Patents Examined by Filip Zec
  • Patent number: 11859912
    Abstract: In one general aspect, a microelectronics cooling device can include a microchannel heat exchanger within an enclosure that houses the device at a heat absorbing end and another heat exchanger which is optionally also a microchannel heat exchanger at a heat sink end outside the enclosure. One or more pipes flowably connect the two ends for transporting liquid working fluid to the heat absorber and vaporized working fluid to the heat sink. The heat pipes may also be used to transfer heat outside a room that contains the electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: QCIP Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Steven Schon
  • Patent number: 11859771
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a system for supplying liquefied gas source tank (110) to a liquefied gas consumer tank (200) and/or liquefied gas consumer, wherein the liquefied gas is supplied via a transfer line (130, 140, 210) to the liquefied gas consumer tank (200) and/or the liquefied gas consumer, and wherein after having supplied liquefied gas to the liquefied gas consumer tank (200) and/or liquefied gas consumer, residual liquefied gas remaining in at least a part of the transfer line (130, 140, 210) is drained into a liquefied gas holding tank (120) and a pressurized gas is then fed into the liquefied gas holding tank (120) in order to return at least a part of the residual liquefied gas in the holding tank via a return line (160) back into the liquefied gas source tank (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: CRYOSTAR SAS
    Inventor: Neil Wilson
  • Patent number: 11859897
    Abstract: Provided are a clip assembly and a refrigerating and freezing device provided with same, wherein the clip assembly comprises a fixed member used for fixing to the refrigerating and freezing device, clips, a clip storage box, and a movable member. The clip storage box has a storage cavity used for storing the clips. The clips may be stored and organized, and are convenient for users to access. Moreover, the movable member has an accommodating space that accommodates the clip storage box. The clip storage box is detachably accommodated in the accommodating space, and the movable member is configured to operably rotate to the side away from the fixed member, which facilitates the removal of the clip storage box from the movable member, and then the clip storage box can be cleaned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenlong Liu, Weijian Fu, Guangrui Wu, Liwen Yang, Haidong Tang
  • Patent number: 11841183
    Abstract: A cooling unit includes a cold plate extending in a horizontal direction, a tank defining a tank chamber that stores a refrigerant, the tank including an outer tank surface and an inner tank surface, and a pump defining a pump chamber, the pump including an outer pump surface and an inner pump surface. The pump chamber is spaced away from and outside of the tank chamber. A portion of the outer tank surface and a portion of the outer pump surface are directly adjacent to one another in the horizontal direction. The pump chamber accommodates a rotating body that transfers the refrigerant. An upper end of the tank chamber in a first direction perpendicular to the horizontal direction is positioned higher than an upper end of the pump chamber in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko Tokeshi, Takehito Tamaoka, Nobuya Nakae
  • Patent number: 11828527
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a body provided to form a storage compartment, a door rotatably mounted on the body, a dispenser provided in the door, an ice maker located in the storage compartment, a dispenser hose provided to be connectable to the dispenser, an ice maker hose provided to be connectable to the ice maker, and a hose guide located inside the door to accommodate the dispenser hose and the ice maker hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungjun Cho, Hyekyoung An, Jonghyun Son, Sangmin Park, Jin Jeong, Yangyeol Gu, Yongman Seo, Woochul Cho
  • Patent number: 11828528
    Abstract: A water dispenser for a refrigerator including a water discharge nozzle fluidly connected to a water source, a valve configured to selectively block the fluid connection, and an actuator operated to allow water to be dispensed. The water discharge nozzle is pivotally mounted to a surface of the refrigerator to pivot between a retracted position and an extended position. In the extended position, the water discharge nozzle is extended outwards beyond the surface of the refrigerator. The water discharge nozzle is biased towards one of the extended and retracted positions. The valve is configured to block the fluid connection between the water discharge nozzle and the water source when the water discharge nozzle is in the retracted position. When the water discharge nozzle pivots to the extended position, the valve is operated to enable fluid connection between the water discharge nozzle and the water source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhuochen Shi, Josh Hanson
  • Patent number: 11828517
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance including a partition that defines a through passage between an upper compartment and a lower compartment. A temperature control system is positioned in the upper compartment and includes an air passage. A lower inlet opening extends through a front surface of the vertical partition to the air passage. A damper assembly includes a door that is moveable between a first position and a second position. When the door is in the first position the door fluidly isolates the through passage in the partition from the upper compartment while allowing the lower inlet opening in the vertical partition to fluidly communicate with the air passage in the vertical partition. When the door is in the second position the door fluidly isolates the lower inlet opening from the air passage while allowing the through passage to fluidly communicate with the upper compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Electrolux do Brasil S.A.
    Inventors: Guilherme Picanço, Marcelo Campani, Carlos Richter, Felipe Ormelez, Rafael Roslindo, Israel Mercer, Rafael Leidens, Alcione Colecha, Antonio Voltarelli, Michel Werkhauser
  • Patent number: 11815303
    Abstract: A refrigerator drawer having a body having a front panel, a rear panel, two side panels, more than one pivotable dividers, each divider pivotable between use and non-use positions, the dividers capable of dividing the drawer body into more than one compartments, a ducted cover and/or a ducted bottom, the ducted cover and ducted bottom each having a channel connecting to more than one fans, and a temperature sensor located within each of the possible compartments is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Hugo Flavio Benassi Zanqueta, Kyung (Ken) Jang, Eduardo Alves Cardoso
  • Patent number: 11806837
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for producing high-strength CO2 pellets from CO2 snow, in particular, for a cleaning device for blasting surfaces to be treated with a mixed-flow consisting of a compressed gas and CO2 pellets, including a main compressing device for compressing CO2 snow for forming CO2 pellets, further including a pre-compressing device for pre-compressing CO2 snow produced by expanding liquid CO2, wherein the pre-compressing device is in the form of a fluid-mechanical pre-compressing device, wherein the pre-compressing device includes an expansion device for producing CO2 snow from liquid or gaseous CO2 and a pre-compression chamber for receiving and pre-compressing the produced CO2 snow and wherein the expansion device and the pre-compression chamber are connected to one another in fluidic manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Alfred Kärcher SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ruwantha De Silva, Juergen Gassmann, Henning Hayn, Dieter Plachke
  • Patent number: 11808493
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for enhancing physiological thermoregulation, the apparatus including a housing configured to contact a glabrous area of a user, wherein the housing includes a cooling element; and a plurality of sensors configured to generate a biometric datum; at least a processor communicatively connected to the plurality of sensors; and a memory communicatively connected to the at least processor, the memory containing instructions configuring the at least processor to receive the biometric datum from the plurality of sensors; and control the cooling element as a function of the biometric datum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Braeden Ostepchuk
  • Patent number: 11800940
    Abstract: A method for reducing sweating in a temperature-controlled display device includes receiving values of an ambient temperature, a door frame temperature, and relative humidity. The method can also include estimating a value of a dewpoint temperature using the values of the ambient temperature and the relative humidity. The method can also include determining control decisions for a door frame heater of the temperature-controlled display device using the value of the dewpoint temperature and the door frame temperature, and transitioning the door frame heater between an on-state and an off-state using the control decisions to maintain the value of the door frame temperature at or above the value of the dewpoint temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Hill Phoenix, Inc.
    Inventors: Naresh Kumar Krishnamoorthy, Shobin Balakrishnan
  • Patent number: 11802730
    Abstract: A remote system for monitoring and controlling one or more devices for use in the cryogenic processing of a sample is provided. A remote server capable of transmitting freezing profile data to one or more freezers, transmitting transportation profile data to one or more transportation devices, and transmitting thawing profile data to one or more thawing devices. The remote server is also capable of receiving detected data from the one or more freezers relating to the freezing of a sample in accordance with the freezing profile data, receiving detected data from the one or more transportation devices relating to the transportation of a sample in accordance with the transportation profile data, and receiving detected data from the one or more thawing machines relating to the thawing of a sample in accordance with the thawing profile data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Asymptote Ltd.
    Inventors: Alexander Nancekievill, Rupert Rutledge
  • Patent number: 11796229
    Abstract: The application pertains to, for example, novel processes and systems for heat transfer, refrigeration, energy storage, and various cooling and heating processes. Such processes may include cooling or mixing various liquid-liquid phase transition liquids to release and/or energy. Additionally or alternatively, such processes may include charging and/or discharging thermal storage reservoirs with layered liquids of various temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SOLVCOR TECHNOLOGIES. LLC
    Inventor: Ethan J. Novek
  • Patent number: 11796241
    Abstract: A controller within a refrigeration application controls temperature and humidity within a compartment of the refrigeration application. The controller may begin cooling the compartment based on a measured temperature value for the compartment. The controller may delay a starting time of an evaporator fan within the compartment based at least in part on a measured humidity value for the compartment. The controller may also adjust an operating time of a condenser fan based at least in part on the measured humidity value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Viking Range, LLC
    Inventor: Jemsheer Thayyullathil
  • Patent number: 11796249
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigeration appliance including a storage compartment, a user interface controller, and a user interface arranged in the storage compartment. The user interface is a stacked arrangement including a sensor assembly carrier, a graphic overlay, a light guide, and a printed circuit board (PCB) with a user interface controller and a self-capacitive electrode sensor. The main controller receives a signal from the user interface with self-capacitive electrode sensor and adjusts the temperature of the storage compartment based on the signal from the self-capacitive electrode sensor. A method controlling a refrigeration appliance with a stacked user interface is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Cornel Comsa, Christian Detlefsen, Michael Melecci, Matthew C. Bobinski
  • Patent number: 11796246
    Abstract: A vacuum adiabatic body, a method for fabricating a vacuum adiabatic body, a porous substance package, and a refrigerator including a vacuum adiabatic body and a porous substance package are provided. The vacuum adiabatic body may include a first plate, a second plate, a seal, a support, a heat resistance device, and an exhaust port. The support may include a porous substance and a film made of a resin material, the film configured to accommodate the porous substance therein. Accordingly, it may be possible to provide a vacuum adiabatic body through an inexpensive process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wonyeong Jung, Deokhyun Youn
  • Patent number: 11788798
    Abstract: The application pertains to, for example, novel processes and systems for heat transfer, refrigeration, energy storage, and various cooling and heating processes. Such processes may include cooling or mixing various liquid-liquid phase transition liquids to release and/or energy. Additionally or alternatively, such processes may include charging and/or discharging thermal storage reservoirs with layered liquids of various temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SOLVCOR TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Ethan J. Novek
  • Patent number: 11774137
    Abstract: A coil assembly is provided, comprising: a direct expansion (DX) coil circulating refrigerant and cooling supply air passing over the DX coil by heat exchange to generate dehumidified air; a reheat coil circulating the refrigerant and heating the dehumidified air by heat exchange to generate output air; a first horizontal drain pan below the DX and reheat coils in a first horizontal position; a second horizontal drain pan below the DX and reheat coils in a second horizontal position; a first vertical drain pan below the DX and reheat coils in a vertical position, wherein the first and second horizontal drain pans are connected to the first vertical drain pan, the reheat coil is secured between the first and second horizontal drain pans, and the first horizontal drain pan is on an opposite side of the DX coil and the reheat coil from the second horizontal drain pan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC US, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Paul Bush, Allen Barbely
  • Patent number: 11768025
    Abstract: A multiple drawer refrigerator, where each drawer is separately controllable to a temperature for a refrigerator or a freezer. Each drawer is isolated from all the other drawers, so that items in one drawer do not leech smells to another drawer, and so that opening one drawer does not release cold air from the other drawers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventor: Stephanie E Thoen
  • Patent number: 11768026
    Abstract: A vacuum adiabatic body according to the present invention includes a supporting block which is fastened to an outer surface of any one plate placed outside the control space in a plate member which provides a wall of the vacuum adiabatic body. Accordingly, since the vacuum adiabatic bodies in a state of being not in contact with each other can be fastened to each other, various products corresponding to the needs of the consumer can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyeunsik Nam, Daewoong Kim, Bongjin Kim