Patents Examined by Lionel Nouketcha
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Patent number: 11997827Abstract: An immersion cooling system includes an immersion tank that is configured to retain dielectric working fluid and to hold a plurality of computing devices submerged in the dielectric working fluid. The immersion cooling system also includes a condenser that is configured to cause condensation of vaporized working fluid. The immersion cooling system also includes a subcooling heat exchanger that is in fluid communication with a coolant source. The coolant source provides coolant having a coolant temperature that is lower than a boiling point of the dielectric working fluid. The subcooling heat exchanger is positioned so that heat transfer can occur between the dielectric working fluid and the subcooling heat exchanger. The immersion cooling system also includes a control system that controls how much of the coolant flows into the subcooling heat exchanger based at least in part on a temperature of the dielectric working fluid.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2023Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Husam Atallah Alissa, Bharath Ramakrishnan, Ioannis Manousakis, Nicholas Andrew Keehn, Eric Clarence Peterson
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Patent number: 11988453Abstract: Some embodiments include a thermal management plane. The thermal management plane may include a top casing comprising a polymer material; a top encapsulation layer disposed on the top casing; a bottom casing comprising a polymer material; a bottom encapsulation layer disposed on the bottom casing; a hermetical seal coupling the bottom casing with the top casing; a wicking layer disposed between the bottom casing and the top casing; and a plurality of spacers disposed between the top casing and the bottom casing within the vacuum core, wherein each of the plurality of spacers have a low thermal conduction. In some embodiments, the thermal management plane has a thickness less than about 200 microns.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: KELVIN THERMAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Ryan J. Lewis, Ronggui Yang, Yung-Cheng Lee
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Patent number: 11988403Abstract: An air conditioner includes an outdoor unit having a compressor for compressing a refrigerant and an outdoor heat exchanger. A ventilator is connected to the outdoor unit by a plurality of refrigerant pipes. The ventilator includes a case having a supply passage, through which the outside air flows into the indoor space, a discharge passage through which the indoor air is discharged to the outside, a partition wall disposed in the case and separating the supply passage and the discharge passage, a main heat exchanger disposed in the supply passage, an outside air inlet damper, an indoor air outlet damper, a circulation hole damper, an outdoor temperature sensor, and a controller, configured to control operations of the dampers.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Hongsuk Jin, Sanghun Lee
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Patent number: 11990388Abstract: In one aspect, a pump-motor assembly is provided outside of and adjacent to a storage container that stores a back-up energy storage unit. The pump-motor assembly includes a pump-motor that maintains a minimum pressure of a liquid coolant in a liquid coolant system that cools the back-up energy storage unit, and a housing that is completely enclosed, the housing containing the pump-motor, and having a removable access panel on one side thereof the enclosed structure, and an opening on another side thereof to the storage container.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Adam C. Grove, Nirag Sheth, Umakanth Sakaray, John M. Tanner, Jeremy Byrd, Gregory S. Hasler
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Patent number: 11987097Abstract: A system includes a heat-generating component, a heat-absorbing component, a liquid coolant reservoir for receiving and distributing a liquid coolant, a first liquid loop, and a second liquid loop. The first liquid loop is connected to the liquid coolant reservoir and includes a first valve to control recirculation or return of the liquid coolant to the liquid coolant reservoir. The second liquid loop is connected to the liquid coolant reservoir and includes a second valve downstream from the second functional component to control recirculation or return of the liquid coolant to the liquid coolant reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2023Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Vincent G. Johnston, Damjan Puljic, Kegan J. Connick, Anup M. Vader
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Patent number: 11988436Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet having a storage space, a door configured to open or close the storage space, a display assembly detachably coupled to the door, and a display window disposed on a front surface of the door and having a transmission part capable of transmitting light. The display assembly includes a first display disposed to correspond to the transmission part and a second display disposed not to correspond to the transmission part.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Jongkwon Park
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Patent number: 11985801Abstract: Systems and methods for cooling a datacenter are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, flow controllers are associated with cold plates and have direct and bypass ports, so that when direct ports are disabled for removal of a first cold plate, bypass ports are enabled to bypass a first cold plate and to enable a second cold plate to be continuously cooled by a datacenter cooling system.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Nvidia CorporationInventor: Ali Heydari
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Patent number: 11982484Abstract: An ice maker has a bottom wall with a sensor opening. A time-of-flight sensor is supported in relation to the bottom wall such that the time-of-flight sensor can an optical pulse signal through the sensor opening toward the ice bin and subsequently detect a photon of the optical pulse signal that returns to the time-of-flight sensor through the sensor opening after reflecting off of one of a floor of the ice bin and ice in the ice bin. The time of flight sensor is configured to determine a duration between the emission of the optical pulse and the detection of the reflected photon(s). Based on the determined duration, the time-of-flight sensor or another processor can determine an amount of ice in the ice bin. The ice maker can be configured so that the time-of-flight sensor is removable, allowing a window pane of the time-of-flight sensor to be periodically cleaned.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: TRUE MANUFACTURING CO., INC.Inventor: Kevin Knatt
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Patent number: 11975428Abstract: A tool configured to assemble a drain to a household appliance wall, the drain formed by an interior tube and an exterior tube, the tool including a jaw, a housing, a spring and a guide member. The jaw is formed by a pair of arms and configured to move between a closed position, in which the jaw is configured to be inserted through an aperture formed by the household appliance wall, and an open position in which the jaw is configured to engage the interior tube. The housing houses the jaw and the spring is fixed to the housing and configured to bias the jaw towards the closed position. And the pair of arms are configured to move from the closed position to the open position as the jaw is inserted through the aperture.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventor: Nathan L. Ellerbrock
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Patent number: 11979993Abstract: A heat dissipation structure (1) includes a heat generation part (2) and an internal heat dissipation part (3), inside a housing (8); a heat transport member (4); an external heat dissipation part (5); and a fixing member (6), wherein edges are vertically disposed on both sides of the heat transport member (4), in the vicinity of the fixing member (6) in a first groove (3a); a second groove (6b) extending from the through hole (6a) toward an area not covered with the external heat dissipation part (5) is formed in the second surface (6d); and a gap portion between the heat transport member (4) and the through hole (6a), a portion between the edges vertically disposed on both sides of the heat transport member (4), and the second groove (6b) are filled with a sealant.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.Inventor: Kazuma Sugiyama
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Patent number: 11976872Abstract: An axial flow fan includes a hub driven to rotate and configured to serve as a rotation axis of the axial flow fan and a blade connected to the hub. The blade has a leading edge and a trailing edge. The trailing edge has an indentation indenting toward the leading edge. The indentation narrows from the trailing edge to the leading edge, and has an apex being a point closest to the leading edge from among the points constituting the indentation. The blade has, at the indentation, a maximum thickness portion at which a thickness of the blade is maximum, and which is positioned radially inside of the apex.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takahide Tadokoro, Katsuyuki Yamamoto, Takashi Ikeda
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Patent number: 11976892Abstract: A system includes an active micro-electric mechanical system (MEMS) cooling system and a drive system. The MEMS cooling system includes cooling element(s) that direct fluid toward a surface of heat-generating structure(s) when driven to vibrate by a driving signal having a frequency and an input voltage. The drive system is coupled to the active MEMS cooling system and provides the driving signal. The drive system includes a power source and a feedback controller providing a feedback signal corresponding to a proximity to a resonant state of the at least one cooling element. The drive system adjusts at least one of the frequency and the input voltage based on the feedback signal such that the frequency corresponds to the resonant state of the cooling element(s). The input voltage does not exceed a maximum safe operating voltage for the cooling element(s).Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Frore Systems Inc.Inventors: Ganapathy Sankar, Shekhar Halakatti, Suchitra Ramesh, Suryaprakash Ganti, Prabhu Sathyamurthy, Seshagiri Rao Madhavapeddy
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Patent number: 11965530Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of energy and power, in particular to an ejector with a core needle cooled by cooling medium. In the ejector with a core needle cooled by cooling medium, a cooling section is arranged between a stepping motor and a nozzle; the stepping motor, the cooling section and the nozzle are arranged coaxially, a partition plate and a sealing element are used to isolate the cooling medium from the primary flow medium, and the cooling medium is introduced into the cooling section to effectively cool the core needle therein, without affecting the adjustment function of the core needle for an area of the nozzle throat, so as to effectively improve the performance of the ejector. As the core needle is cooled, the adjustable ejector can be used in the primary flow fields with high temperature.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Tsinghua UniversityInventors: Yinhai Zhu, Peixue Jiang
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Patent number: 11965682Abstract: An air conditioner includes an outdoor unit including a compressor, first and second indoor heat exchangers to receive a refrigerant from the outdoor unit, the second indoor heat exchanger receiving the refrigerant independently of the first indoor heat exchanger, and a fan disposed between the first and second indoor heat exchangers. First and second refrigerant pipes form flow paths between the outdoor unit and the first and second indoor heat exchangers. First and second expansion valves are disposed on the first and second refrigerant pipes. Third and fourth refrigerant pipes form flow paths between the compressor and the first and second indoor heat exchangers. A first opening and closing valve selectively opens and closes a fifth refrigerant pipe to selectively allow refrigerant to flow between the second and third refrigerant pipes. Second and third opening and closing valves selectively open and close the second and third refrigerant pipes.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dongsu Ha, Donghyun Kim, Hyundal Kim, Jinwoo Hong
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Patent number: 11953244Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide an electronic expansion valve, including: a valve body, the valve body having a valve port; a valve head portion, movably provided in the valve body, the valve head portion including a valve head and a pressing sleeve, the valve head having an accommodating cavity, the end of the accommodating cavity close to the valve port having a bottom wall, a through hole being provided on the bottom wall, and the valve head being used for blocking the valve port; a guide sleeve, provided in the valve body, the valve head portion being inserted in the guide sleeve; a driving portion, movably provided in the valve body, an end of the driving portion penetrating the pressing sleeve, and a channel being provided on the end of the driving portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: ZHEJIANG DUNAN ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shaojun Zhan, Guigang Feng, Qiubo He
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Patent number: 11946674Abstract: An air conditioning system includes a main circuit having a multi-stage compressor, a condenser, a throttling element and an evaporator connected by pipelines; and a cooling branch, the inlet of which is connected to the main circuit between the condenser and the throttling element, and the outlet of which is connected to at least one of the first-stage suction port and the intermediate-stage suction port of the multi-stage compressor, wherein refrigerant from the cooling branch flows through the drive motor of the multi-stage compressor, and a regulating valve for controlling the opening of the cooling branch is provided on the cooling branch; and a control module that controls the opening of the regulating valve on the cooling branch based on the temperature of the outlet downstream of the drive motor on the cooling branch and the intermediate suction pressure of the intermediate-stage suction port of the multi-stage compressor.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Xi Feng, Shuguang Zhang, Jun Cao, Hao Zhao
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Patent number: 11939515Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition comprising a refrigerant (mixed refrigerant), the composition having three types of performance; i.e., a coefficient of performance (COP) and a refrigerating capacity (Cap) that are equivalent to or higher than those of R404A and/or R410A, and a sufficiently low GWP. The present disclosure specifically provides a composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising difluoromethane (HFC-32), 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf), and at least one of 1,1-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132a) and tetrafluoroethylene (FO-1114).Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Mitsushi Itano, Shun Ohkubo, Hitomi Kuroki, Yasufu Yamada, Tatsumi Tsuchiya, Kenji Gobou
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Patent number: 11933503Abstract: A facility-based dual-purpose conditioned air blower system includes a heat exchange unit, a diverter apparatus, and a centrifugal blower. The heat exchange unit includes an ambient air inlet, heat exchange elements, and a conditioned air outlet. The diverter apparatus includes a diverter inlet fluidly coupled to the conditioned air outlet of the heat exchange unit, a first diverter outlet to the facility, and a second diverter outlet. The diverter apparatus is moveable between a first position wherein the first diverter outlet is closed and the second diverter outlet is open, and a second position wherein the first diverter outlet is open and the second diverter outlet is closed. The centrifugal blower includes a blower inlet fluidly coupled to the second diverter outlet of the diverter apparatus, and a blower outlet positioned to ventilate a trailer interior with conditioned air from the conditioned air outlet of the heat exchange unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: DL Manufacturing IncInventors: Joseph Markert, Donald L Metz, Kyle J. Berean, Gregory J. Duffy, Kristian P. Garrow
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Patent number: 11927371Abstract: A coolant cycle system for cooling a structure includes a two stage compressor configured to compress a coolant. The two stage compressor has a first stage with a first stage inlet and a first stage outlet and a second stage with a second stage inlet and a second stage outlet. The second stage is a high pressure stage relative to the first stage. A gas cooler has a coolant inlet fluidly connected to the second stage outlet and has a gas cooler outlet. The gas cooler outlet is fluidly connected to a heat exchanger and a fluid storage tank. The heat exchanger is configured to cool the fluid storage tank and has a heat exchanger coolant outlet fluidly connected to the second stage inlet. The fluid storage tank has a fluid storage tank outlet fluidly connected to a coolant inlet of an evaporator. A coolant outlet of the evaporator is fluidly connected to the first stage inlet of the compressor. The first stage outlet of the compressor is fluidly connected to the second stage inlet.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Carrier CorporationInventor: Zidu Ma
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Patent number: 11927354Abstract: A method and system for monitoring for leakage of flammable compounds is disclosed. A first parameter is measured indicative of the presence flammable compounds in a space around a potential leak source of a flammable compound, and a presence of the flammable compound is prospectively determined based on measurement of the first parameter. Additionally, a second parameter is measured in the space around the potential leak source. The prospective presence of the flammable compound determined by measurement of the first parameter is characterized, in conjunction with the measurement of the second parameter, as an actual presence of the flammable compound or as a false alarm.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventor: Lei Chen