Patents Assigned to Maersk Container Industri A/S
  • Patent number: 8177883
    Abstract: A container having a plurality of walls, and at least one inlet and/or outlet, said container including an apparatus for controlling the composition of gases within the container, the apparatus including at least one sensor, at least one controller and at least one gas permeable membrane, through which membrane different gases can pass at different rates, said membrane dividing the container into a first region being for holding cargo and a second region defining a gas buffer region, and said membrane being permeable permitting for nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide at different flow rates, wherein the buffer region is in communication with the ambient atmosphere through one or more vacuum pump(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Maersk Container Industri A/S
    Inventors: Gert Jørgensen, Niels Nielsen Poulsen
  • Publication number: 20110041539
    Abstract: A method for dehumidifying a refrigeration system especially to dehumidify a refrigerated transporting container is disclosed. The refrigeration system comprises a refrigeration circuit including an evaporator, a compressor, an expansion valve and a condenser. The refrigeration system also comprises a control unit and a cooling space, the evaporator is placed in the cooling space and air blows over the evaporator to be cooled down. The dehumidification method is stepwise, and the method comprises a dehumidification mode and a re-establish mode. During the dehumidifying process the system shifts between the dehumidification mode and a re-establish mode stepwise dehumidifying the air in the container in such a way that the measured parameters especially the compartment temperature stays within acceptable limits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: Maersk Container Industri A/S
    Inventor: Morten Nylykke
  • Patent number: 7866258
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for controlling the composition of gases within a cargo container. The apparatus includes at least one sensor, at least one controller and at least one gas permeable membrane being adapted to facilitate the passage there through of different molecules at different rates. Said membrane defining a first region and a second region, the first region being for holding cargo and the second region defining a gas buffer region, said at least one inlet and/or outlet being in communication with said buffer region. The invention further relates to a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Maersk Container Industri A/S
    Inventors: Gert Jørgensen, Richard D. Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20100300133
    Abstract: In a container 1 with an end wall 5, an air treatment system 6 that is arranged in the end wall 5 and comprises an opening 14 on its bottom side, through which it emits an air flow, a floor 2 provided with channels guiding the air flow in a direction away from the end wall 5, and an air guide 15 forming, in an operation position, together with a part of the end wall 5 and a part of the floor 2 an air channel 16 that guides the air flow between the opening 14 and the channels in the floor, it is endeavoured to prevent the air guide from being damaged by the forks of a fork lift truck. This is achieved in that the container 1 comprises a spring arrangement that counteracts a movement of the air guide 15 in the direction of the end wall 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: Maersk Container Industri A/S
    Inventors: Gert Joergensen, Lars Lubker
  • Publication number: 20090298409
    Abstract: The invention concerns a ventilation valve arrangement (1) with two valve openings (5, 6) in a valve plate (3), the opening degrees of said openings being controllable by means of a valve element, which is rotatable in relation to the valve plate (3). It is endeavoured to create a large range of control opportunities in a cost-efficient manner. For this purpose it is provided that in parallel to at least one valve opening (5, 6) a ventilation channel (9) is arranged, whose flow cross-section is adjustable by means of a motor controlled valve (10). The ventilation valve arrangement (1) can be dimensioned so that at the same time it serves as underpressure valve for a transport container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: MAERSK CONTAINER INDUSTRI A/S
    Inventors: Lars Lübker, Gert Joergensen
  • Patent number: 6860114
    Abstract: To provide a transportable cooling unit for maintaining a transport volume at a defined temperature, comprising a closed cooling circuit and a controller sensing a temperature present within said transport volume and controlling said cooling circuit so as to provide the cooling power demanded at said evaporator for maintaining said defined temperature and minimizing energy consumption, said controller operates said closed cooling circuit between a maximum possible heating power and a maximum possible cooling power in a sequence of different operational stages, said controller further operates said closed cooling circuit in each one of at least two upper operational cooling stages at a compressor speed related cooling capacity different from said compressor speed related cooling capacity in said other upper operational stages and within said respective upper operational stages said controller operates a compressor in an uninterrupted mode and adjusts said cooling power stepless speed control of said compressor
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Maersk Container Industri A/S
    Inventor: Henrik Jacobsen
  • Publication number: 20040065100
    Abstract: To provide a transportable cooling unit for maintaining a transport volume at a defined temperature, comprising a closed cooling circuit and a controller sensing a temperature present within said transport volume and controlling said cooling circuit so as to provide the cooling power demanded at said evaporator for maintaining said defined temperature and minimizing energy consumption, said controller operates said closed cooling circuit between a maximum possible heating power and a maximum possible cooling power in a sequence of different operational stages, said controller further operates said closed cooling circuit in each one of at least two upper operational cooling stages at a compressor speed related cooling capacity different from said compressor speed related cooling capacity in said other upper operational stages and within said respective upper operational stages said controller operates a compressor in an uninterrupted mode and adjusts said cooling power stepless speed control of said compressor
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Applicant: MAERSK CONTAINER INDUSTRI A/S
    Inventor: Henrik Jacobsen
  • Patent number: 6530238
    Abstract: To provide a transportable cooling unit for maintaining a transport volume at a defined temperature, comprising a closed cooling circuit and a controller sensing a temperature present within said transport volume and controlling said cooling circuit so as to provide the cooling power demanded at said evaporator for maintaining said defined temperature and minimizing energy consumption, said controller operates said closed cooling circuit between a minimum possible cooling power and a maximum possible cooling power in a sequence of different operational stages, said controller further operates said closed cooling circuit in each one of at least two upper operational stages at a compressor speed related cooling capacity different said other upper operational stages and within said respective upper operational stages said controller operates a compressor in an uninterrupted mode and adjusts said cooling power stepless speed control of said compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Maersk Container Industri A/S
    Inventor: Helge Reimer Hansen
  • Publication number: 20030000237
    Abstract: To provide a transportable cooling unit for maintaining a transport volume at a defined temperature, comprising a closed cooling circuit and a controller sensing a temperature present within said transport volume and controlling said cooling circuit so as to provide the cooling power demanded at said evaporator for maintaining said defined temperature and minimizing energy consumption, said controller operates said closed cooling circuit between a minimum possible cooling power and a maximum possible cooling power in a sequence of different operational stages, said controller further operates said closed cooling circuit in each one of at least two upper operational stages at a compressor speed related cooling capacity different said other upper operational stages and within said respective upper operational stages said controller operates a compressor in an uninterrupted mode and adjusts said cooling power stepless speed control of said compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Applicant: MAERSK CONTAINER INDUSTRI A/S
    Inventor: Helge Reimer Hansen
  • Patent number: D594386
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Maersk Container Industri A/S
    Inventors: Gert Jorgensen, Lars Lübker