Condensate Retainer Patents (Class 62/291)
  • Patent number: 11927384
    Abstract: A refrigerating appliance, or household refrigerating appliance, includes a refrigerated goods container and a machine compartment having a wall facing the goods container, an insulating material region between the goods container and the machine compartment wall, and a water outlet arrangement conducting condensate from the goods container through the insulating material region and machine compartment wall into an evaporation container in the machine compartment. The water outlet arrangement has a trough-shaped wall region of the goods container oriented towards the machine compartment wall and extending funnel-like to a drip edge. A tube facility extends from the wall region through the insulating material region and an opening in the machine compartment wall into the machine compartment. A positioning device mutually positions the wall region and tube facility, securing the drip edge radially in the tube facility and circumferentially spaced from an inner wall of the tube facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Koch, Rainer Weser
  • Patent number: 11898770
    Abstract: Movable air conditioner and a control method. The movable air conditioner includes a water receiving tray configured to receive condensed water generated by an evaporator of the movable air conditioner, a first water collection area, a second water collection area; a water guiding member configured to selectively guide the condensed water in the water receiving tray to the first water collection area or the second water collection area, and a controller configured to control the water guiding member to the guide condensed water in the water receiving tray to the first water collection area, and configured to control the water guiding member to guide the condensed water in the water receiving tray to the second water collection area when a water level of the first water collection area reaches a preset value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI
    Inventors: Zhihua Huang, Xinxiang Yao, Gang Yao, Haiqiang Huang, Qianglian Lin, Mengzhi Li, Yanzan Luo, Haishuang Zhu
  • Patent number: 11841178
    Abstract: Systems and methods to manage power consumption of a building and storage by controlling a refrigeration system within the building are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: AXIOM CLOUD INC.
    Inventors: Nikhil Saralkar, Anthony Diamond, Amrit Robbins
  • Patent number: 11828484
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for receiving condensate from a v-coil heat exchanger (v-coil), having: a receptor that has: a first channel having a first length defined between first opposing ends, the first channel configured to receive the v-coil, the first channel having a first bottom surface; a second channel disposed at an angle to the first channel and connecting with the first channel at a junction so that fluid flows downstream from the first channel into the second channel, the second channel having a second bottom surface that extends below the first bottom surface; and a heat shield connected to the first channel and extending below the first channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Charles Christensen Phillips
  • Patent number: 11725865
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a cabinet including an inner case provided with a storage compartment, a case supporter coupled to a lower side of the inner case to support the inner case, and a base coupled to a lower side of the case supporter; a door disposed on a front portion of the cabinet to open and close the storage compartment; and a cooling device disposed on a rear surface of the inner case to have at least a portion thereof exposed to the storage compartment, wherein a water collection hole is formed on a rear end of a bottom surface of the inner case, wherein a water collection guide is mounted on the inner case to guide water flowing into the water collection hole to flow downward, wherein a water collection portion is formed on the base to collect water passing through the water collection guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Daehyun Yoo, Kiyoung Lim, Kihyun Park
  • Patent number: 11703236
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a water recovery system and include activating a plurality of dampers, a fan, and a refrigeration system of the water recovery system. The method includes measuring an ambient air temperature of the water recovery system based on data obtained from an ambient air temperature sensor. The method includes measuring one or more evaporator temperatures associated with an evaporator of the water recovery system based on data obtained from one or more evaporator temperature sensors. The method includes determining an optimal evaporator air temperature of the water recovery system based on the one or more evaporator temperatures and the ambient air temperature. The method includes setting a speed of the fan of the water recovery system based on the optimal evaporator air temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: SUNTOWATER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: James Ball, Charles Becze
  • Patent number: 11660568
    Abstract: An air drying unit for compressed air systems is provided. The air drying unit has a precooler/reheater, a main cooler and a moisture separator. Incoming air is cooled to cause moisture within the compressed air to condense, which is then separated to dry the compressed air. The precooler/reheater, main cooler and moisture separator are designed as an integral unit that does not require pipes to connect the components together. Instead, compressed air flows through the sealed unit through passages therein between the precooler/reheater, main cooler and moisture separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc.
    Inventors: Henry Y. Mark, Scott A. Johnson, Stefano Vezil
  • Patent number: 11448431
    Abstract: Thermal management systems include an open circuit refrigeration system featuring a first receiver configured to store a gas, a second receiver configured to store a liquid refrigerant fluid, an evaporator configured to extract heat from a heat load that contacts the evaporator, and an exhaust line, where the first receiver, the second receiver, the evaporator, and the exhaust line are connected to provide a refrigerant fluid flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Davis, Igor Vaisman, Joshua Peters
  • Patent number: 11435094
    Abstract: A dehumidifier has a main body and a main tank. The main body has a secondary tank, a water pump, and a controlling assembly electrically connected to the water pump and having a starting position, a stopping position, and a float. The float is located in the secondary tank and is capable of moving with a water level inside the secondary tank. The controlling assembly controls the water pump to start or to stop according to the relative position between the float and the starting position or the stopping position. The main tank is detachably mounted on the main body, is located in a lateral side of the main body, and communicates with the water pump. With the controlling assembly, the water pump can be controlled to start only when necessary, thereby saving energy and reducing noises caused by prolonged running.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: NEW WIDETECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming-Tsung Chiu
  • Patent number: 11280506
    Abstract: An air-conditioner unit comprising: a temperature regulation unit having an evaporator; a condensate filtration unit arranged to receive a condensate from the evaporator, and operable to filter the condensate; wherein the air-conditioner unit comprises a controller to operate the condensate filtration unit between a plurality of purging states, the plurality of purging states comprises a first purging state wherein the condensate is purged bypassing the condensate filter unit and a second purging state wherein filtered condensate is purged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: TRENDS HOME ELECTRICAL PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Wee Teck Ho, Tiau Kai Tay, Chee Seng Tan
  • Patent number: 11231183
    Abstract: An air treatment device and an air conditioner indoor unit are provided. The air treatment device has an air outlet frame of a purification air duct. The air outlet frame has a ventilation hole and a cooperation hole. A water tank drawer is moveable on the air outlet frame and has two spaced-apart cooperation protrusions on a bottom wall thereof. A safety locking member of the air treatment device has a rotating shaft and a locking member. The rotating shaft is rotatable in the cooperation hole to switch the locking member between a locking position of the locking member and a movement-permitting position of the locking member. At the locking position, the locking member engages the cooperation protrusions to prevent the displacement of the cooperation protrusions. At the movement-permitting position, the locking member is located between the two cooperation protrusions to avoid engagement with the cooperation protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changlin Yan, Liangrui Chen, Hongliang Yuan, Zhiqiang Liu, Xianyou Mao, Daijie Peng, Zhiqiang Yang, Liang Shen
  • Patent number: 11204180
    Abstract: An integrated air conditioner comprises: a housing partitioned into a first housing on the upper side thereof and a second housing on the lower side thereof, wherein the first housing has a first intake port through which external air is introduced thereinto and a first exhaust port through which internal air is exhausted therefrom, and the second housing has a second intake port through which external air is introduced thereinto and a second exhaust port through which internal air is exhausted therefrom; a compressor provided in the interior of the housing to compress a refrigerant; a condenser that is provided on a second fluid channel, which connects the second intake port and the second exhaust port, and condenses the compressed refrigerant, supplied from the compressor, into a liquid phase; an expansion unit that expands the refrigerant, condensed in the condenser, into a low-pressure refrigerant; and an evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Hyun Kil, Jung Ho Kim, Joon Ho Yoon
  • Patent number: 11204191
    Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes a first flow switching unit configured to be switched between a first state in which refrigerant communication between a compressor and a second load-side heat exchanger is blocked and a second state in which the compressor is in refrigerant communication with a first load-side heat exchanger and the second load-side heat exchanger. The air-conditioning apparatus further includes a second flow switching unit configured to be switched between a third state in which refrigerant communication between the second load-side heat exchanger and a heat-source-side heat exchanger is blocked and a fourth state in which the first load-side heat exchanger is in refrigerant communication with the second load-side heat exchanger and the heat-source-side heat exchanger. The first heat exchanger is located upstream of the second load-side heat exchanger. The second flow switching unit is located downstream of the second load-side heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Komei Nakajima, Yusuke Tashiro, Akinori Sakabe, Naoki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11162248
    Abstract: A method and system for condensing water from ambient air at an ambient temperature. A dew extracting device with a dew extraction zone having a surface has the surface chilled to below dew temperature via a fluid refrigerant. The chilling of the surface is terminated once condensed liquid water is detected on the surface. The liquid water is removed from the surface and a temperature of the surface is allowed to rise above the dew point temperature, but remain below the ambient temperature. Then the process repeats to obtain additional liquid water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventor: Robert P. Biancardi
  • Patent number: 11142043
    Abstract: An air-conditioning case of a vehicular air-conditioning unit has a cooler accommodation portion defining a cooler accommodation space in which a cooler is accommodated, and a downstream portion defining a downstream space. The cooler accommodation portion includes an accommodation bottom portion defining a bottom portion space. The accommodation bottom portion includes a drainage hole through which condensed water is drained, and the drainage hole is located closer to one end of the accommodation bottom portion than to another end in a longitudinal direction of a lower end of the cooler. A bottom surface of the accommodation bottom portion is inclined with respect to a horizontal line. The air-conditioning case includes a bottom portion rib. The bottom portion rib includes a communication slit. The communication slit is located closer to the one end than to the other end in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Taisuke Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 11015849
    Abstract: In one instance, an isolator for a heating, ventilating, and cooling (HVAC) system is provided that is a formed plastic member that is disposed between dissimilar metals of the bottom of the condenser and a base pan that supports the condenser or between two dissimilar metals of another HVAC heat exchanger. The isolator separates the two dissimilar metals involved from each of those components and also provides gaps or apertures to drain any water that otherwise might become standing water that potentially causes oxidation or increased oxidation. Other aspects are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Miguel Montemayor, William Toombs, Jr., Aylan A. Him, Tate Joseph Byers
  • Patent number: 10986864
    Abstract: Disclosed is a water pipe comprising an inner heat sink positioned within a water chamber of the water pipe, an outer heat sink positioned outside the water chamber of the water pipe, a thermoelectric cooler (TEC) having a heat absorbing side connected to the inner heat sink and a heat rejecting side connected to the outer heat sink, an electric power source for supplying power to the TEC and a controller configured to adjust power supply from the electric power source to the TEC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Inventor: Jaafar Arabia
  • Patent number: 10982878
    Abstract: An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes: a heat exchanger which generates conditioned air by carrying out heat exchange between refrigerant and indoor air; and a drain pan disposed below a lower end of the heat exchanger to correct dew condensation water. The drain pan includes at a side portion thereof: a side dew receiving portion which receives dew condensation water; and a recessed portion disposed below the side dew receiving portion, the recessed portion being recessed toward an other side portion opposite to the side portion. A side face of the drain pan is provided with a heat insulating sheet covering an entire opening of the recessed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hayashi, Kazuhito Kojima, Hiroshi Omura, Shuichi Kuroki, Yohei Koyanagi, Takuya Niimura, Katsuya Ishigami, Den Ozaki
  • Patent number: 10962238
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an air conditioner includes a blower device and a heat exchanger. The blower device includes a fan motor, a fan, a fan case and a coupling member. The fan motor includes a first end section and a second end section separate from each other. The fan is coaxially fixed to a rotating shaft. The fan case accommodating the fan and for guiding air discharged from the fan toward the heat exchanger. The coupling member includes a pair of arm sections respectively coupled to the first end section and the second end section, and a bar-like section extending in the axial direction of the rotating shaft across the arm sections and coupled to the fan case. The fan motor and the fan case are integrally coupled to each other through the coupling member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Toshiba Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Nakayama, Yoshinobu Hamada, Nobusato Yoshitake, Kiyomi Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 10828964
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC&R) unit includes an evaporator circulating a flow of refrigerant therethrough to cool a flow of compartment air flowing over the evaporator, and a condenser operably connected to the evaporator to condense the flow of refrigerant therethrough. The evaporator and the condenser are relatively positioned such that a liquid condensate at an exterior of the evaporator is directed by gravity onto an exterior of the condenser to increase an operating capacity of the condenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert A. Chopko, Ciara Poolman
  • Patent number: 10816225
    Abstract: A movable air conditioner provides a structure in which a drain pan is disposed above an outdoor heat exchange part disposed in a lower accommodation space, an indoor heat exchange part is disposed in an upper accommodation space above the drain pan, and a control box is mounted on the drain pan. A portion of the heat sink of the control box is exposed to the upper accommodation space, and another portion of the heat sink is exposed to the lower accommodation space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Moohee Kim, Dae Hyeok Kim, Moon Shin Kim, Joong Wook Kim, Jonghoon Park, Donghwal Lee, Daekwon Jeong
  • Patent number: 10739059
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes an evaporator inclined in a left-right direction and a defrosting water tray provided below the evaporator to collect defrosting water, and having inclined surfaces corresponding to a shape of the evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Junsoo Han, Dongseok Kim, Kangsoo Byun, Younseok Lee
  • Patent number: 10697863
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method of removing water contained in a gaseous material. An apparatus of removing water by phase-changing water contained in a gaseous material to a frost phase includes a gas inflow unit 100, a main body 200, a discharging unit 300, and a frost discharging unit 400. A method of removing water by phase-changing water contained in a gaseous material to a frost phase includes phase-changing water contained in gas to a frost phase, separating the phase-changed frost and the gas from which water is removed, discharging the gas from which the water is removed to the outside, and discharging the phase-changed frost to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Konkuk University Industrial Cooperation Corp.
    Inventor: Jo-chun Kim
  • Patent number: 10663213
    Abstract: A defrost heat discharge system includes a drain duct configured to discharge heat from a defrost heater and to discharge condensed water that results from melting of frost on an evaporator by heat generated by the defrost heater, a drain pipe that connects a first space to a second space, that is configured to allow condensed water to flow from the first space to the second space, and that is configured to discharge heat generated by the defrost heater from the first space to the second space, a drain cap located at an end of the drain pipe and configured to open and close at least a portion of the drain pipe; and a condensing fan configured to receive heat from the defrost heater and discharge heat toward an outside of the second space based on the drain cap opening the portion of the drain pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Kwangsoo Jung
  • Patent number: 10473356
    Abstract: An indoor unit of an air conditioner includes a guide member provided below an air discharge port of a blower fan and upstream of the heat exchanger. The guide member has a guide portion disposed to face an end surface upstream of the heat exchanger, and the guide portion is a plate body whose cross-section has a linear shape parallel to the end surface when cut along a plane including a rotation axis of the blower fan. Thus, provided is the indoor unit of the air conditioner capable of more uniformly guiding air from the blower fan in a height direction of the heat exchanger by the compact and inexpensive guide member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi-Johnson Controls Air Conditioning, Inc.
    Inventors: Fumihiro Kato, Naoki Muramatsu
  • Patent number: 10240806
    Abstract: A bathroom management apparatus capable of circulating air through a duct and discharging moisture that has entered the duct is disclosed. The bathroom management apparatus includes a case including an air intake port formed in a front surface thereof, a first air discharge port formed in the front surface thereof and a second air discharge port formed in a lower surface thereof, a duct provided in the case so as to connect the air intake port, the first air discharge port and the second air discharge port to each other, a damper provided in the duct so as to direct air toward one of the first air discharge port and the second air discharge port, and a second discharge vane for opening and closing the second air discharge port, wherein the damper includes a first water discharge port and the second discharge vane includes a second water discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yongju Lee, Minjung Kim, Wheeyoung Jun
  • Patent number: 10123618
    Abstract: A household appliance includes a storage space. A partition plate located in the storage space includes a first surface, a second surface, a first end, and a second end. A first connecting structure includes a first projecting portion and a first slot. The first slot includes a first slot section and a second slot section being in communication with the first slot section and extending in a front-back direction. The first slot section has an inlet opening to the first surface and/or the second surface. The first projecting portion is adapted to enter the first slot section through the inlet and then enter the second slot section. The household appliance is therefore easy to assemble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Wuba Lei, Ran Sun, Xiaoli Wang
  • Patent number: 10107519
    Abstract: An air conditioner including a drain hose to be injection-molded is disclosed. An air conditioner includes a main body of an indoor unit, a heat exchanger disposed in the main body of the indoor unit, and a drain hose configured to discharge condensed water generated from the heat exchanger, wherein the drain hose is disposed in the main body and is injection-molded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Hyuk Yang, Jae Min Ahn, Seung Min Koo, Byung Yul So
  • Patent number: 9982908
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a ceiling-embedded air conditioner includes a main body incorporating a heat exchanger, a decorative panel attached to a lower edge of the main body and including a discharge port discharging air heat-exchanged in the heat exchanger to a room, and a drain pan including a thermal insulating member and a synthetic resin member coating the thermal insulating member. The drain pan includes a recess for receiving drain water produced in the heat exchanger, a communication port provided on a periphery of the recess and communicating with the discharge port of the decorative panel, and a wall standing between the periphery of the recess and the communication port. The wall is composed of the synthetic resin member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: TOSHIBA CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobusato Yoshitake, Kenji Gajina
  • Patent number: 9970703
    Abstract: A refrigerator and a manufacturing method thereof including processes of separately manufacturing partitions dividing a storage space into a plurality of storage chambers from a main body including an inner casing and an outer casing, coupling the partitions to an inner surface of the inner casing, filling a space between the inner casing and the partitions with an insulator, and filling the partitions with the insulator by filling a space between the inner casing and the outer casing with the insulator. Since the insulator uniformly fills the partitions dividing the storage space into the plurality of storage chambers, the partitions may possess improved insulating qualities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Hyuk Cha, Ho Sang Park, Kwon Chul Yun
  • Patent number: 9950289
    Abstract: An air cleaner is provided. The air cleaner may include a first air cleaning module including a first fan, a first filter, and a first inlet through which air is suctioned in a radial into the first filter; a second air cleaning module provided over the first air cleaner including a second fan, a second filter, and a second inlet through which air is suctioned in the radial direction to the second filter; and an air flow controller coupled with the second air cleaning module and including a third fan to control a flow of the air discharged from the second air cleaning module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Soonki Jung, Hyunpil Ha, Yeongcheol Mun, Jaekyun Park, Soohyun Bae
  • Patent number: 9943794
    Abstract: An air cleaner is provided that may include a first air cleaning module including a first fan that generates air flow toward a first discharge outlet from a first suction inlet; a second air cleaning module including a second fan that generates air flow toward a second discharge outlet from a second suction inlet; and a divider provided between the first air cleaning module and the second air cleaning module, the divider being configured to block air discharged through the first discharge outlet from being suctioned into the second suction inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Soonki Jung, Hyunpil Ha, Yeongcheol Mun, Jaekyun Park, Soohyun Bae
  • Patent number: 9914082
    Abstract: An air cleaner is provided that may include a cylindrical case including an inlet through which air is suctioned in a radial direction into the cylindrical case; a filter configured to be detachably provided in the case and having a cylindrical shape; and a filter frame configured to support the filter. The filter frame may include a lower frame provided at a lower portion of the filter; an upper frame provided at an upper portion of the filter; and a plurality of supporting frames that extends toward the upper frame from the lower frame. An entry portion for the suctioned air may be formed between the plurality of support frames, the entry portion being configured to receive the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaekyun Park, Hyunpil Ha, Soonki Jung, Yeongcheol Mun, Soohyun Bae, Sangjun Yoon
  • Patent number: 9827523
    Abstract: An air cleaner is provided that includes a first air cleaning module including a first fan that generates an air flow toward a first discharge outlet from a first suction inlet; a second air cleaning module including a second fan that generates an air flow toward a second discharge outlet from a second suction inlet; a divider provided between the first air cleaning module and the second air cleaning module, the divider including a dividing plate space; and a printed circuit board (PCB) device provided in the dividing plate space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaekyun Park, Hyunpil Ha, Soonki Jung, Yeongcheol Mun, Soohyun Bae
  • Patent number: 9821259
    Abstract: An air cleaner is provided that may include a first air cleaning module having a first fan that generates air flow from a first suction inlet toward a first discharge outlet; a second air cleaning module having a second fan that generates air flow from a second suction inlet toward a second discharge outlet; a dividing plate provided between the first air cleaning module and the second air cleaning module; and a display provided at inside of the dividing plate and in which a light source is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Soohyun Bae, Hyunpil Ha, Soonki Jung, Yeongcheol Mun, Jaekyun Park
  • Patent number: 9821262
    Abstract: An air cleaner and a method for controlling an air cleaner are provided. The air cleaner may include a first air cleaning module having a first fan and a first filter; a second air cleaning module having a second fan and a second filter, the second air cleaning module provided vertically over the first air cleaning module; an air flow controller provided at an upper side of the second air cleaning module and including a circulation fan; a sensor configured to sense a pollution level in a room space; an input configured to receive input of a command for an operation mode of a plurality of operation modes to operate the first and second air cleaning modules and the air flow controller; and a controller configured to drive at least one of the first fan, the second fan, or the circulation fan selectively and determine an amount of discharge air flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaekyun Park, Hyunpil Ha, Soonki Jung, Yeongcheol Mun, Soohyun Bae, Daesung Choi, Jongoh Sun
  • Patent number: 9802145
    Abstract: An air purifier capable of maximizing air purification capacity thereof while having a minimum installation area. The air purifier including a body, a suction unit arranged at a lower portion of the body, having a suction port to intake air, a discharge unit arranged at an upper portion of the body, having a discharge port to output the intake air, a blowing unit arranged within the body, to blow air from the suction unit to the discharge unit, and a filter unit arranged within the body, to purify the blown air, wherein at least one of the suction port and the discharge port has a surface that is inclined from a central axis of the body, wherein the filter unit has a filter surface, through which air passes, the filter surface being inclined from the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Gibong Yu, Kyoungho Lee, Sangjin Cha
  • Patent number: 9345326
    Abstract: Refrigerator shelves are disclosed. An example refrigerator shelf includes a substantially planar member, trim along a first edge of the planar member, and a bent continuous wire support rod. The bent rod having a first portion extending along and beneath the trim, a second portion perpendicular to the first portion and extending from the first edge to a point between the first edge and a second edge opposite the first edge, and a third portion extending from the point and extending substantially perpendicularly from a plane defined by the first and second portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Basavraj Ishwar Sankhgond, Kirk David Waiz
  • Patent number: 9335060
    Abstract: An indoor unit of an air conditioner includes an intake port, a heat exchanger, a fan, and a discharge port. The intake port introduces air. The heat exchanger exchanges heat with the introduced air. The fan is disposed above the heat exchanger. The discharge port discharges the air after exchanging heat with the heat exchanger. The intake port is lower than a center of the fan. The discharge port is higher than the center of the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Hankook Kim
  • Patent number: 9038406
    Abstract: Dehumidifying cooling apparatus and method are provided for an electronics rack. The apparatus includes an air-to-liquid heat exchanger disposed at an air inlet or outlet side of the rack and positioned for air passing through the electronics rack to pass across the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is in fluid communication with a coolant loop for passing coolant therethrough at a temperature below a dew point temperature of the air passing across the heat exchanger so that air passing across the heat exchanger is dehumidified and cooled. A condensate collector, disposed below the heat exchanger, collects liquid condensate from the dehumidifying of air passing through the electronics rack, wherein the heat exchanger includes a plurality of sloped surfaces configured to facilitate drainage of liquid condensate from the heat exchanger to the condensate collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Robert E. Simons
  • Publication number: 20150121935
    Abstract: A furnace or other heat exchanger application for heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration systems having condensate control. Specifically, a condensate control for secondary heat exchangers is provided for use with high efficiency furnaces, particularly for small tonnage systems, such as residential or unitary systems. Condensate management permits a plurality of furnace orientations while providing resistance to corrosion due to liquid condensate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Tabraiz Ali KHAN, Robert CABRERA, Gregory Kenneth REASER, Terry HILL
  • Publication number: 20150121925
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator. The refrigerator may include a power supply unit configured to power the refrigerator using commercial power, a battery coupled to the power supply unit and configured to supply auxiliary power to the refrigerator, a power detection unit coupled to the power supply unit and the battery and configured to detect whether power is being supplied from the power supply unit, a driving unit to provide cold air, and a controller configured to control an operational mode of the driving unit based on the detection at the power detection unit. When the power supply unit is supplying power, the driving unit may be controlled to operate in a normal operation mode, and when the power supply unit is not supplying power, the driving unit may be controlled to operate in a power failure operation mode and to control the power to be supplied from the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Shinhyun PARK, Sun KIM, Byoungsuk CHOI
  • Patent number: 9021817
    Abstract: A monolithic compressed-gas dryer including in series: an inlet chamber, a precooler/reheater chamber, an evaporator chamber, and a sump chamber. The chambers are welded together to form columns where at least one column has a filtration chamber. Further provided is a gas outlet. The system creates a first and second set of heat transfer passages where refrigerant passes through the second set in a heat exchange relationship in a direction perpendicular to incoming gas passing in the first set. The filtration chamber conducts chilled gas from the first set to a third set of heat transfer passages. The third set extends through the precooler/reheater in heat exchange relationship with the first set. Chilled gas passes in heat exchange relationship in a direction perpendicular to the incoming gas so that the incoming gas chilled in the evaporator exchanges heat with the incoming gas in the precooler/reheater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Allan Hoerner, John A. Carlin
  • Publication number: 20150059370
    Abstract: A refrigerator and a method of controlling a refrigerator are provided. The refrigerator may include a machine room defined in or at one side of a storage compartment, a base that defines a bottom surface of the machine room, a compressor seated on the base to compress a refrigerant, a condenser that condenses a refrigerant compressed in the compressor, the condenser being disposed on or at one side of the compressor, a drain pan disposed on the base to store condensed water generated in the condenser, and a fan assembly coupled to the base to generate an air flow within the machine room. The fan assembly may include a plurality of condensation fans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Hosan KIM, Jangseok Lee, Yonghun Suh, Sung Jhee, Hyoungkeun Lim
  • Publication number: 20150048034
    Abstract: In or in combination with an evaporative air conditioner system having no external water source delivering water to the air handler unit, the invention is a drain pan treatment apparatus utilizing recycled condensate water to create a chemical solution that is delivered into the drain pan to prevent growth of algae and other microorganisms that may clog the drain port or drain conduit. The drain pan treatment apparatus comprises a diverter connector that directs a small amount of condensate water from the drain conduit or drain pump into a chemical canister containing a soluble solid chemical to create a chemical solution. The chemical solution is then delivered into the drain pan. If the air conditioner system does not include a drain pump, then a drain pump is added to deliver the condensate water to the chemical canister.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventor: Ronald C. Reinolds
  • Publication number: 20150040602
    Abstract: An indoor unit including a heat exchanger that cools indoor air sucked through a suction port, a cross flow fan that enables the indoor air to be sucked through the suction port, and enables cold air cooled by the heat exchanger to be discharged into a room through a discharging port, a drainage tray unit that is disposed below the heat exchanger to collect condensate water generated in the heat exchanger, and a blade that is rotatably coupled to the drainage tray unit to open the discharging port, and whose rotary shaft is formed in an upper portion of the discharging port. The drainage tray unit includes a guide unit that prevents the cold air from being discharged to an upper side of the blade so that the cold air is discharged to a lower side of the blade when the blade is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Kwang Deuk PARK, Kyeong Ae LEE
  • Patent number: 8938983
    Abstract: A data center container includes a chassis, a cover, a cooling system, a water outlet, a water tray, and a connecting pipe. The cover is secured to the chassis. The cooling system is located in the chassis and includes a water inflow portion, a water outflow portion, and a drainer tray. The water outlet is located in the chassis. The water outlet communicates with the drainer tray and extends out of the chassis. The drainer tray is secured to the chassis. The water inflow portion and the water outflow portion are located between the cover and the water tray. The connecting pipe connects the water tray with the drainer tray. The water tray receives condensation dripping from the water inflow portion and the water outflow portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignees: Hon Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xu Yang
  • Publication number: 20150016053
    Abstract: Housing for at least one electric or electronic device, the housing surrounding a housing interior comprising a storage space, the electric or electronic device being arrangeable in the storage space, the housing comprising a housing upper part, which delimits the housing interior, the housing comprising at least one intermediate ceiling portion, which is arranged in the housing interior below the housing upper part and, together with the housing upper part, encloses at least one intermediate space, the intermediate ceiling portion having at least one cooling air passage, through which cooling air can flow from the storage space into the intermediate space, the housing upper part having at least one cooling air outlet, through which the cooling air can escape outwardly from the intermediate space, wherein the intermediate ceiling portion forms a catching arrangement for dripping water, which infiltrates the intermediate space through the cooling air outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: DIEHL AEROSPACE GMBH
    Inventor: Bernd DONNER
  • Publication number: 20150013372
    Abstract: A car having a water box comprising an outer face, an inner face, an air inlet opening, an air outlet opening and a water outlet opening. The inner face forms a water separating space that is connected to the air inlet and outlet openings and the water outlet opening. The water outlet opening discharges water out of the separating space. An air conditioner is connected to the air outlet opening to feed air from the water box into the air conditioner. An air feeding unit sucks the air into the air conditioner via the air inlet opening. The air feeding unit is designed as a suction fan. The water box comprises a wall that comprises fibers forming a non-woven fabric i.e. felt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: WEIDMANN PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventor: Stefan Harke
  • Patent number: 8931297
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus includes a cabinet (100) defining a compartment for the storage of products to be cooled and a cooling system coupled to the cabinet for cooling an interior atmosphere of the compartment. The cooling system includes at least one condenser (130) and at least one compressor (125) positioned in a recess of the cabinet. The condenser has at least a first condenser portion (150) adapted to define a support surface for the at least one compressor, wherein the compressor is supported by the first condenser portion, and wherein the condenser has a second condenser portion (145) completely covering a rear of the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.
    Inventor: Paolo Marega