Patents Examined by Heather J Huddle
  • Patent number: 11060769
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body that has a storage chamber and a drying chamber; a thermoelectric module that includes a heat absorber and a heat dissipater; a cooling fan that circulates air in the storage chamber to the heat absorber and the storage chamber; a heat-dissipating fan that blows air to the heat dissipater; an air guide that has a passage for guiding air heated by the heat dissipater to the drying chamber; a heater that is disposed in the passage; and a damper that controls a flow of air in the passage between the heat-dissipating fan and the heater. Heat of the heat dissipater transfers to the drying chamber through the passage of the air guide and the damper, thereby being able to dry an object to be dried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Minkyu Oh
  • Patent number: 10914516
    Abstract: The system for treating a gas deriving from the evaporation of a cryogenic liquid and supplying pressurized gas to a gas engine according to the invention comprises, on the one hand, from upstream to downstream, a reliquefaction unit (10) with compression means (11, 12, 13), a first heat exchanger (17) and expansion means (30), and, on the other hand, a pressurized gas supply line comprising, from upstream to downstream, a pump (48) for pressurizing the liquid and high-pressure vaporization means (61). The pressurized gas supply line has, upstream of the vaporization means (61), a bypass (57) for supplying a second heat exchanger (60) between, on the one hand, pressurized liquid of the supply line (56) and, on the other hand, a line (22) of the reliquefaction unit (10) downstream of the first exchanger and upstream of the expansion means (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: CRYOSTAR SAS
    Inventor: Mathias Ragot
  • Patent number: 10859312
    Abstract: A portable refrigeration container is usable for cooling a bottle of drinkable fluid. It includes a tubular body, a vortex tube, an electronic programmable controller, a tank of compressed air, a battery, a Peltier device, a heat exchanger, and a removable electrical charging station. Optionally, the portable refrigeration container further includes a compressor, a dynamo, and a bracket for attachment to a bicycle frame. The optional compressor and dynamo that electrically recharges the battery, may share a single shaft that is rotatably connected to turn with a bicycle wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventor: Paul W. Waltzing
  • Patent number: 10845098
    Abstract: An air conditioner is provided, which is capable of accurately determining appropriateness of a refrigerant amount in a refrigerating cycle. A control apparatus is configured to: stop a cooling operation; set an expansion valve to a fully-closed state and, at the same time, switch the selector valve to change the direction, in which a refrigerant flows, to an opposite direction; operate a compressor to perform a refrigerant recovery operation, in which a refrigerant contained in an outdoor heat exchanger is recovered by an indoor heat exchanger; and determine the appropriateness of a refrigerant amount in a refrigerating cycle, based on at least one of a time required for recovering the refrigerant, a pressure change in a refrigerant suctioned by the compressor, and temperature of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor during the refrigerant recovery operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI-JOHNSON CONTROLS AIR CONDITIONING, INC.
    Inventors: Jun Xue, Koji Naito, Hiroaki Kaneko, Gen Yasuda
  • Patent number: 10837684
    Abstract: An automated refrigerant recharging system determines whether a cooling load parameter of a direct expansion (DX) cooling system that cools information technology (IT) modules of an information handling system (IHS) has reached a defined recharging threshold that results in a response of the pressure value for measurement by the pressure transducer. In response to the cooling load parameter being equal to or greater than the defined recharging threshold, a controller determines whether a pressure value of the refrigerant of the DX cooling system is less than a defined target pressure value corresponding to the defined recharging threshold. In response to determining that the pressure value of the refrigerant of the DX cooling system is less than the defined target pressure value, the controller autonomously opens a control valve to transfer refrigerant to the DX cooling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael M. Toulouse, Tyler B. Duncan, Trey S. Wiederhold
  • Patent number: 10794612
    Abstract: A heat source integrated air conditioner, which includes a freezer, a cooling tower, and a device for heating and is integrated up to heat source supply equipment to be capable of supplying cooling and heating as well as dehumidification, humidification, and ventilation is provided. The heat source integrated air conditioner is formed on an upper side of one frame and installed outside or on a rooftop of a building, thereby reducing time and cost for manufacturing, installation and maintenance, increasing utilization of a space inside a building, reducing heat loss and appliance costs by minimizing piping distance, and creating a pleasant indoor environment, and also enhancing utilization of a space inside the building and maximizing energy saving during operation of cooling/heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: MOONMYUNG ACE CO., LTD
    Inventor: Jun Beom Lee
  • Patent number: 10760825
    Abstract: A refrigeration device equipped with: a cascade cycle; a storage unit having a storage space for an object to be cooled by a second evaporator; an internal temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the storage space; a control unit that determines a second rotational speed of a second compressor on the basis of a target temperature for the storage space and the detection result from the internal temperature sensor, and that determines a first rotational speed for a first compressor having a prescribed correspondence relationship with the second rotational speed; and a first power supply unit and a second power supply unit that supply power respectively to the first compressor and the second compressor on the basis of the first rotational speed and the second rotational speed determined by the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: PHC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Tamaoki, Takahiro Inoue, Minoru Suto