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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