Patents Examined by Gene L Bankhead
  • Patent number: 7260948
    Abstract: A system includes a compressor receiving fluid from a low-pressure side of a circuit and outputting fluid to a high-pressure side of the circuit. The system also includes a motor drivingly connected to the compressor, at least one high-side sensor operable to measure fluid properties of the high-pressure side of the circuit, at least one current sensor operable to monitor a current drawn by the motor, and processing circuitry receiving fluid property and current information from the at least one high-side sensor and the at least one current sensor and processing the information to determine a system operating condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Copeland Corporation
    Inventors: Nagaraj Jayanth, Hung Pham
  • Patent number: 7207187
    Abstract: A bus-bar integrated plate and outer frame section, arranged into a double-deck structure and having numerous bus bars molded with a resin molding plate portion, is provided as a wiring for connecting power switching elements and a smoothing capacitor, fixed on an outer surface of a cylindrical wall of a motor housing, to a printed circuit board serving as a control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Funahashi, Ken Hamada, Hiroyuki Kawata, Yasuyuki Ohkouchi
  • Patent number: 7201010
    Abstract: In a compressor control system for a vehicle air conditioner, a hybrid ECU of the vehicle controls a rotation speed of a compressor electric motor. In this case, an output circuit, which outputs a driving signal for driving the compressor electric motor, only needs to be newly provided in the hybrid ECU when a hybrid vehicle or an electric vehicle is manufactured based on an engine vehicle. Therefore, a high cost is not caused even when the output circuit is provided in the hybrid ECU which should be newly designed and manufactured. In addition, because the output circuit does not need to be provided in an air-conditioning ECU which is an existing component of the engine vehicle, the air-conditioning ECU in the engine vehicle can be directly applied to that in the hybrid vehicle without a substantial hardware change. Therefore, design cost can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Toshinobu Homan, Yuji Takeo, Mitsuyo Oomura
  • Patent number: 7168258
    Abstract: A real temperature output air conditioner which lowers the ambient temperature of an interior space to a desired temperature and, once that has been achieved, delivers a constant flow of air at that specific temperature thereto. The present invention further includes a reservoir within the evaporator unit in which the evaporator coils and heater element are immersed. The evaporator coils and heat element act upon the fluid wherein thermal transfer to the ambient air is enhanced and dissipated to the interior space by the evaporator fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Inventor: Osama Othman Mostaeen Al-Khateeb