Patents Examined by Martha Tadesse
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Patent number: 11549698Abstract: A heat exchanger element has a heat-conducting body and a heat-transfer fluid pipe embedded in ducts having a channel-shaped locating section and two tabs connected flat to the heat-conducting body. To produce the heat exchanger element, foil strips are pressed into grooves so that they each form a section pressed into the grooves in a channel-like manner and laterally projecting tabs. A building panel has a heat exchanger element with a heat exchange surface, a cooling device and a collecting device, the cooling device being designed to cool the heat exchange surface in contact with the ambient air to a temperature below the dew point of the water vapour in the ambient air.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2018Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Inventor: Ullrich Buff
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Patent number: 11549697Abstract: An air cleaner including a thermoelectric module includes a blowing fan, a filter, and a thermoelectric module, so it is possible to generate cold air or hot air and perform air purification.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Minkyu Oh, Yanghwan No, Seungmin Yoo, Hyunshin Kee
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Patent number: 11542009Abstract: A cooling arrangement for a kitchen provided for installation in a means of transport comprises a cooling circuit which can have a cooling medium flowing through it and in which a condenser and an evaporator are arranged. The condenser is accommodated in a condenser housing and is arranged in a first installation space which is intended to form a first sub-region of the kitchen. The evaporator is accommodated in an evaporator housing formed separately from the condenser housing, and is arranged in a second installation space which is intended to form a second sub-region of the kitchen.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBHInventors: Torsten Truemper, Ekkehard Lohse
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Patent number: 11530831Abstract: A system for providing air conditioning to a living space and heating potable water. The system comprising a heat pump circuit comprising a compressor for circulating a refrigerant around the heat pump circuit, a first condenser, a second condenser and an evaporator. The evaporator being adapted to receive a first flow of air from an air inlet to transfer heat from the first flow of air to the refrigerant. The first condenser being adapted to receive a flow of water to transfer heat from the refrigerant to the water. The second condenser being adapted to receive a second flow of air to transfer heat from the refrigerant to the second flow of air. The first flow being provided from the evaporator to a living space by an air outlet.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: ZINNIATEK LIMITEDInventors: Andrew Leo Haynes, Daniel Fernandez Gonzalez
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Patent number: 11530854Abstract: An ejector refrigeration cycle includes a compressor, a radiator, a branch portion, an ejector, a suction side decompressor, a windward evaporator, and a leeward evaporator. The ejector includes a nozzle portion and a pressure increasing portion. The windward evaporator and the leeward evaporator include at least one outflow side evaporation portion. The leeward evaporator includes a suction side evaporation portion. An outflow side evaporation temperature is a refrigerant evaporation temperature in the at least one outflow side evaporation portion of the leeward evaporator. A suction side evaporation temperature is a refrigerant evaporation temperature in the suction side evaporation portion of the leeward evaporator.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Maeda, Hiroshi Oshitani, Yoichiro Kawamoto, Yohei Nagano, Daisuke Sakurai, Masahiro Ito, Hang Yuan
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Patent number: 11519659Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a body, a storage compartment disposed inside the body, an evaporator configured to generate cold air and disposed behind the storage compartment, and a duct configured to supply the cold air generated by the evaporator to the storage compartment. The duct includes a first discharge hole through which air flowing in the duct is discharged, a plurality of second discharge holes through which air is discharged at a speed lower than a speed of the air discharged through the first discharge hole, and a damper configured to selectively regulate a flow of air to guide the air in the duct to the first discharge hole or the plurality of second discharge holes.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Joohee Song, Byungkwan Yang, Hyejeong Oh, Jooyong Lee, Byungwoo Jeon, Hyoju Han
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Patent number: 11497228Abstract: A microchannel freezing cylinder assembly is disclosed that includes an inner cylinder located within an outer cylinder. Multiple grooves are located on the exterior of the inner cylinder that form multiple microchannels when the inner cylinder is located within the outer cylinder. The inner cylinder includes an inlet header and a distribution header, with multiple orifices located in a ridge between the inlet header and distribution header. The distribution header is in fluid communication with the microchannels.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: TAYLOR COMMERCIAL FOODSERVICE, LLCInventors: Stephen M. Wadle, James J. Minard
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Patent number: 11493212Abstract: The air filtration and cooling system is configured for use with an incorporated reference. The incorporated reference is identified as U.S. Pat. No. 9,308,484. The incorporated reference processes an air flow. Specifically, the incorporated reference removes particulates from the air flow. The incorporated reference is discussed in greater detail elsewhere in this disclosure. The air filtration and cooling system comprises the incorporated reference and a cooling system. The cooling system cools the air flow processed by the incorporated reference.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2018Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Inventor: Clark N. Harper
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Patent number: 11486624Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus for cooling a product comprises a chilling assembly further comprising a liquid flow assembly including a main conduit, at least one delivery conduit attached to the main conduit, and at least one nozzle attached to the delivery conduit wherein liquid is distributed onto a product from the at least one nozzle; and an airflow assembly including an air pump and at least one input conduit wherein the air pump drives airflow through the input conduit; a conveyor assembly conveys the product through the chilling assembly and a drain pan is configured below the conveyor assembly for collecting drainage and waste.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: RYLANS ENTERPRISES LLCInventor: Robert Baca
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Patent number: 11486588Abstract: An air conditioner includes a casing, and a blower and a refrigerant circuit disposed in the casing. The blower is configured to blow air. The refrigerant circuit has a compressor, a condenser, a decompressor, and an evaporator and is configured to circulate refrigerant in order of the compressor, the condenser, the decompressor, and the evaporator. The condenser has a first heat transfer tube through which the refrigerant flows and which has a first outside diameter. The evaporator has a second heat transfer tube through which the refrigerant flows and which has a second outside diameter. The evaporator is disposed windward of the condenser. The first outside diameter of the first heat transfer tube of the condenser is smaller than the second outside diameter of the second heat transfer tube of the evaporator.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2017Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Daisuke Ito
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Patent number: 11480347Abstract: A single-package air conditioning appliance includes a housing defining an outdoor portion and an indoor portion. An outdoor heat exchanger assembly is disposed in the outdoor portion. The outdoor heat exchanger assembly includes an outdoor heat exchanger and an outdoor fan. An indoor heat exchanger assembly is disposed in the indoor portion. The indoor heat exchanger assembly includes an indoor heat exchanger and an indoor fan. A compressor is in fluid communication with the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger to circulate a refrigerant between the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger. The single-package air conditioner unit also includes a make-up air module. The make-up air module extends between the outdoor portion of the housing and an outside of the housing. The make-up air module includes a plurality of make-up air fans.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Timothy Scott Shaffer
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Patent number: 11480373Abstract: A chiller system includes a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator in fluid communication. A motor drives the compressor. A variable speed drive powers the motor. An oil heater and pump system circulate heated lubricating oil in the compressor. A control panel is arranged to determine whether an input parameter is greater than or equal to a threshold parameter; deactivate the VSD in response to sensing that the input parameter is less than the threshold parameter; determine at least one chiller capacity control parameter at a point when the VSD is deactivated, and maintain the at least one chiller capacity control parameter while the VSD is deactivated; determine that the input parameter has been restored; determine a motor rotation and motor rotational speed; and in response to determining that the input parameter is restored and the motor is rotating in a forward direction, reactivate the VSD.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Curtis Christian Crane, Mark Bodell, II, Curtis G. Rager, John C. Hansen, Dean K. Norbeck
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Patent number: 11460124Abstract: An ejector and a refrigeration system. The ejector includes: a high-pressure fluid passage, a flow valve for controlling a flow rate in the high-pressure fluid passage; a suction fluid passage; a mixing chamber, which includes a mixed fluid outlet; a thermal bulb disposed upstream of the flow valve, in the high-pressure fluid passage or outside the high-pressure fluid passage; and an elastic diaphragm disposed in the high-pressure fluid passage, wherein a closed cavity is on a first side of the diaphragm, and the high-pressure fluid passage is on a second side of the diaphragm; the thermal bulb in communication with the closed cavity, and the thermal bulb and the closed cavity are filled with fluid; and the diaphragm is associated with the flow valve so that an opening degree of the flow valve varies in response to a change in a pressure difference across two sides of the diaphragm.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Sheng Li, Xinyu Wu
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Patent number: 11453267Abstract: A vehicle HVAC system including a heat pump system. The heat pumps system including a refrigerant module mounting manifold, the manifold including a first plate and a second plate. The first plate and the second plate are configured to couple together such that together they define a plurality of channels for directing the flow of refrigerant through the heat pump system. One or more auxiliary modules are fluidly coupled to the refrigerant module mounting manifold.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Manfred Koberstein, Loren John Lohmeyer
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Patent number: 11448447Abstract: A refrigerator includes an ice compartment region disposed in at least one of a fresh food compartment or a freezer compartment; an ice maker disposed in the ice compartment region and configured to make ice pieces; and an ice bucket assembly configured to store the ice pieces made by the ice maker. The ice bucket assembly includes a mechanism for producing nugget ice from the ice pieces made by the ice maker and stored in the ice bucket assembly, the nugget ice being smaller in size as compared to the ice pieces made by the ice maker and stored in the ice bucket assembly.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Nilton Bertolini, Cetin Abdullah Celik, Silas Patrick Mallon, Jorge Carlos Montalvo Sanchez
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Patent number: 11440662Abstract: A galley cart system employs a dry ice compartment and a refrigeration compartment in a galley cart in flow communication with the dry ice compartment. A ventilation system is in interruptible flow communication with at least the refrigeration compartment and configured to receive gas discharged from at least the refrigeration compartment.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Bryce A. Vandyke, Marcus K. Richardson, Chao-Hsin Lin
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Patent number: 11435101Abstract: An air mover system for use in an indoor unit of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a blower comprising a motor and a blower control unit configured to control operations of the motor. The blower control unit includes a controller and a sensor communicably coupled to the controller. The sensor is configured to sense air inside the indoor unit and to provide sensor information to the controller. The controller is configured to determine whether a refrigerant is present in the air based on the sensor information and to control the blower to move the air out of the indoor unit in response to determining that the refrigerant is present in the air.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANYInventors: Michael W. Branson, Sivakumar Gopalnarayanan
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Patent number: 11432430Abstract: The heat dissipation device comprises a fluid direction changing part that changes a fluid traveling direction in which a fluid travels. The fluid direction changing part has a base end and a tip. The base end is fixed to a second surface facing a first surface inside a tubular body. The tip is arranged to face multiple fin ends of multiple fins of a heat sink. The fluid direction changing part is entirely or partially arranged downstream of the fluid traveling direction from an upstream end surface of the heat sink. The fluid flows into the heat sink through the upstream end surface, and also passes through a flow path without fin other than a flow path between fins for passage of a fluid formed between the multiple fins to flow into the heat sink through parts of the multiple fin ends exposed at upstream positions from the tip of the fluid direction changing part.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventors: Ryuutarou Mitsuzawa, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Okuaki
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Patent number: 11408654Abstract: The present invention provides an economizer, including a housing having a first section and a second section; and a condenser outlet, an evaporator inlet, and a compressor intermediate-stage inlet that are disposed on the second section of the housing; wherein the first section has a contour matching a housing of a commonly used condenser, such that the first section can fit the housing of the condenser. The economizer of the present invention can better match an outer contour of a conventional condenser, so that the both can fit each other in arrangement as much as possible when applied to an overall layout of a refrigeration system, thereby significantly reducing a transverse space occupied by the refrigeration system.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Haiping Ding, Michael Stark
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Patent number: 11400847Abstract: A vacuum adiabatic body includes a first plate, a second plate, a sealing part that seals the first plate and the second plate to provide a space that has a predetermined temperature and is in a vacuum state, a support maintaining the space, a heat resistance unit reducing an amount of heat transferred between the first plate and the second plate, a port through which air in the third is discharged, and a heat exchange module coming into contact with an inner surface of a cavity provided by the first plate member and the second plate member so as to perform heat exchange.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2018Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Hyeunsik Nam, Bongjin Kim