Window Connected Or Mounted Patents (Class 62/262)
  • Patent number: 11946656
    Abstract: An auxiliary mounting device and mounting method for a saddle-type window air conditioner. The auxiliary mounting device comprises a base and two damping assemblies; the base is provided on a window, one of the damping assemblies is provided on one end of a connecting portion close to an indoor portion, and ends thereof are respectively connected to the base and the indoor portion; and the other damping assembly is provided on one end of the connecting portion close to an outdoor portion, and ends thereof are respectively connected to the base and the outdoor portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER AIR CONDITIONER GENERAL CORP., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shutao Zhou, Wei Guo, Long Zhang
  • Patent number: 11940177
    Abstract: An air treatment apparatus (10), such as a dehumidifier or latent cooling system, has a desiccant wheel (12) having a plurality of similar internal structures (14), a shroud (16), at least a first fan (18, 20), a motor (30), an axle (32), slip rings (34), and sliding contacts (36). The similar internal structures are coated with a desiccant, and may be shaped as blades, cylinders, boxes, teeth, or corrugations. The shroud divides the wheel into an active area where the desiccant removes moisture to provide treated air (22), and a regeneration area where the desiccant is heated to release the adsorbed moisture from the air (28). Switches, such as magnetic switches, apply electrical power to heaters in the similar internal structures as they rotate into the regeneration area thereby heating and drying the desiccant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MakeSHIFT Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: William R. Nixdorf
  • Patent number: 11920804
    Abstract: An environmental control unit for providing heated or cooled air to an enclosed environment, such as a building structure or temporary shelter. Air passes through the environmental control unit and the air is heated or cooled by a temperature control system of the environmental control unit. The heated or cooled air is provided to the enclosed environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: AAR MANUFACTURING, INC.
    Inventor: Derek P. Esso
  • Patent number: 11913666
    Abstract: An air conditioner indoor unit includes a housing, an air duct assembly mounted in the housing, and a lower panel. The housing includes a face frame. An opening is formed at a lower portion of the face frame. The lower panel includes an air outlet in communication with the air duct assembly. A periphery of the lower panel is detachably connected with an edge of the opening or the air duct assembly, and the opening is configured to expose the air duct assembly when the lower panel is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qiang Qin
  • Patent number: 11898767
    Abstract: An air conditioner and a method for controlling an air conditioner are provided capable of minimizing noise generation. The air conditioner may include an indoor motor configured to drive a fan to blow indoor air and an outdoor motor configured to drive a fan to blow outdoor air. In addition, the air conditioner may include a controller configured to set a rotational speed of the indoor motor to drive a fan to blow indoor air based on operation modes and a maximum rotational speed of the outdoor motor to drive a fan to blow outdoor air and change a rotational speed of the outdoor motor within a range not exceeding the maximum rotational speed based on indoor environment information and a user-set value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ji Hyun Jang, Donghwal Lee, Bohee Park, Sungho Seo, Hyunjin Park
  • Patent number: 11891985
    Abstract: Provided is a filter device configured for providing air for a generator of a wind turbine. The filter device includes a housing including a filter, at least one attaching element configured for attaching the housing to a drive end side of the generator, such that the air is guidable through the filter into the generator. Further, a wind turbine is provided which includes a filter device for providing air for a generator of the wind turbine. Furthermore, a method for arranging a filter device configured for providing air for a generator of a wind turbine is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S
    Inventor: Claus Michaelsen
  • Patent number: 11852361
    Abstract: A support member for air-carrying pipes of portable air conditioners which can be applied to windows (W), comprises a first module provided with a slit made to accommodate the air pipe and at least one second module made to be coaxially sliding on the first module. The second module is continuously mobile with respect to said first module to make the length of the support member modifiable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: DE' LONGHI APPLIANCES S.R.L. CON UNICO SOCIO
    Inventor: Andrea Moro
  • Patent number: 11846453
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are evaporator assemblies for heat pump systems. The evaporator units can comprise a housing defining an interior chamber, an air inlet and an air outlet. The air inlet and the air outlet can form an air flow path through the interior chamber, and an evaporator unit can be positioned within the interior chamber such that the air flow path contacts the evaporator unit. The air inlet having a semi-circular cross section through which air flows into the interior chamber, the semi-circular cross section having a straight edge and a curved edge. A velocity magnitude of the air flowing from the air inlet into contact with the evaporator unit can deviate less than 0.1 m/s from the average air velocity across the surface area of the evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Rheem Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Piyush Porwal, Khurram Sajjad, Harsh Patel
  • Patent number: 11841148
    Abstract: A split air conditioner having an indoor unit and an outdoor unit. A piping system interconnects the indoor unit with the outdoor unit. The indoor unit has an indoor heat exchanger for cooling or heating air in the indoor unit. The outdoor unit has a compressor, a first outdoor heat exchanger, and a second outdoor heat exchanger. The compressor is configured to drive a refrigerant via the first outdoor heat exchanger and the second outdoor heat exchanger in a refrigerant circuit. The piping system is configured to circulate an energy transport media from the first outdoor heat exchanger via the piping system to the indoor heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Inventor: Israel Martinez Galvan
  • Patent number: 11795953
    Abstract: An air mover is provided. The air mover includes a housing, a spacer, a co-axial motor, a first fan and a second fan. The housing includes a first housing member and a second housing member. A first inlet, a second inlet and an outlet are formed on the housing. The first inlet is formed on the first housing member and the second inlet is formed on the second housing member. The spacer is disposed between the first housing member and the second housing member. The co-axial motor includes a shaft, wherein the co-axial motor is disposed on the spacer. The shaft includes a first free end and a second free end. The first free end extends in a first direction, and the second free end extends in a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Jhih-Jhong Chen, Chun-Wei Chen, Wen-Hsiang Lin
  • Patent number: 11781758
    Abstract: A climate control system coupled within an opening of a structure, with the opening separating an internal area within the structure and an exterior area external to the structure, the climate control system straddling the opening. The climate control system includes: an interior unit disposed at the opening within the internal area; an exterior unit disposed at the opening in the exterior area; and a connector between the interior unit and the exterior unit that extends through the opening, the connector including: a circulation hose that extends through the opening to connect the exterior unit and the interior unit, and a controls system configured to operate the interior unit and the exterior unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: TREAU, INC.
    Inventors: Kipp Bradford, Kas DeCarvalho, Thomas Brendler
  • Patent number: 11767991
    Abstract: An AC outdoor equipment cover is a protective shade cover for window air conditioners. The device is made from a lightweight durable material, that is both portable and collapsible for shipping and subsequent storage. The device slips around and over the upper part of a window mount air conditioner by forming a sloped cover from the outer distal edge of the external air conditioner housing and the window or building structure above the unit. It is envisioned that this cover will be at an approximate angle of thirty degrees (30°).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventors: Calleen K. Marshall, Joseph P. Gorman
  • Patent number: 11768007
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit includes a terminal unit. The terminal unit includes a housing having a first panel bordering a return airflow path, a second panel bordering an additional airflow path, and a separating wall disposed between and bordering the return airflow path and the additional airflow path. The terminal unit also includes a sound attenuator formed by the first panel and the separating wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventors: Christian C. Herbeck, Corey K. Vongsalay, Michael J. Salchert, Tyler J. Williams
  • Patent number: 11761643
    Abstract: A base member includes a substantially horizontal main body that supports one or more components of a heating and cooling unit. The main body includes a conditioned space portion about a first side of the main body and a non-conditional space portion about a second side of the main body. A substantially vertical separation wall extends up from the main body and separates the conditioned space portion from the non-conditioned space portion. A lip is formed at least partially about the non-conditioned space portion. At least one drainage hole extends through the non-conditioned space portion. A surface of the non-conditioned space portion is sloped towards the at least one drainage hole. A drain pan is disposed about the conditioned space portion. At least one drainage tube is in fluid communication with the drain pan. A surface of the drain pan is sloped towards the at least one drainage tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Allied Air Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Jeffery Paul Gedcke, Joseph Ephraim Whisenhunt, Colin Mullins, Randy Brian Palm, Joseph Nathaniel Faulk
  • Patent number: 11754314
    Abstract: A water receiving tray for a window air conditioner includes a tray body and a wiring body. The tray body includes a water tank. The wiring body is provided at a side of the tray body proximal to an outdoor part of the window air conditioner. The wiring body includes a wiring groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hui Yu, Zhigang Xing, Kangwen Zhang, Ali Zhao, Yu Liu, Wenjun Shen, Yuhang Tang
  • Patent number: 11754331
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a condenser section and a plurality of panels configured to abut one another in a common plane to form a divider panel assembly. Each panel of the plurality of panels is sequentially insertable into and removable from the condenser section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventors: Curtis A. Trammell, Curtis W. Caskey, Roderick R. Sentz, Zhiwei Huang, Gregory Ulizio
  • Patent number: 11746791
    Abstract: A method for servicing a blower motor installed in a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) assembly for a motor vehicle may include rotating a scroll housing subassembly of the HVAC assembly from an installed position to an extraction position. The method may include detaching a first securing element, the first securing element being distributed on the scroll housing subassembly and an evaporator housing subassembly of the HVAC assembly. The method may include removing the scroll housing subassembly from the HVAC assembly in a direction of extraction. The method may include that the scroll housing subassembly reaches the extraction position by axial rotation in a direction orthogonal to the direction of extraction. The method may include that the extraction position is a position at which the scroll housing subassembly is cleared for moving in the direction of extraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Valeo North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Rademacher, Jason Kreucher, Richard Sikorski
  • Patent number: 11698198
    Abstract: This invention provides an isothermal turbo-compressor-expander-condenser-evaporator in a single integral arrangement that is suitable for a variety of compact arrangements, such as a window air-conditioner and/or automotive-based unit. This arrangement avoids the use of rotary fluid joints and maintains the entire fluid cycle, including compression, condensation, expansion and evaporation within a single rotating shaft-based structure, with the compressor/condenser section and the expansion/evaporator section separated from each other in separate spaces and/or plena by a rotating, insulated barrier disc and associated seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Appollo Wind Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Peter A. Swett
  • Patent number: 11674705
    Abstract: An air conditioner is provided. The air conditioner includes a display, a storage configured to store power consumption information and time information which are required to increase or decrease an indoor temperature by a unit temperature according to an outdoor temperature, a sensor, and a processor configured to predict, based on a desired temperature being input, at least one of a power consumption or a required time for the indoor temperature to reach the desired temperature by the sensor based on information stored in the storage, and provide at least one of the predicted power consumption or the required time through the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngju Joo, Jun Hwang, Heechan Kang, Minkyong Kim, Kwangil Nam, Jeonguk Park, Hyeongjoon Seo, Hyunwoo Ock, Sangwoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11661199
    Abstract: An air conditioning system that is designed to be retroactively added to, and removed from, an existing aircraft, vehicle, boat or similar confined space. The air conditioning system includes a cooler module that is carried into a first compartment to circulate and cool the air. The cooler module contains a condenser, an evaporator and a compressor. A heat exchanger module is mounted into a vented second compartment. The heat exchanger is capable of exchanging heat with the ambient air. The heat exchanger module is connected to the cooler module with tubes that contain a heat exchanger fluid. In order for the tubes to pass through a compartment barrier, fluid couplings are mounted through the barrier. The tubes connect to the fluid couplings on either side of the barrier. A control unit is provided within the pressurized cabin and/or cockpit for controlling the operations of the cooler module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventor: Peter Schiff
  • Patent number: 11655998
    Abstract: A panel assembly for an air conditioner includes a face frame and an air inlet panel. The face frame includes an air inlet and an air outlet located above the air inlet. An air outlet surface of the air outlet extends obliquely backward in a direction from bottom to top. The air outlet surface is a plane on which an end surface of the air outlet is located. The air inlet panel is provided at the air inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Liu, Zhigang Xing, Kangwen Zhang, Zhisheng Lei, Hui Yu, Yuhang Tang
  • Patent number: 11655987
    Abstract: A window air conditioner includes a housing including a separation groove dividing the housing into two parts, a mounting base movably mounted in the separation groove, and a sealing member connected with the mounting base. The sealing member is fitted with the mounting base by deformation, and the sealing member is configured to be driven by the mounting base to switch between a storage state and a working state. In the storage state, the sealing member is received in the separation groove. In the working state, the sealing member is at least partially outside the separation groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hui Yu, Zhigang Xing, Yu Liu, Kangwen Zhang, Zhisheng Lei
  • Patent number: 11635227
    Abstract: An opening and closing device includes a door cover including a vent and an opening and closing member configured to be inserted into the door cover through an opening of the vent along an extension direction of the vent. The opening and closing member includes an air door and is movable between an open position at which the air door does not close the vent and a closed position at which the air door closes the vent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junhua Zhou, Shengchang Hu, Jiajun Wang, Huoxu Huang
  • Patent number: 11624514
    Abstract: A window air conditioner includes an indoor heat exchanger, a water receiving pan below the heat exchanger, and a filter screen. The water receiving pan includes mounting portions for connecting to heat exchanger flanges. At least one mounting portion has a slot to cooperatively receive a filter screen fitting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhigang Xing, Hui Yu, Zhisheng Lei, Kangwen Zhang, Yu Liu, Yuhang Tang
  • Patent number: 11624515
    Abstract: A chassis for a window air conditioner includes an indoor part and an outdoor part arranged along a length direction of the chassis. The indoor part includes an air inlet hole at a bottom wall of the indoor part. The air inlet hole penetrates the chassis in a thickness direction of the indoor part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhigang Xing, Kangwen Zhang, Hui Yu, Yu Liu, Jing Tan, Ali Zhao, Jianping Meng, Yuhang Tang, Wenjun Shen
  • Patent number: 11619241
    Abstract: An assembly includes a first bracket and a second bracket. The first bracket includes a first member that includes a plurality of fingers and a first channel between the plurality of fingers. The first channel includes a plurality of teeth. A first flange extends from the first member and includes a first engagement surface. The second bracket includes a second member and a third member spaced from the second member. A second channel is formed between the second member and the third member. A second flange extends from the second member on an opposite side of the second member from the third member. The second flange includes a second engagement surface. In an installed configuration, the first bracket is secured to the second bracket; the first engagement surface faces the second engagement surface; and the plurality of fingers are inserted into the second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Servies, Jonathan Spoerke
  • Patent number: 11619402
    Abstract: A climate control system coupled within an opening of a structure, with the opening separating an internal area within the structure and an exterior area external to the structure with the climate control system straddling the opening. The system consists essentially of: an interior unit disposed at the opening within the internal area; an exterior unit disposed at the opening in the exterior area; and a connector between the interior unit and the exterior unit that extends through the opening, the connector including: a circulation hose that extends through the opening to connect the exterior unit and the interior unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Treau, Inc.
    Inventors: Kipp Bradford, Kas DeCarvalho, Thomas Brendler
  • Patent number: 11614257
    Abstract: A housing assembly includes a face frame and a face plate. The face frame includes a main vent and a plurality of first snap joint members located at two opposite sides of the main vent. The face plate includes an air hole in communication with the main vent and a plurality of second snap joint members distributed at two opposite sides of the face plate and arranged centrosymmetrically. The plurality of second snap joint members are configured to be fitted with the plurality of first snap joint members in one-to-one correspondence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junhua Zhou, Wei Rao
  • Patent number: 11608993
    Abstract: A sealing device for a window air conditioner includes a first adjusting member and a second adjusting member. The second adjusting member includes a sliding space. The first adjusting member extends into the sliding space. The second adjusting member is slidable relative to the first adjusting member. One of an outer peripheral wall of the first adjusting member and an inner wall of the second adjusting member includes a plurality of buckles spaced apart from one another along a moving direction of the second adjusting member. Another one of the outer peripheral wall of the first adjusting member and the inner wall of the second adjusting member includes an elastic protruding portion in switchable contact fit with the plurality of buckles during movement of the second adjusting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiawen Liang, Ali Zhao, Zhisheng Lei
  • Patent number: 11578879
    Abstract: A window type air conditioner includes an indoor heat exchanger, an outdoor heat exchanger and a motor disposed in the shell. Rotating shafts at two ends of the motor are provided with an indoor fan and an outdoor fan. A thermal insulation partition is disposed on a bottom plate of the shell and divides the shell into an indoor side and an outdoor side. The thermal insulation partition includes a front clapboard fixed on the bottom plate of the shell and a thermal insulation volute disposed on the front clapboard. The indoor heat exchanger and the indoor fan are located in the thermal insulation volute. An integrated bracket is provided with a first mounting part for mounting and fixing the outdoor heat exchanger, a second mounting part for mounting and fixing the motor, and third mounting parts for connecting and fixing the front clapboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: CHONGQING HAIER AIR CONDITIONER CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER AIR CONDITIONER GENERAL CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Shutao Zhou, Qiang Zhang, Wenquan Song, Yanfei Wang, Baifa Zhu, Guangbao Qiao, Ruofeng Wang
  • Patent number: 11566798
    Abstract: An electric control box assembly includes an outer box body, an inner box body provided in the outer box body and including an insulating member, an electric control board provided in the inner box body, and a component provided in the outer box body and located outside the inner box body. The component is connected with the inner box body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Huoxu Huang
  • Patent number: 11566810
    Abstract: An air conditioner indoor unit includes a chassis, an air duct assembly detachably connected with the chassis, a face frame including a detachment opening configured to allow the air duct assembly to pass through, a first panel configured to open or close the detachment opening, and a second panel configured to cooperate with the first panel to cover a surface of the face frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD, MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiang Qin, Xiansong Wang, Xinchang Chen, Zhenmin Cui, Tao Rao
  • Patent number: 11536469
    Abstract: A saddle-type window air conditioner comprises an indoor part, an outdoor part and a connecting part. The connecting part includes an indoor connecting box and an outdoor connecting box sleeved in each other. The indoor connecting box is connected with the indoor part, the outdoor connecting box is connected with the outdoor part, and the connecting part is provided with locking assemblies. Each of the locking assemblies includes a lock sleeve, a lock core, a push button and a rack. The lock sleeve is disposed on the indoor connecting box located on an outer side or on the outdoor connecting box, and is provided with a lock hole; the rack is disposed on the outdoor connecting box located on an inner side or on the indoor connecting box; the push button is connected with the lock core and configured to push the lock core to move; and the lock core is provided with a lock pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER AIR CONDITIONER GENERAL CORP., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chuanling Si, Guangbao Qiao, Ruofeng Wang, Qiang Zhang, Wenquan Song, Yanfei Wang, Luyan Liu
  • Patent number: 11525584
    Abstract: The method of modifying an air conditioner for heating takes advantage of the features and operation of a conventional limited space air conditioner, preferably a portable room air conditioner. A hood or manifold is placed over the vents or grille that normally exhausts cold air into the room, and a flexible duct hose is connected between the hood or duct and an exhaust vent installed in a window or ceiling to exhaust cold air produced by the air conditioner outside the building. The duct from the condenser or hot air side of the air conditioner, which would normally be exhausted outside the building, is open to the room in need of heating. Thus, the hot air produced by normal operation of the air conditioner is used to heat the room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Inventor: Giovanni D. Volo
  • Patent number: 11506412
    Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus including an outdoor unit and an indoor unit comprises a converter main circuit that rectifies and smooths an AC power supply, and allows a DC voltage to be generated across a main circuit capacitor, an inverter main circuit that converts the DC voltage generated by the main circuit capacitor into an AC voltage, a compressor motor driven by the inverter main circuit, an outdoor fan, a fan motor that rotationally drives the outdoor fan, and a microcomputer that controls the outdoor unit. When the fan motor rotates due to outside wind hitting the outdoor fan and enters a power generating state during a standby power saving mode of the outdoor unit, the microcomputer prevents the outdoor unit from shifting to a non-operating state from the standby power saving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Hidetoshi Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 11506403
    Abstract: Provided is an outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus having high reliability. A protective net disposed over an air inlet at a rear surface of a casing includes a frame body defining an outer periphery of the protective net, and a plurality of vertical bars and a plurality of horizontal bars crossing each other inside the frame body and defining a plurality of ventilation openings. Each horizontal bar has an upper surface having a downwardly open V-shape in vertical cross-section formed by combining a rear upper surface inclined downward and rearward and a front upper surfaced inclined downward and forward. When it snows, snow on the horizontal bar slides off a downward slope without freezing into ice on the horizontal bar. Accordingly, a reduction in an opening area of the ventilation openings due to ice does not occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetaka Yamauchi, Kazuho Ito
  • Patent number: 11498163
    Abstract: A method of installing an air conditioning unit in an opening. The method includes securing a bracket to a sill of the opening between a first and second environment where the bracket has a pivot arm disposed and extending within the first environment. The method also includes positioning a first unit of the air conditioning unit on top of the bracket; moving the first unit on top of the bracket onto the pivot arm; and rotating the pivot arm and first unit downward so that the first unit is disposed in the first environment and extending downward below the sill of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Treau, Inc.
    Inventors: Grace Li, Kipp Bradford, Dean DiPietro, Vincent Domenic Romanin, Steve Gennrich
  • Patent number: 11441791
    Abstract: A window air conditioner includes a housing including an outdoor portion and an indoor portion spaced apart from each other to form an accommodation groove, and a seal assembly including a rotary mounting base fixed at the housing, a fixation member rotatably connected with the rotary mounting base and configured to rotate out of the accommodation groove, and a seal mating member coupled to the fixation member and configured to rotate out of the accommodation groove when the fixation member rotates out of the accommodation groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhisheng Lei, Zhigang Xing, Kangwen Zhang, Yu Liu, Hui Yu, Yuhang Tang
  • Patent number: 11435093
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an air-conditioning outdoor device and an air conditioner unit. The air-conditioning outdoor device comprises: an outdoor unit housing; a primary air return port and an air outlet port provided on a front panel on a side of the outdoor unit housing away from an installation wall; and a supplementary air return port provided on a side panel of the outdoor unit housing adjacent to the front panel; wherein the primary air return port and the supplementary air return port both communicate with an air return chamber inside the outdoor unit housing. The air-conditioning outdoor device of the present disclosure can effectively increase the air flow volume through the air port of the air-conditioning outdoor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignees: Gree Electric Appliances (Wuhan) Co., Ltd., Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai
    Inventors: Handong Xue, Youfu Xie, Kai Yu, Lin Yang, Hui Zhang, Chaosheng Deng, Yaguo Zhang
  • Patent number: 11428420
    Abstract: There is disclosed an outdoor unit an outdoor unit that may attach a cover to a case by using a magnetic member and have an empty space formed between the case and the cover as large as the thickness of the magnetic member, wherein air or a sound-proof or meta material may be filled in the empty space and a cover for covering the case of the outdoor unit may include several pieces that are detachably connected with each other like Lego pieces, and the cover may be attached to the other area of an outer surface of the outdoor unit except the area having an inlet for sucking external air and an outlet hole for discharging the external air drawn into the outdoor unit via the inlet outside again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sangjin Sung, Dongsoo Lee, Sunghyun Ki, Seungyup Kim
  • Patent number: 11421910
    Abstract: A single-unit air conditioner may include a housing, an outdoor heat exchanger assembly, an indoor heat exchanger assembly, a compressor, and a front panel. The housing may define an outdoor and indoor portion between a first lateral panel and a second lateral panel. The outdoor heat exchanger assembly may be disposed in the outdoor portion. The indoor heat exchanger assembly may be disposed in the indoor portion. The compressor may be in fluid communication with the outdoor heat exchanger assembly and the indoor heat exchanger assembly. The front panel may be slidably disposed on the housing at the indoor portion. The front panel may extend from a first lateral end to a second lateral end. The first lateral end may be selectively engaged with the first lateral panel. The first lateral end may include a lateral ridge directed inward toward a complementary attachment tab formed on the first lateral panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Edward Baumann, Neil Vincenti, Brian Bernard McKay
  • Patent number: 11408637
    Abstract: An improved cover for covering and sealing an air conditioning unit that is otherwise exposed to the room in which it is installed. The cover is easily mounted to or removed from the wall or surface from which the air conditioner projects and in the preferred embodiment is made from a fabric that is also easily cleaned and stored when not in use. Around the periphery of the cover's open end is a flange to which one element of a separable fastening system is affixed; the other element of the fastening system may have an integral adhesive backing and can be easily installed on the wall or surface. Mating the separable elements of the fastening system seals the enveloped air conditioner and its sleeve from air, noise and bug or insect infiltration. Other alternative embodiments and fastening methods are disclosed for an improved cover that is easy to install, remove, clean and store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventor: Roopnarine
  • Patent number: 11384945
    Abstract: Disclosed is the window unit of indoor air conditioning device. The disclosed device is split into two sections, with one being inside a room and the other hanging outside of the exterior wall. The two sections are connected together via a conduit channel, which is also used as a low-profile conduit, using flexible piping. The flexible piping are breakingly coupled within the conduit using snap connectors or twist-off connectors. The conduit being placed over a windowsill, wherein the windowsill supporting the weight of both containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Inventor: Ahron M. Aryeh
  • Patent number: 11306963
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance contains an inner container delimiting an interior and having an opening, a first reinforcement part anchored to in the opening of the inner container and has a screw hole and extends in an axial direction, and at least one coupling part. A built-in part is disposed in the interior and has an opening. The built-in part is fastened by the at least one coupling part pushing through the opening of said built-in part in an axial direction and engages into the first reinforcement part. The first reinforcement part has a side facing toward the interior and on the side facing toward the interior has an atrium, a cross-section of the atrium being greater than that of the screw hole. The coupling part has a peg, a cross-section of the peg being greater than that of the screw hole and the peg engages into the atrium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Lindel, Felix Wiedenmann, Markus Arbogast, Bernd Wolfsteiner
  • Patent number: 11280538
    Abstract: The bifunctional compression refrigerator located inside a building includes a thermally insulated cabinet (1) with an evaporator (3), a motor-driven compressor (4), a condenser (5), a temperature controller (10), a first temperature sensor (11), and a ventilation module (12) including a housing (13), an inlet ventilation pipe (14), and outlet ventilation pipe (15), and a fan (16). The inlet ventilation pipe (14) and the outlet ventilation pipe (15) are arranged on the opposite sides of the housing (13). The fan (16) is installed inside the housing (13) between the inlet ventilation pipe (14) and the outlet ventilation pipe (15). The housing (13) is arranged on the thermally insulated cabinet (1). The condenser (5) is 20 installed inside the housing (13). The housing (13) is configured to have access to an outdoor air outside the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Inventor: Vladimir Kirillovich Ivanov
  • Patent number: 11255335
    Abstract: A blower assembly includes a housing including an inner shell and an outer shell that define a flow passage therebetween. The inner shell also at least partially defines a cavity. The blower assembly also includes a fan coupled within the housing such that the fan also at least partially defines the cavity. The blower assembly further includes a motor configured to rotate about an axis. The motor is coupled to the inner shell and is positioned within the cavity radially inward of the flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Sahand Pirouzpanah, Joseph A. Henry
  • Patent number: 11226118
    Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus for cooling and/or dehumidifying an interior space, such as the interior of a shelter or tent that provides for simplified manufacturing, simplified inspection and servicing, reduced noise, reduced vibration, reduced weight, increased ruggedness and health monitoring. Structural components of the apparatus are fabricated from foam-filled molded parts with interlocking components, and the unit is assembled and tested without any outside cover, but once the cover is installed, additional structural strength is obtained from the cover. A refrigerant flow sensor along with other sensors are used to determine actual real time cooling capacity measurements and health monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Mainstream Engineering Composition
    Inventors: Christian O. Rodriguez, Andrew L. Carpenter, Robert P. Scaringe
  • Patent number: 11137148
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a heat exchanger for exchanging heat with air introduced to an inside of a housing and a fan for blowing the air having heat exchanged by the heat exchanger to an outside of the housing, the air conditioner capable of blowing air at various airflows by controlling a door configured to selectively open a first portion and a second portion, different from the first portion, of an air outlet of the housing and controlling a guide member configured to controlling a flow path inside the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun-Muk Choi, Kyeong Ae Lee, Je Gu Lee, Dong Yoon Lee, Byung Woo Jeon, Kwon Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 11105516
    Abstract: A panel assembly for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a base panel having a sheet and a flange formed around a perimeter of the sheet, where the flange includes a plurality of openings, a stiffener bracket configured to couple to the flange and reinforce the base panel, and a liner panel configured to couple to the flange and reinforce the base panel, where the plurality of openings is configured to interchangeably couple to the stiffener bracket and the liner panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Amit R. Chothave, Karan Garg, Stephen C. Wilson, Sriram Ramanujam
  • Patent number: 11067298
    Abstract: Disclosed is an air conditioner to prevent deterioration of cooling or heating performance caused by re-introduction of cooling or heating air into a heat exchanger. The air conditioner includes a housing including an air discharge plate having a plurality of holes and an outlet, a heat exchanger located inside the housing, a blower fan configured to blow air heat-exchanged with the heat exchanger toward the air discharge plate or the outlet, a blade rotating between a guide position to guide a direction of air blown from the blower fan and discharged through the outlet and a closing position to close the outlet, wherein the blade includes a first blade and a second blade spaced apart from the first blade and configured to guide air blown from the blower fan toward the air discharge plate when the first blade is located at the closing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Jun Kim, Dae Dong Kim, Se Woong Youn, Chang Heon Lee, Min Gu Jeon, Sang Ki Cho, Do-Hoon Kim, Jong Moon Lee, Jun Hwang, Keun Jeong Jang, Jung Won Kim, Se Joo Na, Bu Youn Lee, Hyeong Kyu Cho