Patents Examined by Keith Raymond
  • Patent number: 10024609
    Abstract: A steel covering layer according to the present invention includes a surface layer formed of a low surface energy material and formed on the surface of a heat transfer tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Sakurai, Seiji Kagawa, Tsuyoshi Miyachi, Takuya Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10024606
    Abstract: Methods of fabricating cooling apparatuses are provided, which include providing a thermal transfer structure configured to couple to and cool one or more electronic components. The thermal transfer structure includes a thermal spreader, and at least one coolant-carrying tube coupled to the thermal spreader. The coolant-carrying tube(s) includes multiple tube lengths disposed substantially in a common plane, and an out-of-plane tube bend. The out-of-plane tube bend is couples in fluid communication first and second tube lengths of the multiple tube lengths, and extends out-of-plane from the multiple tube lengths disposed in the common plane. The first and second tube lengths may be spaced apart, with a third tube length disposed between them, and the coolant-carrying tube(s) further includes an in-plane tube bend which couples in fluid communication the third tube length and a fourth tube length of the multiple tube lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Amilcar R. Arvelo, Mark A. Brandon, Levi A. Campbell, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Randall G. Kemink, Eric J. McKeever
  • Patent number: 10013034
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a host chassis and a host, and refers to a display technical field, which can realize uniform heat dissipation, so as to improve the heat dissipation performance of the host. The host chassis comprises: a hollow column enclosure; heat dissipation covers situated at two ends of the column enclosure, the heat dissipation covers match with the column enclosure; a hollow column heat dissipating barrel which is situated inside the column enclosure and disposed in the same orientation with the column enclosure, the column heat dissipating barrel is used for disposing host accessories and for heat conduction for the host accessories; and a cooling fan fixed at one end of the column heat dissipating barrel, the fan is used for blowing cold air from external environment into the column heat dissipating barrel so as to take away heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE CHATANI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yingli Meng
  • Patent number: 9995290
    Abstract: A cryogenic pump configured for pressurizing a cryogenic fluid is provided. The cryogenic pump includes a warm end portion adapted to not contact cryogenic fluid during operation of the pump and including one or more driving components. The cryogenic pump includes a cold end portion adapted to contact cryogenic fluid during operation of the pump and including a pump inlet and a pump outlet. An insulating arrangement including an insulator plate is arranged between the warm end portion and the cold end portion and defines a first air gap between the cold end portion and the insulator plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Pollard, Cory A. Brown, Alan R. Stockner, Adrienne M. Brasche
  • Patent number: 9994322
    Abstract: A system, which includes a plurality of heat exchangers and a compressing device, is configured to prepare in parallel a medium bled from a low-pressure location of an engine and flowing through a plurality of heat exchangers into a chamber. The compressing device is in communication with the plurality of heat exchangers and regulates a pressure of the medium flowing through the plurality of heat exchangers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Louis J. Bruno, Donald E. Army, Jr., Thomas M. Zywiak, Erin G. Kline, Christina W. Millot, Harold W. Hipsky, Paul M. D'Orlando
  • Patent number: 9989304
    Abstract: This invention relates to a system and method for liquefying natural gas. In another aspect, the invention concerns an improved liquefied natural gas facility employing a closed loop methane refrigeration cycle. In another aspect, the invention concerns the utilization of lean boil-off gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
    Inventors: Megan V. Evans, Attilio J. Praderio, Lisa M. Strassle
  • Patent number: 9989305
    Abstract: Systems and methods that utilize feed gases that are supplied in a wide range of compositions and pressure to provide highly efficient recovery of NGL products, such as propane, utilizing isenthalpic expansion, propane refrigeration, and shell and tube exchangers are described. Plants utilizing such systems and methods can be readily reconfigured between propane recovery and ethane recovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Fluor Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: John Mak
  • Patent number: 9976803
    Abstract: Process for producing gaseous oxygen by cryogenic distillation of air, wherein a portion of the feed air flow is brought to a pressure P1, by means of a first compressor, the suction temperature T0 of which is between 0 and 50° C., the gas at the pressure P1 is cooled, in order to generate an air stream at the pressure P1 and the temperature T1 between 5 and 45° C., a portion of the air compressed in the first compressor undergoes an additional compression step starting from the temperature T1 and pressure P1 to a pressure P2 greater than P1, then is cooled, to the temperature T2 where T2 and T1 differ by less than 10° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: L'AIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATTION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE
    Inventors: Alexis Asse, Ingrid Berthaume, Alain Briglia, Richard Dubettier-Grenier, Patrick Le Bot, Jean-Marc Peyron
  • Patent number: 9976779
    Abstract: In a cryogenic refrigerator, a displacer defines an internal space, and circulates a working fluid in the internal space. A cylinder houses the displacer such as to enable it to reciprocate, and, at an interval from the bottom side of the displacer, forms an expansion space for the working fluid. A cooling stage is provided along an outer circumferential and bottom portion of the cylinder, in a location corresponding to the expansion space. A heat exchanger is arranged inside the expansion space and is thermally connected to the cooling stage. An end portion of the displacer on its expansion-space side has an opening that serves as an entry/exit port between the internal space and the expansion space for the working fluid. A working-fluid flow channel connects the internal space and the expansion space via the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Mingyao Xu
  • Patent number: 9976802
    Abstract: A cooling device according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a case; a tray installed inside the case and on which a beverage container is placed; a mixing member configured to perform a seesaw motion about a mixing axis to mix a fluid filled in the beverage container; a driving part connected to the mixing member and configured to provide driving force; and a cool air supply part configured to supply cool air into the case, wherein the mixing member comprises: a supporter configured to protrude from a bottom of the case, the tray being connected to an upper end of the supporter to perform the seesaw motion; a driving link connected to one end of the case; and a mixing motor configured to transmit the driving force to the driving link, wherein the tray comprises: a tray body; a first seating part formed on the tray body so that the beverage container is placed in a lengthwise direction of the tray body; and a second seating part formed on the tray body in a direction that crosses the first
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Junsoo Han, Heejun Lee, Younseok Lee
  • Patent number: 9976790
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling element (1) for use in a cooling device (11), comprising a front face and a rear face and four side faces. The cooling element (1) is characterized in that the rear face of the cooling element (1) is substantially planar and the front face has reinforcing elements, wherein the reinforcing elements prevent deformation of the cooling element (1) during cooling and freezing. The invention also relates to a cooling device (11), in particular a freezer, comprising at least one cooling circuit, wherein the cooling circuit has a compressor, an evaporator, and a condenser. The cooling device (11) also has a closable cooling space (15) that comprises a plurality of cooling space side walls, a cooling space base, a space for cooling goods (17), and at least one cooling element (1) according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: B Medical Systems S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Admilson Pinto, Andreas Hoffmann, Uwe Schramer
  • Patent number: 9970712
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the rotary high density heat exchangers. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to rotary high density heat exchangers that contain one or more fan blades where each fan blade contains heat exchanging surfaces on the surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Inventors: John Carl Bastian, John David Jude
  • Patent number: 9964353
    Abstract: A system and method serve generate oxygen by low-temperature air separation in a distillation column system having a high-pressure column and a low-pressure column, a main condenser which is constructed as a condenser-evaporator, and an auxiliary column. A gaseous oxygen-containing fraction is introduced into the auxiliary column. A nitrogen-containing liquid stream from the high-pressure column, the main condenser or the low-pressure column is applied as reflux to the top of the auxiliary column. An argon-rich stream from an intermediate site of the low-pressure column is introduced into an argon removal column that has an argon removal column top condenser. The low-pressure column is arranged beside the high-pressure column, the main condenser is arranged over the high-pressure column, the auxiliary column is arranged over the main condenser, the argon removal column is arranged over the auxiliary column and the argon removal column top condenser is arranged over the argon removal column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Linde Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tobias Lautenschlager, Stefan Lochner
  • Patent number: 9964340
    Abstract: In a Stirling refrigerator, a displacer has an internal space. An expander body houses the displacer so that the displacer can be reciprocated. A temperature sensor is arranged in the internal space of the displacer. A displacer rod, having an internal space, may connect to the displacer. A wiring may provide an electrical connection to the temperature sensor, the wiring arranged through the internal space of the displacer rod to outside of the expander body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyosuke Nakano, Yoshikatsu HIRATSUKA, Kenta Yumoto
  • Patent number: 9958200
    Abstract: A method is provided for separating off acid gases, in particular CO2 and H2S, from a hydrocarbon-rich fraction, in particular natural gas. The hydrocarbon-rich fraction is cooled and partially condensed. The resultant CO2-enriched liquid fraction is separated by rectification into a CO2-rich liquid fraction and a CO2-depleted gas fraction. The hydrocarbon-rich fraction is cooled close to the temperature of the CO2 triple point by means of a closed multistage refrigeration circuit. The refrigerant is a CO2 fraction of greater than 99.5% by volume. The rectification column is operated at a pressure between 40 and 65 bar. The reboiler of the rectification column is heated by means of a condensing refrigerant substream of the refrigeration circuit that is at a suitable pressure level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Heinz Bauer, Claudia Gollwitzer
  • Patent number: 9958194
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a compressor, a condenser such as an indoor heat exchanger, first expansion means, and an evaporator such as an outdoor heat exchanger that are connected by refrigerant pipes to form a refrigeration cycle. The evaporator is a heat exchanger including a plurality of plate-like heat transfer fins arranged in parallel and subjected to water slip or water repellent treatment, and a heat transfer tube provided in contact with the plurality of heat transfer fins such that refrigerant flows therein. The refrigeration cycle apparatus further includes a drain pan disposed below the evaporator, an evaporator fan for producing an air current flowing to the evaporator, such as an outdoor fan, and a heating unit disposed at a position below the heat transfer fins and on a leeward side of the heat transfer fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Tashiro, Kosuke Tanaka, Sangmu Lee
  • Patent number: 9945604
    Abstract: A method for liquefying a natural gas feed stream and removing nitrogen therefrom, the method comprising passing a natural gas feed stream through a main heat exchanger to produce a first LNG stream, and separating a liquefied or partially liquefied natural gas stream in a distillation column to form nitrogen-rich vapor product, wherein a closed loop refrigeration system provides refrigeration to the main heat exchanger and to a condenser heat exchanger that provides reflux to the distillation column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Ott, Gowri Krishnamurthy, Fei Chen, Yang Liu, Mark Julian Roberts
  • Patent number: 9945609
    Abstract: Exhaust gas from which impurities have been removed through pressurization and cooling by a compressor-based impurity separation mechanism is further cooled by a refrigerator-type heat exchanger. Drain produced from the cooling by the refrigerator-type heat exchanger is discharged and supplied as an alkalinity control agent to at least upstream of an aftercooler in a first impurity separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Naito
  • Patent number: 9945607
    Abstract: A refrigeration system for condensation of carbon dioxide (CO2) in a flue gas stream, the system includes a refrigeration circuit, a flue gas treatment system that includes a flue gas compressor, a flue gas adsorption drier, and a refrigeration system for condensation of CO2; and a method for condensation of CO2 in a flue gas stream using a circulating stream of an external refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventor: Olaf Stallmann
  • Patent number: 9938880
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly may include an intercooler and a housing which encloses said intercooler. The housing may be part of a charge air line. The housing may include a charge air inlet, a charge air outlet and an opening through which the intercooler can be inserted into the housing from one side. The housing may also include a recess on the side opposite the opening, into which recess the intercooler engages. The heat exchanger assembly may include an elastic seal arranged in the region of the recess between the intercooler and the housing. The seal may be configured to at least one of bridge the deformation of the housing occurring during pressure pulsations, bridge relative movements between the intercooler and the housing, and tightly connect the intercooler to the housing in all operating states preventing an undesirable bypass flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignees: Mahle International GmbH, Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Veit Bruggesser, Andreas Eilemann, Uwe Grass, Rolf Mueller, Hubert Pomin, Christian Saumweber, Juergen Stehlig