Patents Examined by David J Teitelbaum
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Patent number: 11898782Abstract: A multi-air conditioner for heating/cooling operation may include: at least one indoor unit which is installed in a room, and includes an indoor heat exchanger; an outdoor unit which is connected to the indoor unit through a refrigerant pipe, and includes an outdoor heat exchanger, a compressor, an outdoor expansion valve, and a four-way valve; at least one leakage blocking valve which is formed on the refrigerant pipe, and blocks a refrigerant flow in the refrigerant pipe when a refrigerant leak occurs from the refrigerant pipe in the room; and a buffer unit which is installed on the refrigerant pipe between the indoor unit and the outdoor unit, and collects refrigerant leaking from the refrigerant pipe. Accordingly, when the refrigerant leaks into the room, it is possible to minimize the amount of the leaking refrigerant by collecting the refrigerant in the buffer tank.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Chiwoo Song, Yongcheol Sa, Jiyoung Jang
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Patent number: 11867446Abstract: A low-temperature storage device includes an inner vessel, an outer vessel about the inner vessel, a thermal insulation layer between the inner vessel and the outer vessel, and a single heat exchanger in thermal communication with an interior of the inner vessel and adapted to be connected to at least one of an evaporator in a closed-loop refrigeration circuit and an open-loop evaporator for an externally-supplied cryogen. The inner vessel can be a vacuum-insulated vessel, and the heat exchanger can be an internal heat exchanger including at least two fluid circuits: a first circuit with one external connection and one internal connection into the inner vessel and the second circuit with two external connections.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Inventor: John A. Corey
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Patent number: 11859872Abstract: A variable geometry ejector (300) for cooling applications is disclosed comprising a primary fluid chamber (302); a suction chamber (320) downstream the primary fluid chamber (302); a primary nozzle (310) arranged so as to stream a working fluid from the primary fluid chamber (302) to the suction chamber (320); and a tail member (325) arranged downstream the primary nozzle (310), wherein any of the primary nozzle (310) and the tail member (325) is movable in relation to the other. The invention further discloses a system comprising the variable geometry ejector (300). The invention applies to cooling apparatus and systems industry.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Inventors: Szabolcs Varga, Armando Carlos Figueiredo Coelho De Oliveira, Fernando Gomes De Almeida, António Manuel Ferreira Mendes Lopes, João Pedro Barata Rocha Falcão Carneiro
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Patent number: 11857909Abstract: Systems for atmospheric water generation are disclosed. An illustrative system may comprise an atmospheric water generator, and a wireless communications device communicatively coupled to the atmospheric water generator. The wireless communications device may be configured to receive and display status information associated with the atmospheric water generator, and to provide operating instructions to the atmospheric water generator. The wireless communications device may be further configured to display an outside temperature, an outdoor humidity, a water level, an indoor temperature, an indoor humidity, and a dew point. The wireless communications device may be further configured to receive control instructions, and wherein the wireless communications device is further configured to communicate the control instructions to the atmospheric water generator.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Inventor: Richard Arthur Mayer
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Patent number: 11850912Abstract: The invention relates to an air conditioning module, a modular air conditioning system, a transport vehicle and a method. The air conditioning module the air conditioning module (51) comprises an evaporator (65), a condenser (66) and a compressor (67) which are mounted to, onto or in the frame (60). The frame (60) further defines or bounds a first volume V1 that is arranged in air communication with the evaporator (65) and a second volume V2 that is arranged in air communication with the condenser (66). The second volume V2 is separated from the first volume VI, at least in the lateral direction T. The frame (60) is provided with one or more walls (71), (72), (73), (74) to at least partially define or bound the first volume V1 and the second volume V2. The first volumes V1 are aligned in the stacking direction S to form the continuous first air channel C1.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Inventor: Patrick Heering
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Patent number: 11852400Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet. The cabinet defines a food storage chamber therein. A door is rotatably mounted to the cabinet. The refrigerator appliance also includes a food storage unit. The food storage unit includes a rigid structural frame surrounding a flexible element. The flexible element is deformable and movable relative to the rigid structural frame.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Alexander B. Leibman, Venkata Chakradhar Rangu, Neelapala Gopinath Yadav
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Patent number: 11852387Abstract: A refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises an inlet port and an outlet port which are formed in a sink body forming a heat sink, so as to guide coolant inflow and coolant outflow respectively, wherein the center line of the inlet port passes through the center of a thermoelectric element attached to the heat sink.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Hyoungkeun Lim, Seokjun Yun, Junghun Lee, Hoyoun Lee
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Patent number: 11850911Abstract: A mounting structure of a thermal management module for a vehicle, includes: a mounting carrier mounted at a front of a vehicle body and having a receiving space; and a thermal management module mounted in the receiving space; wherein the thermal management module includes: an air conditioner mounted in the receiving space and configured to adjust a temperature of a vehicle interior according to a cooling mode or a heating mode; and a cooling device mounted in the receiving space and configured to heat-exchange with a working fluid using an external air introduced from outside of the cooling device.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HANON SYSTEMSInventors: Yeonho Kim, Gee Young Shin, Jae Yeon Kim, Jeawan Kim, Jung Sam Gu, Jae Chun Ryu, Sung-Wook Park
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Patent number: 11828508Abstract: A system includes a first set of coils that receive coolant from a first coolant line and provide the coolant to a second coolant line. A second set of coils that receive coolant from a third coolant line and provide the coolant to a fourth coolant line. A first valve regulates flow of coolant between the first and third coolant line. A second valve regulates flow of coolant between the second and the fourth coolant lines. A third valve regulates flow of coolant between the fourth coolant line and a fifth coolant line coupled to a water evaporator and a three-way valve. The three-way valve regulates flow of coolant between the fifth coolant line, the third coolant line, and a coolant input line. A fourth valve regulates flow of coolant between the second coolant line and a water condenser. A controller adjusts the valves to operate in a high temperature mode.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: LGL France S.A.S.Inventors: Bastien Jovet, Eric Chapuis
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Patent number: 11828513Abstract: Provided is a helium recondensation apparatus for a cryostat, which can stably recondense vapor of helium in the cryostat while preventing a pipeline for the recondensation from being clogged. A recondensation apparatus includes a freezer, a first heat exchanger, a first recondensing chamber, and a first connection part. The first heat exchanger stores heat-exchanging helium in a helium tank included in an NMR apparatus, and permits the heat-exchanging helium to evaporate owing to heat of vaporization taken from vapor of coolant helium in the helium tank, thereby permitting the coolant helium to recondense through heat exchange with the heat-exchanging helium. The first connection part is separated from the coolant helium in the helium tank and permits the heat-exchanging helium to flow between the first heat exchanger and the first recondensing chamber therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: JAPAN SUPERCONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventor: Satoshi Ito
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Patent number: 11819853Abstract: An apparatus (1) for cooling containers, in particular vials, comprising at least one first cooling zone (200) for receiving containers, with a cooling zone base and a cooling zone wall (201), and a cooling device (300) for cooling air, and a first duct (113) for conducting the cooled air from the cooling device (300) into the cooling zone (200), wherein an outlet of the first duct (113) is spaced apart from the cooling zone base.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: CTC ANALYTICS AGInventors: Roland Kernen, Melchior Zumbach
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Patent number: 11807070Abstract: A mounting structure of a thermal management module for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: front side members extending along a length direction of a vehicle and disposed on left and right sides of the vehicle, respectively, in a width direction of the vehicle; a dash reinforcement crossmember extending along the width direction of the vehicle and coupled to rear ends of the front side members on the left and right sides based on a front and rear direction of the vehicle; a crossmember dividing a space formed by the front side members into two spaces in the front and rear direction of the vehicle; and at least one mounting bracket, on which the thermal management module is mounted, configured to mount the thermal management module in one of the two spaces divided by the crossmember.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HANON SYSTEMSInventors: Yeonho Kim, Jeawan Kim, Jae Yeon Kim, Jung Bum Choi, Seong Woo Jeong, In guk Hwang
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Patent number: 11801733Abstract: In one embodiment, an autonomous driving system to autonomously drive an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) includes one or more processors, a perception module executed by the processors to perceive a driving environment surrounding the ADV, and a planning module executed by the processors to plan a path based on perception data of the driving environment to navigate through the driving environment. The processors are mounted on one or more cold plates coupled to a vehicle cooling system of the ADV, the vehicle cooling system having a first radiator and a first coolant distribution loop coupled to a vehicle engine of the ADV to provide liquid cooling to the vehicle engine. The cold plates are coupled to the first radiator via a second coolant distribution loop to receive a portion of the coolant from the first radiator to extract heat from the cold plates.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: BAIDU USA LLCInventors: Shuai Shao, Tianyi Gao
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Patent number: 11796203Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes: a heat medium circulation circuit including: a heat medium device, a heat medium pipe, a pump, a heat medium detection unit, and a controller that includes a count unit to count an air-conditioning operation time and count a pump operation time based on heat medium detection information of the heat medium detection unit, a storage unit storing a set air-conditioning time and a set pump time, a comparison unit to compare the air-conditioning operation time with the set air-conditioning time and compare the pump operation time with the set pump time, and a device control unit to control driving of the pump so that the pump operation time reaches or exceeds the set pump time when the air-conditioning operation time is longer than or equal to the set air-conditioning time and the pump operation time is shorter than the set pump time.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Naoto Ishii, Yuji Motomura, Kimitaka Kadowaki
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Patent number: 11796226Abstract: A heat transfer system for controlling two or more heat loads, including a high transient heat load, is provided. The heat transfer system may include sensible-heat thermal energy storage. A method of transferring heat from two or more heat loads to an ambient environment is further provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Timothy Unton, Eric Sean Donovan
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Patent number: 11796236Abstract: A system includes a first set of coils that receive coolant from a first coolant line and provide the coolant to a second coolant line. A second set of coils that receive coolant from a third coolant line and provide the coolant to a fourth coolant line. A first valve regulates flow of coolant between the first and third coolant line. A second valve regulates flow of coolant between the second and the fourth coolant lines. A third valve regulates flow of coolant between the fourth coolant line and a fifth coolant line coupled to a water evaporator and a three-way valve. The three-way valve regulates flow of coolant between the fifth coolant line, the third coolant line, and a coolant input line. A fourth valve regulates flow of coolant between the second coolant line and a water condenser. A controller adjusts the valves to operate in a low temperature mode.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: LGL France S.A.S.Inventors: Bastien Jovet, Eric Chapuis
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Patent number: 11781787Abstract: A 3000-20000 rpm RS-SR motor (RS-SR) and adjustable speed drive (ASD), with a cooling and lubrication system that is independent of the existing chiller lubrication and refrigerant cooling circuits. Product is configured as a direct replacement for motor, starter (drive), and gearbox solutions historically and currently used by OEM's on chillers. Oil containment and low motor cavity pressure is achieved with Axial Carbon Ceramic seals. Using an inner shell suspended in an outer shell: a coolant path is created, and vibration is abated, as well as meeting pressure vessel requirements. These features enable precise qualification of product independent of the chiller system over range of speeds and loads on a calibrated test stand. Specific information derived from qualification tests enables integration of optimization subroutines into the ASD that improve efficiency and increase ability to operate at or near compressor surge boundary.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Inventors: Reed Harmon Carpenter, Donald Conrad Perry
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Patent number: 11779136Abstract: The provides disclosure describes a method for configuring an open display refrigerator, the method comprises: a measuring an initial temperature difference between the warmest temperature recorded by an array of temperature sensors and the coldest temperature recorded by the array of temperature sensors; coupling an air guide to at least one shelf; adjusting the distance between the air guide and the edge of the shelf for the at least one shelf; measuring a final temperature difference associated with the distance, the final temperature difference being the temperature difference between the warmest temperature recorded by the array of temperature sensors and the coldest temperature recorded by the array of temperatures sensors after coupling an air guide to the at least one shelf; selecting a distance from the plurality of distances that gives rise to at least a threshold temperature difference, or selecting the distance from the plurality of distances wherein the difference between the initial temperatureType: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Aerofoil Energy LimitedInventor: Paul McAndrew
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Patent number: 11774136Abstract: An air conditioning appliance includes a housing, a drain pan positioned below the housing, and a plenum which is attached to the housing and to the drain pan. The drain pan includes an upper surface in contact with the housing and a socket configured to receive a leg. The housing of the air conditioning appliance rests on the upper surface of the drain pan, such that the drain pan defines a platform which structurally supports the housing of the air conditioning appliance.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Stephen D. Hatcher, Logan Chayse Dunaway, Richard Michael Phillips, Christopher Raymond Geisen, Robert T. Mills, Cody Ewing
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Patent number: 11774148Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigeration system comprising: condenser; an expansion valve; a first conduit fluidly connecting the condenser and the expansion valve to define a first fluid segment through which a medium is transported when the system is active; and a separator assembly, operably disposed in the first fluid segment, configured to remove non-condensable gas from the medium when the system is active.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Rajiv Ranjan, Ying She