Patents Examined by Frantz F. Jules
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Patent number: 12376690Abstract: An evaporator base pan assembly of an air-cooled display cabinet is provided. The evaporator base pan assembly includes an enclosure, an evaporator base pan, and a ventilation panel that are arranged sequentially from bottom to top, where an outer side of the evaporator base pan extends outward and bends downward to form a hook portion; the evaporator base pan is hooked to an upper end of the enclosure through the hook portion; a bottom portion of the ventilation panel abuts on an upper edge of the evaporator base pan; the bottom portion of the ventilation panel extends downward to form a limiting portion; and the limiting portion is located on an outer side of the hook portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2023Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: Ningbo Rotor Electrical Appliances Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jiguang Yan
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Patent number: 12377715Abstract: A vehicle includes a first area conditioned by a first medium, a second area conditioned by a second medium, and an air management system. The air management system includes a source of third medium, an environmental control system fluidly coupled to the source of third medium and to the second area, and a closed loop vapor compression system having a refrigeration medium circulating therein. The vapor compression system is fluidly coupled to the first area, the second area, and the source of third medium. During normal operation, both a first flow of the third medium conditioned within the environmental control system and a second flow of the third medium are provided to the second area.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2023Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: Viktor Kilchyk, Aiden Coutin
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Patent number: 12379071Abstract: Method, system, apparatus, and/or device for drying a dewar. The dewar drying apparatus includes a heating element. The heating element is configured to produce heat that warms a payload area within the dewar. The dewar drying apparatus includes a controller. The controller is coupled to the heating element and configured to determine or detect a temperature within the payload area of the dewar. The controller is configured to control, using the heating element, the temperature within the payload area of the dewar to evaporate a liquid or a gas within the payload area.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2020Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: Cryoport, Inc.Inventors: Eden Sanchez, Bret Bollinger, Ben Lee
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Patent number: 12372267Abstract: A ventilation device with a through housing that is a duct for an air jet flow having the through housing connected to an opening of a building partition, with a stationary regenerative heat exchanger and a pumping section formed of a centrifugal fan of constant rotation direction and a main reversible air jet driver with an individual drive arranged in series inside the housing, characterized in that the heat exchanger is provided with a metallic pressure vessel with at least one heat exchange system attached to walls of the pressure vessel, wherein an interior of the pressure vessel is filled with a thermodynamic working agent and connected to a cyclic discrete pressure control system of the working agent.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2021Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: RESPIRECO SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIAInventors: Renata Bruzi, Krzysztof Bruzi
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Patent number: 12370729Abstract: An object is to provide a heat conductive sheet having good handleability when mounting between the heating element and the heat dissipator, and softness that enables the distortion of the heating element, the heat dissipator, and the like to be suppressed in use. The heat conductive sheet contains: a matrix comprising a cured product of organopolysiloxane; and heat conductive fillers comprising anisotropic fillers with their major axes oriented in the thickness direction, and has a load property P represented b formula (1) below of 0.1 to 0.7: Load property P=(F30?F20)/F10??(1) wherein F10 is a load of the heat conductive sheet at 10% compression, F20 is a load of the heat conductive sheet at 20% compression, and F30 is a load of the heat conductive sheet at 30% compression.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: SEKISUI POLYMATECH CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroki Kudoh
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Patent number: 12366414Abstract: A heat exchanger includes an inlet tank (10a) connected to and in fluid communication with an inlet pipe (12a) for ingress of a coolant therein, an outlet tank (10b) connected to and in fluid communication with an outlet pipe (12b) for egress of coolant there from. The heat exchanger further includes heat exchange tubes (20) and a tubular element (30) to configure fluid communication between the inlet tank (10a) and the outlet tank (10b). A first side of the outlet tank (10b) is complimentary to and connected to the outlet pipe (12b) and an opposite second side of the outlet tank (10b) is complimentary to and aligned with the tubular element (30). The tubular element (30) and the outlet pipe (12b) are of different cross sections, wherein shape of the outlet tank (10b) transforms smoothly between those cross sections along fluid path.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: Valeo Autosystemy Sp. z o.o.Inventors: Damian Pawlak, Michal Fajkis, Pawel Sus
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Patent number: 12365219Abstract: In a refrigeration cycle device, a heat supply unit is disposed in parallel with a heat utilization unit in a flow of a heat medium. A branching part branches the heat medium flowing out of a heat radiator into a flow flowing toward the heat utilization unit and a flow flowing toward the heat supply unit. A merging part is configured to cause the heat medium having passed through the heat utilization unit and the heat medium having passed through the heat supply unit to merge together and to flow toward the heat radiator. A switching unit switches an operation state between a first state in which the heat medium circulates between the heat radiator and the heat utilization unit, and a second state in which the heat medium circulates between the heat radiator, the heat utilization unit and the heat supply unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Tooru Okamura, Yoshiki Katoh, Masamichi Makihara, Kuniyoshi Tanioka, Takahiro Maeda
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Patent number: 12366402Abstract: A control method for a refrigerating and freezing device, and the refrigerating and freezing device are disclosed. The refrigerating and freezing device includes a storage compartment, a refrigeration compartment, and a refrigeration system at least partially arranged in the refrigeration compartment. The control method includes: controlling the refrigeration system to stop supplying cold to the storage compartment; and connecting the refrigeration compartment with the storage compartment, and controlling a fan of the refrigeration system to operate so as to promote air in the refrigeration compartment and the storage compartment to flow circularly. In the present invention, air in the storage compartment is utilized to carry out air defrosting on the refrigeration compartment, and then the defrosted high-humidity gas is led back to the storage compartment.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2021Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignees: QINGDAO HATER SPECIAL REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD, QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.Inventors: Lisheng Ji, Ming Wang, Peng Li, Zhiqiang Han, Zhanpeng Cui, Kai Wang
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Patent number: 12364352Abstract: The present invention discloses a rotary wine glass with a refrigeration function, comprising a base. The top of the base is rotationally connected with a connecting rod, the inner side of the bottom of the connecting rod is provided with a generator, the motor shaft of the generator is connected with the base, the top of the connecting rod is provided with a control circuit board electrically connected with the generator, the control circuit board is provided with a lamp bead emitting light outwards, the top of the connecting rod is connected with an upper connecting socket, the outer side of the upper connecting socket is provided with a plurality of light transmitting holes, the top of the upper connecting socket is connected with a semiconductor chilling plate electrically connected with the control circuit board, and the top of the semiconductor chilling plate is provided with a glass body.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2024Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Inventor: Guopei Lin
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Patent number: 12359865Abstract: In an air composition adjustment device configured to adjust composition of air in a target space, an air circuit configured to supply air having adjusted composition to the target space is provided with a first passage through which outside air is introduced into an adjuster, and a second passage which is branched from the first passage and through which outside air is introduced into the sensor, and the second passage is provided with a moisture removal portion configured to remove moisture in air introduced into the sensor. This reduces a risk of a failure of the sensor due to contact of the sensor with moisture passed through the passage introducing outside air into the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2022Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Makoto Ikemiya
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Patent number: 12359844Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air conditioner, including a cabinet including a base panel and a side panel; a compressor supported by the cabinet; a heat exchanger supported by the cabinet; and a leg frame at a lower end of the cabinet to support the cabinet. The leg frame includes: a channel including an upper flange coupled to the base panel, a lower flange installable on an installation surface, and a web connecting the upper flange with the lower flange. A first coupling portion and a second coupling portion are configured to fix one side portion of the channel to the side panel, and are positioned on opposite sides with the channel interposed therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2023Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seungoh Kim, Jihye Lee, Yongbin Lim, Changsoo Lim, Hyeonu Park, Jihoon Choi
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Patent number: 12359843Abstract: The removable access panel for HVAC closet is configured for use with an HVAC system. The removable access panel for HVAC closet forms an access panel that provides access to the interior of the enclosure that contains the HVAC system. The removable access panel for HVAC closet removably attaches to the enclosure that contains the HVAC system. The removable access panel for HVAC closet is a foraminous structure that allows air to flow into and out of the enclosure that contains the HVAC system. The removable access panel for HVAC closet removably comprises a frame structure and a door structure. The door structure controls access into the enclosure that contains the HVAC system. The frame structure removably attaches the door to the enclosure that contains the HVAC system.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2022Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Inventors: Gary West, Elvio De Lima, Henry De Lima
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Patent number: 12359857Abstract: A container including a housing defining a product space and including a refrigeration system. The refrigeration system is coupled to the container and is in communication with the product space to condition the product space. The refrigeration system is operably connected to each other and selectively conditions the product space in a low temperature mode and a medium temperature mode.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2021Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: Hussmann CorporationInventor: Raymond P. Twohy
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Patent number: 12359859Abstract: The present invention relates to a water purifier with an ice maker, and more particularly to a water purifier with an ice maker, wherein a guide member for guiding ice may stably guide ice separated while moving together with a tray member, and the guide member does not interfere with a purified water storage part even in a case where the tray member rotates such that the purifier can increase the capacity of the purified water storage part and thus can improve user convenience.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: COWAY Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kwang Seok Hong, Jung Chul Park, Do Han Kim, Seong Wook Kim
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Patent number: 12355048Abstract: The invention relates to a condenser (3) of a cooling device (2) of at least one battery element (103) of a motor vehicle, configured to liquefy a dielectric fluid deposited in the form of vapor at the surface of said condenser, characterized in that the condenser comprises at least one main wall (6) and a plurality of secondary walls projecting from the main wall and participating in forming a chamber for receiving one or more battery elements. The condenser comprises a cooling fluid circuit provided in the thickness of the main wall and at least one dielectric fluid circuit in liquid form provided in the thickness of at least one secondary wall, said electrical fluid circuit being equipped with at least one nozzle for projecting the dielectric fluid.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2020Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Inventors: Kamel Azzouz, Amrid Mammeri, Sébastien Garnier
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Patent number: 12352462Abstract: This air handling unit (1) comprises an enclosure (3) in which air circulates along a flow direction (X), at least one heat exchanger (5) mounted in the enclosure (3), a condensate recuperator (15) placed under the at least one heat exchanger (5), and a support member (13, 19) stationary with respect to the enclosure (3), and which supports the condensate recuperator (15). The air handling unit (1) comprises a stop member (21) attached to the heat exchanger (5), and cooperating with a portion (132) of the support member (13, 19), the heat exchanger (5) is mounted in the recuperator (15), and an ensemble formed by the heat exchanger (5) and the recuperator (15) is blocked with respect to the support member (13) longitudinally to the flow direction (X) during transportation by the stop member (21).Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventor: Patrice Bastiand
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Patent number: 12352495Abstract: Processing of a feed gas stream containing methane and natural gas liquids may comprise: cooling a first portion of the feed gas stream to obtain a cooled first portion; introducing the cooled first portion into a liquid-vapor separator to obtain a vapor stream and a liquid stream; splitting the vapor stream into a first portion and a second portion; sub-cooling the second portion of the vapor stream to obtain a liquefied vapor stream; introducing the liquefied vapor stream into a demethanizer column; introducing the first portion of the vapor stream to at least one of an expansion valve or a turboexpander; obtaining an expanded vapor stream from the expansion valve or an expansion side of the turboexpander; introducing the expanded vapor stream and at least a first portion of the liquid stream into the demethanizer column; and obtaining from the demethanizer column a bottoms stream rich in natural gas liquids.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2023Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Khurram Saeed Chishti, Ahmed Dhiya Al Ahmed
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Patent number: 12356590Abstract: A cooling apparatus (100) cools a heat-generating instrument, such as an electronic instrument (2), installed in an installation apparatus. The cooling apparatus (100) includes a refrigerant flow path configured circularly by sequentially connecting a pump (1) that circulates a refrigerant in a liquid state, a cooler (3) that cools the heat-generating instrument with the refrigerant, and a radiator (5) that cools the refrigerant. The cooling apparatus (100) includes a discharge-side heat exchanger (7) provided in a flow path from the pump (1) to the cooler (3) in the refrigerant flow path, a suction-side heat exchanger (8) provided in a flow path from the radiator (5) to the pump (1) in the refrigerant flow path, and a Peltier device (9) that is provided between the discharge-side heat exchanger (7) and the suction-side heat exchanger (8), and transfers heat from the refrigerant flowing through the suction-side heat exchanger (8) to the refrigerant flowing through the discharge-side heat exchanger (7).Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Moriyama, Hiroaki Ishikawa, Tomohiko Saito, Tatsuya Kusashima
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Patent number: 12345453Abstract: A plate-type refrigerant pipe includes: a first plate made of stainless steel; a second plate made of stainless steel; and a coupling pipe, made of a material that is different from stainless steel, attached to one or both of the first plate and the second plate. The first plate and the second plate are joined to form a refrigerant flow path. The coupling pipe is connected to a refrigerant pipe at a connecting surface of refrigerant pipe. The material of the coupling pipe is identical to a material of the connecting surface of the refrigerant pipe.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2022Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Asahi Ohno, Fumiaki Koike, Masanori Jindou, Ayumi Komaki
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Patent number: 12345470Abstract: A process for removing CO2 from a methane-containing gas, having the steps of providing a methane-containing gas containing at least CO2 as an impurity, cooling the gas to remove CO2 from the methane-containing gas by freezing out same, and additionally reducing the CO2 concentration of the gas using a pressure temperature swing adsorption apparatus (PTSA), whereby a methane-enriched product gas is obtained. At least a part of the product gas is then used as treatment gas and is passed through the PTSA for treatment of the PTSA, whereby CO2 is absorbed by the treatment gas and is removed from the PTSA as a CO2-enriched treatment gas. The treatment gas is then recycled and admixed with the methane containing gas.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: HITACHI ZOSEN INOVA AGInventors: Uwe Jordan, Gamuret Hack, Lukas Völlmy