Patents Examined by Samantha A. Miller
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Patent number: 10525795Abstract: Provided is a vehicle air-conditioning device in which a lever (7) for turning a damper is rotatably fitted and supported on a unit casing (2), wherein one of a support part (13) on the unit casing (2) side and a fitting part (8) on the lever side is provided with an elastically deformable fitting claw (27), while the other of the support part (13) and the fitting part (8) is provided with a fitting hole (24), into which the fitting claw (27) is fitted and engaged, and a bearing boss part (23) and a fitting shaft part (25), which are rotatably fitted together with a bearing clearance between them, are provided on the outer periphery of the fitting claw (27) and the fitting hole (24).Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2013Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventor: Noriyuki Chikagawa
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Patent number: 10337790Abstract: A refrigerated storage unit 1 includes: a refrigeration chamber S2, a refrigeration part 3 for cooling air inside the refrigeration chamber S2, a fan 4 for sending cold air cooled by the refrigeration part 3 into the refrigeration chamber S2, a temperature sensor 5 for detecting a temperature inside the refrigeration chamber S2, an infrared sensor 8 for detecting a temperature of a content provided inside the refrigeration chamber S2, and a control part 7 for controlling driving of the fan based on a result detected by at least one of the temperature sensor 5 and the infrared sensor 8.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2014Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: MARS CompanyInventors: Motohiko Sato, Masaki Ohno, Tadao Izutsu
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Patent number: 10328171Abstract: An air freshener for a vehicle includes a housing having an air inlet and an air outlet at both ends thereof. A perfume container is provided inside the housing, in which a plurality of aromatics having different physical states are laminated. An aromatics laminated at an uppermost layer is evaporated by air passing through an interior of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hanon SystemsInventors: June Kyu Park, Kwang Woon Cho, Yong Jun Jee, Jae Ho Kim
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Patent number: 10328765Abstract: A device for distribution of conditioning air for vehicle turret comprises at least one air duct sheath, the sheath comprising a chute adapted to be made integral with the vehicle and a shutter adapted to be made integral with the turret. The sheath is the form of an arch of circle coaxial with the rotation axis of turret. The device comprises at least one duct in the form of an arch of circle having the same average radius as that of the sheath and able to slide with respect to the sheath between a closed position in which the duct connects one end of the sheath to another end of said sheath, or to another sheath, for continuity of airflow between the sheaths, and an open position in which the duct is slid within the sheath so as to leave a passage transverse to the sheath along a circular sector.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: NEXTER SYSTEMSInventors: Xavier Descatoire, Aymeric Peloux
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Patent number: 10334759Abstract: An inlet duct system includes a duct body having a bottom wall and two side walls having at least one opening. An adjustable internal baffle is secured to the duct body such that the internal baffle can be positioned in multiple locations within an internal cavity defined by the duct body, inhibiting the flow of air between a front portion and a rear portion of the internal cavity. A first side duct is removably attached to the duct body and forms an air flow chamber that receives a fluid from an opening in one of the side walls and delivers the fluid above the duct body. A first side baffle is positioned within the air flow chamber, adjacent the internal baffle, inhibiting the flow of air between a front portion and a rear portion of the air flow chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2013Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Samuel M. Marrs, Edward R. Kello
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Patent number: 10302321Abstract: A ventilation fan includes a body unit, which has a fan disposed in a body case and a fan controller operable to control an air volume of the fan. The ventilation fan also includes a sensor module having an indoor environment detecting sensor and a module controller operable to control a detecting operation of the indoor environment detecting sensor. The body unit has a module mount on which the sensor module is mounted and another sensor module can be mounted in place of the sensor module. The module mount is connected to the fan controller. The module controller outputs detection information obtained based on a detection result of the indoor environment detecting sensor to the fan controller, which in turn controls the air volume of the fan based on the detection information inputted thereto.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirosato Sakai, Hidenori Syougen, Nobuyuki Morimoto, Tsuraki Nakajima, Shingo Takenawa, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Kazuki Doumoto
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Patent number: 10295200Abstract: A wall-mounted air conditioner indoor unit includes a housing having a front housing and a rear housing, main air intake portions formed on the housing, a mixed air outlet formed on a lower portion of the front housing, a non-hot exchange air inlet formed on the rear housing, and an air delivery apparatus disposed inside the housing. A volute and a centrifugal fan located inside the volute are disposed inside the housing and above the air delivery apparatus. An air output portion of the volute faces the hot exchange air passage, and includes a surrounding portion extending to the air delivery apparatus and surrounding the hot exchange air passages, and air mixed cavities are formed between the surrounding portion and the hot exchange air passages.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2015Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER AIR CONDITIONER GENERAL CORP., LTD.Inventors: Yongtao Wang, Tingting Guan, Jian Li, Zhongni Wu, Baosheng Yan, Guangfen Jia
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Patent number: 10281302Abstract: An arrangement for controlling flow includes a flow control element, an actuator, a linkage assembly, and a sensor module. The linkage assembly is coupled between the flow control element and the actuator, and includes a rotatable linkage element coupled to impart force to the flow control element. The sensor module is affixed to the rotatable linkage element. The sensor module includes a MEMs-based strain gauge affixed to a substrate and operably coupled to measure torque on the linkage element, and a processing circuit disposed on the substrate. The processing circuit is operably coupled to receive torque measurement information representative of the measured torque. The processing circuit generates a fluid flow measurement value based on the torque measurement information and position information representative of a position of a flow control device of the flow control element. The flow control device is mechanically coupled to the rotatable linkage element.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2014Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.Inventors: Dean B. Anderson, Matthew D. Cook
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Patent number: 10273010Abstract: A refrigeration system for providing cooled air to a plurality of galley compartments. The refrigeration system includes a plurality of galley compartments configured to receive therein at least one galley cart, a refrigeration unit configured to supply cooled air to the plurality of galley compartments, and an airflow supply and return system coupling the refrigeration unit to the plurality of compartments.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2013Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Thomas J. Moran, David M. Rumill
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Patent number: 10232947Abstract: An aircraft air supply system may include a primary duct to supply a primary air flow to a flight deck of an aircraft. A nitrogen generating system may be configured for generating nitrogen enriched air and oxygen enriched air. A secondary duct may be provided for channeling the oxygen enriched air from the nitrogen generating system to the primary duct. The flow of the oxygen enriched air into the primary duct and to the flight deck may be controlled to reduce an effective altitude of the flight deck.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2013Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Colin W. Hart, Chao-Hsin Lin, Marcus K. Richardson
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Patent number: 10151203Abstract: A mine stopping panel is disclosed. The panel includes first and second channel-shaped panel members having a telescoping sliding fit one inside the other. An elongate end cap is fitted in the first panel member. One or more louver connections between the first panel member and the end cap hold the end cap against movement relative to the first panel member when an extending force is applied to the end cap tending to telescopically extend the first panel member relative to the second panel member.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2016Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: Jack Kennedy Metal Products & Buildings, Inc.Inventors: William R. Kennedy, John M. Kennedy
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Patent number: 10065481Abstract: An improved air exhauster for a vehicle is provided, comprising a non-woven filter with a covering sheet of material fastened to the filter face. The filter may be assembled into a frame and the covering sheet may acts as valve to allow air outflow from the interior of the vehicle, yet restrict outside noise from entering. The covering sheet may be a relatively more dense non-woven material than the filter or may be a polymer film. The covering sheet may be attached at the centerline of the filter to function as a pleat separator and reduce the incidence of pleat collapse under high flow rate or increased pressure drop.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2009Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: FREUDENBERG FILTRATION TECHNOLOGIES, L.P.Inventors: Donald B. Pedigo, Daniel Woodman
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Patent number: 10058012Abstract: A multizone variable damper for air passageways having a plurality of damper zones, a plurality of opposed blades that are rotatable about a horizontal axis, a pair of blades of the plurality of blades being provided in each zone of the plurality of damper zones, and an actuator for each pair of blades, each actuator being configured to independently rotate each of the pairs of blades of the plurality of opposed blades so as to selectively and independently control a degree of openness of each of the pairs of blades of the plurality of opposed blades in each damper zone of the plurality of damper zones.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2010Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: TATE ACCESS FLOORING LEASING, INC.Inventors: Daniel J. Curtin, William W. Reynolds, Daniel B. Kennedy
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Patent number: 10052646Abstract: A method and system for treating objects, the objects are conveyed through a treatment cabin and treated in a treatment space. During treatment solvents are released. Cabin air flows through the treatment space, which absorbs solvents and is discharged as process air from the treatment space. At least one proportion of the process air charged with solvent is recycled in the treatment space and at least one proportion of the process air can be discharged as exhaust air. Fresh air is fed to the treatment space, which contributes to the cabin air, such that the cabin air includes a circulating air proportion and a fresh air proportion. The solvent concentration is captured in the cabin air and/or in the process air and/or in the exhaust air and the circulating air proportion and the fresh air proportion of the cabin air are regulated as a function of the captured solvent concentration.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2013Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: EISENMANN SEInventors: Jürgen Fernholz, Werner Swoboda
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Patent number: 10058011Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a cooling duct assembly for electronic equipment installed in a cabinet. The cooling duct assembly comprises at least one main duct in fluid communication with a front portion of the cabinet. The at least one main duct receives cold air from the front portion of the cabinet and routes the cold air toward a back portion of the cabinet. Additionally, the cooling duct assembly comprises at least one side duct in fluid communication with the at least one main duct. The at least one side duct receives the cold air from the at least one main duct and routes the cold air to at least one side air intake opening on the electronic equipment.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2009Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Frank J. Graczyk, Samuel C. Ramey, James N. Fleming, Paul M. Herbst, Michael J. McGrath, Joseph D. Wentworth, Alva B. Eaton
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Patent number: 10052934Abstract: A fresh air and recirculation air switching case using a rotary door, since an introduced air flows along an inner surface of a circumferential wall of the rotary door, a convex grid is formed on an inner surface of the circumferential wall of the rotary door. In this system, the air flow directed toward a suction inlet is prevented from becoming turbulent behind the rotary door and the air flow noise can be suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2013Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.Inventors: Nathan Dorland, Nicholas Mazzocco, Daniel Okray, Kurt Schulz, Melissa Buczek
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Patent number: 10035224Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a blower module assembly may include a housing, a blower mechanically coupled to the housing, and an airflow guide mechanically coupled between the housing and the blower. The blower may be mechanically coupled to the housing, may have an intake and an exhaust, and may be configured to move air from the intake to the exhaust. The airflow guide may be mechanically coupled between the housing and the blower, may have a solid region and a plenum region such that the border between the solid region and the plenum region is defined by a portion of an arcuate cylinder. The housing, the blower, and the airflow guide may be arranged such that a plenum is defined by surfaces of the housing, the blower, and the portion of the arcuate cylinder, the plenum adjacent to the intake.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2012Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Chris E. Peterson, Robert Curtis
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Patent number: 10039207Abstract: An information technology enclosure has a processing subsystem and infrastructure subsystem in separate shipping containers that cooperate to process information. The processing subsystem has increased information processing density by concentrating information handling systems in a first processing shipping container that is supported with infrastructure equipment in a second infrastructure shipping container. In one embodiment, the shipping containers are arranged in a stacked configuration so that cooled air and exhausted air are exchanged through aligned vents formed in the ceiling and floor of stacked shipping containers.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2012Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Ty Schmitt, Robert Riegler
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Patent number: 10028415Abstract: Described herein is an integrated data center that provides for efficient cooling, as well as efficient wire routing, and in particular a configuration in which electronic equipment cabinets are arranged in rows within thermal compartments where the cabinets may be rolled in and out of place as required and a frame supports thermal shields of the thermal compartment.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2012Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Switch, Ltd.Inventor: Rob Roy
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Patent number: 9994085Abstract: A ventilation unit for motor vehicles comprises a tubular element (5) fitted, through an opening (4) in the chassis (1) of the motor vehicle, and a hub (8), coaxial with the tubular element (5), which mounts an electric motor (10) for driving an impeller (12) fitted with blades (15); the motor and impeller are supported by connecting means (7) which are provided between the tubular element (5) and the hub (8) and which define a grille (20) for protecting the opening (4); these connecting means are suitably shaped to define means for regulating the air flow generated by the impeller (12), in such a way as to increase efficiency and reduce noise; the unit (2) also comprises a cover (21) for protecting the motor (10), fitted with means (24) for quick connection/disconnection to/from the hub (8) and defining, between the hub and the motor, openings (26) to allow the passage of the air flow moved by the impeller in such a way as to cool the motor.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2008Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: SPAL AUTOMOTIVE S.r.LInventor: Pietro De Filippis