Patents Examined by Kamran Tavakoldavani
  • Patent number: 11561034
    Abstract: This refrigerant vessel component (2, 4, 7) for a refrigeration circuit (100), comprises a shell (10) extending along a longitudinal axis (X) delimiting an internal volume (V), in which circulates a refrigerant fluid (R), whereas the refrigerant vessel component (2) comprises an inner shell (20) located radially inside the shell (10) and extending on at least a portion of the circumference of the shell (10), and whereas the inner shell (20) is at least partly formed of perforated material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeremy Wallet-Laïly, Charbel Rahhal, Francois Lambert, Aurelien Jud
  • Patent number: 11555639
    Abstract: There is provided a HVAC system comprising: a fluid circuit for conveying a refrigerant; a compressor for compressing the refrigerant; three heat exchangers defining an evaporator, an outdoor exchanger and a heat recovery exchanger provided along the fluid circuit; an expansion valve provided along the fluid circuit; and a receiver connected in parallel to the expansion valve, wherein a fill valve is located between the receiver and a connection upstream of the expansion valve and a drain valve is located between the receiver and a connection downstream of the expansion valve; wherein the fluid circuit comprises a plurality of valves which are configured to be controlled based on a selected operating mode such that at least one of the outdoor exchanger and the heat recovery exchanger is connected to a discharge line of the compressor and in series with one of the other heat exchangers which is connected to a suction line of the compressor, with the expansion valve disposed between the heat exchangers; wherein
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Yves Jacques Raimbault, Philippe Del Marcel Tisserand
  • Patent number: 11549764
    Abstract: An evaporator header can include a header body having one or more walls that define an inner cavity configured to receive a first flow of refrigerant from a plurality of evaporator flow paths. A liquid line portion can extend through the inner cavity, can define a liquid line flow path that is fluidly separated from the inner cavity, and can be configured to receive a second flow of refrigerant. A plurality of apertures can extend through the one or more walls of the header body. The evaporator head can include a plurality of flow path connectors, and each can be configured to facilitate at least some of the first flow of refrigerant from a corresponding evaporator flow path of the plurality of evaporator flow paths, into the inner cavity via a corresponding aperture of the plurality of apertures, and across at least some of the liquid line portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Rheem Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Charles G. Hall
  • Patent number: 11536501
    Abstract: An oil separator and an air conditioning system provided with the oil separator are disclosed by the present disclosure. The oil separator comprises: an inlet (20) configured to receive a refrigerant; a duct (10) through which the refrigerant flows, the duct having a circumferential wall and comprising: a first section comprising a first muffler adjacent to the inlet, the first muffler (60) comprising a chamber (11) defined by a first wall (13) of the first section and designed to have a length dimension (L) in a length direction of the duct and a depth dimension (H) intersecting the length dimension; and a second section downstream of the first section, a second wall (23) of the second section being provided with a second muffler (70); and an oil separation assembly (80,90) through which the refrigerant passing through the duct passes. The present disclosure has a simple and reliable structure and is easy to implement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: HongYi Li, Yuling Shi, Jin Liu, Dongsheng Yang, Yilin Zhang, Xin Cheng
  • Patent number: 11519677
    Abstract: A general purpose enclosure is provided. A general purpose enclosure for housing an internal unit and providing complete protection against an ingress of dust and water, comprising a first housing and a second housing. A plurality of cooling fins and one or more pressure ports along an exterior surface of the first housing and the second housing. One or more pressure ports comprising a pneumatic valve, pressure sensor cap and a vent membrane such that pressure venting, and pressure testing may be performed by the one or more pressure ports. A method of assembling a general purpose enclosure to an internal unit, comprising applying the first housing and the second housing to the internal unit such that the first housing and the second housing encompass the internal unit and fastening the first housing to the second house.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Redline Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. Bassett, Brad Stimpson
  • Patent number: 11519679
    Abstract: A tube and fin heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat exchange tubes configured for flowing a refrigerant therethrough, a plurality of fins positioned such that the plurality of heat exchange tubes pass through a plurality of tube openings in the plurality of fins, and a plurality of vortex generators extending from a fin surface of the plurality of fins. The plurality of vortex generators are arranged to define nozzle like passages at the heat exchange tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Arindom Joardar
  • Patent number: 11519645
    Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus may include an outdoor unit through which a first fluid, such as refrigerant circulates, an indoor unit through which a second fluid, such as water circulates, a heat exchange device which is configured to connect the outdoor unit to the indoor unit and in which the first fluid and the second fluid are heat-exchanged with each other, first to third inner tubes configured to connect the outdoor unit to the heat exchange device, and a heat storage unit connected to the first to third inner tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kakjoong Kim, Chiwoo Song, Ilyoong Shin, Yongcheol Sa
  • Patent number: 11506431
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit including a compressor, a condenser, a pressure reducing device, and an evaporator connected by a refrigerant pipe. A refrigerant including a refrigerant having flammability is used as refrigerant circulating in the refrigerant circuit. The evaporator and the pressure reducing device are accommodated in a unit. The evaporator is disposed in the unit in such a manner that a linear distance between a refrigerant inlet of the evaporator and a refrigerant outlet of the pressure reducing device is shorter than a linear distance between a refrigerant outlet of the evaporator and the refrigerant outlet of the pressure reducing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Maeda, Akira Ishibashi, Daisuke Ito
  • Patent number: 11506402
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a heat exchange body including a plurality of flat tubes that extend in a vertical direction and that are arranged in a horizontal direction with gaps therebetween. A plurality of the heat exchange bodies are arranged in a direction of air flow to form a heat exchanger. A first header, into which hot gas refrigerant flows from a refrigerant circuit, is provided below one of the plurality of the heat exchange bodies that is at a most upwind position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeyoshi Matsui, Takashi Matsumoto, Yoji Onaka, Rihito Adachi
  • Patent number: 11493243
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cooling system comprising a refrigerant cycle for cycling refrigerant from at least a compressor unit for com-pressing gaseous refrigerant to a condenser unit for condensing gaseous refrigerant to liquid refrigerant, from the condenser unit to an evaporator unit for evaporating the liquid refrigerant to gaseous refrigerant, and from the evaporating unit back to the compressor unit, and a lubrication cycle having at least one lubricating refrigerant supply line for providing refrigerant as lubricant to a bearing assembly, wherein the at least one lubricating refrigerant supply line branches off from the refrigerant cycle at the condenser unit for providing refrigerant to the bearing assembly, and re-unites with the refrigerant cycle at the evaporator unit, for feeding back refrigerant from the bearing assembly to the refrigerant cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Inventors: Rudolf Hauleitner, Christine Matta, Guillermo Enrique Morales Espejel, Hans Wallin
  • Patent number: 11486592
    Abstract: An air handling system is disclosed that includes an integral chilled water refrigeration system. The air handling system additionally includes a first coil section that provides cooling and a second coil section that provides heating. The second coil section and associated terminal units are in fluid communication with the first refrigeration system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventor: Daniel P. McCarty
  • Patent number: 11480363
    Abstract: A filter assembly for an air conditioner unit includes a filter frame defining a plurality of attachment features for engaging a plurality of mounting features defined on an inlet frame of a cabinet of the air conditioner unit to secure the filter frame over the indoor inlet. A filter screen is attached to the filter frame for filtering a flow of air through the indoor inlet and the filter frame defines a mounting bracket for a secondary air filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Michael Phillips
  • Patent number: 11480370
    Abstract: An evaporator (2) is provided with a casing (5), a refrigerant supply section (7), a first heat transfer pipe group (10), and a second heat transfer pipe group (11). The first heat transfer pipe group (10) is disposed in the lower part of the space in the casing (5) so as to be immersed in the refrigerant and comprises a plurality of heat transfer pipes (12) through which liquid to be cooled flows. The second heat transfer pipe group (11) is provided in the space in the casing (5) at a position below the refrigerant supply section (7) and above the liquid level of the refrigerant, and comprises a plurality of second heat transfer pipes (13) through which liquid to be cooled flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Taichi Yoshii, Yasutaka Aoki, Takeshi Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11480346
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing including an indoor cavity and an outdoor cavity spaced apart from and communicating with each other, an indoor unit assembly provided in the indoor cavity, and an outdoor unit assembly connected to the indoor unit assembly and provided in the outdoor cavity. A part of a bottom wall of the housing is recessed towards an inner cavity of the housing to form a mounting groove and penetrating opposite side walls of the housing. The mounting groove is located between the indoor cavity and the outdoor cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Rao, Shiqiu Qi
  • Patent number: 11480369
    Abstract: A fresh-air air conditioning system comprises: a first electromagnetic valve connected to a first interior heat exchanger, and the first electromagnetic valve is connected via a first accumulator to a compressor and a third electromagnetic valve; the third electromagnetic valve is connected via a second accumulator to the compressor and a second electromagnetic valve; and the second electromagnetic valve is connected to a second interior heat exchanger. When the first interior heat exchanger or the second interior heat exchanger is closed, the third electromagnetic valve opens so that the first accumulator and the second accumulator simultaneously communicate with the open one of the first interior heat exchanger or the second interior heat exchanger, avoiding poor oil return as a result of prolonged single-cylinder operation of the compressor, and ensuring the reliability of the compressor as well as interior comfort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SHANGHAI HIGHLY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Chunhui Liu
  • Patent number: 11476511
    Abstract: A thermal management system for a vehicle battery is disclosed. The system includes a reservoir tank, which is positioned outside a vehicle and which stores refrigerant therein, a refrigerant supply line for supplying the refrigerant from the reservoir tank to a heat exchange circuit, which exchanges heat with the battery mounted in the vehicle, a refrigerant recovery line for recovering the refrigerant discharged from the heat exchanger circuit, a cable, which is connected at one end thereof to the reservoir tank and which includes therein the refrigerant supply line or the refrigerant recovery line, and a connector provided at a remaining end of the cable, which serves to connect the refrigerant supply line or the refrigerant recovery line in the cable to an inlet or an outlet of the heat exchange circuit when the connector is coupled to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Shin Lee, Man Ju Oh, So La Chung, Jae Woong Kim
  • Patent number: 11473790
    Abstract: An outer casing of an outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes: a body in which a first opening is formed to be continuous in a side portion and a back portion; and a first panel that covers the first opening and whose cross section has an L shape. The first panel includes: a side panel that covers a part formed in the side portion of the first opening; a back panel that covers a part formed in the back portion of the first opening; and a plurality of claw portions. One of the plurality of claw portions is a first claw portion having a plate-like shape and protruding upward from an upper end portion of the back panel. The back portion of the body includes: a first plate having a lower end portion in which a cutout is formed; and a second plate disposed forward of the first plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Hirokazu Murakami
  • Patent number: 11473848
    Abstract: A thermosiphon heat exchanger includes a chassis, an evaporation assembly and a condensation assembly. The chassis has an internal circulation chamber and an external circulation chamber separated from each other. The evaporation assembly is disposed in the internal circulation chamber. The condensation assembly is disposed in the external circulation chamber and horizontally positioned higher than the evaporation assembly, and the condensation assembly is coupled to the evaporation assembly by plural separated loops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Wei Chen, Wei-Zhi Huang, Kun-Chieh Liao
  • Patent number: 11466873
    Abstract: An air conditioner according to the disclosure includes a blowing fan including a suction port, a bell mouth formed along a circumferential direction of the suction port, and a fan guard extending from an inner circumferential surface of the bell mouth and covering the suction port, wherein the fan guard includes a plurality of annular ribs arranged concentrically with a gap from a center of the fan guard corresponding to a rotation axis of the blowing fan, the plurality of annular ribs includes a first annular rib adjacent the outermost edge of the fan guard and the first annular rib is arranged to be inclined to the rotation axis in a direction corresponding to the tangent line of the bell mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Ho Seo, Min Gi Cho, Woo Seog Song
  • Patent number: 11466908
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes heat exchange fins, refrigerant pipes are arranged across the heat exchange fins, and connecting pipes connected to the refrigerant pipes to thereby define refrigerant passages. The connecting pipes include a first pipe portion having a first end connected to one of the refrigerant pipes, a branch pipe portion that is branched from the first pipe portion, that extends parallel to the first pipe portion, and that is connected to another of the refrigerant passages, and a second pipe that is connected to the first pipe portion and that is configured to guide gas-phase refrigerant separated from the refrigerant in the first pipe portion. The second pipe includes an inner insert portion inserted into a second end of the first pipe portion and an outlet portion that extends from the inner insert portion in direction opposite to the second end of the first pipe portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Eunjun Cho, Pilhyun Yoon, Sungheon Ryu, Kiwoong Park, Jungmin Park, Hyungyul Yum, Yejin Kim