Patents Examined by Travis Ruby
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Patent number: 9797665Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a stack of plates which form ducts. Each of the plates can have at least two openings which, in the plate stack, form at least one collecting duct and one distributor duct which connect the ducts in terms of flow. A base plate can be arranged on the plate stack and can have a seal for sealing off the heat exchanger and a flow deflector for manipulating flow through the heat exchanger. The seal and the flow deflector can form a common component.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2008Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Modine Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Stefan Müller-Lufft, Wolfgang Münz, Thomas Ritter
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Patent number: 9798333Abstract: An enclosure system that can include a hazardous location enclosure having at least one wall forming a cavity. The enclosure system can also include a temperature-sensitive component positioned within the cavity. The enclosure system can further include a measuring device configured to measure a temperature within the cavity of the hazardous location enclosure. The enclosure system can also include a climate control device configured to change the temperature within the cavity. The enclosure system can further include a controller operatively coupled to the climate control device and the measuring device, where the controller controls the climate control device to change the temperature within the cavity of the hazardous location enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Graig E. DeCarr, Samuel T. Barbuto, Joseph Michael Manahan
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Patent number: 9796243Abstract: An automatic climate controller device identifies an operating zone of the climate control system according to at least two input factors, and identifies a discharge temperature of the climate control system. Based on the operating zone and the discharge temperature, the automatic climate controller device determines whether to perform at least one override action to override a climate control system setting to reduce the possibility of evaporator core icing. The automatic climate controller device also adjusts an evaporator set point according to the at least one override action to reduce the discharge temperature. The input factors may include evaporator temperature and cabin relative humidity. The actions may include one or more of increasing blower speed or increasing use of recirculated air.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2013Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Gary A. Dage, Steven L. Lambert
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Patent number: 9791203Abstract: A refrigerator and method of supplying coolant material are provided, the refrigerator including an interior and a main cooling loop, at least a portion of the interior includes a freezer section and at least a portion of the main cooling loop includes an evaporator. The refrigerator includes at least one detachable module having at least one connector, the detachable module configured to removably attach to a surface of the refrigerator, and a secondary cooling loop having at least one connector that corresponds to the at least one detachable module's at least one connector, wherein at least a portion of the secondary cooling loop is in thermal communication with at least one of the main cooling loop, the evaporator, and the freezer section, and wherein the secondary cooling loop is configured to be in fluid communication with the at least one detachable module through the corresponding at least one connectors.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2009Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Steven J. Kuehl, Tushar Kulkarni, Guolian Wu
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Patent number: 9795056Abstract: A cooling member includes a heat-transfer member, a refrigerant introducing pipe and a covering material. The heat-transfer member has a surface with a groove opened to the surface of the heat-transfer member. The refrigerant introducing pipe is pressed into the groove. The covering material coats the surface of the heat-transfer member and the refrigerant introducing pipe.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Junichi Teraki, Mitsuhiro Tanaka, Noriyuki Okuda
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Patent number: 9786963Abstract: A vehicle heating/cooling system for a vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine coupled to a closed engine coolant circuit to recirculate engine coolant therethrough; a refrigerant compressor coupled to a closed refrigerant circuit to recirculate refrigerant therethrough, wherein the refrigerant compressor is coupled to the internal combustion engine to be driven thereby; a closed thermally regulated fluid circuit to recirculate thermally regulated fluid therethrough; and a consolidated heating/cooling core coupled to the closed engine coolant circuit, to the closed refrigerant circuit and to the closed thermally regulated fluid circuit.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2013Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Nathan R Vandike, Adam J Beals
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Patent number: 9772036Abstract: A rotary wheel assembly is configured for use with a system for conditioning air to be supplied to an enclosed structure. The rotary wheel is configured to be positioned within a supply air stream and an exhaust air stream. The assembly includes a cassette frame, a wheel rotatably secured within the cassette frame, and a self-adjusting seal subassembly configured to maintain sealing engagement with respect to a surface of the wheel. The self-adjusting seal subassembly includes at least one seal member.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2012Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Nortek Air Solutions Canada, Inc.Inventors: Blake Norman Erb, Manfred Gerber, Maury Brad Wawryk, David Martin Wintemute, Paul Lorenzo Pieper
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Patent number: 9758870Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a main chamber having a process space in which a process with respect to a substrate is performed, a heater disposed in the process space to heat the substrate placed on an upper portion thereof, and a cooling ring around the heater, the cooling ring having a plurality of cooling gas passages spaced apart at a predetermined distance around the heater to allow a refrigerant supplied from the outside to selectively flow therein.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2013Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: EUGENE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Sung-Tae Je, Il-Kwang Yang, Jae-Ho Lee, Kyong-Hun Kim, Myung-In Kim, Yang-Sik Shin
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Patent number: 9754857Abstract: A system for cooling a heat producing device is provided. The system can include an air mover (110) wherein at least a portion of the discharge airflow (115) is directed radially outward. The system can also include a thermal conduit (120) and a thermal member (130). The thermal member can have a first surface (135), a second surface (140) and at least one integrally formed heat exchange surface (150). At least a portion of the heat exchange surface (150) can be at least partially disposed in the air mover discharge airflow (115). At least a portion of the first surface (135) can be disposed proximate the thermal conduit (120). At least a portion of the second surface (140) can be disposed proximate the air mover (110).Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2009Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Mark S Tracy, Earl W Moore
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Patent number: 9752836Abstract: A plate heat exchanger includes a plurality of rectangular plates each having, at four corners thereof, inlets and outlets and others for a first fluid and a second fluid. The plates are stacked such that first passages each defined by adjacent two of the plates and through which the first fluid flows and second passages each defined by adjacent two of the plates and through which the second fluid flows are provided alternately. The first passage includes a bypass passage extending from an inlet peripheral portion, which is an area around the inlet, along the outlet for the second fluid up to a long-side-peripheral portion of the plate that is nearer to the second outlet. The bypass passage allows some of the first fluid having flowed therein from the inlet to flow from the long-side-peripheral portion into a heat-exchanging passage.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2010Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Daisuke Ito, Takehiro Hayashi, Shinichi Uchino
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Patent number: 9738136Abstract: A vehicle climate control system. An air conditioner and heater are operatively connected to a controller and control the temperature of the cabin area of a vehicle. A processor, operatively connected to the controller, determines the amount of time for an operator of the vehicle to travel between their location and the location of the vehicle. The processor determines an amount of time required to adjust the temperature of the cabin area of the vehicle to a selected temperature by using one of the air conditioner and the heater. The processor automatically operates one of the air conditioner and the heater to begin adjusting the temperature of the cabin area to the selected temperature when the amount of time required for the operator to travel between their location and the location of the vehicle is less than or equal to the amount of time required to adjust the temperature of the cabin area vehicle to the selected temperature.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2013Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.Inventors: Gregory J. Boss, Andrew R. Jones, Charles S. Lingafelt, Kevin C. McConnell, John E. Moore, Jr.
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Patent number: 9732702Abstract: A heat exchanger for an aircraft engine includes: a body including a plate-like first member and a plate-like second member that are stacked in a thickness direction of the first and second members and joined together, and a channel which is defined in the body and in which the cooling target fluid flows; and a corrugated fin plate disposed in the channel in the body. The body is bent along a curved surface to which the heat exchanger is attached. A plurality of heat dissipation fins stand on an outer surface of at least one of the first member or the second member.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2015Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: SUMITOMO PRECISION PRODUCTS CO., LTD.Inventor: Tatsuya Ueda
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Patent number: 9733681Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling system for a computer system, said computer system comprising at least one unit such as a central processing unit (CPU) generating thermal energy and said cooling system intended for cooling the at least one processing unit and comprising a reservoir having an amount of cooling liquid, said cooling liquid intended for accumulating and transferring of thermal energy dissipated from the processing unit to the cooling liquid. The cooling system has a heat exchanging interface for providing thermal contact between the processing unit and the cooling liquid for dissipating heat from the processing unit to the cooling liquid, Different embodiments of the heat exchanging system as well as means for establishing and controlling a flow of cooling liquid and a cooling strategy constitutes the invention of the cooling system.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2013Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: ASETEK DANMARK A/SInventor: André Sloth Eriksen
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Patent number: 9726384Abstract: An air conditioner includes a main unit having an enclosure defining an air outlet. The enclosure contains a heat exchanger generating a cool air or a warm air forming airflow running out of the air outlet. A pair of fan units are disposed on the opposite sides of the air outlet. The fan units are configured to suck a room air and to blow the room air. The airflow of the room air can be utilized to control the direction and/or movement of the airflow of the cool air or the warm air. The cool air or the warm air can be conveyed to desired locations.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2013Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITEDInventors: Ritsushi Taira, Shinji Sugiyama, Kenji Haruyama, Syun Iwano, Fumiaki Tanaka
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Patent number: 9719423Abstract: An inlet air chilling system for use with a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The inlet air chilling system may include an inlet air filter house, an air chilling/heating coil positioned within the inlet air filter house, and an energy recovery/heating coil positioned downstream of the air chilling/heating coil within the inlet air filter house and in communication with the air chilling/heating coil.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2012Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Abbas Motakef, Bhalchandra Arun Desai
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Patent number: 9713291Abstract: A thermosiphon system includes a condenser, an evaporator including a housing and a wick located in the housing, and a condensate line fluidically coupling the condenser to the evaporator. The condensate line includes an outer tube and an inner tube nested within the outer tube. A first passage defined by the inner tube is positioned to carry a liquid phase of a working fluid from the condenser to the evaporator, and a second passage defined by a volume between the inner tube and the outer tube is positioned to carry a vapor phase of the working fluid from the evaporator to the condenser.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2016Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: Jeremy Rice
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Patent number: 9702292Abstract: In an exhaust heat recovery device, exhaust gas flows out from a heat exchange outflow port into a heat exchange passage. The exhaust gas having flowed out into the heat exchange passage flows in a radial direction from an inner side to an outer side of a heat exchanger to reach a second heat exchange passage from a first heat exchange passage. A heat exchange is performed in the heat exchanger while the exhaust gas flows.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2013Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: FUTABA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Arata Kobayashi, Hirohisa Okami
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Patent number: 9704773Abstract: A method and system for selectively dissipating thermal energy are provided. The system includes a heat-generating structure, a first heat sink, a second heat sink, and a heat transfer element. The heat-generating structure generates thermal energy. The first heat sink is in thermal communication with the heat-generating structure. The heat transfer element is configured to be selectively positioned between the first heat sink and the second heat sink to establish a path for the transfer of thermal energy between the first heat sink and the second heat sink. Upon positioning the heat transfer element between the first heat sink and the second heat sink, at least a portion of the thermal energy from the heat-generating structure is allowed to travel through the first heat sink and through the heat transfer element to the second heat sink.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2011Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANYInventors: Frederick B. Koehler, Douglas M. Beard
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Patent number: 9698030Abstract: A temperature controlled loadlock chamber for use in semiconductor processing is provided. The temperature controlled loadlock chamber may include one or more of an adjustable fluid pump, mass flow controller, one or more temperature sensors, and a controller. The adjustable fluid pump provides fluid having a predetermined temperature to a temperature-controlled plate. The mass flow controller provides gas flow into the chamber that may also aid in maintaining a desired temperature. Additionally, one or more temperature sensors may be combined with the adjustable fluid pump and/or the mass flow controller to provide feedback and to provide a greater control over the temperature. A controller may be added to control the adjustable fluid pump and the mass flow controller based upon temperature readings from the one or more temperature sensors.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Chun-Hsien Lin, Jyh-Cherng Sheu, Ming-Feng Yoo, Kewei Zuo
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Patent number: 9689630Abstract: A heat exchanger system for cooling liquid includes a generally rectangular arrangement of a plurality of horizontally spaced finned tube arrays arranged above the ground, the arrangement having longer sides extending in a length direction and shorter sides extending in a width direction. A plurality of fans are provided above the finned tube arrays for inducing air through the finned tube arrays, wherein at least two of said fans are mutually spaced in the width direction. At least one wind deflector is provided adjacent one of the longer sides, wherein the at least one wind deflector is installed on the ground separately from any of the plurality of finned tube arrays.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Ormat Technologies Inc.Inventors: Lucien Y. Bronicki, Uriyel Fisher