Patents Examined by Keith Stanley Myers
  • Patent number: 11976855
    Abstract: A heat exchanger and an air conditioner including the same. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat transfer tubes formed in a flat shape and configured to allow a refrigerant to flow in a vertical direction therein. The heat transfer tube includes a gas refrigerant region including one end connected to a refrigerant inlet port and another end disposed above the refrigerant inlet port; a two-phase refrigerant region including one end connected to the other end of the gas refrigerant region and another end disposed below a refrigerant outlet port; and a liquid refrigerant region including one end connected to the other end of the two-phase refrigerant region and another end connected to the refrigerant outlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunyoung Kim, Yo Agata, Kentaro Imagawa, Tadahiro Nakagawa, Takeshi Takahara
  • Patent number: 11906219
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle may include a compressor and a flash tank. The flash tank is configured for receiving a refrigerant and separating liquid refrigerant and vapour refrigerant. The compressor is configured for compressing the refrigerant and includes a suction port and an injection port. The flash tank is connected to the injection port of the compressor via an injection valve. A method of controlling injection into the compressor includes determining a pressure in the flash tank and controlling the injection valve based on the determined pressure in the flash tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Copeland Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Eric Winandy, Remi Dickes, Paolo Chiaramonte, Luca Mazzorana
  • Patent number: 11892212
    Abstract: A gas-liquid separator includes a first cylinder, a second cylinder and a heat exchange assembly. The first cylinder is surrounded by the second cylinder at a predetermined distance. The heat exchange assembly is arranged between the first cylinder and the second cylinder. The heat exchange assembly includes a collecting pipe. An extension direction of the collecting pipe is parallel to an axial direction of the first cylinder. At least a part of a side wall surface of the first cylinder is formed with an avoidance portion recessed inwardly. At least a part of the collecting pipe is arranged between the avoidance portion and the second cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SANHUA INTELLIGENT CONTROLS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Li Li, Mei Wang, Junqi Dong
  • Patent number: 11815299
    Abstract: A refrigeration apparatus based on a molecular sieve, including a first molecular sieve device, a second molecular sieve device, a reversing valve, and a balancing valve, wherein an air flow alternately passes through the first molecular sieve device and the second molecular sieve device through the reversing valve, and then flows back through the balancing valve, so that the first molecular sieve device and the second molecular sieve device are regenerated. The first molecular sieve device and the second molecular sieve device are capable of separating a refrigerant from a depressurization gas, and the refrigerant is condensed after reaching a certain concentration to become a liquid refrigerant, and then enters an evaporator again for refrigeration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: WUYI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Min Wu, Yijia Wu, Ji Wu, Guangwei Chen
  • Patent number: 11796235
    Abstract: An air conditioner based on a molecular sieve, including a first molecular sieve device, a second molecular sieve device, a reversing valve, and a balancing valve, a refrigerant includes at least one of R600A, R417A, R410C, or R407C, and a depressurized gas includes at least one of hydrogen or helium. An air flow alternately passes through the first molecular sieve device and the second molecular sieve device through the reversing valve, and then flows back through the balancing valve, so that the first molecular sieve device and the second molecular sieve device are regenerated. The first molecular sieve device and the second molecular sieve device are capable of separating a refrigerant from a depressurized gas, and the refrigerant is condensed after reaching a certain concentration to become a liquid refrigerant, and then enters an evaporator again for refrigeration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: WUYI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Min Wu, Yijia Wu, Ji Wu, Guangwei Chen
  • Patent number: 11768021
    Abstract: A refrigerator based on a molecular sieve, including a first molecular sieve device, a second molecular sieve device, a reversing valve, and a balancing valve, wherein an air flow alternately passes through the first molecular sieve device and the second molecular sieve device through the reversing valve, and then flows back through the balancing valve, so that the first molecular sieve device and the second molecular sieve device are regenerated. The first molecular sieve device and the second molecular sieve device are capable of separating a refrigerant from a depressurized gas, and the refrigerant is condensed after reaching a certain concentration to become a liquid refrigerant, and then enters an evaporator again for refrigeration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: WUYI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Min Wu, Yijia Wu, Ji Wu, Guangwei Chen
  • Patent number: 11486659
    Abstract: A cooling device includes a number of cooling tubes arranged in parallel such that a first cooling fluid and a second cooling fluid can flow in the cooling tubes. A tank communicates with the cooling tubes to allow the first cooling fluid or the second cooling fluid to flow through the cooling tubes. A diaphragm is located inside the tank to separate the tank into a first space allowing the first cooling fluid to flow therein and a second space allowing the second cooling fluid to flow therein. The diaphragm is coupled to the tank to be rectilinearly movable in a direction of an arrangement of the plurality of cooling tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Seong Bin Jeong