Patents by Inventor Malcom MILES

Malcom MILES has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method of transferring refrigerant with a discharge pressure
    Patent number: 10378802
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein to use a discharge pressure of a compressor to drive refrigerant in a refrigeration system. Particularly, systems and methods are described herein to help recover liquid refrigerant from a liquid refrigerant section and/or a condenser coil to be used in a heating/defrost mode in a transport refrigerant unit (TRU). The liquid refrigerant can be recovered by directing the discharge refrigerant of the compressor to a liquid refrigerant section, which may include a receiver tank, a dryer and associated refrigerant lines, and/or a condenser coil. The discharge pressure of the discharge port can help drive refrigerant trapped in the liquid refrigerant section and/or the condenser coil into the heating/defrost branch of the TRU, which may include an evaporator coil, an accumulator tank and/or associated refrigerant lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Thermo King Corporation
    Inventors: Vladimír {hacek over (S)}ulc, Pavel Ikráth, Panayu Robert Srichai, Srinivasa Rao Koppineedi, Malcom Miles
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRANSFERRING REFRIGERANT WITH A DISCHARGE PRESSURE
    Publication number: 20160209093
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein to use a discharge pressure of a compressor to drive refrigerant in a refrigeration system. Particularly, systems and methods are described herein to help recover liquid refrigerant from a liquid refrigerant section and/or a condenser coil to be used in a heating/defrost mode in a transport refrigerant unit (TRU). The liquid refrigerant can be recovered by directing the discharge refrigerant of the compressor to a liquid refrigerant section, which may include a receiver tank, a dryer and associated refrigerant lines, and/or a condenser coil. The discharge pressure of the discharge port can help drive refrigerant trapped in the liquid refrigerant section and/or the condenser coil into the heating/defrost branch of the TRU, which may include an evaporator coil, an accumulator tank and/or associated refrigerant lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Vladimír SULC, Pavel IKRATH, Panayu Robert SRICHAI, Srinivasa Rao KOPPINEEDI, Malcom MILES