Patents Examined by Emmanuel E Duke
  • Patent number: 12222113
    Abstract: A mobile air conditioner includes a housing, an electric control box mounted at the housing, and a wire control assembly mounted at the housing. The wire control assembly includes an adapter mounted at the housing and connected to the electric control box, and a wire controller connected to the adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bowen He
  • Patent number: 12215883
    Abstract: A chiller including a heat transfer tube and a method for controlling a chiller to determine a degree of contamination of a heat transfer tube are provided. As a degree of contamination of the heat transfer tube may be determined and a notification provided to a user regarding whether to clean the heat transfer tube, the chiller may be managed efficiently and an operation performance of the chiller may be maintained well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Youngjin Kim, Joongbeom Lee, Solji Ryu
  • Patent number: 12215915
    Abstract: A refrigeration apparatus for transport includes an electric component box that houses an inverter board and is arranged on a lateral side of an external heat exchanger. The electric component box has an opposing plate that faces an air entrance surface of the external heat exchanger. A heat sink is provided on the opposing plate of the electric component box. The heat sink is exposed to the outside of the electric component box to cool a power module on the inverter board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kento Shibuya, Wataru Hirata
  • Patent number: 12215901
    Abstract: A deflector for a condenser. The condenser has an inlet in communication with a compressor, and a deflector for guiding a refrigerant gas flow from the compressor is arranged in the condenser and at a position close to the inlet. The deflector is provided with a deflecting structure projecting toward the inlet, and the deflecting structure is configured as impermeable to the refrigerant gas flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael A. Stark, Scott A. Nieforth, Kai Deng, Haiping Ding, Yuling Shi, HongYi Li
  • Patent number: 12209793
    Abstract: An appliance having at least a freezer compartment. The appliance may include a at least one freezer door accessing the freezer compartment. The freezer door may include one or more pocket recesses. The freezer door may include one or more articulating feet positionable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The appliance may include one or more freezer racks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pierce R. Woodling, Eric Scalf
  • Patent number: 12209780
    Abstract: A distributor includes at least: a first flow path through which refrigerant flowing in from a refrigerant inflow unit flows in a first direction toward a heat transfer tube disposed on the side of a refrigerant outflow unit; two second flow paths branched from the first flow path; two third flow paths, through each of which the refrigerant flows in a second direction opposite to the first direction; two fourth flow paths, each of which is formed to protrude from a main body toward the second direction and through each of which the refrigerant flows in a third direction intersecting the two third flow paths; and two fifth flow paths, through each of which the refrigerant flows in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Maeda, Satoru Yanachi
  • Patent number: 12209766
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a refrigerant circuit configured to circulate a refrigerant to condition an air flow within an air flow conduit and a reheat system fluidly separate from the refrigerant circuit, wherein the reheat system is configured to utilize a waste fluid from a waste heat source to reheat the air flow conditioned by the refrigerant circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Tyco Fire & Security GmbH
    Inventors: Nicholas P. Mislak, Ryan L. Snider, Karla D. Alvarez Cavazos
  • Patent number: 12193466
    Abstract: A food freezing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a transport unit having multiple vertically spaced levels provided so as to continuously transport food; a cooling unit for cooling the food transported by the multiple levels of the transport unit; a pre-freezing unit for pre-freezing the food transported by the multiple levels of the transport unit after having been cooled; a freezing unit for freezing the food transported by the multiple levels of the transport unit after having been pre-frozen; and a defrosting unit connected to the freezing unit so as to remove frost that forms inside the freezing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung Yang Moon, Doo Seong Jeong, Gun Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 12196474
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet including a refrigerating compartment and an evaporation chamber, a first door, a housing in the first door, an ice making room defining a cool air inflow hole and a cool air discharge hole, a chiller room defining a cool air discharge hole, a second door connected to the first door, a partition wall defining the ice making room, the chiller room, and a communication hole, a damper opening and closing the communication hole, a cool air supply duct connecting an outlet of the evaporation chamber and the cool air inflow hole to supply cool air of the evaporation chamber to the ice making room, and a cool air return duct having a first inlet connected to the cool air discharge hole of the ice making chamber and a second inlet connected to the cool air discharge hole of the chiller room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Donghoon Lee, Donghoon Lee, Wookyong Lee, Seungyoon Cho, Heejun Lee, Seungseob Yeom
  • Patent number: 12188698
    Abstract: An air conditioning device including a condenser configured to condense a refrigerant gas into a liquid refrigerant, an evaporator configured to phase-change the liquid refrigerant introduced from the condenser into a vapor refrigerant, a refrigerant inlet pipe connected to the evaporator and into which a refrigerant is introduced from the condenser, a capillary tube fully inserted into the refrigerant inlet pipe, and a clamping portion depressed a part of the refrigerant inlet pipe and a part of the capillary tube corresponding to the depressed part of the refrigerant inlet pipe to fix the capillary tube inside the refrigerant inlet pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Munsub Kim, Hyeongjin Lee, Duhan Jung, Jaewoo Choi
  • Patent number: 12188709
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator that comprises a refrigerator case, a freezer case, a door, an ice maker, an evaporator, and an ice maker duct to supply the cold air that is generated by the evaporator to the ice maker and to return the cold air to the freezer compartment, wherein the ice maker duct comprises an inner ice maker duct and an outer ice maker duct that are divided by a vertical surface formed in a direction in which cold air flows, the inner ice maker duct has an inner convex concave part that is formed convexly and concavely, at an edge thereof, and the outer ice maker duct has an outer convex concave part that is formed convexly and concavely and engages with the inner convex concave part, at an edge thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Yeongsu Yun
  • Patent number: 12187532
    Abstract: An air composition adjustment device is provided with a cover unit including a cover that covers around a gas sensor, an inflow path that takes air into the cover, and an outflow path that causes air to flow out from the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Makoto Ikemiya
  • Patent number: 12181205
    Abstract: Provided are an installation foot and a refrigerator having same, the installation foot including: a support base, a part of which forms a support platform; a roller wheel, rollably disposed below the support platform; a first adjustment portion, provided with a first screw rod and a first adjustment rotary disc, the first screw rod being rotatably disposed on the support platform, and the first adjustment rotary disc being fixedly connected to the first screw rod or integrated with the first screw rod to drive the first screw rod to rotate; and a second adjustment portion, provided with a second screw rod and a second adjustment rotary disc, the second screw rod being rotatably disposed on the support platform, and the second adjustment rotary disc being fixedly connected to the second screw rod or integrated with the second screw rod to drive the second screw rod to rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaofeng Li, Changzhi Wang, Bin Fei, Enpin Xia, Xiaobing Zhu, Kang Li
  • Patent number: 12184097
    Abstract: An electrically powered portable self-contained climate controlled storage unit is provided to connect to and automatically share power with an external power source. The storage unit includes a rechargeable battery system and a controller to determine whether to direct power flow to or from the rechargeable battery system. Methods and systems are provided for actively coordinating charging of multiple electrically powered portable self-contained climate controlled storage units that are connected to the external power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: THERMO KING LLC
    Inventors: Paul J. Kroes, Ryan Wayne Schumacher, Matthew Srnec, Jason Tilghman, Srinivasa Rao Koppineedi
  • Patent number: 12169095
    Abstract: A crisper drawer for a refrigerator having a refrigerated compartment is disclosed. The crisper drawer includes a plurality of side walls defining a storage chamber, an opening in a side wall to provide fluid communication between the storage chamber and the refrigerated compartment, and a multi-function filter cassette configured to be positioned within the opening. The multi-function filter cassette includes a first filter configured to remove contaminants from a first air flow within the refrigerated compartment, a second filter configured to remove contaminants and/or moisture from a second air flow within the storage chamber, and a central wall configured to prevent fluid communication between the refrigerated compartment and the storage chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul H. Kelly
  • Patent number: 12169081
    Abstract: The integrated expander and motor-compressor assembly comprises a compression section mounted between the two radial bearings on a trans-mission shaft, an expander cantilevered at a free end of the transmission shaft, a gas diffuser and a duct between the expander and a first radial bearing, the first radial bearing been the closest radial bearing to the expander. The gas diffuser diffuses a gas barrier which is sucked up by the duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Thermodyn SAS
    Inventors: Thomas Alban, Benjamin Defoy, Pascal Gaudez
  • Patent number: 12152734
    Abstract: A low-cost getter material comprising palladium and manganese oxide and methods of making the same. A tank including said getter material, and a method of removing hydrogen gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Chart Inc.
    Inventor: Erik Gustafson
  • Patent number: 12152817
    Abstract: A gas-liquid separation device includes a heat exchange member having a heat exchange tube spirally wound around a first cylinder body. The heat exchange tube includes a first flow passage, a tube wall surrounding the first flow passage, and a first extension portion protruding from the tube wall. A second flow passage is formed between the first cylinder body, the second cylinder body, and the heat exchange tube. The first extension portion is located in the second flow passage. A heat exchange area between the heat exchange tube and a fluid in the second flow passage is increased. The heat exchange effect between a fluid in the first flow passage and the fluid in the second flow passage is improved. A thermal management system having the gas-liquid separation device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SANHUA INTELLIGENT CONTROLS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junqi Dong, Haifeng Dong
  • Patent number: 12152826
    Abstract: A lid assembly for controlling humidity in a refrigeration appliance can be provided that can include a division plate positioned between a first compartment of the refrigeration appliance and a second compartment of the refrigeration appliance for insulating the first compartment. The division plate can include a first component that defining an inlet in the division plate and a second component protruding from the division plate. Additionally, the lid assembly can include a lid that can have a third component and a fourth component. The third component can be coupled to the first compartment such that third component is at least partially inside the inlet defined by the first component and the fourth component can be coupled to the second component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Elena Rajan, Cetin Abdullah Celik, Cemalettin Hasturk
  • Patent number: 12152793
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes an indoor unit, an outdoor unit, and an inductor assembly. The indoor unit includes an indoor air duct component. The outdoor unit includes an outdoor air duct component. The indoor air duct component and the outdoor air duct component are spaced apart. The inductor assembly is located between the indoor air duct component and the outdoor air duct component, and includes an inductor box shell, an inductor and an inductor box cover. The inductor box shell has an accommodating space and includes a shell side plate, a first heat dissipation opening, a first water blocking portion, a shell top plate and a second heat dissipation opening. The inductor is disposed in the accommodating space. The inductor box cover is disposed on top of the inductor box shell, and includes a cover top plate, a third heat dissipation opening and a second water blocking portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: HISENSE (GUANGDONG) AIR CONDITIONING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongjie Chen, Wei Tang, Zhiwen Liang