Heating Or Cooling Means And Gas Pump In Housing Patents (Class 165/122)
  • Patent number: 10328766
    Abstract: A rooftop-mounted air-conditioning installation, in particular for the roof of a bus, has at least having a condenser unit and an evaporator unit. It has an air-flow duct with at least one air intake opening and one air discharge opening. A heat exchanger and a radial fan are arranged in the air-flow duct between the air intake opening and the air discharge opening. An axis of rotation of a fan wheel of the radial fan is oriented parallel to an air flow main direction that extends through the air-flow duct from the at least one air intake opening through the heat exchanger to the radial fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Josef Rathgeb, Oliver Haaf
  • Patent number: 10306807
    Abstract: Enhanced cooling for electronic components within a computing device is provided. Blowers are preferably leveraged as air movers, and an airflow deflection surface (preferably configured as a ramp) is disposed within a plenum to guide airflow under an electronic component (such as a hard disk drive or solid state drive), the electronic component being placed in an inverted alignment whereby a surface having a higher heat transfer rate is facing down (toward the blower), and then into an intake of the blower. Air output from the blower may then pass into a downstream plenum formed at least in part by the blower, an inverted downstream electronic component, and a support member thereof, thus providing serial cooling of the downstream component. Anti-recirculation flaps are preferably disposed at the air output of the blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: William J. Anderl
  • Patent number: 10292313
    Abstract: A cooling system for electronic equipment including an evaporator, a rack to which the electronic equipment can be mounted above the evaporator, and a condenser spaced apart from the evaporator. Air warmed by the electronic equipment is directed to the evaporator, cooled at the evaporator, and directed back to the electronic equipment to cool the electronic equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignees: DENSO AIRCOOL CORPORATION, TechniCool Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: James Magallanes, Yukio Ozawa
  • Patent number: 10278309
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cabinet and a heat dissipation system. The cabinet includes: an operating compartment, disposed on one side of a heat dissipation substrate, where the operating compartment is configured to accommodate a server; and a heat dissipation compartment, disposed on the other side of the heat dissipation substrate. Both the heat dissipation compartment and the operating compartment share the heat dissipation substrate as a compartment wall. The operating compartment is separated from the heat dissipation compartment by using the heat dissipation substrate. The heat dissipation compartment accommodates multiple heat dissipation fins, and the multiple heat dissipation fins are connected to the heat dissipation substrate. An air intake vent is disposed in a first compartment wall of the heat dissipation compartment, and an air exhaust vent is disposed in a second compartment wall of the heat dissipation compartment disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhongjiang Qu, Shanjiu Chi, Yangfan Zhong, Jin Wang
  • Patent number: 10271460
    Abstract: A server system includes an enclosure, a first section, a motherboard section, a fan section, and a midplane board. The first section is disposed at a first end of the enclosure and includes at least one heat generating component. The motherboard section is disposed at a second end of the enclosure and includes at least one motherboard. The fan section is disposed between the front section and the motherboard section and includes at least one fan for directing air in from the first end and out of the second end. The midplane board is vertically interposed between the fan section and the motherboard section, and is configured to electrically and communicatively couple the at least one motherboard to one or more components in the first section, and includes one or more airflow cutouts. The one or more airflow cutouts of the midplane board make up at least thirty percent of a cross-sectional surface area of the midplane board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Jen-Hsuen Huang, Fa-Da Lin, Pin-Hao Hung
  • Patent number: 10247221
    Abstract: A housing of an active component, which is used to install an active source, includes a main portion and at least two fixing portions. The main portion has side walls. The active source is installed on the main portion. The Young's modulus of the material making the fixing portion is different from the Young's modulus of the material making the main portion. The fixing portion is formed with fixing holes, and is connected to the side wall of the main portion. It therefore provides better effects of shock proofing and shock isolation without unnecessary noise, and prevents a fixing element fixing the active component from being loosened, with enhanced stability of the active component. The present invention also provides a manufacturing method for housing of the active component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: COOLER MASTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei-Lung Chan, Yu-Te Wei
  • Patent number: 10244661
    Abstract: A data processing system includes an enclosure, one or more airflow manifold structures within the enclosure, and a plurality of data processor cards mounted within the enclosure. Each one of the one or more airflow manifold structures has an air inlet portion and an air outlet portion. Each one of the data processor cards extends substantially parallel to each other one of the data processor cards. Each one of the data processor cards includes an airflow duct having an air inlet portion thereof covering a portion of the air outlet portion of at least one of the one or more airflow manifold structures and includes a plurality of data processing units within the airflow duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: III Holdings 2, LLC
    Inventors: Walter Denton Scott, Jeffrey Carl Defilippi, David James Borland, Stephan Leonidas Beatty, Edward D. Geist
  • Patent number: 10215503
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes plural heat transfer tubes and plural fins each having two opposing sides and plural opening ports on one side, of the two sides, for inserting and fastening the heat transfer tubes, and the heat exchanger is formed such that the plural heat transfer tubes and the plural fins cross each other, wherein at least two of the plural heat transfer tubes are fastened to the opening ports in a state of protruding from the one sides of the plural fins toward the outside of the plural fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Mistubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Nakajima, Takashi Kato, Wataru Suzuki, Ryoichi Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10212846
    Abstract: Technology is provided for a data storage server drawer. The server drawer includes a drawer chassis having first and second lateral drive bays separated by a central channel. The drawer chassis includes a front wall including one or more air flow openings, a bottom wall having one or more louvers opening toward the front wall, and a pair of sidewalls. A pair of drawer slides are each disposed on a corresponding one of the pair of sidewalls and configured for attachment to a rack. A first plurality of data storage devices is positioned in the first drive bay and a second plurality of data storage devices is positioned in the second drive bay. At least one data server is disposed in the central channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: Jason David Adrian
  • Patent number: 10197294
    Abstract: A heat exchanger system includes a heat exchanger coil, a base of a foam structure including a clamp with a first arm and a second arm, where the first arm and the second arm are configured to exert a clamping force against the heat exchanger coil, and a vertical member of the foam substructure coupled to the base and abutting a cover of the heat exchanger system, where the base and the vertical member are configured to block air flowing through the heat exchanger from flowing into a void between the heat exchanger coil and the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Robert L. Eskew, Frank D. Ashby, Jeremiah M. Horn, Cody J. Kaiser
  • Patent number: 10168083
    Abstract: A refrigeration system and a heat exchanger are provided. The refrigeration system includes a compressor, a micro-channel condenser, a micro-channel evaporator and at least one throttling device which are connected by pipelines. Each of the micro-channel condenser and the micro-channel evaporator includes an inlet manifold and an outlet manifold, and a plurality of flat tubes being connected between the inlet manifold and the outlet manifold. The inlet manifold of the micro-channel evaporator is provided with a baffle, and the inlet manifold of the micro-channel evaporator is divided by the baffle into multiple manifold sections, and the manifold sections of the inlet manifold are isolated from each other by the baffle, and are each in communication with a certain number of the flat tubes, and are each not provided with a distribution pipe configured to distribute flow rate into the flat tubes in communication with the manifold sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Hangzhou Sanhua Research Institute Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yanhong Wang, Zhiyong Yao, Senlai Zhang
  • Patent number: 10172257
    Abstract: A heat dissipation module is provided. The heat dissipation includes a base, a frame, and a positioning member. The frame is disposed on the base and has a passage for containing an electronic component. At least a segment of the edge of the frame that is adjacent to the base is distant from the base so as to form an air path inlet that communicates with the passage therebetween. The positioning member is disposed in the passage and is connected to the frame and configured to position an electronic assembly in the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: SYNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Cheng-Huang Lee
  • Patent number: 10161689
    Abstract: A heat exchanger including at least one first module and one second module for the heat exchange between a first fluid medium and a second fluid medium, wherein the first fluid medium can be conducted through a closed channel system separate from the second fluid medium, with the closed channel system being able to be flowed around by the second fluid medium and with the second fluid medium being gaseous. A first wetting apparatus is provided for the first module and a second wetting apparatus is provided for the second module by means of which the first module and the second module can be wetted by a third fluid medium, with the first wetting apparatus for the first module being able to be actuated independently of the wetting apparatus for the second module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: A-HEAT Allied Heat Exchange Technology AG
    Inventor: Michael Kloeppner
  • Patent number: 10156376
    Abstract: Wind noise is suppressed while an air-blowing performance is maintained. An indoor unit 1 of an air conditioner includes a cross flow fan 10 and a rear guider 20 and a stabilizer 32 which are provided on the respective sides of the outer periphery of the cross flow fan 10 to form an air passage. Each of the rear guider 20 and the stabilizer 32 has, at least at a part in the axial direction which part is on the leading end side, twisted portions 23, 37. In the circumferential direction of the cross flow fan 10, each twisted portion 23, 37 is deviated from the axial direction of the cross flow fan 10 gradually from one end to the other end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Nakai, Masafumi Uda
  • Patent number: 10151326
    Abstract: A device for assembling a heat dissipation fan in a computer includes a cage, a handle, and a movable portion. The handle is rotatably fixed on the cage, the handle has a pushing pole and holes are defined at each distal end. The movable portion is movably and elastically connected to the cage. The movable portion includes a plate with a first limit pillar and a second limit pillar spaced from the first limit pillar; and an elastic element abutting the first limit pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: NANNING FUGUI PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ying-Jui Huang
  • Patent number: 10130004
    Abstract: A network device includes a shelf in which a first accommodation area, a second accommodation area, a first channel, and a second channel are disposed. A third channel is formed between adjacent rear board modules or between the rear board module and the shelf. A first fan and a second fan are both disposed at a rear end of the shelf, the first fan faces the third channel, and the second fan faces the second channel. A first airflow sequentially passes, from a front end of the shelf, through the front board module in the first accommodation area, the third channel, and the first fan to form a first heat dissipation channel. A second airflow sequentially passes through the inside of the rear board module, the second channel, and the second fan after entering the first channel from the outside of the shelf to form a second heat dissipation channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Shi, Dongqing Zhang
  • Patent number: 10104808
    Abstract: A heat sink for cooling electronic power components arranged in a housing includes a cooling element having cooling fins arranged on a base surface, and a fan for intake of ambient air and for delivering the ambient air via the cooling fins of the cooling element, the cooling element having a recess, in which the fan is arranged spaced apart from the base surface. The fan includes a housing ring on the side facing away from the base surface of the cooling element, an intermediate space being formed between the bottom edge of the housing ring and the base surface of the cooling element. The fan is an axial fan, so that the ambient air taken in impinges upon the base surface of the cooling element, is deflected by essentially 90 degrees and guided through the intermediate space laterally between the cooling fins to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: FRONIUS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: David Scharinger, Helmut Pfluegelmeier, Ronald Leitgeb, Patrick Hauser, Franz Windischbauer
  • Patent number: 10095282
    Abstract: A processor can be damaged by a heat sink. If the heat sink is improperly installed, the heat sink may damage the processor and/or the motherboard. Sequential tightening of mechanical fasteners is thus recommended, but the sequential tightening is challenging to implement. Sequential tightening of fasteners helps reduce damage to a processor. When a heat sink is fastened over the processor to a motherboard, mechanical fasteners are tightened in a sequence to reduce damage to the processor. To ensure sequential tightening of the mechanical fasteners, the heat sink is first secured with only two of the mechanical fasteners preinstalled in two of four holes in the heat sink and sequentially tightened into a bolster plate on a bottom side of the motherboard. A cover is then installed over the heat sink, and the cover has two mechanical fasteners that align with a remaining two of the four holes in the heat sink. A remaining two of the mechanical fasteners may then be sequentially tightened into the bolster plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Andrew O. Ingalls, Neda Abdul-Razzak, Edward D. Geist
  • Patent number: 10088175
    Abstract: An air conditioner is provided that may include a main body having an air inlet and an air outlet defined therein; a filter received in the main body to filter air suctioned into the main body; a heat exchanger configured to perform a heat exchange between a refrigerant and the air suctioned into the main body; and an ultraviolet (UV) sterilization module configured to sterilize the air suctioned into the main body. The UV sterilization module may include a porous main body in a mesh form, and a plurality of UV lamps. The porous main body may include a bent portion to allow the porous main body to conform to a shape of the heat exchanger. The main body may include a chassis, and a front frame at a front of the chassis. An inner space may be defined between the chassis and the front frame. The porous main body may be coupled to at least one of the chassis or the front frame, and the plurality of UV lamps may be arranged to be spaced from each other between the air inlet and the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Taeyoung Kim, Gyoungsoo Kim, Jaeyoul Joung
  • Patent number: 10088176
    Abstract: In an air-conditioning device, back flow is less likely to occur at an outlet port in relation to an inlet resistance, and the air-conditioning device includes: a main body having an inlet port and an outlet port; a cross-flow fan provided inside the main body; and a heat exchanger provided inside the main body, wherein the main body includes at least a front surface, a rear surface, an upper surface and a lower surface, the inlet port is formed in the upper surface, a ratio H/Df between the main body height dimension H and the fan outer diameter Df is 2.2 to 2.7, and an angle of inclination ? between a rear part of an front upward inclination section of the heat exchanger and a vertical direction is 30° to 45°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Ikeda, Mitsuhiro Shirota, Takahiro Shishido, Koichi Umetsu
  • Patent number: 10054125
    Abstract: A cross-flow fan includes a shaft, a plurality of impellers, and a regulation portion. Each impeller has: an opening into which the shaft is inserted; fitting portions provided at a first end portion and a second end portion in an axial direction of the shaft such that the fitting portions at the first end portion and the fitting portions at the second end portion are fittable into each other; and a blade portion provided between the first end portion and the second end portion. The regulation portion is configured to regulate movement, in the axial direction, of each of the plurality of impellers connected in the axial direction by the shaft being inserted into the opening and the fitting portions being provided, the regulation portion regulating the movement of each impeller on both ends, in the axial direction, of the plurality of impellers. Thus, assembling process is simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Noriko Masuta
  • Patent number: 10058007
    Abstract: A water-cooling radiator unit and a water-cooling module using same are disclosed. The water-cooling radiator unit includes a main body divided into a first section, a second section and a transit zone, which are fluidly communicable with one another. The first section has a first flow passage system and an inlet formed thereon, the second section has a second flow passage system and an outlet formed thereon. The main body is internally filled with a cooling fluid, and the transit zone has a pump mounted therein. The water-cooling radiator unit can be fluidly connected to a water block via two tubes to form a water-cooling module. The pump drives the cooling fluid to circulate in the main body and between the water-cooling radiator unit and the water block, enabling the water-cooling module to provide upgraded heat-dissipation performance while the water block has a reduced volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-Yi Chiu, Fu-Kuei Chang
  • Patent number: 10054369
    Abstract: The present invention provides an adjacently-installed temperature equalizer with single side heat transferring formed with a heat transferring adjacent surface and a heat insulation surface oriented towards the exterior and a fluid channel transferring heat with the passing fluid, wherein one or more than one adjacently-installed temperature equalizer with single side heat transferring is adjacently installed at a selected location at the exterior and/or the interior of a temperature equalizing object, and through pumping the external fluid for cooling or heating, the fluid is enabled to pass the heat transferring adjacent surface of the adjacently-installed temperature equalizer with single side heat transferring for transferring the cooling or heating thermal energy to the temperature equalizing object; and beside a thermal energy transferring surface (1005), other opened surfaces are respectively formed with a heat insulation layer (1010) for preventing or reducing the heat transfer of radiating, transfer
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Inventor: Tai-Her Yang
  • Patent number: 10041722
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing including a front panel provided with at least one opening, and a rear lower panel disposed at a rear side of the front panel, at least one discharge outlet exposed to a front of the front panel through the opening, at least one suction inlet formed in the housing, at least one heat exchanger to exchange heat with external air through the suction inlet, at least mixed-flow fan rotatably disposed between the heat exchanger and the discharge outlet to suction the air having exchanged heat with the heat exchanger and discharge the air through the discharge outlet, and a drain panel disposed at a lower portion of the heat exchanger to collect condensate produced during heat exchange, and integrated with the rear panel through injection molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moon Sun Shin, Jae Youn Cho, Jin Gyun Kim, Yeon Seob Yoon
  • Patent number: 10042400
    Abstract: A heat sink including a top surface, a first bottom surface configured to thermally contact a first controller having a first height from a circuit board, and a second bottom surface configured to thermally contact a second controller having a second height from the circuit board, wherein the second height is different than the first height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin M Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 10027180
    Abstract: A wireless power receiver including an antenna to receive radio frequency (RF) waves via a plurality of slots defined by a metal plate. Each slot comprises at least two continuous segments that are orthogonally positioned relative to each other, where: (i) a first segment of the at least two continuous segments is defined by the metal plate in a first planar dimension and receives RF waves having a first polarization; and (ii) a second segment of the at least two continuous segments is defined by the metal plate in a second planar dimension and receives RF waves having a second polarization. The receiver further includes a circuit configured to convert the RF waves received by the antenna into power for powering a device. Additionally, the antenna is coupled with the circuit, and the metal plate at least partially houses the circuit, and operates as a heat sink for the circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Energous Corporation
    Inventor: Alister Hosseini
  • Patent number: 10028333
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes three remote radio heads (RRHs) mounted on a pole using one or more triangular brackets, each RRH connected to a corresponding antenna. Each RRH includes an electronics module, a heat sink mounted on the electronics module, and a cover attached to the heat sink. The heat sink comprises a base, a plurality of attached forward-facing fins, and a pair of backward-facing fins. Each forward-facing fin and backward-facing fin comprises a proximal end attached to the base and an opposite distal end. The proximal ends of the plurality of forward-facing fins are collinear. The distal ends of the plurality of forward-facing fins and the backward-facing fins define an arc of an ellipse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: CommScope Techologies LLC
    Inventors: Qiyun Gu, YongJie Xu, Sammit Patel
  • Patent number: 10028418
    Abstract: A metal encased multilayer stack of graphite sheets used as a passive thermal conductor. In the stack, each sheet has a plane high thermal conductivity along a first axis and a plane of lower thermal conductivity along a second axis. The stack is created to have a three-dimensional shape including a length and a width, and the first axis is aligned parallel to said length, the multilayer stack having a height less than the width. A first metal structure surrounds the multilayer stack of graphite sheets, with the metal structure encasing the multilayer stack along the length, width and height of the multilayer stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Nikkhoo, Erin Hurbi
  • Patent number: 10024554
    Abstract: An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes an air-sending device unit having an air-sending device unit housing configured to house an air-sending device and provided with an air inlet; and a heat exchanger unit having a heat exchanger unit housing configured to house an indoor heat exchanger, provided with an air outlet, and configured to be coupled to the air-sending device unit housing, wherein the air-sending device includes a rotating fan, an electric motor, and a casing, the casing, the air inflow port, and the air-sending device unit housing, a first rail unit, and a slide member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Hayashi, Yukihiko Kawanori, Keiichi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10025359
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods including metal foam heat exchangers for dispersing exhaust flow are disclosed. A wearable device includes a housing having a form factor sized to be worn by a human. The housing has an exhaust port. The wearable device further includes a heat generating device carried within the housing. The heat generating device is to generate heat in operation. The wearable device further includes a metal foam heat exchanger disposed within the housing adjacent the exhaust port. The metal foam heat exchanger is to receive heat generated by the heat generating device. The metal foam heat exchanger defines multiple flow paths within the housing to disperse exhaust in multiple directions to reduce a flow velocity of the exhaust exiting the exhaust port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Krishnakumar Varadarajan
  • Patent number: 10019045
    Abstract: A ventilation device (1) is proposed, in particular designed to ventilate a circuit board (2), preferably in or for a computer, wherein the ventilation device (1) is designed to produce a first cooling air stream (5) from a first fan (12) and to produce a second cooling air stream (7) from a second fan (13), wherein the first cooling air stream (5) and the second cooling air stream (7) flow through on different sides of an air stream boundary plane (L), preferably parallel to the air stream boundary plane (L), through a common ventilation plane (BL) perpendicular to the air stream boundary plane (L), wherein the directions of flow from the first fan (12) and the second fan (13) are crosswise to the air stream boundary plane (L), wherein the ventilation device (1) preferably is designed to be mountable such that the air stream boundary plane (L) coincides with a central plane of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Unify GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Thomas Kruse
  • Patent number: 9980494
    Abstract: A dough proofing apparatus includes a proofing chamber for holding dough during proofing operations and having a door for accessing the proofing chamber. An air duct assembly includes at least one inlet opening and at least one fan for drawing in air from the proofing chamber. At least one heating element is located within the air duct assembly for heating the air and a flow path for delivering the heated air back to the proofing chamber. A vent chamber is divided into an exhaust side and an intake side, the exhaust side fluidly connected to the air duct assembly, the intake side fluidly connected to the proofing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Miguel A. Gomez Jimenez, Troy R. Tope, Steven J. Woodward
  • Patent number: 9971387
    Abstract: An embodiment provides an electronic device, including: a housing with an exhaust port and an intake port; a heat source contained in the housing; a heat transfer unit connected to the heat source; a first radiator located adjacent to the exhaust port, wherein the first radiator is connected to the heat transfer unit; a first blower fan, wherein the first blower fan discharges heat transmitted to the first radiator; and a second radiator located adjacent to the intake port, wherein the second radiator is connected to the heat transfer unit. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuroh Kamimura, Tsutomu Chonan, Takateru Adachi, Kazuya Tatsuno, Shogo Akiyama
  • Patent number: 9974207
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electronic apparatus including a component disposed inside the electronic apparatus, a vent that is located in a first direction with respect to the component disposed inside the electronic apparatus and is opened toward the external of the electronic apparatus, a plurality of first louvers that are provided in the vent and are lined in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction when the vent is viewed along the first direction, and a plurality of second louvers that are located between the component disposed inside the electronic apparatus and the plurality of first louvers and are lined in the second direction when the vent is viewed along the first direction. A straight line that passes between adjacent two first louvers and is along the first direction intersects any of the plurality of second louvers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Shinya Tsuchida
  • Patent number: 9926804
    Abstract: A fan assembly includes an annular nozzle and a system for creating a primary air flow. The nozzle includes an outer wall and an inner wall surrounded by the outer wall, the inner wall defining a bore having a bore axis. The nozzle also includes an interior passage located between the inner and outer walls, and extending about the bore axis for receiving an air flow, and an air outlet located at or towards the front of the nozzle for emitting the air flow. The nozzle is configured to emit the air flow through the air outlet in a direction extending away from the bore axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Frederic Nicolas, Alan Howard Davis
  • Patent number: 9915437
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigeration appliance having a compressor for effecting the refrigeration cycle, a heat exchanger (1) for condensing the refrigerant fluid through refrigerant flow tubes (2) in serpentine form where the refrigerant flow is provided, said heat exchanger (1) being disposed against a fan (3) that is structurally integrally provided to effect forced heat convection for cooling said heat exchanger (1) by blowing air thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: ARCELIK ANONIM SIRKETI
    Inventors: Tolga Nurettin Aynur, Tolga Apaydin, Vasi Kadir Ertis, Husnu Kerpicci
  • Patent number: 9907212
    Abstract: A system for building multistory data centers using prefabricated modules that can be both juxtaposed side-by-side and stacked vertically, with fluid communication across stories to create two-way vertical airflow for efficient and cost effective high density heat management.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: VERT.COM INC
    Inventors: Marc Parizeau, Eric Mateu-Huon
  • Patent number: 9885488
    Abstract: An indoor unit of an air conditioner is provided, comprising an air duct, an air outlet in communication with the air duct, and an air deflector for guiding the direction of air outflow of the air conditioner, with a volute tongue being provided at an end of the air duct proximately to the air outlet, wherein the indoor unit of the air conditioner further comprises an air deflector opening and closing mechanism in drive connection with the air deflector which is rotatably provided at the outer side of the air outlet. The indoor unit of the air conditioner can sealingly close the air outlet with respect to the air deflector and avoid any gap from being formed between the air deflector and the air outlet when the air deflector is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai
    Inventors: Bin Shang, Tangtang Gu
  • Patent number: 9863651
    Abstract: An outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes at least a heat exchanger, a fan, a compressor, and a box-like casing housing these components and having an air inlet and an air outlet. The compressor is arranged at a location other than an air passage in which air having flowed in through the air inlet flows through the heat exchanger and the fan to the air outlet. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat exchange portions, and these heat exchange portions are arranged in a zigzag shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takamasa Uemura, Susumu Yoshimura, Hiroaki Nakamune, Kenichi Sakoda
  • Patent number: 9863434
    Abstract: A fin array is disclosed for use in a centrifugal fan having a housing and a fan wheel, the fin array having: a first tube in a first plane perpendicular to an axis of the fan wheel; a second tube in a second plane parallel to the first plane; and a fin in a third plane parallel to the first plane. The fin is sandwiched between the first tube and the second tube, all of which partially surround the axis of the fan wheel. The fin comprises a slotted fin apparatus for permitting condensate to move from a region between the fan wheel and the first tube to a region between the first tube and the housing. The slotted fin apparatus has a first cutout disposed between a first extension and a second extension along at least a portion of the length of the fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Inventor: Steven C. Elsner
  • Patent number: 9841238
    Abstract: A cooling tower is provided with a housing containing a fan at the bottom of the tower, and a plurality of layers of water collection troughs or channels above the fan to capture water droplets sprayed downwardly from the top of the device through an evaporative cooling pad located above the collection troughs. The collection troughs extend from one side of the housing to the other in the form of a structural support for the housing and the equipment therein. The troughs have open ends which extend through the housing to discharge collected water to an adjacent vertical tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Syntech Towers, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Harold Dean Curtis
  • Patent number: 9836098
    Abstract: A computer system including a heat sink including a peripheral portion and a middle portion, a circuit board, a first controller configured to be secured to the circuit board, one or more attachment devices configured to secure the heat sink to the circuit board at the peripheral portion of the heat sink, and a standoff component. The standoff component includes a first threaded section configured to secure the standoff component to the circuit board, and a second threaded section configured to secure the standoff component to the heat sink at the middle portion of the heat sink. The one or more attachment devices and the standoff component are configured to secure the heat sink to the circuit board and allow the heat sink to have thermal contact with the first controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc
    Inventors: Kevin M. Takeuchi, Robert G. Fairchild
  • Patent number: 9826664
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus for cooling a server cabinet, a server cabinet apparatus, and an Internet data center. The apparatus includes: a bracket and a cooling device; where the bracket is positioned below one or a plurality of server cabinets, and the cooling device is positioned in the bracket, and cools the server cabinet on the bracket. The apparatus for cooling a server is positioned below one or a plurality of server cabinets, such that all the server cabinets in a large-scale Internet data center are effectively cooled, and in addition, resources are saved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Haitao Zhang, Xiaowei Yang, Hua Zhu, Jiebing Xia
  • Patent number: 9822794
    Abstract: A fan cover (10), on which a fan motor (11) is mounted, includes: a fan cover flat portion in which an opening portion (12) is formed; a protruding portion (13) extending from the fan cover flat portion around the opening portion; and a supporting portion (14), which is arranged on the protruding portion, for supporting the fan motor, wherein a distance between the fan cover flat portion and the supporting portion of the protruding portion is smaller than the thickness of the fan motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9820410
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a frame in which a unit is mounted on each of an upper row and a lower row of the frame; a rack configured to accommodate a plurality of frames; a back plate configured to close the rack on a rear side of the frame; and a duct configured to protrude from an insertion hole formed in the back plate, and form an opening with a hole edge of the insertion hole so as to discharge air passing through the unit on the lower row, the duct separating the unit on the upper row and the unit on the lower row from each other, wherein a cross-sectional area of the opening is adjusted by adjustment of a protrusion length from the insertion hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Katsumi Kanasaki, Kenji Joko, Osamu Saito, Hideaki Matsumoto, Minoru Fujii, Takaharu Izuno, Mitsuaki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9810135
    Abstract: This cooling fan device for a vehicle comprises: a fan shroud which is shaped as a box accommodating a radiator and/or a condenser, and which has an opening in the front side in the travel direction of the vehicle and a fan coupling surface in the rear side in the travel direction; at least two cooling fans disposed in the fan coupling surface, the cooling fans having center axes vertically separated from each other by a predetermined distance; and a shield rib extending downward from the top of the fan coupling surface, protruding toward the radiator and/or the condenser, and having a top end and a bottom end, the shield rib being provided to the fan coupling surface between the adjacent cooling fans. The top end and/or the bottom end of the shield rib have a cutout section allowing air to pass between the adjacent cooling fans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji Ishikawa, Tsuyoshi Seike, Yusuke Hoshikawa, Sunao Hirota
  • Patent number: 9803510
    Abstract: An autonomous self-powered system for cooling radioactive materials comprising: a pool of liquid; a closed-loop fluid circuit comprising a working fluid having a boiling temperature that is less than a boiling temperature of the liquid of the pool, the closed-loop fluid circuit comprising, in operable fluid coupling, an evaporative heat exchanger at least partially immersed in the liquid of the pool, a turbogenerator, and a condenser; one or more forced flow units operably coupled to the closed-loop fluid circuit to induce flow of the working fluid through the closed-loop fluid circuit; and the closed-loop fluid circuit converting thermal energy extracted from the liquid of the pool into electrical energy in accordance with the Rankine Cycle, the electrical energy powering the one or more forced flow units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Inventors: Krishna P. Singh, Indresh Rampall, Joseph Rajkumar
  • Patent number: 9803655
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an airflow accelerating device and an electronic apparatus. The airflow accelerating device comprises: a housing, having a chamber formed therein; at least one vibrating plate, disposed within the chamber; at least one division plate, fixed in the housing, for dividing the chamber into at least two sub-chambers, each of the at least two sub-chambers having at least one air outlet configured to transmit airflow generated by vibration of the vibrating plate to outside of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Ting Tian, Jinyu Li
  • Patent number: 9797620
    Abstract: A total heat exchanger exchanges heat between air flowing through an air supply passage and air flowing through an air exhaust passage. An air supply fan transfers air from the outside of a room into the room through the air supply passage. If the temperature of outdoor air (OA) is below a lower temperature threshold (Tth), a controller intermittently stops the air supply fan in response to an index of the moisture content in room air (RA) such that as the stage of the index of the moisture content depending on the moisture content in the room air (RA) shifts toward higher stages, the period of time during which the air supply fan is at rest in an intermittent operating cycle increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Matsugi, Kenichi Maegaito, Takayuki Sunayama, Tooru Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 9797408
    Abstract: A side-discharge blower fan unit with ductwork for controlling air flow is disclosed, according to certain embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Inventor: Robert Michael Kinstle, III