Patents Examined by Filip Zec
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Patent number: 11703261Abstract: A system includes an electronic power converter and a controller. The electronic power converter supplies power to one or more motor drives of an HVAC system. The controller obtains a plurality of pulse width modulation (PWM) algorithms. Each PWM algorithm has an associated spectrum of frequencies. The controller further determines one or more resonance frequencies associated with the HVAC system. The controller also selects a first PWM algorithm from the plurality of PWM algorithms wherein the spectrum of frequencies of the first PWM algorithm lacks frequency peaks that overlap with the one or more resonance frequencies associated with the HVAC system. The controller further operates the electronic power converter according to the first PWM algorithm.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.Inventor: Palanivel Subramaniam
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Patent number: 11696588Abstract: A movable controlled atmosphere store for fruits and vegetables, including: a store body in rectangular container structure and successively provided with an equipment room and a storage room along length direction; the equipment room is provided with an equipment door respectively on left and right sides; the storage room is in thermal insulation and sealing structure and provided with a sealing door at an end far away from the equipment room, and is provided with a sampling door on a side which is provided with a sealing film connected around a frame thereof, and a sampling assembly connected with the sealing film in cylindrical structure; a controlled atmosphere control system, including a control panel, as well as a refrigerator, a humidifier, a sterilizer, a nitrogen generator, a carbon dioxide adsorber, an ethylene adsorber, a temperature and humidity sensor and a gas concentration sensing device connected with the control panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2019Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: GUANGXI ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCESInventors: Jian Sun, Li Li, Jiemin Li, Changbao Li, Xuemei He, Ming Xin, Zhugui Zhou, Jinfeng Sheng, Fengjin Zheng, Zhichun Li, Zhanshi Xiao, Guoming Liu, Yayuan Tang, Ying Yang, Dongning Ling
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Patent number: 11698218Abstract: A door assembly for a refrigeration door system with a defrosting feature. The door assembly also includes a door frame. The door frame may include a top member having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and the top member may have a top conduit therein. The door frame may also include a first side member coupled transversely to the first end of the top member and having a first conduit therein, the first conduit being fluidly coupled to the top conduit, and a second side member coupled transversely to the second end of the top member and having a second conduit. The second conduit may be fluidly coupled to the top conduit. The door frame may further have orifices positioned along the top member, the first side member, and the second side member. The door assembly also includes a positive pressure source.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Inventor: Peter M. Osgard
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Patent number: 11692764Abstract: Provided is a vacuum adiabatic body. To reduce a heat transfer amount between two plates, the vacuum adiabatic body includes: a conductive resistance sheet connecting plate members to each other, an exhaust port through which a gas of a third space is exhausted, and a sealing frame covering a conductive resistance sheet. A virtual line connecting both end portions of the conductive resistance sheet to each other is installed to be obliquely inclined when at least one extension direction of a first plate member or a second plate member is viewed in a horizontal direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Myoungju Kang, Deokhyun Youn, Jangseok Lee
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Patent number: 11680742Abstract: A refrigerator may include a body formed with a storage space and a cooling module accommodating space; a cooling module disposed in the cooling module accommodating space and having a heat absorption part and a heat radiating part; a drawer supporter disposed inside the storage space; and a drawer supported by the drawer supporter, and the drawer supporter is formed with an inner passage through which cold air flowing from the heat absorption part passes, and the drawer supporter is formed with a plurality of cold air discharge ports through which cold air of the inner passage is discharged in an opposite direction. Therefore, it is possible to maximize the depth of the storage space in the front-rear direction while minimizing the number of parts, and cool the entire storage space evenly.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2018Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Wookyung Baik, Jeongwon Park, Kyungseok Kim
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Patent number: 11674734Abstract: A refrigerator includes a temperature-controlled drawer within a fresh food compartment. The drawer includes a temperature dampening member in thermal communication with a freezing air source and an interior or the drawer. The member is made of a thermally conductive material. In use, heat is conducted away from the interior of the drawer through the temperature dampening member in communication with the freezing air source. Thus, freezing of a foodstuff within the drawer is minimized or prevented, a temperature variance within the drawer is minimized, and humidity within the drawer is not adversely affected by dry freezing air source.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.Inventor: Gregory H. Evans
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Patent number: 11662135Abstract: A refrigerator is disclosed. The refrigerator includes a cabinet including a storage compartment, a cool air supply means configured to operate to supply cool air to the storage compartment, a temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature of the storage compartment, and a controller configured to control an output of the cool air supply means based on a difference between a set temperature and a current temperature sensed by the temperature sensor and increase or decrease in temperature of the storage compartment sensed by the temperature sensor at a predetermined time interval.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2018Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Seunguk Ahn, Kyungseok Kim, Sunam Chae
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Patent number: 11656017Abstract: An ice maker includes an evaporator configured to freeze water into ice as it flows vertically down a freeze plate. A distributor distributes the water along the top of the freeze plate to form ice across the width of the freeze plate as the water flows downward along the freeze plate. The distributor can be integrated into the evaporator. For example, the distributor and evaporator can have a part in common. The distributor can be formed from two pieces that come together to form the freeze plate. The distributor can have various features that aid in providing a desirable distribution of water along the width of the freeze plate. The freeze plate can be mounted in an ice maker enclosure in thermal communication with the evaporator and to slant forward.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: TRUE MANUFACTURING CO., INC.Inventors: Kevin Knatt, Curt Cayemberg
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Patent number: 11650006Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 20, 2019Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: ASYMPTOTE LTD.Inventors: Alexander Nancekievill, Rupert Rutledge
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Patent number: 11649994Abstract: A thermoelectric device comprising an elongated panel of two foam layers, and having an inserted thermoelectric string is incorporated into a seat cushion, planting pot, and battery thermal manager. Several enhancements to the string and the panel improve its durability, visual appeal, and tactile appeal over the prior art.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Lear CorporationInventors: Tarek Makansi, John L. Franklin, Mark N. Evers, Kevin C. Forbes, Jose Santos Dominguez, Michael T. Sato
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Patent number: 11644231Abstract: A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet; a door operably connected to the cabinet, the door having a closed position relative to the cabinet and an opened position relative to the cabinet, and the door transitions from the closed position to the opened position in a non-circular path; a liquid outlet disposed at the cabinet; and a liquid receiver disposed at the door, the liquid receiver configured to receive liquid exiting the liquid outlet when the door is in the closed position but not in the opened position. The refrigerator can further include a gasket adjacent to the liquid receiver and a gasket adjacent to the liquid outlet. When the door is in the closed position, the gasket of the door can cooperate with the gasket of the cabinet to form a sealed channel to seal liquid transfer from the liquid outlet to the liquid receiver for use at the door.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2018Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Gustavo Frattini, Sarah M. Galea, Daniel E. Lottinville, Vikas C. Mruthyunjaya, Abhay Naik
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Patent number: 11639821Abstract: An ice maker assembly is disposed in the ice compartment of a refrigerator, the ice maker assembly including an ice maker tray/evaporator having an evaporator cooling tube which is in direct contact with an ice maker tray portion, and a tray temperature sensor for sensing a temperature of the ice maker tray portion. A controller is configured to control ice making, ice harvesting, and ice maintenance based on the temperature sensed by the tray temperature sensor. The tray temperature sensor is the only temperature sensor used to control ice making, ice harvesting, and ice maintenance. Alternatively, an additional temperature sensor can be disposed inside an ice maker assembly gear box for sensing a temperature of a housing of the gear box. In that case, the tray temperature sensor and the additional temperature sensor are the only temperature sensors used to control ice making, ice harvesting, and ice maintenance.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Nilton Bertolini, Silas Patrick Mallon, Jorge Carlos Montalvo Sanchez
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Patent number: 11639823Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a chilled chamber defining a plurality of cooling zones and a lighting assembly comprising a plurality of lighting zones corresponding to the plurality of cooling zones. A climate control system generates and selectively directs a flow of cooling air into the plurality of cooling zones such that the temperature in each zone is independently regulated and the lighting assembly selectively illuminates the plurality of lighting zones to provide user feedback regarding the operation of the climate control system, e.g., by indicating which zones are receiving the flow of cooling air, by notifying a user when a zone has reached a setpoint temperature, or by identifying the presence and location of a flow restriction.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Jason Andrew May, Jarvis Ward
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Patent number: 11624550Abstract: A vacuum adiabatic body and a refrigerator are provided. The vacuum adiabatic body includes a support that maintains a vacuum space between a first plate and a second plate, and a heat resistance unit comprising at least one radiation resistance sheet that blocks radiation heat transfer in the vacuum space so as to reduce heat transfer between the first plate and the second plate. The support includes two support plates, and the at least one radiation resistance sheet is supported by at least one support protrusion provided on a bar, which couples the two support plates to each other, to maintain an interval between the first plate and the second plate.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Daewoong Kim, Deokhyun Youn
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Patent number: 11613157Abstract: A parking cooler which is capable of battery powered operation during engine off operation. The parking cooler or air conditioning system may vary in cooling capacities to maximize cooling or maximize battery life. The parking cooler includes one or more condensers and a housing to accommodate such variation of cooling capacity.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Dometic Sweden ABInventors: Daniel Fedor Westendarp, Thorsten Wichert, Michael Dunkel
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Patent number: 11598571Abstract: A vacuum adiabatic body between a first space and a second space includes an alternating current line through which AC current flows as a driving source, a direct current line through which direct current flows as a driving source, and a signal line through which a control signal flows as electric lines configured to electrically connect the first space to the second space. Thus, the number of lines passing through the vacuum adiabatic body may be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Duchan Ki, Wonyeong Jung, Deokhyun Youn
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Patent number: 11592230Abstract: A vacuum adiabatic body includes a first plate; a second plate; a seal; a support; a heat resistance unit; and an exhaust port, wherein the heat resistance unit includes a conductive resistance sheet having one end connected to the first plate member, the conductive resistance sheet resisting heat conduction flowing along a wall for the third space, the heat resistance unit further includes a side frame connected to the conductive resistance sheet, the side frame defining at least one portion of the wall for the third space, the side frame includes a first mounting surface connected to the conductive resistance sheet and a second mounting surface connected to the second plate, and the second mounting surface is supported by the support.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Wonyeong Jung, Deokhyun Youn, Daewoong Kim
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Patent number: 11592217Abstract: A fluoropropene composition comprising Z-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, E-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 1,1,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and optionally 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane wherein the 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene being present in an amount of 0.00001 to 1.0%. A method of producing the fluoropropene, methods for using the fluoropropene and the composition formed are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2022Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC, LLCInventors: Sheng Peng, Mario Joseph Nappa
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Patent number: 11592228Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet configured to have an inner case in which a storage chamber is formed, a cooler configured to cool the storage chamber, a heating device configured to be spaced apart from the cooler and heat the storage chamber, a circulation fan configured to circulate air in the storage chamber, and a controller configured to operate the circulation fan when the heating device is operated.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jeongwon Park, Giseok Seong, Myungjin Chung, Kyungseok Kim, Jinho Kim, Yonghun Suh, Tackwon Han
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Patent number: 11585596Abstract: A refrigerator includes an upper door, a lower door positioned below the upper door and configured to be extended out of and retracted into the lower storage chamber, wherein the lower door includes a drawer part having a storage space and a door part configured to open and close the lower storage chamber, respectively, a draw-out, an ascending and descending mechanism provided at the drawer part and configured to ascend and descend the storage space, a driving mechanism provided at the door part and configured to provide a driving force to the ascending and descending mechanism, a controller to control the driving mechanism, a microphone module provided at the upper door and configured to receive a voice input from a user, and a voice recognition module to allow the controller to control the driving mechanism in response to the voice input from the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Minkyu Hwang