Patents Examined by Len Tran
  • Patent number: 10178802
    Abstract: A liquid supply device includes a casing, a cover, a plunger, a driving unit and a sensing unit. The casing has a liquid outlet. The cover is connected to the casing. A chamber is formed between the casing and the cover. The chamber communicates with the liquid outlet. The plunger is movably disposed in the chamber. The driving unit is disposed in the chamber and used for driving the plunger to move. The sensing unit is selectively disposed on one of the cover and the plunger. The sensing unit outputs a sensing signal according to a current position of the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Cooler Master Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Wei Huang, Chu-Yi Kuo, Chung-Yang Chen
  • Patent number: 10174975
    Abstract: A heat transfer system includes a first two-phase heat transfer fluid vapor/compression circulation loop including a compressor, a heat exchanger condenser, an expansion device, and a heat absorption side of a heat exchanger evaporator/condenser. A first conduit in a closed fluid circulation loop circulates a first heat transfer fluid therethrough. A second two-phase heat transfer fluid circulation loop transfers heat to the first heat transfer fluid circulation loop through the heat exchanger evaporator/condenser, including a heat rejection side of the heat exchanger evaporator/condenser, a liquid pump, a liquid refrigerant reservoir located upstream of the liquid pump and downstream of the heat exchanger evaporator/condenser, and a heat exchanger evaporator. A second conduit in a closed fluid circulation loop circulates a second heat transfer fluid therethrough having an ASHRAE Class A toxicity and a Class 1 or 2L flammability rating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yinshan Feng, Jinliang Wang, Futao Zhao, Thomas D. Radcliff, Parmesh Verma
  • Patent number: 10178805
    Abstract: A heatsink with an internal cavity for liquid cooling includes: a first part having a first group of fins extending into the internal cavity; a second part attached to the first part so that the internal cavity is formed, the second part having a second group of fins that extend into the internal cavity and that are configured to fit among the first group of fins; an inlet into the internal cavity on at least one of the first and second parts; and an outlet from the internal cavity on at least one of the first and second parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert James Ramm, Wenjun Liu, Colin Campbell
  • Patent number: 10168107
    Abstract: A heat accumulator for storing thermal energy may include a container having a horizontally extending longitudinal axis, and a thermal storage material. The container may have a first opening for inflow and/or outflow of a fluid, a second opening offset vertically opposite the first opening, and at least one fluid-impermeable plate which is inclined against an inflow and/or an outflow direction of the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Vladimir Danov, Theodoros Papadopoulos
  • Patent number: 10168113
    Abstract: A heat pipe with electrical pumping. The heat pipe includes a condenser to condense vapor into liquid droplets and an evaporator for the liquid-vapor conversion. Furthermore, the heat pipe includes liquid conduits for carrying the liquid droplets, where every liquid conduit includes electrodes for moving the liquid droplets along the liquid conduits. Additionally, the heat pipe includes vapor conduits for carrying the vapor. After the liquid is condensed and droplets are formed, they are electrically pumped towards the evaporator by sequentially actuating a series of electrodes in the liquid conduits. By implementing electrical pumping instead of wick-based pumping, the heat transport capacity over long distances is greatly increased. Additionally, since the electrical force is greater than gravity, it is possible to develop orientation independent long heat pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Vaibhav Bahadur, Renee Hale
  • Patent number: 10160545
    Abstract: A heat exchanger to exchange heat between a ram air flow and a liquid flow includes a plurality of ram air layers that direct air, wherein each ram air layer is a single pass layer including a plurality of ram air fins in fluid communication with the ram air flow, and a plurality of liquid pass layers, wherein each liquid pass layer is a five pass layer including a plurality of liquid pass fins in fluid communication with the liquid flow, and each of the plurality of liquid pass layers is disposed adjacent to at least one ram air layer of the plurality of ram air layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anthony DeLugan, Michael Doe
  • Patent number: 10161651
    Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus includes an outdoor unit and an indoor unit having an indoor heat exchanger and an indoor fan. An airflow rate setting of the indoor fan can be manually instructed. An indoor airflow rate limitation control useable to forcibly limit the airflow rate setting of the indoor fan to be nearer to a low airflow rate in accordance with an outside air temperature is carried out with the airflow rate setting of the indoor fan having been manually instructed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Akiharu Kojima
  • Patent number: 10156401
    Abstract: A plate heat exchanger includes a casing in which heat transfer plates are arranged, wherein a first distribution tube and a second distribution tube that extend through respective first port openings and second port openings of the heat transfer plates includes outlets and inlets that face each other, a first passage and a second passage extend along the casing and along first sides and second sides of the heat transfer plates and comprise outlets and inlets that face each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignees: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB, ALFA LAVAL VICARB SAS
    Inventors: Mickael Blanchard, Jean-Noël Fernandez
  • Patent number: 10151541
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for a vehicle includes a heat exchange unit in which a plurality of plates are layered to alternately form a first flow channel and a second flow channel therein and heat exchange unit having one surface fixedly mounted in an expansion valve. First and second inflow holes are formed separately at both surfaces of the heat exchange unit and connected to the first flow channel and the second flow channel, respectively. First and second exhaust holes are formed separately in a diagonal direction of the first and second inflow holes at both surfaces of the heat exchange unit and connected to the first flow channel and the second flow channel, respectively. A noise reducer is integrally connected to the heat exchange unit at another surface of the heat exchange unit and reduces noise and vibration occurring when an operation fluid that is injected through the second inflow hole moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, HALLA VISTEON CLIMATE CONTROL CORP.
    Inventors: Jae Yeon Kim, Ju Hoon Kim, Hyun Keun Shin
  • Patent number: 10147669
    Abstract: A cooler includes: a fin having a coolant inflow port; and a nozzle configured to eject the supplied coolant toward the coolant inflow port. The nozzle includes a flow passage wall, a tip end, a pressure receiving portion and a deformation portion. The tip end provides a coolant supply hole that ejects the coolant flowing through the flow passage. The pressure receiving portion is configured to be provided between the flow passage wall and the coolant supply hole, and to receive force in an ejection direction of the coolant. The deformation portion is configured to be provided either of between the flow passage wall and the pressure receiving portion and in the pressure receiving portion, and to displace the coolant supply hole in the ejection direction of the coolant in response to the force in the ejection direction of the coolant, the force being received by the pressure receiving portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuya Takano
  • Patent number: 10145621
    Abstract: A multi-zone heat exchanger has a first end and a second end and a width divided into a plurality of parallel airflow zones. Each zone defines an airflow section of the heat exchanger that receives a portion of the airflow through the heat exchanger. A first tube of continuous construction is coupled to an inlet port and to an outlet port and forms a first refrigerant circuit spanning three or more passes from the first end to the second end. The first refrigerant circuit passes between at least two zones of the plurality of zones. A second tube of continuous construction is coupled to the inlet port and to the outlet port and forms a second refrigerant circuit spanning three or more passes from the first end to the second end. The second refrigerant circuit passes between the at least two zones of the plurality of zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Hussmann Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy D. Anderson, Ken Nguyen, Paul R. Laurentius
  • Patent number: 10145623
    Abstract: A vehicle heat exchanger tube (2) comprises at least a first and a second separate fluid channel (14, 16). A tube stiffener (38) has a first stiffening portion (40) stiffening the first channel (14) of the tube (2), and a second stiffening portion (42) stiffening the second channel (16) of the tube (2). The first stiffening portion (40) comprises a first supporting surface (46) supporting the first larger surface (20) of the first channel (14), and a second supporting surface (48) supporting the second larger surface (22) of the first channel (14). The second stiffening portion (42) comprises a first supporting surface (56) supporting the first larger surface (26) of the second channel (16), and a second supporting surface (58) supporting the second larger surface (28) of the second channel (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: TitanX Holding AB
    Inventors: Arnaud Contet, Anders Brorsson, Ulf Bergman
  • Patent number: 10143112
    Abstract: The machine cabinet for dissipating heat includes a housing, and an inner chamber, a liquid working medium accommodating area, a heat exchanger and a delivery passage disposed in the housing. The inner chamber is in a vacuum state and accommodates electronic devices to be cooled; the liquid working medium accommodating area accommodates a liquid working medium, the liquid working medium is converted into a gas working medium to enter the heat exchanger after cooling the electronic devices to be cooled; the heat exchanger liquefies the gas working medium into a liquid working medium and guides the liquid working medium obtained by liquefying the gas working medium into the delivery passage; and the delivery passage is connected with the heat exchanger and the liquid working medium accommodating area and guides the liquid working medium obtained by liquefying the gas working medium into the liquid working medium accommodating area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hu Tang, Xianguang Tan, Tianyu Zhou, Ruiquan Ding, Binghua Zhang
  • Patent number: 10132529
    Abstract: A thermal management system includes a closed dynamic cooling circuit, and a closed first steady-state cooling circuit. Each circuit has its own compressor, heat rejection exchanger, and expansion device. A thermal energy storage (TES) system is configured to receive a dynamic load and thermally couple the dynamic cooling circuit and the first steady-state cooling circuit. The dynamic cooling circuit is configured to cool the TES to fully absorb thermal energy received by the TES when a dynamic thermal load is ON, and the steady-state cooling circuit is configured to cool the TES when the dynamic thermal load is OFF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignees: Rolls-Royce Corporation, Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Igor Vaisman, Steve T. Gagne, Kyle Burkholder
  • Patent number: 10132495
    Abstract: A method and a system for monitoring the mass changes of a heat exchanger bank of a steam boiler. The heat exchanger bank is supported by hanger rods and support beams to the frame beams of the steam boiler. In the method, the web plates of the support beams are provided with strain gages for measuring the changes in the strain state generated in the support beams by the mass of the heat exchanger bank. The system includes strain gages fixed to the web plates of the support beams for measuring the changes in the strain state generated in the support beam by the mass of the heat exchanger bank, data logging means for logging the measurement data and a computer or a corresponding calculation unit for processing the measurement data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: ANDRITZ OY
    Inventor: Ilkka Pollanen
  • Patent number: 10132530
    Abstract: A heat recovery variable-frequency multi-split heat pump system and a control method thereof. The system includes an outdoor unit and at least two indoor units. The system is a three-pipe heating recovery multi-split heat pump system designed on the basis of a four-way reversing valve, and one indoor unit thereof is provided with two electronic expansion valves and two heat exchangers so that any indoor unit in the system can operate independently under three working conditions of refrigeration, heating or heat recovery dehumidification. Under multi-split condition, the system can operate under six working conditions, namely, the full-refrigeration working condition, the full-heating working condition, the common-heat-recovery working condition, the common-heat-recovery-dehumidification working condition, the heat recovery dehumidification-refrigeration-combination working condition and the heat recovery dehumidification-heating-combination working condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignees: Qingdao Hisense Hitachi Air-Conditioning Systems Co., Ltd., Hisense USA Corporation, Hisense International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Liu, Yuanpeng Wang, Wenqiang Zhang, Rui Cao, Yajun Li, Yongmei Li
  • Patent number: 10126062
    Abstract: An annular heat exchanger for a gas turbine engine is provided. The annular heat exchanger can include a first annular ring comprising a first main tube defined by a plurality of transduct segments; a second annular ring comprising a second main tube defined by a plurality of transduct segments and a curvilinear plate defining at least one channel therein that is in fluid communication with a transduct segment of the first main tube and a transduct segment of the second main tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Matthew Robert Cerny, Jeffrey Raymond Menard, Thomas Kupiszewski, Johnathen Pegram
  • Patent number: 10126006
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cylinder for storing coolant, with which a heat exchanger of an air-conditioning circuit is to be provided, said cylinder defining a first cavity (2) accommodating a desiccator, and a second cavity (3) capable of enabling fluid communication with said circuit. Said cylinder is configured such that said first (2) and second (3) cavities remain isolated from each other up to a first inner pressure threshold, and are placed in fluid communication once said second cavity (3) is subjected to a second inner pressure threshold that is greater than the first threshold. The invention also relates to a condenser provided with such a cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Laurent Moreau, Christophe Voidie
  • Patent number: 10125644
    Abstract: A system for warming/cooling oil circulating within a power and torque transfer system of an automotive vehicle is disclosed. The system incorporates at least a first heat exchanger positioned between the inner wall of the outer housing and the outer surface of a gear forming part of the gear system enclosed within the housing, for instance a ring gear and/or pinion gear. The heat exchanger is generally formed as a single tubular member for conducting a first heat exchange fluid therethrough, the tubular member being curved to generally follow the curvature of the geometry of the inner wall of the housing and to fit within corresponding annular gaps. A second fluid channel is formed between the outer surface of the gear and the inner surface of the heat exchanger for bringing the oil into heat transfer relationship with the first heat exchanger fluid through rotation of the gear(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Dana Canada Corporation
    Inventor: Hervé Palanchon
  • Patent number: 10126075
    Abstract: A heat exchanger has a tubular structure inside of which a medium flows. The heat exchanger includes a liquid film removal structure and a liquid film flowing-down assistance structure. The liquid film removal structure is joined to the tubular structure. The liquid film flowing-down assistance structure is coupled directly to the liquid film removal structure and is arranged between the tubular structure and an adjacent tubular structure and in parallel to the tubular structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akinori Tamura, Naoyuki Ishida, Kazuaki Kito