Patents Examined by Michael A Matey
  • Patent number: 12687344
    Abstract: An aircraft cooling system comprises an evaporator, condenser, an accumulator, and a pump system. The evaporator is configured to cool a set of heat loads in an aircraft using a liquid. The liquid forms a vapor in response to cooling the set of heat loads. The condenser is configured to receive the vapor from the evaporator and cool the vapor in which cooling the vapor forms the liquid. The accumulator is configured to receive the liquid from the condenser and store the liquid. The pump system is configured to pump the liquid stored in the accumulator to the evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael F. Stoia, Jianping Tu, Arun Muley, Richard C. Smith, III, Kevin Javier Jui
  • Patent number: 12677393
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments for a fan assembly that includes: a housing, the housing defines a fan chamber; a base member including a first metallic layer located on a first side of the base member, a second metallic layer located on a second side of the base member, a channel extending through the base member, the channel places the first side in fluid communication with the second side, and the second metallic layer is joined to the first metallic layer; and a fan, the fan is coupled to the base member adjacent the second side at the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: PLUME DESIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Ming-Tsung Su, Chun-Hung Liu, Huang Yu Ting, Yu-Han Liu
  • Patent number: 12672258
    Abstract: A liquid level height detection mechanism and a computing device are provided. The liquid level height detection mechanism includes a first mounting bracket and a first detection member mounted on the first mounting bracket, and the first detection assembly being configured to detect a first height of a liquid level of coolant; a second detection assembly comprising a second mounting bracket and a second detection member mounted on the second mounting bracket, and the second detection assembly being configured to detect a second height of the liquid level of the coolant; and a distance adjusting base, wherein the first mounting bracket and the second mounting bracket are both movably mounted on the distance adjusting base, and the first detection assembly is located higher than the second detection assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignees: SQ TECHNOLOGY (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kangguang Zhu, Hong-Chou Lin, Yu-Fan Chen
  • Patent number: 12672261
    Abstract: The invention relates to a housing assembly based on polycarbonate material, of which at least the front cover and the back cover are easily recyclable due to its separability into different parts for all components which are attached to the front cover or the back cover and which cannot be recycled together with the front cover or the back cover, respectively. Snap-fits, interference-fits, predetermined breaking points and other means are used for an easily detachable, but for use safe connection of the single parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Meiying Zhu, Jiru Meng, Guanghui Wu
  • Patent number: 12672264
    Abstract: A cooling system for cooling electronic devices has a fluid tank with a coolant fluid having a fluid level within the fluid tank, a fluid inlet adjacent to the bottom surface of the fluid tank, and a fluid outlet spaced from the fluid inlet. The fluid inlet and the fluid outlet are in fluid communication through a flow path. A baffle is disposed between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. A top of the baffle is below the fluid level of the coolant fluid. A plurality of electronic devices are positioned within the fluid tank, wherein: the plurality of electronic devices are submerged within the coolant fluid; and the plurality of electronic devices engage the baffle to define parallel channels that extend vertically along a portion of the flow path such the coolant fluid cools the plurality of electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Inventor: Charles L'Ecuyer
  • Patent number: 12666581
    Abstract: A power supply device includes a control board disposed within the chassis. An input connector and an output connector are disposed within the chassis and are electrically connected to the control board. A fan module includes a fan frame and a fan connector disposed on the outer surface of the fan frame. A flexible printed circuit board includes a conducting section, a fan connecting section and a lighting connecting section. The conducting section is electrically connected to the control board, fan connecting section and the lighting connecting section. The fan connecting section is electrically connected to the fan connector. The light-guiding handle is coupled to the chassis and disposed on the lighting connecting section to face the light-guiding handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chien-Feng Chuang, Chung-Yi Chen
  • Patent number: 12666562
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic control device having satisfactory assembly workability capable of efficiently and reliably performing a fitting work of a fan-side connector to a substrate-side connector in a facilitated manner without increasing a number of components or causing a failure, such as a poor fitting (poor electrical connection). The base housing 20 is provided with a wiring passage 30 including a wiring housing groove 31 and a through-hole 35 for routing the fan-side connector 50 with a fan wiring 28 from a front surface side to a back surface side, and provided with a connector holding guide portion 40 to which the fan-side connector 50 after passing through the through-hole 35 is fitted from the back surface side and held.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masao Horie
  • Patent number: 12666563
    Abstract: An electronic display includes a housing and a display panel having a display surface that is visible through the housing. An inlet is provided to allow external air into the housing and an outlet is provided to allow external air out of the housing. There is a closable vent at the inlet or outlet and a temperature sensor. A controller is arranged to control opening and closing of the vent in response to the output of the temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: BAUER MEDIA OUTDOOR TECHNIC LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen Whitehead, Jonathan Shires, Gary Greenwood
  • Patent number: 12666580
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes: a case having a side wall and a bottom wall; a plurality of first heat dissipation plates, a plurality of second heat dissipation plates, a plurality of circuit components and a sealing material that are disposed in the case; and a printed wiring board electrically connected to the plurality of circuit components and attached to the case. An inner wall surface of the bottom wall has a normal along a first direction. The plurality of first heat dissipation plates each extend in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and are spaced from one another and arranged in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction. The plurality of second heat dissipation plates each extend in the third direction, and are spaced from one another and arranged in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Norikazu Hattori, Kenta Fujii, Yukiko Mori, Takashi Kumagai, Yoshikazu Tsunoda, Yuji Shirakata
  • Patent number: 12656841
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is a case for an electronic device, comprising: a case frame for holding an electronic device; an internal fan directing air across the back of the electronic device; and an internal rechargeable battery for powering the internal fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Inventor: Joseph Leo Wesley
  • Patent number: 12652766
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided including a first housing, a second housing that slides relative to the first housing, a flexible display configured such that a size of a region exposed on a front side of the electronic device is changed in response to a sliding motion of the second housing relative to the first housing, a heat radiating sheet disposed on at least a portion of a rear surface of the flexible display, and a flexible display support member disposed on a portion of a rear surface of the heat radiating sheet to support a portion of the flexible display. The flexible display support member includes a plurality of support bars that extend in a direction perpendicular to a sliding direction of the second housing. The plurality of support bars are spaced apart. The heat radiating sheet includes a plurality of folding portions, and at least portions of the heat radiating sheet are located in spaces separating the plurality of support bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Baekeun Cho, Myunghoon Kwak, Bohyeon Kim, Hoyoung Jeong, Youngmin Ji, Hyunju Hong
  • Patent number: 12643495
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a power conversion device, a battery unit that is electrically connected to the power conversion device via a wiring, and a case. The case includes a first case portion that defines a first internal space for housing the power conversion device, a second case portion that defines a second internal space for housing the battery unit, and a partition wall portion that separates the first internal space and the second internal space from each other and has a connecting hole that connects the first internal space and the second internal space to each other. The first case portion has an opening portion that opens downward. The connecting hole is positioned above the opening portion. The power supply system further comprising a lid member that is capable of opening and closing the opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Satoru Baba, Takahiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12646909
    Abstract: A switchgear which includes at least one three-position disconnector arranged in a gas-tight space of a frame. Each phase of the disconnector includes first, second, and third fixed contacts and a moving contact. The first fixed contact is directly connected to a main busbar, so that the conductive main circuit has shorter wiring, saving floor space, and conductor materials. An outer surface of the moving contact is provided with a slot extending in an axial direction to accommodate rolling elements, which guide the moving contact to move through the second fixed contact and prevent it from rotating. The moving contact is provided with grooves, which accommodate contact pieces to realize connection with the corresponding fixed contact. The moving contact of each disconnector is coupled to the same drive shaft so that it is connected to an external operating mechanism via only one sealing point on the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Congming Yan, Zicheng Liang, Liqun Huang, Xingjie Chen
  • Patent number: 12648104
    Abstract: An electronic control unit for an electrical machine of an electrically powered drive system may include at least one semiconductor board including a plurality of power semiconductors, a baseplate for dissipating heat generated in the electronic control unit, a plurality of power terminals for supplying power to the electronic control unit, and a plurality of phase terminals for supplying three phase current to the electric machine. The plurality of phase terminals may be connected to a plurality of terminal contacts disposed on the at least one semiconductor board. At least one phase terminal of the plurality of phase terminals may include a first stud for electrical connection to a plurality of field windings of the electric machine and a second stud for connection to one of the plurality of terminal contacts. The first stud and the second stud may be electrically connected via a connecting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Stolfa Danijel, Verdev Luka, Cimzar Blaz
  • Patent number: 12648108
    Abstract: An electric control box includes a box body and a mounting plate arranged in the box body. The mounting plate is provided with a fan and a plurality of electronic components at a mounting side of the mounting plate. The fan is configured to form first heat dissipation airflow flowing along a first heat dissipation path. The first heat dissipation airflow is diverted by an inner wall of the box body to form second heat dissipation airflow flowing along a second heat dissipation path. The first heat dissipation path and the second heat dissipation path are located at the mounting side of the mounting plate. The plurality of electronic components are distributed over the first heat dissipation path and the second heat dissipation path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignees: GD MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., HEFEI MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Guochun Wang, Kaiquan Song, An Xu, Huadong Luo, Tingbo Chen, Hongwei Li
  • Patent number: 12635109
    Abstract: An example of an apparatus to recover heat from heat generating elements is provided. The apparatus includes a closed-loop fluid flow system having a fluid charged therein. The fluid is to absorb heat. In addition, the apparatus includes a heat exchanger disposed along the closed-loop fluid flow system to remove the heat from the fluid. Furthermore, the apparatus includes a chamber disposed along the closed-loop fluid flow system to receive the fluid at an inlet and to release the fluid from an outlet. The apparatus also includes a plurality of heat generating elements disposed in the chamber. Each heat generating element of the plurality of heat generating elements is immersed in the fluid. The apparatus additionally includes a pump to circulate the fluid in the closed-loop fluid flow system between the heat exchanger and the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: MintGreen Blockchain Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Colin Patrick James Sullivan, Alexandre David James Tardif, Rohan Thapar
  • Patent number: 12633730
    Abstract: An electrical junction box includes a heat generating component and a cooling unit that cools the heat generating component. The cooling unit includes: a recess provided at the holding position of the heat generating component in a resin case that holds the heat generating component; packing that is provided along the peripheral edge of the recess, is compressed by the contact with the heat generating component, and seals the recess together with the heat generating component; and a heat transfer member that is housed in the recess and the inside surrounded by the packing, is solidified and is in contact with the heat generating component while the heat generating component does not generate heat, and is liquefied following the heat generation of the heat generating component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Shirosaka, Takanori Kanamori, Yasuhiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 12635113
    Abstract: Server racks may include an enclosure with an airflow inlet in a first lateral sidewall and an airflow outlet in a second, opposite lateral sidewall. A support structure may be rotatably mounted to the enclosure and rotatable between an open position and a closed position. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Basavaraja Munishamappa, Muthuraj Madasamy, Senthil Kumar Ramaswamy Venkat
  • Patent number: 12628311
    Abstract: The invention discloses an immersed liquid cooling device, which includes a liquid cooling radiator with a first liquid box at one end thereof combined with the open end of a liquid storage box, so that a heat dissipation radiator pipe set at the other end is immersed in the cooling fluid in the liquid storage box. The liquid storage box is externally equipped with a cooling chip and a heat sink. When the cooling chip is energized, the cooling chip will reduce the cooling fluid in the liquid storage box to a freezing temperature, so that the cooling fluid can quickly cool down the working fluid in the heat dissipation radiator pipe set, thereby preventing the heat dissipation radiator pipe set from being affected by the ambient temperature in its heat dissipation efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Inventor: Tsung-Hsien Huang
  • Patent number: 12615743
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments comprises: a housing including a heat source and a thermal management chamber thermally coupled to the heat source; and a display disposed on the housing on the opposite side from the heat source. The thermal management chamber includes a working fluid, and is configured to generate bubbles in the working fluid at or above the boiling critical temperature of the working fluid. The thermal management chamber may include: a first wall located adjacent to the heat source and having a first hydrophilic surface; a second wall located on the opposite side from the first wall and spaced apart from the heat source, and having a second hydrophobic surface, and a plurality of third walls located between the first wall and the second wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joseph Ahn, Kyungha Koo, Hongki Moon