Patents Examined by Eric S Ruppert
  • Data integrity of verification data for a transport climate control system
    Patent number: 11654740
    Abstract: A controller for a transport climate control system is provided. The controller includes a main processor, a co-processor and a verification memory. The main processor is configured to control operation of a compressor of the transport climate control system. The co-processor is separate from the main processor. The verification memory is connected in electronic communication with only the co-processor and is not in electronic communication with the main processor. The co-processor is configured to receive verification data from an independent sensor and wherein the independent sensor is not in communication with the main processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: THERMO KING LLC
    Inventors: Adam Howard Raybin, Shawn Alan Schemmel, Oscar Sanz de Acedo Pollan, Niall Lynch
  • Condenser
    Patent number: 11656011
    Abstract: A condenser includes a fluid inlet in an upper manifold and a fluid outlet in a lower manifold. The condenser includes multiport tubes provided with a plurality of separate flow channels which are delimited by outer opposite side walls and internal intermediate walls extending between the outer opposite side walls of the tubes. The multiport tubes define a channel space between them. A plurality of cooling plates extend between the upper manifold and the lower manifold. The cooling plates are in thermal contact with the multiport tubes to receive a heat load from fluid in the flow channels. The cooling plates have outer edges which protrude out from the channel space and are directed away from the channel space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Energy Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Philipp Ganter, Francesco Agostini
  • Heating system of vehicle
    Patent number: 11648819
    Abstract: An indoor heating line is arranged to pass through a heater core for a coolant heater and indoor air conditioning, and is provided with a first pump so that coolant can flow. A battery heating line is branched from a downstream point of the heater core and connected to an upstream point of the coolant heater after passing through a battery heat exchange part for temperature-raising a high voltage battery, where the battery heating line includes a first heat exchange flow passage that connects a downstream point of the heater core to a first side of the battery heat exchange part, and a second heat exchange flow passage that connects a second side thereof and an upstream point of the coolant heater, where the first heat exchange flow passage and the second heat exchange flow passage are configured to mutually exchange heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Shin Lee, Man Ju Oh, So Yoon Park, Jae Woong Kim
  • Vehicle air-conditioner temperature controlling method, vehicle air-conditioner temperature controlling system and storage medium
    Patent number: 11648816
    Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioner temperature controlling method, a vehicle air-conditioner temperature controlling system and a storage medium. The vehicle air-conditioner temperature controlling method includes: controlling an air-conditioner to perform heating and cooling according to a current contraction-dilation state of a vein vessel of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kaifeng Wang
  • Use of carbon dioxide sensors for aircraft ventilation control
    Patent number: 11643215
    Abstract: A system includes a concentration sensor, a flow sensor, and a controller. The concentration sensor is configured to measure a concentration of a contaminant in a cabin of an aircraft. The flow sensor is configured to measure a flow rate of air into the cabin. The controller is configured to determine whether a concentration measurement of the contaminant in the cabin exceeds a first concentration threshold. The controller is configured to, in response to determining that the concentration measurement does not exceed the first concentration threshold, control the flow rate of air into the cabin based on a flow rate setpoint. The controller is configured to, in response to determining that the concentration measurement exceeds the first concentration threshold, control the flow rate of air into the cabin based on a flow rate setpoint and a correction factor that is based on a flow sensor tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher James White, Jan Ludvik
  • Heat exchange device and freeze dryer
    Patent number: 11633694
    Abstract: A heat exchange device and a freeze dryer. The freeze dryer comprises a bearing device, and an evaporation device and a condensation device which are provided on the bearing device, at least one of the evaporation device and the condensation device comprising a structure of the heat exchange device. The heat exchange device is integrally molded by extrusion, and the heat exchange device is provided with at least one medium flow passage, a plurality of fins are formed on the outer periphery of the medium flow passage, and the fins being provided at intervals to form gaps allowing airflows to pass therethrough. The heat exchange device and the freeze dryer of the present disclosure can be designed to be smaller, reducing the volume, and facilitating miniaturization of products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Shenzhen Biteman Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ying Hui Guo
  • Heating system of vehicle
    Patent number: 11634008
    Abstract: An indoor heating line is arranged to pass through a heater core for a coolant heater and indoor air conditioning, and is provided with a first pump so that coolant can flow. A battery heating line is branched from a downstream point of the heater core and connected to an upstream point of the coolant heater after passing through a battery heat exchange part for temperature-raising a high voltage battery, where the battery heating line includes a first heat exchange flow passage that connects a downstream point of the heater core to a first side of the battery heat exchange part, and a second heat exchange flow passage that connects a second side thereof and an upstream point of the coolant heater, where the first heat exchange flow passage and the second heat exchange flow passage are configured to mutually exchange heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Shin Lee, Man Ju Oh, So Yoon Park, Jae Woong Kim
  • Rotary heat exchanger and system thereof
    Patent number: 11635262
    Abstract: A rotary heat exchanger includes a hub configured to be rotatably driven by a shaft, a fan including a plurality of fan blades integrally coupled to the hub and extending radially outwardly therefrom, and a heat exchanger including a plurality of heat exchanger sections. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of cooling fins for receiving air from the fan. Each of the plurality of heat exchanger sections is located between two of the plurality of fan blades. The hub, the fan, and the heat exchanger are integrally formed as a single body by a three-dimensional printing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Scott S. Hendron, Sean P. West, Reginald M. Bindl, Mark J. Cherney
  • Heating system of vehicle
    Patent number: 11634009
    Abstract: An indoor heating line is arranged to pass through a heater core for a coolant heater and indoor air conditioning, and is provided with a first pump so that coolant can flow. A battery heating line is branched from a downstream point of the heater core and connected to an upstream point of the coolant heater after passing through a battery heat exchange part for temperature-raising a high voltage battery, where the battery heating line includes a first heat exchange flow passage that connects a downstream point of the heater core to a first side of the battery heat exchange part, and a second heat exchange flow passage that connects a second side thereof and an upstream point of the coolant heater, where the first heat exchange flow passage and the second heat exchange flow passage are configured to mutually exchange heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Shin Lee, Man Ju Oh, So Yoon Park, Jae Woong Kim
  • Condensing heat exchanger for air to liquid heat pumps
    Patent number: 11629895
    Abstract: A heat exchange device may include a first pipe including a first inlet, a first outlet, and a first sidewall extending therebetween; a second pipe including a second inlet, a second outlet, and a second sidewall extending therebetween; and a plurality of dimples extending between the first sidewall and the second sidewall. The second sidewall may surround and extend about the first sidewall, the first sidewall may define a first fluid passage configured to permit flow of a first fluid, and the second sidewall and the first sidewall may define a second fluid passage configured to permit flow of a second fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: United States ThermoAmp Inc.
    Inventor: William P. Bernardi
  • Heat exchanger
    Patent number: 11619454
    Abstract: A heat exchanger (4) has fluid flow channels (6) with at least one heat exchanging surface (10) which has an undulating surface section for which the surface profile varies along a predetermined direction such that at a first edge (E1) the surface profile follows a first transverse wave (20), at a second edge (E)2 the surface profile follows a second transverse wave (22) and at an intermediate point I between the edges the surface profile follows a third transverse wave (24). The third transverse wave (24) has a different phase, frequency or amplitude to the first and second transverse waves so that chevron-shaped ridges and valleys are formed. This improves the mixing of fluid passing through the channel and hence the heat exchange efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: HIETA TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Ahmed Hussein, Javier Viñuales Navarro
  • Refrigerator
    Patent number: 11614263
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a freezer compartment and an ice-making apparatus. The ice-making apparatus includes a support, a plurality of ice cube trays, a connecting rod rotating shaft, and a swinging member. Each ice cube tray includes a tray body, and a driving shaft and a hinge shaft connected to the tray body. The connecting rod rotating shaft includes a rotating shaft and a swinging shaft that are arranged in parallel and spaced from each other, and a connecting section connecting the rotating shaft and the swinging shaft. The swinging member includes a body, a hinge hole provided in the body and a plurality of support portions provided on the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: HISENSE RONSHEN (GUANGDONG) REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiangqian Cui, Yonghong Gao, Donghua Fu, Lipin Wang
  • Beverage cooler
    Patent number: 11614279
    Abstract: Beverage coolers for storing and cooling bottled beverages. A beverage cooler may include a cooling chamber cooled by a refrigeration system, and openings in the cooling chamber for receiving bottled beverages to be chilled. The openings may have doors and/or seals to minimize heat exchange between the cooling chamber and the environment with or without bottles disposed in the openings. Each of the openings may have a visual indicator, such as a plurality of LEDs, configured to indicate the temperature of the bottle disposed in the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Emad Jafa, Eleonor Dorin Stoenescu, Thomas Henry Hellier, James Simon Oliver
  • Icemaking system and a method of controlling evaporation temperature referred to by the icemaking system
    Patent number: 11614264
    Abstract: An icemaking system includes: a refrigerant circuit that executes a vapor compression refrigeration cycle; a circulation circuit that circulates solution as a cooling target of the refrigerant circuit; and a control device that controls refrigerant evaporation temperature at the refrigerant circuit. The circulation circuit includes a solution flow path of: an ice generator; a solution tank that stores the solution; and a pump that pressure feeds the solution to the solution flow path. The refrigerant circuit includes: an evaporator of the ice generator; a compressor; a condenser; and an expansion valve. The control device includes a central processing unit (CPU) that adjusts to lower evaporation temperature at the evaporator as the solution has higher solute concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Azuma Kondou, Takeo Ueno, Shouhei Yasuda, Takahito Nakayama, Satoru Sakae
  • Heat exchanger comprising a stack of cells
    Patent number: 11614284
    Abstract: A heat exchanger suitable to be used as a recuperator in a micro gas turbine including a stack of cells. Each of the cells includes a pair of mutually spaced-apart plates and layers including heat exchange elements arranged at the outer surfaces of the plates and between the plates. Each of the layers including heat exchange elements can include at least one discrete spatial component incorporating a number of elements. Both a supply header and a discharge header of the heat exchanger can be made of only two components at the position of the stack of cells. Compensating for heat expansion effects can be via a bellows-shaped pipe portion of a supply conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Micro Turbine Technology B.V.
    Inventors: Viktor Kornilov, Paulus Maria Smeets, Luuk Verbakel
  • Ice cutting tray
    Patent number: 11614265
    Abstract: An ice maker includes an ice making unit and an ice storage bin. A frame is positioned between the ice making unit and the storage bin. An ice making tray is coupled with the frame, including a base defining a first plurality of apertures and a second plurality of apertures. A plurality of ice forming features is positioned proximate the first plurality of apertures. The ice forming features are coupled to and extend away from the base. A heating element is in thermal communication with the ice forming features. A wastewater disposal assembly is coupled with the ice making tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Binglai Chen, Alexander Edward Caine, Abigail Jean Livingston, Darby Marie Spiegel, Morgan Aileen Weber, Abigail Caroline Wulf
  • Continuous cooling assembly
    Patent number: 11602985
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a cooling assembly for a vehicle. In one example, the cooling assembly may be a non-rectangular cooler positioned in a front end of the vehicle with an entry duct continuous with the non-rectangular cooler and arranged upstream of the non-rectangular cooler and an exit duct also continuous with the non-rectangular cooler and arranged downstream of the non-rectangular cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Keith Weston, Matthew Arthur Titus, Trenton Lee Mcmillion, Ryan Orourke, Joshua Walters
  • Cleaning apparatus for cooling tube array
    Patent number: 11604040
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus for cleaning a cooling tube array (15) of a heat exchanger has a nozzle carriage (16) movably held on a truss beam, and a plurality of cleaning nozzles (40) mounted to the nozzle carriage. A truss beam has two parallel C-channel rails (20) having back sides that face each other, a tube (22) arranged separate and distant from the C-channel rails and at a different height than the C-channel rails in a cross-sectional plane of the truss beam, and truss supports (24) connecting the rails and the tube; the nozzle carriage has rollers (48) that are arranged for travelling in the C-channel rails. A water intake (82) is coupled to the nozzle manifold (42) and to a hydraulic drive (80) having a mechanical power take-off member (96) that is operably coupled to the nozzle carriage (16) for moving the nozzle carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Inventor: Johannes Stickling
  • Shell-and-tube heat exchanger and air conditioning system
    Patent number: 11598582
    Abstract: A shell-and-tube heat exchanger and an air conditioning system. The shell-and-tube heat exchanger includes: a shell provided with a liquid inlet and an vapor outlet, the vapor outlet being disposed at an top portion of the shell; and a heat exchange tube bundle disposed in the shell in an axial direction of the shell; wherein the heat exchange tube bundle includes: a plurality of first heat exchange tubes located at an upper portion, the first heat exchange tubes having a first spacing therebetween; and a plurality of second heat exchange tubes located at a lower portion, the second heat exchange tubes having a second spacing therebetween; the first spacing is different from the second spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Bryce Kirk Moore, Abbas A. Alahyari, Dhruv Chanakya Hoysall, Tobias H. Sienel, Jack Leon Esformes
  • Tool-less apparatus and methods for sealing the flow of cooling fan air to a heat exchanger
    Patent number: 11592881
    Abstract: Tool-less apparatus and methods are provided for sealing flow of cooling air from the outlet of a cooling fan blower to the inlet of a heat exchanger within a chassis enclosure of an information handling system. The disclosed apparatus and methods may be implemented in a tool-less manner by employing tool-less chassis mounting features that mate with tool-less cooling fan mounting features to mechanically align and secure an air outlet of a cooling fan blower in sealing relationship with an air inlet of a heat exchanger within a chassis enclosure of an information handling system by properly aligning the axes of a cooling fan in relation to the inlet of the heat exchanger so that in on embodiment no gap exists between the cooling air outlet of the cooling fan and the cooing air inlet of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Ching-Hsiang Yang, Yi-Chang Yeh, Yu-Ming Kuo, Yan-Zih Chen