Patents Examined by Melodee Jefferson
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Patent number: 11240943Abstract: The disclosed concept relates to electrical isolation between power electronic and cooling and/or mounting components and, in particular, a ceramic layer disposed on one or more portions of the cooling and/or mounting components to provide electrical isolation, as well as, a thermally conductive path to remove heat produced by the power electronic component.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2015Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: David Glenn Woolard, Paul Thomas Murray
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Patent number: 11199365Abstract: An air to air heat exchanger is provided including a core having a plurality of alternately stacked first layers and second layers. Each first layer includes a plurality of first modules having corrugated fins that define a plurality of first fluid flow paths. The first modules are aligned to fluidly couple the first fluid flow paths. Each second layer includes at least one second module having corrugated fins that define a plurality of second fluid flow paths. At least one second layer includes a third module having a plurality of corrugated fins that define a plurality of third fluid flow paths. The third module is arranged such that the third fluid flow paths are parallel to the second fluid flow paths. A number of corrugated fins formed in the third module is less than a number of corrugated fins formed in the second module.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2014Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: James S. Elder, Leo J. Veilleux, Jr., Lubomir A. Ribarov
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Patent number: 11186138Abstract: A vehicle thermal management system includes a refrigerant system, a first valve, a second valve, a third valve, a first thermally managed assembly, a second thermally managed assembly, a chiller, and a radiator, where the chiller is connected to the refrigerant system, and the chiller and the radiator respectively are arranged for cooling and/or heating the first and/or the second thermally managed assembly. In a connected mode for cooling or heating the first thermally managed assembly and the second thermally managed assembly, the first thermally managed assembly and the second thermally managed assembly are connected to each other via the first valve, the second valve, and the third valve, where the first thermally managed assembly and the second thermally managed assembly are connectable to the chiller and/or the radiator in a connected thermal control loop.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: NINGBO GEELY AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CO.Inventor: Emil Frykberg
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Patent number: 11143426Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to minimize impact on the comfort of people in a room and to achieve energy conservation in heat-source functions in an energy network comprising a plurality of heat-source functions that generate cold water and/or warm water, and a plurality of air-conditioning functions that obtain an air-conditioning effect by consuming the cold water and/or warm water generated by the heat-source functions. Disclosed is an energy network comprising a plurality of heat-source functions that generate thermal energy, and a plurality of air-conditioning functions that obtain an air-conditioning effect by consuming the thermal energy generated by the heat-source functions, wherein the energy network comprises: a first control function that selectively starts or stops the heat-source functions; and a second control function that controls the output of the air-conditioning functions.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2014Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hirotaka Takahashi, Tsutomu Kawamura
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Patent number: 11125512Abstract: Implementations described herein generally relate to substrate processing equipment and more particularly to methods and compositions for temperature control of substrate processing equipment. In one implementation, a method of cooling a processing chamber component is provided. The method comprises introducing an inert purge gas into a supply reservoir containing a coolant and flowing the treated coolant to a processing chamber component to cool the processing chamber component. The coolant initially comprises deionized water and a water-soluble base.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2017Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Jianqi Wang, Joung Woo Lee, Gia Pham, Alex Gerrard, Robert C. McIntosh
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Patent number: 11073325Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus has a compressor disposed via a bottom member of a housing, second elastic members, a base, and first elastic members. The compressor is disposed close to an arrangement centroid of the second elastic members.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kazushi Hisayama, Tetsuya Okamoto, Yoshinobu Tsumura, Kebi Chen, Masanori Ukibune
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Patent number: 11071305Abstract: A cryogenic poultry chilling system including a rotatable carousel having a plurality of stations each configured and arranged to receive a poultry carcass suspended from leg hangers, the poultry carcass having an upward facing cavity opening and a downward facing neck opening, a tundish having an outlet port corresponding to each of the stations, and an injector extending downwardly from each of the tundish outlet ports configured and arranged to deliver cryogen into the cavity opening of a carcass in the corresponding station, and a cryogen delivery apparatus configured to deliver substantially liquid cryogen into the tundish.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2014Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Jean-P. Trembley, Nigel Cope
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Patent number: 11047605Abstract: An evaporator includes: a vessel having a refrigerant inlet for receiving a refrigerant at a lower part of the vessel, and a refrigerant outlet for discharging the refrigerant in an evaporated state at an upper part of the vessel; and a plurality of heat-transfer tubes disposed so as to extend inside the vessel along a longitudinal direction of the vessel, and configured to transfer heat received from a fluid flowing inside the heat-transfer tubes to the refrigerant flowing outside the heat-transfer tubes. The plurality of heat-transfer tubes are disposed so that at least one downward flow passage is defined through the plurality of heat-transfer tubes or around the plurality of heat-transfer tubes, the at least one downward flow passage having a width larger than a representative interval between the plurality of heat-transfer tubes.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2015Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kondo, Takuo Oda, Yasushi Hasegawa, Naoya Miyoshi
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Patent number: 11047592Abstract: An indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a wire attachment part on which a wire is placed, a wire retainer configured to retain the wire placed on the wire attachment part, a wall part provided on one lateral side of the wire attachment part, and having a plurality of opening ports each configured to receive a protrusion part formed at one end of the wire retainer, a plurality of boss parts provided on the other lateral side of the wire attachment part, and having heights different from each other, the wire retainer having the other end to be fastened to any one of the plurality of boss parts, and a fastener configured to fasten the wire retainer to the one of the plurality of boss parts.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2016Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Shinji Kawai, Masato Ishikawa, Akimoto Suzuki, Masahide Kinami, Hisanori Ikeda
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Patent number: 11041643Abstract: Disclosed herein is an air conditioner configured to implement a convection and radiant cooling effect using a porous panel and an open panel. An air conditioner comprising a body and a front panel configured to discharge air frontward from the body, wherein the front panel includes a first discharge part formed on at least a part of the front panel and including a plurality of discharge holes formed therein to discharge air a second discharge part formed on at least another part of the front panel and including an opening formed therein to discharge the air; and a rotation unit configured to rotate the front panel so that the air is discharged through at least one of the first discharge part and the second discharge part.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2016Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Chang Woo Jung, Moon Sun Shin, Yeon Seob Yun
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Patent number: 11034207Abstract: A heat pump system including a compressor mounted on a refrigerant circulation line for compressing and discharging refrigerant. An internal heat exchanger is mounted inside an air-conditioning case. An evaporator is mounted inside the air-conditioning case. An external heat exchanger is mounted outside the air-conditioning case. A first expansion means is mounted on the refrigerant circulation line between the internal heat exchanger and the external heat exchanger to selectively expand refrigerant discharged from the internal heat exchanger. A second expansion means is mounted on the refrigerant circulation line of an inlet side of the evaporator to expand the refrigerant supplied to the evaporator. A coolant circulation line is configured to circulate coolant toward electronic units of the vehicle. A refrigerant-coolant heat exchanger is configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant flowing the refrigerant circulation line and the coolant circulating through the coolant circulation line.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2015Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: HANON SYSTEMSInventors: Young Ho Choi, Sung Ho Kang, Hak Kyu Kim, Seung Ho Lee, Jae Min Lee, Jung Jae Lee
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Patent number: 11009282Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a fresh food cold side heat exchanger positioned within a cabinet at a fresh food chamber and a freezer cold side heat exchanger positioned within the cabinet at a freezer chamber. Working fluid is flowable through a caloric material within a regenerator housing. The refrigerator appliances also includes features for flowing the working fluid from the regenerator housing to the fresh food cold side heat exchanger and for separately flowing the working fluid from the regenerator housing to the freezer cold side heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2017Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Michael Goodman Schroeder, Michael Alexander Benedict
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Patent number: 10962307Abstract: A stacked heat exchanger including a core portion having a plurality of plates stacked on each other to define a flat refrigerant passage and a flat heat medium passage. A first connection member that provides an inlet and an outlet for allowing the refrigerant to flow into the refrigerant passage. A second connection member that provides an inlet and an outlet for allowing the heat medium to flow into the heat medium passage, in which the inlet and the outlet are configured in a state where the heat medium flowing into the heat medium passage flows in an opposite direction to that of the refrigerant flowing in the refrigerant passage. The core portion includes an offset fin disposed in at least the refrigerant passage.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2014Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Eizo Takahashi, Isao Tamada
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Patent number: 10883753Abstract: A radiant cooling system comprises an enclosure, a cooling element and a cooling device. The enclosure includes a first wall that is transmissive of infrared radiation. The cooling element is disposed in the enclosure. The cooling device is coupled to the cooling element. The cooling element provides cooling mainly by radiative exchange. The system promotes cooling by radiative exchange and significantly reduces condensation problems and is compatible with open and enclosed spaces. Thermal losses of cooling power to conductive and convective pathways are significantly reduced. The system comes in a variety of forms including flat, cylindrical and dome-like geometries.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALSInventors: Jihad Hassan Alsadah, Esmail Mohamed Ali Mokheimer
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Patent number: 10801757Abstract: A refrigeration system (1) has A) an ejector circuit (3) comprising: Aa) a high pressure compressor unit (2) comprising at least one compressor (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d); Ab) a heat rejecting heat exchanger/gas cooler (4); Ac) an ejector (6); Ad) a receiver (8) having a gas outlet (8b) which is connected to an inlet of the high pressure compressor unit (2).Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2014Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventor: Sascha Hellmann
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Patent number: 10788248Abstract: Provided are a refrigeration heat reclaim unit and method, comprising a heat exchanger, comprising a refrigerant inlet that receives a flow of refrigerant having a first state; a refrigerant outlet that outputs the flow of refrigerant having a second state; a water loop inlet that receives a flow of liquid at a first temperature; a water loop outlet that outputs the flow of liquid from the reclaim heat exchanger at a second temperature that is greater than the first temperature in response to the flow of refrigerant. The refrigeration reclaim unit also comprises a refrigerant flow control device having outputs to the refrigerant inlet and an air-cooled condenser, respectively for controlling the flow of refrigerant to at least one of the refrigerant inlet and the air-cooled condenser for maintaining a predetermined flow quality value at the refrigerant outlet.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2016Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLCInventor: James Patrick McClendon
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Patent number: 10782066Abstract: A refrigeration control method and a refrigerator. The refrigeration control method for a refrigerator comprises: acquiring the refrigeration state of a first evaporator and the refrigeration state of a second evaporator; when the first evaporator performs refrigeration, acquiring the temperature of a second compartment; when the temperature of the second compartment is greater than the starting temperature of the second compartment and the difference therebetween is less than a first preset threshold, acquiring the temperature of a first compartment and determining whether the temperature of the first compartment is less than a preset first reference temperature, the first reference temperature being calculated according to the starting temperature of the first compartment and a set adjustment temperature; and when the temperature of the first compartment is less than the first reference temperature, switching the refrigerator into a state where the second evaporator performs refrigeration.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2016Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTDInventors: Lisheng Ji, Shengyuan Nie, Feifei Qi, Haibo Tao
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Patent number: 10724783Abstract: A household refrigerator has a thermally insulated cabinet, a storage compartment intended to store food and/or beverages and contained within the cabinet, a refrigerant cycle intended for cooling the storage compartment, and a compressor compartment housing a compressor of the refrigerant cycle. The cabinet is mounted on top of the compressor compartment. The household refrigerator contains a door leaf pivotally hinged with respect to the cabinet for opening and closing the storage compartment or a bottom drawer located directly above the compressor compartment and intended for storing food and/or beverages. The bottom drawer is closed when pushed into the storage compartment and open when at least partly be pulled out of the storage compartment. The household refrigerator contains a device for opening the closed door leaf or for opening the closed bottom drawer, which is attached inside the compressor compartment.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: BSH Hausergeraete GmbHInventors: Mustafa Ertik, Stephan Kempfle, Murat Soeguet
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Patent number: 10655894Abstract: Provided is a refrigeration cycle of a refrigerator. The refrigeration cycle of a refrigerator including a first refrigeration cycle in which a first refrigerant flows along a first refrigerant tube and a second refrigeration cycle in which a second refrigerant flows along a second refrigerant tube includes first and second compressors compressing each of the first and second refrigerants into a high-temperature high-pressure gaseous refrigerant, a combined condenser condensing each of the first and second refrigerants passing through the first and second compressors into a high-temperature high-pressure liquid refrigerant, first and second expansion valves phase-changing each of the first and second refrigerants passing through the combined condenser into a low-temperature low-pressure two-phase refrigerant, and first and second evaporators changing the refrigerant passing through each of the first and second expansion valves into a low-temperature low-pressure gaseous refrigerant.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2014Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Taehee Lee, Dongseok Kim
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Patent number: 10648707Abstract: A thermoelectric dehumidification rod comprises a bendable heat-dissipation tube formed with a wave structure at the surface, a thermoelectric element set in the heat-dissipation tube, and a power cable. Both ends of the heat-dissipation tube are covered by an end cap, respectively. The power cable is through one of the end caps and electrically connected with the thermoelectric element. Accordingly, the thermoelectric dehumidification rod is bendable and has the closed tube to protect the thermoelectric element. Furthermore, the wave surface of the heat-dissipation tube increases its surface area, enhancing the dissipation effect. Moreover, the thermoelectric dehumidification rod could be put on the curved surface due to its bendable characteristic, shortening the linear length of the whole thermoelectric dehumidification rod, or in a space which size is smaller than the linear length of the unbended thermoelectric dehumidification rod, so it is convenient for use and has more economic benefit.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Inventor: Tsang-Hung Hsu