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Research &
Development
M & I offers
a formidable capability and capacity for applied research,
development and commercialization of air handling/distribution
technologies through unique and innovative applications of
aero-acoustics for which sixteen (16) patents have been obtained
and six patents are pending.
The patents are
the following:
| Technology |
Patent
Number |
Date
Issued |
| Airflow
Valve |
1,237,359
(Cdn) |
May
31, 1988 |
| Air
Handling Structure for Fan Inlet and Outlet |
4,986,170
(US) |
Jan.
22, 1991 |
| Air
Damper Apparatus |
5,106,052
(US) |
April
21, 1992 |
| Air
Handling System |
1,317,503
(Cdn) |
May
11, 1993 |
| Air
Distribution Terminal Unit |
2,047,052
(Cdn) |
May
24, 1994 |
| Air
Handling Structure for Fan Inlet and Outlet |
5,426,268
(US) |
June
20m, 1995 |
| Air
Handling Structure for Fan Inlet and Outlet |
5,473,123
(US) |
Dec.
5, 1995 |
| Packless
Silencer |
5,473,
124 (US) |
Dec.
5, 1995 |
| Air
Handling Structure for Fan Inlet and Outlet |
5,587,563
(US) |
Dec.
24, 1996 |
| Air
Handling Structure for Fan Inlet and Outlet |
5,728,979
(US) |
March
17, 1998 |
| Fan
for Air Handling System |
5,749,702
(US) |
May
12, 1998 |
| Air
Handling Structure for Fan Inlet and Outlet |
2,033,534
(Cdn) |
Aug.
18, 1998 |
| Fan
System with Variable Air Volume Control |
5,827,044
(US) |
Oct.
27, 1998 |
| Centrifugal
Fan with Vertical Rotation Axis |
2,231,913
(Cdn) |
April
13, 1999 |
| Centrifugal
Fan with Vertical Rotation Axis |
6,027,406
(US) |
Feb.
22, 2000 |
| High
Efficiency Air Mixer |
6,139,425
(US) |
Oct.
31, 2000 |
The patents pending
are the following:
| Technology |
| Venturi
Type Distribution System (US) |
| Column
Axial Fan System (US) - two patents |
| Air
Mixers (US) - two patents |
| Exposed
Bulb Inlet and Outlet Aerodynamics (US) |
M & I Business
Setting
M & I's technologies
and resultant products are utilized in the commercial, industrial
and institutional sectors of the heating, ventilation and
air conditioning (HVAC) industry, and recently includes gas
turbine aero-efficient silence technology.
Fields of Science
and Technology in M & I's Projects
The fields of science
and technology in M & I's projects are the following:
- Energy Efficiency
- Fans (Axial
and Centrifugal)
- Gas Turbines
- Aerodynamics
- Turbulence
- Acoustics
- Vibration
- Mechanics
- Electrics
- Electronics
- Materials
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