Patents by Inventor Stephen Sillato

Stephen Sillato 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: 20130098086
    Abstract: A cooling system has a cooling circuit that includes an evaporator disposed in a cabinet, a condenser, a compressor, an electronic expansion valve and a liquid pump. a direct expansion mode and a pumped refrigerant economizer mode. When the cooling system is in the pumped refrigerant economizer mode, the controller controls a temperature of the refrigerant to a refrigerant temperature set point by regulating a speed of a fan of the condenser, controls a temperature of air in a room in which the cabinet is disposed to a room air temperature setpoint by regulating a speed of the liquid pump, and maintains a pressure differential across the liquid pump within a given range by regulating an open position of an electronic expansion valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: Liebert Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Sillato, Timothy J. Schrader, Greg Haggy, Thomas Harvey, Zongtao Lu, John F. Judge
  • Publication number: 20130098085
    Abstract: A cooling system has a cabinet and a plurality of separate cooling stages including an upstream cooling stage and a downstream cooling stage. At least the upstream cooling state is a variable capacity cooling stage. Each cooling stage has a cooling circuit. Evaporators of the cooling circuits are arranged in the cabinet so that air passes over them in serial fashion. A controller when a Call for Cooling first reaches a point where cooling is needed, operating the upstream cooling circuit to provide cooling and not the downstream cooling circuit. When the Call for Cooling has increased to a second point, the controller additionally operates the downstream cooling circuit to provide cooling. The cooling capacity at which the upstream cooling circuit is being operated is less than its full capacity when the Call for Cooling reaches the second point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: Liebert Corporation
    Inventors: John F. Judge, Timothy J. Schrader, Stephen Sillato, Roger Noll, Gary A. Helmink, Pierpaolo Barbato, Giuseppe Dalla Mana, Lou Monnier, Zhiyong Lin, Benedict J. Dolcich, Daniel J. Schutte, Greg Haggy, Thomas Harvey, Zongtao Lu
  • Publication number: 20130091874
    Abstract: A variable flow refrigerant system having a compressor and one or a plurality of evaporators. The suction at one or the plurality of evaporators for the input to the compressor is monitored and generally corresponds to the minimum pressure of the refrigerant. The pressure is associated with a temperature and is controlled to always be above the dew point temperature of the room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: LIEBERT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stephen Sillato, Timothy J. Schrader, Lou Monnier, John F. Judge
  • Publication number: 20120291984
    Abstract: An air conditioner system including an indoor unit and an outdoor unit. The outdoor unit includes a condenser, a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, and a controller. The controller detects a fault with at least one of the temperature sensor or the pressure sensor and adjusts a speed of the condensing fan according to the pressure identified by the pressure sensor when the pressure sensor is operating normally. The controller adjusts the speed of the condensing fan according to the sensed temperature sensor when the pressure experiences a fault and the temperature sensor is operating normally. The controller controls the speed of the condensing fan according to default values when both the pressure sensor and the temperature sensor experience a fault.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: Liebert Corporation
    Inventors: Jianping Li, Lin Wang, Zheng Wang, Xianyao Yu, Hongyu Zhang, Zongtao Lu, Wanlai Lin, Stephen Sillato, John Judge
  • Publication number: 20100204838
    Abstract: An air conditioning system that may incorporate a controller, a variable capacity compressor responsive to the controller, an evaporator in communication with an input of the compressor, and at least one cooling component for generating an airflow over the evaporator to generate a cooling airflow using the evaporator, the cooling component being responsive to the controller. A first input enables a user to provide a user determined dry bulb temperature range for an enclosed environment, and a second input enables the user to provide a user determined moisture content range for the enclosed environment. The controller controls at least one of the compressor and the cooling component to vary a sensible heat ratio (SHR), in order to maintain a dry bulb temperature and the moisture content within the enclosed environment in accordance with the user defined ranges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: Liebert Corporation
    Inventors: Frank DiPaolo, Stephen Sillato
  • Publication number: 20100085708
    Abstract: An interruptible power supply (UPS) may include direct cooling for various components of the UPS that generate heat. The direct cooling may be part of a cooling system that directs the generated heat to the ambient environment external to the room or building housing the UPS such that the heat load of the UPS places a minimal or zero load on the air-conditioning system for the room within which the UPS is located. The cooling system can utilize multiple cooling loops to transfer the heat from the heat-generating components of the UPS to the ambient environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: Liebert Corporation
    Inventors: James K. Martin, Mark C. McMaster, Norman Chow, Bruce R. Conway, Richard G. Brewer, Girish K. Upadhya, Stephen Sillato
  • Publication number: 20080251240
    Abstract: A system for cooling heat-generating objects, such as computer boards situated in a rack, includes an enclosure in which the heat generating objects are situated. The enclosure has an air inlet and an air outlet, and a fan induces airflow into the air inlet, through the enclosure and out the air outlet. A heat exchanger is situated in the enclosure such that the heat exchanger is in a spaced apart relationship with the heat-generating object. Air moving through or past the heat-generating object is warmed, and the heat exchanger removes the heat before the air exits the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: LIEBERT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Madara, Stephen Sillato, Thomas Harvey, Daniel Baer
  • Patent number: 7367384
    Abstract: A system for cooling heat-generating objects, such as computer boards situated in a rack, includes an enclosure in which the heat generating objects are situated. The enclosure has an air inlet and an air outlet, and a fan induces airflow into the air inlet, through the enclosure and out the air outlet. A heat exchanger is situated in the enclosure such that the heat exchanger is in a spaced apart relationship with the heat-generating object. Air moving through or past the heat-generating object is warmed, and the heat exchanger removes the heat before the air exits the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Liebert Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Madara, Stephen Sillato, Thomas Harvey, Daniel Baer
  • Publication number: 20060102322
    Abstract: A system for cooling heat-generating objects, such as computer boards situated in a rack, includes an enclosure in which the heat generating objects are situated. The enclosure has an air inlet and an air outlet, and a fan induces airflow into the air inlet, through the enclosure and out the air outlet. A heat exchanger is situated in the enclosure such that the heat exchanger is in a spaced apart relationship with the heat-generating object. Air moving through or past the heat-generating object is warmed, and the heat exchanger removes the heat before the air exits the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Applicant: LIEBERT CORP.
    Inventors: Steven MADARA, Stephen SILLATO, Thomas HARVEY, Daniel Baer
  • Publication number: 20050120737
    Abstract: A cooling system for transferring heat from a heat load to an environment has a volatile working fluid. The cooling system includes first and second cooling cycles that are thermally connected to the first cooling cycle. The first cooling cycle is not a vapor compression cycle and includes a pump, an air-to-fluid heat exchanger, and a fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger. The second cooling cycle can include a chilled water system for transferring heat from the fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger to the environment. Alternatively, the second cooling cycle can include a vapor compression system for transferring heat from the fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger to the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Steven Borror, Franklin DiPaolo, Thomas Harvey, Steven Madara, Reasey Mam, Stephen Sillato