Patents by Inventor Stefan Vandaele

Stefan Vandaele 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).

  • Publication number: 20240068701
    Abstract: An air-conditioning system includes: a compressor unit including a housing accommodating a refrigerant compressor; a high-pressure gas refrigerant pipe connected to a discharge side of the refrigerant compressor; a low-pressure gas refrigerant pipe connected to a suction side of the refrigerant compressor; and air-conditioners. The air-conditioners each include: a return-air inlet and a supply-air outlet each communicating with a predetermined space that is to be air-conditioned; a first heat exchanger configured to cause heat-exchange between refrigerant flowing in the first heat exchanger and air passing through the first heat exchanger; an exhaust-air outlet and an outside-air inlet each communicating with an outside of the predetermined space; and a second heat exchanger configured to cause heat-exchange between refrigerant flowing in the second heat exchanger and air passing through the second heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., DAIKIN EUROPE N.V.
    Inventors: Takahiro Yamaguchi, Stefan Vandaele
  • Publication number: 20230392829
    Abstract: A refrigerant circuit for a refrigeration apparatus with a thermal storage, which is using CO2 as refrigerant, includes: at least one compressor, a heat-source-side heat exchanger, an expansion device, and a thermal storage, including a thermal storage material, which is preferably a phase changing material from the group: organic PCMs like bio-based, paraffin, carbohydrate or lipid derived, or water. The refrigerant circuit further includes: a first fluid communication pipe communicating between a fluid side of the heat-source-side heat exchanger and one side of the thermal storage, and a second fluid communication pipe communicating between the expansion device and the other side of the thermal storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicants: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., DAIKIN EUROPE N.V.
    Inventors: Takahiro YAMAGUCHI, Stefan VANDAELE, Kris VAN DE VELDE
  • Publication number: 20220018571
    Abstract: An air-conditioner includes: a return-air inlet and a supply-air outlet each communicating with a predetermined space; a first main air channel configured to allow air to flow therein towards the supply-air outlet; a first heat exchanger disposed in the first main air channel and that causes heat-exchange between refrigerant flowing therein and air passing therethrough; an exhaust-air outlet communicating with an outside of the predetermined space; a second main air channel configured to allow air to flow therein towards the exhaust-air outlet; a second heat exchanger disposed in the second main air channel and that causes heat-exchange between refrigerant flowing therein and air passing therethrough; and an exhaust ventilation channel configured to allow air to flow therein from the return-air inlet towards the exhaust-air outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicants: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., DAIKIN EUROPE N.V.
    Inventors: Takahiro Yamaguchi, Stefan Vandaele