For Use With Heating Or Cooling Means Patents (Class 454/233)
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Patent number: 11774113Abstract: An air management device may include three independently operated primary impellers 131, 131?, 131?, and drawn-in air is discharged through discharge ports 15?-1, 15?-2, 15?-3 provided in the front plate 15 of the housing 10. Louvers 141, 142, 143 installed downstream of the air flow and discharge ports 15?-1, 15?-2, 15?-3 may be independently opened or closed to provide discharge of the air to the surrounding environment. Further, at least one retractable or pop-up fan may be provided. The air management allows customization of air flow. The housing 10 of the furniture-type air management device may be installed on the floor of the livable space and may have a hexahedron shape that extends from side to side. A bottom inlet 11? may be formed on the bottom plate 11 of the housing 10 facing the floor of the living space above a predetermined distance. The replaceable filter 300 may be installed to filter the air sucked through the bottom inlet 11?, and may be drawn in and out of the housing 10.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Min Kyu Oh, Yong Nam Kim, Yang Hwan No
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Patent number: 11680729Abstract: A wind direction adjustment mechanism includes: a support plate having a holding protrusion; a fixed plate fixed to a surface portion of the support plate; a movable plate facing the surface portion of the support plate, and slidably held by the support plate; and a plurality of wind direction plates formed of an elastic material, and provided to extend between the fixed plate and the movable plate, wherein the movable plate has an angle holding portion into which the holding protrusion is inserted to maintain a sliding position of the movable plate, the angle holding portion includes a side wall portion and a plurality of partition wall portions, the side wall portion protruding in a direction opposite to a direction toward a portion where the support plate is disposed, thus forming a frame structure, the plurality of partition wall portions being formed in parallel, each of the plurality of partition wall portions is formed such that an angle adjustment portion and an angle restricting portion are integrallType: GrantFiled: April 24, 2018Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Takuya Niimura
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Patent number: 11480345Abstract: An air conditioner indoor unit includes a housing and a chassis connected to the housing. The chassis and the housing form a receiving chamber with an access opening. At least a portion of an inner side surface of a bottom wall of the chassis forms a guiding surface extending to the access opening. The chassis includes an avoidance hole and a resilient member. At least a portion of the resilient member is arranged in the avoidance hole and protrudes from the guiding surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhicai Cai, Wenjun Luo, Kuifang Zou
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Patent number: 11435073Abstract: A lamp includes an air supply and a lighting module. The air supply includes an air blower and an annular housing, the annular housing defines an annular region and has an inner ring surface, an outer ring surface, a first end surface and a second end surface which are connected with the inner ring surface and the outer ring surface and face away from each other. The lighting module is disposed at a side of the annular housing which is close to the first end surface and is located within a projection range of the annular region at the side, and the lighting module emits light rays towards the side faced by the first end surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Oppie Lighting Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xuejun Feng, Yueping Wang, Zhonghua Sui, Shitao Deng
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Patent number: 11408618Abstract: Provided is an indoor unit of an air-conditioner including: an indoor unit body configured to be provided in a ceiling; a suction port attached to a lower surface of the indoor unit body; a panel including a blow port for blowing conditioned air into a room; and a louver provided at the blow port of the panel to change an air sending direction. The panel includes an outer frame provided outside the blow port and provided with a substantially horizontal flat portion, and a protruding portion provided on the flat portion of the outer frame and protruding vertically downward. A lower end of the protruding portion is positioned vertically above a lower end of the louver. A lower end of an inner flow path wall surface forming a flow path wall surface inside the blow port is positioned vertically below the lower end of the louver.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: HITACHI-JOHNSON CONTROLS AIR CONDITIONING, INC.Inventors: Taku Iwase, Tomohiko Sato, Yoko Sato, Kunihito Kawamura, Koutarou Nomura, Naoyuki Fushimi, Shinji Nakahata
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Patent number: 11371746Abstract: An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a front design panel in which a recess is formed as a suction port through which air is sucked, the recess being depressed rearward from a front face and extending in a width direction. The front design panel includes a lower panel extending in the width direction below the recess, an upper panel extending in the width direction above the recess, and a connecting portion connecting a back side of the lower panel and a back side of the upper panel. The connecting portion includes a bottom wall extending rearward from the lower panel, and an inner wall extending upward from the bottom wall and connecting to the upper panel. The bottom wall is located below an upper edge of the lower panel.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Shota Sugai, Yasushi Oba, Kunio Matsushita
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Patent number: 11346574Abstract: An air supply device with an annular air outlet and a design method thereof are provided. The device includes an air delivery section arranged in a horizontal plane and communicated with a plurality of air-out sections, wherein an axis of each of the plurality of air-out sections is in a vertical direction; the air delivery section and the plurality of air-out sections are respectively provided with air return ducts communicated with each other, the air return ducts each have a fresh air duct provided therein; an axis of the fresh air duct is parallel to an axis of corresponding air return duct of the air return ducts, and the fresh air duct and the corresponding air return duct are equal in length, the plurality of air-out sections are arranged above office cubicles in a room.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2021Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Xi'an University of Architecture and TechnologyInventors: Bin Yang, Zhe Li, Changqing Yang, Bin Zhou, Wei Su, Shuaixing Xu, Mengchun Wu, Ran Gao, Haiguo Yin, Angui Li
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Patent number: 11300320Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide an air conditioning indoor unit having suppressed change in size in a front view between before and after panel motion as well as having simplified and excellent appearance. An air conditioning indoor unit (1) includes a first panel (111) positioned in a lower side and configured to shift to open a front end of a front blow-in port (4B). The first panel (111) and the second panel (112) are positioned inside a product contour in a front view, or are exposed slightly even when being exposed from the product contour. This configuration has less mounting restriction and achieves excellent appearance.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Shiori Ishikawa
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Patent number: 11262098Abstract: An indoor unit according to the present invention includes: an air-sending portion, which includes a casing having a rectangular air outlet and accommodating an impeller including a plurality of blades; a heat exchanger, which is configured to exchange heat with gas sent from the air-sending portion; and a guide portion, which includes an upper guide defining a passage for the gas and being arranged between an upper edge portion of the air outlet and an upper end portion of the heat exchanger and a lower guide defining a passage for the gas and being arranged between a lower edge portion of the air outlet and a lower end portion of the heat exchanger, and is open at side regions of the guide portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2017Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takuya Teramoto, Takashi Ikeda, Yasuaki Kato, Ryo Horie
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Patent number: 11137134Abstract: A combination axial fan and LED lighting system configured to fit into the footprint of a standard ceiling tile. The system includes a housing container and an axial fan. The fan has a fan cavity including air diversion mechanism to direct air from the fan cavity toward the lighting and fan components. The invention includes an airflow surface to direct air existing the fan cavity along an LED light fixture.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: WLC Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Darrin Niemiec, William J. Carlson
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Patent number: 10883740Abstract: Provided is an indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus capable of preventing crazing, which occurs in a fixing claw or a claw receiver due to intrusion of oil or solvent. The indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a rear casing and a front casing. An upper wall is formed, and an overlap portion is formed. The fixing claw is provided, and the claw receiver is provided. The upper wall has a front portion on a front side with respect to the fixing claw, and the claw receiver protrudes rearward from the overlap portion. A recessed portion which is opened upward is formed on a front side of the claw receiver of the overlap portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2016Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yosuke Naito, Masato Ishikawa, Akimoto Suzuki, Masahide Kinami, Hisanori Ikeda, Takuya Goto, Katsuya Ishigami, Shinji Kawai
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Patent number: 10816238Abstract: An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus eliminates a possibility of condensation on a front panel without deteriorating a quality of design. In an off state, an auxiliary air-directing plate is positioned above an up-down air-directing plate inside an air outlet such that a free end of the auxiliary air-directing plate opposite from one end of the auxiliary air-directing plate fixed to a rotating shaft is positioned closer to a rear surface of a casing than is the rotating shaft. In an on state, the auxiliary air-directing plate is rotated in a direction from the rear surface to a front surface of the casing, and the free end is protruded from the air outlet to an outside of the casing.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2015Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yusuke Adachi, Takahiro Shishido, Mitsuhiro Shirota, Takashi Ikeda, Yoshinori Tanikawa
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Patent number: 10684024Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing, a heat exchanger arranged to exchange heat with air flowing into the housing, a blower fan arranged inside the housing for discharging air that has exchanged heat with the heat exchanger to the outside and a discharging plate having an opening formed to discharge air blown from the blower fan out of the housing, and a plurality of discharging holes formed to discharge air to surroundings of the opening, wherein the discharging plate is arranged to discharge the air that has exchanged heat by the heat exchanger out of the housing, and wherein the discharging plate is made of metal. By such configuration, air conditioner increase user satisfaction.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Won-Hee Lee, Jong Whal Kim, Jin-Gyun Kim, Yeon-Seob Yun, Jun Seok Kwon, Sung Jae Kim, Chang-Woo Jung, Ji Hong Kim, Moon Sun Shin, Seung Won Oh, Sang Ki Yoon, Chang Sik Lee, Jae Rim Jung, Seong Deok Cheon, Sung Hyun Chun, Weon Seok Choi
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Patent number: 10495342Abstract: Provided is an indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus including a rectangular front panel provided on a front surface side of an indoor unit body. The rectangular front panel is constructed such that a design panel is mounted to a front surface side of a base panel, that a flange of the design panel is received in a groove portion of the base panel, and that first fitting portions of the base panel and second fitting portions of the design panel are fitted to each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2015Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Akimoto Suzuki, Masato Ishikawa, Masahide Kinami, Hisanori Ikeda, Youhei Koyanagi
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Patent number: 10393422Abstract: An air conditioner including a door installed in order to provide a smooth appearance by hiding an outlet is provided. The air conditioner is installed on a wall and includes a front panel including a first panel part provided with an inlet and a second panel part connected to a lower portion of the first panel part and provided with an outlet; a lower panel connected to the second panel part of the front panel and extended toward the wall; and a door installed on a front surface of the second panel part so as to open and close the outlet while being slid, wherein the door is slid along a curved movement trajectory toward the lower panel, and a curvature of the movement trajectory is changed. A clean and smooth appearance may be formed using a door slid along a curved path and a slim appearance may be formed even in the state in which the door is opened.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2014Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyun Uk Park, Geon Hee Lee, Ji Won Yoon, Jea Won Lee, Seung Il Han
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Patent number: 10337716Abstract: A combination axial fan and LED lighting system configured to fit into the footprint of a standard ceiling tile. The system includes a housing container and an axial fan. The fan has a fan cavity including air diversion mechanism to direct air from the fan cavity toward the lighting and fan components. The invention includes an airflow surface to direct air existing the fan cavity along an LED light fixture.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Inventors: Darrin Niemiec, William J. Carlson
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Patent number: 10302313Abstract: An indoor unit includes: a casing including a top plate and lateral plates; a motor mounted to a central part on an inner surface side of the top plate; a turbofan fixed to a rotary shaft of the motor and configured to rotate through drive of the motor; a drain pan received in the casing and mounted to the lateral plates of the casing; and a bellmouth mounted to the drain pan and configured to rectify a fluid flowing into the casing. The drain pan includes a positioning fitting having: a casing-fixing threaded hole for allowing the drain pan to be fixed to the casing with a screw; and a bellmouth-fixing threaded hole for allowing the bellmouth to be fixed to the drain pan with a screw.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2015Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Naoya Matsunaga, Takaaki Takishita, Tatsuo Furuta, Takahiro Komatsu
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Patent number: 10288302Abstract: A ceiling-embedded air conditioner includes a decorative panel, a turbo fan, a heat exchanger, a drain pan, an air suction path, air blowoff paths provided at four places along the sides of a virtual square surrounding the air suction path, and an air blowoff opening communicating with the air blowoff path. The air blowoff path is formed in a cuboidal shape having a pair of long side walls disposed with a predetermined space therebetween in parallel to the sides of the virtual square and a pair of short side walls connecting the ends of the long side walls. Airflow guide vanes are provided in the air blowoff paths to direct part of blown airflow toward the short side of the air blowoff opening.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITEDInventor: Naoto Fujita
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Patent number: 10203150Abstract: An indoor device for an air conditioner is provided. Display of an operation state of the indoor device and reception of an operation signal of a remoter controller may be performed through a single window, reducing production costs and realizing a more elegant exterior.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2014Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Changhoon Jeong, Suhyun An, Huijae Kwon
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Patent number: 10203124Abstract: An indoor device for an air conditioner having wind visors is provided. Each wind visor may have a shape corresponding to a shape of a respective discharge hole of the indoor device and may be directly rotatably mounted on a bottom surface of the indoor device to guide discharged air, thereby providing a simplified structure. A fixing portion, on which the wind visor may be installed, may be provided in the indoor device, and the wind visor may be rotatably coupled to the fixing portion through the simplified structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2014Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Changhoon Jeong
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Patent number: 10197310Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling temperature in an enclosed space can include an air-to-air heat exchanger (AAHX) and a direct evaporative cooler (DEC). The DEC can be located in a scavenger or outdoor air stream such that the DEC cools the outdoor air, which is then used to cool or reject heat from a process air stream passing through the AAHX. In an example, the AAHX can be a sensible wheel. In another example, the AAHX can be a counter-flow flat plate. The system can operate in various modes, including an economizer mode and an evaporation mode, depending, in part, on the outdoor air conditions and a load on the system. In some examples, the system can include a DX coil to provide additional cooling to the process air in another operating mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2015Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Nortek Air Solutions Canada, Inc.Inventors: Davood Ghadiri Moghaddam, Philip Paul LePoudre, Manfred Gerber
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Patent number: 10113752Abstract: A ceiling-embedded air conditioner includes: a decorative panel; a turbo fan; a heat exchanger; a drain pan including a drain sheet; an air suction path; cuboidal air blowoff paths that are provided at four places surrounding the air suction path; and rectangular air blowoff openings that are provided in the decorative panel. The air blowoff paths are integrated with the drain pan. Airflow guide vanes are provided in the air blowoff paths to direct part of the blown airflow toward the short side of the air blowoff opening. Attachment portions formed of the same material as that for the drain sheet and configured to attach the airflow guide vanes are provided at an inflow-side opening portions of the air blowoff paths.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2016Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITEDInventor: Taku Ogura
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Patent number: 10041691Abstract: A ceiling-embedded air conditioner includes: a main unit; a decorative panel having an outer frame portion, an inner frame portion disposed more inside than the outer frame portion, and connection portions connecting the outer frame portion and the inner frame portion at corner portions; a blowoff path disposed between the outer frame portion and the inner frame portion; blowoff openings formed between the adjacent connection portions in the blowoff path; and wind direction plates covering the blowoff path. The wind direction plates include shaft portions. Plate-like bearing support columns are erected from the connection portions. The bearing support columns include at the tips shaft holes for supporting pivotally the shaft portions and include ventilation holes between the shaft holes and the connection portions.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITEDInventor: Naoto Fujita
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Patent number: 10030876Abstract: A ceiling-embedded air conditioner includes: a ceiling-embedded casing main body that includes inside thereof a turbo fan and a heat exchanger disposed to surround the outer periphery of the turbo fan; a decorative panel that is mounted on a bottom surface of the casing main body and has an air blowoff opening; a drain pan that is provided on the bottom surface of the casing main body; an air blowoff path that is a through hole with rectangular cross section, the air blowoff path being provided in the drain pan and guiding conditioned air heat-exchanged by the heat exchanger to the air blowoff opening; and a reinforcement support column that is provided between long sides of the air blowoff path and includes a portion protruding more upward than an opening surface of the air blowoff path on an inflow side.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITEDInventor: Taku Ogura
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Patent number: 9960635Abstract: A system for recharging a battery having; memory that stores computer-executable instructions; a processor, communicatively coupled to the memory that facilitates execution of the computer-executable instructions; the instructions having: a battery; a thermal insulating layer; the thermal insulating layer; adapted and configured as the exterior of the battery; the battery adapted and configured with the thermal insulation layer for harnessing heat created by a plurality of solar panels; the plurality of solar panels configured on the exterior of the battery; an application interface unit; the application interface unit adapted and configured to control the plurality of solar panels; wherein the processor transforms heat energy collected by the plurality of solar panels and stored in the thermal insulation layer into energy to power a communication device.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Inventor: Christopher Wilkinson
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Patent number: 9897335Abstract: An indoor unit of an air conditioning apparatus is fixed with respect to a ceiling, and includes an indoor unit casing having an air inlet and plural air outlets, plural airflow direction adjusting plates disposed in the air outlets, and an airflow direction adjusting control unit to independently adjust rotational states of the adjusting plates in order to adjust the airflow direction of conditioned air blown out from the air outlets. The control unit causes an entire body of at least one of the adjusting plates to be positioned inside a corresponding one of the air outlets in an air volume reducing state to reduce volume through the air outlet or a suppressing state to suppress flow from the air outlet toward an opposite side relative to an air inlet side.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2010Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Yoshiteru Nouchi
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Patent number: 9829211Abstract: Disclosed is an air deflector driving device, comprising a driving case and connecting rod (3). One side of the driving case is provided with a protruding opening (11), the connecting rod (3) is slidably provided in the driving case, and a tip (31) of the connecting rod (3) is limited in the direction perpendicular to the direction of movement of the connecting rod by means of the limiting structure. Furthermore, also disclosed is an indoor air conditioning unit using the driving device.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2013Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAIInventors: Hui Zhang, Shaolin Chen, Xianlin Wang, Zhi Meng
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Patent number: 9719519Abstract: Disclosed is a dropped ceiling fan that includes an elongated body with a fan inside the elongated body that move air downward in the elongated body with a plate positioned below the fan with a hole in the airflow of the fan, a peripheral intake that surrounds the plate and several inclined elements that direct air that is adjacent to the elongated body into the peripheral intake. The elongated body includes a hole in the top that, in combination with the peripheral intake, defines the intake for the fan, to take inlet air from either the room below or both the room below and the space above the dropped ceiling. Also disclosed is a mounting bracket to permit HVAC ducting to be coupled to the hole on top of the body to permit the fan to be used as a powered register with an HVAC system.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Inventor: Thomas F. Noonan
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Patent number: 9541297Abstract: A heating ventilator for bathroom includes a frame, a motor mounted with fan blades, a volute casing, an air path switching plate located at the air outlet of the volute casing for switching the air outlet of a ventilator main body, a heater, and a control electric circuit mechanism for operating the motor, the air path switching plate and the heater. The air path switching plate and the heater are configured in a separate and overlapping manner in the height direction of the ventilator main body. The center line of the fan blades and a tongue of the volute casing are both offset from the center line of the main body and are located at the same side. The center line of the main body is horizontally aligned and overlapped with the center line of the air path switching plate and the center line of the heater.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2011Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignees: Panasonic Ecology Systems Guangdong Co., Ltd., Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yefan Weng, Liang Tian, Hongjian Yuan, Makoto Ishikawa
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Patent number: 9505042Abstract: An airborne component extractor provides a positive pressure air stream to a work area and draws a negative pressure air stream from the work area. Conduits conduct both air streams. A movable cart-type base unit or a permanent installation may provide for the air streams. Sizes and operational parameters are selected to provide good component removal, reduce head losses, and reduce power requirements.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2013Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Brian J. Hammers, Adam Joseph Frank, William Maske
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Patent number: 9498805Abstract: A component extraction system utilized a base unit that produces a positive pressure air stream and that draws a negative pressure air stream into the base unit. To enhance performance, and reduce head requirements and power consumption, a number of bends in the flow paths is minimized in the base unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2013Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Brian J. Hammers, Adam Joseph Frank, William Maske, Bradley G. Carman
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Patent number: 9435550Abstract: A scent dispersion system that is integrated into an air handler of a central air conditioning system located within a facility. The scent dispersion system includes an inlet flow conduit, which is positioned within and obtains pressurized airflow from a high pressure section of the air handler. The airflow passes through a pressure application conduit into a scent reservoir. A scent generating liquid is stored within the scent reservoir. The scent generating liquid vaporizes and combines with the passing airflow creating a scent injection airflow. The scent injection airflow flows through a scent injection conduit and is discharged into a low pressure section of the air handler. The scent injection airflow combines with the conditioned air to form a scented and conditioned air mixture. The scented and conditioned air mixture is then dispersed throughout the facility using a central air conditioning ducting.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2011Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Inventor: Vittorio Marinelli
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Patent number: 9420725Abstract: A controller and indoor unit introducing outdoor air and/or return air from an air conditioning control target, and discharging introduced air to the air conditioning control target as supply air. The indoor unit includes a first space including an outdoor air introducing unit introducing outdoor air, a cooler, and a second space including a return air introducing unit introducing return air from the air conditioning control target. The controller, after determining air conditioning control on the air conditioning control target is necessary, introduces the outdoor air to the first space through the outdoor air introducing unit, subjecting such to cooling by the cooler and/or dehumidification to result in processed outdoor air, and introduces the return air to the second space through the return air introducing unit, where the processed outdoor air is mixed with the return air and supplied to the air conditioning control target as the supply air.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2012Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Makoto Honda, Hiroshi Morimoto, Kazuhide Sato, Hideyoshi Ootani, Tomoyuki Kinoshita, Dai Murayama, Yasuo Takagi
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Patent number: 9378630Abstract: A method for preventing input and/or interaction on an apparatus having a user interface (UI) with input elements located on a door rotatable about an axis relative to an earth horizontal, the method includes detecting the horizontal position of the door and disabling input from the UI input elements based on the horizontal position of the door.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2014Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventor: Blayne C. Smith
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Patent number: 8869547Abstract: An air conditioner of a track system vehicle includes two air conditioning units disposed in parallel in a horizontal direction and mounted on the roof of a vehicle, a plurality of outlets of two air conditioning units facing a vehicle center side, a first duct connecting two air conditioning units, and a second duct which bypasses to the vehicle ends.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2010Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Masaya Nishino, Toru Kanemori, Osamu Kawaguchi, Ayako Tanabe
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Publication number: 20140315479Abstract: A turbo fan includes a main plate rotated by power provided from a fan motor, blades each having one end connected to the main plate to perform rotation movement, and a shroud having an inner circumferential part and an outer circumferential part, an other end of each of the blades connected to the shroud. The shroud includes a plurality of curved parts each having one side connected to the inner circumferential part and an other side connected to the outer circumferential part, the plurality of curved parts each having a predetermined curvature.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2013Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Namjoon CHO, Kyungrock KIM, Dongkeun YANG
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Patent number: 8827780Abstract: A fan coil block of the present invention preferably includes a fan for drawing air and a cooling device for cooling air drawn by the fan. A flexible air handling system of the present invention preferably includes a fan coil block that is supportable overhead by an overhead support system. The present invention is also directed to an air handling method that includes the steps of providing an overhead support system for supporting overhead devices, defining a return air chase within the interior space of a building, and supporting a fan coil block above or within the return air chase using the overhead support system. The fan coil block draws and cools air from the return air chase and returns the cooled air to a plenum above the overhead support system.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2002Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Huntair, Inc.Inventors: David Emmett Benson, Kent Peterson, Michael Thomas Post
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Publication number: 20140235157Abstract: An energy exchange system is provided that may include a heater configured to be disposed within a supply air flow path. A first pre-heater is configured to be upstream from the heater within the supply air flow path and configured to pre-heat the supply air with a first liquid that circulates through the first pre-heater. A boiler may be operatively connected to the first pre-heater and configured to heat the first liquid. The system may also include a second pre-heater configured to be upstream from the heater within the supply air flow path. A heat transfer device may be operatively connected to the heater and the second pre-heater. The heat transfer device is configured to receive flue gas from the heater and transfer heat from the flue gas to a second liquid within the heat transfer device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2013Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Venmar CES, Inc.Inventor: Maury Brad Wawryk
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Publication number: 20140170953Abstract: An apparatus and method for adjusting air pressure of a room. The apparatus comprises an air receive duct (4) arranged to receive air from the room (2), an air distribution casing (5) connected to the receive duct (4), first and second air vents (6, 7) connected to the air distribution casing (5) and arranged to convey air coming from the receive duct (4) out of the apparatus (1), and a control means (8) arranged to adjust the flow resistance of the second air vent (7) in relation to that of the first air vent (6).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Inventor: Tommi ARPOMAA
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Publication number: 20140162543Abstract: The invention relates to a recessed hollow profile for mounting to a wall system in a wall of a building, which allows ventilation with efficient decentralised energy recovery. The invention also relates to a system for ventilating a room.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2012Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: LUNOS LUFTUNGSTECHNIK GMBH FUR RAUMLUFTSYSTEMEInventor: Michael Merscher
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Publication number: 20140099873Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system in which an air dam is incorporated into an air ventilation stream of a datacenter to control the temperature of an interior space of the datacenter. The datacenter may include a raised floor in which the ventilation stream is injected through perforations within the raised floor. An air dam may be positioned at an entry region of the under floor plenum to obstruct the flow of air from a supply air plenum. The air dam is used to create a positive pressure across the raised floor at a substantially constant pressure distribution.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: Compass Datacenters, LLCInventors: Jose Alberto Ruiz, Christopher J. Crosby, Christopher James Curtis
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Patent number: 8512113Abstract: An air conditioning device (10) for conducting air from outside into a building or in the opposite direction for conducting air out of the building has at least one supply air chamber structure (11) and at least one exhaust air chamber structure (12) and in between these a partition wall (13) and therein a fan (14), with the aid of which air is made to flow (arrow L1) from a supply chamber (D1) into an exhaust chamber (D2).Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2009Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Retermia OyInventors: Markus Castrén, Risto Castrén
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Publication number: 20130143479Abstract: A heating ventilator for bathroom includes a frame, a motor mounted with fan blades, a volute casing, an air path switching plate located at the air outlet of the volute casing for switching the air outlet of a ventilator main body, a heater, and a control electric circuit mechanism for operating the motor, the air path switching plate and the heater. The air path switching plate and the heater are configured in a separate and overlapping manner in the height direction of the ventilator main body. The center line of the fan blades and a tongue of the volute casing are both offset from the center line of the main body and are located at the same side. The center line of the main body is horizontally aligned and overlapped with the center line of the air path switching plate and the center line of the heater.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2011Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicants: PANASONIC CORPORATION, PANASONIC ECOLOGY SYSTEMS GUANGDONG CO., LTD.Inventors: Yefan Weng, Liang Tian, Hongjian Yuan, Makoto Ishikawa
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Patent number: 8382565Abstract: The invention generally relates to ventilation systems and methods, and more particularly to selectively configurable climate control systems and methods for use in data centers and the like. A device includes a support element and a plurality of ducts connected to the support element. The device also includes a manifold in fluid communication with each one of the plurality of ducts and a plurality of valves. Each respective one of the plurality of valves is associated with a respective one of the plurality of ducts. Moreover, there is at least one actuator operatively connected to the plurality of valves, which is structured and arranged to individually actuate each one of the plurality of valves.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2008Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Christopher J. Dawson, Vincenzo V. Diluoffo, Rick A. Hamilton, II, Michael D. Kendzierski
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Publication number: 20130035028Abstract: An indoor unit of air conditioner comprises a panel body (2) enclosing side portions and a top portion of the air conditioner, a rear shell enclosing a rear portion of the air conditioner, and the front panel (1) arranged in the front of the air conditioner and closely connected to the panel body (2). The rear shell, the panel body (2) and the front panel (1) form an inner chamber of the air conditioner in which a heat exchanger, a control element and a fan component are provided. Side surfaces of the indoor unit of air conditioner are of a U shape structure, and the front, the rear and the bottom surfaces of the lower portion of the indoor unit of air conditioner are formed by more than one curved surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2011Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAIInventors: Jianghong Zhu, Hui Zhang, Shaolin Chen, Huanlong Wu, Liang Li, Zhen Huang, Jianqun Yang, Wenwei Ji, Zhi Meng, Jian Li, Liu Cao
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Publication number: 20130023194Abstract: An indoor unit of air conditioner comprises: a panel body (2) enclosing side portions of the air conditioner for installing a front panel (1), a rear shell, and the front panel (1) closely connected to the panel body; the rear shell, the panel body (2) and the front panel (1) form an inner chamber of the air conditioner in which a heat exchanger (5), a control element, and a ventilating component (4) are provided; an air outlet is provided at a lower portion of the front panel (1), and an air deflector (3) is mounted on the front panel (1) or is arranged on the panel body (2) for opening or closing the air outlet; a vortex forming device is provided at a bottom surface of the air outlet. The vortex forming device is configured as a serrated surface with a plurality of concave grooves.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2011Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAIInventors: Hui Zhang, Shaolin Chen, Jianqun Yang, Wenwei Ji, Zhi Meng, Jian Li, Liu Cao
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Publication number: 20110281516Abstract: An environmental control system of a building utilizes lower vents which open into lower portions of rooms of a building, and upper vents which open into upper portions of rooms of the building. When the system is operating in a heating mode, heated air is delivered into the upper portions of the rooms through the upper vents and air is removed from the rooms through the lower vents. When the system is operating in a cooling mode, cool air is delivered into the rooms through the lower vents, and air is removed from the rooms through the upper vents. Operating the heating and cooling modes in this fashion provides the most efficient operation of the heating and cooling system. A switching unit is used to selectively couple the inlet and outlet of an air handling unit to the upper and lower vents.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2011Publication date: November 17, 2011Inventor: DOUGLAS A. NEWCOMER
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Patent number: 8021217Abstract: A self-contained pre-manufactured roof top unit is used to circulate fresh air, heat or cool a building. The housing has a blower connected into a circulation system to circulate air into and out of the building. The unit has a pressure relief opening for connection into the building that is used to relieve air pressure buildup within the building. The pressure relief opening is part of a pressure relief passage that is independent of the blower and has an exhaust vent that opens and closes automatically in response to pressure differential between the building and ambient air.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2007Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: MNE Engineering Inc.Inventor: Greig J. Tollar
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Patent number: 7997965Abstract: An air distribution system for an air conditioning system includes an air supply and a plurality of air distribution units. The air distribution units are arranged in a side-by-side configuration. The air supply is operably connected to at least one of the air distribution units. Each air distribution unit includes a delivery feature for delivering air from the air supply through the air distribution unit and into an adjacent air distribution unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2005Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Carrier CorporationInventors: Franck Veuillet, Eric Pitisci, Patrick Fretigny
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Patent number: 7757749Abstract: An air conditioner principally includes a casing having a casing lower part formed by an alternating sequence of four panel side parts and four corner parts. The casing further has main outlets disposed along each of the panel side parts, and auxiliary outlets disposed at the corner parts. The air conditioner further includes horizontal flaps rotatably supported about longitudinal axes of the main outlets. A circumferential edge part of each of the auxiliary outlets is formed so that the air from each of the auxiliary outlets is blown out in a fixed direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2008Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Akihiko Sakashita, Tsunehisa Sanagi, Azumi Terakawa