Separable Ambulant Cooled Enclosure And Power Or Cooling Source Patents (Class 62/237)
  • Patent number: 11306959
    Abstract: A cooling system is provided including a first evaporator coil in thermal communication with an air intake flow to a heat load, a first liquid refrigerant distribution unit in fluid communication with the first evaporator coil to form a first fluid circuit, a second evaporator coil disposed in series with the first evaporator coil in the air intake flow and in the thermal communication with the air intake flow to the heat load, a second liquid refrigerant distribution unit in fluid communication with the second evaporator coil to form a second fluid circuit, a water loop in thermal communication with the first fluid circuit and second fluid circuit, and a chiller loop in thermal communication with the water loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: INERTECH IP LLC
    Inventors: Gerald McDonnell, Ming Zhang, John Costakis, Earl Keisling
  • Patent number: 11262111
    Abstract: A heat pump apparatus module for heating and/or cooling supply water, the heat pump apparatus module including: an apparatus housing at least partly provided with an outer wall; a heat pump arrangement including a condenser, an evaporator, and a compressor arranged between said condenser and said evaporator, said compressor configured to transfer a heat transferring medium from said evaporator to said condenser; wherein said heat pump apparatus module is divided into at least two separate compartments being: an air-flow compartment including a first heat pump component being either the condenser or the evaporator, and being configured to allow air to flow through said air-flow compartment, said first heat pump component configured to utilize said air for heating or cooling said heat transferring medium; a first closeable compartment being accessible through a first closeable opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: ES Energy Save Holding AB
    Inventors: Fredrik Sävenstrand, Torbjörn Assarsson, Christian Gullbrandsen, Niklas Hansson
  • Patent number: 11041641
    Abstract: A conditioned air blower system for ventilating a trailer interior includes a centrifugal blower and a heat exchange unit. The centrifugal blower includes a blower housing, an inlet portion configured to direct air into the blower housing, and a discharge portion configured to direct air from the blower housing into the trailer interior. The heat exchange unit includes an air inlet portion, heat exchange elements, and a conditioned air exit portion coupled to the inlet portion of the centrifugal blower. The heat exchange unit conditions ambient air introduced at the air inlet portion from a first temperature to a second temperature by heat exchange relationship with the heat exchange elements. The conditioned air blower system may include a controller operatively associated with the centrifugal blower. The controller monitors a condition related to the centrifugal blower, and regulates the supply of temperature-conditioned air in response to the condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: DL Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Markert, Donald L. Metz, Kyle Berean
  • Patent number: 10850917
    Abstract: A fully self-contained, portable product dehydrator is provided comprising: an intermodal container housing an equipment module, the equipment module including a refrigeration equipment chamber proximate the front door and an air conditioning chamber behind the refrigeration equipment chamber, the equipment module retained in the interior and moveable from a retracted position to an extended position, wherein when in the extended position, the refrigeration equipment chamber is substantially exposed to an ambient environment, outside the front door; a heat pump dehumidifier including a subcooler, a desuperheater, electronic expansion valve and a compressor, housed in the refrigeration equipment chamber and at least two condensers and evaporator housed in the air conditioning chamber; a drying chamber, the drying chamber defined by the interior and the rear door; a motor control center; and a control panel; in electronic communication with the heat pump dehumidifier and the fans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Rich Naturals Inc.
    Inventors: Jaya P. Ramandev, C. Gerry Carrington, Ian Well
  • Patent number: 10782062
    Abstract: A protective frame for refrigeration units mounted on shipping containers or trailers. There is a bottom horizontal frame assembly and an top frame assembly, both attached to the refrigeration unit. Vertical frame braces connect the top and bottom frame assemblies. Hinges connect the top frame assembly to the protective frame allowing the top frame to pivot upward allowing access to the refrigeration unit for maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Intermodal Maintenance Group L.L.C.
    Inventor: Stephen A Pasco, Sr.
  • Patent number: 10712071
    Abstract: A cold storage assembly for maintaining a temperature of an item includes a shell that defines an interior space. The shell comprises membranous polymer so that the shell is flexible. The shell has a top that is open. A lid is pivotally coupled to a back of the shell adjacent to the top. The shell is configured to insert items into the interior space and the lid is positioned to selectively close the top. A plurality of panels is selectively couplable to an inner surface of the shell. The panels extend between a front and a back of the shell and define a plurality of compartments. The panels are configured to separate the items. A cooling unit that comprises an evaporator and a condenser is coupled to the shell. The cooling unit is positioned to cool the interior space and the items that are positioned therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventor: Michael Rosell
  • Patent number: 10611482
    Abstract: A galley cooling system for installation in a transportation means, in particular an aircraft, comprises a cooling device comprising a coolant circuit configured to be flowed through with a coolant. The cooling system further comprises a first fluid line configured to be flowed through with a first fluid and being thermally coupled with the coolant circuit to transfer heat from the first fluid line fluid to the coolant circuit coolant, and a second fluid line configured to be flowed through with a second fluid and being thermally coupled to the coolant circuit to transfer heat from the coolant circuit coolant to the second fluid line fluid. The second fluid line comprises a first portion integrated into or arranged adjacent to a galley worktop, the first portion of the second fluid line being configured to be flowed through with the second fluid in a direction parallel to the worktop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Torsten Truemper
  • Patent number: 10605494
    Abstract: A method for a refrigeration system includes applying, by a gas cooler of the refrigeration system, a first cooling stage to refrigerant circulating through the refrigeration system load. The method further comprises applying, by a heat exchanger located downstream from the gas cooler, a second cooling stage to the refrigerant, wherein the second cooling stage removes heat from the refrigerant, and applying, by the heat exchanger located downstream from the gas cooler, the heat removed during the second cooling stage to a water heating system operable to heat water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Heatcraft Refrigeration Product LLC
    Inventor: Shitong Zha
  • Patent number: 10472066
    Abstract: A chiller galley cart includes a plurality of walls defining an interior cavity, a supply valve defined in one wall of the plurality of walls, and a return valve defined in one wall of the plurality of walls. The supply valve and the return valve are configured to couple to a chiller positioned in the interior cavity to provide cooled airflow from the chiller galley cart. A method for cooling a demand galley cart positioned in a cart compartment of a galley includes positioning a chiller galley cart in the cart compartment having a chiller positioned in the interior cavity coupled to the supply valve and the return valve and coupling the supply valve to a supply port of the galley and coupling the return valve to a return port of the galley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Christopher Singleton, Joshua Yu-Hu Lee
  • Patent number: 10448539
    Abstract: A cooling assembly for cooling server racks includes a server rack enclosure sub-assembly that includes at least one panel member defining a volume for receiving one or more server racks having a front portion and a rear portion, at least one of the panel members is a rear panel member; at least one frame member defines an opening for receiving the rear portion of the server racks to form a hot space between the rear panel member and the combination of the frame member and the rear portion of the server racks; a cooling sub-assembly disposed in thermal communication with the hot space to cool at least one server supported in the server rack and including a chassis receiving at least one heat exchange member for exchanging heat between a refrigerant fluid flowing through the heat exchange member and fluid flowing through the hot space heated by the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: INERTECH IP LLC
    Inventors: Earl Keisling, John Costakis, Gerald McDonnell, Michael Welch
  • Patent number: 10427500
    Abstract: A centralized energy (CE) module for a vehicle includes: a base plate; a compressor mounted on the base plate and compressing refrigerant; a condenser mounted on the base plate at a location spaced apart from the compressor and heat-exchanges the compressed refrigerant supplied from the compressor with a coolant which flows into the condenser to condense the refrigerant; an evaporator mounted on the base plate at a location spaced apart from the condenser and evaporating the refrigerant supplied from an expansion valve integrally mounted through heat-exchange with the coolant which flows into the evaporator and supplying the evaporated refrigerant to the compressor; and an accumulator connected with the evaporator through the expansion valve, and supplied only a gas refrigerant among the evaporated refrigerants to the compressor while passing through the evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jae Yeon Kim, Wan Je Cho
  • Patent number: 10352624
    Abstract: The device and methods described herein relate to the isothermal heat transport through an intermittent liquid supply to an evaporator device, thereby enabling high evaporative heat transfer coefficients. A liquid and vapor mixture flows through miniature and micro-channels in an evaporator and addresses flow instabilities encountered in these channels as bubbles rapidly expand. Additionally, a high percentage of the fins are exposed to vapor and limit the required charge of refrigerant t within the system due to effective condensate removal in the condenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: J R Thermal LLC
    Inventor: Jeremy Rice
  • Patent number: 10322823
    Abstract: A climate control system is intended to be temporarily connected externally to an aircraft when the aircraft is on the ground. The system directs air through flexible conduits from an external independent air handling unit to the aircraft. The system may include a transfer device with which the air handling device may be moved in relation to the aircraft. The transfer device may be an element of a telescopic boarding bridge. The system includes systems for conveying heated or cooled fluid from a distant source to the air handling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Inventor: Anders Tengman
  • Patent number: 10292305
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a cooling unit, including: a housing configured to attach to an enclosure opening in a sealed manner, where the enclosure houses heat generating electrical equipment; the housing including: a first ambient side area including a compressor, condensing coils, and an ambient air intake and outlet; a first enclosure side area situated above the first ambient side area and including an electrical box that includes one or more relays and a digital controller; a second enclosure side area extending along the rear side of the housing and communicating with the first enclosure side area, including an impeller, an enclosure air intake, an enclosure air return, and evaporator coils in fluid communication with the condenser coils; and a second ambient side area including an impeller and one or more hot air exhausts; where all components of the cooling unit are non-sparking and non-arcing; and where the first and second ambient side areas are sealed off from the first and second enclosure side areas
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Ice Qube, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Greubel, Adam Tokarski
  • Patent number: 10252804
    Abstract: A galley refrigeration system includes a liquid heat exchange loop and an air heat exchange loop in thermal communication with the liquid heat exchange loop. The air heat exchange loop includes a heat exchanger configured to be coupled in flow communication with at least one galley cart. Optionally, the galley refrigeration system may include a control system in operative communication with the liquid heat exchange loop and the air heat exchange loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: James P. Schalla
  • Patent number: 10214292
    Abstract: A cooling system suitable for cooling food on board an aircraft is provided which includes a chiller device and a first cooling circuit which is adapted to feed cooling energy generated by the chiller device to at least one cooling station, the chiller device includes a second cooling circuit formed separately from the first cooling circuit and is thermally coupled to the first cooling circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Carsten Colberg, Torge Pfafferott
  • Patent number: 10155589
    Abstract: A cooling arrangement for a galley for installation in a transport apparatus includes a cooling energy consumer with a housing with a cooling fluid inlet opening and a cooling fluid outlet opening for the supply and removal of a cooling fluid to and from the housing. A cooling compartment includes an interior for taking up the cooling energy consumer, a cooling air inlet for supplying cooling air to the cooling compartment and a cooling air outlet for removing cooling air from the cooling compartment. The cooling air inlet can conduct the cooling air supplied to the interior over an outer surface of the cooling energy consumer. A conveying device is configured to conduct the cooling air supplied to the interior and conducted over the outer surface of the cooling energy consumer through the housing of the cooling energy consumer via the cooling fluid inlet opening and cooling fluid outlet opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Torsten Truemper
  • Patent number: 9986822
    Abstract: A system for cooling a thermally insulated galley cart in an aircraft incorporates a skin heat exchanger configured to transfer heat to an aircraft skin. A cooling system is in communication with the skin heat exchanger and is configured to be removably coupled with a thermally insulated galley cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Burgess, James P. Schalla
  • Patent number: 9957050
    Abstract: 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 at or near either the top end or the bottom end of the cart. A return port is provided in flow communication with the interior cavity that is adjacent the supply port at or near the top end or the bottom end of the cart. 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: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Thomas Joseph Moran
  • Patent number: 9915463
    Abstract: An automatically adjustable swing seal for a rack-aisle freezing and chilling system extends, for example, from the top horizontal frame member of a racking structure and defines an intake opening along with side seals and a bottom seal. The swing seal is positioned at a height such that a product stack having a top edge positioned at any point along the face of the swing seal creates a seal between the intake opening and the stack via the swing seal, the side seals, and the bottom seal. Thus, stacks of varying heights may automatically be accommodated. Further, the bottom edge of the swing seal may be beveled, such that if a product stack is not evenly stacked a portion of the uneven stacking will not catch against the swing seal when the stack is pulled away from the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Tippmann Companies LLC
    Inventor: Daniel J. Tippmann
  • Patent number: 9840125
    Abstract: An apparatus for air-through cooling of aircraft galley food carts includes one or more chilled galley food cart bays and one or more galley chiller air supply and return ducting assemblies including a supply airflow duct and a bifurcated return airflow duct. Airflow balance baffles may be placed at the air return outlet portions and the supply airflow duct inlet portion, and interfaces between galley food carts and supply outlet ports and return inlet ports resilient may include resilient or insulated seals, and spring loaded sealing flaps opened by contact with a portion of a galley food cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter John Leslie Burd
  • Patent number: 9829896
    Abstract: A portable environment control system is configured to condition the air within an enclosure, such as by heating, cooling, humidifying or dehumidifying. The portable environmental control system has a conduit that is attached at one end to an environment control device and attached at the opposing outlet end to a partition coupling. The partition coupling is configured over an opening in a partition, such as an exterior wall of a recreation vehicle. Airflow from the environment control device is configured to flow through the conduit and through the partition coupling to an enclosure. The portable environment control system is quick and easy to install and allows for closure of an opening in a partition with a flange cover. The portable environment control system may have an inlet and outlet conduit to provide air flow to and draw air flow from an enclosure, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Climate Right LLC
    Inventors: Todd Arend, James Cline, Jr., William Jeffrey Schlanger
  • Patent number: 9784493
    Abstract: A transport refrigeration unit (TRU) for a transport refrigeration system (TRS) is described. The TRU can be configured to have an upper compartment to accommodate a compressor and an engine, and a condenser compartment that is generally positioned below the upper comportment. The condenser compartment can include a condenser and a fan at a bottom portion of the condenser compartment. The fan can be configured to blow air out of the condenser compartment in a downward direction from the bottom portion of the condenser compartment. The TRU can also have an evaporator compartment that is generally positioned behind the condenser compartment. The evaporator compartment can accommodate an evaporator that is generally positioned below the upper compartment. The evaporator compartment can have an air inlet and an air outlet that is positioned higher than the air outlet. In operation, airflow through the evaporator compartment is directed in a downward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: THERMO KING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Abhijith Balakrishna, Patil Raju, Wilson Samuel Jesudason Lawrence
  • Patent number: 9708171
    Abstract: The water cooler stand is adapted for use with a five gallon beverage coolers. The water cooler stand is a cylindrical structure that is adapted to rest on a surface and receive the five gallon beverage cooler such that it raises the five gallon beverage cooler off the resting surface. The water cooler stand has formed in it a cup opening that is sized to allow a cup to be placed underneath the spigot such that liquids released from the cooler through the spigot will fall into the center of a beverage cup. When not in use, the water cooler stand can be stored on the five gallon beverage cooler. The water cooler stand comprises a capped cylinder, a cup opening, a non-skid surface, a plurality of hook and loop fasteners, a flared edge, and a safety edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Inventors: Jon Highum, Denise Highum
  • Patent number: 9618256
    Abstract: An automatically adjustable swing seal for a rack-aisle freezing and chilling system extends, for example, from the top horizontal frame member of a racking structure and defines an intake opening along with side seals and a bottom seal. The swing seal is positioned at a height such that a product stack having a top edge positioned at any point along the face of the swing seat creates a seal between the intake opening and the stack via the swing seal, the side seals, and the bottom seal. Thus, stacks of varying heights may automatically be accommodated. Further, the bottom edge of the swing seal may be beveled, such that if a product stack is not evenly stacked a portion of the uneven stacking will not catch against the swing seal when the stack is pulled away from the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Tippmann Companies Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel J. Tippmann
  • Patent number: 9609784
    Abstract: A container data center includes a container, an air duct, and a connecting member. The container is received in a room. The container defines an air inlet and an air outlet away from the air inlet. The air duct extends through a sidewall of the room. A first side of the connecting member is detachably connected to the air inlet of the container, and a second side of the connecting member is connected to the air duct. Air outside the room enters the air duct, flows through the connecting member, enters the container through the air inlet, and flows out of the container through the air outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tai-Wei Lin
  • Patent number: 9562707
    Abstract: A refrigerator cooling system and method provides cooling to one or more features of a refrigerator by employing a secondary cooling loop that utilizes the excess cooling capacity of an evaporator to selectively provide supplemental cooling to the features when a thermal demand arises.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Guolian Wu
  • Patent number: 9487299
    Abstract: A reconfigurable vent system in fluid communication with an air chiller to deliver chill air to one or more galley food and beverage storage compartments in parallel is reconfigurable to operate in either of an air-through or an air-over orientation. The reconfigurable vent system comprises a vent in fluid communication with the air chiller via a duct and configured to provide the chill air to the one or more galley food and beverage storage compartments. The vent directs the chill air substantially toward the interior of the one or more galley food and beverage storage compartments in the air-through orientation at a first angle, and the vent directs the chill air substantially around the one or more galley food and beverage storage compartments in the air-over orientation at a second angle different from the first angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: B/E AEROSPACE, INC.
    Inventors: Ian Oswald, Qiao Lu, Steven Whisler
  • Publication number: 20140305130
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling bleed air flow into an air cycle machine that includes a bleed air inlet and a conditioned air outlet is provided. The system and method include discharging bleed air from an operating gas turbine engine, sensing exhaust gas temperature (EGT) of the gas turbine engine, sensing conditioned air temperature at the conditioned air outlet, and controlling bleed air flow into the air cycle machine based on the sensed EGT and on the sensed conditioned air temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
  • Patent number: 8713953
    Abstract: The salad carrier is a mobile cart having an internal space organized via a plurality of adjustable and removable shelves. The internal space is accessible via one of a plurality of doors located thereon. The internal space is refrigerated via a refrigeration unit located on a side of the mobile cart, and of which is powered via a rechargeable battery pack. The mobile cart is mobilized via a plurality of caster wheels and a telescoping handle that can extend and retract and of which can rotate up or down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Inventor: Jean Tucker
  • Publication number: 20140102125
    Abstract: A system for providing pre-conditioned air to an aircraft on the ground includes a ground air conditioning unit configured to produce air-conditioned air, a control module for controlling operation of the air conditioning unit, and an air hose having a first end in communication with a pre-conditioned air outlet of the air conditioning unit and a second end having a connector for connection to an aircraft on the ground. A pressure sensing device provides pressure information to the control module and is arranged so as to allow pressure monitoring of the flow of pre-conditioned air in the vicinity of the second end of the air hose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: IPALCO B.V.
    Inventor: Johan Tinde
  • Publication number: 20140020420
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for temporarily refrigerating perishable items contained in a refrigerated truck or trailer whose refrigeration unit is not functioning properly or at all. The apparatus comprises a portable, auxiliary refrigeration unit adapted to be transported to the refrigerated truck or trailer and includes a sealing element configured and adapted for placement in or adjacent a door opening of the refrigerated truck or trailer to provide at least a partial seal thereat. A chilled air duct is provided for delivering chilled air through/across the sealing element to the perishable items inside the refrigerated truck or trailer and the portable, auxiliary refrigeration unit is operable to deliver chilled air through the chilled air duct and into the interior of the refrigerated truck or trailer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventor: DAVID A. GILL
  • Publication number: 20130213070
    Abstract: A cooling or heating seating system creating an open, unbounded, temperature-controlled zone for personnel, said seating system having HVAC equipment for producing and delivering cooled or heated air, a first air outlet disposed in a deck member, a second air outlet disposed in a seat back member, and a first air return disposed in the seat back member between a seat member and a seat back rest. The system may be transportable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventors: Brian Cothren, William Quillen, SR.
  • Patent number: 8424330
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for temporarily refrigerating perishable items contained in a refrigerated truck or trailer whose refrigeration unit is not functioning properly or at all. The apparatus comprises a portable, auxiliary refrigeration unit adapted to be transported to the refrigerated truck or trailer and includes a sealing element configured and adapted for placement in or adjacent a door opening of the refrigerated truck or trailer to provide at least a partial seal thereat. A chilled air duct is provided for delivering chilled air through/across the sealing element to the perishable items inside the refrigerated truck or trailer and the portable, auxiliary refrigeration unit is operable to deliver chilled air through the chilled air duct and into the interior of the refrigerated truck or trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Inventor: David A. Gill
  • Publication number: 20100031676
    Abstract: The invention relates to an air-conditioning unit (1) comprising an air circuit with an air inlet (5), a main fan (10) and an air outlet (6) designed to be connected to a chamber such as, for example, an aircraft parked on the ground, preferably via one or more flexible ducts, and a refrigerant circuit comprising a heat exchanger/evaporator (12) positioned in said air circuit to cool the air by evaporating the refrigerant, a compressor (17) and a condenser (18) for condensing the refrigerant before it is returned to the heat exchanger/evaporator (12). Said heat exchanger/evaporator (12) comprises several parallel circuits (19) each having at least one regulator valve (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventor: Claudy Christian Urbain
  • Patent number: 7536868
    Abstract: A temperature controlled cart for carrying items such as food, beverages, and menu items. The cart includes a heated or refrigerated compartment for storing the items. A temperature control unit carried in a drawer selectively heats or cools the compartment, and a self-contained power source powers such unit. A food preparation surface is provided on a top of the cart for preparation of menu items from items carried in the compartment. A heating element may also be provided on the top of the cart for selectively heating food and beverage items. A display board is carried on the front end of the cart for displaying menu items, and a door is operably mounted in a side of the cart for allowing access to the item carried in the refrigerated compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Inventor: Richard W. Ward
  • Patent number: 7461516
    Abstract: A modular aircraft support system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the modular system includes a mobile cart and an air conditioning system configured to provide conditioned air to an aircraft. The embodiment also includes a modular power converter for converting input power to a desired output power, which can be input to a supported aircraft. The cart is configured to receive a plurality of different interchangeable power converters, such as a 115 VAC, 400 Hz power converter or a 270 VDC power converter. In some embodiments, a variety of other components are also coupled to the mobile cart, including a local generator and engine. The generator may supply power to the air conditioning system and to the converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Leadingham, Steve Bivens, Richard L. Hansen
  • Patent number: 7412840
    Abstract: A ground-based system and method of supplying electrical power and temperature-controlled air to an aircraft environmental control system during ground support operations uses a throttle valve to control the flow of compressed air flowing through a heat exchanger. An air conditioner module mounted on a wheeled cart removes heat from the compressed air that is supplied to it from an auxiliary power unit (APU), and supplies cooled compressed air at a desired temperature. The temperature of the cooled compressed air is controlled by selectively positioning a throttle valve, which regulates compressed air flow from the compressed air source. The throttle valve position is controlled in response to one or more ambient meteorological conditions and/or the amount of electrical power being supplied from the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas M. Leathers
  • Patent number: 7353658
    Abstract: A system for freezing, thawing, transporting, and storing a biopharmaceutical material, which includes a container, a supporting structure, a temperature control unit, and a transportation cart. The container is adapted to receive the biopharmaceutical material therein for freezing, thawing, storing, and transporting, with the container also being receivable in the supporting structure. The temperature control unit has a cavity for receiving the supporting structure, when the supporting structure supports the container, and the transportation cart has a channel for receiving the supporting structure, when the supporting structure supports the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Sartorius Stedim Freeze Thaw, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Voute, Eric K. Lee, James Edward DeBeers, Brian J. Woodard, Ngee Jenn Lee
  • Publication number: 20080053126
    Abstract: An aircraft air-conditioning system is disclosed, which includes at least one heat exchanger (14) to which coolant circulating in a cooling circuit of a cooling system and air are fed. The coolant cools the fed air in the heat exchanger (14), and the air leaving the heat exchanger (14) enters the aircraft cabin. The coolant of the cooling system is always in the liquid state in the cooling circuit. The liquid coolant can also cool an aircraft seat (2) or a sitting area of the aircraft seat (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Ebigt, Stefan Repp, Andreas Frey
  • Publication number: 20070245756
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for temporarily refrigerating perishable items contained in a refrigerated truck or trailer whose refrigeration unit is not functioning properly or at all. The apparatus comprises a portable, auxiliary refrigeration unit adapted to be transported to the refrigerated truck or trailer and includes a sealing element configured and adapted for placement in or adjacent a door opening of the refrigerated truck or trailer to provide at least a partial seal thereat. A chilled air duct is provided for delivering chilled air through/across the sealing element to the perishable items inside the refrigerated truck or trailer and the portable, auxiliary refrigeration unit is operable to deliver chilled air through the chilled air duct and into the interior of the refrigerated truck or trailer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventor: David A. Gill
  • Patent number: 7104074
    Abstract: A system for freezing, thawing, transporting, and storing a biopharmaceutical material, which includes a container, a supporting structure, a temperature control unit, and a transportation cart. The container is adapted to receive the biopharmaceutical material therein for freezing, thawing, storing, and transporting, with the container also being receivable in the supporting structure. The temperature control unit has a cavity for receiving the supporting structure, when the supporting structure supports the container, and the transportation cart has a channel for receiving the supporting structure, when the supporting structure supports the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Integrated Biosystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Voute, Eric K. Lee, James Edward DeBeers, Brian J. Woodward, Ngee Jenn Lee
  • Patent number: 7007492
    Abstract: A natural and environmentally friendly cooling system is disclosed. The cooling system includes an insulating enclosure, a block of ice within the insulating enclosure, a primary coil of tubing contacting the block of ice and beneath the block of ice for transferring fluid, a return coil of tubing beneath the block of ice for transferring fluid, and a floor pan for collecting water beneath the primary coil and the return coil. The enclosure can include sloped walls to facilitate freezing of water within the enclosure. Alternatively, the block of ice can be delivered via a service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Inventor: Richard A. Burger
  • Patent number: 6941764
    Abstract: Refrigerated trolley for an aircraft. According to the invention: each trolley (1) is equipped with a removable unit (11) that can be inserted in and removed from said trolley (1) as a single piece and that can produce cold inside the trolley, because said removable unit (11) has at least one controllable reversible solid/gas adsorption reactor containing a regeneratable adsorbent; and means for regenerating said adsorbent are provided on the ground, outside said aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignees: Airbus, Zecools Zeolite Cooling Systme
    Inventors: Luc Leroy, Bruno Alquier, Bertrand Halphen, Roland Tevels
  • Patent number: 6931875
    Abstract: A basic vest is formed of a rear panel and laterally disposed front panels. The panels are fabricated of a material of low thermal insulation capabilities. A plurality of pockets has two laterally spaced rectangular front sheets located on the exterior surface of the front panels and two laterally spaced rectangular rear sheets located on the exterior surface of the rear panel. Each sheet has peripheral edges stitched to an associated panel and a free peripheral edge. An opening with fasteners there adjacent allow a wearer to open and close the opening. The sheets are fabricated of a material of high thermal insulation capabilities. A plurality of cooling packs is adapted to be placed in the pockets for dissipating the cooling temperature to a wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Inventors: Jeffrey Allen, Sylvia Allen
  • Patent number: 6895764
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for conditioning air in a plurality of spaced apart and thermally separated conditioned spaces with a cryogenic temperature control apparatus. The apparatus includes a storage tank housing a cryogen, an evaporator coil being selectively moveable into and out of thermal communication with the plurality of conditioned spaces for alternately conditioning air in the plurality of conditioned spaces, and a flow path fluidly connecting the storage tank and the evaporator coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Thermo King Corporation
    Inventors: Herman H. Viegas, Jayaram Seshadri
  • Patent number: 6845627
    Abstract: An aircraft galley air cooling system utilizes a controller having software for regulating the temperature within food carts within a galley air cooling unit. The cooling unit includes supply air and return air temperature sensors which measure the temperature of the air entering and exiting the food cart. The return air temperature is regulated by controlling the amount of a liquid refrigerant that flows through a heat exchanger within the cooling unit. If the return air temperature sensor fails, then the controller regulates the supply air temperature. The controller also regulates defrosting of the cooling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: BE Intellectual Property, Inc.
    Inventor: Gilbert W. Buck
  • Patent number: 6820433
    Abstract: An ice maker including a cooling and heating apparatus to absorb heat on one side of the apparatus's structure, and then distribute the heat on the opposite side of the apparatus's structure, and at least one receptacle to receive water for freezing, wherein the receptacle is mechanically inverted in order to release the ice. The receptacle is located above the heat absorbing side of the apparatus when water is being frozen, and the receptacle is located below the heat distributing side when the ice is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ji-Sick Hwang
  • Publication number: 20040216469
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for conditioning air in a plurality of spaced apart and thermally separated conditioned spaces with a cryogenic temperature control apparatus. The apparatus includes a storage tank housing a cryogen, an evaporator coil being selectively moveable into and out of thermal communication with the plurality of conditioned spaces for alternately conditioning air in the plurality of conditioned spaces, and a flow path fluidly connecting the storage tank and the evaporator coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: Thermo King Corporation
    Inventors: Herman H. Viegas, Jayaram Seshadri
  • Publication number: 20040194487
    Abstract: Refrigerated trolley for an aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicants: AIRBUS, ZECOOLS ZEOLITE COOLING SYSTEM
    Inventors: Luc Leroy, Bruno Alquier, Bertrand Halphen, Roland Tevels