Patents Issued in October 6, 2020
  • Patent number: 10794583
    Abstract: A Light Emitting Diode (LED) light fixture that provides high illumination such as that found for indoor and outdoor performance lighting. The LED fixture has a LED housing and a power supply housing that are configured to have a space between them when constructed for air flow. LED housing has two sets of cooling fins, a first set with a length from the face of the LED housing to the rear of the LED housing, and a second with a length from the face of the LED housing into a cut-out in the power supply housing. This cooling system provides for an efficient, compact, and esthetically pleasing fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: INSIGHT LIGHTING, INC.
    Inventors: Jaxon K. Patterson, George Reekie, Rob Love
  • Patent number: 10794584
    Abstract: A luminaire includes a housing assembly, a spacer, and a globe optic. A collar may be included on the spacer such that the luminaire can accommodate different sizes of globe optics without requiring complete replacement of the luminaire. The spacer may include airflow apertures that promote air circulation within the luminaire when the luminaire is assembled. A wireless node may be included with the luminaire. In some examples, the wireless node may be positioned on at least one of the housing assembly, the spacer, or the globe optic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Vincent Adams, Brent James Smith, Luke Jonathon Siefker
  • Patent number: 10794585
    Abstract: A light source unit disclosed in an embodiment includes a first cover which has an open region; a second cover which is coupled to the first cover; a light source module which is disposed between the first cover and the second cover, and has a light-emitting device disposed on the open region and a circuit board on which the light-emitting device is disposed; a fixing frame which is disposed between the second cover and the circuit board; and a resin member which is filled in an region between the first cover and the second cover and supports the light source module and the fixing frame. The light source module includes a moisture-proof film which covers an upper surface and side surfaces of the light-emitting device and extends to an upper surface of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Do Hwan Kim, Jae Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 10794586
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for enhanced communication cables which may be configured for supporting at least two separate functions, including distribution of data and at least one other different function. An example enhanced cable may include an arrangement along at least a section of the cable, with that arrangement configured for supporting at least the other different function. The other different function may include illumination. The arrangement may include an illumination arrangement. The cable may include light guiding material configured for use in conjunction with the illumination arrangement. The cable may include a jacket configured to accommodate the arrangement. The cable may include one or more apertures arranged on at least one component of the cable, in accordance with a specific pattern based on the arrangement. A location and/or a shape of at least one aperture may be configured based on at least one component of the arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SWISSCOM AG
    Inventor: Daniel Wenger
  • Patent number: 10794587
    Abstract: A solid fuel boiler burner has a rotary combustion chamber mounted in casing. The casing is connected by hooks to a gearwheel. The gearwheel is mounted rotationally between a pair of cage bearings. The gearwheel and a compensating and pressure plate have openings for a inflow of air from a blower chamber through an adjustable screen. The adjustable screen controls a ratio of primary to secondary air. A worm feeder delivers fuel to the combustion chamber through an outlet thereof. The worm feeder has an axially placed aeration duct therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: BTI GUMKOWSKI SP. Z O.O. SP. K.
    Inventor: Maciej Gumkowski
  • Patent number: 10794588
    Abstract: Embodiments of apparatuses and methods for controlling heat for rapid thermal processing of carbonaceous material are provided herein. The apparatus comprises a reactor, a reheater for forming a fluidized bubbling bed comprising an oxygen-containing gas, inorganic heat carrier particles, and char and for burning the char into ash to form heated inorganic particles. An inorganic particle cooler is in fluid communication with the reheater. The inorganic particle cooler comprises a shell portion and a tube portion. The inorganic particle cooler is configured such that the shell portion receives a portion of the heated inorganic particles and the tube portion receives a cooling medium for indirect heat exchange with the portion of the heated inorganic particles to form partially-cooled heated inorganic particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Ensyn Renewables, Inc.
    Inventors: Sathit Kulprathipanja, Daniel N. Myers, Paolo Palmas
  • Patent number: 10794589
    Abstract: A liquid fuel cartridge for a gas turbine fuel nozzle includes a tube having an inlet end and an outlet end with one or more fuel exit orifices; and a homogenizer located within the tube, adjacent and up-stream of the outlet end. The homogenizer is formed by a substantially-cylindrical body open at opposite ends, and a first row of circumferentially-spaced flanges projecting radially outwardly from the substantially cylindrical body, with radially-outer edges of said flanges engaged with an interior surface of the tube thereby creating a plurality of apertures for a liquid fuel and water emulsion. The homogenizer body may also be provided with a plurality of circumferentially-spaced radially-oriented orifices to promote better mixing of the fuel/water emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Borys Borysovich Shershnyov, Alexey Yurievich Gerasimov
  • Patent number: 10794590
    Abstract: A burner system configured to distribute gas evenly to multiple gas release nozzles shaped to generate increased flame height and a more aesthetically pleasing and consistent flame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Inventor: Lupe Estrada
  • Patent number: 10794591
    Abstract: A burner assembly including a gas inlet fixture for use with a burner tube, the gas inlet fixture including a plurality of tabs to engage a neck of a gas control valve to improve ignition and center the gas flow down the center of the burner tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products LLC
    Inventors: Roy N. Voss, Mohammed Shoeb
  • Patent number: 10794592
    Abstract: An infrared ray generation mesh adapted to a combustion device comprising a mesh body which includes a first surface and a second surface positioned back-to-back, and a peripheral edge which has a first part and a second part on opposite sites. Wherein, the mesh body is bent or folded integrally to form a plurality of corrugations, each of the corrugations extending from the first part to the second part; and the mesh body is flame heated to generate infrared rays. Whereby, the infrared ray generation mesh improves accumulation of thermal energy generated by open fire, such that the heating range of infrared rays is getting wider and the infrared intensity per unit area is higher to achieve better heat control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: GRAND MATE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chung-Chin Huang, Chin-Ying Huang, Hsin-Ming Huang, Hsing-Hsiung Huang, Yen-Jen Yeh, Kuan-Chou Lin
  • Patent number: 10794593
    Abstract: A vaporization pipe for a kerosene lamp has an oil tube, a thermally conductive tube, and a first passage. The oil tube is made of steel and has a vaporization jet on a top of the oil tube. The thermally conductive tube is mounted in the oil tube and forms a first channel. The first passage is disposed between the oil tube and the thermally conductive tube. The steel oil tube can prevent the vaporization pipe from being softened and bent during the preheating of vaporization pipe or burning of the kerosene, and thus a useful lifetime of the vaporization pipe is prolonged. The thermally conductive tube is made of high-thermal-conductivity material for keeping the vaporization pipe with adequate thermal conductivity and improving a burning rate of kerosene. The first passage allows the kerosene to flow upward, preventing the kerosene from being vaporized incompletely because the kerosene is over pressurized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Inventors: Po-Kai Tsao, Chih-Fang Lee
  • Patent number: 10794594
    Abstract: A lighter case for covering a lighter to resemble a shotgun shell includes a disc, a first tube, and a lid. The first tube is coupled to and extends perpendicularly from the disc. The first tube has a top that is open so that the first tube is configured to insert a lighter through the top. The lid is hingedly coupled to the first tube proximate to the top. The lid is configured to selectively couple to the first tube to close the top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Inventor: Omokhuale Omokhodion
  • Patent number: 10794595
    Abstract: An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine assembly includes a combustor wall with a shell and a heat shield. The combustor wall defines a quench aperture therethrough. The combustor wall also defines a cavity between the shell and the heat shield. The shell defines a first aperture through which air is directed into the cavity. The heat shield includes a rail that at least partially defines a second aperture configured to direct at least some of the air within the cavity out of the combustor wall and towards the quench aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Randal G. McKinney, Frank J. Cunha, Stanislav Kostka, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10794596
    Abstract: A fuel nozzle for a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes an outer air swirler along an axis, said outer air swirler defines an outer annular air passage between an outer wall and an inner wall, the outer wall defines a convergent-divergent nozzle. An inner air swirler along the axis to define an annular liquid passage therebetween, the annular liquid passage terminates upstream of the convergent-divergent nozzle and an annular fuel gas passage around the axis between the outer air swirler and the inner air swirler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Zhongtao Dai, Randolph J Smith, Kristin Kopp-Vaughan, Timothy S. Snyder, Donald J Hautman
  • Patent number: 10794597
    Abstract: A knob assembly includes a knob located at a front panel of the knob assembly and configured to rotate about an axis, a knob ring that is located at the front panel, that surrounds the knob, and that rotates about the axis independently of rotation of the knob, an adjusting shaft that extends from the knob through the knob ring in a direction rearward of the front panel and that rotates based on rotation of the knob and causes operation of a device, a first rotation sensing part that senses rotation of the adjusting shaft, and a first sensing target that rotates based on rotation of the adjusting shaft. A position of the first sensing target changes based on rotation of the first sensing target, and the first rotation sensing part senses at least one of the position or a change of the position of the first sensing target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yeonsik Ha, Hyunggu Lee
  • Patent number: 10794598
    Abstract: An oven has a first conveyor, a first burner that directs heat toward the first conveyor from above the first conveyor, and a second burner that directs heat toward the first conveyor from below the first conveyor. A method includes providing foodstuff on a conveyor, exposing the foodstuff to heat directed toward the foodstuff from above the conveyor, and exposing the foodstuff to heat directed toward the foodstuff from below the conveyor. Another oven has a first conveyor and first conveyor insulators that surround the first conveyor and define a first zone. Another method includes introducing foodstuff to a first conveyor belt within a first insulated zone, introducing heat into the first insulated zone, and retaining a portion of the heat within the first insulated zone. Another oven has an insulated cooking zone that closely envelopes a cooking path and an insulated oven zone that substantially envelopes the cooking zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Inventor: Souhel Khanania
  • Patent number: 10794599
    Abstract: An oven including a camera disposed above a cooking compartment to clearly capture an inside of the cooking compartment, and having a structure which cools the camera to prevent a temperature of the camera from being increased due to heat generated in the cooking compartment. The oven includes the camera provided above the cooking compartment and configured to capture the inside of the cooking compartment, a camera cooling fan disposed above the camera and configured to cool the camera by suctioning external air, a first glass provided at a ceiling of the cooking compartment so that the camera captures the inside of the cooking compartment and configured to block transmission of heat in the cooking compartment to the camera, and a second glass provided between the camera and the first glass and configured to block transmission of heat to the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeong Jin Jang, Sang-Jin Lee, Jung Hak Lee, Myoung Keun Kwon, Sang Jun Park, Eung Ryeol Seo, Han Jun Sung
  • Patent number: 10794600
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an advantageously interactive item of furniture and/or appliance comprising: at least one worktop formed from at least one substrate made of a monolithic glazing material and of area larger than 0.7 m2, said substrate having a lightness L* higher than 10, a light transmission TL lower than 50%, an opacity indicator higher than 90, and if needs be a haze higher than 15%; at least one heating element; at least one light source, in particular intended to light up one or more zones or one or more elements or displays of the substrate, in particular by projection, this source for example being located plumb with the substrate; and at least one interface for communicating with at least one element of the worktop such as the one or more light sources and/or the one or more heating elements and/or if needs be wirelessly with at least one external element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: EUROKERA S.N.C.
    Inventors: Bertrand Charpentier, Javier Fernandez, Michel Lismonde, Michael Ravel, Nicolas Roux, Pablo Vilato, Scott Wayne Watson
  • Patent number: 10794601
    Abstract: A heat chamber apparatus comprises a base assembly, a lid assembly operably installed on the base assembly, and a rack assembly and heater assembly incorporated in the base and/or lid assemblies, the base and lid assemblies being optionally telescopically engaged for selectively adjusting the interior space of the heat chamber, and the rack assembly separating the interior space into first and second sub-chambers and being optionally pivotable for selectively accessing the sub-chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: FastForm Research Ltd.
    Inventor: David Sheehan
  • Patent number: 10794602
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a cabinet that defines an exterior of the cooking appliance, a cooking unit provided within the cabinet, the cooking unit configured to perform cooking using a first heat source, a drawer provided under the cooking unit, the drawer configured to perform cooking using a second heat source and to be inserted in and withdrawn from the cabinet, and a damping module configured to absorb a closing shock transmitted to the drawer based on the drawer being closed by being inserted into the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Moonho Choi
  • Patent number: 10794603
    Abstract: Techniques for purifier light are provided. A purifier light can determine characteristics of the environment in which the purifier light is installed, determine capabilities of purifier light, determine one or more objectives of the installation of purifier light related to purification of the environment, perform a self-configuration of purifier light according to the determined one or more objectives, and determine and execute suitable actions for purifier light to perform to achieve the determined one or more objectives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: RESILIENCE MAGNUM IP, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Rosen, Ronald Cozean, Eric Allen, David Edward Mordetzky, Megan Horvath, Anthony John Pyros, John Elwood, Michael Chang, Elie Attarian
  • Patent number: 10794604
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for building comfort control are described herein. One system includes computing device for building comfort control, comprising: a memory, and a processor configured to execute instructions to: receive feedback from a plurality of users on a comfort level for an area of a building, generate a comfort model for each of the plurality of users based on the feedback, and adjust a number of settings of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit for the area based on the comfort model for users among the plurality of users who are currently in the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Petr Endel, Ondrej Holub, Karel Marik
  • Patent number: 10794605
    Abstract: Laboratory ventilation is integrated. The HVAC room controller requests changes in the exhaust set point of one or more fume hoods. By allowing the fume hoods to respond to such HVAC requests, the fume hood exhaust may be turned down to a point below the highest level that could be needed. The request may be used to turn the fume hood exhaust back up, so greater energy savings may be possible in non-peak demand operation of the HVAC system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Schweiz AG
    Inventors: James J. Coogan, Matthias Blask, Gregory Kempf
  • Patent number: 10794606
    Abstract: Systems and methods of using active infrared (AIR) sensors to map a room of a home or building and determine whether an external portal (e.g., window and/or door) of the room is open or closed are provided. In particular, the systems and methods include outputting infrared (IR) light from an IR light source of an active infrared (AIR) sensor, receiving reflected IR light with a light sensor, and determining, with a processor coupled to the light sensor, whether a window of a room is open according to the received reflected IR light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Laura Rabb, Andrea Colaco, Ghulam A. Kirmani, Aveek Ravishekhar Purohit, Luis Villaran, Kenneth Louis Herman, Bryan James, Casey Mills Davis, Yash Modi
  • Patent number: 10794607
    Abstract: Configuration of flow paths for the output (e.g., chilled or heated air) of an HVAC system is described. In one embodiment, a demand response message can be received from a resource provider requesting that the HVAC system increase or decrease consumption of the resource. If the request is satisfied, then the output from the HVAC device will be increased or decreased resulting in potential discomfort for occupants. This output, however, rather than being distributed in a uniform manner, can instead be distributed, via ventilation elements of the HVAC system in a non-uniform way according to the flow paths. The flow paths can be determined to direct sufficient output to high priority zones in order to, e.g., satisfy a comfort level in the high priority zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Trane International Inc.
    Inventor: Darryl E. Denton
  • Patent number: 10794608
    Abstract: An air-conditioning control evaluation apparatus includes a storage unit and a computing unit. The storage unit stores building information, input information, control information, a set of building models, and a candidate selection criterion. The computing unit determines an item available as input data for a building model, identifies the distribution of observed data, selects a plurality of candidate building models from the set of building models based on the available item and candidate selection criterion, estimates each parameter based on a method corresponding to the distribution, determines one building model based on a predetermined statistic calculated for the plurality of building models and the residual between estimated and observed values calculated for each of the building models, and evaluates, by use of the determined building model, energy saving and comfort for a plurality of controls to be evaluated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mio Motodani, Masae Sawada, Takaya Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10794609
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling an operation of devices for an occupant. A processor to iteratively train a personalized thermal comfort model (PTCM) during an initialization period. Receive a sequence of unlabeled real-time data. A transmitter requests the occupant to label an instance of unlabeled data, when there is a disagreement between the labels of stored historical labeled data (LD) similar to received unlabeled data and a predicted label on the new unlabeled data that exceeds a threshold. The processor, in response to receiving the labeled data, trains the PTCM using different weights of the personalized LD than to the historical LD. Retrains PTCM using the historical database and the updated personalized database. A controller controls the set of devices based on the retrained PTCM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Emil Laftchiev, Annamalai Natarajan
  • Patent number: 10794610
    Abstract: A controller converts a detection result of an infrared sensor into overall thermal image data representing a temperature distribution within an infrared detection range of the infrared sensor, calculates, based on the overall thermal image data, a floor area of an air-conditioned space, and obtains, based on the overall thermal image data, floor thermal image data including a plurality of element data items each including coordinates within the floor area and a floor temperature within the floor area associated with the coordinates. The controller determines the presence or absence of a floor heating device in the air-conditioned space. When the controller determines the presence of the floor heating device, the controller determines, based on data that is included in the floor thermal image data and corresponds to an installation region of the floor heating device, an operation state of the floor heating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Toshinori Nakamura, Takuya Mukoyama
  • Patent number: 10794611
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigeration cycle circuit that includes a plurality of load-side heat exchangers and a plurality of indoor units that accommodate the plurality of load-side heat exchangers. Each of the plurality of indoor units includes an air-sending fan. At least one of the plurality of indoor units includes a refrigerant detection unit. When refrigerant is detected by the refrigerant detection unit included in any one of the plurality of indoor units, the air-sending fans included in all of the plurality of indoor units operate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Company
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Suzuki, Masahiko Takagi, Kenyu Tanaka, Kazuki Watanabe, Naoya Matsunaga, Teppei Higuchi
  • Patent number: 10794612
    Abstract: A heat source integrated air conditioner, which includes a freezer, a cooling tower, and a device for heating and is integrated up to heat source supply equipment to be capable of supplying cooling and heating as well as dehumidification, humidification, and ventilation is provided. The heat source integrated air conditioner is formed on an upper side of one frame and installed outside or on a rooftop of a building, thereby reducing time and cost for manufacturing, installation and maintenance, increasing utilization of a space inside a building, reducing heat loss and appliance costs by minimizing piping distance, and creating a pleasant indoor environment, and also enhancing utilization of a space inside the building and maximizing energy saving during operation of cooling/heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: MOONMYUNG ACE CO., LTD
    Inventor: Jun Beom Lee
  • Patent number: 10794613
    Abstract: Overflow protection and monitoring devices capable of coupling to a drainage pan and may include: a drainage line; a base, the base including an input port; a dry section; and a wet section, the input port capable of coupling to the drainage pan; a base cover, the base cover removably coupled to the base, the base cover including a base cover output port capable of coupling to the drainage line; a fluid displacement mechanism located in the wet section, the fluid displacement mechanism including a fluid displacement mechanism output port; a fluid detection mechanism located in the wet section; and a base attachment, the base attachment coupled to the fluid displacement mechanism output port and the base cover output port, the base attachment including an air relief port and back-flow preventer; a control unit capable of energizing the fluid displacement mechanism upon receiving a signal from the fluid detection mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: KEVIN MICHAEL MURPHY, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Michael Murphy
  • Patent number: 10794614
    Abstract: A thermosiphon system for hot water heaters. In an embodiment, the thermosiphon includes a multi-tubular structure which in an embodiment is insertable through the cold water connection in a hot water tank in order to provide for a thermosiphon action in the hot water heater, to keep water circulating and prevent temperature stratification of water in the tank. In another embodiment, a thermosiphon design is fabricated within a water heater tank at the factory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Inventor: Bernard J. Mottershead
  • Patent number: 10794615
    Abstract: To reduce the possibility that temperature of refrigerant discharged from a compressor of a refrigeration apparatus becomes excessively high by controlling torque of a motor built into the compressor, the compressor includes the motor having rotation thereof controlled by inverter control. An inverter controller controls torque of the motor using inverter control when operation frequency of the compressor is at least one value within a range of from 10 Hz to 40 Hz. When at least the operation frequency is within the range of from 10 Hz to 40 Hz, torque of the motor is controlled, and under a predetermined condition in which temperature of refrigerant discharged from the compressor easily becomes excessively high, a device controller controls devices provided in a refrigerant circuit such that refrigerant sucked into the compressor is placed in a wet vapor state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Haikawa, Tomoatsu Minamida, Shigeharu Taira
  • Patent number: 10794616
    Abstract: A hybrid expander combines a Brayton engine first stage with one or more GM colder stages that uses the flow from the Brayton engine to provide refrigeration at one or more remote heat stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO (SHI) CRYOGENIC OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Ralph Longsworth
  • Patent number: 10794617
    Abstract: A thermal management system comprises a first heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between a first component and a first working fluid, a first working fluid compressor downstream in first working fluid flow of the first heat exchanger and configured to compress the first working fluid, a second heat exchanger downstream in first working fluid flow of the compressor and configured to exchange heat between the first working fluid and a second working fluid and an expander downstream in first working fluid flow of the second heat exchanger, and configured to expand and cool first working fluid and deliver cooled first working fluid to the first heat exchanger. The system further comprises a third heat exchanger upstream in second working fluid flow of the second heat exchanger, and configured to exchange heat between a second component and the second working fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventor: Matthew Moxon
  • Patent number: 10794618
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include tanks for cooling liquid where at least two thermoelectric chips come into contact with and cool a plurality of conductive fins that each extend into the interior of the tank where they come into contact with and thereby chill fluid as it is housed in and flows between two connected chambers within the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: LVD Acquisition, LLC
    Inventor: Alexander Wasserman
  • Patent number: 10794619
    Abstract: A compressor includes a compression mechanism, a shaft, a motor, and a cooling medium delivery structure. The motor includes a rotor mounted on the shaft and a stator disposed radially outwardly of the rotor to form a gap between the rotor and the stator. The cooling medium delivery structure includes inlet and outlet conduits located to supply and discharge a cooling medium to and from the motor. The shaft has an external shape different than an internal shape of the rotor to form at least one axial passageway between the shaft and the rotor. The cooling medium is supplied through the gap and the at least one axial passageway to cool the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: DAIKIN APPLIED AMERICAS INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Layton Knopp, Jeffrey Allen Morgan, Ronald J. Formosa, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10794620
    Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus reduces occurrence of refrigerant accumulation on a downstream side of an evaporator to favorably circulate refrigerant. The air-conditioning apparatus includes: a main circuit in which a compressor, a refrigerant-flow switching device, a load-side heat exchanger, a load-side expansion device and three heat-source-side heat exchangers are connected by pipes to circulate refrigerant; and a heat-exchanger flow-passage switching device which performs switching to apply a first series refrigerant passage in the case where the three heat-source-side heat exchangers are used as condensers, and switching to apply a parallel refrigerant passage in the case where the three heat-source-side heat exchangers are used as evaporators. In the first series refrigerant passage, on an upstream side, the first and second heat-source-side heat exchangers are connected parallel to each other, and on a downstream side, the third heat-source-side heat exchanger is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Shuhei Mizutani
  • Patent number: 10794621
    Abstract: An air conditioner and a method of controlling an air conditioner are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Changmin Choi, Taekyu Ha, Sunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 10794622
    Abstract: A water pocket with an open top side is filled with water, mounted in a regular position on a supporting frame, and tilts to supply the water stored in the water pocket to an ice making tray, thereby easily supplying a required amount of water to the ice making tray. A refrigerator includes an ice making tray provided to linearly move with rotation when ice of the ice making tray is separated, or includes a holding preventing member which prevents the ice from being caught by a lower ice making tray, thereby improving a forward-and-backward width of an ice maker. It is possible to easily withdraw ice stored in an ice bucket by pushing an ice discharge button in a state in which the ice bucket is not separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Jeong, Bong Su Son, Do Yun Jang, Yoon Young Kim, Yong Jong Park, Moon Gyo Jung, Kook Jeong Seo
  • Patent number: 10794623
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a heating control method, a heating control device, and an ice maker. The heating control method comprises: determining that the ice maker is in an ice-making operation state; acquiring a first heating strategy of a target part of the ice maker according to a preset first heating strategy acquisition rule, based on ambient parameter information of an ambient in which the target part of the ice maker is located; and heating the target part based on the first heating strategy. Through the embodiments of the present disclosure, the problem that the deicing heating control technology of the ice maker in the prior art has high energy consumption is solved, and the beneficial effect of precise and low-energy deicing heating control on the ice-prone parts of the ice maker is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Inventors: Jingyu Zhang, Yu Li, Deming Wei
  • Patent number: 10794624
    Abstract: The disclosure extends to apparatuses, methods, and systems, for producing frozen confections and conditioning ice for use in frozen confections. The disclosure further extends to apparatuses, methods, and systems for providing a frozen confection machine that is portable and sized for easy storage as well as a portable frozen convection experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Snowie LLC
    Inventor: Carl A. Rupp
  • Patent number: 10794625
    Abstract: A first exemplary aspect is a cooling apparatus including: a heat insulator covering at least a part of a target object a supply pipe connected to a space between the heat insulator and the target object; a crusher configured to supply a sublimable coolant powder to the supply pipe; and an air cooler configured to jet gas to the supply pipe so that the coolant powder flows therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki Nagamine, Naohide Hashimoto, Fumiaki Aono, Yasuo Mizushima
  • Patent number: 10794626
    Abstract: The invention relates to a table having a tabletop and including a refrigerating machine, at least one section of the tabletop being coolable by means of the refrigerating machine via a thermal contact; an upper vacuum chamber, which can be evacuated, for thermally insulating the thermal contact from a surrounding area of the table, said chamber connecting an upper face of the refrigerating machine facing the tabletop and the section to be cooled, and which has at least one flexible upper chamber section; a lower vacuum chamber, which can be evacuated, which is connected to a lower face of the refrigerating machine facing away from the tabletop, and which has at least one flexible lower chamber section; and a rigid stiffening structure, which is connected to the refrigerating machine via the flexible upper chamber section and via the flexible lower chamber section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: ATTOCUBE SYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Claudio Dal Savio, Khaled Karrai
  • Patent number: 10794627
    Abstract: Closures for opening and closing the access openings of enclosures can include an adjusting feature that allows misalignments of the closures, in relation to seating surfaces at the access openings, to be corrected. A closure can include a closure inward surface that includes a closure inward surface seating site that is configured to engage an enclosure seating site at the access opening when the access opening is closed by the closure. At least one mounting bracket can be adjustably secured to the closure inward surface so as to be positionable at selected distances inwardly and outwardly of the closure inward surface. The at least one mounting bracket can be configured to have mounted thereto a system by means of which the closure can be supported for travel along a path away from and toward the access opening upon the opening and closing, respectively, of the access opening by the closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Jose Carlos Trejo Olvera, Kelly Fox Hodnett
  • Patent number: 10794628
    Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a body which includes a storage compartment, a door which opens and closes the storage compartment and includes a dispenser, a water tank case disposed in the door, a water tank separably mounted in the water tank case, a water level sensor configured to sense a water level inside the water tank when the water tank is mounted in the water tank case, and a water tank valve configured to guide water supplied from a water supply source to the dispenser or the water tank and to prevent water from being supplied to the water tank when the water level sensor senses that a certain amount of water is stored in the water tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Min Park, Jun O Kwon, Jae Koog An
  • Patent number: 10794629
    Abstract: A system for measuring and monitoring the closure of a refrigerated compartment of an appliance includes a controller having at least one input and at least one output for receiving and providing electrical signals to a plurality of electrical components of the appliance. The system includes a pressure sensor for monitoring the compartment to detect the presence of a negative pressure pulse indicative of a compartment closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mark W. Wilson, Eric Scalf
  • Patent number: 10794630
    Abstract: Method for separating air by cryogenic distillation, wherein air is compressed in a compressor and is subsequently sent to a heat exchanger, with the air cooled in the exchanger being sent to a check valve downstream of the heat exchanger and subsequently to a turbine, the valve being positioned so that air from a short-circuiting duct cannot return to the exchanger from the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Patrice Cavagne, Benedicte Dos Santos, Yann-Pierrick Lemaire
  • Patent number: 10794631
    Abstract: The present invention provides a conveyor belt tracking system for a dryer having a web of a mesh material having a protrusion extending along the length proximal one lateral edge and above a flat surface and a first generally cylindrical roller having a three-tiered slot for receiving the protrusion and two flanking shallow tracks for receiving base flanges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: M&R Printing Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard C. Hoffman, Jr., Mariusz Switalski, Jerzy Podstawka, Dariusz Tkacz
  • Patent number: 10794632
    Abstract: A cover plate for use in lyophilization processes is provided. The cover plate includes a base portion and a plurality of protuberances which project from the base portion. The protuberances are adapted to fit in one or more delivery containers, such as syringe barrels. The cover plate permits the escape of vapor from the one or more delivery containers during a lyophilization process. In addition, the cover plate prevents the escape of lyophilizate from the one or more delivery containers during a lyophilization process. Vent features provided to provide enhanced and preferred venting operations during lyophilization processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: TOLMAR THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Stuart McCann, Herbert Robert Brinkman, John Milton Downing