Patents Examined by Frantz F. Jules
  • Patent number: 11976870
    Abstract: A modular container such as a mobile refrigerator is configured to attach to a larger in-home refrigerator. The modular container has an attachment feature configured to selectively attach and detach from a first attachment feature of the larger refrigerator to enable the modular container to be selectively attached and detached from the interior compartment of the larger refrigerator. A door of the modular container is configured to selectively enclose an interior of the modular container. The modular container has its own dedicated refrigeration system mounted thereon, enabling the modular container to act as its own refrigerator once removed from the larger refrigerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Seow Yuen Yee, Philip Roan
  • Patent number: 11971184
    Abstract: An air mover system for use in an indoor unit of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a blower comprising a motor and a blower control unit configured to control operations of the motor. The blower control unit includes a controller and a sensor communicably coupled to the controller. The sensor is configured to sense air inside the indoor unit and to provide sensor information to the controller. The controller is configured to determine whether a refrigerant is present in the air based on the sensor information and to control the blower to move the air out of the indoor unit in response to determining that the refrigerant is present in the air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Rheem Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Michael W. Branson, Sivakumar Gopalnarayanan
  • Patent number: 11965659
    Abstract: The invention concerns a district energy system comprising: —at least one cogeneration or heat pump unit —a first pipe system for district heating and/or cooling consisting of at least one liquid or vapor CO2 pipe; characterized by the fact that is also comprises a second pipe system consisting of at least one fluid line for the transport of CO2 or O2. The invention also relates to the use of a district energy system comprising: —at least one cogeneration or heat pump unit, —a first pipe system, —a second pipe system; characterized by the fact that that liquid or vapor CO2 is used in the first pipe system for district heating and/or cooling and that a fluid of CO2 or O2 is used in the second pipe system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: ExerGo SA
    Inventors: Daniel Favrat, Alberto Mian
  • Patent number: 11959650
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a compressor, a heat exchanger, and a controller. The controller includes a compressor driving circuit configured to drive the compressor, a harmonic suppressing unit configured to suppress harmonics in the compressor driving circuit, and a housing containing the compressor driving circuit and the harmonic suppressing unit. The housing has a first section having ventilation holes that allow communication between the outside and the inside, and a second section constituting a frame outside the first section. The first section contains the harmonic suppressing unit and a fan configured to blow air from inside the first section to the outside through the ventilation holes. The second section contains the compressor driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Mori, Keizo Kamada
  • Patent number: 11953261
    Abstract: A food treatment appliance includes a thermally insulated food treatment chamber, a refrigeration unit, a microwave generation facility configured to introduce microwaves with an associated microwave frequency into the food treatment chamber, and a low-frequency generation facility configured to introduce into the food treatment chamber low-frequency waves with a frequency which is lower than the microwave frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Böttcher, Andreas Kaiser, Markus Kuchler
  • Patent number: 11946355
    Abstract: A method to recover and process hydrocarbons from a gas flare system to produce natural gas liquids (NGL), cold compressed natural gas (CCNG), compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquid natural gas (LNG). The method process provides the energy required to recover and process the hydrocarbon gas stream through compression and expansion of the various streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: 1304338 Alberta Ltd., 1304342 Alberta Ltd.
    Inventors: Jose Lourenco, MacKenzie Millar
  • Patent number: 11946693
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for controlling an argon flow rate of a fluid at the outlet of an assembly of at least one distillation column in order to reach a target dioxygen level (SP).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventor: Marc Bastid
  • Patent number: 11940193
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for controlling a thermal distribution system. The method comprises producing heat at a production plant, and determining a capacity limit of the production plant. At a central server, the current and/or forecasted production of heat in the production plant in relation to the capacity limit of the production plant is evaluated. The method further comprises to in response to the current or forecasted production at the production plant approaching the capacity limit, output from the central server a respective control signal to one or more of a plurality of local control units, and receiving the control signal at the respective local control unit. The method further comprises to in response to receiving the control signal at the respective local control unit, reduce an associated local distribution system's outtake of heat or cold from a distribution grid connected to the production plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: EMG ENERGIMONTAGEGRUPPEN AB
    Inventors: Per Rosén, Jacob Skogström, Fredrik Rosenqvist
  • Patent number: 11927391
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for liquefying a feed gas stream comprising natural gas and carbon dioxide. A method includes compressing an input fluid stream to generate a first intermediary fluid stream; cooling the first intermediary fluid stream with a first heat exchanger to generate a second intermediary fluid stream, wherein a temperature of the second intermediary fluid stream is higher than a carbon dioxide-freezing temperature for the second intermediary fluid stream; expanding the second intermediary fluid stream to generate a third intermediary fluid stream, wherein the third intermediary fluid stream comprises solid carbon dioxide; separating the third intermediary fluid stream into a fourth intermediary fluid stream and an output fluid stream, wherein the output fluid stream comprises a liquefied natural gas (LNG) liquid; and utilizing the fourth intermediary fluid stream as a cooling fluid stream for the first heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Robert D. Kaminsky, Marcel Staedter
  • Patent number: 11926536
    Abstract: A method for starting up a hot ultrapure water production system that produces hot ultrapure water by heating ultrapure water to a supply water temperature, for supplied to a point of use, the method involving: alternately passing heated water and cooled water through a hot ultrapure water pipe through which the hot ultrapure water flows, the heated water being obtained by heating the ultrapure water to a temperature higher than room temperature and the cooled water being obtained by cooling the ultrapure water to a temperature lower than the temperature of the heated water in a range of from room temperature to the supply water temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Nomura Micro Science Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masamitsu Iiyama
  • Patent number: 11930618
    Abstract: A liquid cooling head includes a bottom plate, a heat dissipation plate, a partition plate and an upper cover plate. The bottom plate includes an opening, and the heat dissipation plate, the partition plate and the upper cover plate are fixed to the bottom plate. The partition plate divides the opening into a plurality of cooling chambers, and each cooling chamber is equipped with a cooling liquid inlet, a cooling liquid outlet, a pump and an electric control device. The cooling liquid inlet and the cooling liquid outlet are formed in the upper cover plate, the pump is fluid-connected to the cooling liquid outlet, and the electric control device drives the pump to rotate, so that the cooling liquid flows through the cooling chamber to cool one heat source below the heat dissipation plate. In addition, a liquid cooling device with the liquid cooling head is also disclosed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: AURAS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Yu Chen, Tian-Li Ye, Jen-Hao Lin, Chien-An Chen
  • Patent number: 11920822
    Abstract: An air handling unit has an interior wall configured to selectively retain a removable component of the air handling unit. An air handling unit has an interior wall configured as a drain pan. An air handling unit has an outer skin joined to the interior wall, an insulator disposed between the interior wall and the outer skin, and the interior wall has a mounting channel configured to selectively retain a removable component of the air handling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Trane International Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Stewart, Mark Hudgins, Richard Lee Jameson, Keith Adam Novak, Leslie Zinger
  • Patent number: 11919428
    Abstract: A temperature management system for an occupant supporting device comprising an air-circulating circuit is provided, the air-circulating circuit comprising: an air distributing device; a main power device for circulating the air in the air-circulating circuit; and a temperature adjusting device for adjusting the temperature of the air in the air-circulating circuit, wherein an airflow, which has been temperature adjusted by the temperature adjusting device, out of the main power device comprises at least a first portion which flows into the air distributing device and a second portion which returns back to the main power device after circulating within the air-circulating circuit, and wherein the airflow which returns back to the main power device will be adjusted by the temperature adjusting device and circulated in the air-circulating circuit again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: GENTHERM AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS (CHINA) LTD.
    Inventor: Jonathan Yu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11913670
    Abstract: Disclosed are a sealed box container, a main machine of a heat recovery switching device and a refrigeration device. The sealed box container includes box bodies that are spliced to form a sealed cavity, and is provided with a through hole in communication with the sealed cavity, and the sealed cavity is used for accommodating a pipeline assembly of a main machine, and the pipeline assembly is connected to an external pipeline by means of the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: GD MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huajun Mao, Shuqing Liu
  • Patent number: 11917792
    Abstract: A cooling system for an information handling system in a portable chassis comprises a fan housing containing two counterrotating impellers, wherein the axes of rotation of the two impellers are aligned with an axis of orientation relative to a rear surface of the portable chassis. By changing the angle of the axis of orientation, impellers with larger diameters may be positioned in the same fan area for increased volumetric airflow. The shape of the fan housing, the diameter of each impeller and the angle of the axis of orientation may be selected to direct and distribute a greater volumetric airflow for improved cooling of components in the portable chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas Sultenfuss, Qinghong He
  • Patent number: 11913735
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a collecting pipe, a number of heat exchange tubes and a distribution pipe. A pipe wall of the distribution pipe defines a number of through holes communicating with the collecting pipe. The through holes are a first through hole, . . . an (n?1)th through hole and an nth through hole disposed in sequence along a direction from a first end to a second end of the distribution pipe. A distance between an (i+1)th through hole and an ith through hole is: di=?iL0, i=1, 2, . . . n?1, ?=0.618, L0 is a distance between adjacent heat exchange tubes. As a result, uniformity of refrigerant distribution in the heat exchanger is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: HANGZHOU SANHUA RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhaogang Qi, Linjie Huang, Qiang Gao, Jianlong Jiang, Yujiao Niu, Chunyu Shao
  • Patent number: 11913720
    Abstract: A supply quantity adjustment device 500 comprises: a total demand quantity calculation unit 502 that calculates a total demand quantity used at a supply destination, based on plant information; an excess/deficit information setting unit 503 that compares the total demand quantity and a flow rate set value and sets a first calculated pressure value; a backup coefficient setting unit that sets a backup coefficient set value based on a reference gasholder pressure, the first calculated pressure value, a reference backup pressure set value, and a measured gasholder pressure value; and a production coefficient setting unit that compares a production pressure set value obtained by adding the reference gasholder pressure and a first pressure output value with the measured gasholder pressure value, and sets a production coefficient so as to modify a variation in the quantity of product gas produced by the air separation apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Takuya Kaneda, Shigenobu Kuwada
  • Patent number: 11906220
    Abstract: An injector for servicing a refrigerant system employs a reconfigurable container that is selectively configurable in a plurality of different container configurations. In each container configuration, an outlet of the reconfigurable container can be fluidly connected to the refrigerant system such that the injector can discharge treatment fluid through the outlet into the refrigerant system. The plurality of different container configurations can include a plurality of different fillable container configurations or one or more fillable container configurations and a pass-through configuration. In a fillable container configuration, the reconfigurable container defines a fillable space for receiving treatment fluid. In a pass-through container configuration, the reconfigurable container passes fluid from a disposable container through the outlet. In use, the desired container configuration is selected and fluid is injected from the injector into a refrigerant system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Nu-Calgon Wholesaler, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Benack, Doug Gildehaus
  • Patent number: 11910565
    Abstract: A cooling liquid flow control device includes a heat dissipation bottom plate, a fixing holder, a cooling module, and a temperature control element. The heat dissipation bottom plate has a bottom surface configured to be in contact with a heating element on a substrate. The fixing holder is connected to the heat dissipation bottom plate and configured to be fixed with the substrate. The cooling module is connected to a top surface of the heat dissipation bottom plate to form a cavity. The cavity is configured to circulate a cooling liquid. The temperature control element is connected to the cooling module and includes a valve. The valve is configured to rotate based on a temperature of the heating element, thereby adjusting a flow rate of the cooling liquid in and out of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Han Chih Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11906253
    Abstract: A heat exchange device includes a heat exchanger and a water guider. The water guider is arranged on the heat exchanger and has a water guide groove, and condensed water on at least a part of the heat exchanger can flow out through the water guide groove. The heat exchange device has a good drainage performance, can prevent the condensed water from accumulating, and thus improves a heat exchange area and a heat exchange efficiency of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SANHUA (HANGZHOU) MICRO CHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiming Dong, Peng Qin, Qiang Gao, Xionglin Li, Michael Shows, James Thomas