Patents Examined by Hans R Weiland
  • Patent number: 11976856
    Abstract: A shell and plate heat exchanger includes a shell and a plate pack. The shell defines a cavity configured to receive a first fluid and a second fluid. The plate pack is arranged inside the cavity. The plate pack has a plurality of heat exchanger plates. Each of the heat exchanger plates has two sides facing in opposite directions in a thickness direction of the heat exchanger plate. At least one of the sides of at least one of the heat exchanger plates has a surface roughness of between 5 ?m and 100 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoshi Inoue
  • Patent number: 11976584
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat exchanger for a motor vehicle provided on the front surface of an engine room of the vehicle, and, more particularly, to a heat exchanger for a motor vehicle including a sealing member provided on the circumference of the heat exchanger in order to prevent driving-induced wind from leaking to the outside of the heat exchanger without passing through the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Gwang Ok Ko, Seong Woo Jeong, Young Kook Hwang, Hyuk Kim, Dong Mi Jeong
  • Patent number: 11965846
    Abstract: A system for detecting contamination in a two-phase immersion cooling system based on temperature differences between component surface temperature and fluid temperature, a previous component surface temperature and a present component surface temperature and a component surface temperature and a component surface temperature threshold value. Large differences between the component surface temperature and the fluid temperature or between the component surface temperature and a previous component surface temperature or a component surface temperature exceeding a component surface temperature threshold value may indicate contaminants in the fluid that are inhibiting the ability for the component to effectively transfer heat to the fluid. A temperature monitoring system may monitor the temperatures and communicate with a service system to apply corrective measures before the residue can cause significant damage to an information handling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jon Taylor Fitch, Steven Embleton, David Lyle Moss
  • Patent number: 11965662
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat exchanger arrangement for use with an air conditioning system of the type comprising a condenser, an expansion device, an evaporator and a compressor connected in a refrigeration circuit filled with refrigerant. The heat exchanger arrangement comprises a collector arrangement for collecting condensate fluid that has condensed on the evaporator as condensate fluid. The heat exchanger arrangement also comprises a first heat exchanger configured for facilitating the transfer of heat from an airflow flowing to the condenser, to condensate received from the evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: HVPS Holdings (PTY) Limited
    Inventor: Vahid Vakiloroaya
  • Patent number: 11953270
    Abstract: A gas-liquid separator includes a chamber having an inlet for liquid to enter and at least one outlet for expulsion gas and/or vapour that has separated from the liquid within the chamber under gravity. For some applications the chamber will also have an outlet for the liquid. These systems can rely on the chamber remaining in a static orientation with the gas outlet arranged uppermost. Exemplary embodiments provide the chamber with multiple spaced apart outlets and an ability to sense orientation and/or acceleration of the chamber. A controller uses the output of the sensors to determine the spatial arrangement of the liquid phase and gas phase within the chamber relative to the outlets and selectively opens the multiple outlets to allow one of the liquid phase or gas phase to escape the chamber in preference to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LEONARDO UK LTD
    Inventor: Anthony Kinghorn
  • Patent number: 11945284
    Abstract: A transportation refrigeration unit TRU (26) and power system. The TRU (26) and power system including a compressor (58) configured to compress a refrigerant, an evaporator heat exchanger (76) operatively coupled to the compressor (58), and an evaporator fan (98) configured to provide return airflow and flow the return airflow over the evaporator heat exchanger (76). The system also includes a return air temperature RAT sensor (142) disposed in the return airflow and configured measure the temperature of the return airflow, a TRU controller (82) operably connected to the RAT sensor (142) and configured to execute a process to determine an AC power requirement for the TRU (26) based on at least the RAT (142), a generator power converter (164a) configured to provide a second DC power (165b), an energy storage system (150) configured to receive the second DC power (165) and provide a three phase AC power (157) to a power management system (124).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mary D. Saroka, Jeffrey J. Burchill
  • Patent number: 11942397
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a series connected water cooling structure. Each water cooling head includes a housing, and the housing includes a water inlet and a water outlet. The connecting pipes are connected between the water cooling heads to be in a series manner. The connecting pipes are connected to the water inlets of adjacent water cooling heads to configure the series connected water cooling heads. The water-inlet pipe and the water-outlet pipe are connected to the water inlet and water outlet of the series connected water cooling heads respectively. The water-inlet pump and the water-outlet pump are arranged on the water-inlet pipe and the water-outlet pipe respectively. Therefore, the heat dissipation efficiency is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: ABLECOM TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Chien-Fa Liang
  • Patent number: 11937734
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a water dispensing device, and the water dispensing device includes a water tank, a drain pipeline, a beverage making chamber, in which a capsule support for receiving a beverage powder capsule and a capsule piercer for puncturing the capsule operatively are provided; and a dispenser, communicated with an outlet of the beverage making chamber, including a beverage outlet of which the prepared beverage flows out. The refrigerator has a water dispensing device capable of making a beverage, such as coffee, milk tea, or the like, based on demands from a user, thereby satisfying diverse drinking demands from people and solving problem of a single function of an existing refrigerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lihua Zuo, Yanqing Zhang, Weishou Sun, Jianjun Xue, Chuan Cui
  • Patent number: 11933523
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a reversible valve having an outlet configured to direct refrigerant to a reheat heat exchanger of the HVAC system. The reversible valve is further configured to be in a first configuration to direct the refrigerant through a refrigerant circuit in a first flow direction in a heating mode of the HVAC system and to be in a second configuration to direct the refrigerant through the refrigerant circuit in a second flow direction in a cooling mode of the HVAC system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH
    Inventors: Ryan L. Snider, Nicholas P. Mislak, Karla D. Alvarez Cavazos
  • Patent number: 11920879
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a radiator, a first tank, and a pump assembly. The radiator cools liquid and extends in a first direction. The first tank is connected to the radiator, and the liquid passes through the first tank. The pump assembly is connected to the first tank and circulates the liquid flowing in from the first tank. The radiator includes a pipe through which the liquid passes. The pipe extends along the first direction. The pump assembly is located on one side in the first direction of the radiator. The pump assembly includes a first pump, a second pump, and a flow path portion. The first pump feeds and circulates the liquid. The second pump feeds and circulates the liquid. The flow path portion guides the liquid fed from the first pump and the second pump toward an outside of the pump assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko Tokeshi, Genki Horiguchi, Takehito Tamaoka, Takaya Okuno
  • Patent number: 11913733
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a heat transferring device and a heat transferring component thereof. The heat transferring device includes a heat transferring component, a lower plate and a positioning component. The heat transferring component is in a shape of pouch and includes at least one input end and at least one output end to allow a fluid to be inputted and outputted. The lower plate includes at least one first perforation. The positioning component is disposed on an exterior of the heat transferring component. An end of the positioning component is connected to the lower plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ASIA PACIFIC FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Wei-Pin Lo, Wen-Yen Huang, Chin-Hsien Cheng
  • Patent number: 11910564
    Abstract: A liquid cooling device includes a thermally conductive base, a cover, and a metallic partition. The thermally conductive base has a fluid chamber and a plurality of fins. The fins are located in the fluid chamber and protrudes from an inner surface of the thermally conductive base facing the fluid chamber. Every two of the fins located adjacent to each other define a channel therebetween. Distal ends of at least part of the fins located away from the inner surface together form a covering structure partially coving the channels. The metallic partition is located between and welded to the covering structure and the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: COOLER MASTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei-Pin Lin, Zhong-Long Zhu, Yi-Cheng Chen
  • Patent number: 11886258
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed of a hybrid heat sink. The hybrid heat sink includes a dry base and a wet base spaced apart from the dry base. The wet base including a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. A plurality of air channels is formed between the dry base and the wet base; and a plurality of liquid channels are formed between the dry base and the wet base. The plurality of liquid channels are coupled to the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, and the plurality of liquid channels are thermally coupled to the plurality of air channels. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BAIDU USA LLC
    Inventor: Tianyi Gao
  • Patent number: 11867465
    Abstract: A heater, especially an oilseed heater (15) comprising an insulated jacket (2) which contains a material inlet (3), a material outlet (4), a heating medium inlet (5) and an air outlet (6) and where at least one exchanger (7) for condensation of evaporation residues is arranged inside the insulated jacket (2) and connected with the source (1) of the evaporation residues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: FARMET a.s.
    Inventors: Karel {hacek over (Z)}d'árský, Josef {hacek over (S)}t{hacek over (e)}pánek
  • Patent number: 11867466
    Abstract: A compact heat exchanger assembly for a refrigeration system includes a heat rejection heat exchanger assembly and a heat absorption heat exchanger assembly. The heat rejection heat exchanger assembly includes a primary heat exchanger and a secondary heat exchanger. The primary heat exchanger has a tube bank extending between a first manifold and a second manifold. The tube bank being provided with at least one bend such that the primary heat exchanger has a generally curvilinear shape. The secondary heat exchanger is disposed between the first manifold and the second manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jianhua Zhou, Jason D. Scarcella, Tobias H. Sienel, Bruce J. Poplawski, KeonWoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11852423
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to a system with an electroactive substrate, a plurality of nanoparticles, and a control unit. The plurality of nanoparticles deposited in communication with the electroactive substrate. The control unit is configured to manipulate a shape of the electroactive substrate between an unactuated mode and an actuated mode to change an absorption band or an emission band of the plurality of nanoparticles. When the electroactive substrate shape is manipulated, the absorption band or the emission band of the plurality of nanoparticles is changed to tune the system for a radiative cooling based on a current dominating wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean P. Rodrigues, Ercan Mehmet Dede, Paul Schmalenberg
  • Patent number: 11835305
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an openable and closeable condensing apparatus, which is particularly applied in a two-phase liquid immersion cooling system. When servers start to operate, a large amount of heat will be dissipated from servers. The coolant is vaporized into a rising coolant vapor by absorbing heat dissipated from servers. Upon contact with a condenser, the coolant vapor is condensed back into a cooling liquid that is returned to the coolant-containing tank. By the heat exchange cycle in which heat dissipated from serves is absorbed by the coolant, servers can be maintained at a normal working temperature. However, in the process of condensation, the rising coolant vapor tends to scatter in all directions resulting in a failure to condense all of the coolant vapor. Therefore, the uncondensed coolant vapor will cause the pressure in the system to gradually rise, which eventually leads to an ineffective cooling of servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Fang-Shou Lee, Cho-Han Lee
  • Patent number: 11828500
    Abstract: An evaporator (1) for vaporizing a substance into its gaseous form, which comprises at least a plate pack (4) functioning as an evaporator and a droplet separator arranged inside the outer casing. An outlet connection (6) for leading the vaporised substance out from the outer casing is arranged to an end plate of outer casing, and said outlet connection (6) is connected to a suction duct (10) arranged inside the outer casing in a longitudinal direction of the shell, and said suction duct (10) comprises openings (12) at the upper surface of the suction duct, wherein the droplet separator is constructed at both sides of the suction duct (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: VAHTERUS OY
    Inventors: Mauri Kontu, Reima Viinikkala
  • Patent number: 11828498
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally relate a multi-mode heat transfer system. The heat transfer system includes an emitter device. The emitter device includes an inner core, a composite material pattern, and a surface coating pattern. The inner core is surrounded by an outer core having a thickness and an outer surface. The composite material pattern extends through at least a portion of the outer surface and at least a portion of the thickness of the outer core and is thermally coupled to the inner core. The surface coating pattern is on the outer surface and is changeable between a low emissivity state and a high emissivity state based on a surface temperature of the emitter device. In the low emissivity state, the emitter device transmits an omni-directional radiation and, in the high emissivity state, the emitter device transmits a focused radiation via the composite material pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Shailesh N. Joshi, Ercan M. Dede
  • Patent number: 11820245
    Abstract: A stationary induction charging device for wireless energy transfer may include a housing base, a housing cover, a transmitting coil, at least one magnetic field conductor, and a power electronics unit. The housing base and the housing cover may define an installation space and a venting space. The transmitting coil, the magnetic field conductor, and the power electronics unit may be arranged in the installation space. The housing base may include a plurality of coolant channels through which a liquid is flowable such that the housing base forms a heat exchanger. The plurality of coolant channels may be distributed within the housing base such that a region of the housing base arranged opposite the power electronics unit and/or a region of the housing base arranged opposite the venting space has a higher coolant channel density than a region of the housing base arranged opposite the transmitting coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventors: Sebastian Angermeier, Thomas Himmer, Christopher Laemmle, Holger Schroth