Patents Examined by Mohammed M. Ali
  • Patent number: 9841198
    Abstract: Air conditioner units and operating methods are provided. A unit includes an outdoor heat exchanger, an indoor heat exchanger, and a compressor. The unit further includes a bulkhead disposed between the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger. The unit further includes a vent aperture defined in the bulkhead. The unit further includes a dehumidification system which includes an evaporator, a condenser, and an auxiliary compressor in fluid communication with the evaporator and the condenser. The unit further includes a humidity sensor disposed within the outdoor portion, and a controller in communication with the compressor, the auxiliary compressor and the humidity sensor. The controller is configured to deactivate the auxiliary compressor when the compressor is active and an outdoor humidity level sensed by the humidity sensor is above a predetermined humidity threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Alden Junge, Timothy Scott Shaffer, Michael John Kempiak
  • Patent number: 8656730
    Abstract: A refrigerator dispenser includes an ice dispensing actuator, an ice dispensing chute, an ice dispensing housing positioned within a refrigerator door cavity and configured to define an ice dispensing cavity through which ice dispensed by the ice dispensing chute passes, a liquid dispensing chute positioned closer to a front surface of a refrigerator door than the ice dispensing housing, and a liquid dispensing actuator positioned on the ice dispensing housing and configured to receive input to inspire dispensing of liquid through the liquid dispensing chute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Heon-Jae Jang, Seung-Beom Chae, Il-Wook Joung, Sang-Ho Park, Yong-Chul Kwon, Hyeon-Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 7284385
    Abstract: Dessicants employed in dehumidifying moisturized air present within a water-damaged building are themselves dehumidified to liberate collected moisture through the use of ambient air drawn over and about a heat exchanger fired by diesel fuel, with a portion of the dehumidified air being diverted to join with the ambient air in increasing the liberation of the moisture within the dessicant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Inventor: Spencer W. Hess
  • Patent number: 6745588
    Abstract: An adjustable angle display device for holding and displaying objects includes a base portion, a display portion coupled to the base portion and adapted to pivot about a pivot point, and a positioning device having a first end coupled to the base portion and a second end coupled to the display portion, the positioning device adapted to adjustably position the display portion in a first position and a second position relative to the base. A method of providing an adjustable angle display device includes pivotally coupling a first end of a display portion to a base portion, providing a positioning device to selectively raise and lower a second end of the display device relative to the base portion, coupling the positioning device in operable engagement with the base portion and the display portion, and operating the positioning device to selectively adjust a display angle of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.
    Inventor: Shawn M. Kahler
  • Patent number: 6539746
    Abstract: A high pressure gas cooler for a motor-vehicle air-conditioning system, the refrigerant circuit having, in the flow direction of the refrigerant, a compressor, the gas cooler, an inner heat exchanger exchanging heat between the high-pressure and low-pressure sides, a throttle device, an evaporator and a manifold on the low-pressure side, which communicates via the low-pressure side of the inner heat exchanger with the intake side of the compressor. The gas cooler is combined with the inner heat exchanger and/or the manifold on the low-pressure side to form a single unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Valeo Klimatechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Roland Haussmann
  • Patent number: 6332330
    Abstract: A heating and/or air conditioning device for a motor-vehicle passenger compartment has an air-inlet chamber and a blower for installation in a rear part of the vehicle, a treatment and distribution device for installation in a front part of the passenger compartment), and a connecting duct for connecting the blower to the treatment and distribution device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Valeo Climatisation
    Inventors: Didier Loup, Carine Paumier, Naji Said, Pascale Petitjean