Mechanical Gas Pump Patents (Class 165/121)
  • Publication number: 20140326428
    Abstract: A system for conditioning air in a building including a fan-coil unit arranged adjacent to or within an indoor space within the building and additionally configured to at least one of heat and cool the air of the indoor space, and a scrubber arranged adjacent to or within the indoor space, the scrubber configured during a scrub cycle for scrubbing of indoor air from the indoor space. The scrubber includes one or more adsorbent materials arranged therein to adsorb at least one predetermined gas from the indoor air during the scrub cycle, a source of outdoor air, and an exhaust, wherein the scrubber is configured during a purge cycle to direct a purging air flow received from the source of outdoor air over and/or through the adsorbent materials to purge at least a portion of the at least one predetermined gas adsorbed by the adsorbent materials during the scrub cycle from the adsorbent materials and thereafter exhausting the flow via the exhaust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: ENVERID SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Udi Meirav, Israel Biran, Abraham Bechar, Asael Meruham
  • Publication number: 20140318747
    Abstract: Provided is a compressing device including a compressor with a compressing unit compressing a gas and a heat exchanger, the heat exchanger including: a cooling unit that cools a gas compressed by the compressing unit; a connection path that connects the compressing unit to the cooling unit; and a connection path branch portion that is branched from a part of the connection path. The connection path branch portion includes an attachment portion that is provided in a surface different from a surface facing the compressor in the heat exchanger. An instrumentation device is directly and strongly attached to the attachment portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Kenji NAGURA, Hitoshi TAKAGI, Takuro UBA, Toshio HIRAI
  • Publication number: 20140311727
    Abstract: The invention discloses an air conditioner terminal device (100), an air conditioning apparatus and a data center (1000), wherein the air conditioner terminal device (100) comprises an air passage (101) communicating from an air suction port (11) to an air discharge port (21), a heat exchanger (12) and a variable-speed fan (22) which forces air in the air passage (101) to flow towards the air discharge port (21) from the air suction port (11) are installed in the air passage (101), and both the air suction port (11) and the air discharge port (21) are open downwardly. Therefore, air circulation can be improved and refrigerating capacity of the air conditioner terminal device can be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: YuHui Kuang, Robert Hong-Leung Chiang, Michel Grabon, Lijia Jessica Zhao
  • Publication number: 20140311715
    Abstract: A radiator fan for a locomotive is provided. The radiator fan includes a fan housing. The radiator fan further includes at least one bracket secured to the fan housing. The radiator fan is adapted to be installed and removed from a side of the locomotive by engagement with the at least one bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Progress Rail Services Corporation
    Inventor: Andrew M. Smith
  • Publication number: 20140311716
    Abstract: A motor incorporating a power converter that includes a printed board on which an inverter IC, which converts a voltage of an external power supply into a high-frequency voltage and supplies the high-frequency voltage to a stator, is mounted, wherein on a surface of the printed board opposed to the stator, a high-voltage direct-current input wire, which is a copper foil provided on a surface on a stator side, is disposed. One end of the high-voltage direct-current input wire is electrically connected to a high-voltage input line of the external power supply and the other end of the high-voltage direct-current input wire is electrically connected to a high-voltage electrode of the inverter IC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Michio Yamada, Junichiro Oya, Hiroki Aso, Hiroyuki Ishii
  • Publication number: 20140305617
    Abstract: A clamp for attaching an elongated member to a supporting surface includes a curved portion, a base strip and a securing strip. The base strip includes flanges that define a catch on opposite lateral sides of the base strip. The securing strip is received between the catches formed on the locking flange that engage upstanding locked flanges formed on the securing strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Franklin Fastener Company
    Inventor: James M. Sampson
  • Publication number: 20140299298
    Abstract: An outdoor unit according to the present invention includes an air-sending-device chamber including a heat exchanger disposed at least on the rear side within an outdoor unit body, a propeller fan having a plurality of blades and disposed on the front side of the heat exchanger, and a bell mouth disposed on the front side of the propeller fan to face an air outlet, a machine chamber in which a compressor is disposed, and a partition plate that separates the air-sending-device chamber and the machine chamber. The partition plate has a protruding shape protruding from the air-sending-device chamber toward the machine chamber. The partition plate has, on the side of the air-sending-device chamber, a recessed area corresponding to the protruding shape. The amount of recess of the recessed area is maximized at a position equal in height to the center of rotation of the propeller fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Kono, Takahide Tadokoro
  • Publication number: 20140298846
    Abstract: A heat sink assembly is disclosed for cooling a power electronics module, such as a variable frequency drive. The heat sink assembly includes a housing and a heat sink structure. The housing defines an interior chamber for enclosing the power electronics module and also defines a cooling air flow channel exterior to the interior chamber. The heat sink structure is disposed in conductive heat transfer relationship with the interior chamber and has a heat transfer surface positioned within the exterior cooling air flow channel in convective heat transfer relationship with the cooling air flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Michael F. Taras, KeonWoo Lee, Mark J. Perkovich, Suresh Duraisamy, XuQiang Liao, Claus E. Jorgensen, Arne F. Hansen
  • Publication number: 20140290918
    Abstract: A heat dissipation module includes a centrifugal fan, a second heat dissipation fin array, and a heat pipe. The centrifugal fan includes an outer housing, a first heat dissipation fin array, an impeller and a rotation-driving device. The outer housing has an axial air inlet and a radial air outlet. The rotation-driving device is located within the outer housing and used to drive the impeller to rotate. The second heat dissipation fin array is attached to the radial air outlet. An end of the heat pipe is in contact with both the second heat dissipation fin array and a flat wall of the outer housing on which the axial air inlet is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Ching-Yu CHEN
  • Publication number: 20140290919
    Abstract: A vacuum pump has an abatement part for treating an exhaust gas discharged from a chamber of a manufacturing apparatus to make the exhaust gas harmless. The vacuum pump includes a heat exchanger configured to heat an inert gas by using heat generated when the exhaust gas is treated to be made harmless in the abatement part. The inert gas heated by the heat exchanger is introduced into the vacuum pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Kohtaro KAWAMURA, Toyoji SHINOHARA, Tetsuro SUGIURA, Hideo ARAI, Takashi KYOTANI, Toshiharu NAKAZAWA, Keiichi ISHIKAWA, Seiji KASHIWAGI, Yasuhiko SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20140290917
    Abstract: A heat dissipating pad includes a pad body and a fan. The pad body has a hollow accommodating recess and a first fixing structure disposed on a side of the hollow accommodating recess. The fan includes a fan frame. The fan frame is detachably disposed in the hollow accommodating recess and has a second fixing structure. When the fan frame is disposed at a predetermined position in the hollow accommodating recess, the first fixing structure and the second fixing structure are fixed with each other so as to prevent the fan frame from coming off the hollow accommodating recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: COOLER MASTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shih-Yi Chang, Ying-Chun Chen, Yuan-Chin Chen, XIAOBIN YAN, Yi-Hsuan Huang, Ben-Tien Lin, Ching-Feng Shih
  • Publication number: 20140293625
    Abstract: Disclosed are a cooling unit including a blowing device and a heat sink, and an illuminating apparatus including the cooling unit, in which the assembling workability is improved. The blowing device has a frame configured to rotatably support a blower. The heat sink has an accommodating portion. The blowing device is displaceable between a first position at which the blower is disposed outside the accommodating portion, and a second position at which the blower is accommodated in the accommodating portion by the frame pivotably supported outside the accommodating portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryuho SATO
  • Publication number: 20140284030
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the invention, a structure for cooling electronic components may be provided. The structure may include a heat sink having a plurality of parallel heat conducting elements. The structure may also include a plurality of fans, wherein the fans are interleaved with the heat conducting elements. The structure may also include a drive shaft passing through the heat conducting elements and the fans, wherein the drive shaft rotates the fans in relation to the heat sink. According to other embodiments, the structure may include a baffle located on a side of the heat sink in an upstream location within an airflow stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Don A. Gilliland, David B. Johnson, Phillip V. Mann
  • Publication number: 20140284031
    Abstract: Provided is heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of first tubes disposed to form a first row, a plurality of second tubes disposed on a side of the plurality of first tubes to form a second row, and a fin in which the plurality of first tubes and the plurality of second tubes are inserted. The fin comprises a heat separation part for preventing heat conduction from occurring between the first tubes and the second tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sangyeul LEE, Hongseong KIM, Juhyok KIM, Hanchoon LEE
  • Publication number: 20140262730
    Abstract: A mobile mechanical vapor recompression evaporator system including a horizontal vapor separator and a horizontal forced circulation heat exchanger. The horizontal vapor separator can include a generally cylindrical housing configured in a generally horizontal orientation. The housing can include at least one product chamber having at least one product passage configured to receive at least one product. The housing further includes at least one vapor chamber having at least one vapor passage and at least one vapor window located between the at least one product chamber and the at least one vapor chamber, wherein a portion of the at least one product evaporates in the product chamber to produce a vapor that passes through the at least one vapor window into the at least one vapor chamber, and is discharged through the at least one vapor passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Caloris Engineering, LLC
    Inventor: Artur G. Zimmer
  • Publication number: 20140268570
    Abstract: A power pole inverter is provided. The power pole inverter includes a housing assembly, a capacitor assembly, a number of arm assemblies, a number of heat sinks, and a support assembly. The housing assembly includes a number of sidewalk. The housing assembly sidewalls defining an enclosed space. The capacitor assembly is coupled to the housing assembly. Each arm assembly includes a plurality of electrical components and a number of electrical buses. Each the electrical bus includes a body with terminals, each the terminal structured to be coupled to, and in electrical communication with, the capacitor assembly, each arm assembly including a neutral terminal. Each arm assembly is coupled to, and in electrical communication with, the capacitor assembly. The support assembly includes a non-conductive frame assembly. The support assembly is structured to support each the heat sink in isolation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Charles Crouch, Irving Albert Gibbs, Wesley Byron Johnson, Paul Thomas Murray, Ron Carl Schueneman
  • Publication number: 20140262166
    Abstract: Systems and method are provided for recovering heat from waste air being expelled from a livestock poultry barn. A heat recovery unit is specially designed to take advantage of an unused heat source, while avoiding the corrosive effects of waste air from the livestock poultry barn. The novel heat recovery capture heat from the expelled waste air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
    Inventor: Tingsheng Xu
  • Publication number: 20140246180
    Abstract: An outdoor cooling unit in a vehicle air-conditioning apparatus is configured such that the angle between a normal line to a suction plane of a suction portion and a normal line to a discharge plane of a discharge portion is acute and such that air inside a housing flows in a substantially checkmark-shape, substantially V shape or substantially U shape. In the outdoor cooling unit, a blade of an axial fan is configured such that a chord center line formed by connecting chord central points from an inner circumferential end to an outer circumferential end of the blade and projecting the connected chord central points on a plane containing a rotating shaft is convexly curved toward the downstream side over the entire area in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Nakashima, Shinichi Wakamoto, Taichi Uto
  • Patent number: 8824142
    Abstract: Surfaces for electromagnetic shielding, retaining electrostatic charge and indeed collecting ion current in EHD fluid mover designs may be formed as or on surfaces of other components and/or structures in an electronic device. In this way, dimensions may be reduced and packing densities increased. In some cases, electrostatically operative portions of an EHD fluid mover are formed as or on surfaces of an enclosure, an EMI shield, a circuit board and/or a heat pipe or spreader. Depending on the role of these electrostatically operative portions, dielectric, resistive and/or ozone robust or catalytic coatings or conditioning may be applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Precision Devices Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nels Jewell-Larsen, Kenneth A. Honer, Ron Goldman, Matthew K. Schwiebert
  • Patent number: 8823916
    Abstract: A system for cooling an electronic image assembly using a heat exchanger with an internal fan assembly. Circulating gas may also be used to cool a front portion of the electronic image assembly or any other internal cavity of the electronic display housing. The circulating gas may be drawn through a heat exchanger so that heat may be transferred to an ambient gas. The heat exchanger may have an internal fan assembly for drawing ambient air through the heat exchanger and exhausting it out of the display housing. The heat exchanger may be divided into two portions so that the fan assembly is placed between the two portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Hubbard, William Dunn
  • Publication number: 20140238647
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a component enclosure. At least one subcomponent is positioned within the component enclosure. The at least one subcomponent is configured to be thermally coupled to the component enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: LTX-Credence Corporation
    Inventor: ANATOLY PIKOVSKY
  • Publication number: 20140231051
    Abstract: Provided are a turbo fan and an air conditioner using the same. The turbo fan includes a main plate rotating by power provided from a fan motor, a blade having one end connected to the main plate to rotate, a shroud connected to the other end of the blade, and an orifice guiding a flow of indoor air in a direction of the shroud. The shroud includes a guide surface defining one surface of the shroud, the guide surface having a predetermined curvature and an air guide connected to a side of the shroud, the air guide being disposed in a direction of the orifice from the shroud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Namjoon CHO, Kyungrock Kim, Dongkeun Yang
  • Publication number: 20140224457
    Abstract: An outdoor unit includes air blowers arranged in an upper part of a casing. First and second body recesses formed below first and second heat exchanger bodies of the casing and opening on sides of the casing are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventors: Keitarou Suzuki, Kazuhisa Takemoto
  • Publication number: 20140218864
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a bottom plate and a cooling assembly. The cooling assembly includes an installation box, a fan received in the installation box, and a fin module secured to the installation box and closed to the fan. The fin module defines a cutout adjacent to the fan module and extends towards the bottom plate. An airflow directed by the fan is guided along a first direction by the fin module to dissipate heat generated from a heat generating component that is thermally connected to the fin module, and along a second direction through the cutout to dissipate heat generated from the bottom plate. The cooling assembly dissipates heat for the heat generating component and the bottom plate simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: PEI-HSI WONG
  • Publication number: 20140216696
    Abstract: A cooling device comprises a heat sink having fins and a piezofan having a piezoelectric element attached to a planar body. The planar body is capable of oscillating at a movable end in response to applying alternating electric current to the piezoelectric element, thereby generating an air flow toward an output of the cooling device. A plurality of fins is located between the movable end of the planar body and the output end of the cooling device. Each fin has a planar form with a main surface being substantially aligned with the air flow. A cooling assembly comprising such cooling device is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Brian DONNELLY, Nicholas JEFFERS, Jason STAFFORD
  • Publication number: 20140209282
    Abstract: A heat dissipation apparatus includes an expansion base, an air duct, a fan, and a portable device. An air inlet slot, a first inserting slot, and a second inserting slot are defined in the expansion base. The air duct is inserted in the first inserting slot. A first air inlet opening and a plurality of diagonal air outlet slots are defined in the air duct. The portable device is inserted in the second inserting slot. A first airflow passage is defined between the air inlet slot, the fan, the first air inlet opening, the air duct, and the plurality of air outlet slots. The fan is adapted to generate airflow through the portable device in such a manner that airflow flows from the expansion base outside is sucked into and blown out of the air duct via the first airflow passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHIH-HANG CHAO, WEI-CHENG CHENG
  • Publication number: 20140212164
    Abstract: A cooling device, which is included in an image forming apparatus, includes multiple air blowers to cool a cooling target provided to the image forming apparatus and a duct to connect with the multiple air blowers and to flow airflow generated by the multiple air blowers therethrough and to have an opening formed thereon and disposed at a position shifted to a part of the multiple air blowers. Respective outputs of the multiple air blowers are different from each other according to respective positions of the multiple air blowers with respect to the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki MIYAGAWA, Koji KAWAHARA
  • Publication number: 20140209283
    Abstract: A heat dissipation apparatus includes an expansion base, an air duct, a fan, a heat sink, and a portable device. A number of air inlet slots is defined in the expansion base. A first air inlet opening and a number of diagonal air outlet slots are defined in the air duct. A third air inlet opening and a third air outlet opening are defined in the portable device. The fan generates airflow through the portable device in such a manner that airflow flows from the expansion base outside is sucked into and blown out of the air duct via a first airflow passage. The portable device guides airflow in and out of the portable device via a second airflow passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Hang CHAO, Wei-Cheng CHENG
  • Publication number: 20140202660
    Abstract: The present cooling system comprises a primary radiator having a first stepped tank and a second stepped tank. These stepped tanks can comprise openings configured to allow the primary radiator to connect to one or more supplemental radiators allowing coolant to flow through these radiators simultaneously thus increasing a vehicle's cooling capacity. Flow of coolant between the primary radiator and the supplemental radiators can be controlled by either automatic or manual control valves. The present cooling system can be configured to work with either down-flow radiators or cross-flow radiators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventor: Robert D. Seligman
  • Patent number: 8783336
    Abstract: A control system for providing thermal management of electronic equipment housed in a cabinet enclosure. The system can include a plurality of sensors in proximity to the cabinet enclosure for monitoring a temperature, a pressure and a humidity associated with the electronic equipment; and a controller in communication with the sensors for receiving data from the sensors, where the controller adjusts the temperature, the pressure and the humidity associated with the electronic equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: IO Data Centers, LLC
    Inventor: George Slessman
  • Publication number: 20140196874
    Abstract: Heat exchanger assemblies included in an outdoor unit each include fins each having notches provided without fin collars or notches provided with fin collars that are shorter than stacking intervals between the fins. At least some of the stacking intervals between the fins in a facing surface are larger than the stacking intervals between the fins in surfaces excluding the facing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2011
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuaki Miyake, Akio Murata, Hiroki Okazawa, Keisuke Hokazono, Wataru Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20140196873
    Abstract: In a method for protecting heat exchanger pipe in boiler systems having at least one heat exchanger pipe, which is surrounded by a ceramic component, into which flue gas is directed from at least two opposite sides, gas is introduced between the heat exchanger pipe and the ceramic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: MARTIN GMBH FUER UMWELT- UND ENERGIETECHNIK
    Inventors: Toralf WEBER, Johannes MARTIN
  • Publication number: 20140198447
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device for a number of memory cards includes two positioning frames, a supporting bracket located above the memory cards, a fan, and four latching members. The memory cards are connected a number of memory slots. The positioning frames are mounted to opposite ends of the memory slots. The supporting bracket includes a supporting plate defining an air ventilation area aligning with the memory cards, and two mounting portions protruding from two opposite ends of the supporting plate. The fan is mounted on the supporting plate and aligning with the air ventilation area. Each mounting portion includes a first end and an opposite second end. Each latching member includes a connecting pole and a latching pole. The connecting poles are engaged with the first and second ends of the mounting portions, and the latching poles are engaged with opposite ends of the positioning frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventor: FANG TIAN
  • Patent number: 8776871
    Abstract: A chassis with distributed jet cooling is provided. The chassis includes one or more sidewalls defining a volume configured to substantially surround one or more heat generating components positioned within the volume. The chassis further includes at least one array of fins thermally coupled to a respective one of the one or more sidewalls and at least one synthetic jet assembly comprising a multi-orifice synthetic jet or a number of single orifice synthetic jets disposed on a side of a respective one of the array(s) of fins. The chassis further includes at least one attachment means for attaching a respective one of the at least one synthetic jet assemblies to a respective one of the one or more sidewalls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mehmet Arik, William Dwight Gerstler, Ri Li, Earl Ross Nicewarner, Christina Clyde Schroeder, Benjamin Jon Vander Ploeg, Bryan Patrick Whalen
  • Patent number: 8780555
    Abstract: A system for restricting mixing of air in a data center includes a plurality of racks, each of the racks having a front face and a back face. The system includes an enclosure for collecting air released from the back faces of the plurality of racks, the enclosure configured to substantially contain the air in an area between the first row and the second row and having a roof panel coupled to the first row of racks and the second row of racks configured to span a distance between the first row of racks and the second row of racks. The enclosure is configured to maintain a first air pressure inside of the enclosure that is substantially equal to a second air pressure outside the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: American Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: James R. Fink, John H. Bean, Stephen F. Held, Richard J. Johnson, Rollie R. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20140190670
    Abstract: An energy recovery ventilator for a heating or cooling system includes a housing and a heat exchanger located in the housing for recovery of thermal energy from a stale airflow of the heating or cooling system. An exhaust fan positioned in the housing is in flow communication with the heat exchanger to urge the stale airflow from a return port disposed in a first side panel of the housing, across the heat exchanger and toward an exhaust port of the energy recovery ventilator. The exhaust fan and the heat exchanger are configured such that the heat exchanger is removable from the housing via a front panel opening in the housing without disturbing a position of the exhaust fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel J. Dempsey, Dwight H. Heberer
  • Publication number: 20140185236
    Abstract: A computer enclosure includes a rear wall and a cooling module. The rear wall defines a slot. The cooling module includes a bracket detachably attached to an outer surface of the rear wall and a heat dissipation member mounted to the bracket. The heat dissipation member draws air through the slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: LEI LIU, GUO-YI CHEN
  • Patent number: 8763363
    Abstract: A method of assembling a turbine engine is provided. The method includes providing a heat exchanger having a curvilinear body. The method also includes coupling the heat exchanger to at least one of a fan casing and an engine casing of the turbine engine. The curvilinear body facilitates reducing pressure losses in airflow channeled into the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Srikanth Ranganathan
  • Patent number: 8767400
    Abstract: A cooling system for an electronics chassis includes a plurality of centrifugal blowers arranged to motivate cooling air through the electronics chassis. The centrifugal blowers are arranged in one or more sets, each having blowers oriented with respective inlets in mutual facing relationship. The orientation, positioning, and alignment of the centrifugal blowers facilitates a compact arrangement of the plurality of blowers that achieves increased aerodynamic efficiencies to reduce noise output and energy consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: The Bergquist Torrington Company
    Inventors: Roger Dickinson, John O'Connor
  • Patent number: 8755021
    Abstract: A system for cooling an electronic image assembly using ambient gas. The system contains a plurality of channels place behind the electronic image assembly and preferably in conductive thermal communication with the image assembly. Ambient gas is ingested into the display housing and directed to a first manifold which distributes the ambient gas to the plurality of channels. A second manifold preferably collects the ambient gas from the channels after absorbing heat from the electronic image assembly and/or channels. The second manifold then preferably directs the ambient gas towards an exit aperture and out of the display housing. Circulating gas may also be used to cool a front portion of the electronic image assembly. A cross through plate may be used to allow the ambient gas and circulating gas to cross paths without mixing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.
    Inventor: Tim Hubbard
  • Patent number: 8749749
    Abstract: A system for cooling an electronic image assembly using ambient gas. The system contains a plurality of channels place behind the electronic image assembly and preferably in conductive thermal communication with the image assembly. Ambient gas is ingested into the display housing and directed to a first manifold which distributes the ambient gas to the plurality of channels. A second manifold preferably collects the ambient gas from the channels after absorbing heat from the electronic image assembly and/or channels. The second manifold then preferably directs the ambient gas towards an exhaust aperture and out of the display housing. Circulating gas may also be used to cool a front portion of the electronic image assembly. A cross through plate may be used to allow the ambient gas and circulating gas to cross paths without mixing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.
    Inventor: Tim Hubbard
  • Publication number: 20140150999
    Abstract: A container data center includes a container and a cooling system. The container defines an air inlet and an air outlet. The cooling system includes a housing, a heat dissipation plate received in the housing, and a fan. The housing defines an airflow output aligning with the air inlet of the container and a number of access holes. The fan is received in the housing and aligns with the airflow output. The heat dissipation plate defines a number of through holes. The fan draws airflow to enter the housing from the access holes and extend through the through holes. The airflow enters the container from the airflow output of the housing and the air inlet of the container to be heated. The heated air is exhausted out of the container through the air outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: CHAO-KE WEI
  • Patent number: 8743537
    Abstract: An airflow adjustment device is disclosed. The airflow adjustment device is used for a blade server provided for plugging in an interface card, and the interface card includes a bracket. The airflow adjustment device is installed in the blade server, and the airflow adjustment device includes a top cover, a plurality of sidewalls, a bracket plate, and at least one deflector. The bracket plate is used for sheltering the bracket, and air enters the blade server through the at least one deflector and at least one gap area formed by the bracket plate and at least one of the plurality of sidewalls whereby the flow resistance of the blade server is not affected by the type of the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Hsiung Yang, Wei-Chung Hsiao, Shih-Huai Cho, Ming-Chang Wu
  • Publication number: 20140144610
    Abstract: An exemplary heat dissipation module includes a centrifugal fan and a fin assembly located at an air outlet of the centrifugal fan. The centrifugal fan includes a frame. The fin assembly includes fins, each fin is a single monolithic body including a tab. Slits are defined in an end of the frame located at the air outlet. Each tab extends through a corresponding slit and is snapped on the frame thereby attaching the frame on the fin assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventor: YU-CHING LIN
  • Patent number: 8737068
    Abstract: An electronic equipment enclosure includes a frame structure at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels defining a compartment in which one or more electronic components are mounted and an exhaust air duct that is adapted to segregate hot air being exhausted from the compartment from cool air entering the compartment, thereby improving thermal management of the enclosure. The exhaust duct includes a lower duct section extending upward from the top panel of the compartment and an upper duct section telescoping upward from an upper end of the lower duct section. Each duct section includes four panels connected together by hinged corner fittings such that the section is collapsible. The upper duct section includes an outwardly flared portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.
    Inventors: William Krietzman, Richard Evans Lewis, II, Dennis W. Vanlith
  • Publication number: 20140138069
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat dissipation system. The heat dissipation system includes: a chassis, configured to house single boards of an orthogonal architecture, where the single boards includes a vertically inserted board; a first fan group, installed inside a first air intake pipe in the upper front of the chassis and configured to guide air into the chassis; and an air guide cavity, installed inside the chassis and configured to transfer the air that is guided by the first fan group into the chassis to a component on the vertically inserted board to perform heat dissipation. With the heat dissipation system in embodiments of the present invention, air is separately supplied to a heat dissipation component on a vertically inserted board in a communications system device based on an orthogonal architecture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mingliang Hao, Yuan Dong, Lei Bai
  • Publication number: 20140138067
    Abstract: Each fin of a heat sink includes a main fin connected to a core and extending radially outwards, and a pair of branch fins extending radially outwards from a branch point at a radially outer end of the main fin. Among a plurality of fins, in each of three fins which are adjacent in the circumferential direction, a width of an end portion of the main fin viewed along the center axis expands radially outwards at an angle which is larger than an expanding angle of the pair of branch fins. A difference between a distance from the center axis to the branch point in the center one of the fins and a distance from the center axis to the branch point in each of the other two fins is equal to or larger than a width of a root of the main fin in the center radiating fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takamasa YAMASHITA, Nobuya NAKAE
  • Publication number: 20140138066
    Abstract: A cooling package for a machine is disclosed. The cooling package includes a heat exchanger pivotably coupled to a frame of the machine. A fan assembly is pivotably coupled to the heat exchanger. In one embodiment, the cooling package includes at least one isolation mount configured to couple a fan shroud of the fan assembly with the frame. The cooling package also includes at least one latch to couple the fan shroud with the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventors: John S. Bibb, III, Luka G. Korzeniowski, Cody C. Shipman, Geoffrey A. Erb
  • Publication number: 20140138068
    Abstract: A cooling system having a source of pressurized intake air includes a primary fan and a secondary fan spaced apart from the primary fan. The pressurized intake air flows from either of the primary or secondary fans. Ductwork includes an inlet, at least one generally hollow supply plenum in fluid communication with the inlet, and at least one supply opening in fluid communication with the supply plenum. The pressurized intake air is urged into the inlet, through the supply plenum and out of the supply opening as a first air supply. The supply opening is configured to direct the first air supply toward at least one first heat generator. The secondary fan is configured to operate in a predetermined manner corresponding to a status of the primary fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: SOLIDSTATE CONTROLS, LLC
    Inventors: Kurt Nienberg, Philip Irwin
  • Patent number: 8730671
    Abstract: A cooling device for rack mount equipment comprises an extensible side duct, open on its inner and rear-facing sides which redirects warm exhaust air exiting vents in the side of a chassis towards the rear of an enclosure holding the chassis. An apparatus incorporating the cooling device may be installed in a rack with the extensible side duct in a retracted position. The extensible side duct may extend under the influence of air pressure, forming a plenum in fluid communication with the interior of a chassis on which it is mounted such that warm air exiting the chassis is collected in the plenum formed by the extensible side duct and directed out towards the rear of the chassis. Use of the apparatus permits conventional front-to-back cooling airflow patterns to be maintained even with chassis having side exhaust vents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Siebe VanDerVeen, Daniel Kiernan Kilkenny