Patents Examined by Travis Ruby
  • Patent number: 11315806
    Abstract: Wafer cassettes and methods of use that provide heating a cooling to a plurality of wafers to decrease time between wafer switching in a processing chamber. Wafers are supported on a wafer lift which can move all wafers together or on independent lift pins which can move individual wafers for heating and cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason M. Schaller, Robert Brent Vopat, Paul E. Pergande, Benjamin B. Riordon, David Blahnik, William T. Weaver
  • Patent number: 11287197
    Abstract: An assembly includes a valve integration unit attached to a transmission oil heater. The valve integration unit includes a valve mechanism and a housing having first to sixth fluid ports for oil input and output. The interior space of the housing has a valve chamber to receive a thermal valve mechanism has a temperature responsive actuator. A bypass flow passage is located outside the heat exchanger and is in fluid communication with oil inlet and outlet manifolds through first and second bypass holes provided in the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Dana Canada Corporation
    Inventor: Silvio E. Tonellato
  • Patent number: 11280565
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a heat dissipation system including cabinet, coolant distribution units and adapting device. The adapting device includes casing and switch valves. The casing has first liquid inlets, first liquid outlets, second liquid inlet and second liquid outlet. The first liquid inlets are connected to distribution outlets of coolant distribution units, first liquid outlets are connected to distribution inlets of coolant distribution units, second liquid inlet is connected to cabinet, and second liquid outlet is connected to cabinet. The switch valves are connected to first liquid inlets, first liquid outlets, second liquid inlet and second liquid outlet so as to change a connection among first liquid inlets, first liquid outlets, second liquid inlet and second liquid outlet to change a connection between coolant distribution units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventor: Hua Chen
  • Patent number: 11262135
    Abstract: A cooling device configured to cool a heat source includes a tank, a bellow and a solenoid valve. The tank contains a coolant, and the heat source is immersed in the coolant. The solenoid valve includes a first channel, a second channel, a third channel and a piston. The first channel is connected to the tank. The second channel is connected to the bellow. The third channel is connected to an external space. The piston is configured to seal the second channel and the third channel. The piston is configured to connect the first channel to one of the second channel and the third channel. When the heat source is initially activated, the piston is moved to connect the first channel to the third channel. When the heat source operates, the piston is moved to connect the first channel to the second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignees: Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kai-Yang Tung, Hung-Ju Chen
  • Patent number: 11255586
    Abstract: The present invention provides a parallel-connected condensation device, comprising a front condensation unit, a rear condensation unit, and a plurality of heat dissipation fins. The front condensation unit is parallel to the rear condensation unit. The heat dissipation fins is inserted into the front condensation unit and the rear condensation unit. The front condensation unit and the rear condensation unit comprise a plurality of confluence chambers. The confluence chambers are connected with each other to form a plurality of flow channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: MAN ZAI INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chien Wan, Cheng-Jui Wan, Chun-Hsien Su, Hui-Fen Huang
  • Patent number: 11255610
    Abstract: A pulse loop heat exchanger, under vacuum, having a working fluid therein, comprising a heat exchanger body, a first continuity plate, and a second continuity plate is provided. The heat exchanger body, first continuity plate and second continuity plate comprise a plurality of channels and grooves on different elevated plane levels, respectfully. The different elevated plane levels result in increased output pressure gain in downward working fluid flow portions of the grooves, boosting thermo-fluidic transport oscillation driving forces throughout the heat exchanger. The second continuity plate comprises a second continuity plate attachment surface having a third elevated continuity channel. In addition to providing for fluid transport and boosting oscillation driving forces, the third elevated continuity channel also provides an internal reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: COOLER MASTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jen-chih Cheng
  • Patent number: 11214114
    Abstract: A traction battery thermal management system is provided. The thermal management system includes a battery loop for regulating the traction battery temperature. A motor loop is provided for regulating a motor temperature. The thermal management system also includes a radiator. A radiator valve selectively controls fluid flow through the radiator. A battery valve selectively couples the battery loop and the motor loops. The battery loop, the motor loop are in fluid communication and arranged in parallel to be cooled by the radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark G. Smith, William Samuel Schwartz, Kenneth J. Jackson, David Fabricatore
  • Patent number: 11209220
    Abstract: A heatsink comprising a heat exchange device having a plurality of heat exchange elements each having a surface boundary with respect to a heat transfer fluid, having successive elements or regions varying according to a fractal relationship. According to one embodiment, a noise spectrum due to fluid flow is wideband. According to another embodiment, surface boundary layers are disrupted to increase heat transfer. Flow-induced vortices may be generated at non-corresponding locations of the plurality of fractally varying heat exchange elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Fractal Heatsink Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Alexander Poltorak
  • Patent number: 11187471
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for severe temperature and fluid flow conditions in one configuration includes a first longitudinal shell, a second longitudinal shell, and a transverse shell extending transversely between the longitudinal shells. The longitudinal shells may be parallel to each other. The shells are fluidly coupled directly together to form a common shell-side space between an inlet and outlet tubesheet. A generally U-shaped assembly of shells is thus formed. The tube bundle has a complementary U-shaped configuration comprising a plurality of tubes which extend through the longitudinal and transverse shells between the tubesheets. An expansion joint fluidly couples each longitudinal shell to one of the tubesheets. The shell-side inlet and outlet nozzle may be fluidly coupled to the expansion joints for introducing and extracting the shell-side fluid from the heat exchanger. In another configuration, the heat exchanger may be L-shaped with tube bundle of the same configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventor: Krishna P. Singh
  • Patent number: 10202800
    Abstract: The invention concerns a window including a window pane with one or more glass panes, a window frame in which the window pane is provided, at least one temperature sensor arranged in or at the periphery of the window pane, and an electric circuit connected to the temperature sensor mounted on or in the window frame. The electric circuit is configured to be connected to an operation unit which is configured to regulate the incident light through the window pane. The invention furthermore concerns a method for controlling a window wherein the electric circuit controls the means configured to regulate the incident light through the window pane based on a set of parameters. The parameters are determined on the basis of the orientation and geographical position of the window whereby the supply of free energy is optimized and the amount of energy supplied from energy sources in the room is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: WICURIT APS
    Inventor: Lars Petersen
  • Patent number: 10197309
    Abstract: A cold end heat exchanging device and a semiconductor refrigerator having the cold end heat exchanging device. The cold end heat exchanging device comprises a cold end heat exchanging part and a plurality of refrigerant pipelines. The cold end heat exchanging part defines an inner cavity or a conduit for containing a gas-phase and liquid-phase co-existing refrigerant. Each refrigerant pipeline is provided with an evaporation section that is downwards bent and extends in a vertical plane and has a closed tail end, and a connection section that is upwards bent and extends from a starting end of the evaporation section and is connected to the inner cavity or the conduit. Evaporation sections of at least some refrigerant pipelines of the plurality of refrigerant pipelines are distributed in two vertical planes that are perpendicular to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD
    Inventors: Haibo Tao, Dong Yu, Peng Li, Jianru Liu, Dingyuan Wang, Chunyang Li, Feifei Qi, Lisheng Ji
  • Patent number: 10161639
    Abstract: An apparatus and system for efficiently and safely transferring heat from a masonry heater to an external heating device using coil pipes and a liquid circulation pump. Circulation of a heat transfer liquid in the apparatus and system is controlled based on the measured temperature of the heat transfer liquid in the coil pipe on a return side of the masonry heater. Two additional sensors near the external heating device are used to control the flow rate of the circulation of the heat transfer liquid in the apparatus and system, thereby controlling the amount of heat actually transferred to the external heating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Inventor: Joseph Copeland
  • Patent number: 10161690
    Abstract: A multi-layer heat exchanger includes a fluid layer defined by a first sheet and a second sheet, the fluid layer configured to route a fluid in a predominant flow direction. Also included is a fluid inlet port disposed proximate an inlet end region of the fluid layer, wherein the fluid inlet port is oriented to introduce the fluid into the fluid layer in a direction substantially perpendicular to the predominant flow direction, wherein the inlet end region of the fluid layer comprises a non-linear geometry. Further included is at least one fin segment disposed between the first sheet and the second sheet, wherein the at least one fin segment includes a first plurality of apertures proximate the inlet end region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND SPACE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Mark A. Zaffetti, Jeremy M. Strange, Dale T. Cooke
  • Patent number: 10131204
    Abstract: A system may receive historical climate control selections by a user and environmental conditions across a plurality of climate-controlled contexts; identify a correlation of temperature settings in a first of the climate-controlled contexts to temperature settings in a second of the climate-controlled contexts for an environmental condition; and update a user profile of the user according to the correlation. The system may also identify an upcoming user transition from a first climate-controlled context to a second climate-controlled context; and precondition the second context in accordance with the correlation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Sudipto Aich, Jamel Seagraves, Casey Bryan Feldman, Yonathan Aklilu Redda
  • Patent number: 10119765
    Abstract: An arc-shaped plate heat exchanger, including a cylindrical housing and a heat-exchanging plate assembly. The heat-exchanging plate assembly includes two groups of arc-shaped heat-exchanging plates symmetrically disposed at either side of the axis of the housing. In each group of the arc-shaped heat-exchanging plate, multiple arc-shaped heat-exchanging plates are arranged from the housing center outward and form isolating first and second fluid channels, the plates' diameters increasing outward. During heat exchange, cold fluid enters the heat exchanger from the housing's first fluid inlet, and flows through straight channels of the arc-shaped heat-exchanging plates to exit from a first fluid outlet, while the hot fluid enters the heat exchanger from a second fluid entrance on the side wall of the housing, and flows through arc-shaped channels of the arc-shaped heat-exchanging plates to exit from a second fluid outlet. Heat exchange between the cold and hot fluid is thus achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: LUOYANG RUICHANG ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Song Shao, Feng Lv, Juyuan Tang, Guohui Shao
  • Patent number: 10087793
    Abstract: A thermal management unit for a vehicle powertrain includes an integrated oil heater, a control valve, and a pressure relief valve. A remote oil cooler is connected to fluid ports of the thermal management unit. Transmission oil is received into the thermal management unit and is directed to one or both of the transmission oil heater and the transmission oil cooler. A portion of the flow of oil can be internally bypassed through the pressure relief valve to maintain the pressure of the oil below a threshold. The flow of oil is directed through the control valve after having been heated and/or cooled, and the proportions of oil being directed through the oil heater and the oil cooler are determined by the temperature of the oil in the control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Andrew Boyer, Ashutosh Patil, Daniel Raduenz, Danny Berg, Christopher Dries
  • Patent number: 10088191
    Abstract: False determination in the presence or absence of a person in a in a room is limited. An air conditioner suspends an air conditioning operation if a room is vacant. If at least one of motion detectors, each provided to one of the indoor units, starts to detect the presence of a person during suspension of the air conditioning operation, an indoor controller of an indoor unit sums, for each of the motion detectors, time periods in which the presence of the person is detected to obtain a detection time period sum. If any one of detection time period sums, each for one of the motion detectors, reaches a reference value within a predetermined time period, the outdoor controller causes the air conditioner to resume the air conditioning operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryouta Suhara, Takayoshi Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi Yokomizo, Tomoo Masuda
  • Patent number: 10088179
    Abstract: An induction displacement unit comprising an induction plenum comprising a plurality of first nozzles communicating with a first discharge plenum and a plurality of second nozzles communicating with a second discharge plenum, a return air plenum, a heating coil disposed between the return air plenum and the first discharge plenum, a cooling coil disposed between the return air plenum and the second discharge plenum, the induction plenum vertically disposed between the heating coil and the cooling coil, the heating coil disposed in an upper portion of the unit, the first discharge plenum disposed to induce a substantially vertical discharge, and the second discharge plenum disposed to induce a substantially horizontal discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: AIR DISTRIBUTION TECHNOLOGIES IP, LLC
    Inventors: Joachim Hirsch, Meghna Parikh, Brian J. Graham
  • Patent number: 10081225
    Abstract: An air conditioner including a defrost vent, a face vent, floor vents and a console vent to discharge air. A console door adjusts the degree of opening of the console vent. A console air volume distribution means comprises a console slot which is formed on a mode cam and is connected with a rotary shaft of the console door to carry out cam motion. The console slot includes a closing slot part, an opening slot part and a middle slot part. The opening slot part, the middle slot part and the closing slot part are arranged such that the degree of opening of the console vent is reduced while an air discharge mode of the air conditioner is changed successively from a face mode to a bi-level mode, a floor mode, a mixing mode and a defrost mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: In Keun Kang, Jae Woo Ko, Sae Dong Eom, Gyu Ik Han
  • Patent number: 10074512
    Abstract: A system that may include a chamber, a motorized system, a chuck, a controller, multiple temperature sensors and a cooling module; wherein the chuck is configured to support an object that is positioned within the chamber; wherein the motorized system is configured to move the chuck in relation to the chamber; wherein the multiple temperature sensors are configured to sense multiple temperatures of at least one point within the chamber; wherein the cooling module is configured to cool a unit of the motorized system; and wherein the controller is configured to control the cooling module in response to the multiple temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS ISRAEL LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Hsiang Yen, Barak Dee-Noor, Yuval Gronau, Ronen Hagai, Efim Vinnitsky, Yohanan Madmon