Patents Examined by Dana K Tighe
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Patent number: 11267572Abstract: An aircraft air distribution assembly providing integrated personally controllable air flow and cabin air flow is presented. The aircraft air distribution assembly comprises a plenum and a flow restriction system. The plenum is connected to a plurality of personal air outlets configured to provide the personally controllable air flow. The flow restriction system extends through at least one wall of the plenum, the flow restriction system configured to set a pressure for the cabin air flow.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2018Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Bryce Avery Vandyke
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Patent number: 11255551Abstract: Disclosed herein is an air conditioner including a main outlet and a plurality of fine outlets provided in a main body, wherein at least one discharge guide for guiding air discharged by a blowing fan to one of the main outlet and the fine outlets is disposed in the inside of the main body to cool indoor space in various ways.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2017Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jin-Gyun Kim, Chang-woo Jung, Weon Seok Choi
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Patent number: 11248415Abstract: An energy recovery ventilator door assembly includes an exterior door for a structure, the door including an inside fan and an outside fan for providing flows of air to a manifold. The manifold includes an inside manifold conduit for receiving stale inside air and an outside manifold conduit for receiving fresh outside air. A heat sink between the two conduits recovers heat energy from the warmer flow of air flowing in the conduits and transmits the recovered heat energy to the cooler of the flows of air in the conduits. A crossover element routs the inside conduit from the inside of the door to the outside of the door, and routs the outside conduit of the door to the inside of the door. Thus the air in the inside manifold conduit is vented to the outside of the structure through the door and the air in the outside manifold conduit is vented to the inside of the structure through the door.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Inventor: Jerry G. Crittenden
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Patent number: 11235642Abstract: A motor vehicle having an interior compartment which is at least partially enclosed by windows is provided. At least one windshield or one side window or one rear window is assigned an aerodynamic device which is designed to, when an air flow impinges on the aerodynamic device, generate turbulence at a surface, facing toward the interior compartment, of the window. The aerodynamic device is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Alejandro Cristian Vagni
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Patent number: 11225142Abstract: A method for controlling the air-conditioning function of a transportation vehicle seat wherein a value of an air-conditioning parameter is set by an operating element which is moved from a null position in two opposite directions. The air-conditioning parameter controls the distribution of an air-conditioning function in different regions along a first direction indicated by the geometry of the transportation vehicle seat. The separate regions include at least one first and second region. A uniform distribution of the air-conditioning function is produced in the regions in the null position of the operating element. When the operating element is moved in one direction of the two opposite directions, the value of the air-conditioning parameter for at least one of the first and second regions remains constant and is changed for at least the other of the first and second regions. Also disclosed is a device for carrying out the method.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Inventors: Sükrü Cengil, Andrea Schnurr, Marina Belun, Jan Peter Herdey, Oliver Wolf
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Patent number: 11214128Abstract: The present invention relates to an air nozzle device for a vehicle comprising a housing defining an interior volume and having an air inlet at one side, an air discharge opening at a second side and an air flow channel through the housing for transporting a flow of air between the air inlet and the air discharge opening, the device further comprising an air flow regulator mechanism comprising a rod member comprising a rack, at least one flap member comprising a pinion, and an assembly guide mechanism arranged to be moveable between an assembly position and a non-assembly position, wherein the rack and pinion is arranged to, in an assembled state, interact to rotate the at least one flap member about an axis between an open and a closed position to regulate the flow of air in the air flow channel, the assembly guide mechanism is, in the assembly position, arranged to interact with the at least one flap member and the rod member to assemble the rack and pinion, and the assembly guide mechanism is, in the non-aType: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: NINGBO GEELY AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CO.Inventors: Tony Jonsson, Oskar Adamsson, Veronica Berviand, Marcus Hansson
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Patent number: 11214965Abstract: A roof vent is made from convoluted filaments. The roof vent includes a center section, a first end section, and a second end section, all made from convoluted filaments. The first and second end sections each include a top layer made from convoluted filaments and a bottom layer made from convoluted filaments. The thickness of the first end section may be substantially the same as a thickness of the center section. A filter may cover the top of the center section, the tops, ends, sides, and bottoms of the first and second end sections, and a portion of a bottom of the center section, leaving a middle portion of the bottom of the center section uncovered by the filter.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Owens Coming Intellectual Capital, LLCInventors: Paul Edward Gassman, Jeffrey Wayne Smith, Jay D. Wagner
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Patent number: 11214124Abstract: An extraction device is provided for a motor vehicle, in particular for a motor bike or for a motor vehicle similar to a motor bike. The extraction device includes at least one duct-like air-guide which has at least one opening which is arranged in or at an exhaust-air region of a ventilated vehicle component of the motor vehicle, such as engine, gearbox or the like, and which is extended between the used-air region of the vehicle component and a rear wheel of the motor vehicle, and at least one suction apparatus which is connectable or is connected to the air-guide and in which a negative pressure can be produced in order to suck air out of the exhaust-air region via the at least one air-guide.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2018Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventor: Josef Seidl
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Patent number: 11215006Abstract: A stile and rail frame exterior solid core door brings fresh outside air into a structure horizontally through a ventilator assembly. The ventilator assembly includes an upper housing. The upper housing includes a filter for filtering the fresh air and a fan in a fan housing provides a flow of air into the upper housing and through the filter and into the structure horizontally through the door. Air flow through the housing is controlled by a movable damper in the upper housing. An actuator moves the damper in response to electronic input signals. Stale air is exhausted from the structure in a similar manner, through a fan in a lower housing. The upper and lower housings with their fans extend substantially the width of the door between the stiles. Electronic elements are in a housing in the door, and respond to information appropriately sensed by sensor elements placed in the structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Inventor: Jerry G. Crittenden
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Patent number: 11187225Abstract: An air quality notification device includes an actuating and sensing module and a first communication module. The actuating and sensing module includes a sensor and an actuating device. The sensor is disposed near the actuating device and senses air transmitted by the actuating device to generate air quality information. The first communication module is electrically connected to the actuating and sensing module to receive and transmit the air quality information.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: MICROJET TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hao-Jan Mou, Chi-Feng Huang, Yung-Lung Han, Chang-Yen Tsai, Hsuan-Kai Chen, Wei-Ming Lee
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Patent number: 11181297Abstract: Disclosed is an air vent assembly for ventilation systems. The disclosed vent assembly regulates the flow of exhaust air sucked by an exhaust fan of the ventilation system. The vent assembly includes a seat, the seat having a passage for air. The seat can be configured in a base that can be installed over a vent or a grille on the vent. The assembly further includes a lid placed on the seat, such as to block the passage of the seat. A cage surrounding the lid, wherein the cage limits the lateral movement of the lid and provides a guided upper movement of the lid. The cage is of a slanted configuration. The lid can be held against the top of the cage in an inclined position, wherein the angle of inclination can be proportional to the slant of the cage.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2021Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Inventor: Khosrow Anthony Afkhampour
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Patent number: 11149978Abstract: A window vent assembly (15) is usable with a swing out window assembly (20) to provide an outlet for a vent hose (12) of a portable air conditioner (10). The assembly includes a substantially rigid, transparent sheet (16) with a plurality of scored break lines (46, 48, 50, 52) which enable changing the size of the sheet to close a frame opening (22) of a window frame (18). A plurality of releasably engageable clips (62, 64) enable the sheet to be releasably held in closing relation with the frame opening. A sleeve (114) is releasably engageable with the vent hose to enable venting of the heat removed by the air conditioner from the window through a sheet opening (14) in the sheet.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: DANBY PRODUCTS LIMITEDInventors: Parwaiz Amery, Dennis O'Brien, Gregory Allan Thomas Hall
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Patent number: 11142804Abstract: A burner assembly for top combustion hot blast stove including a burner surrounded by a burner shell, where the burner has a circular cross-section; a number of air nozzles arranged for tangentially feeding air to the burner, the air nozzles being connected to one or more air distribution chambers; a number of gas nozzles arranged for tangentially feeding gas to the burner, the gas nozzles being connected to one or more gas distribution chambers; wherein the air nozzles are arranged in one or more inclined or vertical stacked arrays of air nozzles, each inclined or vertical stacked array being in connection with one inclined or vertical air distribution chamber; the gas nozzles are arranged in one or more inclined or vertical stacked arrays of gas nozzles, each inclined or vertical stacked array being in connection with one inclined or vertical gas distribution chamber; and the inclined or vertical air distribution chamber(s) and the inclined or vertical gas distribution chamber(s) are arranged along the circType: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: PAUL WURTH DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Stefan Thaler, Stefan Kessler, Eric Schaub, Hossein Sa'Doddin, Jurij Luft
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Patent number: 11147190Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are provided for protectively covering an air inlet or outlet of an air-moving assembly. The apparatus includes a protective cover assembly, which includes a retractable cover and a spring-biasing mechanism. The retractable cover transitions between a retracted state, when the air-moving assembly is operatively positioned within the chassis, and in extended state, when the air-moving assembly is withdrawn from the chassis. In retracted state, the retractable cover is retracted away from the air inlet or outlet, and in extended state, the retractable cover covers, at least partially, the air inlet or outlet. The spring-biasing mechanism is coupled to the retractable cover and biases the retractable cover in the extended state when the air-moving assembly is withdrawn from the chassis, and compresses to allow transition of the retractable cover to the retracted state as the air-moving assembly is inserted into operative position within the chassis.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Levi A. Campbell, Christopher R. Ciraulo, Milnes P. David, Dustin W. Demetriou, Robert K. Mullady, Roger R. Schmidt
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Patent number: 11137149Abstract: A comfort cassette (1) and a method which comprises a pressure box (2) with an inlet (3) and a plurality of outlets (4) for through flow of a supply air flow (L1). The outlets (4) are arranged at more than two of the pressure box edges (5a, 5b, . . . 5n) and form a group (6a, 6b, . . . 6n) of outlets per edge (5a, 5b, . . . 5n). The outlets are arranged in a configuration which is changeable by outlets (4) of a cover member (8) when the cover member (8) is displaced in relation to the outlets (4) of the pressure box (4). The cover member (8) is arranged to change simultaneously the configuration of all groups (6a, 6b, . . . 6n) of the outlets, by movement of the cover member (8) in only one direction, while the supply air flow (L1) is changeable in more than two directions by movement of the cover member.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: FLÄKTGROUP SWEDEN ABInventor: Per Nilsson
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Patent number: 11105517Abstract: The invention is a device, system and method of use for cooling the temperature in an interior space without the need for a power source or moving parts.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Inventor: Lisa Marcucci
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Patent number: 11083097Abstract: A pressure equalization element for equalizing the pressure of an interior space of a housing, in particular of an electric, motor or gearing housing, of a tank or the like, with respect to an outer side, is specified. The pressure equalization element includes a hole which is formed in a wall of the housing, a diaphragm which is attached on the interior space side in the region of the hole and which closes off the hole with respect to the outer side of the housing in water-tight but air-permeable fashion, and a holding structure which is formed on the housing in the region of the hole and which serves for accommodating an impact guard. The impact guard is connectable, on the outer side of the housing, to the holding structure and protects the diaphragm against mechanical action. A housing having the pressure equalization element is also specified.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbHInventors: Nikolaus Kerner, Edward Kotowicz
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Patent number: 11072963Abstract: A method to transfer thermal energy from an interior area includes, among other things, automatically transmitting a request to open a door to provide an opening from the interior area. The opening permits thermal energy to move from the interior area to an exterior area. At least some of the thermal energy within the interior area is generated when charging a vehicle within the interior area. An assembly includes, among other things, a door actuation module that automatically transmits a request to open a door to provide an opening from an interior area. The opening permits thermal energy to move from the interior area to an exterior area. At least some of the thermal energy within the interior area is generated when charging a vehicle within the interior area.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2018Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: David Michael Herman, Nunzio DeCia, Stephen Jay Orris, Jr., Nicholas Alexander Scheufler
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Patent number: 11073322Abstract: A modular air handler is adapted for installation in a racking assembly behind palletized product. The air handler operates to move air through the adjacent layers of palletized product upon placement of the palletized product in the adjacent space. The air handler can be deactivated in order to prevent unnecessary air flow when no palletized product is present in the adjacent space. A number of the modular air handlers may be provided for a racking assembly, such that individual pallet bays may be activated or deactivated as palletized product is deposited or withdrawn from the various pallet bays of the rack.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: TIPPMANN ENGINEERING, LLCInventors: Daniel J. Tippmann, Robert T. Tippmann, III
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Patent number: 11067302Abstract: A packaged terminal air conditioner unit (PTAC) and methods for operating the same are provided. The PTAC includes a vent aperture defined in a bulkhead of the PTAC and an auxiliary fan for urging a flow of make-up air through the vent aperture. A controller is configured for obtaining a room occupancy status from an occupancy system and determining a target make-up air flow rate based on the room occupancy status. The controller operates an exhaust fan, such as a bathroom fan, to urge a flow of exhaust air through an exhaust duct at an exhaust flow rate and operates the auxiliary fan to urge the flow of auxiliary air at an auxiliary flow rate, the auxiliary flow rate being substantially equivalent to the target make-up air flow rate minus the exhaust flow rate.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2017Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Mike Fradkin