Patents Examined by Steve S Tanenbaum
  • Patent number: 12247751
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system that includes an outdoor heat exchanger (HX) and outdoor fans. The outdoor fans are arranged in either an in-line configuration or a staggered configuration to satisfy one or more requirements to optimize the airflow across the outdoor HXs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael F Taras, Aniruddha S Joshi, Amr E Gado
  • Patent number: 12247790
    Abstract: A heat storage device of the present disclosure includes a latent heat storage material and a container. The latent heat storage material is water-soluble. The container houses the latent heat storage material and is formed of a main material being aluminum or an aluminum alloy. The container has a joining portion and a first coating. The first coating covers at least the joining portion on an inner surface of the container. On a surface of the first coating, a first element and fluorine are present. The first element is an element other than aluminum and having a lower ionization tendency than potassium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi Ozaki, Tatsuya Nakamura
  • Patent number: 12240295
    Abstract: Disclosed are climate systems for vehicles and methods for controlling the climate systems. In some implementations, a climate system includes: (1) a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature within the compartment of the vehicle; (2) a first compressor powered by an engine of the vehicle to compress a refrigerant; (3) a second compressor driven by an electric motor to compress the refrigerant; and (4) a controller electrically coupled to the first compressor and the second compressor. The controller configured to: (1) calculate a thermal load of the compartment based on a difference between a desired temperature and a measured temperature; and, (2) based on the calculated load, selectively activate: (i) the engine, (ii) the first compressor, and/or (iii) the second compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Bergstrom, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett S. Connell, Aaron D. Sullivan, Brett J. Herrmann, Terry Zeigler
  • Patent number: 12222142
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an air conditioner and a reservoir thereof. The reservoir includes a tank and a base component. The tank has opposite top and bottom ends. The base component includes a bottom plate arranged in a flat plate shape and a supporting member protruding from the bottom plate. The bottom plate has a bearing surface, the supporting member is fixed on the bearing surface, and an end away from the bottom plate of the supporting member is fixedly connected to the bottom end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG DUNAN ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng Tian, Hailong Zhong, Feida Li
  • Patent number: 12215913
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator including a cabinet forming one of a refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment, a main door opening and closing the refrigerator compartment or the freezer compartment and including a storage space opened forward, a sub door installed on the main door and opening and closing the storage space of the main door, and a dispenser disposed on the sub door and dispensing water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seonil Yu, Kyeongchul Cho, Insun Yeo, Hongsik Kwon
  • Patent number: 12208671
    Abstract: Systems are provided for a differential of an electric powertrain. In one example, a system includes a bypass valve for a multi-coolant system. The bypass valve is configured to bypass a second coolant from an electric motor in response to a temperature of a first coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLC
    Inventor: Frederik Desmet
  • Patent number: 12207445
    Abstract: A two-phase immersion-type composite heat dissipation device is provided, which includes a heat dissipation substrate, a plurality of fins, and a surface porous layer. The heat dissipation substrate has a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is configured to be in contact with a heat source, and the second surface is opposite to the first surface and is distant from the heat source. A projection region of the heat dissipation substrate that corresponds to the heat source is defined as a high-temperature region, and a low-temperature region is defined at an outer periphery of the high-temperature region. The fins are opposite to the heat source, and are disposed within the high-temperature region of the second surface of the heat dissipation substrate. The surface porous layer is disposed within a range of the low-temperature region of the heat dissipation substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: AMULAIRE THERMAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Chun-Te Wu, Ching-Ming Yang, Yu-Wei Chiu, Tze-Yang Yeh
  • Patent number: 12196481
    Abstract: A refrigerator has a vacuum space formed between an outer case and an inner case of a body thereof for enhancing a heat insulating function. The refrigerator includes a body having a storage space for storing a predetermined storage object, wherein the body includes an inner case having the storage space, an outer case having an inside surface spaced a predetermined gap from an outside surface of the inner case to house the inner case, and a vacuum space provided between the inner case and the outer case sealed to maintain a vacuum state for heat insulating between the inner case and the outer case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Wonyeong Jung, Myungryul Lee, Sung Jhee
  • Patent number: 12178300
    Abstract: An electronic device holder for controlling a temperature of an electronic device includes a shell body having a bottom wall, a top portion, and a dividing wall between the bottom wall and top portion. A shell cap is detachably coupled to the shell body and configured to move between an open position and a closed position. A removable temperature controlling insert is disposed in the shell body, and a card aperture is disposed on the top portion of the shell body. The card aperture is configured to receive a card to be processed by a card reader. When the shell cap is in the closed position, the shell cap is coupled to the shell body and forms a cavity at the top portion of the shell body and forms a chamber adjacent the cavity. The chamber is configured to enclose the removable temperature controlling insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: BLUEBRICK COMPANY, LLC
    Inventor: Melinda Alic
  • Patent number: 12185503
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cooling device, comprising a cooling plate and a cooling cap, for cooling a heat source, mounted to an outer interface surface of the cooling plate, by means of a cooling fluid. Several spiral-shaped fins are integrated into the cooling plate to form a structure in the shape of a multi-spiral. The fins are arranged next to each other in a mutual distance to form spiral-shaped flow channels for a cooling fluid. An inlet for inflowing the cooling fluid at the center of the multi-spiral fins structure is integrated into the cooling cap. The cooling cap is configured and arranged on the cooling plate so that the inlet is positioned above the center of the multi-spiral fins structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: OSRAM GMBH
    Inventors: Werner Stolzenberg, Ulrich Hartwig
  • Patent number: 12173970
    Abstract: A heat exchanger core includes a core formed such that a pair of adjacent passages are folded on top of one another while being adjacent. At least one passage of the pair of adjacent passages has a pair of adjacent passage portions between which the other passage is not interposed in a direction in which the passages lie on top of one another. The core has a heat insulation layer between the pair of passage portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsaku Eguchi, Nobuhide Hara, Hiroyuki Nakaharai, Yoichi Uefuji, Masaya Hatanaka, Takuo Oda, Koichi Tanimoto
  • Patent number: 12176585
    Abstract: An integrated thermal management system for fuel cell mobility vehicles, may include a hydrogen tank configured to store hydrogen supplied to a fuel cell stack, a first turbine rotated by the pressure of the hydrogen discharged from the hydrogen tank, a refrigerant circulation line configured such that a refrigerant circulates therealong and a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve and an evaporator are provided thereon, a second turbine mounted in the refrigerant circulation line and rotated by the high-pressure refrigerant discharged by the compressor, and a blower configured to pressurize ambient air using the rotation force of the first turbine, the second turbine or an electric motor and to supply the pressurized ambient air to an indoor air conditioning unit or the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Gwi Taek Kim
  • Patent number: 12169076
    Abstract: A device that heats/cools air includes a heat exchanger that contains hydronic fluid; a blower that moves air over and/or through the heat exchanger; a pump that circulates the hydronic fluid; a first vessel that contains hydronic fluid under pressure, air, a sealed first opening, a second opening that allows the hydronic fluid to exit the first vessel, a third opening that allows the hydronic fluid to enter the vessel, and a fourth opening; a second vessel that contains hydronic fluid at atmospheric pressure, a sealed first opening, and a second opening in communication with the first vessel, wherein the second vessel is in communication with the fourth opening; a valve that allows hydronic fluid to flow from the second vessel to the first vessel when pressure inside the first vessel decreases below zero psig, and prevents hydronic fluid from flowing from the first vessel to the second vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Stone Mountain Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Garrabrant, Matthew C. Blaylock, David M. Firestine, Joseph A. Newland, Adam T. Roberts
  • Patent number: 12163673
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) packaged unit includes a first refrigerant circuit component configured to change a temperature or a pressure of a refrigerant flowing through the first refrigerant circuit component and a second refrigerant circuit component configured to change a temperature or a pressure of the refrigerant flowing through the second refrigerant circuit component. The first and the second refrigerant circuit components are within a common refrigerant circuit that is disposed within a common support structure. The HVAC packaged unit also includes an interconnection conduit having a length formed from aluminum, a first end segment coupled to a first end of the length, and a second end segment coupled to a second end of the length. The first end segment and the second end segment are each formed from copper, and the interconnection conduit extends between the first refrigerant circuit component and the second refrigerant circuit component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH
    Inventors: Sarjerao Pingale, Manjur Tamboli, Neelkanth S. Gupte, Anand Talikot, Baskaran Kandhappan
  • Patent number: 12161237
    Abstract: The present invention provides an open display refrigerator comprising: a refrigerated storage space, air in the refrigerated storage space being separated from air exterior to the open display refrigerator by an air curtain established by a fan which blows air towards an air outlet and which recovers air in the air curtain via an air inlet for recirculation to the air outlet; a wall bounding at least a part of the duct and the refrigerated storage space, the wall comprising one or more voids such that air in the duct can flow into the refrigerated storage space via the one or more voids; a deflector which, when the refrigerator is in use, interrupts at least a portion of the flow of air from the one or more voids and directs the portion of the flow of air towards the top of the refrigerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Aerofoil Energy Limited
    Inventor: Paul McAndrew
  • Patent number: 12163703
    Abstract: A system and method of controlling temperature of a medium by refrigerant vaporization, or working gas condensation, or a combination of both, the system including a container, at least one a working gas reservoir having at least one reservoir section that includes a wall with an exterior surface structured to be thermally coupled with a volume of the medium in the container and to provide a volume of medium thermal coverage in the container, a condensation apparatus to provide regulation of working gas condensation in the reservoir, whereby the working gas reservoir forms a vapor space in each of the at least one reservoir section in response to receiving the working gas and to the condensation apparatus regulation of condensation to enable working gas condensation at or near a selected temperature of the volume of medium in the container that is thermally coupled to the respective reservoir section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Inventor: Thomas U. Abell
  • Patent number: 12152813
    Abstract: An adiabatic cooling system includes a condenser coil and at least one mist chamber positioned around the condenser coil such that at least a portion of intake air for the adiabatic cooling system passes through the mist chamber prior to contacting the condenser coil. The at least one mist chamber includes a first cooling pad with a first intake-side face and a first output-side face and a second cooling pad with a first intake-side face and a first output-side face. The second-intake side face of the second cooling pad faces the first output-side face of the first cooling pad and is separated from the first-output side face of the first cooling pad by a gap. The gap includes a mist of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC
    Inventors: Karthick Kuppusamy, Sangameshwaran Sadhasivam
  • Patent number: 12146681
    Abstract: A curb assembly for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a frame configured to couple to a curb of a structure, a pedestal system configured to couple to a housing of the HVAC system and to the frame, such that the pedestal system extends from the housing to the frame, and an adjustable duct connector configured to fluidly couple an air flow passage of the housing with ductwork of the structure. The pedestal system is configured to enclose a space formed between the frame and the housing and the adjustable duct connector configured to be disposed within the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH
    Inventors: Manjur Tamboli, Neelkanth S. Gupte, Sarjerao D. Pingale
  • Patent number: 12117230
    Abstract: A blast cell system is provided with simple and scalable designs that prevent short cycling of air flow through any pallets in blast cells. The blast cell includes a plurality of suction channels that provide independent fluid pathways for directing the air drawn from different rows in the blast cell into the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Lineage Logistics, LLC
    Inventor: Alexander Ming Zhang
  • Patent number: 12116022
    Abstract: An air-conditioning system for a vehicle suitable for flammable refrigerants of categories A2, A2L, and A3 is provided. The system is a compact piece of equipment for installation on a vehicle roof and has equipment sections for air treatment and a compressor-liquefier unit, and optionally an outgoing air, an electrical switchbox, and/or silencer. The system is a direct evaporating system in which the air to be conditioned for a passenger area is sealed off within the air-conditioning system such that, in the event of leaks at refrigerant-conducting assemblies, ingress of flammable refrigerant into the interior of the vehicle is prevented. The refrigerant-conducting assemblies and components are located outside the areas where comfort air is conducted, in a separate housing and open to the surroundings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Faiveley Transport Leipzig GmbH
    Inventors: Lutz Boeck, Steffen Poser, Erik Hoffmann, Kai Fischer