Patents Examined by Len Tran
  • Patent number: 12294067
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present application provide a method, apparatus and system for thermal runaway processing and a storage medium. The method first obtains a battery parameter for each of a plurality of battery modules in a power battery pack, then determines that a thermal runaway is occurred in a first battery module based on the battery parameter for each of the plurality of battery modules; and then obtains a second battery module based on the first battery module, wherein the second battery module corresponds to at least one battery module excluding the first battery module in the power battery pack; and finally supplies power to a chiller system with the second battery module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Xiaobo Chen, Jianhuang Ke, Yao Li
  • Patent number: 12291077
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an air-conditioning device and an air-conditioning system of an integrated heat exchanger, wherein an integrated heat exchanger for generating heating air or cooling air is used to generate air-conditioning air by utilizing cooling water, thereby securing cooling/heating efficiency. A decreased number of doors are used to adjust the temperature of air-conditioning air with regard to each mode, thus reducing the entire package. In addition, front and rear indoor spaces can be temperature-controlled individually, and comfort can be provided for each passenger seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, DOOWON CLIMATE CONTROL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kwang Ok Han, Gee Young Shin, Su Yeon Kang, Dong Ho Kwon, Myung Hoe Kim, Dae Hee Lee, Jae Won Cha, Won Jun Joung, Byung Guk An
  • Patent number: 12292204
    Abstract: An air conditioner including an arc shaped discharge port formed in a cylindrical member of a housing; a main fan; an arc shaped heat exchanger between the main fan and an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical member with respect to a radial direction of the cylindrical member; and an auxiliary fan. A discharge flow path is formed between an outer peripheral end of the heat exchanger and the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical member. A guide flow path is formed outside the discharge flow path with respect to the radial direction of the cylindrical member. The auxiliary fan is in the discharge flow path and is configured to suck some of the air discharged through the discharge port into the guide flow path. The guide flow path returns the air sucked by the auxiliary fan to the auxiliary fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gahyun Kim, Byungghun Kim, Yongho Seo, Wooseog Song, Mingi Cho
  • Patent number: 12287153
    Abstract: A thermal energy storage system includes: a thermal energy storage having an upper space for storing hot water and having a lower space for storing cold water, in which the hot water and the cold water are stratified; an upper diffuser located in the upper space; and a lower diffuser located in the lower space, wherein the thermal energy storage includes: a body having a cylindrical shape and having a central axis arranged parallel to a ground; a first dome part having a dome shape and configured to seal open one side of the body; a second dome part having a dome shape and configured to seal an open opposite side of the body; and a plurality of separation plates spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction within the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: FT Energy
    Inventors: Jae Yeon Han, Sung Gun Kwon
  • Patent number: 12281823
    Abstract: A thermal management system, comprising: a primary coolant circulation system for cooling a first coolant by circulating the first coolant which is heat-exchanged with cooling water through a first water-cooled condenser; a secondary coolant circulation system for cooling a battery chiller by using a second coolant which is heat-exchanged with the first coolant of the primary coolant circulation system; and a second cooling line for cooling a battery by circulating cooling water which is heat-exchanged through the battery chiller, wherein the number of revolutions of the first condenser of the primary coolant circulation system is less than the number of revolutions of the second condenser of the secondary coolant circulation system, or the first coolant and the second coolant are heat-exchanged via the cooling water, such that the battery can be cooled efficiently during rapid charging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Hyeongkyu Jin, Moojoong Kim, Seong Hun Kim, Hyeon Woo Noh, Sung Je Lee, Hae-Jun Lee, Dong Woo Hwang, In-Guk Hwang
  • Patent number: 12264474
    Abstract: A building panel system is provided. The building panel system include a panel structure having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a mounting system attached to the panel structure; at least one container detachably coupled to the mounting system at one of a plurality of selectable coupling positions so as to be in conductive thermal cooperation with the first surface of the panel structure; and a phase change material contained within the at least one container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: AWI Licensing LLC
    Inventor: William H. Frantz
  • Patent number: 12263759
    Abstract: Provided herein is an apparatus to regulate heat transfer. The apparatus can include a first plenum. The apparatus can include a second plenum. The apparatus can include a channel coupled with the first plenum. The channel can be coupled with the second plenum. The apparatus can include a third plenum coupled with the second plenum. The apparatus can include a bypass coupled with the second plenum and with the third plenum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Lorenzo Crosatti, Najmeh Rahimi
  • Patent number: 12264854
    Abstract: A heat exchange device and a cooling system are provided. The heat exchange device includes a low-pressure chamber and a high-pressure chamber disposed in the low-pressure chamber. The low-pressure chamber has a first wall for enabling heat exchange and an output portion in communication with the outside to output the low-pressure fluid. The high-pressure chamber has an input portion in communication with the outside to admit the high-pressure fluid and nozzles in communication with the low-pressure chamber. The fluid discharged from the nozzles undergoes a pressure drop and undergoes heat exchange through the first wall. Cooling capability is developed in the heat exchange device and works in the heat exchange device to thereby dispense with a pipeline which must be otherwise provided to link an expansion process and an evaporation process of the fluid and may otherwise cause cooling capability loss, so as to greatly enhance heat exchange capability and cooling efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: CHROMA ATE INC.
    Inventors: Jian-Hung Lin, Shao-En Chung
  • Patent number: 12259190
    Abstract: A heat pipe and a geothermal energy collecting device. The heat pipe includes a sealing member which is provided with channels; a first pipe body, one end of the first pipe body has an opening, and an other end of the first pipe body is sealed by the sealing member, which has a first chamber, first heat transfer members which are connected to the sealing member and located at one side of the sealing member, each of the first heat transfer members has a first cavity; and second heat transfer members which are connected to the sealing member and located at an other side of the sealing member, each of second heat transfer members has a second cavity configured to communicate with the first cavity of a corresponding one of the first heat transfer members via a respective one of the channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: SHENZHEN FLUENTROP TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yonggang Zhu, Yongyao Li, Huizhu Yang, Chuanwen Lv
  • Patent number: 12259187
    Abstract: A heat exchanger (1) includes a heat exchanger (1) including a separate plate (10) and a first flow path (11) which is divided by a plurality of fin portions (13a) and through which air flows, a fan (2), and a control unit (3) that performs control for switching between a first mode where heat exchange is performed by forcing air to flow in and a second mode where heat exchange is performed by natural convection, the plurality of fin portions (13a) are disposed in parallel at predetermined intervals (p1), and are formed to have an undulating shape from one end (11b) toward the other end (11c) of the first flow path (11) in a width direction of the first flow path (11), and the first flow path (11) is configured to be used in both the first mode and the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Sumitomo Precision Products Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Shota Hanafusa, Kenji Ando
  • Patent number: 12250795
    Abstract: Systems are provided for a heat exchanger assembly. In one example the system may include a top plate, a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, a bottom plate coupled to the top plate, a perforated plate positioned between the top plate and the bottom plate having an underside facing the bottom plate and including perforations shaped to generate an impingement jet onto the bottom plate, and at least one of the following: the top plate comprising a portion being inclined with respect to a longitudinal axis of the heat exchanger assembly; the perforated plate being inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis or a lateral axis of the heat exchanger assembly; and the heat exchanger assembly further comprising a flow control plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: DANA CANADA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Farbod Vakilimoghaddam, Silvio Tonellato, Benjamin A. Kenney
  • Patent number: 12247788
    Abstract: A heat-dissipating structure (1) that can be easily retrofitted to an apparatus that needs to be waterproofed is provided. A heat-dissipating structure (1) includes a first heat-dissipating part (3) configured to receive heat from a heat-generating part (2) disposed inside a housing (8), a rod-like heat-transport member (4), the first heat-dissipating part (3) being disposed at one end thereof, and the heat-transport member (4) being configured to transport the heat from the first heat-dissipating part (3) to the other end of the heat-transport member (4), a second heat-dissipating part (5) including a plurality of fins (5a) arranged in a row at the other end of the heat-transport member (4), and a fixing member (6) disposed between the first heat-dissipating part (3) and the second heat-dissipating part (5), in which a through hole (6a) through which the heat-transport member (4) is passed is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuma Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 12241686
    Abstract: Large scale field erected air cooled industrial steam condenser having heat exchanger panels with primary and secondary condenser sections, in which the secondary condenser section comprises 10% or less of the total heat exchanger, and in which the tubes of the primary condenser sections have narrowed outlet orifices having an area that is 50% or less than the cross-sectional area of a corresponding tube. The invention permits the reduction of secondary condenser tubes while reducing the outlet header pressure sufficiently to minimize backflow, sweep non-condensables and prevent the formation of dead zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Evapco, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Libert, Mark Huber
  • Patent number: 12235048
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat exchanger comprising: a header tank having a plurality of flow paths in which a heat exchange medium flows; multiple rows of tubes connected to the header tank; and heat radiation fins interposed between the tubes, wherein the tubes include a heat exchange part coupled to the heat radiation fins and a coupling part that is formed on a longitudinal end of the heat exchange part and coupled to the header tank, the width of the coupling part is formed to be less than the width of the heat exchange part so that the overall package size of the heat exchanger may be reduced, thus enabling a compact configuration, and the space between neighboring rows of the tubes may be reduced, thus making it possible to reduce the material of the heat radiation fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Ji Hun Han, Gwang Ok Ko
  • Patent number: 12228349
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for a modular intercooler block that may be fabricated by way of direct metal printing and assembled to form larger intercoolers. The modular intercooler block comprises cooling fins that are spaced between first and second core headers to allow passage of an airstream. Countersunk holes are arranged on the first and second core headers and configured to receive grommets when the first or second core header is fastened to another core header comprising similarly arranged countersunk holes. A core tube extends along an undulating path from each countersunk hole in the first core header, through the multiplicity of cooling fins, to a similar countersunk hole in the second core header. The core tubes may include thin copper walls and spiraled inner passages to enhance heat transfer to the airstream passing through the multiplicity of cooling fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: K&N Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Stevens, Steve Williams
  • Patent number: 12228346
    Abstract: A chilling unit includes: air heat exchangers each including heat transfer tubes and fins; and a machine room unit on which the air heat exchangers are provided. The air heat exchangers each have a long-side portion that extends in a longitudinal direction of the machine room unit. The air heat exchangers includes a pair of air heat exchangers that are inclined such that a spacing between upper end portions of the heat exchangers is greater than a spacing between lower end portions thereof. In each pair, the long-side portion of at least one air heat exchanger has a heat-exchanger end portion located at a unit end portion of the machine room unit in the longitudinal direction, and from the heat-exchanger end portion, heat transfer tubes that protrudes from an outermost one of the fins in an arrangement direction thereof and that extend linearly in the lateral direction do not extend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Takahito Hikone
  • Patent number: 12209810
    Abstract: In one aspect, thermal energy storage systems are described herein. In some embodiments, such a system comprises a container, a heat exchanger disposed within the container, and a phase change material (PCM) disposed within the container. The heat exchanger comprises an inlet pipe, an outlet pipe; and a number n of plates in fluid communication with the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe, wherein n is at least 2. The inlet pipe, outlet pipe, and plates are arranged and connected such that a fluid flowing from the inlet pipe and to the outlet pipe flows through the plates in between the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe. The PCM disposed within the container is also in thermal contact with the plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: PHASESTOR LLC
    Inventors: A. Scott Queen, Reyad I. Sawafta, Rami M. Saeed, Domenico Feo, Byron Owens
  • Patent number: 12209592
    Abstract: A lubricant supply system is for a compressor that compresses a first working fluid in a heat transfer circuit. The lubricant supply system includes a lubricant tank, a lubricant pathway for supplying lubricant from the lubricant tank to one or more bearings of the compressor, and a lubricant refrigeration system with a lubricant heater and a lubricant cooler. The lubricant heater configured to heat the lubricant discharged from the one or more bearings and the lubricant cooler configured to cool the lubricant flowing through the lubricant pathway. A method of lubricating a compressor includes heating the lubricant, directing the lubricant from a lubricant tank through a lubricant pathway to one or more bearings of the compressor, and cooling the lubricant passing through the lubricant pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Mark W. Harrison, Steven J. Pitts, Todd W. Smith
  • Patent number: 12211768
    Abstract: A heat sink is a multilayer cooler for cooling a contacting heat-generating element by flowing a coolant from a fluid inlet to a fluid outlet, and includes a heat-receiving plate, a channel plate, an orifice plate, a header plate, and a bottom plate stacked in this order from the top surface and bonded by diffusion bonding. The channel plate has many cooling micropaths arranged in a matrix. The orifice plate has jet orifices for jetting a coolant into the cooling micropaths and drain orifices for draining the coolant from the cooling micropaths. The header plate includes a baffle that separates the fluid inlet from the fluid outlet. The baffle includes a plurality of parallel plates and first end plates and second end plates that alternately close openings at an end and at the opposite end of the parallel plate. The baffle and the peripheral wall define a supply channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: WELCON Inc.
    Inventors: Yutaka Suzuki, Takashi Saito, Shingo Ikarashi
  • Patent number: 12207449
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus is provided. An external cooling fluid flows into an external inlet opening from an external inlet pipe and passes through a heat exchanger to flow out of an external outlet opening to an external outlet pipe. An internal cooling fluid flows into an internal inlet pipe from the server and flows into an internal inlet opening from the internal inlet pipe and passes through the heat exchanger for heat exchange with the external cooling fluid to flow out of an internal outlet opening to an internal outlet pipe. A hot-swap pump has a pump main body, an inlet anti-leakage pipe, an outlet anti-leakage pipe and a hot-swap connector. The inlet anti-leakage pipe includes an inlet connector and an inlet anti-leakage valve. The outlet anti-leakage pipe includes an outlet connector and an outlet anti-leakage valve. The hot-swap connector is electrically connected to the pump main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Chia-Wei Chen, Te-Chang Lin, Yueh-Ming Liu, Yu-Hsiang Huang, Ya-Lin Liu, Chi-Che Chang