With Heating, Cooling Or Heat Exchange Means Patents (Class 312/236)
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Patent number: 11944192Abstract: A wall connector for a modular furniture system is provided. The wall connector comprises a rail extending between a first end portion and a second end portion. The rail defines a first channel configured to fittingly receive an edge portion of a first side wall and a second channel configured to fittingly receive an edge portion of a second side wall such that the second side wall is orthogonal to the first side wall. Each of the first and second end portions is configured to engage a corner portion of an end wall for attachment thereto.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Mertenwu Pty LtdInventor: Errol Alasdair Merten
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Patent number: 11920276Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes a first treating apparatus having a first front panel, and a first drum disposed therein for accommodating laundry therein; a second treating apparatus disposed below the first treating apparatus to support the first treating apparatus, wherein the second treating apparatus has a second front panel, and a second drum disposed therein for accommodating laundry therein; and a control panel disposed between the first front panel and the second front panel. The control panel communicates a signal with the first treating apparatus and the second treating apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Youngho Jung, Minsu Kim, Yunhong Park
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Patent number: 11920776Abstract: The luminaires of the present disclosure provide a slim profile and simple construction for use in a variety of lighting applications. A circuit board can have a plurality of light sources thereon, and a lens can at least partially encapsulate the circuit board to protect and electrically insulate the circuit board. When used, for example, in a lighted shelf application, power can be provided to the luminaire through shelf brackets along the side of the shelf panel.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2018Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: GEMTRON CORPORATIONInventors: Greg Miedema, Craig Bienick
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Secure storage container, system for secure storage, and method for using a secure storage container
Patent number: 11816941Abstract: Improved methods, systems, apparatuses, and components for secure storage of products, including an improved secure storage container and system. The secure storage container may provide a user with secure, organized, and substantially airtight storage of products. The secure storage system may allow for the authentication of the user to lock/unlock the secure storage container. The secure storage system may further collect data obtained from sensors. The data may include, but is not limited to, lock/unlocking event information, weight changes of the stored substances, movement of the substances within the box, temperature sensor data, humidity sensor data. The secure storage system may provide for actively maintaining a particular humidity or temperature point using a control system.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Keep Labs Inc.Inventors: Philip P. Wilkins, Sepehr Seyedi, Benjamin M. Gliksman, Joel Christopher Robertson Scott -
Patent number: 11744363Abstract: A furniture apparatus includes an integrated holder for supporting and securing an air filter system adjacent the furniture apparatus to filter air exhaled between persons at or near the furniture apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: SPECIAL-T, LLCInventors: Stephen Rozeboom, Brandon Rayburn
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Patent number: 11730263Abstract: The system is used for storing and delivering individual food trays having opposite hot and cold food products areas. The housing includes two separate chambers that can receive food trays through a respective one among two opposite lateral openings. Among other things, from the standpoint of an attendant at a food tray assembly station, this system allows using the same left-right food tray orientation regardless of which one of the lateral openings is directly set in front of the standpoint after repositioning the whole housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: REGETHERMIC CANADA INC.Inventor: Jean-Pierre Boudreault
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Patent number: 11724726Abstract: A dish carrying assembly for collecting and transporting entree dishes includes a cart that has a plurality of rollers for rolling on a support surface. A canister is coupled to the cart has the canister extending upwardly from the cart and the canister has an entry to facilitate entrée dishes to be positioned within the canister. A lifting unit is integrated into the canister and the entree dishes can be stacked upon the lifting unit. The lifting unit is biased to travel upwardly in the canister thereby facilitating a user to remove a respective entree dish from the canister without having to bend over. A door is slidably disposed on the canister for opening and closing the canister.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Inventor: Ivan Weldon
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Patent number: 11706901Abstract: An immersion cooling system includes a first casing, a plurality of fins, a liquid-cooled pipeline, and a liquid-cooled system. The first casing is used for containing a dielectric liquid in which a heat-generating component is immersed. The plurality of fins are disposed on and located outside the first casing. The liquid-cooled pipeline containing a coolant is attached to the first casing. The liquid-cooled system is disposed outside the first casing and connected with the liquid-cooled pipeline to remove heat from the coolant in the liquid-cooled pipeline. The immersion cooling system dissipates heat through two heat exchange mechanisms, that is, natural convection heat loss and heat absorption by liquid cooling.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2022Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Shenzhen Fulian Fugui Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jia-Hong Wu, Hsin-Ting Lin, Li-Wen Guo
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Patent number: 11643213Abstract: A galley cart includes walls defining an interior cavity extending between a front and a rear of the galley cart and the interior cavity extending between a top end and a bottom end. A supply port is provided in flow communication with the interior cavity and a return port is provided in flow communication with the interior cavity. A barrier is positioned between the supply port and the return port within the interior cavity of the cart to define a supply chamber and a return chamber to control airflow through the interior cavity.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventor: Thomas Joseph Moran
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Patent number: 11624502Abstract: A lighting system attaches to a sectional door. The sectional door has a plurality of hinge-connected panels which roll along left and right tracks which are connected to a structure. Each panel has an inside surface. The sectional door is positionable to a closed position and to an open position. The lighting system includes a light which connects to the inside surface of a panel of the sectional door. A movable electric contactor connects to a panel of the sectional door, and a fixed electric contactor connects to the structure. A holder carries the fixed contactor, the holder is shaped and dimensioned to removably connect to either the left track or to the right track. In the open position of the sectional door the movable electric contactor is configured to contact the fixed electric contactor and energize the light. In an embodiment a tapered receptacle is connected to the fixed electric contactor and a cooperating tapered plug is connected to the movable electric contactor.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Inventor: Graham Holloway
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Patent number: 11592879Abstract: A modular back panel assembly for a display structure comprises at least one back panel defining front face apertures. The back panel rear face is comprises at least one elongated channel aligned with the front face apertures. An elongated electrical conductor is mountable within the elongated channel and defines conductor apertures for being coaligned with the front face apertures. A display member is mountable to the back panel front face of the back panel and comprises an electrical conductor with a mounting element that is insertable within the coaligned front face and conductor apertures. An electrical assembly provides electrical power to the elongated electrical conductor.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: ARTITALIA GROUP INC.Inventor: Enzo Vardaro
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Patent number: 11558982Abstract: An airflow device includes a cooling air passage structure formed external to and along a side of a server chassis, the cooling air passage structure extending in a depth direction of the server chassis from a front side of the server chassis. The airflow device further includes an airflow channel formed within the cooling air passage structure, the airflow channel extending in the depth direction, and a vent fluidically connecting the airflow channel with an interior of the server chassis at a vent location that is rearward in the depth direction relative to the front side.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventor: Anand Avinash Kulkarni
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Patent number: 11211093Abstract: An enclosure configured to at least partially surround at least one access opening that permits access to an interior of a data storage library, wherein the enclosure includes at least one side surface configured to surround the at least one access opening to form a chamber and to permit access to the interior of the data storage library. The enclosure also includes at least one access opening in the at least one side surface to permit access to an interior of the chamber, wherein the enclosure is configured to selectively acclimate the chamber between environmental conditions exterior of the enclosure and environmental conditions of the interior of the data storage library.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jose G. Miranda Gavillan, Brian G. Goodman, Kenny Nian Gan Qiu
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Patent number: 11077396Abstract: A ventilating device including: a frame provided with an air inlet and an air outlet, an air blowing unit for directing air, a control circuit board for controlling the air blowing unit, an operation switch for adjusting a rotating speed of the air blowing unit, and a circuit board box for accommodating the control circuit board. The circuit board box includes: a first accommodating portion in which the operation switch is housed and a second accommodating portion in which the control circuit board is housed. The first accommodating portion includes: a first opening that functions as an operation port; and a panel for covering the first opening. The frame is provided with a second opening opposite to the first opening. The panel is exposed from the second opening to exterior of the frame. A sealing portion is provided around the first opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignees: Panasonic Ecology Systems Guangdong Co., Ltd., Panasonic CorporationInventors: Decong Yang, Guofeng Pang, Runxin Chen, Naoyuki Funada
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Patent number: 11058025Abstract: A two-stage modular server chassis structure includes a first chassis and a second chassis. A first assembling portion and a second assembling portion are disposed at the front of the first chassis, a first relative assembling portion and a second relative assembling portion of the second assembling portion corresponding to the two first assembling portions are disposed at the rear of the second chassis for connecting and fixing the two first assembling portions and the two first relative assembling portions, and the second assembling portion and the second relative assembling portion, so that the first chassis and the second chassis are integrally formed as a whole.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2020Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: POLINKE INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Chun-Lin Cheng
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Patent number: 11047593Abstract: In one embodiment, a housing system for a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit includes a rigid shell. The rigid shell includes a top panel, a front panel, and a rear panel. The HVAC unit also includes a bottom panel configured to be disposed within a first portion of a bottom plane of the HVAC unit, a first side panel, and a second side panel. The first side panel and the second side panel are each configured to be disposed within respective side planes of the HVAC unit and are each configured to be disposed within respective second portions of the bottom plane. The housing system is configured to be internally accessed through the respective side planes. Internal access of the housing system through either of the respective side planes is provided at least partially by rotation of the first side panel and/or the second side panel.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventor: Angus B. Latham
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Patent number: 10986951Abstract: A delivery retrieval station, as provided herein, may include a delivery base and a destination container. The delivery base may include a receiving platform and a conditioning assembly in thermal communication with the receiving platform. The conditioning assembly may be disposed within a mechanical compartment beneath the receiving platform. The destination container may be selectively mounted to the base station. The destination container may include a base wall and sidewall defining a storage chamber. The base wall may be selectively supported on the receiving platform in a delivered position.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Alan Joseph Mitchell, Vineeth Vijayan, Matthew Hunter
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Patent number: 10894711Abstract: Filler devices having an enclosure sub-assembly are provided herein. Filler devices may include at least one of a reservoir and at least one working valve for dispensing the product into a container. Enclosure sub-assemblies may include an enclosure frame, an enclosure member, at least one hinge, and at least one magnetic latch assembly, wherein the at least one magnetic latch assembly comprises a body having a magnet associated therewith, and wherein the at least one magnetic latch assembly is fixedly secured to one of the enclosure frame or the enclosure member upon displacement of the enclosure member from a closed position to an open position, and releasably, magnetically secured to the other of the enclosure frame or the enclosure member upon displacement of the enclosure member from a closed position to an open position.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2016Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: FOGG FILLER COMPANY, LLCInventor: Benjamin Fogg
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Patent number: 10890370Abstract: A cooling device, particularly a domestic refrigerator, includes a storage space defined by a body and by a door. An air channel is formed within a space that is at least partially filled with insulating or isolation material between an inner wall of the storage space and an outer wall of the cooling device. At least one opening is provided in the inner wall and is open to the air channel. A baffle is positioned completely within the air channel.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Dogukan Cetinyol, Bilal Cinici, Tanzer Yildizgoecer
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Patent number: 10850757Abstract: An apparatus may include an enclosure portion having a width, a depth, and a height, wherein the enclosure portion has a footprint defined by the width and the depth, and wherein the enclosure portion includes a plurality of mounting features that are configured to receive information handling systems along a direction corresponding to the depth. The apparatus may further include a base portion disposed below the enclosure portion and coupled to the enclosure portion. The apparatus may yet further include a plurality of casters coupled to the base portion and mounted in respective positions that are laterally displaced from the base portion such that the positions are outside the footprint of the enclosure portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: James Don Curlee, Steven Embleton, Joshua Scott Keup, Ben John Sy
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Patent number: 10849249Abstract: An expandable electronics storage chassis includes a base electronics storage tray and an expansion electronics storage tray. The base electronics storage tray has a first end and a second end. The first end includes a first base edge and a first pair of side edges that define a first opening. The expansion electronics storage tray has a third end and a fourth end. The third end includes a second base edge and a second pair of side edges that define a second opening. The fourth end includes a third base edge and a third pair of side edges that define a third opening. When assembled, the second end of the expansion electronics storage tray overlaps and is coupleable to the first end of the base electronics storage tray.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventor: Kenny Huy Pham
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Patent number: 10841246Abstract: A network device is provided. The device includes a housing and a switch card, mounted within the housing and having one or more connectors. A plurality of line cards are oriented parallel to each other and orthogonal to the switch card and assembled to the one or more connectors of the switch card. The switch card has a chip, with a plurality of switches or routing paths, and the switch card and the chip couple to the plurality of line cards through the one or more connectors.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2017Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.Inventors: Andreas V. Bechtolsheim, Richard Hibbs, Jiayi Wu, Warren Meggitt, Robert Wilcox, Alex Rose
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Patent number: 10787182Abstract: An open part that has an opening surface that is perpendicular to the horizontal direction is formed in a housing of a vehicle control device. An interior of the housing is divided into a first space including the open part and a second space by a partitioning member, a main surface thereof having a hole formed therein and opposing the opening surface. The semiconductor cooling unit is housed in the first space. The semiconductor cooling unit is detachably attached in a direction in which the opening surface and the partitioning member oppose each other. An engaging member arranged on the cover of the semiconductor cooling unit engages a guide arranged on the housing, and the guide supports weight of the semiconductor cooling unit. A heat sink is provided on a base plate and forms a vertically-directed flow passage.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2016Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Hirokazu Takabayashi
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Patent number: 10788128Abstract: An appliance includes an outer wrapper, an inner liner, a trim breaker having a channel that receives at least one of a wrapper edge of the outer wrapper and a liner edge of the inner liner and a composite encapsulation system including a base elastic adhesive and an outer barrier coating. The base elastic adhesive and the outer barrier coating define a structural adhesive that hermetically seals an insulation cavity defined between the outer wrapper and the inner liner.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Lakshya J. Deka, Hua Liu
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Patent number: 10791647Abstract: A liquid immersion cooling systems can include an immersion tank for housing cooling liquid, and a carrier tray. The carrier tray can include a mounting mechanism to attach one or more electronic components to the carrier tray, one or more handles, and one or more extendable sliders, each having a first connection to the carrier tray and a second connection to the immersion tank. The immersion tank can have an opening that faces upward. In a first position of the one or more extendable sliders, the carrier tray is within the immersion tank, and in a second position of the one or more extendable sliders, the carrier tray is vertically lifted out of the opening of the immersion tank.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: BAIDU USA LLCInventors: Harold Miyamura, Tianyi Gao
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Patent number: 10779435Abstract: An information handling system includes a rear node that includes an airflow control device a thermal manager. The thermal manager identifies a front node mating event between the rear node and a front node; in response to the front node mating event: obtains front node airflow characteristics for the front node; determines an airflow rate using, at least in part, the front node airflow characteristics; and sets an operating point of the airflow control device based on the airflow rate.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Hasnain Shabbir, William Kenneth Coxe, III
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Patent number: 10772458Abstract: A rollable beverage brewing assembly for brewing hot beverages at any location and charging electronic devices includes a housing, a control circuit being coupled to the housing and a plurality of rollers that are each rotatably coupled to the housing for rolling along a support surface. A handle is slidably coupled to the housing for rolling the housing on the rollers for transporting the housing. A brewer is positioned in the housing for brewing a hot beverage such as coffee or tea and the brewer is electrically coupled to the control circuit. A charging unit is coupled to the housing and a plurality of electronic devices may be electrically coupled thereto for charging the electronic devices.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Inventors: Willie Lawrence, Randy Aiken
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Patent number: 10753351Abstract: The present application provides an air inflation device and a tire repair machine comprising the air inflating device. The air inflating device comprises a housing (1), a compressor device (2) including a compressor main body (21), and an outlet nozzle (22) that is connected to the compressor main body (2) as a compressed air discharge opening; the compressor device (2) is stored in the housing (1), and the housing (1) is divided into a second chamber (11) and a third chamber (12) by the compressor device (2); a fan (212) and the outlet nozzle (22) are located in the second chamber (11). The air inflating device and the tire repair machine of the present application have a simple structure and a strong practicality.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2015Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: ACTIVE TOOLS INTERNATIONAL (HK) LTD.Inventor: David Ying Chi Hong
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Patent number: 10709039Abstract: A data processing equipment structure includes a plurality of sidewalls and a ceiling panel, which, together, define an enclosed space. The structure further includes at least one equipment enclosure and at least one cooling unit arranged in side-to-side relationship in a row within the enclosed space. At least one separation panel divides the enclosed space into a front plenum at a front side of the row and a rear plenum at a rear side of the row. Cool air in the front plenum is isolated from heated exhaust air in the rear plenum.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.Inventors: Travis North, Steven Bornfield, Samuel Rodriguez
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Patent number: 10697692Abstract: For the purpose of improving efficiency, a home appliance device, in particular a home chiller appliance device, is proposed. The device includes at least one panel for at least partly covering an opening of a machine compartment; and a connection unit for connecting the panel; the panel comprising at least one panel module which has at least one fin, at least one first fin mounting element and at least one second fin mounting element for mounting the at least one fin, the connection unit comprising at least one connection element for connecting the at least one panel module, and wherein the connection element is movable with respect to the first fin mounting element and the second fin mounting element in a lengthwise direction of the panel in at least one pre-assembled state of the panel.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Yigit Akalan, Ziya Arslankiray, Mehmet Ciyanoglu, Lars Dinter, Emre Emek, Ercan Engin, Hueseyin Sen, Tanzer Yildizgoecer
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Patent number: 10653040Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus for a server chassis. A position of the apparatus changes the airflow in the server chassis. The apparatus can be adjacent to a slot in the server chassis. The apparatus adjusts among a plurality of positions based on a height of the slot and/or a size of a computer component received at the slot. The apparatus includes a base portion and an arm. The base portion can couple with a wall of the chassis body, and the arm can include a plurality of moveable segments.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Wei-Te Wang, Shuo-Ting Jian, Samuel Chatelier, Yi-Chieh Chen
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Patent number: 10647431Abstract: A galley cart system employs a housing with a door coupled to the housing, the door configured to be moved between a closed position and an open position. A vent plate in the housing communicates between a first compartment and a second compartment. A valve plate adjacent the vent plate is movable from a venting position when the door is in the closed position to a blocking position when the door is in the open position thereby preventing flow communication between the first and second compartment.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Bryce A. Vandyke, Marcus K. Richardson, Chao-Hsin Lin
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Patent number: 10583982Abstract: A shelf transport system comprising a shelf transport vehicle transporting a shelf having shelf legs, the shelf transport vehicle comprising: a distance sensor measuring a distance to an obstacle; a shelf leg candidate detection module detecting shelf leg candidates, which are candidates for the shelf legs; a shelf arrangement candidate calculation module calculating shelf arrangement candidates, in each of which the shelf is virtually arranged on the shelf leg candidates; an excess/deficiency calculation module calculating, for each of the shelf arrangement candidates, the excessive and the deficient number of shelf leg candidates; a shelf arrangement determination module determining a shelf arrangement from among the shelf arrangement candidates based on the excessive and the deficient number of shelf leg candidates; and a movement destination determination module determining a shelf to which the shelf transport vehicle is to be moved based on the shelf arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2015Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Nobutaka Kimura, Fumiko Beniyama, Keisuke Fujimoto
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Patent number: 10582648Abstract: A power converter includes a component compartment in which heat-generating components are housed, a duct for exhausting heat generated by the heat-generating components away from the component compartment, and a partition arranged between the component compartment and the duct in order to divide apart the component compartment and the duct. Outlets having sizes corresponding to the amounts of heat generated by the heat-generating components are formed in the partition.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomo Kurozaki, Keita Koshii
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Patent number: 10528014Abstract: Apparatus for transforming the air exchange load of a higher air exchange rate space into the air exchange load of a lower air exchange rate space, including: a housing; an air inlet and at least one air outlet formed in the housing; a passageway extending through the housing and connecting the air inlet to the at least one air outlet; a circulation fan disposed in the passageway so as to draw the air of the higher air exchange rate space into the air inlet, through the passageway, and return that air to the higher air exchange rate space through the at least one air outlet; and a filter disposed in the passageway for purging substances from the air passing through the passageway, whereby to transform the air exchange load of a higher air exchange rate space into the air exchange load of a lower air exchange rate space.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: FIPAK Research And Development CompanyInventors: Stephan Hauville, Antoine Hauville
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Patent number: 10476352Abstract: A housing configuration for an electric machine includes a housing having a stator receiving region with a wall. A stator is disposed in the stator receiving region of the housing and a sleeve is pushed onto the stator. A cooling jacket surrounds the stator for liquid cooling of the stator. The cooling jacket has a radially outer cooling-jacket surface and a radially inner cooling-jacket surface with a gap between the radially outer cooling-jacket surface and the radially inner cooling-jacket surface. The wall of the stator receiving region forms the radially outer cooling-jacket surface of the cooling jacket. The sleeve forms the radially inner cooling-jacket surface of the cooling jacket. Bilaterally acting seal carriers are inserted into the gap between the radially outer cooling-jacket surface and the radially inner cooling-jacket surface. The bilaterally acting seal carriers provide an axial sealing of the cooling jacket. An electric machine is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Andreas Braun, Christine Wohlfeld, Patric Knorr
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Patent number: 10458673Abstract: An air conditioner includes a discharge blade configured to move between a guide position at which a direction of air blown from a blower fan and discharged to an outlet is controlled, and a closing position at which the outlet is closed, wherein the discharge blade includes a plurality of blade holes through which the air is discharged through the discharge blade at the closing position, wherein the discharge blade moves between the guide position and the closing position and controls an air flow from the blower fan to a discharge plate or the outlet. Through this configuration, an air flow discharged to the outside of the housing can be controlled by operation of the discharge blade.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sang Ki Cho, Ki Jun Kim, Dae Dong Kim, Chang Heon Lee, Moon Sun Shin, Young Lae Jo
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Patent number: 10449984Abstract: An apparatus for loading and unloading a cart into and from a chamber of a housing. The apparatus is movable between a first, collapsed configuration and a second, expanded configuration. The apparatus includes a user portion and a chamber portion engagable with the housing. The chamber portion is movable relative to the user portion. An attachment assembly selectively attaches the apparatus to the housing. At least one cart locking device selectively locks the cart to the apparatus. When the at last one cart locking device locks the cart to the apparatus, the cart is removed from the chamber when the apparatus moves from the first, collapsed configuration to the second, expanded configuration. The cart is inserted into the chamber when the apparatus moves from the second, expanded configuration to the first, collapsed configuration.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2015Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: AMERICAN STERILIZER COMPANYInventor: Michael Walton Andreas
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Patent number: 10443886Abstract: An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a housing, an indoor heat exchanger that is disposed in the housing and to which flammable refrigerant is supplied, and an indication section that indicates a minimum distance from a floor surface of the housing when installed on a wall of a room (installation height H0) along with an identifier on a lower surface of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Yasuhiro Suzuki
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Patent number: 10431254Abstract: An enclosure configured to at least partially surround at least one access opening that permits access to an interior of a data storage library, wherein the enclosure includes at least one side surface configured to surround the at least one access opening to form a chamber and to permit access to the interior of the data storage library. The enclosure also includes at least one access opening in the at least one side surface to permit access to an interior of the chamber, wherein the enclosure is configured to selectively acclimate the chamber between environmental conditions exterior of the enclosure and environmental conditions of the interior of the data storage library.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jose G. Miranda Gavillan, Brian G. Goodman, Kenny Nian Gan Qiu
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Patent number: 10399049Abstract: A mixing system includes a container having a support plate and a mixing assembly supported on the support plate. The mixing assembly includes a pliable enclosure containing a fluid and a mixing device. A portion of the mixing device extends from the pliable enclosure and is adapted to be detachably coupled to a drive mechanism. A first plate is detachably secured to the rigid container. The pliable enclosure is disposed between the first plate and the support plate. A mixing arrangement includes a docking station having a drive cradle and a drive mechanism. The mixing system is removably positioned within the drive cradle so that the drive mechanism is removably coupled to the mixing device.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Advanced Scientifics, Inc.Inventor: Rudolf Pavlik
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Patent number: 10375852Abstract: An airflow baffle system has an airflow baffle with a base and an airflow diverter panel. A mounting arm is connected to the base. A magnet connected to the mounting arm is operable to magnetically connect to the top of the equipment cabinet. The mounting arm is selectively pivotal in a horizontal plane relative to the base and fixable in a plurality of angular orientations. A position of the magnet is adjustable along a length of the mounting arm and the magnet is connected to the mounting arm by a flexible connection permitting the magnet to pivot about horizontal axes relative to the mounting arm. The airflow diverter panel is mountable on the base in an angled orientation and a vertical orientation. A unitary or separable riser allows adjustment of a vertical position of the airflow diverter panel with respect to the top of the equipment cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2015Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Aquila, Inc.Inventors: Clint Veino, Bruce Long, Lars Strong
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Patent number: 10293941Abstract: A galley system includes a galley compartment defining a cavity. The galley compartment has a door that allows access to the cavity. A galley cart is positionable in the cavity of the galley compartment that has a first opening and a second opening. An air supply and return system is coupled in flow communication with the first opening of the galley cart and the second opening of the galley compartment. A space is defined about the galley cart when the galley cart is positioned in the cavity. The space provides flow communication between the second opening of the galley cart and the second opening of the galley compartment.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2017Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Thomas Joseph Moran
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Patent number: 10274670Abstract: A refrigerator with shelf lighting is provided that may include a refrigerator main body having a storage room, at least one shelf provided inside of the storage room, a light source provided at a rear end of the shelf, a power supply provided at a rear of the storage room, the power supply supplying power to the light source, and a light guide plate provided at the at least one shelf. The light guide plate may guide light of the light source to a front of the shelf. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce a length of an electric wire connecting the light source to the power supply and prevent the occurrence of glare caused by direct lighting.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2015Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Seungho Lee
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Patent number: 10237999Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a configurable extension space for a computer server or node blade that has the ability to expand data storage or other functionality to a computer system while minimizing any disruption to computers in a data center when the functionality of a computer server or a node blade is extended. Apparatus consistent with the present disclosure may include multiple electronic assemblies where a first assembly resides deep within an enclosure to which an expansion module may be attached in an accessible expansion space.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventors: Harvey Lunsman, Troy Oxby, Michael Peterson, David Collins, Steven J. Dean, Russell Stacy, Andy Warner
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Patent number: 10215479Abstract: A rotatable shelf for use in a refrigerator that may include a support bracket configured to support a turntable but is not required. A bearing assembly may be disposed between the support bracket and the turntable, wherein the bearing assembly is configured to facilitate the rotation of the turntable relative to the support bracket. Users may also rotate a rotatable drawer assembly to access items. A support bracket may be configured with notches or retaining members to maintain concentricity of the bearing assembly with the support bracket.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2016Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Inventors: Phillip J Rindlisbach, Nicholas James Gregory
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Patent number: 10203151Abstract: A domestic refrigeration appliance with a housing in which a receiving chamber for foodstuffs is formed, is delimited by walls of an interior container, and is formed with an additional compartment for foodstuffs in the receiving chamber comprising delimiting walls by way of which a receiving volume of the additional compartment is delimited. Delimiting walls can be separated and joined non-destructively, thus enabling the additional compartment to be reversibly assembled and disassembled in the receiving chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2016Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Herbert Cizik, Jessica Dittmann, Andrea Fink, Claudia Weiβ, Marcus Wehlauch, Felix Wiedenmann
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Patent number: 10185375Abstract: An example method includes positioning a thermal bus bar into a bus bar support channel of a cooling wall, the cooling wall comprising a plurality of thermal bus bars. The positioning comprises removably connecting first portions of at least two dripless connectors coupled to a fluid flow path of the thermal bus bar to second portions of the dripless connectors coupled to coolant transport lines that receive and return coolant from a coolant source. The method further includes flowing coolant received from the coolant transport lines through the fluid flow path and returning the coolant to the coolant transport lines. The thermal bus bar is positioned while coolant provided by the coolant transport lines is flowing through other thermal bus bars of the cooling wall.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2015Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventors: John Franz, Tahir Cader, William K. Norton
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Patent number: 10168062Abstract: A cold wind table cabinet includes a main body, inside which a refrigeration device is configured. The refrigeration device includes a housing, blower, and refrigeration box, where refrigeration components are installed inside the refrigeration box. A blower air inlet is in communication with a housing air outlet, a refrigeration air inlet faces and is in communication with a blower air outlet, and a refrigeration air outlet a housing air outlet. Whereby, the present invention allows the table cabinet to have the function of selecting cold wind or natural wind to blow out, and especially, eliminates the configurations of an air fan or air pipe.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2016Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: DONG GUAN SONG WEI ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Weilin Lu
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Patent number: 10172255Abstract: A mobility apparatus. The mobility apparatus may include a continuous fixed-length rail attached horizontally to a bottom structural member of the front or the rear of a server rack. The continuous fixed-length rail exceeds a width of the server rack by an equal amount on either side of the server rack. The mobility apparatus also includes a lower rail portion attached to a lower edge of the continuous fixed-length rail; a raised rail portion attached to an extended length of each portion of the continuous fixed-length rail; and at least one wheel attached to an underside of each end of the extended length of the continuous fixed-length rail.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Eric A. Eckberg, Cody J. Erie, Michael J. MacPherson, Stephen P. Mroz, Christopher L. Tuma