duct installations of various types of buses. Provision is made to interconnect a evaporator discharge opening with a supply air duct for the bus by way of a flexible duct having integrally formed end plates for connection by way of fasteners. The lower end plate which is secured to the supply air duct also includes an upstanding flange for connecting a protective cover thereto.

US Patent:

6761038, Jul 13, 2004

Filed:

May 5, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/429424

Inventors:

Peter R. Bushnell - Cazenovia NY
Stephen Stopyra - Syracuse NY
Robert C. Reimann - LaFayette NY
Belin Czechowicz - Dewitt NY

Assignee:

Carrier Corporation - Farmington CT

International Classification:

B60H 132

US Classification:

62244, 62DIG 16, 165248, 454 99

Abstract:

A module is provided for attachment to the roof of a bus and includes all of the necessary components for conditioning the return air from the passenger compartment and delivering conditioned air thereto. A plurality of modules can be mounted in various relationships to collectively provide the total capacity required by the bus. Each module includes an evaporator section, a condenser section and a power section including a compressor and an inverter. The evaporator sections have a return air compartment that extends a substantial distance across the roof of the bus such that a single design can meet the needs of various return air duct installations of various types of buses. Provision is made for the selective mixing of return air with fresh air, with the mixture then being passed by the evaporator blower through the evaporator coils and into the supply air ducts. The frames of the modules are attached to the roof of the bus by rails which are properly spaced to accommodate the module frames and allow their selective longitudinal placement.

US Patent:

6763668, Jul 20, 2004

Filed:

May 5, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/429388

Inventors:

Peter R. Bushnell - Cazenovia NY
Robert C. Reimann - LaFayette NY
Christopher Repice - Camillus NY
Mark Colton - Clay NY
Xuqiang Liao - East Syracuse NY
Gawain Mundy - Liverpool NY
Stephen Stopyra - Syracuse NY
Belin Czechowicz - Dewitt NY
Suresh Duraisamy - Liverpool NY
Timothy R. Campbell - Marcellus NY
Dennis Stone - Clay NY

Assignee:

Carrier Corporation - Farmington CT

International Classification:

B60H 132

US Classification:

62 89, 62244, 62507, 62DIG 16

Abstract:

Rather than having a frame into which, or upon which, an air conditioning system is mounted, a bus rooftop air conditioning module has a unibody which is formed partially of structural members interconnected to the tube sheets of the evaporator and condenser coils to form a structural body which supports the components of the system. In this way the coil tube sheets combine with other structural members to form the supporting body.

US Patent:

6763669, Jul 20, 2004

Filed:

May 5, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/429437

Inventors:

Peter R. Bushnell - Cazenovia NY
Mark Colton - Clay NY
Robert C. Reimann - LaFayette NY
Stephen Stopyra - Syracuse NY
Christopher Repice - Camillus NY
Belin Czechowicz - Dewitt NY

Assignee:

Carrier Corporation - Farmington CT

International Classification:

B60H 132

US Classification:

62115, 62244, 62DIG 16

Abstract:

A module is provided for attachment to the roof of a bus and includes all of necessary components for conditioning the return air from the passenger compartment and delivering conditioned air thereto. A module can be ganged in various relationships to collectively provide the total capacity required by the bus. Each module includes an evaporator section, a condenser section and a power section including a compressor and an inverter. The evaporator sections have a return air compartment that extends a substantial distance across the roof of the bus such that a single design can meet the needs of various return air duct installations of various types of buses. Provision is made for the selectively mixing of return air with fresh air, with the mixture then being passed by the evaporator blower through the evaporator coils and into the supply air ducts. The frames of the modules are attached to the roof of the bus by rails which are properly spaced to accommodate the modules frame and allow their selective longitudinal placement.

US Patent:

6763670, Jul 20, 2004

Filed:

May 5, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/429389

Inventors:

Peter R. Bushnell - Cazenovia NY
Robert C. Reimann - LaFayette NY
Christopher Repice - Camillus NY
Mark Colton - Clay NY
Xuqiang Liao - East Syracuse NY
Gawain Mundy - Liverpool NY
Stephen Stopyra - Syracuse NY
Belin Czechowicz - Dewitt NY
Suresh Duraisamy - Liverpool NY
Timothy R. Campbell - Marcellus NY

Assignee:

Carrier Corporation - Farmington CT

International Classification:

B60H 132

US Classification:

62200, 62244, 62DIG 16

Abstract:

A bus rooftop air conditioning system is made up of one or more self-contained modules having one or more evaporator sections and one or more condenser sections, with each extending transversely across the width of the bus, and with the evaporator sections fluidly communicating with both a common return air opening and a common supply air opening of the bus. The modules may be of a single unit configuration with a single condenser section and a single evaporator section or they may be of a double unit configuration having two condenser sections and two evaporator sections. The total capacity requirements are met by combining the use of single units and double unit configuration, with each of the evaporator sections communicating with a single return air opening and a single supply air opening in a bus.

US Patent:

8125110, Feb 28, 2012

Filed:

Jun 12, 2007

Appl. No.:

12/602897

Inventors:

Peter R. Bushnell - Cazenovia NY, US
Jason A. Gough - Marcellus NY, US
Curt B. Winter - Franklin WI, US
Stephen Stopyra - Syracuse NY, US

Assignee:

Carrier Corporation - Farmington CT

International Classification:

H02K 7/18

US Classification:

310 63, 290 1 B

Abstract:

An engine driven generator () is provided with first and second stage fans () at one end thereof. The two-stage fan system draws in ambient air and forces it through the generator windings () and rotor-stator air gap () for the purpose of improving generator cooling. Stationary guide vanes () are disposed between the two fans () for the purpose of de-swirling the flow therebetween. The fans are of the centrifugal type and are preferably backward curved.

US Patent:

8291721, Oct 23, 2012

Filed:

Feb 24, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/391691

Inventors:

Richie C. Stauter - Fayetteville NY, US
Peter R. Bushnell - Cazenovia NY, US
Stephen Stopyra - Syracuse NY, US
Donald B. Hotaling - Jamesville NY, US
Jason A. Gough - Marcellus NY, US

Assignee:

Carrier Corporation - Farmington CT

International Classification:

B60H 1/32
F25D 17/06
F25B 39/04

US Classification:

62239, 62428, 62429, 62506, 62507

Abstract:

A transport refrigeration system having a structural framework supporting a refrigeration unit including a condenser heat exchanger supported in an upper region of the framework and an engine and an electric generator powered by the engine supported by the framework in an engine compartment in a lower region of the framework, includes a pair of vertically disposed condenser fan/motor assemblies disposed aft of the condenser heat exchanger in side-by-side relationship and above the engine compartment; and a flow partition extending vertically between the pair of condenser fan/motor assemblies.