Patents Examined by Christopher R Zerphey
  • Patent number: 11675400
    Abstract: A computing system includes a housing, processing circuitry, one or more additional components, and a cryogen evaporator plate. The housing includes a cryogen input port, a cryogen output port, and an interior chamber. The processing circuitry and the one or more additional components are in the interior chamber of the housing. The cryogen evaporator plate is thermally coupled to the processing circuitry and configured to receive a cryogen via the cryogen input port, cool the processing circuitry using the cryogen such that the cryogen is evaporated during the cooling of the processing circuitry to provide evaporated cryogen, and provide the evaporated cryogen into the interior chamber of the housing such that the evaporated cryogen is distributed over the one or more additional components to cool the one or more additional components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Husam A. Alissa, Eric Clarence Peterson
  • Patent number: 11674715
    Abstract: Provided is a duct which is installed adjacent to a wall-type air conditioner to pass through a pipe connected to the air conditioner, which includes a base housing installed on a wall surface adjacent to the air conditioner, a horizontal partition wall disposed at the front side of the base housing to divide the inside of the duct into an upper space and a lower space, an upper housing covering the upper space, a translucent reservoir detachably mounted on a lower portion of the horizontal partition wall in response to the lower space and collecting condensed water generated from the air conditioner through an inlet formed in the horizontal partition wall, and a pump module installed in the upper space to discharge the condensed water collected in the reservoir. The reservoir is positioned below the upper housing and the horizontal partition wall to be always exposed to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: SUNGSHIN HASCO LIMITED
    Inventor: Yong Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 11674724
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of heat pumps, in particular to an air source CO2 heat pump system for preventing an evaporator from frosting by using heat of a heat regenerator. The air source CO2 heat pump system mainly includes an air source heat pump system, a regenerative heat exchange tank and a cooling pump. Through the regenerative heat exchange tank, on the one hand, the temperature drop of regenerative heat of the system is further increased and throttling loss is reduced; on the other hand, the heat generated by the regenerative temperature drop is configured for heat storage used for defrosting, and configured for overheating temperature rise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, Shanxi Research Institute For Clean Energy, Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Yinhai Zhu, Peixue Jiang, Conghui Li
  • Patent number: 11662106
    Abstract: This document describes a high efficiency dehumidification system (HEDS) and method of operating the same. The HEDS systems and physical implementations can include a variety of equipment, such as fans, filtration systems, fluid-conveying coils, piping or tubing, heat transfer coils, vents, louvers, dampers, valves, fluid chillers, fluid heaters, or the like. Any of the implementations described herein can also include controls and logic, responsive to one or more sensors or other input devices, for controlling the equipment for each implementation described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventor: Scot M. Duncan
  • Patent number: 11655996
    Abstract: An air-to-air heat pump system for a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a building includes a thermally insulated cool channel for pumping external air into the building, the cool channel having a volume for mixing external air with exhaust air of the building, a warm channel for pumping internal air, the warm channel including a cellular humidifier that restores humidity to internal air, heat pump coils located in the cool channel and the warm channel, the heat pump coils configured for transferring thermal energy from the cold channel to the warm channel, a first fan located in the cool channel and a second fan located in the warm channel, wherein the first and second fans are configured for moving air within a channel, all of the foregoing provided in a monoblock or Split structure located inside, or partially inside, a thermal circuit of the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Inventors: Lubnevskiy Konstantin Kazimirovich, Pesterev Yuri Georgievich
  • Patent number: 11656014
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a heat exchanging portion, a reservoir that performs gas-liquid separation on a gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant that flows out from the heat exchanging portion into a gas-phase refrigerant and a liquid-phase refrigerant and stores the liquid-phase refrigerant, and an inflow passage that allows the gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant flowing out from the heat exchanging portion to flow into the reservoir. The inflow passage is connected so as to be in communication with an inlet port of the reservoir which is disposed above a liquid surface of the liquid-phase refrigerant stored in the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Sugimura, Masaaki Kawakubo, Daiki Kato, Hiroshi Mieda, Tetsuya Ito
  • Patent number: 11629892
    Abstract: A thermal management system includes a refrigerant receiver configured to store a refrigerant fluid, an evaporator arrangement that removes heat from a heat load converting a portion of the refrigerant fluid to refrigerant vapor and a liquid separator having an inlet, a liquid side outlet, and a vapor side outlet. The system also includes a pump that pumps refrigerant liquid received from the liquid side outlet of the liquid separator and a closed-circuit refrigeration system having a closed-circuit fluid path that includes the refrigerant receiver, the liquid separator, the pump, and the evaporator arrangement, the closed-circuit refrigeration system further including a compressor and a condenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
    Inventors: Igor Vaisman, Joshua Peters, Jacob Swain
  • Patent number: 11629867
    Abstract: This document describes a high efficiency dehumidification system (HEDS) and method of operating the same. The HEDS systems and physical implementations can include a variety of equipment, such as fans, filtration systems, fluid-conveying coils, piping or tubing, heat transfer coils, vents, louvers, dampers, valves, fluid chillers, fluid heaters, or the like. Any of the implementations described herein can also include controls and logic, responsive to one or more sensors or other input devices, for controlling the equipment for each implementation described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventor: Scot M. Duncan
  • Patent number: 11619434
    Abstract: An ice maker includes an ice tray, a motor configured to rotate with respect to the ice tray, an ejector configured to cause rotation of an ice piece, the ejector including a rotary shaft and a protrusion pin, a heater configured to selectively supply heat to the ice tray, and a first sensor unit configured to detect a rotation angle of the protrusion pin about an axis of the rotary shaft. The first sensor unit is further configured to, before discharge of the ice piece from the ice tray, detect whether the protrusion pin has rotated by a predetermined angle about the axis of the rotary shaft, and the heater is further configured to be turned off based on the first sensor unit detecting that the protrusion pin has rotated by the predetermined angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Donghoon Lee, Seungseob Yeom, Donghoon Lee, Wookyong Lee
  • Patent number: 11609041
    Abstract: An ice bath comprising a container, a refrigeration coil for causing liquid in the container to turn to ice, a pipe for carrying liquid to be cooled by the ice bath for dispense and a plurality of conductive probes for measuring ice thickness, wherein the conductive probes are provided between at least part of the refrigeration coil and the pipe for carrying liquid to be dispensed such that a first one of the conductive probes is provided closer to the refrigeration coil at least two other conductive probes, and thereby the at least two other conductive probes are provided closer to the piping than the first conductive probe, and wherein the second and third probes are equidistant from the refrigeration coil, the ice bath further comprising means for measuring the conductance between the first probe and the second probe, the first probe and the third probe, and the second probe and the third probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: WLI TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Jonathan Ben-David, Heung Soon Kim
  • Patent number: 11608539
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an air conditioner. The air conditioner according to the present embodiment has a refrigeration capacity of 7 kW to 11 kW, inclusive, and uses a refrigerant R32 as a refrigerant, and since a refrigerant pipe therein is made of a ductile stainless steel material having 1% or less of a delta-ferrite matrix structure with respect to the grain size area thereof, and includes a suction pipe guiding the suction of the refrigerant into a compressor and having an outer diameter of 15.88 mm, the refrigerant pipe can maintain strength and hardness as good as or better than those of a copper pipe, while also maintaining good processability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Seokpyo Hong
  • Patent number: 11598534
    Abstract: An air delivery system may include a housing, a first liquid-to-air membrane energy exchanger (LAMEE), and a desiccant storage tank. The housing includes a supply air channel and an exhaust air channel. The first LAMEE may be an exhaust LAMEE disposed within an exhaust air channel of the housing. The exhaust LAMEE is configured to receive the outside air during a desiccant regeneration mode in order to regenerate desiccant within the exhaust LAMEE. The desiccant storage tank is in communication with the exhaust LAMEE. The exhaust LAMEE is configured to store regenerated desiccant within the desiccant storage tank. The regenerated desiccant within the desiccant storage tank is configured to be tapped during a normal operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Nortek Air Solutions Canada, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Paul Coutu, Cam Forman, Philip Paul LePoudre, Blake Norman Erb, Howard Brian Hemingson, Manfred Gerber
  • Patent number: 11592201
    Abstract: A space conditioning system and method for monitoring electrical parameters and/or thermodynamic parameters relating to the heat of extraction/rejection or power consumption of the system and to communicate the monitored parameters to an external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: WATERFURNACE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Robert R. Brown, Nicholas Hartman, Aaron Lindsey, Michael Taylor, Caleb Chichester, Bruce Henderson, Chris Mann, George Yang, Timothy Hammond, Matthew Kolter, Troy Moon
  • Patent number: 11585578
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes an indoor heat exchanger, a water heat exchanger, a pump, an outdoor heat exchanger, a compressor, an expansion valve, a four-way valve, a third pipe, and an open/close valve, and configured to enable hot-gas defrosting and reverse cycle defrosting. A controller selects, based on the indoor load, either one of the hot-gas defrosting and the reverse cycle defrosting to be performed. In this way, defrosting can be performed with a minimum decrease of the chiller water temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Ito, So Nomoto
  • Patent number: 11566832
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ice shaver including a refrigerator, a moving mechanism, a driving device, a knife assembly and a pushing member. The refrigerator includes a bearer including an ice dropping channel and a door assembly, and the knife assembly is located between the pushing member and the door assembly. The driving device drives the moving mechanism so that the moving mechanism drives the door assembly to selectively move between an unsealing position and a sealing position. When the door assembly is located at the unsealing position, the door assembly unseals the ice-dropping channel. When the door assembly is located at the sealing position, the door assembly seals the ice-dropping channel. Therefore, it is possible to protect an ice cube in the refrigerator from being contaminated by the external environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventor: Ellen Li Liao
  • Patent number: 11567017
    Abstract: The apparatus for measuring performance of a suspension for cooling a computer processing unit is a measurement and testing tool allowing for the fabrication of new suspensions, and measuring and testing their short-term and long-term thermal performance in real time on any liquid-cooled computer processing unit. The suspension is prepared in a sample receiving reservoir and pumped across the unit, and then input to an air-cooled heat exchanger for recirculation back to the sample receiving reservoir. Temperatures of the working fluid are measured between the sample receiving reservoir and the computer processing unit, between the unit and the heat exchanger, and after output from the heat exchanger. Pressure differentials of the working fluid is measured across the computer processing unit and across the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
    Inventors: Naser Alsayegh, Ali Alsayegh
  • Patent number: 11554641
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner installed in a vehicle includes: a condenser that causes heat exchange between a coolant and outside air; at least one spray nozzle that sprays water to a portion near the condenser; and a water tank that is in communication with the spray nozzle through an output hose, and stores the water to be sprayed. The at least one spray nozzle is disposed at a higher level than the water tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masashi Hotta
  • Patent number: 11542017
    Abstract: An aircraft air conditioning system comprising an ambient air line, for ambient air to flow through, connected to supply ambient air to a mixer of the aircraft air conditioning system. An ambient air compressor is arranged in the ambient air line for compressing the ambient air flowing there through. A refrigerating apparatus comprises a refrigerant circuit for a refrigerant to flow through, including a refrigerant compressor arranged in the refrigerant circuit. The refrigerant circuit is coupled thermally to the ambient air line to transfer heat from the ambient air to the refrigerant before the ambient air is supplied to the mixer. A cabin exhaust air turbine is connected to a cabin exhaust air line, is coupled to the ambient air compressor arranged in the ambient air line, and is configured to expand the cabin exhaust air flowing through the cabin exhaust air line and to drive the ambient air compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Bammann, Frank Klimpel
  • Patent number: 11543168
    Abstract: The present application is related to a portable refrigeration apparatus for vaccines, food items, beverage containers, or any other item. The apparatus includes a refrigerated container comprised of a plurality of substantially identical chilling panels interconnected to form a sealed container that defines an internal volume, each of the chilling panels containing a cooling element. The refrigerated container encloses an internal storage space and has a generally modular design to facilitate packaging and transportation. The apparatus permits the internal storage space to maintain a temperature in the range of 4° C.˜8° C. for a long period of time following a loss of electrical power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventor: Ian Tansley
  • Patent number: 11536470
    Abstract: There is disclosed an outdoor unit comprising a case provided to define an exterior design and comprising a plurality of side panels having an inlet hole providing a path for sucking external air, a base plate supporting the plurality of the side panels, an upper panel having an outlet hole for discharging the external air sucked via the inlet hole to the outside; a heat-exchanger provided in the case and configured to exchange heat with the external air sucked via the inlet hole; a sliding plate slidingly provided in the base plate and supporting the compressor module and movable via the opening to expose the compressor module outside the case; and a compressor module configured to supply a refrigerant that exchanging heat with the external air to the heat-exchanger, such that the compressor module may be manipulative outside and demounted when the sliding plate is located in the exposure position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yongho Shin, Seungyup Kim