Fan Type Patents (Class 123/41.49)
  • Patent number: 11808008
    Abstract: A construction machine is capable of reducing a decrease in work efficiency due to maintenance for capturing dust. The construction machine includes: an engine; a heat exchanger; a cooling fan that sucks air into an engine chamber to pass the air through the heat exchanger; an intake chamber independent of the engine chamber; an intake tube connected to the intake chamber; and a dust receiving part. The intake tube has a curved part, which has an outside inner wall surface allowing dust in the air to contact it. The dust receiving part is located downstream of the outside inner wall surface to be capable of receiving dust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD., HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hideki Hayashi, Ryota Nakahara, Michio Hirayama, Kenjiro Kumitani, Taira Iji, Manabu Shimada
  • Patent number: 11713707
    Abstract: A clutch device for a vehicle fan includes a drive-side clutch element and an output-side clutch element. The clutch device includes a locking mechanism configured between the drive-side clutch element and the output-side clutch element so that a rotary connection established between the drive-side clutch element and the output-side clutch element is released when a drive-side rotational speed reduces in comparison with an output-side rotational speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Sandeep Rakshe, Phouphadeth Sananikone, Abhijit Hingne
  • Patent number: 11555508
    Abstract: An electric motor assembly includes an electric motor, a fan assembly coupled to the electric motor and configured to rotate therewith about an axis. The bower assembly also includes a shroud coupled to the electric motor and extending about the fan assembly. The shroud includes a central hub coupled to the electric motor, an inlet ring, and a plurality of arms extending between the central hub and the inlet ring. Each arm of the plurality of arms includes a curved radial portion extending from the central hub and a planar axial portion extending from the radial portion to the inlet ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Jeevan Gnana Robinson, Neha Kumari, Yunpeng Yang
  • Patent number: 11401695
    Abstract: Provided is a work machine capable of notifying that maintenance is necessary due to continuation of clogging in a cooling device or decrease in cooling performance. A wheel loader 1 including a radiator 31 and an oil cooler 32 comprises a controller 5, 5A configured to determine a clogging continuation state of the radiator 31 or the oil cooler 32. The controller 5, 5A determines whether clogging is occurring in the radiator 31 or the oil cooler 32 based on outside air temperature AW and cooling water temperature CW or hydraulic oil temperature HW, determines whether the clogging continues based on a clogging occurrence ratio R1, R2 while an engine 30 is operating, and outputs a notification command signal for providing the alarm buzzer 61 and the user management system 62 with a command to notify that maintenance is necessary when it is determined that the clogging continues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Hyodo, Masaki Yoshikawa, Kazuyuki Ito, Tetsuji Tanaka, Kouji Shimazaki, Isamu Aoki
  • Patent number: 11384989
    Abstract: A cooling system includes a heat exchanger having one or more rows of multiple flat tubes, louvered fins disposed between pairs of flat tubes, and special header tube connections to form a counter flow heat exchanger. Heat exchangers having multiple rows may be placed near or close to the server racks and may be in fluid communication with an outdoor heat exchanger having one or more rows. A single-phase fluid is pumped through a fluid circuit or loop, which includes the heat exchangers at the server racks and the outdoor heat exchanger. The single-phase fluid circuit including the heat exchangers at the IT racks may alternatively be in thermal communication with a water circuit that includes an outdoor fluid cooler. The flat tubes can be formed tubes with one or more channels, or extruded tubes with multiple channels. The heat exchangers include header tubes/connections, which facilitate easy fabrication and connection between rows and inlet/outlet, and lower the pressure drop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: INERTECH IP LLC
    Inventors: Ming Zhang, Ken Nguyen, Doron Shapiro, John Costakis
  • Patent number: 11339793
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for mitigating recirculation of backflow fluid through a fan. The fan includes a housing having a channel that extends from an inlet to an outlet of the housing. A rotor assembly is positioned within the channel and is configured to direct a fluid flow from the inlet to the outlet. The rotor assembly includes a hub, a plurality of fan blades, and a shroud disposed about a circumference of the fan blades, where a radial gap extends between the shroud and the housing. The radial gap is configured to receive a portion of the fluid flow from the outlet as backflow fluid. The rotor assembly also includes an inlet flange that is configured receive the backflow fluid from the radial gap and to direct the backflow fluid in a direction away from the inlet prior to discharge of the backflow fluid from the radial gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony J. Aiello, Cheng P. Tan, Jesse T. Dybenko, Arash Naghib Lahouti, Eric R. Prather, Philippe P. Herrou, Ashkan Rasouli, Brett W. Degner, Michael E. LeClerc
  • Patent number: 11339707
    Abstract: A fan assembly including a first cooling fan arranged with respect to an air flow direction downstream of a heat exchanger and a second cooling fan. The first cooling fan is a radial fan that draws cooling air axially and expels the cooling air radially and the second cooling fan is an axial fan that draws cooling air axially and expels the cooling air axially. The axial fan is arranged downstream of the heat exchanger and laterally adjacent to the radial fan in a plane parallel to the rear side of the heat exchanger in a plane parallel to the front side of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Würzburg
    Inventors: Marco Wichers, Thomas Dreesen
  • Patent number: 11242868
    Abstract: An axial fan, including: a wind deflector including a cavity; a motor; a plurality of blades circumferentially disposed on the motor; and a grid mesh disposed on one end face of the wind deflector. The motor and the plurality of blades are disposed in the cavity. The grid mesh includes a central part provided with a fixed platform. The motor is disposed on the fixed platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: ZHONGSHAN YIBISI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Haiming Xu
  • Patent number: 11226114
    Abstract: A fan assembly (10) includes a shrouded fan rotor (18) having a plurality of fan blades (22) extending from a rotor hub (24) and rotatable about a central axis (20) of the fan assembly, and a fan shroud (26) extending circumferentially around the fan rotor (18) and secured to an outer tip diameter of the plurality of fan blades (22). A fan casing (16) encloses the shrouded fan rotor (18). The fan casing (16) defines a fan inlet (30) of the fan assembly and includes an inlet extension (54) at an outer diameter of the fan casing, extending axially upstream of a conventional bell mouth inlet (58), relative to a direction of airflow through the shrouded fan rotor (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryan K. Dygert
  • Patent number: 11209016
    Abstract: A fan frame is provided and includes a body and a first cover plate. The body includes a main surface and a first side which is substantially perpendicular to the main surface. A first channel and a second channel, which are adjacent to each other, are formed in the body, and a first space is formed among the main surface, the first side, a sidewall of the first channel, and a sidewall of the second channel. The cover plate is disposed on the body, and covers the first space, wherein a first hole is formed in the first cover plate, and the first space communicates with the external environment via the first hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chao-Fu Yang, Pei-Han Chiu
  • Patent number: 11117448
    Abstract: An air-conditioning control apparatus includes a determiner and a controller. The determiner is configured to determine whether a subject vehicle is in a slipstream of a preceding vehicle when the subject vehicle is in autonomous control and following the preceding vehicle. The controller is configured to increase a flow rate of air flowing through a condenser for an air-conditioning of the subject vehicle when the determiner determines that the subject vehicle is in the slipstream of the preceding vehicle. According to this, even when the subject vehicle is in the slipstream and following the preceding vehicle during the autonomous control, the flow rate of the air flowing through the condenser can be increased by the controller. Accordingly, the flow rate of the air flowing through the condenser of the subject vehicle can be secured in the condition where the inter-vehicle distance from the preceding vehicle is small during vehicle platooning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masashi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11111841
    Abstract: A frame device for a fan module for a main cooler and for a charge air cooler of a motor vehicle, comprising a main frame for the main cooler and a charge air cooler, separate from the latter, for the charge air cooler, wherein a seal is provided between the main frame and the charge air frame. Furthermore, the invention relates to a fan module with such a frame device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Wiirzburg
    Inventors: Frank Ditter, Andre Evers, Antje Findeisen
  • Patent number: 11078924
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a frame device for a radiator fan module for a motor vehicle, including a frame opening in which a motor seat for receiving a motor is arranged. The motor seat is connected to a frame edge of the frame opening by means of connecting struts. Each connecting strut comprises an inner end connected to the motor seat and an outer end connected to the frame edge of the frame opening. The setting angle of the profile of the respective connecting struts is adapted to the outflow direction of the air flowing out through the frame opening, over the length of the connecting strut from the inner end to the outer end of the connecting strut, such that the flow resistance of the respective connecting struts is as low as possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Würzburg
    Inventors: Tilman Schafer, Antje Findeisen
  • Patent number: 11073319
    Abstract: A control system includes processing and memory circuitry, the memory circuitry storing a temperature-based capacity control scheme for a chiller system and the processing circuitry being configured to perform the temperature-based capacity control scheme. The motor temperature-based capacity control scheme is performed as a function of a monitored temperature in a motor configured to drive a compressor of the chiller system, a first temperature threshold corresponding to the monitored temperature, and a second temperature threshold corresponding to the monitored temperature higher than the first temperature threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventor: Curtis Christian Crane
  • Patent number: 11073338
    Abstract: A liquid-cooled heat dissipation device is disclosed, comprising a main body, a centrifugal pump, an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe. The main body comprises liquid flow channels and liquid storage tanks. The liquid flow channels are circumferentially arranged and spaced apart. The liquid storage tanks are located on both sides of the main body, and the liquid storage tanks on the same side are connected by liquid flow channels. The centrifugal pump is installed in one of the liquid storage tanks. The inlet pipe and the outlet pipe are in spatial communication with the other two liquid storage tanks, respectively. The centrifugal pump guides a cooling liquid through the inlet pipe, main body and outlet pipe. The cooling liquid travel through the liquid storage tanks via the liquid flow channels and forms radial jet flows after being pumped by centrifugal pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Gogoro, Inc.
    Inventors: Sung-Ching Lin, Tzu-Wen Liao, Yi-Hsiang Lin, Kai-Chiang Li, Yi-Chen Lu
  • Patent number: 11053946
    Abstract: A mixed flow fan includes a bottom base, an outer cover disposed on the bottom base, a motor disposed on the base, and a hub located between the outer case and the motor. The hub includes a first outer surface and a second outer surface connected to the first outer surface and inclined relative to the first outer surface. The slope of the first outer surface relative to the central axis is greater than the slope of the second outer surface relative to the central axis. The base includes a side surface adjacent to the second outer surface. The slope of the side surface relative to the central axis is equal to the slope of the second outer surface relative to the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Shun-Chen Chang, Shih-Di Chen, Chao-Fu Yang
  • Patent number: 10981431
    Abstract: Heat exchangers, such as radiators, condensers, or other cooling systems, are provided in the present disclosure. Heat exchanging systems may include an assembly for routing cooling conduits from the heat exchanger, along or through one or more A-pillars of the vehicle, and to a rooftop electronics assembly, which may be used for performing self-driving functions when the vehicle is configured as an autonomous vehicle or the like. The conduit routing assembly enhances manufacturing efficiency and cost effectiveness as compared to conventional assemblies. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, an assembly for cooling a rooftop electronics assembly of a vehicle may include one or more conduits configured to transport a cooling fluid between an in-vehicle cooling system and the rooftop electronics assembly, wherein the one or more conduits are disposed partially along an A-pillar of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
    Inventor: Göran Eriksson
  • Patent number: 10946736
    Abstract: An ATV is shown having a radiator that is coupled to the frame forward of and a hood is rotatably coupled to the frame and having an open position providing access to the radiator and a closed position enclosing the radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Polaris Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Burton D. Fischer, William L. Barbrey
  • Patent number: 10801372
    Abstract: A cooling module is coupled to an engine system and a Rankine cycle waste heat recovery system. The cooling module includes a heat exchanger for cooling a fluid of the engine system and a condenser for cooling a working fluid of the Rankine cycle waste heat recovery system, both of which extend in a width direction of the cooling module and are porous to a flow of cooling air in a depth direction of the cooling module. The condenser includes a first tubular header that extends in a height direction of the cooling module. A working fluid transfer tube fluidly couples the first tubular header to the Rankine waste heat recovery cycle system. The working fluid transfer tube has a first portion extending in the depth direction and a second portion extending in the height direction, the second portion being adjacent to the first tubular header in the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: MODINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventor: Tony Rousseau
  • Patent number: 10793283
    Abstract: A transition duct assembly includes a shared connector, and a plurality of primary cooling pathways for cooling one or more systems or components. Each primary cooling pathway includes a transition duct in fluid communication with the shared connector, and a transition connector in fluid communication with the transition duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.
    Inventors: Keith David Weaver, Michael Pujol, Andrew Jordan Birkenheuer, Nicholas Plagianos, Karl R. Burge, Thomas Mast
  • Patent number: 10760590
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flow rectifier for an axial fan as well as to an axial fan having a flow rectifier. A flow rectifier according to the invention for an axial fan with a hub and at least one vane is characterized in that the at least one vane can be operatively connected to the hub so as to be detachable. Since the vane and the hub can be connected so as to be detachable, the flow rectifier has a modular structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: EBM-PAPST MULFINGEN GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Daniel Gebert, Thorsten Pissarczyk, Sebastian Hoss
  • Patent number: 10738683
    Abstract: An intercooler lid assembly for an intercooler supercharger system, comprising: an intercooler lid mountable to a supercharger housing; a plurality of intercooler cores coupled together, and mounted to and within the intercooler lid to cool supercharger air prior to receipt by an engine, wherein the intercooler lid assembly is pre-assembled and mounted onto the supercharger housing to install the intercooler lid assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Whipple Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Dustin E. Whipple, Yehoram Hofman, Garrett Wayne Bright
  • Patent number: 10731889
    Abstract: A motor controller for an electric motor for driving a blower to generate an airflow. The motor controller includes a processor and a drive circuit configured to regulate power supplied to the motor to turn the blower. The processor computes a system resistance for the blower based on a fixed set point for a first control parameter and a feedback parameter. The processor receives an airflow rate demand value and computes an operating set point for a second control parameter based on the system resistance and the airflow rate demand value. The processor controls the drive circuit based on the operating set point to supply electrical power to the electric motor and to operate the blower to generate the airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Bin Yang, Brian Lee Beifus, Roger Carlos Becerra
  • Patent number: 10697663
    Abstract: A motor controller for an electric motor for driving a blower to generate an airflow. The motor controller includes a processor and a drive circuit configured to regulate power supplied to the motor to turn the blower. The processor computes a system resistance for the blower based on a fixed set point for a first control parameter and a feedback parameter. The processor receives an airflow rate demand value and computes an operating set point for a second control parameter based on the system resistance and the airflow rate demand value. The processor controls the drive circuit based on the operating set point to supply electrical power to the electric motor and to operate the blower to generate the airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Bin Yang, Brian Lee Beifus, Roger Carlos Becerra
  • Patent number: 10598147
    Abstract: The turbine contains a diffuser (1) in the form of a rotational body, the wall of which has the shape of a convex-concave aeronautical profile in the axial section and a rotor (2) with blades (7) rotating in the plane of a throat (Rt) of the diffuser (1) and connected with a hub (3) by lower ends. The lower ends of the blades (7) are set away from the surface of the hub (3) by the dimension of the lower gap (z2), the dimension being determined by the height of connectors (8) mounted to the lower ends of the blades (7) and to the hub (3), the dimensions of the upper gap (z1) between the upper ends of the blades (7) and the surface of the throat (Rt) and the lower gap (z2) have dimensions ranging from 0.5 to 15% of the radius of the throat (Rt), preferably from 3 to 8%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Inventor: Roman Staszór
  • Patent number: 10576817
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a plurality of ground-engaging members, a frame assembly supported by the ground-engaging members, and a powertrain assembly supported by the frame. The powertrain assembly includes at least an engine. The vehicle further includes a cooling assembly fluidly coupled to at least the engine and which includes a radiator and at least one fan positioned rearward of the radiator and angled relative to the radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Polaris Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Giancarlo Battaglini, Bret H. RempelEwert, Scott T. Mazour, Kristopher K. Biegler, Rickie A. Evenson
  • Patent number: 10569642
    Abstract: A tracked vehicle is shown which includes an air cooling system having radiators for cooling an engine of the vehicle, and an auxiliary radiator for cooling an auxiliary system of the vehicle. The vehicle further includes an air cooling system for cooling an engine compartment of the vehicle having intake and exhaust ducts which are fan driven to move ambient air into and heated air out of the engine compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Polaris Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Borud, Brian M. Safranski, Bradley A. Bracht
  • Patent number: 10480394
    Abstract: A shroud in a heat exchange assembly of a vehicle comprises a housing connected with a radiator of the heat exchange assembly and spaced apart with the radiator; a ventilation aperture disposed on the housing and spaced apart from a fan receiving opening; and a flow guide structure having sidewalls and connected to the housing. The flow guide structure is configured to guide air flow from the ventilation aperture away from a clearance between the housing and the radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Steven Shi, Alvin Fei, Castle Wen
  • Patent number: 10483935
    Abstract: A filter with three phases comprising for each phase an input terminal, an output terminal and a capacitor, wherein for each of the three phases the input terminal is electrically connected via a connection point to the output terminal, wherein the connection points of the three phases are electrically connected via the three capacitors in star and/or delta form, wherein the filter comprises a housing containing two coil blocks, wherein the housing comprises a first side and a second side opposite the first side, wherein the two coil blocks are arranged along a line between the first side and the second side, wherein a fan for cooling the two coil blocks is arranged on the first side of the housing, wherein the larger of the two coil blocks is arranged between the fan and the smaller of the two coil blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Schaffner Emv AG
    Inventors: Luca Dalessandro, Martin Wüthrich, Norbert Häberle
  • Patent number: 10480527
    Abstract: An axial fan comprising a hub and a plurality of blades extending from a periphery of the hub. Each of the blades has a thickness which varies from a leading edge to a trailing edge and from a root to a tip. The blades are unevenly spaced around the periphery of the hub in a pattern which is not balanced. The fan is balanced by variance in blade thickness among the plurality of blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Robert J. Van Houten, Yoonshik Shin
  • Patent number: 10458309
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a blower unit that includes a movable bracket rotatably supported to a vehicle body, a fan supported to the movable bracket and rotationally driven around an axis, and a movable shroud covering the fan from an outer peripheral side. The movable shroud includes a shroud body supported so as to face the movable bracket and surrounding the fan, a ring shroud formed in an annular shape and provided between the shroud body and an outer peripheral end of the fan, and a bolt fixing the ring shroud to the shroud body from a side opposite to a side on which is supported to the movable bracket when viewed from the shroud body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Yohei Seto
  • Patent number: 10440859
    Abstract: A volume control device suitable for an uninterruptible power system comprising a fan is provided. The volume control device comprises a user interface and a control circuit. The control circuit is electrically coupled to the fan and the user interface, and is used to receive a maximum operation volume setting value through the user interface. When the control circuit is ready to increase the rotation speed of the fan, it further determines whether the corresponding volume of the current rotation speed of the fan is less than the maximum operation volume setting value, and accordingly determines whether to adjust the rotation speed of the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: CYBER POWER SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Kai-Tsung Yang, Jui-Hung Chou
  • Patent number: 10401041
    Abstract: A portable air-conditioner includes a compressor, a condenser, and an evaporator located inside a housing. The air-conditioner further includes an element, such as an electronic box, located in the air-flow path inside the portable air-conditioner between the evaporator to an axial fan. The element can be wider at its lower section than at its upper section to enhance an upwards air-flow in the air conditioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag
    Inventor: Israel Martinez Galvan
  • Patent number: 10377226
    Abstract: An exemplary vehicular duct system includes, among other things, a duct wall of a first material composition, and a skeleton of a different, second material composition that is at least partially embedded within the duct wall. The skeleton is more compliant to an amount of force applied in a first direction than to the amount of force applied in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. An exemplary duct support method includes, among other things, supporting a duct wall having a first material composition with a skeleton having a different, second material composition. At least a portion of the skeleton is embedded within the duct wall. The skeleton is more compliant to an amount of force applied in a first direction than a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Corey Ross, David Brian Glickman, Ken Osuagwu
  • Patent number: 10356949
    Abstract: A server heat dissipation system is provided, comprising a liquid cooling server cabinet comprising a cabinet body and multiple liquid cooling servers provided inside the cabinet body, wherein it is provided with a liquid cooling device to perform direct liquid cooling to the liquid cooling servers, and with an auxiliary heat dissipation device to perform auxiliary heat dissipation to the liquid cooling servers. The present invention provides high density cooling, high heat exchange efficiency, no local overheating, small space occupied, high reliability, low noise, and long life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG SHENLING ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhanhua Pan, Minhua Li, Hua Chen, Chunhui Xie, Ti Ouyang, Xuewei Zhang, Yuqun Qiu
  • Patent number: 10308287
    Abstract: An air inlet splash panel assembly for a vehicle includes a composite wall and a homogenous wall. The composite wall includes inner and outer layers. The homogeneous wall is attached to the composite wall, and the homogeneous wall and the inner layer define a chamber for the flow of air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Vishal Gupta, Anjum Baig, Steven R. Granke, Kyle A. Kuznicki
  • Patent number: 10309404
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) having a compressor (2) which has a compressor housing (3); a turbine (4) which has a turbine housing (5); and a compressor-side and/or turbine-side charge pressure regulating device (6) which has a shut-off element (7) which opens or closes a flow opening (9). The shut-off element (7) is in the form of a slide which is mounted on a guide (8) so as to be longitudinally displaceable along a longitudinal central line (LM8) of the guide (8), and the flow opening (9) is arranged at least substantially at a right angle (?) with respect to the longitudinal central line (LM8) of the guide (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Stilgenbauer, Gerald Schall, Rolf Sauerstein, Roman Koenig, Matthias Ruh
  • Patent number: 10267209
    Abstract: A fan shroud assembly for a vehicle including a fan shroud for the vehicle which minimizes a noise generated by utilizing additional or supplemental flow spaces for smoothing air introduction to sections in which a vent hole of the shroud and a circumferential part of the shroud are adjacent each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Jun Ho Kim, Ok Ryul Min
  • Patent number: 10266212
    Abstract: A hood assembly includes a hood body and a hood vent water management system. The hood vent water management system includes a hood vent having a mounting bracket including a water collection tray and a first water drain and a hood insulator including a water channel and a second water drain. The hood vent water management system diverts water entering through the hood vent away from an underlying engine compartment component. A related method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Neil Lawson Overgaard, Bryn Arthur Davies, Keith Brown, Martin Hagen
  • Patent number: 10233819
    Abstract: A system comprises a compartment, a fan, and a dual-pivot hinge. The compartment comprises an interior region and an access opening in communication with the interior region. The dual-pivot hinge mounts the fan to the compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Deere & COMPANY
    Inventors: Serena M. Darling, Robert Meyer
  • Patent number: 10174481
    Abstract: A fan assembly for a work vehicle includes a fan shroud defining an opening and a fan. The fan includes a rotor and one or more blades extending outwardly along a radial direction from the rotor. The fan assembly additionally includes a wear ring attached to the fan shroud and extending inwardly along the radial direction. The wear ring is configured to interact with tips of the blades to increase an efficiency of the fan assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Joseph Best
  • Patent number: 10156059
    Abstract: Provided is a construction machine capable of smooth exhaust and suppression of a leak of noise from an engine room, including an engine guard defining an engine room, a cooling fan disposed in the engine room, a projection element projecting upward beyond the engine guard, and an exhaust duct. The exhaust duct has a bent shape including a first duct section extending along an axial flow direction of the cooling fan from an upstream end portion surrounding a duct inlet to a connection portion and a second duct section extending upward from the connection portion and surrounding a duct outlet opened upward, also including an engine concealment section obstructing a direct view to an engine through the duct outlet from outside the engine room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignees: Kobe Steel, Ltd., KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Tabuchi, Kyoko Masuda, Zenzo Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Ueda, Daisuke Noda, Yusuke Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 10119553
    Abstract: A centrifugal fan includes a main plate rotating about an axis of rotation, a shroud having an inlet port for introduction of air, and a plurality of blades circumferentially arranged between the main plate and the shroud so as to form a flow of air by accelerating air introduced through the inlet port. Each blade has a pressure surface formed such that a portion thereof near to the shroud is convex and a portion thereof near to the main plate is concave. The shroud has an inside surface formed as a curved surface, and the curved surface has a diffusion section extending radially. The main plate has a curved surface extending radially, and a curved surface of the shroud in the diffusion section at least partially overlaps with the curved surface formed in the main plate when viewed in a direction of the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sangyuk Son, Choonmyun Chung, Taeman Yang
  • Patent number: 10094341
    Abstract: An air intake system for an internal combustion engine may include an air intake channel, an exhaust gas return channel opening into the air intake channel, an exhaust gas cooler arranged in the exhaust gas return channel, a capture device, and a sensor. The capture device may capture cooling liquid from the exhaust gas cooler in the region of the opening point of the exhaust gas return channel into the air intake channel. The sensor may detect cooling liquid in the capture device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Manfred Weigl, Philippe Grass
  • Patent number: 10097063
    Abstract: Constructional unit includes an electric machine with a stator and with a rotatable rotor, a rotatable output element operatively communicates with the rotor to transmit torque, and an offset arrangement. The offset arrangement is arranged between the rotor and the output element, and the transmission of torque is enabled in case of an axial offset and/or an angular offset between a rotational axis of the rotor and a rotational axis of the output element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Grosspietsch, Gerald Viernekes, Alexander Markow
  • Patent number: 10082068
    Abstract: A radiator for cooling a heated coolant includes an air guide for preventing heat damage. The air guide is adapted to allow air entering into the radiator due to the operation of a cooling fan to flow into a gear box of a fan clutch, wherein the cooling fan is installed at an inside of the vehicle and is activated by the fan clutch. The air guide can be installed above the cooling fan and thus allow air entering due to the operation of the cooling fan to flow horizontally, and further allow the air to flow vertically and downwardly such that the air is ejected downwardly towards a region where the gear box is installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Hyung-Suk Byun
  • Patent number: 10077117
    Abstract: A ram air turbine includes a turbine with one or more blades, a strut removably coupled to the turbine and having a gearbox section and a drive section, a cover located at an end of the gearbox section of the strut with a test plug having a static seal, a turbine shaft and a bevel gear located in the gearbox section of the strut and a driveshaft and a pinion gear located in the drive section of the strut, wherein the pinion gear engages with the bevel gear. The turbine shaft may include a dynamic seal that provides sealing between the turbine shaft and the cover. The test plug may be a threaded plug. The cover may also utilize a dynamic seal. The turbine shaft may include a splined internal cavity for use with a ground test motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Russ, Stephen Bortoli, Richard Schultz
  • Patent number: 10072557
    Abstract: A heat exchanger system for a vehicle includes at least one heat exchanger, a centrifugal fan assembly for improving the flow of air through the at least one heat exchanger, the fan assembly including a rotatably mounted impeller with a plurality of impeller blades, and a rotatable inlet shroud for guiding the air flow entering the impeller; and a stationary inlet shroud located between the at least one heat exchanger and the fan assembly and configured for directing air exiting the at least one heat exchanger towards the rotatable inlet shroud of the fan assembly. The fan assembly further includes a stator with a plurality of stationary stator blades located radially or semi-radially outside the impeller for conversion of fluid dynamic pressure to fluid static pressure of the air flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Gullberg, Andreas Lygner, Kaj Melin
  • Patent number: 10005340
    Abstract: A fluid cooling apparatus (5) includes at least one heat exchanger device for cooling at least one working or cooling fluid heated or used during the operation of movable machines (1). The machine has an outer engine covering (11) to cover engine, motor or chassis parts and has a tank (9) containing the working and/or cooling fluid with a predeterminable wall outer contour (7). At least parts of the wall outer contour (7) are pan of the engine covering (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: HYDAC AG
    Inventors: Giuseppe Zeolla, Ralf Schmitt
  • Patent number: 9988969
    Abstract: A fluid management system for a cooling module of a vehicle air conditioning system. The cooling module includes a first heat exchanger in fluid communication with a liquid cooling system of the vehicle and a second heat exchanger disposed upstream of the first heat exchanger and in fluid communication with the vehicle air conditioning system, wherein the fluid management system minimizes an inlet fluid temperature of the second heat exchanger of the cooling module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Alexandru Orest Dziubinschi, David C. Letteer