Patents by Inventor Hari Krishna Kanagala

Hari Krishna Kanagala has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240053068
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes an air system including a first interlaced microchannel heat exchanger and a second interlaced microchannel heat exchanger. The air system can include a plurality of fluidly separated refrigerant circuits, and each of the refrigerant circuits can be configured to flow through the first interlaced microchannel heat exchanger and the second interlaced microchannel heat exchanger. The first interlaced microchannel heat exchanger can be located indoors, and the second interlaced microchannel heat exchanger can be located outdoors. Each of the refrigerant circuits can include its own compressor and expansion valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Hari Krishna Kanagala, Harold Gene Havard, JR., Robert Leonard Long, Rosa Leal, David Kauppila, Junjie Luo
  • Publication number: 20230400044
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a venturi system formed of a plurality of venturi portions, each of the plurality of venturi portions having an exterior surface, an interior surface having a generally convex profile, a first end, and a second end, wherein each of the plurality of venturi portions generally forms an arc of a circle and the first end of each of the plurality of venturi portions is configured to attach to the second end of an adjacent venturi portion to form the venturi system, wherein the venturi system is generally circular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Harold Gene Havard, JR., Hari Krishna Kanagala, John Rosco Jones
  • Patent number: 11828499
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes an air system including a first interlaced microchannel heat exchanger and a second interlaced microchannel heat exchanger. The air system can include a plurality of fluidly separated refrigerant circuits, and each of the refrigerant circuits can be configured to flow through the first interlaced microchannel heat exchanger and the second interlaced microchannel heat exchanger. The first interlaced microchannel heat exchanger can be located indoors, and the second interlaced microchannel heat exchanger can be located outdoors. Each of the refrigerant circuits can include its own compressor and expansion valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Rheem Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Hari Krishna Kanagala, Harold Gene Havard, Jr., Robert Leonard Long, Rosa Leal, David Kauppila, Junjie Luo
  • Publication number: 20220221203
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes an air system including a first interlaced microchannel heat exchanger and a second interlaced microchannel heat exchanger. The air system can include a plurality of fluidly separated refrigerant circuits, and each of the refrigerant circuits can be configured to flow through the first interlaced microchannel heat exchanger and the second interlaced microchannel heat exchanger. The first interlaced microchannel heat exchanger can be located indoors, and the second interlaced microchannel heat exchanger can be located outdoors. Each of the refrigerant circuits can include its own compressor and expansion valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Hari Krishna Kanagala, H. Gene Havard, Robert L. Long, Rosa Leal, David Kauppila, Junjie Luo
  • Patent number: 11359836
    Abstract: A heat exchanger having a first heat exchanger tube and a second heat exchanger tube is disclosed. The first heat exchanger tube can have a first leg, a second leg, and a bend section, and the bend section of the first heat exchanger tube can include three or more bends, each of the three or more bends having a corresponding bend angle that is less than or equal to approximately 90 degrees. The second heat exchanger tube can have a first leg, a second leg, and a bend section, and the bend section of the second heat exchanger tube can include three or more bends, each of the three or more bends having a corresponding bend angle that is less than or equal to approximately 90 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Rheem Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Hari Krishna Kanagala
  • Publication number: 20220042716
    Abstract: A heat exchanger having a first heat exchanger tube and a second heat exchanger tube is disclosed. The first heat exchanger tube can have a first leg, a second leg, and a bend section, and the bend section of the first heat exchanger tube can include three or more bends, each of the three or more bends having a corresponding bend angle that is less than or equal to approximately 90 degrees. The second heat exchanger tube can have a first leg, a second leg, and a bend section, and the bend section of the second heat exchanger tube can include three or more bends, each of the three or more bends having a corresponding bend angle that is less than or equal to approximately 90 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventor: Hari Krishna Kanagala
  • Publication number: 20210310706
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are heat exchanger system comprising: a refrigerant; a phase-changing material in thermal communication with the refrigerant; and a valve configured to selectively permit an amount of the refrigerant to flow through the heat exchanger system, the amount of the refrigerant being based on a temperature difference between the refrigerant and the phase-changing material. Also disclosed herein are methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventor: Hari Krishna Kanagala
  • Patent number: 10415892
    Abstract: A heat exchange tube for an HVAC system can include at least one reduced diameter section with an integral flattened ridge. The flow of combustion gases through the heat exchanger tubes may be partially constricted inside the reduced diameter sections. When installed in an HVAC system the integral flattened ridges may be angled to intercept the flow of air outside the heat exchanger tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Rheem Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Hari Krishna Kanagala, Ken Frederick, Darrell Binz
  • Publication number: 20190186847
    Abstract: A heat exchange tube for an HVAC system can include at least one reduced diameter section with an integral flattened ridge. The flow of combustion gases through the heat exchanger tubes may be partially constricted inside the reduced diameter sections. When installed in an HVAC system the integral flattened ridges may be angled to intercept the flow of air outside the heat exchanger tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Hari Krishna Kanagala, Ken Frederick, Darrell Binz
  • Patent number: D945579
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Rheem Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Hari Krishna Kanagala, Ken Frederick, Darrell Binz
  • Patent number: D960336
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Rheem Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Hari Krishna Kanagala, Ken Frederick, Darrell Binz