Patents by Inventor Tingcan Mi

Tingcan Mi 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).

  • Patent number: 11885543
    Abstract: A method of shutting down a refrigeration system including: initiating a shutdown process of the refrigeration system; closing a first valve within a refrigerant circuit of the refrigeration system; operating a compressor within the refrigerant circuit; detecting a suction pressure within the refrigerant circuit; closing a second valve within the refrigerant circuit of the refrigeration system when the suction pressure is below a threshold suction pressure; and stopping operation of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tingcan Mi, Hai Tian, Hui Li, Chengwei Tang
  • Patent number: 11788776
    Abstract: A refrigeration unit includes: a refrigeration circuit including a compressor, a condenser, a thermal expansion valve, and an evaporator connected into a circuit; and a heat recovery system including a thermoelectric module, a control module and a battery; the thermoelectric module includes a first side and a second side, the first side being configured to establish a thermal connection with a first heat source and the second side being configured to establish a thermal connection with a second heat source, the first heat source and the second heat source having different temperatures, the thermoelectric module being configured to generate power by the temperature difference between the first heat source and the second heat source; and the control module is configured to store the power generated by the thermoelectric module to the battery, the battery being configured to drive the refrigeration circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Linhui Chen, Tingcan Mi
  • Patent number: 11668502
    Abstract: A transportation refrigeration system and a CAN ID allocation method for a transportation refrigeration system. The transportation refrigeration system includes: a refrigeration circuit including a compressor, a condenser, and a plurality of evaporators connected in parallel, all of which are connected to form a loop; a plurality of chambers, each of the evaporators being located in one of the chambers to adjust the chamber; a plurality of sensors of the same type, each of the sensors being installed in one of the chambers respectively; and a control unit, after being installed in place and energized, the plurality of sensors send their own identification codes to the control unit, and the control unit allocates a CAN ID to each of the sensors after receiving the identification codes of the sensors, so that the identification code of each sensor is bound to the corresponding CAN ID respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tingcan Mi, Hai Tian, Siwei Cai
  • Publication number: 20220196299
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor and a refrigerating device. The centrifugal compressor includes: a shell, which has a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet; a motor assembly including a stator and a rotor, the rotor including a vertically arranged rotor shaft; a centrifugal compression mechanism, an impeller of which is connected with the rotor shaft so as to be driven by the motor assembly, wherein the centrifugal compression mechanism is arranged downstream of the fluid inlet to receive fluid, compress and pressurize the fluid, and output the pressurized fluid in a direction away from the motor assembly; and a guide member, which receives the pressurized fluid from the centrifugal compression mechanism, and which defines a flow passage alone or together with a part of the shell, wherein the flow passage is configured such that the pressurized fluid from the centrifugal compression mechanism passes through and cools the motor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Tingcan Mi, Kai Deng, Lei Yu, Guangyu Shen, Fei Xie, Yuhui Kuang
  • Publication number: 20220196304
    Abstract: A method of shutting down a refrigeration system including: initiating a shutdown process of the refrigeration system; closing a first valve within a refrigerant circuit of the refrigeration system; operating a compressor within the refrigerant circuit; detecting a suction pressure within the refrigerant circuit; closing a second valve within the refrigerant circuit of the refrigeration system when the suction pressure is below a threshold suction pressure; and stopping operation of the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Tingcan Mi, Hai Tian, Hui Li, Chengwei Tang
  • Publication number: 20220113067
    Abstract: A refrigeration unit includes: a refrigeration circuit including a compressor, a condenser, a thermal expansion valve, and an evaporator connected into a circuit; and a heat recovery system including a thermoelectric module, a control module and a battery; the thermoelectric module includes a first side and a second side, the first side being configured to establish a thermal connection with a first heat source and the second side being configured to establish a thermal connection with a second heat source, the first heat source and the second heat source having different temperatures, the thermoelectric module being configured to generate power by the temperature difference between the first heat source and the second heat source; and the control module is configured to store the power generated by the thermoelectric module to the battery, the battery being configured to drive the refrigeration circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Linhui Chen, Tingcan Mi
  • Publication number: 20210199358
    Abstract: A transportation refrigeration system and a CAN ID allocation method for a transportation refrigeration system. The transportation refrigeration system includes: a refrigeration circuit including a compressor, a condenser, and a plurality of evaporators connected in parallel, all of which are connected to form a loop; a plurality of chambers, each of the evaporators being located in one of the chambers to adjust the chamber; a plurality of sensors of the same type, each of the sensors being installed in one of the chambers respectively; and a control unit, after being installed in place and energized, the plurality of sensors send their own identification codes to the control unit, and the control unit allocates a CAN ID to each of the sensors after receiving the identification codes of the sensors, so that the identification code of each sensor is bound to the corresponding CAN ID respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Tingcan Mi, Hai Tian, Siwei Cai