Patents Examined by Marc E. Norman
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Patent number: 11961982Abstract: An electric or hybrid motor-vehicle having a modular battery system having at least one fixed battery module and at least one removable battery module is provided. The removable battery module has an outer casing that receives a first thermally conductive plate and at least one rechargeable battery pack, placed in contact with the first thermally conductive plate. An internal circuit extending inside the first thermally conductive plate is filled with a heat transfer fluid. A second thermally conductive plate is fluidly connected to the internal circuit so as to be flowed through by the heat transfer fluid flowing in the internal circuit and is arranged with an outer face thereof outside the outer casing to be placed in contact with a direct expansion plate of an auxiliary cooling circuit installed on the electric or hybrid motor-vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: ITALDESIGN-GIUGIARO S.P.A.Inventor: Giovanni Ghiotto
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Patent number: 11959658Abstract: A control method for an air conditioner indoor unit is provided. The air conditioner indoor unit has a housing, a drain pan, an air deflector, a door, and a sweeping strip. In a wind-free mode of the indoor unit, an orthographic projection of the air deflector in the drain pan is located in the drain pan. According to the method, the air conditioner indoor unit enables the non-draught mode; when receiving an instruction of ending the non-draught mode, the air conditioner indoor unit controls the door to move back and forth for n times to close and open the air outlet, so as to drive the sweeping strip to move to sweep the condensate water on the surface of the air deflector, n being greater than 0; and the wind-free mode is ended.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Guojian Cai, Zhouheng Tan
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Patent number: 11951804Abstract: An air-conditioning device for mobilities and an air-conditioning control system for mobilities using the same, which are capable of performing independent air-conditioning control for each seat when a mobility is heated and cooled, thereby preventing wastage of heating and cooling energy by performing individual air conditioning for each seat depending on whether a passenger is seated, and ensuring comfort of all passengers by providing conditioned air to each seat.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Su Yeon Kang, Gee Young Shin, Dae Hee Lee, Myung Hoe Kim, Dong Ho Kwon
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Patent number: 11953248Abstract: A refrigerant management system includes at least one computer including an acquisition unit and a generation unit. The acquisition unit, during installation and/or maintenance of a refrigerant use device, acquires first information, refrigerant already filled quantity, and refrigerant used quantity. The first information includes device specifying information, worker information, and refrigerant additionally filled quantity information. The refrigerant already filled quantity is preliminarily filled in the refrigerant use device, in accordance with the device specifying information. The refrigerant used quantity used in the refrigerant use device by totaling the refrigerant already filled quantity acquired and the refrigerant additionally filled quantity included in the refrigerant additionally filled quantity information.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Asuka Yagi, Masaya Nishimura
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Patent number: 11946663Abstract: An air control system and method using air in an upper zone of the atmosphere are disclosed. An air control system using air in an upper zone of the atmosphere includes: a floating body 11 provided to stay in the upper zone of the atmosphere; air transporting pipes 15a and 15b interlocked with the floating body 11 to transport air in the upper zone of the atmosphere; blowers 22a and 22b mounted below the air transporting pipe 15a and 15b; and an air transporting controller 18 controlling an operation of the blowers 22a and 22b. According to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to implement functions such as cooling, drying, and purifying of the surrounding air, removing mist, or generating clouds through the transport of dry and low-temperature clean air in the upper zone of the atmosphere with a simple structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SEOUL INDUSTRY COOPERATION FOUNDATIONInventors: Byung Deok Yu, Hyunsoo Min, Junjin Jeon, Jinwoo Park
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Patent number: 11945283Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thermal management system of gas injection type for a vehicle and, more particularly, to a thermal management system of gas injection type for a vehicle, which can implement various types of heating and cooling modes according to vehicle operating conditions and improve heating efficiency by increasing the flow rate of circulating refrigerant.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Inventor: Jong Won Kim
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Patent number: 11945280Abstract: A thermal management module for a vehicle includes: a housing disposed on a cross member between side frames arranged on both sides of an underbody of the vehicle on which wheels and a drive unit are positioned; a cooling/heating heat exchanger; an outdoor heat exchanger; a refrigerant storage; and a refrigerant circulation part. The housing includes a cooling/heating duct connected to an upper body of the vehicle, and a heat exchanging duct connected to the outside of the vehicle. The cooling/heating heat exchanger and the outdoor heat exchanger are disposed on the cooling/heating duct and the heat exchanging duct of the housing. The refrigerant storage and the refrigerant circulation part are provided on sides of the cooling/heating duct and the heat exchanging duct of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventor: Man Ju Oh
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Patent number: 11932078Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for an enhanced heat pump are provided. An example embodiment includes a housing, the housing having a particular number of connection ports, each connection port being connected to a component of the electric vehicle, and the connection ports being configured to pass fluid; and a stemshell positioned within the housing, the stemshell comprising a plurality of channels, wherein at least a portion of the channels are in fluidic connection with the connection ports, wherein the stemshell is configured to rotate within the housing, and wherein rotation causes adjustment of the connection ports correspond which correspond to the channels.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Prem Pinto, Daniel F. Hanks
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Patent number: 11932084Abstract: A method for determining a level of refrigerant charge in a cooling circuit of an air-conditioning system and a module for leak detection are provided. The method includes determining a total quantity of refrigerant contained in the cooling circuit of the air-conditioning system solely based on data internal to the air-conditioning system.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: FAIVELEY TRANSPORTATION NSFInventor: Domenico Palmisano
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Patent number: 11934213Abstract: A liquid-cooling device includes multiple water blocks and at least one connection tube. Each of the water blocks has a water incoming end, a water outgoing end and a water-receiving space in communication with the water incoming end and the water outgoing end. The connection tube is disposed between each two water blocks. Two ends of the connection tube are respectively connected with the water incoming end of one of the two water blocks and the water outgoing end of the other water block, whereby the water-receiving spaces of the two water blocks communicate with each other via the connection tube. The connection tube has at least one bellows section between two ends of the connection tube. The liquid-cooling device solves the problems of the conventional liquid-cooling device that when the water block is welded, thermal deformation is produced to cause tolerance and the manufacturing cost is higher.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS (CHINA) CO., LTD.Inventors: Pai-Ling Kao, Sung-Wei Lee, Kuan-Lin Huang, Ming-Tsung Yang
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Patent number: 11920819Abstract: An HVAC system includes a blower, a variable-speed compressor, an indoor air temperature sensor that measures an indoor air temperature (IAT) of an enclosed space, and a controller. The controller stores an indoor temperature setpoint and a default discharge air temperature setpoint. The controller receives the IAT. The controller determines that the IAT is not within a threshold range of the indoor temperature setpoint. The controller then determines an adaptive discharge air temperature setpoint. The controller determines a compressor speed at which to operate the variable-speed compressor based on the adaptive discharge air temperature setpoint. The controller causes the variable-speed compressor to operate at the determined compressor speed.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.Inventors: Rakesh Goel, Juan Antonio Contreras Lafaire
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Patent number: 11919363Abstract: The present embodiments refer to a controlling system configured to be installed in a recreational vehicle, cooling devices comprising or coupled to such controlling systems, a recreational vehicle comprising such controlling systems and methods for controlling cooling the cooling devices. The controlling system comprises a central processing unit, a read out unit and a controlling unit and is configured to be coupled to a plurality of electronic devices of the recreational vehicle. The read out unit of the controlling system is configured to read out data from the electronic devices and/or sensors of the recreational vehicle coupled to the controlling system and to forward the read out data to the central processing unit. The central processing unit is configured to receive and to process the read out data received from the read out unit and to forward processed data to the controlling unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Dometic Sweden ABInventors: Jörg Peter, Marcus Dietrich, Marcus Remmel, Anton Lundqvist
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Patent number: 11918131Abstract: The present invention relates to a front door refrigerator for enabling a delivery man to safely deliver delivery goods to an orderer even when a user having ordered an item or fresh food is not at home, and preventing the delivery goods from becoming lost during delivery.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Seojin Lee, Wonjin Lee, Insun Yeo, Eugene Myung, Miyoung Seo, Kyukwan Choi, Yezo Yun, Minkyu Oh
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Patent number: 11912101Abstract: An air-conditioning device includes a first circuit and a second circuit. Air supplied to an interior chamber of a motor vehicle flows through an air pathway. A first heat exchanger is disposed in the air pathway where the air flowing through the air pathway is heatable by the first heat exchanger. A second heat exchanger is disposed downstream of the first heat exchanger where the air flowing through the air pathway is heatable by the second heat exchanger. A valve device has a first switching state in which the first heat exchanger is disposed in the first circuit and the second heat exchanger is disposed in the second circuit and a second switching state in which the first heat exchanger is disposed in the second circuit and the second heat exchanger is disposed in the first circuit.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Daimler Truck AGInventors: Mario Bareiss, Thomas Frey
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Patent number: 11906175Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a control system for controlling an HVAC device where the control system includes a temperature sensor that provides a signal indicative of a temperature associated with the HVAC device, an orientation sensor that provides a signal indicative of an operating orientation of the HVAC device, and control circuitry that receives the temperature signal and the orientation signal from the orientation sensor. The control circuitry selects an operating thermal control set point from a plurality of stored thermal control set points based at least in part on an orientation signal, determines a temperature sensor input based on the temperature signal and compares the temperature sensor input to the operating thermal control set point, and operates the HVAC device based at least in part on that comparison.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Trane International Inc.Inventors: Neal Harrington, Thomas Gort, James R. M. Neal
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Patent number: 11906198Abstract: In a construction method of an air conditioning system, the respective rooms are provided with air intake sections 9a to 9d, 18a to 18d which spout air sent from blowers 40a to 40d, 41a to 41d, an exhaust section 52 which forms discharged air current directed from the respective rooms toward the return compartment is provided between the respective rooms and the return compartment, and the plurality of blowers 40a to 40d, 41a to 41d and at least one air conditioner are disposed in the return compartment. Air discharged from the plurality of rooms in the building 1 by the air conditioner 30b operated by the return compartment is adjusted in temperature and moisture in the return compartment, and wind is sent into the plurality of rooms in the building 1 by the blowers 40a to 40d, 41a to 41d, and air conditioning in the building 1 can be performed.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: FH ALLIANCE INC.Inventors: Kazuro Hiroishi, Hiromi Sugiyama
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Patent number: 11906206Abstract: Refrigeration apparatus (1) having a closed circuit (C) in which a flow rate (P) of coolant circulates, said closed circuit comprising at least one main branch (M) provided with at least one main compressor (2), at least one cooling device (3) to cool said coolant, expansion means (4) to expand the coolant and at least one evaporator (5), said closed circuit further comprising at least one secondary economizer branch (100) for at least one fraction of flow rate (X1) of said coolant, wherein the inlet section (100a) of said at least one first secondary economizer branch (100) is arranged in a length (101) of said closed circuit (C) comprised between said cooling device (3) and said expansion means (4) and the outlet section (100b) of said at least one secondary economizer branch (100) is arranged in proximity of the suction of said main compressor (2), said main branch (M) further comprises at least one reciprocating compressor (6) arranged between said evaporator and said main compressor.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TURBOALGOR S.R.L.Inventor: Maurizio Ascani
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Patent number: 11892203Abstract: A refrigeration cycle device, comprising: a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant; an outdoor air heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant and outside air located outside a target space; an indoor air heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant and inside air located inside the target space; a water heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant and water; a four-way valve located between an indoor port on the indoor air heat exchanger, an outdoor port on the outdoor air heat exchanger, an input port on the compressor, and an output port on the compressor; a bypass refrigerant line connecting the indoor port to the outdoor port; and a controllable valve located on the bypass refrigerant line, the controllable valve being configured to have an open state that passes the refrigerant and a closed state that prohibits passage of the refrigerant.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC US, INC.Inventor: Joseph Paul Bush
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Patent number: 11885541Abstract: Refrigeration cycle intercooler with dual coil evaporator is a component in a refrigeration cycle that is installed in a vehicle with an internal combustion engine or motor. The refrigeration cycle operates by continuously cycling a refrigerant through a closed loop where refrigerant passes through an inner coil evaporator and an outer coil evaporator where the refrigerant changes from liquid to gas, thereby providing a cooling effect. During operation, fresh air or outside air continuously passes by the inner coil evaporator and the outer coil evaporator and then continues into the internal combustion engine or motor air intake. The inner coil evaporator and the outer coil evaporator function to cool and dry the intake air for the internal combustion engine or motor. The inner coil evaporator and an outer coil evaporator are specially designed to provide substantially more cooling and drying than any other intercooler design.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Inventor: Dustin A. Woolf
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Patent number: 11884138Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle air conditioner and, more specifically, to a vehicle air conditioner which supplies, to a variable heat exchanger, condensate water and air, that have been blown by means of a supply part and passed through an evaporator, so as to enable sub-cooling and overall performance of the variable heat exchanger to be improved during cooling, thereby further increasing cooling performance, and which may use air and condensate water as a heat-absorbing heat source during heating so as to further increase the heat absorption amount of the variable heat exchanger, so that heating performance may be further increased, and thus overall power consumption for air conditioning may be reduced and an increase in heat pump system performance may be promoted.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Hanon SystemsInventors: Jae-Chun You, Yo Chan Min, Tae Yong Park