Patents Examined by David J Teitelbaum
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Patent number: 11530864Abstract: A drying chamber assembly and a refrigerator are provided. The drying chamber assembly consists of a drawer-type sealing container which includes a drawer body, a drawer door and a drawer upper cover. The drawer body has an upward top opening. The drawer door is disposed at a front end of the drawer body and configured to push and pull the drawer body. The drawer upper cover is disposed above the drawer body to seal the top opening when the drawer body is completely pushed into the storage compartment and defines a drying space together with the drawer body and the drawer door. An airflow inlet is formed in the drawer body and configured to supply an airflow to the drying space. The drying chamber assembly directly covers and seals the top opening of the drawer body through the drawer upper cover.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2019Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.Inventors: Ning Wang, Shufei Ren, Meng Wang, Falin Yang
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Patent number: 11530844Abstract: 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: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Timothy Unton, Eric Sean Donovan
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Patent number: 11528829Abstract: An overall efficient heat dissipation system for a high power density cabinet comprises a pump-driven two-phase circulation loop high-power-chip direct heat dissipation system and a cabinet air-cooling system. The cabinet air-cooling system comprises a refrigerant circulation loop and a cabinet internal air circulation loop. The refrigerant circulation loop includes a pump-driven two-phase circulation loop and a vapor compression circulation loop. The pump-driven two-phase circulation loop high-power-chip direct heat dissipation system performs fixed-point heat dissipation for main heating elements, such as CPU and GPU, in a server, and the cabinet air-cooling system performs air-cooling heat dissipation for other heating elements in the server.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: BEIHANG UNIVERSITYInventors: Weixing Yuan, Tongzhi Yang, Kexian Ren, Bo Yang, Ze Miao
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Patent number: 11517035Abstract: The present invention relates to a drawer assembly and a refrigerating and freezing device with the drawer assembly. The drawer assembly comprises a cartridge defined a drawing space and a modified atmosphere film assembly, an accommodating cavity is defined in a top wall of the cartridge, the accommodating cavity is communicated with the drawer space; the modified atmosphere film assembly is mounted in the accommodating cavity, and the modified atmosphere film assembly is provided with a modified atmosphere film and an oxygen-enriched gas collecting cavity, so that when the pressure of the oxygen-enriched gas collecting cavity is less than the pressure of the accommodating cavity, oxygen in air of the accommodating cavity penetrates the modified atmosphere film to the oxygen-enriched gas collecting cavity, so as to obtain a gas atmosphere with rich nitrogen and lean oxygen, facilitating for fresh keeping of foods.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2017Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaobing Zhu, Bo Jiang, Lei Wang, Hao Zhang, Jing Wang
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Patent number: 11512883Abstract: An HVAC system includes a refrigerant liquid-gas separator. The liquid-gas separator is thermally coupled to electronics to transfer heat away from the electronics, and assist in vaporizing liquid refrigerant. The liquid-gas separator device includes a refrigeration section configured to couple to a refrigeration loop, and electronics thermally coupled to the refrigeration section. The refrigeration section includes: (a) a refrigerant inlet configured to receive refrigerant from the refrigeration loop; (b) a refrigerant outlet configured to release vapor refrigerant to the refrigeration loop; and (c) a cavity coupled to the refrigerant inlet and the refrigerant outlet, the cavity configured to separate liquid refrigerant from vapor refrigerant. During use of the HVAC system, heat from the electronics board is transferred to the refrigerant. The liquid-gas separator includes a check valve configured to inhibit flow of refrigerant into the liquid-gas separator device via the refrigerant outlet.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: BERGSTROM, INC.Inventors: Brett S. Connell, Brett Herrmann, Aaron D. Sullivan, Terry Zeigler
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Patent number: 11512882Abstract: A metering device may automatically control fluid flow through a valve. A control system may alter the automatic control of a metering device. In some implementations, a predetermined event may occur to alter the automatic control of the metering device.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.Inventors: Eric Perez, Shawn Niemann, Colin Clara, Der-Kai Hung
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Patent number: 11506428Abstract: In one aspect, a portable liquid pump with integrated chiller and heater system includes a pump component includes a pump, a liquid chamber, an inlet port and an outlet port. The pump component seals a liquid so that it does not escape except by the inlet port and the exit port. The pump component pressurizes and directs the liquid in a warm state from the inlet port over a Thermo-electric element-based cold-side heat exchanger and through the outlet port. A Thermo-electric element component includes the Thermo-electric element-based cold-side heat exchanger and a hot-side heat exchanger, wherein the Thermo-electric element component converts an electrical current into a temperature difference that in turn causes heat to flow from the Thermo-electric element-based cold-side heat exchanger to the hot-side heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Inventor: Faizan Ahmed
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Patent number: 11491842Abstract: An air-conditioner casing for an air conditioner mounted on a ceiling of a bus are provided. The air-conditioner casing includes: a pair of bases having first and second bases which are installed to be spaced apart from and opposite to each other; and one or more shrouds coupled in a space between the first and second bases, in which the number of shrouds to be connected and installed in the casing may be determined based on a capacity of an air conditioner.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Nam-Seok Yun
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Patent number: 11488754Abstract: The present invention discloses a superconducting bulk cooling apparatus and cooling method for a high-temperature superconducting magnetic levitation vehicle. The superconducting bulk cooling apparatus for the high-temperature superconducting magnetic levitation vehicle includes a refrigerating machine, a vacuum box and a Dewar tank. A condensing tank is arranged in the vacuum box, and the condensing tank is communicated with the Dewar tank through a nitrogen siphon pipe and a liquid nitrogen return pipe; a heat exchanger connected with the refrigerating machine is arranged in the condensing tank; and a flexible isolation pipe for thermally insulating and isolating the nitrogen siphon pipe and the liquid nitrogen return pipe is connected between the vacuum box and the Dewar tank. The present invention pumps the phase-change nitrogen out of the Dewar tank through a siphoning effect, so that the immersion cooling of high-temperature superconducting bulks is separated from the re-condensation of the nitrogen.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITYInventors: Zigang Deng, Shaolei Sun, Yanzhi Liu, Jun Zheng
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Patent number: 11473833Abstract: The present invention is directed to a low-profile refrigerator/freezer. The refrigerator/freezer may comprise a housing, a refrigerator door, a freezer door, divider walls, operator controls, and a refrigeration subsystem. The refrigerator/freezer may be adapted for use by a wheelchair-bound user. The housing may be less than or equal to 38 inches high, less than or equal to 42 inches wide, and less than or equal to 18 inches deep such that the wheelchair-bound user may be able to reach an interior space of the refrigerator/freezer from a wheelchair. A refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment may be side-by-side such that the refrigerator compartment and the freezer compartment provide the same visibility. The operator controls may be placed within reach of the wheelchair-bound user. The refrigerator/freezer may be mounted on a plurality of caster wheels. Two front wheels may comprise brakes for safety.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Inventor: Marshall L. Brown
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Patent number: 11465656Abstract: A railcar backup cooling system may be added to an existing railcar (e.g., a boxcar) to provide supplemental or backup cooling to the railcar in the event that an HVAC failure or other circumstance occurs, which causes the interior temperature of the railcar to rise. The system includes a container of liquid or compressed gas mounted on the railcar, a valve controlling the flow of the liquid or gas from the container, and a controller configured to open the valve when the HVAC system fails or is otherwise unable to maintain the railcar at the desired temperature. When the valve is opened, the liquid and/or gas stored in the container may exit, expanding into a cool gas and thereby acting to cool the railcar environment.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: TRINITY RAIL GROUP, LLCInventor: Carter Ray Andrews
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Patent number: 11466902Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel vapor compression refrigeration system, and the methods of making and using the vapor compression refrigeration system.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Purdue Research FoundationInventors: James E Braun, Eckhard A Groll, Xinye Zhang, Davide Ziviani
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Patent number: 11454431Abstract: An in-vehicle absorption heat pump device includes: a regenerator including a gas-liquid separation unit that separates a diluted absorbent containing a refrigerant into the refrigerant and a concentrated absorbent separated from the diluted absorbent; a condenser that condenses a refrigerant vapor separated from the diluted absorbent in the gas-liquid separation unit; an evaporator that evaporates the refrigerant condensed in the condenser; an absorber that causes the refrigerant evaporated by the evaporator to be absorbed into the concentrated absorbent separated from the diluted absorbent in the gas-liquid separation unit; and a storage tank that stores both the diluted absorbent discharged from the absorber and the refrigerant discharged from the evaporator. The storage tank is integrally provided below both the absorber and the evaporator, and communicates with both the absorber and the evaporator.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Osamu Tsubouchi, Taketsugu Toyoda
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Patent number: 11445740Abstract: The present invention provides a storage device, including: a box body, a gas separator, and a gas extractor, wherein the gas extractor is communicated with the gas separator. The storage device of the present invention may form a nitrogen-rich and oxygen-deficient atmosphere beneficial to food freshness preservation.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2017Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaobing Zhu, Bo Jiang, Lei Wang, Hao Zhang, Ming Wang
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Patent number: 11428421Abstract: An outdoor unit of a refrigeration apparatus includes: a fan that generates an upward flow of air passing through a heat exchanger; an electric component box that accommodates a group of electric components; and a casing that includes a panel disposed at a predetermined position opposite to the electric component box. The panel is divided into at least a first panel and a second panel in a lateral direction as viewed from a front view of the panel. The first panel is opposed to at least part of the electric component box. The first panel is detachable from the casing while the second panel remains attached to the casing.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2018Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Daiki Hirawa, Fumiaki Koike, Shigeki Kamitani
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Patent number: 11408655Abstract: An oil separator includes: an oil separator container; and a filter element that is disposed in the oil separator container, defines an outer cavity between the oil separator container and itself, includes an inner cavity into which refrigerant gas is introduced, and separates oil from the refrigerant gas flowing to the outer cavity from the inner cavity. The filter element includes a tubular inner filter member that surrounds the inner cavity, and an outer filter layer that includes a refrigerant gas outlet surface exposed to the outer cavity and is disposed outside the inner filter member. A wire-like or band-like filter retaining member that is in contact with the outer filter layer from the outside may be provided. The refrigerant gas outlet surface may occupy at least 80% of the surface area of the outer filter layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kenta Semura
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Patent number: 11391509Abstract: The present invitation provides a rotatable storage rack, including a drawer, a storage rack body for slidingly receiving the drawer, and a sliding assembly disposed between the drawer and the storage rack body; wherein the sliding assembly includes a curved slide rail and a first pulley moving along the curved slide rail, the curved slide rail includes a horizontal section and a bent section, and the bent section is tangent to the horizontal section and arranged at an angle; when the first pulley moves along the horizontal section, the drawer is pulled out when the first pulley moves along the bent section, the drawer rotates downward.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2018Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaobing Zhu, Hao Zhang, Haoquan Liu, Chun Yang
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Patent number: 11391494Abstract: An evaporator coil and housing system is sometimes used in commercial applications wherein refrigeration occurs in confined and harsh environments. The disclosed evaporator coils are energy efficient, configured for installation in areas typically not suited for evaporator coil insulation, and made to withstand acids and other contaminants of spilled food stuffs. The fan motors are also made to withstand contaminates often found in commercial food environments. The various housing assemblies allow for air flow in a plethora of directions to comport with the most constrained and difficult applications. Multiple blow directions may be configured and individual blow patterns may be configured in a cone shape for maximum efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Inventors: Donald Eugene Smith, Christine Marie Smith
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Patent number: 11384999Abstract: This disclosure provides a heat dissipation device configured to be in thermal contact with a heat source. The heat dissipation device includes a heat dissipation body and a cover plate. The heat dissipation body has at least one vertical channel. The heat dissipation body is configured to be in thermal contact with the heat source. The cover plate includes a first layer and a second layer that are stacked on each other. The first layer is stacked on the heat dissipation body and covers the at least one vertical channel. A thermal conductivity of the first layer is larger than a thermal conductivity of the second layer. The cover plate has at least one first through hole penetrating through the first layer and the second layer and connecting to the at least one vertical channel.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: COOLER MASTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Chia-Yu Lin, Chang-Yu Hsieh, Shan-Yin Cheng, Hsiang-Fen Chou
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Patent number: 11378434Abstract: The invention relates to a device for metering carbon dioxide snow, comprising a storage container and a discharge opening arranged in the base of the storage container. A horizontally and vertically movable base, by means of which the discharge opening can be opened and closed, is arranged in the region of the discharge opening. A horizontally movable cutting knife is vertically spaced from the base and can be moved into the interior of the storage container. Once the storage container is filled with carbon dioxide snow a metered amount of carbon dioxide snow present between the cutting knife and the base is cut off by the cutting knife and compacted by vertical movements of the base and is then discharged by the base moving into the open position.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Messer Belgium N.V.Inventors: Jean-Claude Claeys, Gerrit Schuddinck