With Vehicle Feature Patents (Class 165/41)
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Patent number: 12385453Abstract: The present invention relates to an autonomous agricultural machine comprising a frame having an inverted U-section, the autonomous agricultural machine having a roof and comprising a thermal engine system comprising an engine, the autonomous agricultural machine comprising a cooling system having an air circulation duct arranged in the upper part of the frame, directly under the roof, the duct having at least one opening to allow the intake of outside air into the air circulation duct and an upper air outlet to expel the hot air upwards, to the top of the roof, the cooling system also comprising a ventilation device to ensure air circulation in the air circulation duct, the air circulation duct being configured to allow the circulation of fresh air to cool the engine.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2023Date of Patent: August 12, 2025Assignee: EXEL INDUSTRIESInventors: Thibault Bacle, Jocelyn Gautier, Paul Jeantet
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Patent number: 12385666Abstract: An air-processing apparatus is provided. The air-processing apparatus may include a case having an outlet formed therein, a louver rotatably disposed in the case and configured to adjust a direction of air flowing through the outlet, and a louver actuator configured to adjust an orientation of the louver. The louver may include a louver rotational shaft and a plurality of vanes spaced apart from each other in a radial direction based on the louver rotational shaft. The louver actuator may be disposed so as to be in contact with a vane located at an outermost position among the plurality of vanes to change an orientation of the louver.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2022Date of Patent: August 12, 2025Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Chinsoo Hyon, Sehwan Bae, Heejae Kwon, Jeeyoung Yeon
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Patent number: 12378914Abstract: A fuel management system for a gas turbine engine. The fuel management system comprises a fuel supply line configured to supply fuel from an inlet to a combustor of the gas turbine engine. The fuel management system also includes a recirculation line extending from a recirculation point on the fuel supply line and configured to recirculate excess fuel from the fuel supply line for resupply to the fuel supply line. In addition, the fuel management system comprises a heat exchanger configured to reject heat from a thermal load of the gas turbine engine to fuel in the fuel management system. The heat exchanger is disposed on the fuel supply line upstream of the recirculation point or on the recirculation line. The fuel management system further comprises a fuel cooling device disposed along the recirculation line and configured to reject heat from the excess fuel therein.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2023Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plcInventor: Richard G Mochrie
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Patent number: 12365267Abstract: A system is provided for performing a predicted cooling operation for an electric vehicle (102) using a processor (122), and includes a vehicle monitoring unit (128) configured to monitor one or more vehicle characteristics related to the electric vehicle (102). The one or more vehicle characteristics include look-ahead demand information of one or more components of the electric vehicle (102). A cooling controller (126) is configured to communicate with the vehicle monitoring unit (128) and determine the look-ahead demand information based on at least one of: navigational information, thermal information, and environment information associated with the electric vehicle (102). The cooling controller (126) is configured to generate a cooling command based on the look-ahead demand information and perform the predicted cooling operation based on the cooling command by over-cooling the one or more components of the electric vehicle (102).Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2019Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: Cummins Inc.Inventors: David J. Langenderfer, Bin L Liu, Tony Qin
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Patent number: 12368301Abstract: Technologies are described herein to prioritize delivery of power to electrical components associated with a vehicle and an electrically powered accessory. A power distribution unit may assess real-time power needs for the electrical storage system associated with the vehicle and electrical storage device of the electrically powered accessory and direct incoming power to the electrical storage system associated with the vehicle and the electrical storage device of the electrically powered accessory based on a prioritization of various factors.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2024Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: THERMO KING LLCInventors: Ryan Wayne Schumacher, Michael James Vanous, Mark D. Leasure, Nicholas Allan Cregan, Matt Srnec, Alessandro Silvestri
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Patent number: 12359876Abstract: A ground testable spacecraft heat pipe has a spacecraft heat pipe thermally connected for conduction of heat through a heat acquisition cold plate to a heat acquisition riser of a bubble pump heat pipe, enabling a plug-slug flow of heated fluid into a separator, with heated liquid flowing downward through a hear rejection downcomer to a heat rejection pipe section mounted on a heat rejection cold plate for conduction of heat to a bottom end of the spacecraft heat pipe, the now-cooled liquid flowing through a heat rejection riser to an outlet in a condenser that receives the heated vapor from the separator through a vapor condensation conduit, the condenser holding the cooled fluid and vapor condensate that exits the condenser through a heat acquisition downcomer to restart the cycle.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2023Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: Government of the United States as represented by the Secretary of the Air ForceInventor: Jonathan Allison
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Patent number: 12351139Abstract: A device for preventing excessive increase of an internal pressure of a rolling assembly, the rolling assembly having a rotation axis and comprising a wheel and a tire, the tire being mounted onto the wheel creating an inner cavity surrounded by a wheel internal surface and a tire internal surface, comprises a cold spot placed in the inner cavity of the rolling assembly for condensing vapor contained in a gas filled in the inner cavity.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventors: Pierre-Alexis Tetaz, Mathieu Grandemange, Remi Bouard, Yves Potin
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Patent number: 12350996Abstract: A battery chiller for a vehicle includes a housing having a first inlet, a second inlet opposing the first inlet, a first outlet having a toroid structure surrounding the second inlet, and a second outlet having a toroid structure surrounding the first inlet. A lattice is disposed within the housing defining a first plurality of channels and a second plurality of channels. The lattice defines a first inlet duct in fluid communication with the first inlet and the first channels, and a second inlet duct in fluid communication with the second inlet and the second channels. A first flow path is defined from the first inlet, through the first inlet duct, through the first plurality of channels and to the first outlet, and a second flow path is defined from the second inlet, through the second inlet duct, through the second plurality of channels and to the second outlet.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2023Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Xiaogang Zhang, Richard K Werth, Mark Meinhart
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Patent number: 12336523Abstract: A livewell system for a marine vessel includes a tank configured to hold water, a fill pump configured to pump water into the tank from a body of water in which the marine vessel is located, and a recirculation pump configured to pump water out of the tank and subsequently back into the tank. A first temperature sensor senses a temperature of the water in the body of water, and a second temperature sensor senses a temperature of the water in the tank. A controller is provided in signal communication with the fill pump, the recirculation pump, and the first and second temperature sensors. The controller operates the fill pump and the recirculation pump based on information from the first and second temperature sensors to maintain the temperature of the water in the tank within a predetermined temperature range. A method for maintaining livewell water temperature is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2022Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: Brunswick CorporationInventors: Troy J. Kollmann, Trevor George, Simon H. McFarland
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Patent number: 12337647Abstract: A vehicle having: at least one electric drive system; a battery; a passenger compartment; an air conditioning system to air-condition the passenger compartment and provided with at least one heat exchanger; a first thermoregulation circuit configured to have the fluid flow through the drive system; a second thermoregulation circuit configured to have the fluid flow through the battery; a third thermoregulation circuit configured to have the fluid flow through the heat exchanger; an electric heater, which is arranged along the third thermoregulation circuit and can be operated in order to heat the fluid flowing in the third thermoregulation circuit; and at least one solenoid valve movable between an isolation position, in which the fluid flowing through the first thermoregulation circuit does not flow through the third thermoregulation circuit, and a connection position, in which the fluid flowing through the first thermoregulation circuit also flows through the third thermoregulation circuit.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2023Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventors: Paolo Sacco, Matteo Tassinari, Enrico D'Angelo
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Patent number: 12341169Abstract: Described herein is a system for thermal management of a component, such as a battery for an electric vehicle. The system comprises an electrical component and one or more panels thermally coupled to the electrical component. Each panel comprises a plurality of passages for conveying a working fluid around the panel. The one or more panels are arranged to form a hermetically sealed system such that the working fluid is configured to communicate heat energy around the sealed system. The system further comprises a heat exchanger mechanism in thermal communication with at least one of the plurality of panels so as to communicate heat energy to and/or from the electrical component via the plurality of panels.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2019Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: Flint Engineering LimitedInventors: Stephen Lester, Hussam Jouhara
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Patent number: 12326275Abstract: An air-cooling system includes an evaporator adapted to cool an air and a reservoir for storing a liquid and providing the liquid to the evaporator. The air-cooling system also includes a pressure reducer system fluidly coupled to the evaporator and adapted to create a relatively low pressure inside the evaporator to facilitate a conversion of the liquid flowing through the evaporator into vapors. The pressure reducer system includes a liquid ejector having an inlet portion adapted to receive the liquid from the reservoir, a throat portion arranged downstream of the inlet portion and fluidly coupled to the evaporator and an outlet portion disposed downstream of the throat portion and configured to increase a pressure inside the liquid ejector. The pressure reducer system also includes a pump fluidly connected to the liquid ejector and the reservoir to supply the liquid from the reservoir to the liquid ejector.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: Notark CorporationInventors: Vijay Mhetar, Roger Tocchetto
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Patent number: 12325285Abstract: A heat exchanger for a vehicle configured to perform heat exchange between coolant and refrigerant includes: a plurality of stacked plates sequentially stacked to form a plurality of refrigerant spaces filled with the refrigerant and a plurality of coolant spaces filled with the coolant; a thermal expansion valve disposed in the vicinity of the plurality of the stacked plates; and a connection block disposed between the thermal expansion valve and the plurality of stacked plates. The connection block comprises a refrigerant inlet passage for introducing the refrigerant introduced through the thermal expansion valve into the plurality of the stacked plates and a refrigerant discharge passage for introducing the refrigerant discharged from the plurality of the stacked plates into the thermal expansion valve.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: ESTRA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Sam Shin, Jeong Kyu Park, Jun Ho Choi
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Patent number: 12319113Abstract: An environmental control system for thermally conditioning air within an enclosed space is provided. The system includes a refrigerant circuit having a compressor, an indoor heat exchanger, an expansion device, and an outdoor heat exchanger. The system also includes an exhaust flowpath having a first inlet for receiving an exhaust flow of thermally conditioned air from the enclosed space and an outlet for discharging the exhaust flow to an external environment. A heat transfer section of the outdoor heat exchanger is located in the exhaust flowpath The exhaust flowpath is configured to direct the exhaust flow of thermally conditioned air through the heat transfer section of the outdoor heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2022Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: THERMO KING LLCInventors: Diego Cearra, Pavel Houdek, Petra Stavova, Martin Galansky, Michal Kolda
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Patent number: 12311741Abstract: A vehicle includes a frame, a tractive element coupled to the frame, an engine coupled to the frame and configured to drive the tractive element, and a debris shield coupled to the frame. The debris shield at least partially defines at least one of a left side or a right side of an engine compartment containing the engine. The debris shield includes an outer frame coupled to the frame and defining a ventilation aperture, an inner frame coupled to the outer frame, and a screen extending across the ventilation aperture. The screen extends between the outer frame and the inner frame such that the inner frame limits movement of the screen relative to the outer frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2022Date of Patent: May 27, 2025Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: David Booth, Michael Braun, Aaron Onken
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Patent number: 12270338Abstract: A gas turbine engine for an aircraft includes: an engine core; fan; turbomachinery bearings; power gearbox; and a heat management system configured to provide lubrication and cooling to the power gearbox and turbomachinery bearings and including at least one air-lubricant heat exchanger to dissipate a first amount of heat to a first heat sink, and at least one fuel-lubricant heat exchanger to dissipate a second amount of heat to a second heat sink, wherein the heat management system is configured to provide a first proportion of heat generated by the power gearbox and the turbomachinery and dissipated to air at 85% of a core shaft maximum take-off speed in the range of 0.25 to 0.70, and a second proportion of heat generated by the power gearbox and the turbomachinery and dissipated to air at 65% of the core shaft maximum take-off speed in the range of 0.60 to 1.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE PLCInventor: Andrea Minelli
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Patent number: 12257876Abstract: The embodiments of this application relate to the technical field of battery, and in particular, to a thermal management system, a method and an equipment. In this thermal management system, a compressor and a condenser form a cooling loop with a thermal exchange pipeline of the battery, and a compressor and an evaporator form a heating loop with a thermal exchange pipeline, so that this thermal management system can provide both cooling and heating for battery, in comparison with the direct cooling system and heating film, this thermal management system features simple structure and high reliability. In addition, the locations of the condenser and the evaporator can be reasonably arranged as required to achieve the secondary utilization of hot air and cold air.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2022Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITEDInventors: Chuanhui Zhang, Bao Li, Kai Wu
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Patent number: 12252002Abstract: A coolant connection structure includes an upper body fastened to an upper end portion of the vehicle, a lower body positioned at a lower end portion of the upper body, a floor panel formed between the upper body and the lower body, and a joint module positioned at the floor panel and fluidly connected to a coolant tank positioned at the lower body.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2022Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Yoon Hyung Lee, Sang Shin Lee, Byoung Hyun Ji, Seong Min An, Gee Young Shin, Dong Ho Kwon
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Patent number: 12251991Abstract: A vehicle system includes: an olfaction sensor comprising: a blower configured to draw air through an inlet; a dehumidifier configured to decrease a humidity of the air; and a sensor located downstream of the dehumidifier and configured to measure an amount of a chemical in the air after the air flows through the dehumidifier; and a control module configured to selectively take one or more remedial actions based on the amount of the chemical in the air measured by the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.Inventors: Sibu Varughese, MartÃn Nespolo, Thomas Krzyzak, Gareth Webb, Wilson Yim, Matthew Johnson
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Patent number: 12251984Abstract: An integrated thermal management system for a vehicle includes a refrigerant line; a first coolant line for circulating coolant and connecting a first radiator, the high-temperature core, a heating core of an internal air conditioner, and a high-voltage battery with each other in parallel; a second coolant line for circulating coolant and connecting a second radiator, an electronic driving part, the low-temperature core, and a cooling core of the internal air conditioner with each other in parallel; and a third coolant line for circulating coolant and connecting a third radiator and the high-voltage battery to the second coolant line in parallel.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2021Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Sang Shin Lee, Man Ju Oh, Ki Mok Kim, Uk Il Yang
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Patent number: 12235051Abstract: Pipe arrangement for transporting temperature control media, comprising a base body which is produced by way of blow molding and from which at least a first channel and a second channel are formed, wherein the first channel and the second channel have a first orientation towards one another in a first section and a second orientation towards one another in a second section, wherein the first orientation is different from the second orientation.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2021Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: TI AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBHInventors: Albert Boecker, Matthias Winter, Thorsten Schaefer, Florian Deibel, Mathieu Aucouturier
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Patent number: 12214646Abstract: A cooling system for a vehicle may include a cooling circuit through which a coolant is flowable. The cooling circuit may include a first heat source, a first radiator, a second heat source, a second radiator, and a hydraulic switch. The first heat source may be coolable at a lower temperature level. The second heat source may be coolable at a higher temperature level. The first heat source, the first radiator, the second heat source, and the second radiator may be connected in series with one another in the cooling circuit. The hydraulic switch may divide the cooling circuit into (i) a first partial circuit with the first heat source and the first radiator and (ii) a second partial circuit with the second heat source and the second radiator.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2022Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Mahle International GmbHInventors: Richard Bruemmer, Gunther Hentschel, Rainer Lutz, Thomas Strauss
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Patent number: 12194833Abstract: The subject of the present invention is a thermal system (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising a one-piece frame (2) comprising a front face (20) and a rear face (22), wherein the frame comprises, on each of its two faces (20, 22), fastening means (29, 30) for at least one heat exchanger (8, 10), said fastening means being such that first fastening means (29) positioned on a front face (20) of the frame are configured for fastening a heat exchanger (8) in a first direction of insertion (Ia) and that second fastening means (30) positioned on a rear face (22) of the frame are configured for fastening a heat exchanger (10) in a second direction of insertion (Ib) opposed to the first direction of insertion.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUESInventors: José Trindade, Rémi Tournois, Fabien Bireaud
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Patent number: 12173965Abstract: A hybrid capillary and mechanically pumped loop heat pipe (HLHP) includes a fluid loop having an evaporator thermally coupled to a heat load, a condenser thermally coupled to a heat sink, a reservoir, and one or more magnetically levitating pumps configured to pump fluid through the loop thereby improving heat transport capacity and system stability.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Gabriel Goodwin, Evan Hyde, Jesse Maxwell, Kwok Cheung, Robert Baldauff, Triem Hoang
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Patent number: 12173472Abstract: A support structure includes a shroud having a substantially circular shape from a proximal end covering an outer periphery of a first surface of a heat exchanger to a distal end. A support frame supports the heat exchanger and the shroud to expose the distal end and a second surface of the heat exchanger. The vehicle body frame has an opening. A cooling fan includes a fan rotating shaft and blades to generate cooling air. When the heat exchanger is positioned at the first position facing the cooling fan, the distal end of the shroud covers a circumference of the cooling fan in a radial direction so that cooling air passes through the first and second surfaces. When the support frame is located at a second position where the heat exchanger exposes the opening to an outside of the vehicle frame, the fan rotating shaft and the blades are uncovered.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Hironori Hirakawa, Satoshi Yamaki, Kiyoshi Ueda, Hiroshi Fujiwara
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Patent number: 12172499Abstract: A system for humidification of a fuel cell electric vehicle includes a fuel cell stack for producing electrical energy through an electrochemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen, a water supply tank for storing water generated during power generation in the fuel cell stack, a first duct for supplying air exhausted from a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) apparatus to a vehicle glass, a second duct for supplying air exhausted from the HVAC apparatus into the vehicle interior, a humidification apparatus for humidifying air supplied through the second duct using water supplied from the water supply tank, and a controller that supplies air to the vehicle glass through the first duct to perform anti-fogging control of the vehicle glass when adjusting an inside humidity of the vehicle using the humidification apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Tae Hun Jung, Biermann Albert, Moo Sang Kim, Seong Bin Jeong
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Patent number: 12157360Abstract: An electric work vehicle includes a battery, a motor positioned under the battery and drivable on electric power supplied by the battery, a travel device drivable by the motor, an inverter positioned under the battery and forward of the motor to convert direct-current electric power from the battery into alternating-current electric power and supply the alternating-current electric power to the motor, and a transmission positioned backward of the battery to transmit a driving force of the motor to the travel device, wherein the motor and the inverter are arranged in a front-back direction of a machine body.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2020Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: KUBOTA CORPRATIONInventors: Norita Tottori, Daisuke Nakayama, Hironobu Nogami
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Patent number: 12134313Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooling module (100) for a motor vehicle, comprising at least one heat exchanger (3, 4) and at least one duct (1) comprising an air inlet (10) of the cooling module (100), the duct (1) being configured to convey cooling air from the air inlet (10) towards the heat exchanger (3, 4), characterized in that the duct (1) comprises fastening elements (24, 24?, 25, 26, 27, 29) configured to fasten the heat exchanger (3, 4) to the duct (1).Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUESInventors: Fabien Bireaud, Rémi Tournois, José Trindade
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Patent number: 12115833Abstract: A cooling system for electric vehicles, which enables air to be efficiently removed from a cooling circuit due to optimal placement of a reservoir tank, includes a first cooling circuit configured to cool a battery by coolant that circulates in accordance with operation of a first circulation pump and exchanges heat with a first heat exchange module, a second cooling circuit configured to cool a PE module using coolant that circulates in accordance with operation of a second circulation pump and exchanges heat with a second heat exchange module, the second cooling circuit being configured so that the coolant in the first cooling circuit circulates through the second cooling circuit, and a reservoir tank, which is continuously connected to the first and second cooling circuits to remove air in the coolant flowing through each of the first and second cooling circuits in the reservoir tank.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2022Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventor: Gun Goo Lee
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Patent number: 12115832Abstract: Systems for a vehicle air duct including a passage, the passage including an inlet at a downstream portion of a front wheel well of the vehicle and an outlet upstream of a rear wheel well of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2021Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLCInventor: Dolf Vandamme
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Patent number: 12104356Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile work machine, in particular a hydraulic excavator, which comprises an engine for driving the mobile work machine, a hydraulic power generation unit which is coupled to the engine and is designed to convey a hydraulic volume in a manner which is dependent on a rotational speed of the engine, and a plurality of hydraulic elements which can be actuated by way of the conveyed volume of the hydraulic power generation unit and are assigned to various functions of the mobile work machine. The machine is characterized by a control unit for detecting a defined operating mode of the mobile work machine, wherein the control unit is designed to set the setpoint rotational speed of the engine in a manner which is dependent on the detected defined operating mode.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: LIEBHERR-MINING EQUIPMENT COLMAR SASInventors: Philipp Hahn, Alexis Leroy
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Patent number: 12104499Abstract: A method of regulating pressure in a thermal transport bus of a gas turbine engine, the method including: operating the gas turbine engine with the thermal transport bus having an intermediary heat exchange fluid flowing therethrough, the thermal transport bus including one or more heat source heat exchangers and one or more heat sink heat exchangers in thermal communication through the intermediary heat exchanger fluid; and adjusting a flow volume of the thermal transport bus using a variable volume device in fluid communication with the thermal transport bus in response to a pressure change associated with the thermal transport bus.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2023Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Scott Alan Schimmels, Daniel Alan Niergarth, Arthur William Sibbach, Brandon Wayne Miller
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Patent number: 12098733Abstract: A shroud assembly mounts a radiator to a vehicle frame. The shroud assembly includes a shroud, a first frame bracket for mounting the shroud to the vehicle frame, and a second frame bracket for mounting the shroud to the vehicle frame. The shroud includes a first shroud portion and a second shroud portion. The first shroud portion has an opening for receiving a fan. The second shroud portion has an opening for receiving a fan. The first mounting bracket connects the first shroud portion to the second shroud portion, and the second mounting bracket also connects the first shroud portion to the second shroud portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2023Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Modine Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Daniel R. Baldwin, Shaun M. McKanry, Michael J. Kis
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Patent number: 12095397Abstract: A controller for controlling flow of coolant to one or more components of a vehicle is disclosed. The controller determines respective amounts of heat expected to be rejected by the one or more components of the vehicle in a steady state of operation at current operating conditions of the one or more components, and generates a feedforward flow control signal based at least in part on the determined amounts of heat and a target temperature for the one or more components. The controller generates a controller output signal based at least in part on the feedforward control signal, and provides the controller output signal to the cooling system to control flow of coolant to the one or more components of the vehicle from the cooling system in accordance with the determined amounts of heat expected to be rejected by the one or more components of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Cummins Inc.Inventors: David B. Snyder, Andrew W. Osburn, Anant Puri
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Patent number: 12065068Abstract: A vehicle console includes a housing having at least one cupholder, a deployable shelf located proximate to the housing and movable between a recessed position in thermal communication with the at least cupholder and an extended position extending outward from the housing. The deployable shelf has a thermally conductive surface, and a heater operatively coupled to the thermally conductive surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Dustin Shedlarski, Micah Jones, Hussein H. Berry
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Patent number: 12050069Abstract: An apparatus includes a case including a heat exchange unit; an inflow port through which a fluid flows into the heat exchange unit; and a discharge port through which the fluid is discharged from the heat exchange unit. In the case, the inflow port and the discharge port are opened in a facing surface facing a component to which the apparatus is assembled, the inflow port is disposed to face a fluid outlet of the component, and a partition wall that separates an inflow port side and a discharge port side is provided on the facing surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshikazu Suzuki, Giljo Jung
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Patent number: 12024318Abstract: Rocket components having internal heat fins are described herein. The disclosed components have internal heat fins that mitigate buckling and uneven force application by adding thermal capacity to the component without adding component stiffness. This reduces a thermal force fight (i.e., tension versus compression between cold and hot areas, respectively), which inhibits the buckling loads on the propellant tank. The internal heats fins also provide for a reduced mass of the propellant tank wall relative to a propellant tank wall without internal heat fins. By reducing the thermal force fight, as discussed above, less material can be used which further allows for thinner welds to be used (i.e., less welding material).Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Blue Origin, LLCInventors: David Harper, Jeramy Kimball, Logan Sailer, Curtis Wen
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Patent number: 11996692Abstract: Technologies are described herein to prioritize delivery of power to electrical components associated with a vehicle and an electrically powered accessory. A power distribution unit may assess real-time power needs for the electrical storage system associated with the vehicle and electrical storage device of the electrically powered accessory and direct incoming power to the electrical storage system associated with the vehicle and the electrical storage device of the electrically powered accessory based on a prioritization of various factors.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2023Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: THERMO KING LLCInventors: Ryan Wayne Schumacher, Michael James Vanous, Mark D. Leasure, Nicholas Allan Cregan, Matt Srnec, Alessandro Silvestri
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Patent number: 11993129Abstract: Electric vehicle having a chassis, which supports a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels, a passenger compartment, which is arranged between the front wheels and the rear wheels, at least one electric motor connected to drive wheels, an electric energy storage device, an air conditioning system, which is designed to air condition the passenger compartment by heating or cooling the air present in the passenger compartment, and a control unit, which is configured to activate the air conditioning system even when the vehicle is parked and connected to an external charging system, wherein the air conditioning system has at least one thermal device, which is designed to exchange heat directly and only with the chassis and the control unit is configured to activate the thermal device even when the vehicle is parked and connected to an external charging system.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: FERRARI S.p.A.Inventor: Fabrizio Favaretto
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Patent number: 11987115Abstract: Provided is a technique for improving the cooling efficiency of a vehicle heat exchange system configured to cool a cooling liquid discharged from each of a plurality of heat sources.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazunori Ishihara, Jun Ikeda, Takaaki Tanaka, Yoshifumi Nabeshima, Hideaki Iijima, Tsukasa Akiyama
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Patent number: 11987095Abstract: Disclosed is an integrated thermal management system for a vehicle including a refrigerant flow line extending to allow a refrigerant discharged from a compressor to flow in the order of an indoor condenser, an external condenser, and an evaporator and to flow back to the compressor, a refrigerant chiller line branching from the refrigerant flow line at each of the points downstream of the compressor, the indoor condenser, or the external condenser, the refrigerant chiller line joining the refrigerant flow line at a point upstream of the compressor after the refrigerant passes through a battery chiller and an electric chiller or bypasses the same, a battery cooling line extending to allow a coolant to circulate while passing through a battery radiator or the battery chiller, and an electric cooling line extending to allow a coolant to circulate while passing through an electric radiator or the electric chiller.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Ki Mok Kim, Man Ju Oh, Sang Shin Lee, Won Seok Sung
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Patent number: 11981240Abstract: This disclosure relates to controlling temperature inside a receptacle 102 in a vehicle. In an embodiment, a temperature-controlled system for a vehicle is disclosed. The temperature-controlled system may include a receptacle 102 having at least one inlet 104, and a housing 106 fitted to the receptacle 102. The housing 106 may include an opening 108. The opening 108 may be configured to be fluidically coupled to a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) vent of the vehicle. The housing 106 may further include an open front face 110 fluidically coupled to the at least one inlet 104 of the receptacle 102, and a gate assembly mounted on the housing 106. The gate assembly 106 may include a gate configured to engage or disengage with the opening 108 to fluidically couple or fluidically decouple, respectively, the opening 108 to the vent.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: L&T TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITEDInventors: Hariprasad V Prabhakar, Ratheesh Kizhakke Valappil, Ashish Singh
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Patent number: 11964536Abstract: There are included a first heat exchanger (42) for causing heat to be exchanged between refrigerant and air in an interior of a vehicle (1), a heating circuit (36) for causing the refrigerant with a temperature higher than that of the air in the interior of the vehicle to circulate through the first heat exchanger, a secondary battery (21) where charging and discharging of power are performed, a cooling water circuit (50) for causing cooling water that exchanges heat with the secondary battery to circulate, a second heat exchanger (61) for causing heat to be exchanged between the refrigerant and the cooling water, the second heat exchanger being provided in a manner including a portion of the heating circuit downstream of the first heat exchanger and a portion of the cooling water circuit, and a case (23) for covering the secondary battery, the cooling water circuit, and the second heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignees: SANDEN CORPORATION, NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Iino, Osamu Takazawa, Yurio Nomura
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Patent number: 11955249Abstract: A heat pipe configured to remove heat from a nuclear reactor core is disclosed herein. The heat pipe can include an inner housing defining an inner volume configured to accommodate a heat source and an outer housing configured about the inner housing and the heat source. A wick can be positioned between at least a portion of the inner housing and at least a portion of the outer housing, wherein the wick can include a capillary material, and wherein the wick can define an intermediate volume between the inner housing and the outer housing. A working fluid can be positioned within the intermediate volume, wherein the working fluid can evaporate at a first end of the heat pipe and condense at a second end of the heat pipe adjacent to a heat exchanger, and wherein the wick can return condensed working fluid to the first end of the heat pipe.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLCInventors: Abdul R. Dulloo, Alex Levinsky, Richard F. Wright
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Patent number: 11951892Abstract: A motor vehicle is provided with at least one fuel cell and a device for preparing a beverage, which has a steam and/or liquid dispenser for dispensing a liquid into a vessel. A supply line is provided between the at least one fuel cell and the steam and/or liquid dispenser for supplying product water generated in the at least one fuel cell to the steam and/or liquid dispenser. A method for preparing a beverage is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: AUDI AGInventors: Markus Baranyai, Markus Ruf
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Patent number: 11939731Abstract: The invention relates to a self-propelled ground milling machine, in particular a road cold milling machine, stabilizer or recycler, comprising a milling device for milling the ground at a milling depth, a machine frame supported by front and rear travel units, an internal combustion engine arranged in an engine compartment, a hydraulic system with at least two hydraulic pumps, a pump transfer gear and a hydraulic tank, and an operator platform.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: BOMAG GMBHInventor: Nils Muders
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Patent number: 11940164Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a vehicle air conditioning system and a control method of the vehicle air conditioning system which enable detecting leaks of flammable refrigerant without requiring a separate sensor.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTDInventors: Takayuki Hagita, Nobuya Nakagawa, Hideto Noyama
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Patent number: 11939078Abstract: Fuel used as a coolant in an aircraft can be thermally conditioned for active thermal management of the airframe and engine. The fuel can be thermally conditioned using the residual cooling capacity of a power and thermal module (PTM), providing flexibility of thermal system design, or via a compact engine-mounted turbo cooler, to maximize system efficiency. The fuel can be stored in a thermal reserve tank to provide a missionized heat sink capable serviceable for periodic high heat flux equipment. The cooling and provision of cooled fuel to aircraft components can be intelligently controlled to provide efficient cooling and effectively unlimited ground hold times.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Clarence Lui, Matthew Dooley
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Patent number: 11892238Abstract: A packaging system for transporting a payload while maintaining the payload within an acceptable temperature range. The payload is cooled by two sets of U-shaped heat pipes within the payload compartment. A set of cold heat pipes is cooled by a layer of phase change material located above the payload, while a set of warm heat pipes is cooled by a layer of phase change material located below the payload.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.Inventor: Iftekhar Ahmed
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Patent number: 11890924Abstract: Motorcycle including a damped support to support a front wheel; a handlebar connected to the damped support to steer the front wheel; at least one radiator configured to cool at least one liquid of an engine of the motorcycle; at least one air conveyor comprising an inlet mouth oriented towards the front of the motorcycle and an outlet mouth facing the radiator; the at least one air conveyor being shaped so as to guide the air entering the inlet mouth towards the outlet mouth; wherein the at least one air conveyor is shaped so as to at least partially envelop the front wheel when the motorcycle is viewed from above.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.AInventor: Romano Albesiano