Patents Examined by Lionel Nouketcha
  • Patent number: 11737236
    Abstract: A knockdown water-cooling module latch device structure is assembled and connected with a water-cooling module. The knockdown water-cooling module latch device structure includes a latch device assembly having multiple latch members. The multiple latch members are correspondingly assembled and connected with each other around the water-cooling module to form the knockdown water-cooling module latch device structure, whereby the water-cooling module is framed in the latch device assembly. The knockdown water-cooling module latch device structure can be conveniently assembled and has high assembling freeness and better structural strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuan-Lin Huang, Jun-Chun Chiu
  • Patent number: 11732947
    Abstract: A refrigeration device capable of chilling beverage ingredients and accessories is disclosed. The refrigeration device may include a first compartment that defines a first open top area, a second compartment that defines a second open top area, and a wall disposed between the first and second compartments. The refrigeration device may further include a controller configured to control the temperature in at least one of the first and second compartments, a temperature regulator configured to adjust a thermal communication between the first and second compartments, and a lid assembly movable between an opened and a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Perlick Corporation
    Inventors: Tobin G. Ellis, Karl R. Krumbiegel, Jonathon Haggerty, Brian J. Madson
  • Patent number: 11732703
    Abstract: There is provided a cryopump including a cryocooler, a cryopanel that is cooled by the cryocooler, a cryopump container that includes a container body, which accommodates the cryopanel, and a cryocooler accommodating tube of which one end is coupled to the container body and the other end is fixed to the cryocooler and into which the cryocooler is inserted, a vent valve for exhausting a fluid from the cryopump container, a first exhaust passage that includes a first exhaust port provided in the container body, is disposed outside the cryopump container, and connects the first exhaust port to the vent valve, and a second exhaust passage that includes a second exhaust port provided in the cryocooler accommodating tube, connects the second exhaust port to the vent valve, and merges with the first exhaust passage between the first exhaust port and the vent valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Takahiro Yatsu
  • Patent number: 11725865
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a cabinet including an inner case provided with a storage compartment, a case supporter coupled to a lower side of the inner case to support the inner case, and a base coupled to a lower side of the case supporter; a door disposed on a front portion of the cabinet to open and close the storage compartment; and a cooling device disposed on a rear surface of the inner case to have at least a portion thereof exposed to the storage compartment, wherein a water collection hole is formed on a rear end of a bottom surface of the inner case, wherein a water collection guide is mounted on the inner case to guide water flowing into the water collection hole to flow downward, wherein a water collection portion is formed on the base to collect water passing through the water collection guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Daehyun Yoo, Kiyoung Lim, Kihyun Park
  • Patent number: 11729948
    Abstract: An immersion cooling system includes an immersion tank that is configured to retain dielectric working fluid and to hold a plurality of computing devices submerged in the dielectric working fluid. The immersion cooling system also includes a condenser that is configured to cause condensation of vaporized working fluid. The immersion cooling system also includes a subcooling heat exchanger that is in fluid communication with a coolant source. The coolant source provides coolant having a coolant temperature that is lower than a boiling point of the dielectric working fluid. The subcooling heat exchanger is positioned so that heat transfer can occur between the dielectric working fluid and the subcooling heat exchanger. The immersion cooling system also includes a control system that controls how much of the coolant flows into the subcooling heat exchanger based at least in part on a temperature of the dielectric working fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Husam Atallah Alissa, Bharath Ramakrishnan, Ioannis Manousakis, Nicholas Andrew Keehn, Eric Clarence Peterson
  • Patent number: 11725854
    Abstract: A cryocooler includes a displacer that includes a lid portion and a main body portion, a displacer drive shaft that includes a collar portion held between the lid portion and the main body portion, and a buffer that is disposed in a clearance between the collar portion and the lid portion or between the collar portion and the main body portion and includes a soft material and a hard material disposed on an opposite side to the collar portion with respect to the soft material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kuromoto, Yosuke Matsumura
  • Patent number: 11719448
    Abstract: An air conditioner unit may include a housing, an outdoor heat exchanger assembly, an indoor heat exchanger assembly, a compressor, and a sterilization light assembly. The housing may define an indoor portion and an outdoor portion. The housing may further define an exhaust outlet downstream from the indoor portion to exhaust air therefrom. The outdoor heat exchanger assembly may be disposed in the outdoor portion and include an outdoor heat exchanger. The indoor heat exchanger assembly may be disposed in the indoor portion and include an indoor heat exchanger and an indoor fan. The compressor may be in fluid communication with the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger to circulate a refrigerant between the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger. The sterilization light assembly may be disposed within the indoor portion and directed at the indoor fan to transmit an ultraviolet light emission thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Robin Blackwood, Timothy Scott Shaffer, John Huguenard, Stephen Budelsky
  • Patent number: 11713917
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a housing, a mullion, and a biasing element. The housing defines an internal cavity and door frame that accesses the internal cavity. The mullion is disposed within the cavity and divides the cavity into a freezer compartment and a refrigerator compartment. A position of the mullion is adjustable within the cavity such that movement of the mullion away from the freezer compartment and toward the refrigerator compartment increases a volume of the freezer compartment and decreases a volume of the refrigerator compartment, and such that movement of the mullion away from the refrigerator compartment and toward the freezer the compartment decreases the volume of the freezer compartment and increases the volume of the refrigerator compartment. The biasing element is secured to the housing and the mullion. The biasing element is configured to bias the mullion toward the freezer compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Alexandre Oliveira De Albuquerque, Rafael Sottili Chaves, Adalberto Matias Beppler, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11707963
    Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle includes: a casing to accommodate a cooler and a heater; a front temp door disposed in the casing to control a temperature of air supplied to a front seat zone; a rear temp door disposed under the front temp door to control a temperature of air supplied to a rear seat zone; and a rear vent disposed at a lower portion of the casing to discharge air to the rear seat zone. The air conditioner can secure the flow rate of the air that is supplied to the rear seat zone of the interior of a vehicle by improving the route for flow of the air that is supplied to the rear seat zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, DOOWON CLIMATE CONTROL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Mo Kwak, Myung Jun Kim, Dong Won Yeon, Chul Min Jang
  • Patent number: 11703255
    Abstract: Provided is a thermoacoustic refrigerator including an air column pipe, a prime mover, a load, and a heat accumulation tank. An exhaust gas supplied to and discharged from the heat accumulation tank is supplied, as a heat source, to the prime mover disposed inside the air column pipe, so as to cause self-oscillation of a working gas filled in the air column pipe so that sound waves are generated. With the sound waves, the load disposed inside the air column pipe converts sound wave energy into heat energy, so as to output cold heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventor: Shinsuke Iijima
  • Patent number: 11692744
    Abstract: A cooling system includes an ingress port to receive refrigerant in a vapor form from an evaporator, an egress port to return refrigerant in a liquid form back to the evaporator, a condenser coupled to the ingress port and the egress port, and a compressor coupled to the ingress port and the condenser. When the cooling system operates in a first mode, the condenser is configured to receive and condense the refrigerant from the vapor form into the liquid form and to return the refrigerant in the liquid form to the regress port. When the cooling system operates in a second mode, the compressor is configured to compress the refrigerant in the vapor form and to supply the compressed refrigerant to the condenser to be condensed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: BAIDU USA LLC
    Inventor: Tianyi Gao
  • Patent number: 11692733
    Abstract: An air conditioner is provided. A main body of the air conditioner is provided with an air outlet facing a front lower side of the main body. An upper passage is arranged above the air outlet and in communication with the air outlet, and is adapted to supply air forwardly. An upper air deflection assembly is used to direct air to flow out of a terminus of the upper passage. The upper air deflection assembly has an upper air diffusing plate. A front air deflection assembly is used to direct air to flow out of a terminus of the air outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jielin Peng
  • Patent number: 11686300
    Abstract: A cryopump includes at least one cryopanel including a photocatalyst layer on a surface thereof, and an excitation light source that is disposed so as to irradiate the photocatalyst layer with excitation light that activates the photocatalyst layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji Mochidzuki
  • Patent number: 11683908
    Abstract: A knockdown water-cooling unit latch device structure includes a latch device assembly having multiple latch members. The latch members are correspondingly assembled with each other around a water-cooling unit. The latch members are connected with each other via at least one connection member. Alternatively, the latch members are directly assembled with each other by means of engagement or lap joint. The latch members of the latch device assembly are assembled with the water-cooling unit so that when the latch device assembly is assembled with the water-cooling unit, the latch members will not interfere with the water-cooling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuan-Lin Huang, Jun-Chun Chiu
  • Patent number: 11678750
    Abstract: A display case includes multiple walls that define an inner volume, a door, a door actuator, a gesture sensor, and a controller. The door is transitionable between an open position for access to the inner volume and a closed position. The door actuator is configured to transition the door between the open position and the closed position. The gesture sensor is configured to detect a gesture performed by a user. The controller includes a processing circuit configured to obtain sensor data from the gesture sensor that indicates the gesture performed by the user. The processing circuit is further configured to determine if the user has performed a reference gesture using the sensor data. The processing circuit is further configured to operate the door actuator to transition the door between the open position and the closed position in response to determining that the user has performed the reference gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Hill Phoenix, Inc.
    Inventors: Harsha Mathur, Chetan Gundurao
  • Patent number: 11674720
    Abstract: A diffusion absorption refrigeration apparatus includes a bubble pump; a gas-liquid separator; a condenser; a gas branch pipe; an evaporator; an absorber; a gas heat exchanger; a storage tank; and a solution heat exchanger, in which a single material of trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (R-1234ze(E)) and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (R-1234yf), which have a low global warming potential (GWP), or a mixture thereof at a predetermined ratio is used as a refrigerant. Accordingly, the stability is high and a low GWP can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: LG ELECTRONICS INC., KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Hyeunsik Nam, Deokhyun Youn, Sungsub Lee, Jangseok Lee, Chungwoo Jung, Yongtae Kang, Hansol Jung
  • Patent number: 11667456
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to stacked, grid storage systems such as densely packed storage systems, and methods of adjusting, regulating, controlling and maintaining the temperature of storage systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: OCADO INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Lars Sverker Ture Lindbo, Mark Fryer, Martyn Lee Bates, Kevin Faux, Timothy Deighton Steiner, Siddique Shaihk
  • Patent number: 11668519
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage chamber, a drawer door, a rail that slidably couples the drawer door to the cabinet, a driving device provided in the door part, an elevation device provided in the drawer part to vertically ascend or descend at least a portion of the drawer part, and an elevation detection device. The drawer door includes a drawer part configured to be inserted into and withdrawn out of the storage chamber and a door part coupled to the drawer part and configured to open and close the storage chamber. The driving device includes a motor assembly, a screw assembly having a screw and a screw holder, and a lever that couples the screw holder to the elevation device and is configured to be rotated based on the movement of the screw holder along the screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Cheolsoon Park
  • Patent number: 11668518
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator and a control method therefor. A refrigerator may include: a cabinet; a drawer provided to move in and out of the lower storage space and opening and closing the lower storage space; a lifting unit provided inside the drawer and elevated up and down; an opening/closing motor providing power for opening and closing the drawer; a lifting motor connected to the lifting unit and providing power for elevating the lifting unit; and a controller to reopen the drawer when the closing of the drawer is detected while the lifting unit is being elevated or the elevation of the lifting unit is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kwang Hyun Choi, Chang Won Kim
  • Patent number: 11668508
    Abstract: A portable cooler container is provided. The temperature control system cools a chamber of the container to transport temperature sensitive contents via the container. An electronic display screen on one of the lid and the container body selectively displays an electronic shipping label for the portable cooler container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Ember Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton Alexander, Daren John Leith, Mikko Juhani Timperi, Christopher Thomas Wakeham, Rahul Mulinti, Jacob William Emmert, Paul Thomas Gurney, Simon David James