Patents by Inventor Norbert Kaemmer

Norbert Kaemmer 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).

  • Distributed condensing units
    Patent number: 7823413
    Abstract: A system includes an evaporator unit, a first condensing unit and a second condensing unit. The first condensing unit includes a first heat exchanger coil, a first compressor, and a first oil separator, which removes oil from a refrigerant prior to the refrigerant reaching the first heat exchanger coil. The second condensing unit includes a second heat exchanger coil, a second compressor, and a second oil separator, which removes oil from a refrigerant prior to the refrigerant reaching the second heat exchanger coil. The first oil separator is isolated from the second oil separator to prevent communication of oil therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Beving, Norbert Kaemmer
  • Distributed condensing units
    Publication number: 20060213219
    Abstract: A system includes an evaporator unit, a first condensing unit and a second condensing unit. The first condensing unit includes a first heat exchanger coil, a first compressor, and a first oil separator, which removes oil from a refrigerant prior to the refrigerant reaching the first heat exchanger coil. The second condensing unit includes a second heat exchanger coil, a second compressor, and a second oil separator, which removes oil from a refrigerant prior to the refrigerant reaching the second heat exchanger coil. The first oil separator is isolated from the second oil separator to prevent communication of oil therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Frank Beving, Norbert Kaemmer