Patents Examined by Matthew John Moscola
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Patent number: 11762401Abstract: A device that can float in a liquid can be used to adjust the temperature of the liquid by monitoring the temperature of the liquid and comparing to a desired temperature and pumping liquid into contact with a thermal adjustment element in the device. The device comprises a thermal adjustment element, a temperature detector to measure the temperature of the liquid exterior to the device, a controller to turn the device on when temperature measured is outside a desired range, a pump to take a portion of the liquid from outside the device to thermal contact with the thermal adjustment element and return the portion of the liquid to outside the device, and a photovoltaic module mounted in a position to be exposed to light which photovoltaic module provides energy to operate the device.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Inventor: Kaitlyn Kelleter
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Patent number: 11747039Abstract: A gas furnace includes: a burner in which a mixture of air and fuel gas burns; a heat exchanger through which a combustion gas produced by the combustion of the mixture flows; a duct including a room air duct through which air coming from a room passes and a supply air duct through which air supplied to the room passes; a blower that induces a flow of the room air supplied as the supply air to the room through the heat exchanger; and a humidification and dehumidification device with no water supply installed on one side of the supply air duct. The amount of moisture contained in the supply air is adjusted by an adsorbent coated on the surface of the humidification and dehumidification device with no water supply.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jusu Kim, Doyong Ha, Yongki Jeong, Janghee Park, Hansaem Park
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Patent number: 11738623Abstract: A method of remotely managing a transport climate control system (TCCS) includes a remote management device receiving performance data from the TCCS. The performance data based on one or more detected operating parameters of the climate control circuit. The method also including the remote management device providing the performance data to one or more user devices. A remote management system includes a remote management device configured to receive performance data for a climate control circuit from a climate controller of a TCCS and to provide the performance data to one or more user devices. A TCCS includes a controller configured to: generate performance data based on the one or more detected operating parameters of a climate control circuit, and transmit the performance data to a remote monitoring device. The climate controller also configured to receive an operating instruction from the remote monitoring device.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: THERMO KING LLCInventors: David J. Renken, Tony Spetz, Matthew Srnec, Mark D. Leasure
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Patent number: 11731485Abstract: A control system includes a manual-type air conditioner, and a control device which causes the manual-type air conditioner to execute remote air conditioning in response to a command from outside of a vehicle. The control device starts actuation of the manual-type air conditioner with a maximum temperature as a target blowout temperature of an air-conditioning air and a maximum air quantity as a target air quantity in response to a trigger command of the remote air conditioning, and gradually changes and reduces the target air quantity while gradually changing the target blowout temperature toward a target intermediate temperature with elapse of time. The control device changes the target blowout temperature and the target air quantity respectively to a set blowout temperature and a set air quantity at a time of previous disembarkment, when boarding of a user to the vehicle is detected.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyasu Hadano, Kunihiro Murakami, Takaaki Inokuchi, Asuka Marumo
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Patent number: 11719459Abstract: Aspects of the invention are directed towards a system and a method of controlling temperature of different zones inside premises based on determining an effective temperature set point. One or more dynamically sensed parameters are received from a plurality of sensors strategically placed within and outside of a building. One or more static parameters corresponding to building configurations and temperature thresholds from a memory unit are retrieved. A correlation engine determines the effective temperature set point for individual VAV controller associated with a particular pre-defined zone in the building by establishing a correlation between the one or more dynamically sensed parameters and static parameters corresponding to that zone. The effective temperature setpoint is transmitted to a VAV controller for associated zone.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Dhiyanesh Bharathi Jayaraman, Thanakarthik Kumar Karuppasamy
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Patent number: 11662110Abstract: The present invention provides a system for detecting an amount of R-32 refrigerant in an air temperature controller using an R-32 refrigerant, and a method of installing a configuration of R-32 sensors in the air temperature controller using an R-32 refrigerant. The system includes an R-32 control board, a first R-32 sensor, and a second R-32 sensor. The first R-32 sensor and the second R-32 sensor are coupled in series and electrically coupled to the R-32 control board. Each of the first R-32 sensor and the second R-32 sensor include sensing components configured to detect the amount of R-32 refrigerant.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Inventors: Douglas Notaro, Masahiro Honda, Mark Kendall, Hiroshi Yoh, Yenny Natali Martinez, Patrick Wang, Roberto Flores, Timmy Ta
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Patent number: 11654750Abstract: A control device includes a control unit and a communication unit. The control unit is configured to calculate a set value that is the set value of an air conditioner provided in the destination facility of a vehicle and is to be used by the occupants of the vehicle, based on information on the air conditioning environment in the vehicle and is configured to send the calculated set value of the air conditioner to a predetermined sending destination via the communication unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki Uenoyama, Koichi Suzuki, Ryo Kamimura, Daisuke Nakata, Yuki Tatsumoto, Yusuke Futakuchi
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Patent number: 11644199Abstract: A central controller for controlling power consumption in a thermal energy system is disclosed, the energy system may include a plurality of heat pump assemblies and a plurality of cooling machine assemblies, each heat pump assembly being connected to a thermal energy circuit comprising a hot conduit and a cold conduit via a thermal heating circuit inlet connected to the hot conduit and via a thermal heating circuit outlet connected to the cold conduit, each cooling machine assembly being connected to the thermal energy circuit via a thermal cooling circuit inlet connected to the cold conduit and via a thermal cooling circuit outlet connected to the hot conduit.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: E.ON SVERIGE ABInventors: Per Rosén, Jacob Skogström, Helen Carlström, Bengt Lindoff
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Patent number: 11619432Abstract: A heat pump system includes a compression device 12, a heat rejecting heat exchanger 14, an expansion device 18 and a heat absorbing heat exchanger 16; wherein the expansion device 18 provides a controllable degree of expansion. The heat pump system is operated in accordance with a method including determining a temperature indicative of frosting conditions on an exterior surface of the heat absorbing heat exchanger 16; operating the heat pump system in a first mode if the temperature indicative of frosting conditions is above a threshold value, and operating the heat pump system in a second mode if the temperature indicative of frosting conditions is within a range of temperatures that is below the threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Nicolas Fonte, Hugo Herry, Arnaud Veneziani
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Patent number: 11613161Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning system, including: a vehicle interior environmental information acquisition unit that acquires environmental information of a vehicle interior; a vehicle exterior environmental information acquisition unit that acquires environmental information of surroundings of the vehicle; a sensible temperature prediction unit that predicts a sensible temperature of an occupant of the vehicle after a predetermined amount of time has elapsed, based on the environmental information acquired by the vehicle cabin interior environmental information acquisition unit and the vehicle cabin exterior environmental information acquisition unit; and an air conditioner controller that controls an air conditioner based on information regarding a future sensible temperature of the occupant which has been predicted by the sensible temperature prediction unit and a comfortable sensible temperature of the occupant which is stored in a storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenichi Yanagida, Tomoya Yamaguchi, Yosuke Kimura
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Patent number: 11607927Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to collect (a) ambient weather data, (b) vehicle speed data including at least one of a vehicle speed or an engine speed, and (c) operation data of a climate control subsystem of a vehicle, input the collected data to a regression program trained to output a predicted pressure of refrigerant of the climate control subsystem, the regression program trained with previously determined ambient weather data, data of a previous vehicle speed or a previous engine speed, and previous operation data of the climate control subsystem, determine an actual pressure of the refrigerant in the climate control subsystem, and actuate a component upon determining that a difference between the predicted pressure and the actual pressure falls below threshold.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Sajjad Seyedsalehi, Vasiliy Krivtsov, William S. Johnston, Thomas Anthony Montgomery, Kevin Michael Swenskowski, Anatoliy Dubovitskiy, Mahtab Jahanbani Fard, Judy Jin
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Patent number: 11609021Abstract: An air conditioner indoor unit, comprising a casing, and a fan casing, an electric heating assembly and a heat exchanger assembly which are disposed in the casing. The fan casing has a return air inlet and an air outlet, the electric heating assembly and the heat exchanger assembly are both disposed at the air outlet of the fan casing, and the electric heating assembly is located between the fan casing and the heat exchanger assembly. Further disclosed are an air conditioner control method, an air conditioner, and a storage medium. Since the electric heating assembly is disposed at the air outlet of the fan casing and between the fan casing and the heat exchanger assembly, the fan casing and the heat exchanger assembly can isolate a fire source that may be generated by the electric heating assembly when the electric heating assembly has a blow or other accident.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2018Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Inventors: Zhirong Hong, Bingshan Jiang, Zongmin Yue
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Patent number: 11609022Abstract: The disclosure provides a networking method and a networking device for an air conditioner, and a terminal, wherein the networking includes: acquiring indoor unit information of a target air conditioner indoor unit of an air conditioner by a remote controller; matching an air conditioner outdoor unit corresponding to the target air conditioner indoor unit; and establishing a communication connection between the target air conditioner indoor unit and the matching air conditioner outdoor unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of ZhuhaiInventors: Jie Tang, Tieying Ye, Dongfeng Lai, Du Yang, Zhigao Lu
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Patent number: 11585551Abstract: A smart-home device may include a plurality of wire connectors configured to receive a plurality of signals from an environmental system; a plurality of diodes configured to receive the plurality of signals from the plurality of wire connectors, wherein at least two of the plurality of diodes have different voltage drops; and a power-stealing circuit that is configured to receive outputs of the plurality of diodes and to steal power through one of the plurality of wire connectors that is determined at least in part by the different voltage drops.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Daniel Adam Warren, Michael Mitchell
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Patent number: 11524551Abstract: An abnormality diagnosis device that performs an abnormality diagnosis on a blower system that sends air to a plurality of air receiving objects obtains a target operating state of an airflow control device that controls airflow to the air receiving objects, obtains a temperature detected by a temperature sensor that detects a first temperature as a temperature of air fed to a first air receiving object as one of the air receiving objects or a temperature of the first air receiving object, estimates the first temperature, based on the target operating state of the airflow control device, and performs abnormality diagnosis on the airflow control device. The abnormality diagnosis device determines that there is an abnormality in the airflow control device, when a difference between the detected first temperature and the estimated first temperature is equal to or larger than a predetermined first reference value.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kohei Takase
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Patent number: 11518214Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an air conditioner control method and system, a non-transitory storage medium and a processor. The control system includes an environmental temperature sensor configured to detect a first temperature value of an external environment of a target object; a heat exchanger temperature sensor configured to detect a second temperature value of an outside heat exchanger of an air conditioner system; a speed monitoring system configured to detect a driving speed of the target object; and a control system, connected to the environmental temperature sensor, the heat exchanger temperature sensor and the speed monitoring system, and configured to determine according to the first temperature value, the second temperature value and the driving speed, whether the air conditioner system enters a defrosting mode in a case that the air conditioner system operates in a heating mode.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of ZhuhaiInventors: Aibin Guo, Lei Han, Huaying Chen
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Patent number: 11491849Abstract: During pre-air conditioning in a vehicle cabin, when consumed electric power exceeds use permission electric power while an auxiliary heating device is operating, an operation of the auxiliary heating device is stopped. In contrast, when the consumed electric power exceeds the use permission electric power while the auxiliary heating device is not operating, a rotation speed of an electric compressor of an air conditioner is restricted. Therefore, the temperature environment in the vehicle cabin is improved by continuing the pre-air conditioning of the air conditioner while reducing the consumed electric power by stopping the operation of the auxiliary heating device.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yu Hoshino