Heating And Cooling Of The Same Material Patents (Class 165/61)
  • Patent number: 11965656
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a frame structure of a grill, in which support legs are obliquely disposed so that a grill body placed on a grill body support seat cannot easily topple, the grill body support seat and the support legs are detachably assembled by means of mating between accommodating spaces and first fasteners to limit the support legs in multiple directions, so that the support legs cannot be easily displaced relative to the grill body support seat, thus improving stability of the frame, facilitating assembly, storage and transportation, using less parts and providing a wheel body for easy movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: NINGBO AGSUN PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Xuefei Mao, Jinsheng Wu, Xianghua Liu
  • Patent number: 11916208
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an electrified vehicle having a cabin pre-cooling strategy for managing battery and cabin cooling loads. A corresponding method is also disclosed. An example electrified vehicle includes a battery for propulsion, a cabin, a thermal management system configured to thermally condition both the battery and the cabin, and a controller configured to follow a cabin pre-cooling strategy to pre-cool the cabin when an expected cooling load of the battery, if the electrified vehicle were to be driven in present conditions, exceeds an upper battery cooling load threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Luke McDermott, Westin Pusey, William Stewart Johnston, Manfred Koberstein, Lynn Collins
  • Patent number: 11909078
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods of using water output from a fuel cell system to aid in heat dissipation and evaporative cooling of radiators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CUMMINS INC.
    Inventors: Archit Koti, Rohit Saha, Sumit Tripathi, Christopher Nelson, Agneya Turlapati, Jairo A. Martinez Garcia, Sachin Vinayak Damle, Suhas Deutkar, Pradheepram Ottikkutti, Sunil Suryakant Bahulikar, Sandesh Sadawarte
  • Patent number: 11883574
    Abstract: A system (20) including a heater/cooler module (22) to heat/cool a first fluid in a primary circuit (28), a heat transfer fluid circuit (24) to provide a second fluid to a target device (38) to heat/cool the target device (38), and a heat exchanger (26) including at least part of the primary circuit (28) and at least part of a secondary circuit (36) through which the second fluid flows to facilitate heat transfer between the first fluid and the second fluid. The primary circuit (28) and the secondary circuit (36) are separate circuits and the first fluid and the second fluid remain separated in the system. Also, the system is modular, such that the elements can be stacked to increase heating/cooling capability and/or to increase the number of heating/cooling channels, and the system is compatible with portable applications, such as ambulance, aircraft, and helicopter applications, and with battery operation and/or the use of uninterruptible power supplies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: LivaNova Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Olivier Wolfgramm, Michael Bonczar
  • Patent number: 11852382
    Abstract: A heating and cooling system powered by renewable energy and assisted with geothermal energy includes a solar cycling unit, a supercritical carbon dioxide (S—CO2) unit, and a refrigerant cycling unit. Solar energy obtained at the solar cycling unit may be used to power the S—CO2 cycling unit. To do so, the solar cycling unit utilizes a solar collector, a thermal energy storage, and a heat exchanger along with a first working fluid which is preferably molten salt or Therminol. Next, the energy generated at the S—CO2 cycling unit, which preferably circulates S—CO2 as a second working fluid, may be used to operate the refrigerant cycling unit. In the refrigerant cycling unit, Tetrafluroethene is preferably used as the third working fluid to produce required cooling effects. Additionally, geothermal heat exchangers may be integrated into the system for use during varying weather conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS, KING ABDULLAH CITY FOR ATOMIC & RENEWABLE ENERGY (K.A.CARE)
    Inventors: Esmail M. A. Mokheimer, Mohamed A. Habib, Mohammad Raghib Shakeel
  • Patent number: 11560038
    Abstract: An air conditioning control system includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry includes an ambient temperature obtainment unit, a departure time estimation unit configured to estimate a departure time of a vehicle, an air conditioning condition calculator configured to calculate an operation period and an operation output that allow a passenger compartment temperature of the vehicle to reach a preset target temperature, an air conditioning start time determination unit configured to determine an activation time of an air conditioner, and an air conditioning controller. The air conditioning start time determination unit is configured to determine that the activation time is a time earlier than the departure time by the operation period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu Hoshino, Kunihiko Jinno
  • Patent number: 11529020
    Abstract: Beverage cooling device (2) for rapidly cooling a beverage and serving the beverage when cooled, after having been dispensed from a beverage preparation machine (100) in the device, comprising a heat exchange container (3) comprising a closed chamber (4) containing a phase-change coolant capable of accumulating and restoring cooling energy and a beverage cavity (5) with an open upper end (6) for receiving the beverage; the closed chamber (4) and cavity (5) being separated by at least one heat conductive inner wall (8). The device is arranged to be handled separately from the beverage preparation machine and comprises a control unit (13) comprising a communication module (14) arranged for communicating to the beverage preparation machine information representative of the presence of the device at proximity of the beverage preparation machine and/or of a cooling state of the coolant in the chamber. The invention also relates to a system comprising a beverage preparation device and the cooling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Alexandre Perentes, Alexandre Pugliese, Nicolas Ganshof van der Meersch
  • Patent number: 11498389
    Abstract: An air conditioning control system includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry includes an ambient temperature obtainment unit, a departure time estimation unit configured to estimate a departure time of a vehicle, an air conditioning condition calculator configured to calculate an operation period and an operation output that allow a passenger compartment temperature of the vehicle to reach a preset target temperature, an air conditioning start time determination unit configured to determine an activation time of an air conditioner, and an air conditioning controller. The air conditioning start time determination unit is configured to determine that the activation time is a time earlier than the departure time by the operation period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu Hoshino, Kunihiko Jinno
  • Patent number: 11432432
    Abstract: A heat dissipation apparatus is provided, an electronic component is disposed on one side of an adjustable heat dissipation component, and a rotating shaft is disposed on another side of the adjustable heat dissipation component; and one end of a connecting component is connected to the adjustable heat dissipation component, another end of the connecting component is connected to a fixed substrate, and the connecting component drives the adjustable heat dissipation component to rotate by using the rotating shaft. The connecting component may be adjusted to rotate the electronic component together with the adjustable heat dissipation component, to reduce complexity in deploying the electronic component and the heat dissipation apparatus without affecting a heat dissipation effect, thereby improving convenience of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ying Dong, Weifeng Hu, Binghua Li, Jibin Zhou
  • Patent number: 11397030
    Abstract: A refrigeration system includes a rotary pressure exchanger fluidly coupled to a low pressure loop and a high pressure loop. The rotary pressure exchanger replaces a traditional bulk flow compressor. The rotary pressure exchanger is configured to receive the refrigerant at high pressure from the high pressure loop, to receive the refrigerant at low pressure from the low pressure loop, and to exchange pressure between the refrigerant at high pressure and the refrigerant at low pressure, and wherein a first exiting stream from the rotary pressure exchanger includes the refrigerant at high pressure in the supercritical state or the subcritical state and a second exiting stream from the rotary pressure exchanger includes the refrigerant at low pressure in the liquid state or the two-phase mixture of liquid and vapor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Energy Recovery, Inc.
    Inventors: Azam Mihir Thatte, Matthew Joseph Pattom
  • Patent number: 11221152
    Abstract: A dehumidifier is provided. The dehumidifier may include a case having an air intake opening and an air discharge opening, an evaporator arranged inside the case and having evaporating fins coupled to evaporating tubes, a condenser arranged inside the case spaced apart from the evaporator, a fan that flows air in a direction from the evaporator to the condenser, and a heat pipe assembly positioned in front of and behind the evaporator in the air flow direction spaced apart from the evaporator. The heat pipe assembly may include heat pipes and heat-conducting fins each having a heat pipe coupling hole formed therein to be coupled to the respective heat pipe. Heat pipes may include heat-absorbing pipe portions positioned in front of the evaporator, heat-dissipating pipe portions positioned between the evaporator and the condenser, and connecting pipe portions that connect the heat-absorbing pipe portion to the heat-dissipating pipe portion, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Minwoo Jeong, Bongjun Kim, Sehyeon Kim, Jaeyoung Kim, Yohan Lee
  • Patent number: 11213045
    Abstract: Systems and methods of producing a frozen food product include dosing ingredients with a liquefied gas while mixing the ingredients using self-cleaning interlocking beaters. The beaters are optionally also disposed to clean a container in which the ingredients are frozen. The rate and amount of cooling is controlled by measuring the quantity of liquid nitrogen, measuring viscosity of the frozen food product, measuring temperature, and/or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SMITTEN VENTURES, INC.
    Inventors: Robyn Sue Fisher, David M Fischer, Jonathan Fischer, Whitfield Fowler
  • Patent number: 11158528
    Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling temperatures in plasma processing chamber with a combination of proportional and pulsed fluid control valves. A heat transfer fluid loop is thermally coupled to a chamber component, such as a chuck. The heat transfer fluid loop includes a supply line and a return line to each of hot and cold fluid reservoirs. In an embodiment, an analog valve (e.g., in the supply line) is controlled between any of a closed state, a partially open state, and a fully open state based on a temperature control loop while a digital valve (e.g., in the return line) is controlled to either a closed state and a fully open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventor: Chetan Mahadeswaraswamy
  • Patent number: 10945559
    Abstract: An automatic fryer apparatus and method of frying food products includes a cooking chamber, a heating mechanism disposed in the cooking chamber, and a pump disposed at an end of the cooking chamber to circulate cooking medium within the cooking chamber. Food product is added to the cooking chamber and flows along with the cooking medium in a flow direction. A controller controls a plurality of gates by individually actuating each gate. The controller stores data regarding predetermined time periods, which regulate when to raise and lower each gate. Food product moves downstream of each gate along a flow direction when each respective gate is raised. Food product is automatically transferred to a holding station when it reaches an outlet end of the cooking chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Henny Penny Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Leader, Chuck Tomecek, John Hill, Dave Casler, Michael Manzella, Rick Baden, William M. Casey, Melissa M. Hohler, Edward J. Florkey, Manouchehr Shirali, Douglas A. Burkett, Mark Gogel, Brian K. Brooks
  • Patent number: 10863867
    Abstract: A vending machine system for loading and dispensing pre-baked unpackaged food including a fixed cartridge disposed in a refrigerator of a vending machine, and a transport cartridge adapted to removably attach to the fixed cartridge, the transport cartridge operable for holding trays of unpackaged food and loading the trays of unpackaged food from the transport cartridge into the fixed cartridge, wherein, when the transport cartridge is removably attached to the fixed cartridge, a front opening of the transport cartridge aligns with a front opening of the fixed cartridge, and wherein the rack of the transport cartridge aligns with the conveyor system of the fixed cartridge such that trays of unpackaged food within the transport cartridge can simultaneously be transitioned from the rack to the conveyor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: 24/7 Pizza Box, LLC
    Inventors: Eduardo Lopez, Shawn Marquardt, Allan L. Cube, Sun Shue, Juarencio P. Baculi, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10863650
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an air-vapor separation method for separating air from refrigerant vapor in an immersed liquid-cooling system. The immersed liquid-cooling system comprises an immersed server blade cabinet, a condensing device, an air-vapor separator and a refrigerant storage tank, wherein the refrigerant storage tank supplies a liquid refrigerant to the immersed server blade cabinet, and the liquid refrigerant undergoes a phase change to be vaporized into a refrigerant vapor for cooling of the heating element in the immersed server blade cabinet; the condensing device condenses the refrigerant vapor; the air-vapor separator separates a mixed gas in the immersed liquid-cooling system into the air and the refrigerant vapor. The cooling efficiency of the liquid-cooling system is improved by effectively separating the air from the refrigerant vapor in the liquid-cooling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Dawning Information Industry (Beijing) Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Weidong Shen, Chen Wang, Hongjie Wu, Xing Li, Jingnan Peng, Zhen Sun, Xintao Cui, Jin Chen
  • Patent number: 10618634
    Abstract: A galley cart includes walls defining an interior cavity extending between a front and a rear of the galley cart and the interior cavity extending between a top end and a bottom end. A supply port is provided in flow communication with the interior cavity at or near either the top end or the bottom end of the cart. A return port is provided in flow communication with the interior cavity that is adjacent the supply port at or near the top end or the bottom end of the cart. A barrier is positioned between the supply port and the return port within the interior cavity of the cart to define a supply chamber and a return chamber to control airflow through the interior cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Thomas Joseph Moran
  • Patent number: 10557810
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for implementing an exemplary immersion mode ice spectrometer. In order to increase sample throughput and improve accuracy of Ice Nucleating Particle (INP) freezing temperature measurement, the exemplary immersion mode ice spectrometer both increases sample cooling rates and monitors changes in optical properties of water droplets during freezing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Malcolm Stokes, Charlotte M. Beall
  • Patent number: 10441953
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus, system and method for heating a fluid chamber. Devices for heating a fluid chamber, in which a temperature sensitive or temperature-initiated chemical reaction takes place, typically comprise a heater and a temperature sensor. A heater device heats a fluid container which is separable from the heater device. The device comprises one or more substrates each forming a surface of a receiving location for the fluid container. A first heater is disposed on a surface of a substrate in thermal communication with a first heat transfer surface within the receiving location. A second heater is disposed on a surface of a substrate in thermal communication with a second heat transfer surface and is spaced apart from the first heat transfer surface. A first temperature sensor is in thermal communication with the first heater and a second temperature sensor is in thermal communication with the second heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Biovices IPR Holdings A/S
    Inventors: Lars Thomsen, Soiwasa Soikum
  • Patent number: 10365036
    Abstract: A beverage cooling display system includes a roller assembly that is configured to rotate one or more beverage containers, and a cooling assembly that is configured to cool the one or more beverage containers. A method of cooling and displaying beverages includes rotating one or more beverage containers with a roller assembly, and cooling the one or more beverage containers with a cooling assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: ISEE STORE INNOVATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Trout, Mark Schaefer, Sesha Madireddi
  • Patent number: 10240849
    Abstract: The present the inventive technology is directed to improved methods and apparatus for the refrigeration of an enclosed space using external ambient air as a cooling medium. The inventive technology may cool an enclosed space utilizing, for example a modular designed duct system that may deliver a specific volume of supply air to an enclosed space at a specific temperature differential (TD) in relation to a desired set point of the enclosed space. This may be accomplished by mixing cold outside air and return air, or even running the return air through a fluid heat transfer chiller coil that may be cooled to varying temperatures by outside air utilizing an external chilling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Nordic Refrigeration, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard DeLia
  • Patent number: 10226773
    Abstract: A micro heating device according to an embodiment of the inventive concept comprises a support part having at least one or more heating part, an oil chamber positioned over the support part and filled with oil therein, a specimen chamber having a reaction space into which a specimen is loaded and which is provided so as to be dipped into the oil, and a drive part configured to move the specimen chamber in the oil. The specimen chamber includes a temperature sensor for measuring a temperature of the specimen chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Dae-Sik Lee, Moon Youn Jung
  • Patent number: 10206414
    Abstract: A method for making ice cream including the following steps, performed in the following order: heating the side walls of the processing container to a preset preheating temperature; placing a basic ice cream mixture in the processing chamber after the step of heating the side walls of the processing container to a preset preheating temperature; deactivating any infectious agents which may be present in the basic mixture by activating the thermal treatment system in heating mode for a predetermined time in order to pasteurize the basic mixture inside the processing chamber; keeping the basic mixture, previously subjected to the thermal treatment inside the processing chamber, for a predetermined hold time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: ALI S.P.A.-CARPIGIANI GROUP
    Inventors: Andrea Cocchi, Roberto Lazzarini
  • Patent number: 10208335
    Abstract: Various embodiments of methods for analyzing proximity binding assay (PBA) data are disclosed. Proximity binding assays as a class of analyses offer the advantages of the sensitivity and specificity of biorecognition binding, along with the exponential signal amplification offered by a variety of oligonucleotide amplification reactions, such as the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). However, as various proximity binding assays have reaction kinetics governed by an additional step of the binding of a biorecognition probe (BRP) with a target molecule, there is a need for methods for the analysis of PBA data that are particularly suited to the unique characteristics of such data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Shiaw-Min Chen, David W. Ruff, Harrison M. Leong
  • Patent number: 10203068
    Abstract: A method is provided for precooling a cryostat having a hollow cold head turret into which a neck tube protrudes and connects an object to be cooled to the exterior of the cryostat, wherein a cold head having a cold head stage for cooling a cryogenic working medium may be introduced into the neck tube. During a condensation operation the cryogenic working medium flows through a heat pipe into an evaporator chamber which is thermally conductively connected to the object to be cooled. During a precooling phase a precisely fitting, thermally conductive short circuit block is inserted through the neck tube into the heat pipe to provide thermal conduction between the object to be cooled and a cooling device The short circuit block is removed from the heat pipe after the target temperature is reached, and heat is subsequently transmitted through the heat pipe during a condensation operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Inventor: Marco Strobel
  • Patent number: 10136660
    Abstract: A method for making ice cream, including preparing a machine for mixing and cooling ice cream equipped: with a processing container defining a processing chamber and provided with a mixer rotating inside the processing chamber; and a thermal treatment plant, configured for being activated, selectively and alternatively, in heating or cooling mode, respectively, for heating and cooling the processing chamber. The method further includes: inserting inside the processing chamber a basic mixture; heating the basic mixture inside the processing chamber, so as to subject the basic mixture to a pasteurization treatment; cooling the basic mixture inside the processing chamber and, at the same time, rotating the rotary mixer, to incorporate air in the basic mixture and make ice cream; extracting the ice cream from the processing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: ALI S.P.A.—CARPIGIANI GROUP
    Inventors: Andrea Cocchi, Roberto Lazzarini
  • Patent number: 10126053
    Abstract: A dual annealing apparatus and use thereof for precision annealing of an article are provided. In one aspect, an annealing apparatus includes: a first heating plate opposite a second heating plate; a first cooling source associated with the first heating plate; and a second cooling source associated with the second heating plate, wherein the first heating plate and the second heating plate are independently controllable, and wherein the first cooling source and the second cooling source are independently controllable. A method for annealing an article using the annealing apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Teodor K. Todorov
  • Patent number: 9976747
    Abstract: A stove or a stove body has a trigger control that directs toxic fumes to the stovetop during cooking and to a side outdoor venting channel when cooking container is removed from the stovetop to ensure safe release of toxic fumes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Adventures In Sustainability, LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Lawrence McClean
  • Patent number: 9863658
    Abstract: A room management apparatus is provided. The room management apparatus includes a central controller that recognizes an operation state of an air conditioner, and determines that one or more rooms are assignable on the basis of the operation state of the air conditioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Junghyun Cho
  • Patent number: 9766285
    Abstract: A solution for testing a set of one or more electronic device (105) is disclosed. A corresponding test board (100) comprises a support substrate (205), a set of one of more sockets (210) being mounted on the support substrate each one for housing an electronic device (105) to be tested with a main surface thereof facing the support substrate, for each socket a thermal conditioning element (235) for acting on the main surface of the electronic device, and for each socket biasing means (240) being switchable between an active condition, wherein the biasing means biases the thermal conditioning element in contact with the main surface of the electronic device, and a passive condition, wherein the biasing means maintains the thermal conditioning element separate from the main surface of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Eles Semiconductor Equipment S.p.A.
    Inventor: Fabrizio Scocchetti
  • Patent number: 9679792
    Abstract: A temperature control system, a wafer chuck, a thermal module for use with the chuck, and an apparatus for use in semiconductor manufacture are disclosed herein. The temperature control system includes: a target having a temperature, a fluid circulation loop coupled to the target for controlling the temperature of the target, a heating heat exchanger coupled to the fluid circulation loop for selectively providing heat to the fluid circulation loop, a cooling heat exchanger coupled to the fluid circulation loop for selectively providing cooling to the fluid circulation loop and a plurality of thermal electric elements carried by the target for selectively providing heating or cooling to the target. The heating heat exchanger and cooling heat exchanger provide gross control of the temperature of the target, and the plurality of thermal electric elements provide fine control of the temperature of the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Noah Precision, LLC
    Inventor: Boris Atlas
  • Patent number: 9669181
    Abstract: A heat exchange apparatus (26) for condensing water from a flow of respiratory gas is disclosed. The apparatus (26) comprises a first portion having an inlet (28) and a second portion having an outlet (30), the inlet (28) and outlet (30) being connectable to a breathing system (10) and the first and second portions being arranged in flow series, wherein the first portion comprises a condenser (64) and the second portion comprises a heater (64) downstream of the condenser for increasing the temperature of the respiratory gas flow prior to the outlet (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Intersurgical AG
    Inventor: Andrew Neil Miller
  • Patent number: 9617611
    Abstract: A process for quenching heat treated metal parts using a liquid quenchant and high pressure is disclosed. In general, the process includes the steps of providing a load of heat treated metal parts in a pressure vessel wherein the load is at an elevated temperature after being heat treated. In a subsequent step, a liquid quenchant is injected into the pressure vessel such that a vapor of the liquid quenchant forms rapidly in the pressure vessel and cools the metal parts. The step of injecting the liquid quenchant into the pressure vessel is continued for a time sufficient to establish a desired peak vapor pressure in the pressure vessel. An apparatus for carrying out the disclosed process is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: IPSEN, INC.
    Inventors: Werner Hendrik Grobler, Bernd Edenhofer, Craig A. Moller
  • Patent number: 9592718
    Abstract: A control method for an integrated cooling system may include determining whether an air conditioner is operated or not, and controlling operations of a water pump for electric devices and a cooling fan by the controller according to a predetermined first map when the air conditioner is not operated, detecting an air conditioner refrigerant pressure when the air conditioner is operated, determining whether the air conditioner refrigerant pressure is within a predetermined range or not, and controlling operations of the water pump for electric devices and the cooling fan according to a predetermined second map when the air conditioner refrigerant pressure is not within the predetermined range, and determining of cooling requirement of the condensers and controlling operations of the water pump for electric devices and the cooling fan according to the cooling requirement of the condensers when the air conditioner refrigerant pressure is within the predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Jaeyeon Kim
  • Patent number: 9493333
    Abstract: A dispensing apparatus for cooled fluid, provided with a fluid holder, a cooling system near the fluid holder for cooling fluid in the fluid holder, a tap for dispensing fluid from the fluid holder, and means for active heating of fluid in said fluid holder in order to prevent the temperature of said fluid from dropping below a reference temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.
    Inventor: Arend Cornelis Jacobus Biesheuvel
  • Patent number: 9466589
    Abstract: There is provided a power module package. The power module package includes: a base substrate provided with a pattern; a heat spreader formed by being stacked on an upper surface of the base substrate; and at least one first semiconductor device mounted on an upper surface of the heat spreader, wherein an outer circumferential surface of the heat spreader is provided with a coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Soo Kim, Young Hoon Kwak, Chang Seob Hong, Joon Seok Chae, Kee Ju Um
  • Patent number: 9455389
    Abstract: In a thermoelectric conversion module, each of a p-type element and an n-type element is configured by aligning a plurality of particles in series and connecting the particles to each other. Around a connection part in which the particles are connected to each other, a protrusion is protruded. The protrusion has a shape of continuously extending around the entire periphery of the connection part. The protrusion may be partly interrupted, but in such a case, a circumferential length of one interrupted portion is less than one half of the periphery of the connection part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignees: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kawaguchi, Hideo Yumi, Hiroki Kitano, Kenta Takagi, Kimihiro Ozaki
  • Patent number: 9339046
    Abstract: A method for producing frozen fresh cream to be whipped, the method including: cooling fresh cream, wherein in the cooling, the fresh cream is cooled to a temperature of ?5° C. or lower and is changed from 0° C. to ?5° C. for 8 minutes or shorter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: ORIENTAL YEAST CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Wakana, Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Takayasu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9289006
    Abstract: A machine for the homogenization and thermal treatment of liquid and semi-liquid food products includes a tank for containing the food products; an electric first heater, operating on the food product to heat it and so thermally treat it; a heating plant with a thermodynamic cycle including at least a first heat exchanger; and a second heater including the first heat exchanger, operating on the food product to heat it and so thermally treat it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: ALI S.p.A.—CARPIGIANI GROUP
    Inventors: Andrea Cocchi, Roberto Lazzarini
  • Patent number: 9252570
    Abstract: A connection system includes a feature module that supplies various functionalities, a portable countertop stand having an upright section that selectively receives the feature module and an umbilical connecting the portable stand to an external appliance to deliver utilities to the portable countertop stand. A utility port selectively delivers at least one utility to the feature module when engaged with the upright section. A utility receiver removably engages the utility port by hand without the use of tools and selectively receives a predetermined set of utilities when the feature module engages the upright surface. A connection interface detects when the feature module is engaged with the upright section and the predetermined utility set required by the engaged feature module. After the feature module is engaged, the connection interface prompts the utility port to release the predetermined utility set to the feature module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Paul B. Allard, Robert Ryan Bradley, James W. Kendall, Steven J. Kuehl, Douglas D. Leclear, Alan S. Lucas, Andrew M. Tenbarge, John J. Vonderhaar, Guolian Wu
  • Patent number: 9247674
    Abstract: A heat sink for cooling a heat generating member, provided with a first cooling part which cools the peripheral edge part of the heat generating member and a second cooling part which cools the center part of the neat generating member, the first cooling part is equipped with a first base member having first fins on the top surface thereof and a recess at the bottom surface thereof, the second cooling part is equipped with a second base member which can be accommodated in the recess, a slide member which is provided on the top surface of the second base member and which is inserted in a through hole which is provided in the recess, second fins which are provided on the free end of the slide member, and a cooling water passage which is provided inside of the second base member and which is supplied with cooling water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomomi Okamoto, Hiroshi Yamada
  • Patent number: 9168533
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermal cycler device for carrying reaction slides for assays with thermal cycling reactions. The thermal cycler device includes a conveyer with a plurality of slide holders for conveying slide plates through more than one temperature zones for thermal cycling reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: CrackerBio, Inc.
    Inventors: Chung-Fan Chiou, Yung-Chin Lee
  • Patent number: 9127881
    Abstract: A machine for dispensing blended iced beverages is characterized by a cabinet for storing a plurality of supplies of beverage ingredients and a refrigeration system for chilling an interior of the cabinet to chill the beverage ingredient supplies. A duct extends between the cabinet interior and a remote point of delivery of the beverage ingredients and a tubing bundle extends from the supplies and through the duct to the delivery point to deliver beverage ingredients from the supplies to the delivery point. The interior of the duct is chilled to chill the tubing bundle and beverage ingredients in the tubing bundle, so that chilled beverage ingredients are always provided to the point of delivery, even when the machine is idle for an extended period of time. Various techniques are provided for chilling the interior of the duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Comehus, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Anderson, Nikolay Popov, Shaji Kulangara Veettil, Neravati Sudhir Kumar, James E. Gooding, III, Santhosh Kumar
  • Patent number: 9080817
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a two-phase heat exchange device is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a container having an opening and a first wick structure disposed on the inner surface thereof, adding a predetermined material into the container, providing an cover and joining the cover with the container to construct a main body of the two-phase heat exchange device, wherein the cover seals the opening to form a closed space within the main body, and forming a second wick structure on the inner surface of the cover, wherein the first and second wick structures form a continuous structure covering the entire inner surface of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Min-Hui Yu, Chi-Feng Lin, Chin-Ming Chen
  • Publication number: 20150144300
    Abstract: A recirculating bath includes a main power input configured to receive an alternating current and a heating element that is selectively coupled to the main power input. The heating element is selectively coupled to the main power input in response to an activation signal having a duty cycle. The duty cycle of the activation signal is determined based on a voltage of the alternating current, with the duty cycle being reduced in response to an increase in the voltage of the alternating current. The heating element is thereby de-rated at higher alternating current voltages. A power unit coupled to the main power input provides direct current having a voltage independent of the alternating current voltage to portions of the recirculating bath, such as direct current motors coupled to a compressor and recirculating pump. The recirculating bath is thereby configured to operate with a range of alternating current voltages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Thermo Fisher Scientific (Asheville) LLC
    Inventors: John Loring Parker, Joseph Albert Stocker, Robert A. Given
  • Publication number: 20150144299
    Abstract: A vessel cup assembly 98 for receiving a chemical and/or biological reaction process vessel 200 containing reactants and processing the reaction therein includes a reaction vessel receiving portion 100, a heater portion 101, and a cooling portion 102, wherein the assembly is of integral construction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Nelson Nazareth, David Edge, Antony Drtscoll
  • Publication number: 20150136356
    Abstract: A machine for drinking water adapted to instantly heat/cool the water for drinking, it includes: a main body provided with an operation panel and a water providing outlet, a water storage barrel, a pump for drawing the water, and a heating unit and/or a cooling unit, a user can thus operates the operation panel to render the water for drinking to be instantly heated or cooled and to flow out of the water providing outlet for being drunk instantly, the machine for drinking water of the present invention does not need to be provided with a heat preservation tank or a coolness preservation tank, but the user can get hot water or ice water instantly, this can largely reduce exhausted electric quantity and occupied space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicants: YAO HONG PRECISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., ANGIX CO.
    Inventor: Lian-Wei ZHOU
  • Patent number: 9035222
    Abstract: An actively heated mug, travel mug, baby bottle, water bottle or liquid container is provided. The mug, travel mug, baby bottle, water bottle or liquid container can include a body that receives a liquid therein and a heating or cooling system at least partially disposed in the body. The heating or cooling system can include one or more heating or cooling elements that heat a surface of the receiving portion of the body and one or more energy storage devices. The mug, travel mug, baby bottle, water bottle or liquid container can include a wireless power receiver that wirelessly receives power from a power source and control circuitry configured to charge one or more power storage elements and to control the delivery of electricity from the one or more power storage elements to the one or more heating or cooling elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Oromo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Clayton Alexander
  • Publication number: 20150128632
    Abstract: A vehicular thermo-control device adjusts a temperature of a battery. The device has a primary system through which cooling water circulates, and a secondary system through which a refrigerant circulates. The primary system has a heat exchanger which performs heat exchange between the battery and the cooling water, and a heat exchanger which performs heat exchange between the cooling water and an ambient air. The secondary system is a refrigerating cycle. Both heat exchangers on a high temperature side and a low temperature side of the refrigerating cycle are thermally coupled with the primary system. Only one heat exchanger provides heat exchange with the ambient air. The pump of the primary system can switch circulating direction of the cooling water. A controller controls devices to perform cooling and heating operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kishita, Masayuki Takeuchi, Hideaki Okawa, Seiji Inoue, Nobuharu Kakehashi, Koji Miura
  • Publication number: 20150096322
    Abstract: A machine for the thermal treatment of liquid and semi-liquid food products comprises: at least two tanks (3A,3B) for containing respective products to be subjected to the thermal treatment, at least one dispenser (4) for dispensing the product contained in said tanks (3A,3B), at least one stirrer (5) mounted inside each tank (3A,3B) for mixing the product contained therein, thermal treatment means (6) operatively acting on the products contained in the containers (3A,3B); the machine (1) being characterized in that the thermal treatment means (6) comprise at least one circuit (7) for circulation of an operating fluid and at least two first heat exchangers (8A,8B) operating according to a thermodynamic cycle; each of the two first heat exchangers (8A,8B) being associated with a respective tank (3A,3B); said thermal treatment means (6) being configured in such a way as to implement at least one operating mode of removing heat from the respective tank (3A,3B) by means of one first heat exchanger (8A) and simult
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Andrea Cocchi, Roberto Lazzarini