Patents Examined by Dana K Tighe
  • Patent number: 12214887
    Abstract: An environmental control system of an aircraft includes a primary heat exchanger, a secondary heat exchanger and an air cycle machine. The air cycle machine includes a compressor fluidly coupled to an outlet of the primary heat exchanger and an inlet of the secondary heat exchanger, a dehumidification system arranged in fluid communication with the outlet of the secondary heat exchanger, a first turbine fluidly coupled to an outlet of the secondary heat exchanger and optionally a second turbine disposed downstream of the first turbine that receives air from the first turbine in a normal mode a first humidity sensor disposed fluidly between the first turbine and the second turbine that measures humidity of air that has left the first turbine as it enters the second turbine in the normal mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Donald E. Army, John M. Maljanian
  • Patent number: 12215891
    Abstract: This application discloses a wind pressure-driven air intake device for natural ventilation of zero power consumption. Such a device comprises multiple tunnels being arranged around a common central chamber, each having an inflow valve at its inner end connecting the central chamber and an outer end open to ambient airflow. The inflow valve allows only inward flow from a corresponding tunnel into the central chamber. The central chamber has an opening allowing airflow exit to a space to be ventilated. The device is capable of capturing ambient wind flow and wind pressure to be fed to the vented space regardless of wind flow direction towards the device, with no need for a powered air driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Inventor: Jason Lin
  • Patent number: 12211711
    Abstract: A baking apparatus, may include a processing chamber including a lower chamber and an upper chamber connected by a ring shutter; a baking plate in the processing chamber adjacent to a region in which the lower chamber and the ring shutter overlap; an active flow controller including a first module and a second module in the lower chamber adjacent to the baking plate; a first auxiliary flow controller on a lower part of the ring shutter, adjacent to the lower chamber; and a second auxiliary flow controller in the upper chamber adjacent to the ring shutter. The active controller may be configured to move based on movement of the first module in a first direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the baking plate. The active flow controller may be configured to control airflow around the second module by movement of the second module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bumjin Jang, Seunghwa Kang, Sungyong Park, Ansook Sul, Kiju Sohn, Wonguk Seo
  • Patent number: 12203675
    Abstract: A panel assembly includes a panel, a panel frame, and an air guide plate. The panel frame is in annular shape and fitted over the panel. The panel frame includes a plurality of air outlets spaced apart from each other and surrounding the panel, and an air baffle rib provided at an appearance surface of the panel frame and located on a side of the air outlets away from the panel. The air guide plate is movably arranged at the air outlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chao Lin
  • Patent number: 12196444
    Abstract: An air control system 20 and associated methods including a flexible duct 30 having air exit holes 40, 42 and a flexible liner 50, 60 sheet within the duct 30 and extending longitudinally along the duct, the liner 50 sheet having opposite longitudinal edges 52, 54 connected to the duct 30 along the longitudinal length of the duct 30, the liner 50 sheet being permeable in one aspect and regulating air flow through the exit holes 40, 42 when the sheet is pressed against the portion of the duct having the exit holes, and an air exit hole positioned in the duct downstream a terminal end of the liner sheet such that air exits the duct through the air exit hole to reduce or eliminate retrograde airflow along a length of the duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Leiterman and Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Ryan Leiterman
  • Patent number: 12191165
    Abstract: A wafer transfer system includes a transfer chamber defining a volume. The transfer chamber includes a wafer support within the volume to support a wafer. A first input gas nozzle is disposed above the wafer support and inputs a first flow of gas into the transfer chamber at a first flow speed. A second input gas nozzle is disposed below the wafer support and inputs a second flow of gas into the transfer chamber at a second flow speed different than the first flow speed. A first output gas structure guides the gas from the transfer chamber due to the second flow speed being different than the first flow speed such that suspended particles within the transfer chamber are at least one of directed away from the wafer support or directed toward the first output gas structure to guide the suspended particles from the transfer chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Kai-Chin Wei
  • Patent number: 12181173
    Abstract: A linear air diffuser for a suspended ceiling, which allows using a stretch ceiling material or any other suspended ceiling material or both simultaneously (installed on different sides of the profile) and also enables covering the point of connection of the mounting profile and stretch ceiling material or suspended ceiling material. The linear air diffuser also functions as a partition in a stretch ceiling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: OSAÜHING VECTA DESIGN
    Inventor: Vitalii Kilievoi
  • Patent number: 12181166
    Abstract: A method and apparatus to monitor air filter life and motor usage in a forced air filtration system is disclosed. The forced air filtration system uses a constant volume (CV) motor to drive a fan or blower to force the air through the filter. The generated data allows the users to schedule air filter replacement and motor maintenance to maintain system performance and avoid interruption of normal operation due to equipment failure. The motor life monitoring may also be used by equipment manufacturers and users to track equipment life expectancy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Evolution Controls Inc.
    Inventors: David Lee Haessig, Ronald Sai Kit Yip, Roger Hort
  • Patent number: 12181167
    Abstract: A method of controlling a central air conditioning system includes, when a first air volume determined based on humidity in each of a plurality of rooms is less than a second air volume determined based on air quality in the room, causing a conveyor to convey air with a second air volume determined for a first room to the first room and convey air with a third air volume to a second room other than the first room, the third air volume being obtained by correcting the first air volume determined for the second room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi Kokado
  • Patent number: 12173726
    Abstract: A ventilation unit (1) is formed by at least one fan (2), a heat exchanger, axially spaced from the fan (2), and a housing (3). The housing (3) has a first housing section (4), with a constant flow cross-section, where the heat exchanger is arranged. A second housing section (5) adjoins the first section (4) in the axial flow direction. The fan (2) is arranged on the second housing section (5) in the axial flow direction. During operation, the fan conveys air through the heat exchanger, arranged in the first housing section (4), and through the second housing section (5). The flow cross-section of the second housing section (5) is reduced in the flow direction from the first housing section (4) to the fan (2) by an adaptation to the form of housing wall sections (6, 6?) of the second housing section (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Engert, Daniel Conrad, Dimitri Mehlmeister
  • Patent number: 12163690
    Abstract: An indoor unit includes a rear housing in which a heat exchanger and an electrical component box are disposed, a front housing disposed in front of the heat exchanger such that the front housing is removable, a front design panel disposed in front of the front housing such that the front design panel is removable, a securing and storage part into which a communication adapter is secured, and a temporary placement part for the communication adapter. The securing and storage part is disposed in the front housing such that the securing and storage part is exposed when the front design panel is removed. The temporary placement part is used to temporarily place the communication adapter on the temporary placement part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Goto, Yasushi Oba
  • Patent number: 12157628
    Abstract: Systems and methods for purging smoke and other gasses from containers are provided. First portions of a coupling device are fixed to the containers and each define a first inner passageway. A second portion of the coupling device is configured for selective securement to any of the first portions to create a fluid passageway from an interior of the container, through the coupling device, to an ambient environment outside of the container. An airflow device may be fluidly connected to said second portion by ductwork.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Energy Storage Response Group LLC
    Inventors: Edward Miller, Nick Warner, Thomas Bensen
  • Patent number: 12152804
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a terminal unit of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system. The terminal unit includes a control box assembly including an electric enclosure with electronics disposed within a cavity of the electric enclosure. The terminal unit also includes a duct assembly including a casing and a control valve configured to coordinate with the electronic controls to manage air flow through the casing. Further, the terminal unit includes a see-through barrier coupled to the electric enclosure such that the electronics are positioned between a base of the electric disclosure and the see-through barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Air Distribution Technologies IP, LLC
    Inventors: Phillip Addison Baxter, Alexander Contreras, Chris Theodore Way, Cameron Travis West
  • Patent number: 12144313
    Abstract: A method for mitigating airborne pathogens from a livestock house by using a cross-flow ventilation system, which is fluidly connected to a livestock house and configured to control the air quality and movement by introducing ambient air into at least one air filtration system that is attached to a side wall of the house. The method includes flowing conditioned air from the air chamber into the house through at least one ventilation panel to the opposing sidewall with a laminar or substantially laminar flow of air and removing the air from the house using an exhaust fan attached to a side wall opposite the side wall containing the air filtration system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Almarai Company
    Inventors: Andrew Mackie, Dermot Looney
  • Patent number: 12128741
    Abstract: A duct body F30 having a straight tubular shape is provided to a duct F3 of an air conditioning function-equipped console device F1, a fin member F35 provided inside the duct body F30 faces a front blowout port F33 of the duct body F30, fin bodies F36 of the fin member F35 are arranged in an axial direction of the duct body F30, and projected areas of the respective fin bodies F36 when projected in the axial direction increase from the fin body F36 on an inflow port F31 side toward the fin body F36 on a rear blowout port F32 side. Alternatively, a damper S4 is disposed on a far side of a blowout port S2 of a duct S3 in an air conditioning duct device S1, an operation portion S5 connected to the damper S4 and partially exposed in a vehicle compartment S95 is provided, the blowout port S2 has a long shape, and at least a part of the operation portion S5 is located on an outer side in a short-side direction with respect to the blowout port S2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Terai
  • Patent number: 12130047
    Abstract: A laminar flow at a high air speed can be maintained, and contamination caused by operation of a device or operation of the device by a person can be suppressed as much as possible. There is provided a safety cabinet that supplies clean air into a work room from above, the cabinet including: an opening portion in a front surface of the work room; a front shutter; partition plates provided on right and left side surfaces and a back surface on an upper side of the work room; and a partition on a front upper side of the work room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kaneko, Takeshi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 12116023
    Abstract: A droplet-blocking air conditioning system inside a train compartment according to an exemplary embodiment may include an air conditioning system unit for regulating the temperature and humidity of the air inside the train compartment; an air supply regulation unit which uses downdraft air to supply the compartment with the air that has had the temperature and humidity regulated by the air conditioning system unit, thereby causing the droplets remaining in the compartment to flow below the compartment due to the downdraft air; mechanical and electronic motors which control a degree of rotation of the air adjustment member according to the degree of rotation of a rotary shaft inside the air supply regulation unit; and an air discharge unit for discharging the droplets and the downdraft air to the outside of the compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA RAILROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sung-Ho Yun, Yong-Jun Jang, Jae-Chul Kim
  • Patent number: 12104804
    Abstract: A ventilation wall system has an air intake end for air entering and an air exhaust end for air exhausting. The ventilation wall system includes a heat exchanger module, a fan module, an electric control module, and an air filter module. The heat exchanger module is configured to exchange heat for air entering the heat exchanger module. The fan module is configured to convey air on one side of the fan module to the other side of the fan module. The electric control module is electrically connected to the fan module and the heat exchanger module. The air filter module is configured to filter air entering the air intake end. When the fan module is disposed on a side that is of the heat exchanger module and that is close to the air exhaust end, air after heat exchange performed by the heat exchanger module is sent out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI DIGITAL POWER TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qian Zhu, Yonghuang Tong, Qingfei Song
  • Patent number: 12103821
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an elevator having a function of removing dust adhered to an object aboard, including: a car which provides a boarding space, and in which a pair of air holes disposed in a diagonal direction each other at a same height of an inner space are formed; and a pair of fan modules that generates whirlwind rotating in the inner space of the car by ejecting air traveling from one of the pair of air hoes in a direction away from a center of the inner space of the car and ejecting air traveling from the other of the pair of air hoes in a direction away from the center of the inner space of the car, in which dust adhered to the object aboard inside the car is separated from the object aboard by the whirlwind generated inside the car.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignees: GUMYOUNG GENERAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gum-Gee Lee, Ju Dae Kim, Hyung Seok Kim, Hakki Han
  • Patent number: 12092364
    Abstract: A firebox having upper and lower manifolds with a double wall structure extending between the manifolds and providing fluid communication between the manifolds and cooling to the walls. The upper manifold has blades directing a curtain of air over and down into an interior box defined by an enclosing interior wall of the double wall structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Inventor: Andrew Gallo