Patents Examined by Travis Ruby
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Patent number: 12104822Abstract: A dehumidifier includes a machine body. The machine body includes a case including an air inlet and an air outlet, a condenser provided in the case, an evaporator provided in the case, an axial flow fan vertically provided in the case and side by side with the condenser and the evaporator, and a water receiving tray below the condenser, the evaporator, and the axial flow fan. The water receiving tray is configured to divide the case into an axial flow air duct and a mounting cavity.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Weiming Li, Zhigang Xing
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Patent number: 12096602Abstract: A cooling system, in particular for electronics cabinets, is proposed, comprising a casing, wherein the casing comprises at least a cabinet side partitionment, wherein the cooling system comprises a first cooling circuit and a second cooling circuit, wherein the second cooling circuit is an active cooling circuit, wherein the first cooling circuit and the second cooling circuit are thermally coupled, wherein the second cooling circuit is not disposed in the cabinet side partitionment.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2020Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: PFANNENBERG GMBHInventors: Russell Fuller, Peter Starp, William Baron
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Patent number: 12092400Abstract: Thermal energy storage (“TES”) includes at least two blocks or zones operated with respect to charging and discharging of thermal energy by flowing a heat transfer fluid (“HTF”) through the block or zone; an inlet charging manifold, an outlet charging manifold, an inlet pipe arranged from the inlet charging manifold to each block or zone; an outlet from each block or zone; and one or more of the valves: a flow control valve (vi1; va1, . . . ve1) arranged in at least one of block or zone inlet pipes, inlets, outlets and outlet pipes, for control of flow through the block or zone, a bypass valve (vi2; va2, . . . ve2) arranged in inlet charging side pipe sections between inlet pipe and serial flow return for the block or zone, for bypassing flow and serial flow control.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: EnergyNest ASInventors: Pål G. Bergan, Christopher Greiner, Nils Høivik
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Patent number: 12092405Abstract: A device and systems for cooling hardware components is disclosed. The smart cold plate (CP) device includes a first inlet port for supplying a first coolant path, a second inlet port for supplying a second coolant path, and a valve for selectively controlling a flow of a coolant between the first and second inlet ports and an internal port, the internal port connecting the first and second inlet ports to a CP. The device also includes an external port connected to the CP for removing the coolant from the smart CP device and a connector through which power is supplied to the valve. Various cooling systems incorporating the smart CP device are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.Inventors: Yuan Chen, Weidong Zuo, Regan Zhu
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Patent number: 12092401Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a diffusion bonding heat exchanger with which it is possible to reduce a thermal stress that is generated due to heat exchange between fluids significantly different from each other in temperature even in a case where the number of stacked heat transfer plates is made large. A diffusion bonding heat exchanger (100) includes a core (1) in which a plurality of heat transfer plates (HP) are stacked and diffusion-bonded to each other. The core includes a plurality of flow path blocks (40) each of which is configured to include a plurality of flow path layers (30) and a partition wall layer (50) that divides the plurality of flow path blocks. A thickness (t3) of the partition wall layer in a stacking direction is larger than an interval (t2) between flow paths arranged in the stacking direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2019Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Sumitomo Precision Products Co., LtdInventors: Suguru Takahashi, Yasuhiro Fujita
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Patent number: 12085326Abstract: A refrigerator according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a main body; a first storage chamber and a second storage chamber provided in the main body so that the front surfaces thereof are opened; an evaporator which is disposed inside the main body and which generates cold air; a first duct for supplying the cold air to the first storage chamber; a second duct for supplying the cold air to the second storage chamber; and a connecting duct for connecting the first duct and the second duct so as to allow the cold air generated by the evaporator to flow to the second duct, wherein the second duct includes a connecting port connected to the connecting duct, a discharge port through which the cold air is discharged, a discharge path for connecting the connecting port and the discharge port, and a connecting path for connecting the inside of the second storage chamber and the discharge path, the discharge path includes a minimum region in which the cross sectional area thereof in a vertical diType: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Joo Yong Lee, Il Sung Bae, Hyo Ju Han
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Patent number: 12085345Abstract: An evaporator includes: a housing having a plurality of surfaces including a front surface and a back surface, at least one of the front and back surfaces having the largest area among the plurality of surfaces; and a heat-absorbing element disposed on at least one of the front and back surfaces and thermally connected to a heat source. The housing includes: at least one working fluid inlet located in a surface of the housing, the surface being other than a top surface of the housing; and at least one pair of working fluid outlets located respectively in opposite longitudinal end portions of the top surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2019Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yu Haruki, Keiji Sakagawa, Kazuhide Hakamada, Ryosuke Mitani
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Patent number: 12078423Abstract: The vapor chamber includes a container having a hollow cavity and formed of one plate-shaped member and another plate-shaped member facing the one plate-shaped member that are layered on each other, a working fluid enclosed in the cavity, and a wick structure provided in the cavity. The wick structure includes a first wick part extending from a heat receiving part to a heat discharge part and having a first wick member using a linear member, and a second wick part provided to the heat receiving part and having a second wick member using a linear member. An average diameter the linear member of the second wick member is smaller than an average diameter of the linear member of the first wick member or an aperture dimension of the second wick member is smaller than an aperture dimension of the first wick member.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshikatsu Inagaki, Hirofumi Aoki, Daiki Takemura, Hiroshi Okada, Kazuaki Aotani
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Patent number: 12062478Abstract: An electric device (1) comprises a portion generating heat and a portion for dissipating said generated heat by heat exchange with a fluid, wherein said heat dissipating portion comprises means for generating a turbulent flow in the fluid.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Inventors: Paolo Pavanello, Roberto Zannol
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Patent number: 12044009Abstract: A construction element of a null-energy system includes a body on which the construction element can further include a porous material compartment with porous material to store water and evaporate the stored water outwards from the porous material through a holding layer on the opposite side of the porous material compartment to the body. The null-energy system uses a construction element of null-energy system as embodied therein.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2023Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: KVC FINANCE OÜInventor: Johanna Martins
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Patent number: 12036839Abstract: A work vehicle includes a cabin to cover an operator's seat on a traveling body. A cabin frame that constitutes a framework of the cabin includes a pair of left and right front pillars, a pair of left and right rear pillars, a front beam, a rear beam, and side beams. The front beam couples upper end portions of the front pillars to each other. The rear beam couples upper end portions of the rear pillars to each other. Each of the side beams couples to each other upper end portions of each of the front pillars and each of the rear pillars that stand at a front and rear. The rear beam is formed to have a U-shaped cross-section by presswork of a metal plate material.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Masakazu Komatsu
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Patent number: 12023982Abstract: A proximity air conditioner is capable of performing energy-saving and efficient air-conditioning. A proximity air-conditioning unit for vehicles includes: a housing; a temperature adjustment unit including a temperature adjuster and a blower; and ducts, wherein upper ends of blowout ports of ducts are located above seat surfaces of seats, end portions in a long-side direction of the blowout ports are located on a front side with respect to other end portions thereof in a front-back direction of the seats, and the temperature adjustment unit is disposed between both end portions in the long-side direction of each of the blowout ports.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuhiro Terai, Chiharu Totani, Yoshinori Masatsugu, Naoyuki Fukui, Hiroto Watanabe
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Patent number: 12018893Abstract: An evaporator device is provided, including a chamber including an inlet, an outlet, and a surface, the inlet being configured to direct a liquid coolant into the chamber and the outlet is configured to direct a vapor coolant away from the chamber, and the surface is in thermal communication with the liquid coolant or the vapor coolant, and a porous unit disposed adjacent to the surface, the porous unit being configured to (i) absorb the liquid coolant, (ii) bring the liquid coolant into thermal communication with the surface, (iii) subject the liquid coolant to a phase transition to a vapor coolant, and (iv) direct said vapor coolant away from the surface, wherein the surface and the porous unit are of different materials, and the porous unit is thermally insulating.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2018Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: ZUTA-CORE LTD.Inventor: Nahshon Eadelson
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Patent number: 12017500Abstract: A heat exchanger for cooling electrical elements of a vehicle includes a pair of coolers disposed over and under an electrical element module, respectively, and each having a plurality of channels longitudinally formed to pass cooling fluid; pipe couplers respectively coupled to first ends of the pair of coolers to pass cooling fluid, having protrusions on first surfaces facing each other, respectively, and connected with pipes on second surfaces; bellows couplers respectively coupled to second ends of the pair of coolers to pass cooling fluid and having protrusions on first surfaces facing each other; and a bellows having top and bottom openings fitted on the protrusions, and being able to contract. The bellows couplers have grooves formed around the protrusions in a shape corresponding to the bellows, and widths of the grooves are larger than a width of the bellows.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2020Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: KOHSAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Il Kim, Kwan Kyo Chai, Gyu Young Jeong, Jeong Hui Kim
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Patent number: 12018894Abstract: Sweating-boosted air cooled heat-pipe condensers employing a nanowick micro fin structure to form a sweating boosted heat dissipation system, wherein the nanowicks may be layered.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: University of South CarolinaInventors: Chen Li, Jamil Khan, Xinyu Huang, Tanvir Farouk, Raikan Dawas, Wei Chang, Pengtao Wang, Mohammad Alwazzan, Guanghan Huang
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Patent number: 12013192Abstract: A valve device 1 includes a rotational shaft 2, and a valve body 4 internally forming a space 10 and rotatable about the rotational shaft 2, the valve body 4 having an outer circumferential surface 28 where a first communication hole 36 and a bottomed groove 38 are formed, the first communication hole 36 communicating with the space 10, the bottomed groove 38 extending from the first communication hole 36 toward one side in a rotational direction of the rotational shaft 2, and the groove 38 including a first section 40 in which at least one of a depth D of the groove 38 and a width W of the groove 38 increases toward the first communication hole 36.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: MIKUNI CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Kawasaki, Toshiaki Fujitani
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Patent number: 12013196Abstract: Cooling sub-systems and methods of manufacturing cooling sub-systems are provided. For example, a cooling sub-system comprises a heat exchanger and a manifold that comprises a first sensor seat and a first valve seat, which are in fluid communication with a flow of a working fluid through the heat exchanger and the manifold. The heat exchanger and manifold are integrally formed as a single unit. In some embodiments, the manifold further comprises a second sensor seat, a second valve seat, and a plurality of internal passageways, which fluidly connects the first and second sensor seats and the first and second valve seats a working fluid inlet and a working fluid outlet for an ingress of working fluid into and out of the manifold. The cooling sub-system may be manufactured by one or more additive manufacturing methods.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2020Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: GE Avio S.r.l.Inventors: Alessandro Bordoni, Pietro Molesini, Lorenzo Dal Mas, Rosaria Conte
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Patent number: 12007138Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes an enclosure that is divided by a partition extending between a first panel and a second panel of the enclosure such that the partition defines an outdoor air flow path and a return air flow path through the enclosure. The partition includes an opening extending between the outdoor airflow path and the return airflow path. The HVAC system also includes an energy recovery wheel that translatably extends through the opening and is positioned within the outdoor air flow path and the return air flow path. The energy recovery wheel is disposed within the enclosure at an oblique angle relative to the outdoor air flow path and the return air flow path.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Tyco Fire & Security GmbHInventors: Vinay Nanjappa, Marcel P. Ferrere, Jr., Vishal S. Jagtap, Vijay A R, Chandra S. Yelamanchili, Curtis W. Caskey, Rajiv K. Karkhanis
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Patent number: 11988443Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device of the present invention comprises a communication unit and a processor for receiving information on a refrigerator from the refrigerator through the communication unit, dividing an operation section of the refrigerator into an event section and a normal section on the basis of the received information, and determining whether the refrigerator is abnormal on the basis of a state of the refrigerator in the normal section or the event section among the received information. The event section includes a section from a time point when a door of the refrigerator is opened to a time point when the temperature of the refrigerator reaches a predetermined temperature after the door is closed, and the normal section includes a section from a time point when the temperature of the refrigerator reaches the predetermined temperature to a time point before the door is opened.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Youngjae Oh, Taehan Jeon, Jaehyun Park, Minjae Kim, Boah Kim, Hyunwoo Kim, Jangpyo Park, Changwon Son, Dongeui Shin
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Patent number: 11976857Abstract: A refrigeration cycle device according to the present disclosure includes: a refrigerant circuit including a compressor, a heat-source-side heat exchanger, a first expansion device, and a load-side heat exchanger, refrigerant cycling through the compressor, the heat-source-side heat exchanger, the first expansion device, and the load-side heat exchanger; a plurality of controllers configured to control the refrigerant circuit; a bypass pipe branching from a high pressure pipe on a discharge side of the compressor and connected to a low pressure pipe on a suction side of the compressor; a second expansion device provided to the bypass pipe, and configured to adjust a flow rate of the refrigerant flowing through the bypass pipe; and a plurality of refrigerant coolers provided to the bypass pipe, and configured to cool the plurality of controllers by using the refrigerant the flow rate of which is adjusted by the second expansion device, each of the plurality of refrigerant coolers including a refrigerant coolinType: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takanori Koike, Naomichi Tamura, Hiroyuki Morimoto