Window Connected Or Mounted Patents (Class 62/262)
  • Patent number: 11021039
    Abstract: A seal assembly of an air handling system includes a housing formed by a first housing portion coupled to a second housing portion. The first housing portion has a plurality of ribs formed in a waffle pattern. The housing receives a portion of the fluid conduits. A seal engages an outer surface of the housing and receives the fluid conduits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Jhonatan Ferrer, Chad Engberg
  • Patent number: 10816228
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an air-conditioning outdoor machine. The air-conditioning outdoor machine includes a bottom housing, a wall housing enclosed by the bottom housing, a top sub-plate provided at a top of the wall housing and a top cover removably mounted on the top sub-plate, where the bottom housing, the wall housing, and the top sub-plate define a accommodating space of an internal structure of the air-conditioning outdoor machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tie Liu, Jicheng Luo, Fei Duan
  • Patent number: 10724761
    Abstract: A heat transfer unit includes housing that includes a compressor, a condenser, one or more fans, and an air duct disposed on a side of the compressor unit. The heat transfer unit is configured such that the unit may operate in a mini-split or stacked configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: SolarXWorks, LLC
    Inventors: Donald Stevens McGraw, Blake Bradley Barthelmess, Scott Jeffrey Brown, Torsten Hartmann
  • Patent number: 10704790
    Abstract: A movable air conditioner includes an air conditioner main body, an air conditioning unit installed in the air conditioner main body and configured to generate a cold air or a warm air, a control unit configured to control the air conditioning unit, and an attachment/detachment unit configured to detachably attach the air conditioning unit to the air conditioner main body so that the air conditioning unit can be optionally detached from the air conditioner main body and used independently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Yeon Seob Kim, Dong Woo Kim, Jeong Hoon Lee, Yun Sub Chung
  • Patent number: 10670280
    Abstract: An indoor unit of an air conditioner includes: a bottom shell, at least two air passages (11) are provided abreast in the bottom shell (1); an air passage cover plate (2), provided on the at least two air passages (11) in a covering manner, flow guide openings (21) corresponding to the at least two air passages (11) are provided in the air passage cover plate (2) respectively; at least two centrifugal fans (3), provided in the at least two air passages (11) respectively and provided opposite to the corresponding flow guide openings (21); and an evaporator (4), provided on a side, far away from the bottom shell (1), of the air passage cover plate (2), each of the flow guide openings (21) is provided opposite to the evaporator (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI
    Inventors: Shaobo Wu, Weiwei Peng, Changchun Zhang, Song Li, Jianqun Yang, Yongchao Liang, Junxiong You, Huaxiang Xiong, Anhui Liao, Yuanju Xu, Baobao Liu, Songping Tan, Xiuying Wu
  • Patent number: 10527311
    Abstract: A window type air conditioner including a case installed on a wall or a window of an installation space to provide an inner space, an air guide installed in the case to partition the inner space into an outdoor-side air passage and an indoor-side air passage, a compressor installed in the outdoor-side air passage to perform an inverter control, and control components disposed in the outdoor-side air passage to perform the inverter control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sungho Seo, Wonsuk Jang, Hokyun Choi
  • Patent number: 10480799
    Abstract: An outdoor unit connected to an indoor unit through a refrigerant pipe, including: a casing; a compressor accommodated inside the casing; a valve mounting plate positioned in an upper part inside the casing and above the compressor; a valve mounted on the valve mounting plate, to which the refrigerant pipe is connected; and a terminal block to which a first wiring drawn from outside of the casing is connected, the terminal block being accommodated inside the casing, in which the valve mounting plate includes a mounting portion on which the terminal block is provided, the mounting portion communicating an upper side on which the valve is provided and a lower side on which the controller is provided into communication with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoya Yanase, Toshiyuki Kubono, Hiroyuki Jinnai
  • Patent number: 10465922
    Abstract: An outdoor unit for an air conditioner is provided. The outdoor unit includes a base disposed on lower portions of suction panels, the base having two long sides and two short sides, legs respectively disposed on lower portions of the two long sides of the base, a compressor and an outdoor heat exchanger disposed on an upper portion of the base, a refrigerant tube connecting the compressor and the outdoor heat exchanger to each other, a plurality of service valve assemblies connected to the refrigerant tube, and a plurality of connection tubes respectively connected to the plurality of service valve assemblies to extend downward from the base. The plurality of connection tubes are aligned at a first alignment position at which they extend toward the front of the base or a second alignment position at which they extend toward a side of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyunjun Lim, Hoki Lee, Jonghwan Jeung
  • Patent number: 10309661
    Abstract: A universal air handler unit includes a blower and evaporator juxtaposed one another within a compact, weather resistant cabinet adapted for outdoor installation. Ports for cool and return air ducts disposed on one side of the cabinet couple directly to the blower and evaporator respectively. Return air drawn by the blower into the cabinet passes across the evaporator core, then through the blower and back out through the adjacent cool air duct. Coolant lines couple to a stand-alone condenser/compressor unit. In a particular embodiment, an adapter enables stacking the condenser/compressor unit atop the cabinet to reduce the overall footprint of the combination. In another embodiment, a manifold adapted to couple to the cool and return air ducts may be installed in various locations, the air handler unit slideably coupling to the manifold during installation, and easily decoupling and reecoupling for transportation and maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Inventor: Terrell Jackson Small, III
  • Patent number: 10228156
    Abstract: A condenser unit housing of a refrigeration system has an outer walls and a top cover. An opening formed in one of the outer walls and framed by the top cover and sidewalls, the opening having a width W1 between the sidewalls. The housing includes a swing gate positioned within the opening when in a closed position and contacting the top cover when in an open position. The swing gate includes first rods having a width W2 less than the width W1, second rods coupled to the first rods, the second rods extending in a direction different than the first rods, and a pivot rod. The second rods include a straight section and a curved section. The pivot rod is coupled to the curved section and has a width W3 greater than the width W1. The pivot rod is below the top cover in both the open position and the closed position. Other embodiments are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC
    Inventor: Anthony J. Pisaturo, III
  • Patent number: 10031258
    Abstract: Tools, methods and systems for detecting and reporting the presence of an obstruction to an AC system of the present disclosure are able to detect the presence of the obstruction using one or more sensors connected to the air conditioning unit and displaying an alert on the computer system of the AC system when the sensors detect the presence of the obstruction. By displaying an alert at the computer system's output device, the presence of the obstruction is brought to the user's attention, allowing the user to take remedial action as needed before initiating the air conditioning system into operation, preventing the obstruction from harming the components of AC system if the system was initiated while the obstruction was still present. Additionally, the AC system may further disable or prevent the operation and initiation of itself when the sensors of the air conditioning system detect the presence of an obstruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ben Z. Akselrod, Anthony Di Loreto, Steve McDuff, Kyle D. Robeson
  • Patent number: 10024570
    Abstract: An indoor unit of an air conditioning system is provided. The indoor unit includes a fan, a control box that includes an inspection port on a first side surface, and a casing that houses the fan and the control box. The casing includes a first flow port in a bottom surface of the casing, a second flow port in a first side surface of the casing, and an opening opposed to the inspection port in a second side surface of the casing. The control box comprises a first leading port on each of a second side surface and a third side surface of the control box, the second side surface and the third side surface are opposed to each other and adjacent to the first side surface, and the first leading ports lead external wirings into the control box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kouji Azumi, Tomoo Masuda, Takayoshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10021809
    Abstract: Disclosed in an air conditioner including a control box having a space formed therein, a PCB arranged to form an air circulation passage in the space, the PCB having a plurality of electric components mounted thereto, a cooling module for making a first electric component of the plurality of electric components to heat exchange with refrigerant, and a circulating fan arranged in the air circulation passage to make air to flow to a second electric component of the plurality of electric components after cooled by the cooling module, thereby dissipating heat from an inside of the control box with a mixed cooling system of a refrigerant cooling system and an air cooling system, efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yung Koo Lee, Jong Chul Ha, Dong Soo Moon, Hyun Jong Kim
  • Patent number: 10012397
    Abstract: When a front panel moves away from a front surface of a casing, a central part of the front panel is warped. An indoor unit of the present invention includes a casing, a front panel provided forward of the casing, and a drive mechanism moving the front panel away from the front surface of the casing. The front panel is curved so that its central part protrudes forward. The drive mechanism moves the front panel in a substantially horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoko Okamoto, Junichi Nakanishi, Toshiaki Yamada, Katsuhiro Wakihara, Tetsuji Inoue
  • Patent number: 10001288
    Abstract: A Smart Fan and Ventilation (“SFV”) device having at least one memory configured to store instructions, a processor coupled to the at least one memory, a cover attached to a first surface of the SFV device, and one or more louvers attached to the cover, the processor configured to cause the one or more louvers to move based on instructions stored on the at least one memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Inventor: Frank Yang
  • Patent number: 10003124
    Abstract: A data communications apparatus including a case having a base and a lid connectable to the base, the lid movable with respect to the base between an open position and a closed position. The case has an inner surface. A power supply is secured inside the case. A router device is secured inside the case, the router device selectively receiving power from the power supply. A plurality of mounting brackets can be adhered to the inner surface of the case. An antenna array is in electrical communication with the router device, the antenna array including at least two cellular antennas and at least two wireless networking antennas, each antenna of the antenna array secured inside the case to a corresponding mounting bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Plum Laboratories, LLC
    Inventor: Dawson Lee Williams
  • Patent number: 9970671
    Abstract: Air conditioner units, bulkhead assemblies, and methods for operating air conditioner units are provided. A bulkhead assembly includes a bulkhead which includes a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and a rear wall extending laterally between the first sidewall and the second sidewall. The rear wall includes an indoor facing surface and an opposing outdoor facing surface. The bulkhead assembly further includes a vent aperture defined in the rear wall, and a vent door movable between an open position and a closed position, wherein in the open position the vent door permits air flow through the vent aperture and in the closed position the vent door inhibits air flow through the vent aperture. The bulkhead assembly further includes a drive assembly connected to the vent door and operable to selectively move the vent door between the open position and the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Allen Bailey, Brice Alan Bowley
  • Patent number: 9943017
    Abstract: Embodiments herein include display enclosure devices and related methods. In an embodiment, a display enclosure device enclosing an interior volume is included. The housing can include a front panel defining an aperture. The display enclosure device can also include a translucent pane of material occluding the aperture in the front panel and an air intake vent disposed on the housing adjacent the bottom of the housing. The display enclosure device can also include a first fan in fluid communication with the air intake vent to move air from the air intake vent, through the filter, and into the enclosed interior volume. The display enclosure device can also include an air exhaust turret disposed on top of the housing. The air exhaust turret can include an air exhaust vent to convey air from inside the air exhaust turret to the exterior environment. Other embodiments are also included herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Premier Mounts
    Inventors: Mike Bouissiere, Ross Divanfard
  • Patent number: 9844997
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an air conditioner for a vehicle which includes a sealing member having a first sealing part for sealing a space between a flange of inlet and outlet pipes of an evaporator and a pipe penetration part of an air-conditioning case and a second sealing part for sealing a space between a dash panel of the vehicle and an outer face of the air-conditioning case, thereby simplifying an assembling process and reducing manufacturing costs by reducing the number of components for sealing of the pipe penetration part and minimizing vibration and noise transferred from an engine room side of the vehicle to the air-conditioning case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Seungho Baek, Daekeun Park, Ho Lee, Donggyun Kim, Sihyung Kim, Namjoon Lee
  • Patent number: 9759435
    Abstract: A packaged terminal air conditioner unit includes a compressor, an interior coil and an exterior coil positioned within a casing. A control board enclosure is also positioned within the casing. A cover of the control board housing is rotatable on a substantially-horizontal axis relative to a housing of the control board housing. A control board is mounted to the cover of the control board enclosure such that the control board is rotatable on the substantially-horizontal axis with the cover of the control board enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert William Jewell, Jeffrey Alan Angle
  • Patent number: 9746231
    Abstract: An indoor unit of a ceiling type air-conditioner includes a main body having an inlet port and an outlet port provided at a lower portion thereof, a heat exchanger having a tube through which a refrigerant flows, a blowing fan which forcibly causes air to flow, and a control box comprising a case which is fixed to the main body and a cover which is rotatably coupled to the case so as to open and close the case and to which a printed circuit board having electronic components mounted thereon is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Yeol Moon, Yeon Su Kim, Hyun Ho Kim, Jin Hyung Nam, Jae Sung Yoo
  • Patent number: 9737740
    Abstract: A temperature-control and fire-suppression system is provided for a system space, which optionally houses IT equipment. The system space has a ventilation system for providing controlled temperature air, for example to the IT equipment. A store of a fire-suppressing gas in liquid form is coupled to a supply means for supplying the fire-suppressing gas in liquid form to the system space, such that evaporation of the fire-suppressing gas in liquid form cools, or absorbs energy, from, the air in the system space. A temperature sensor is provided for sensing a temperature in the system space and a controller is responsive to the sensed temperature for controlling the supply means, to supply the fire-suppressing gas in liquid form while maintaining the sensed temperature above a predetermined lower temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Inventor: Alan Beresford
  • Patent number: 9739491
    Abstract: An insulated cooler unit that produces cooled air is disclosed. The cooler unit includes, within a thermally-insulated housing chamber, an inlet for introducing air to be cooled, an outlet for exiting of cooled air, an air heat exchanger for cooling air, a first fan. The cooler unit additionally includes a first track member having a first channel member, at least one first sliding member configured to slide within the first channel member. The first fan is connected to the first sliding member and is slidably mounted in the first track member by the at least one first sliding member, and is capable of being slidably moved over a portion of a first length of the first track member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: A-HEAT ALLIED HEAT EXCHANGE TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Martin Beermann, Johann Lindenmueller
  • Patent number: 9714784
    Abstract: A refrigerator that has a fresh food compartment, a freezer compartment, and a door that provides access to the fresh food compartment is disclosed. An icemaker is mounted remotely from the freezer compartment. The icemaker includes an ice mold. A thermoelectric device is provided and includes a warm side and an opposite cold side. The icemaker is thermally influenced by the cold side of the thermoelectric device. Air or fluid may be moved from the fresh food compartment across the warm side of the thermoelectric device. Cold air or fluid, such as from the refrigerator compartment, is used to dissipate heat from the warm side of the thermoelectric device for cooling the ice mold of the icemaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick J. Boarman, Brain K. Culley, Gregory Gene Hortin, Mark E. Thomas
  • Patent number: 9702571
    Abstract: To provide an air conditioner outdoor unit including a casing having an air inlet on a side surface and an air outlet on an upper surface, a heat exchanger that covers the air inlet and is provided inside the casing, a fan that sucks in air from the air inlet and discharges air from the air outlet, and a fan motor provided on a lower side of the fan. The fan motor is set such that an outer diameter D1 thereof is larger than an outer diameter D2 of a fan boss, and an outer periphery thereof is positioned on a center side of the fan motor than a straight line c passing an upper side of a center (for example, a predetermined position a) of the heat exchanger and a side (for example, a predetermined position b) of the fan boss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Yabe, Naohiro Oketani, Kazuhiko Baba, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Hironori Yabuuchi
  • Patent number: 9680208
    Abstract: A data communications apparatus including a case having a base and a lid connectable to the base, the lid movable with respect to the base between an open position and a closed position. The case has an inner surface. A power supply is secured inside the case. A router device is secured inside the case, the router device selectively receiving power from the power supply. A plurality of mounting brackets can be adhered to the inner surface of the case. An antenna array is in electrical communication with the router device, the antenna array including at least two cellular antennas, at least two wireless networking antennas, and at least one global positioning system antenna, each antenna of the antenna array secured inside the case to a corresponding mounting bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Inventor: Dawson Lee Williams
  • Patent number: 9328971
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid cooling system comprising a cooling unit and a liquid loop in which the liquid is arranged to be conveyed from a supply outlet of the cooling unit to a radio unit where the liquid is arranged to cool the radio unit before being conveyed back in the liquid loop to a return inlet of the cooling unit, the cooling unit being arranged located at a distance from the radio unit, wherein the cooling unit is an expandable cooling unit comprising a secondary outlet and a secondary inlet where, when an additional cooling unit of the liquid cooling system is connected with an inlet to said secondary outlet and with an outlet to said secondary inlet, the liquid is arranged to be fed from the cooling unit through the secondary outlet to the additional cooling unit arranged to also cool the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian Shi, Bjorn Gudmundsson, Wangjun Wu
  • Patent number: 9285147
    Abstract: A refrigeration system has a refrigeration control assembly and separate compressor-driver, condenser and evaporator assemblies connected by refrigerant lines to the refrigeration control assembly. The assemblies are relocatable with respect to each other in parallely, longitudinally or angularly related portions. The refrigeration control assembly has multiple ports with quick disconnect sealing joints to the refrigerant lines. The refrigeration control assembly is equipped to connect supplemental compressor, condenser and evaporator assemblies and independent condenser and evaporator units. The refrigerant control valves with the possible exception of expansion and pressure control valves at an evaporator are in the refrigerant control assembly, which also holds the liquid filter, the liquid accumulator, the suction accumulator and the oil separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Inventor: Carlos Quesada Saborio
  • Patent number: 9080801
    Abstract: A refrigerator having its heat exchanger outdoors. In one embodiment, a thermos is attached to the front of a window air conditioner. In another embodiment, the refrigerator has gated conduits to allow cold outdoor air into the refrigerator. The refrigerator has a compressor that circulates refrigerant in an auxiliary evaporator adjacent to the refrigerator compartment to freeze the water in the refrigerator at night and to allow the ice to keep the refrigerator cold. In another embodiment, the refrigerator is combined with a heat pump such that the outdoor heat exchanger of the heat pump and the outdoor heat exchanger of the refrigerator are in close thermal contact. Another embodiment includes a heat pump having a second evaporator near the refrigerator compartment to cool the inside of the refrigerator compartment and heat the home simultaneously by transferring the heat from inside the refrigerator to the indoors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Inventor: Ray Arjomand
  • Patent number: 8998690
    Abstract: A safety net for a window air conditioner window mounted air conditioning unit. The safety net protects a window mounted air conditioning unit from falling from a window opening during installation, operation and removal thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Inventors: Joseph Stephen Virag, Douglas Birney Patrick
  • Publication number: 20150075201
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Hyun Uk PARK, Geon Hee LEE, Ji Won YOON, Jea Won LEE, Seung II HAN
  • Patent number: 8959942
    Abstract: The present invention aims to prevent freezing of water droplets, etc. between a fan and a bell mouth. An outdoor unit for an air conditioner includes an eaves member that is placed above an air outlet formed by a bell mouth in close adherence with a front panel, and that protrudes toward a side of an outlet grille. Particularly, the eaves member is placed with a space from the outlet grille.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Mochizuki, Toshiyuki Kubono, Norio Yamauchi, Hiroyuki Jinnai
  • Patent number: 8943755
    Abstract: Embodiments disclose an apparatus for enclosing and insulating an opening in a structure such as for an air conditioning unit or a sleeve. The apparatus includes a cover having a first section and a second section, wherein the first section is designed to be adjustable in relation to the second section; one or more insulating members positioned along an interior of the cover; two or more fasteners designed to secure the cover to an A/C unit sleeve or a structure. In another embodiment the apparatus cover is a single section and not adjustable. A method of installing the same is provided, as are other aspects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Inventors: Randall Herlihy, Robert Feuer, Paul Fiore
  • Publication number: 20140373566
    Abstract: An air conditioner shield includes a first portion, a second portion slidably nested within the first portion, and a retention device. The first portion includes a foot at a near edge, where the foot elevates the near edge of the first portion above the surface of an air conditioner, and a first far lip at a far edge of the first portion, where the lip forms a track. The second portion includes a second near lip at a near edge of the second portion, where the second near lip elevates the near edge of the second portion above the surface of the air conditioner, and where the first lip fits within the foot of the first portion. The second portion further includes a second far lip at a far edge, where the second far lip fits within the track of the first far lip of the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventor: Robert J. Swiderski
  • Patent number: 8850832
    Abstract: A pre-charged heating/cooling system is shown for installation by unlicensed personnel. An outside unit includes an outside coil, outside fan, compressor and a reversing valve. An inside unit has an inside coil, inside fan for drawing air through the inside coil and discharging the conditioned air into the enclosed space, and a power cord connection. A cable sheath contains all connections from the inside unit to the outside unit with electrical connections being secured in position on the outside unit by a cover and a bracket. An expandable window sill holds and seals the cable sheath in a window opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Friedrich Air Conditioning Co, Ltd.
    Inventors: David J. Lingrey, Charles Anthony Wheeler, Jr., Heath James Hoselton, Kevin L. Eicher
  • Patent number: 8850839
    Abstract: A refrigerator including support ribs provided on both side walls of storage chambers so as to support both sides of shelves, each of which includes a tempered glass panel on which food is placed, and stopper members provided at both sides of the lower surface of the tempered glass panel, each support rib including a front rib, a rear rib, and a latch groove provided between the front rib and the rear rib such that each stopper member is inserted into the latch groove, and inclination prevention ribs, each of which is provided above the rear rib and supports the upper surface of each shelf, thereby improving assembly efficiency and productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung Sun Park, Sang Gyu Jung, Jong Hoon Oh, Sung Cheul Park, Young Kil Kim
  • Patent number: 8715047
    Abstract: A ceiling-mounted air conditioner is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Young Joong Kim
  • Patent number: 8701431
    Abstract: An air conditioner is provided. The air conditioner includes: an indoor device installed at indoor; an outdoor device connected to the indoor device using a refrigerant pipe; a ventilation unit for exchanging heat of outdoor air and indoor air while ventilating indoor air and outdoor air; and a guidance duct for communicating the ventilation unit and an air inhalation portion of the outdoor device in order to guide indoor air exhausted from the ventilation unit to an air inhalation portion faulted in the outdoor device. Therefore, the number of ventilation holes to form in an outer wall of a building can be minimized, a construction cost can be reduced, and performance of the air conditioner can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Jong Hwan Jeung
  • Patent number: 8578728
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a window kit (200) and a window sealer (400) of an air conditioner (100). The window kit (200) is provided in the exhaust guide means (140) of the movable air conditioner (100) is firmly fixed to the window frame (D) without having a separate connection member. The gap between the windows generated in the installation process of the window kit (200) is effectively shielded by the window sealer (400).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jin-Myeong Cho, Il-Soo Jeon, Hyung-Gyu Gu
  • Patent number: 8414367
    Abstract: A window mounted air conditioning unit safety net that protects a window mounted air conditioning unit from falling from a window opening during installation, operation and removal thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Inventors: Joseph Stephen Virag, Douglas Birney Patrick
  • Publication number: 20130055748
    Abstract: In a one embodiment, a system includes an air conditioning unit having an enclosure, a heat exchanger disposed in the enclosure, and a plurality of louvers coupled to the enclosure. The plurality of louvers is configured to move between an open position and a closed position, and the closed position is configured to protect the heat exchanger from an environment external to the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Sachin Vitthal Mahajan
  • Publication number: 20120312039
    Abstract: Technologies are generally described for a window and a method for cooling a room including a window. In some examples, the window may include a first pane and a second pane spaced from and in optical communication with the first pane defining a generator chamber. An evaporator chamber may be disposed in the window with a pressure so that the evaporator chamber is effective to receive heat from the room and boil a refrigerant to produce a first vapor. An absorber chamber may be effective to receive and condense the first vapor on an absorbent to produce a solution. The generator chamber may be effective to receive heat through the first pane, receive the solution and heat the solution to produce a second vapor. A condenser chamber may be effective to receive the second vapor and cool the second vapor to produce the refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
    Inventors: Chris Rothfuss, Sung-Wei Chen
  • Publication number: 20120234033
    Abstract: A window for cooling an environment including first and second panes disposed opposite from one another; a frame coupled to the first and second panes forms an air gap between the first pane, the second pane, and the frame; and first and second reflective coatings disposed on first surfaces of the first and second panes. The first surfaces face the air gap, and the reflective coatings are configured to reflect infrared radiation into the air gap to generate heat. The window further includes first and second antireflective coatings respectively disposed on second surfaces of the first and second panes. The second surfaces face away from the air gap, and the antireflective coatings are configured to transmit radiation into the air gap. The window further includes an adsorption-cooling systems configured to collect heat from the air gap to cool air in an environment adjacent to the second pane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: SolarPath, Inc.
    Inventors: Narinder Singh Kapany, Mark A. Hintzke
  • Patent number: 8230693
    Abstract: In order to give a simple appearance design to an interior panel (10) for an air conditioner (1) of the type having a couple of juxtaposed air inlet (11) and air outlet (12) and to eliminate the need for a complicated mechanism or behavior for implementing the design, the interior panel (10) is provided with: an opening cover (15) covering the couple of air inlet (11) and air outlet (12) together; and an opening/closing mechanism for opening and closing the couple of air inlet (11) and air outlet (12) by changing the position of the opening cover (15) within a region including the couple of air inlet (11) and air outlet (12). The opening/closing mechanism is a mechanism for turning the opening cover (15) about a central axis (O) located between the couple of air inlet (11) and air outlet (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaichi Tsuji, Tomohiro Yabu, Tetsuya Morizane
  • Patent number: 8215123
    Abstract: This invention relates to an improved compact grille cabinet for room air conditioners operable in normal and extreme climatic conditions with optimized efficiency mode comprising of: an insulated box chiller (B) with louvers, the insulated box being mounted on a window air conditioner; a hinge (C) allowing partial opening of the cabinet at angles up to 180° (120 and 130); an additional lid (A) opening upwards to accommodate an ice box compartment (210) or a tubular grille storing a liquid; an additional outlet (D) consisting of a small grilled aperture; an electronic control panel (E) adaptable with various programme modes indicating different temperatures of the cabinet and controlling the variable opening of the cabinet according to temperature to be maintained in a room; and a means to maintain opening angles of louvers proportional to the angle of the cabinet door to operate the air-conditioning device in a refrigerating, heating or air-conditioning mode facilitating heat exchange between ice tray, coole
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Inventor: Sanjiv Agarwal
  • Patent number: 8205609
    Abstract: A window with an integral solar heat-absorber is provided in a compact, low-cost package. Two transparent panes are separated from one another to provide a first passageway for receiving a working fluid. The periphery of the panes is secured in a frame in which a heat exchanger is also secured, the heat exchanger having a second passageway for the working fluid and a third passageway for a service fluid. The first and second passageways are coupled to make a working fluid circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: City University of Hong Kong
    Inventor: Tin Tai Chow
  • Publication number: 20120111045
    Abstract: An upper suction port is formed in a main-body upper part of an air-conditioning apparatus main body, a suction opening part is formed in a front grill disposed on a main-body front face of the air-conditioning apparatus, a suction opening whose opening is directed upward is formed by consecutively providing an air guide wall inclined downward inside the main body on the upper edge of the suction opening, and the suction opening is located between a part, in the main-body height direction, lower than a straight line passing through a rotation center of an impeller and a closest contact point between the impeller and a front-face heat exchanger and a part, in the main-body height direction, higher than a straight line parallel with the straight line and passing through the impeller and a tongue part of a stabilizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Ikeda, Tetsuo Yamashita
  • Patent number: 8171748
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an indoor unit of an air conditioner including a front opening and closing panel with a structure wherein a sink is difficult to occur in a design surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ooishi, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20120090344
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a window kit (200) and a window sealer (400) of an air conditioner (100). The window kit (200) is provided in the exhaust guide means (140) of the movable air conditioner (100) is firmly fixed to the window frame (D) without having a separate connection member. The gap between the windows generated in the installation process of the window kit (200) is effectively shielded by the window sealer (400).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Jin-Myeong Cho, Il-Soo Jeon, Hyung-Gyu Gu
  • Patent number: 8104240
    Abstract: A portable air conditioner support arrangement for supporting a portable air conditioner in a window frame assembly. The support arrangement comprises an elongated flange-engaging rail having a first end and a second end, with a channel engaging tab arranged on the first end and the second end of the rail. Each of the tabs are arranged to mate with a channel on the sides of the window frame assembly. The rail has an elongated face to engage a flange on the upper front edge of the air conditioner and maintain the air conditioner free of support by a window sash of the window frame assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Inventor: Allen D. McCarriston