Air Controller Or Director Patents (Class 62/186)
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Patent number: 11375640Abstract: A data cabinet is disclosed, having a cabinet body for enclosing one or more rack-mounted units, the cabinet body having an inlet for allowing a cooling medium to enter the cabinet and an outlet for allowing the cooling medium to exit the cabinet, a rack for supporting the one or more rack-mounted units within the cabinet body, and one or more sealing members. The rack and the cabinet body define a first plenum space in fluid communication with the inlet and a second plenum space in fluid communication with the outlet. The sealing members substantially block the cooling medium from flowing between the first and second plenum spaces, whilst permitting the cooling medium to flow from the first plenum space to the second plenum space through the one or more rack-mounted units. This arrangement can improve the cooling efficiency, by increasing the flow rate through the rack-mounted units.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2017Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Inventor: Jeff Hunter
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Patent number: 11353225Abstract: A fan coil thermostat includes a controller that implements a control algorithm that includes an Auto fan speed mode. The controller is programmed to permit a user to manually select a fan speed setting using the user interface. In response, the controller initiates a timer, and automatically returns to the Auto fan speed mode once the timer expires.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2016Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Levi H. Geadelmann, Daniel J. Sullivan, Camel Zhang, Gary Yang, Angela Zhao
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Patent number: 11338646Abstract: A heat pump system for a motor vehicle comprises at least two heat exchangers 10, 12, through which, for heating and/or cooling the motor vehicle interior, a flow is conducted, and at least two coolant circulations 14, 16 separable from one another, of which at least one is connectable, independently of the other coolant circulation, with one, two or more heat exchangers 10, 12 such that through these, in the presence of a connection with two or more heat exchangers 10, 12, a flow is successively conducted and the other coolant circulation is connectable with at least one heat exchanger 10, 12.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2018Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Hanon SystemsInventors: Toni Spies, Navid Durrani, Philipp Kozalla
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Patent number: 11333376Abstract: According to the present disclosure, it is determined whether or not the room is heated according to a temperature difference between a room temperature Tp and a set temperature Ts, and even when there is little or no heating load due to the temperature difference between the room temperature Tp and the set temperature Ts, the floor heating is performed by determining a temperature difference between the room temperature Tp and a floor temperature Tb.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Juyoun Lee, Jaeheuk Choi
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Patent number: 11326827Abstract: A refrigerator having a cool air circulation unit for directly supplying heat-exchanged cool air to a storage compartment is disclosed. The cool air circulation unit supplies and discharges the cool air, which has been heat-exchanged in an evaporator, to and from the storage compartment through a flow passage provided inside a partition.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kwang Su Heo, Young-Bae Hong, Ki-Hyun Kim, Jong-hoon Oh
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Patent number: 11280516Abstract: A method of controlling a ceiling type air conditioner including a panel located on a ceiling surface, outlets formed to correspond to four sides of the panel, and first to fourth discharge vanes for opening and closing the outlets, and each of the first to fourth discharge vanes including an upper discharge vane and a lower discharge vane located below the upper discharge vane and rotating along with the upper discharge vane includes performing first operation, performing second operation, performing third operation, and performing fourth operation in which the first discharge vane rotates in the second angle group, the second discharge vane rotates in the third angle group, the third discharge vane rotates in the fourth angle group and the fourth discharge vane rotates in the first angle group. The first to the fourth angle groups are set such that rotation angles of the discharge vanes have different ranges.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Juyoun Lee, Jusu Kim
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Patent number: 11225752Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus is disclosed. The laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet configured to define a receiving space for receiving laundry, the cabinet having an open surface, a door hingedly provided at the cabinet for opening and closing the open surface of the cabinet, a laundry support unit provided in the receiving space for supporting laundry, and a machinery compartment provided in the cabinet for defining a space that is separate from the receiving space, the machinery compartment being provided therein with an air supply unit for dehumidifying or heating air in the receiving space and supplying the dehumidified or heated air into the receiving space. The air supply unit dehumidifies air in a room that communicates with the receiving space in the state in which the door is open.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Wansik Nam, Donghyun Kim, Jumin Park
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Patent number: 11060776Abstract: A method for controlling a refrigeration device including a variable speed compressor and variable speed evaporator and condenser fans includes modifying a PID control scheme by calculating a factor to reduce the restart speed of the compressor depending on the length of time the compressor was at rest, and modulating the point of oscillation of the control process.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Follett CorporationInventors: Eric R. Seo, Glenn Eric Bonney
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Patent number: 11040593Abstract: A vehicle occupant safety system includes temperature, ambient, and interior monitoring modules. The temperature monitoring module includes at least one temperature sensor. The temperature monitoring module is configured to detect temperatures in zones within an interior of a vehicle. The ambient temperature sensor is configured to detect an ambient temperature within the interior of the vehicle. The interior monitoring module is configured to: based on the detected temperatures of the zones, determine for the zones at least one of a temperature gradient over time or a temperature gradient over space; determine if the ambient temperature is outside a predetermined range; and in response to the ambient temperature being outside the predetermined range and based on the at least one of a temperature gradient over time or a temperature gradient over space, detecting an occupant in the vehicle and performing a countermeasure to prevent an injury to the occupant.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2019Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Inventors: Changhai Chen, Michael Chen, Daniel Chen
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Patent number: 11024148Abstract: An actuator in an HVAC system is provided. The actuator includes a motor and a drive device. The drive device is driven by the motor and coupled to an HVAC component for driving the HVAC component between multiple positions. The actuator further includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit is coupled to the motor and configured to transmit control signals to operate the motor to drive the HVAC component between a first position and a second position, monitor temperature data received from one or more temperature sensors, determine that the temperature data does not meet an expected performance criterion and transmit an alarm signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2018Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: John T. Pierson, John K. Krenzer, Aaron D. Wagner
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Patent number: 11002474Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet in which a storage space is formed; a main evaporator which is installed at one side of an inner portion of the storage space to cool the storage space; a case which is installed on the other side the inner portion of the storage space and defines a deep-freezing storage chamber; a drawer which is accommodated in the case so as to be retractable and withdrawable and in which food is stored; and a rapid cooling module which is provided on a rear side of the inner portion of the case and rapidly cools the deep-freezing storage chamber, in which the rapid cooling module may includes an auxiliary evaporator; and a thermoelectric device which is coupled to the auxiliary evaporator and cools the deep-freezing storage chamber through heat exchange by heat conduction.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seongjae Kim, Seunghwan Oh, Heayoun Sul
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Patent number: 10969126Abstract: An air handling system includes a movable evaporative media section. The movable evaporative media section is movable between a closed position and an open position. When the movable evaporative media section is in an open position, the movable evaporative media section exposes an opening to the air flow and is positioned to allow at least a portion of the air flow in the volume to flow around the movable evaporative media section and through the opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Munters CorporationInventors: Paul A. Dinnage, Daniel Unge, Anders Nelson
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Patent number: 10962241Abstract: An indoor environmental control and air distribution system for a building includes: an air handling unit; a manifold connected to the air handling unit having a chamber formed by a plurality of walls and a plurality of orifices formed through at least one of the walls; air distribution conduits each independently having a first end connected to the orifices of the manifold and a second end extending out from the manifold into different zones throughout the building; and an airflow modulating device having one or more airflow regulating dampers independently configured to move into at least two positions in which each position provides a different percentage of total air volume to each air distribution conduit. A method of using the indoor environmental control and air distribution system is also included.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2017Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: RHEIA, LLCInventors: Andrew Poerschke, Robert Beach, Anthony Grisolia
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Patent number: 10948214Abstract: An HVAC system for a building includes an airside economizer, a plurality of sensors, and a controller. The airside economizer includes a first air intake configured to receive return air from within a building, a second air intake configured to receive outdoor air from outside the building, and an air discharge configured to provide discharge air to the building.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Soumyadeep Ray, Milan Mitra, Sayan Chakraborty, Anjani Kumari
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Patent number: 10941697Abstract: A cooling system (10) for a motor vehicle has an air system that fluidically connects a plurality of coolers (12) for supplying the coolers (12) with cooling air (16). An air fan is arranged fluidically in the air system for conveying the cooling air (16) to the coolers (12). Valves are arranged fluidically in the air system upstream of the coolers (12), for blocking the cooling air (16) conveyed to the respective cooler (12).Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2015Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Inventors: Bjoern Pehnert, Thomas Warbeck, David Kuhn
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Patent number: 10919422Abstract: An occupant support comprising a vehicle seat that includes a seat back with a seat-back cover arranged to extend around a seat-back cushion and a seat bottom that includes a seat-bottom cover arranged to extend around a seat-bottom cushion. The occupant support further includes a forced air unit configured to provide a pressurized flow of air to at least one of the seat bottom and seat back.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLCInventors: Todd Sieting, David C Hart
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Patent number: 10914479Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a thermostat is configured for use in a climate control system. The thermostat is operable to use two-way communication for communicating operational information between the thermostat and at least one rooftop unit (RTU) within the climate control system. For example, the two-way communication comprises sending first operational information to the RTU and receiving second operational information from the RTU. The operational information comprising one or more climate control commands, setpoints, configuration information, diagnostics, and/or sensor data. The thermostat is further operable to operate the climate control system based on the operational information communicated between the thermostat and the RTU.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2017Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.Inventors: Farhad Abrishamkar, Anna Vishinsky, Alan E. Bennett
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Patent number: 10895415Abstract: A shelf for a domestic refrigeration appliance includes an upper cover plate, a lower cover plate and a frame in which the cover plates are disposed. An intermediate space is formed between the cover plates as a thermally insulated space. A channel for conducting media is provided in the frame separately from the intermediate space. A domestic refrigeration appliance having the shelf is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2018Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Felix Haenssler, Daniel Bassler, Robert Briem
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Patent number: 10883753Abstract: A radiant cooling system comprises an enclosure, a cooling element and a cooling device. The enclosure includes a first wall that is transmissive of infrared radiation. The cooling element is disposed in the enclosure. The cooling device is coupled to the cooling element. The cooling element provides cooling mainly by radiative exchange. The system promotes cooling by radiative exchange and significantly reduces condensation problems and is compatible with open and enclosed spaces. Thermal losses of cooling power to conductive and convective pathways are significantly reduced. The system comes in a variety of forms including flat, cylindrical and dome-like geometries.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALSInventors: Jihad Hassan Alsadah, Esmail Mohamed Ali Mokheimer
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Patent number: 10852007Abstract: A heat pump device can discharge air in a heat medium circuit regardless of the height positions of two bodies of the heat pump device and prevents refrigerant outflow when the refrigerant enters the heat medium circuit in the liquid heat exchanger. A pump causes the liquid heat medium to flow in a predetermined circulatory direction in a heat medium pipe, and a liquid heat exchanger, a first air vent valve and a second air vent valve are arranged in this order along a circulatory direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2016Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Mitsuru Kawashima
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Patent number: 10845077Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring multiple sensors over a distributed sensor network to enhance various monitoring operations. In some implementations, an identification of a sensor located in a property and a token that enables the mobile device to obtain data from the sensor are each received by a mobile device from a server. The mobile device is then determined to be within a communication range with the server that is indicated by the identification from the server. In response, data is obtained from the sensor by the mobile device using the token received from the server.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Alarm.com IncorporatedInventor: David James Hutz
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Patent number: 10830484Abstract: Provided is a ceiling-concealed air-conditioning apparatus, including: a casing having an opening; a panel, which is provided to the opening and has an air inlet and an air outlet formed on an outer side of the air inlet; a blowing direction flap, which is configured to change a blowing direction of an air blown from the air outlet; a temperature detector, which is configured to detect an intake air temperature of air sucked from the air inlet; and a controller, which is configured to control the blowing direction flap, wherein the controller is configured to, during a heating operation, turn off warm air supply at an intake air temperature higher in a case in which the blowing direction flap is oriented in a horizontal direction relative to a ceiling surface than in a case where the blowing direction flap is oriented in a perpendicular direction relative to the ceiling surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Hiroshi Tsutsumi
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Patent number: 10788255Abstract: A refrigerator includes a heat exchange chamber, first inlets arranged on side surfaces of a first storage chamber and configured to introduce cold air in the first storage chamber into the heat exchange chamber, and second inlets arranged on side surfaces of a second storage chamber and configured to introduce cold air in the second storage chamber into the heat exchange chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Junsoo Han, Dongseok Kim, Kangsoo Byun, Younseok Lee
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Patent number: 10782041Abstract: It is provided a cold-air-avoidance control method and apparatus of an indoor unit of a multi-split air conditioning system, the multi-split air conditioning system includes an outdoor unit and a plurality of indoor units, and the cold-air-avoidance control method includes: obtaining a saturation temperature corresponding to a high pressure of the outdoor unit; obtaining an entrance temperature and a return air temperature of a heat exchanger of each heating indoor unit, and controlling an operating status of the heating indoor unit according to the saturation temperature, the entrance temperature and the return air temperature. With the method according to the present disclosure, reliability and accuracy of controlling the heating indoor unit can be improved, such that the effect of the cold-air-avoidance control is improved, and a more comfortable heating process is provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignees: GD MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Linxing Ren, Yongfeng Xu, Guozhong Yang, Mingren Wang, Meibing Xiong, Xihua Ma
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Patent number: 10754398Abstract: Cooling of a computing device is described herein. The computing device includes a plurality of fans, a plurality of sensors, and a processor in communication with the plurality of fans and the plurality of sensors. Each sensor of the plurality of sensors is associated with at least one fan of the plurality of fans and is operable to determine a temperature. The processor is configured to determine, for each sensor of the plurality of sensors, a difference between the determined temperature and a predetermined temperature corresponding to the sensor. The processor is also configured to compared the determined differences. The processor is configured to increase a speed of at least a first fan of the plurality of fans based on the comparison, and determine which fan of the plurality of fans to decrease fan speed based on the increased speed of the first fan.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2016Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Chau Van Ho, Bo Dan, Spencer B. Eggert
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Patent number: 10739066Abstract: A control method and control system of a refrigerator with an inverter compressor. The control method includes: calculating the total cooling amount needed by a compartment to be cooled within a unit time; taking the total cooling amount as a first power of the inverter compressor and calculating a first frequency of the inverter compressor operating at the first power; and controlling the inverter compressor to operate at the first frequency. The present invention effectively controls the power consumption amount while satisfying the refrigerator cooling condition by calculating the total cooling amount needed by a refrigerator compartment within a unit time and adjusting the frequency of the inverter compressor.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2016Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.Inventors: Lisheng Ji, Jianru Liu, Xiaobing Zhu, Feifei Qi, Shufeng Zhang, Caiyun Zhao
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Patent number: 10741892Abstract: A controller and a control method for activating temperature control of a device of a vehicle, the controller configured to, in a first mode, activate temperature control of the device of the vehicle when a measured temperature of the device passes a first threshold temperature; determine when a condition dependent on a journey of the vehicle is satisfied, and switch from the first mode to a second mode; and, in the second mode, activate the temperature control of the device when the measured temperature of the device passes a second threshold temperature, different to the first threshold temperature, wherein in the second mode, the measured temperature of the device passes the first threshold temperature without activation of the temperature control of the device before passing the second threshold temperature activating the temperature control of the device.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2016Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITEDInventors: Ian Hughes, Baptiste Bureau
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Patent number: 10731899Abstract: A variable refrigerant package air conditioner is shown that is easy to install in new construction with a unique base that causes collected mixture that overflows to drain outside the building. A control system is shown that has motors and compressor that are pulse width modulated so the air conditioner is infinitely variable while maintaining the highest possible power factor. Dehumidification of outside air occurs as it is mixed with inside air. By gradually approaching a temperature set point and even reheating after dehumidification, moisture is removed from the room.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2017Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Friedrich Air Conditioning, LLCInventors: Kevin L. Eicher, George C. Cagle, Eduardo J. Guerrero, Bascom Clayton Cotner
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Patent number: 10724771Abstract: An ejector refrigeration circuit comprises a high pressure ejector circuit comprising in the direction of flow of a circulating refrigerant: a heat rejecting heat exchanger/gas cooler having an inlet side and an outlet side; at least two variable ejectors (6, 7) with different capacities connected in parallel, each of the variable ejectors comprising a primary high pressure input port, a secondary low pressure input port and an output port; wherein the primary high pressure input ports of the at least two variable ejectors are fluidly connected to the outlet side of the heat rejecting heat exchanger/gas cooler; a receiver, having an inlet, a liquid outlet, and a gas outlet, wherein the inlet is fluidly connected to the output ports of the at least two variable ejectors; at least one compressor having an inlet side and an outlet side.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2015Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Sascha Hellmann, Christoph Kren
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Patent number: 10712030Abstract: An air-conditioning system includes two or more air-conditioning devices A, each of which in turn includes a fan adapted to adjust a volume of air blown out into a space to be air-conditioned, an airflow direction adjuster adapted to adjust an airflow direction of outlet air blown out by the fan, a human detection sensor adapted to detect human presence, an inlet air temperature sensor adapted to detect temperature of inlet air sucked in by the fan, a position setting device used to set an installation location of each of the air-conditioning devices, and a controller, in which a positional relationship with an adjacent air-conditioning device is calculated based on data from the position setting device and furthermore a human detection area overlap with the adjacent air-conditioning device is calculated.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Keiichi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 10698457Abstract: An Information Handling System (IHS) and method provide for a thermal controller receiving from a temperature sensor a current operating temperature of the at least one functional device. The thermal controller determines a first rate of an air mover based at least in part on the current operating temperature sensed by the temperature sensor and the instantaneous component maximum temperature. The first rate prevents the at least one functional component from exceeding the instantaneous component maximum temperature. The thermal controller determines a second rate of the air mover based at least in part on lifetime average temperature and the long-term average temperature target that is selected for the reliability level. The thermal controller controls the air mover to operate at a higher one of the first and second rates.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.Inventors: Dominick A. Lovicott, Clinton A. Powell
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Patent number: 10670317Abstract: An ice making apparatus for an appliance includes a housing that has an interior volume and an ice tray horizontally suspended across the interior volume that is configured to retain water. The ice making apparatus also includes a heat pump thermally coupled to a bottom surface of the ice tray. The heat pump is configured to freeze water in the ice tray and expel heat. A heat transfer device is configured to move heat expelled by the heat pump to an upper portion of the interior volume.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2019Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventor: Guolian Wu
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Patent number: 10670324Abstract: A refrigerator appliance is provided having a fresh food chamber, a convertible chamber, and a freezer chamber. A fan urges a flow of cooled air from an evaporator chamber into a freezer supply duct and a secondary supply duct. A damper housing defines an inlet in fluid communication with the secondary supply duct, a first outlet in fluid communication with the convertible chamber, and a second outlet in fluid communication with the fresh food chamber. A rotary damper is mounted within the damper housing and is selectively rotated to block the flow of cooling air or to supply the flow of cooling air to one or both of the convertible chamber and the fresh food chamber.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: John Keith Besore, Brian Michael Schork, Brent Alden Junge, Christopher Edward O'Malley
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Patent number: 10663197Abstract: A variable refrigerant package air conditioner is shown that is easy to install in new construction with a unique base that causes collected mixture that overflows to drain outside the building. A control system is shown that has motors and compressor that are pulse width modulated so the air conditioner is infinitely variable while maintaining the highest possible power factor. Dehumidification of outside air occurs as it is mixed with inside air. By gradually approaching a temperature set point and even reheating after dehumidification, moisture is removed from the room.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Inventors: Kevin L. Eicher, George C. Cagle, Eduardo J. Guerrero, Bascom Clayton Cotner
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Patent number: 10663188Abstract: A method for operating a packaged terminal air conditioner includes activating a compressor of the packaged terminal air conditioner such that refrigerant flows through an interior coil of the packaged terminal air conditioner, and, while the compressor is active, periodically cycling a fan of the packaged terminal air conditioner between a low speed active operating state and an inactive operating state. The fan runs at a modulated speed limit of the fan in the low speed active operating state, and the fan is unpowered in the inactive operating state.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Timothy Scott Shaffer
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Patent number: 10629043Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to detect and issue warning signal when an occupant(s) inside a dangerous vehicle. An exemplary system and method may include operations and/or instructions comprising measuring temperature at multiple zones; calculating temperature gradients versus time and space; calculating distances among temperatures and among temperature gradients; analyzing temperatures, temperature gradients, distances and their histories to detecting an occupant(s) inside a vehicle; and giving out warning alarms when an occupant(s) inside the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Inventors: Changhai Chen, Daniel Chen, Michael Chen
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Patent number: 10620016Abstract: A sensing apparatus may include a printed circuit board (PCB) having a processing unit, a positioning sensor, an environmental sensor and one or more inductive elements positioned within a region at an edge of the PCB. The one or more inductive elements may be configured to generate electrical energy for the processing unit by passing through a magnetic field. The apparatus may also include a spindle implemented through the PCB, such that the spindle protrudes through a substantially central location relative to one plane of the PCB.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Dmitry Obukhov, Muthukumar Karuppiah, Khurram Ismail
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Patent number: 10612980Abstract: An apparatus is provided which comprises: a first circuitry to receive a measurement of a first temperature of a section of a computing device during a first loading condition of the computing device, and to receive a measurement of a second temperature of the section of the computing device during a second loading condition of the computing device; and a second circuitry to detect a potential fault in a cooling system to cool the computing device, based at least in part on the first temperature and the second temperature.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Janusz P. Jurski, Tozer J. Bandorawalla, Ramkumar Nagappan, Mariusz Oriol, Piotr Sawicki, Robin A. Steinbrecher, Shankar Krishnan
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Patent number: 10598422Abstract: A refrigerator including a housing attached to a rear surface of a door to define a storage space of food, a basket disposed inside the housing, and a fan assembly installed at a top surface part of the housing, wherein the fan assembly supplies cold air from a storage compartment toward the basket, and wherein the fan assembly includes a blowing fan generating a blowing force, and a shroud guiding the flow of cold air passing through the blowing fan.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2016Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yoomin Park, Jihyun Im, Heonjae Jang
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Patent number: 10562369Abstract: A system includes a power source, a sensor to detect data, and a HVAC system having a compressor to compress vapor refrigerant and a fan to blow conditioned air into a cabin of the vehicle, the compressor and the fan both designed to operate using a portion of the power generated by the power source. The system further includes an ECU to predict that the vehicle will accelerate or decelerate based on the data, to decrease power provided to the compressor and increase power provided to the fan when the ECU predicts the acceleration in order to reduce total power provided to the HVAC system and to reduce variance in total noise and vibration generated by the HVAC system, and to increase power to the compressor when the ECU predicts that the vehicle will decelerate in order to increase the total power provided to the HVAC system.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2017Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Benjamin M. Geller, Joshua D. Payne, Shannon Alicia Wrobel
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Patent number: 10495339Abstract: A method of providing ventilation for an enclosed space includes detecting, by a controller including one or more processing devices, an operation of a door to the enclosed space in response to receiving a first signal indicative of an electrical characteristic of a motor that operates the door to the enclosed space. The method further includes generating, by the controller responsive to detecting the operation of the door, a control signal configured to operate a ventilation system to exhaust air from within the enclosed space to an environment outside of the enclosed space. The method also includes transmitting the control signal to cause an activation of the ventilation system.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Tuckernuck Technology, L.L.C.Inventor: Jason Wolfson
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Patent number: 10488083Abstract: A variable refrigerant package air conditioner is shown that is easy to install in new construction with a unique base that causes collected mixture that overflows to drain outside the building. A control system is shown that has motors and compressor that are pulse width modulated so the air conditioner is infinitely variable while maintaining the highest possible power factor. Dehumidification of outside air occurs as it is mixed with inside air. By gradually approaching a temperature set point and even reheating after dehumidification, moisture is removed from the room.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Inventors: Kevin L. Eicher, George C. Cagle, Eduardo J. Guerrero, Bascom C. Cotner
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Patent number: 10480849Abstract: A cold appliance comprising a cooling module (102) and a cabinet (101) comprising cabinet panels including two opposite pre-foamed side wall panels (1), a pre-foamed rear wall panel (4), a top part (2), and a bottom part (103); and a door (6). The cooling module comprises an air outlet (43) delivering cooled air to a cold compartment (104) of the cabinet, and an air inlet (44) receiving air from the cold compartment. The cold appliance further comprises a rear wall lining (50), which is arranged at the inside of the pre-foamed rear wall panel, and which forms a space between the rear wall lining and the rear wall panel.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2009Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Aktiebolaget ElectroluxInventors: Anders Selin, Marko Tapio Jokila, Sven Blomberg, Klas Andersson, Bernt Andersson
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Patent number: 10461381Abstract: A battery cooling apparatus includes a case for housing battery cells and a fan device disposed in the case for blowing air through a circulation passage to cool the battery cells. The case includes a discharge passage which makes communication between inside and outside of the case to allow part of the air circulating through the circulation passage to leak to outside the case. The fan device includes a first inflow passage and a second inflow passage. The first inflow passage, which is part of the circulation passage, is provided to allow the air having cooled the battery cells to be sucked into the fan device. The second inflow passage makes communication between the outside of the case and the fan device to allow air outside the case to be sucked into the circulation passage by suction force of the fan device.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2014Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshimitsu Inoue
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Patent number: 10434881Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack having a structure in which a plurality of unit cells constitutes a battery module, two or more of the battery modules are vertically arranged from a coolant introduction direction of a coolant inlet port to constitute a pair of battery module groups, a coolant introduction part extending from the coolant inlet port to each battery module group is provided at a middle of a pack case wherein the coolant introduction part is located between respective battery module groups, coolant discharge parts extending from respective battery module groups to coolant outlet ports are provided at an upper and lower part of the pack, and a coolant flow channel defined between the coolant introduction part and the coolant discharge parts is configured such that a coolant, introduced through the coolant introduction part, passes by each unit cell, and is discharged through the respective coolant discharge parts.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Chae Ho Chung, JiYoung Choi, JaeHun Yang, SangYoon Jeong, WonChan Park, YongSeok Choi, YoungHo Lee
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Patent number: 10422568Abstract: A refrigerator includes a partition wall provided between first and second storage chambers and having a partition wall insulator, an evaporator case arranged in the partition wall and communicating with the first and second storage chambers, an evaporator installed inside the evaporator case, a grill cover provided on a rear side of the evaporator case and configured to accommodate a blower fan, and support guides provided in the grill cover and supporting a rear portion of the evaporator, such that an internal storage space of the refrigerator is increased, and a withdrawal distance of a drawer provided in the refrigerator is increased.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2018Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Junsoo Han, Younseok Lee, Dongseok Kim
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Patent number: 10414240Abstract: A method for air conditioning an electric or hybrid vehicle includes preconditioning a high voltage accumulator of the electric or hybrid vehicle. The electric or hybrid vehicle has an interior and the high voltage accumulator is air conditioned with an air-conditioning unit having a determined cooling potential. The high voltage accumulator has a current HVS temperature. The interior has a current interior temperature. During the preconditioning, the high voltage accumulator is supercooled in a preconditioning mode with the air-conditioning unit to an HVS temperature that is below an HVS operating temperature.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Marc-Thomas Eisele, Christian Kulp, Nicolas Flahaut, Karsten Berg, Martin Knott
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Patent number: 10403942Abstract: A cooling system for cooling a main battery 10 includes a cooling fan 40 and a temperature sensor 61 configured to detect a battery temperature TB. The cooling system performs constant control in which the cooling fan 40 is driven at a constant command value when the battery temperature TB reaches or exceeds a first temperature T0 after startup of the electrically powered vehicle. Additionally, the cooling system detects whether or not a malfunction occurs in the cooling fan 40, based on an actual rpm of the cooling fan 40 obtained during the constant control. The cooling system performs the constant control in a situation in which charging of the main battery 10 is continued for a predetermined period of time or longer after the startup of the vehicle, regardless of whether the battery temperature TB is below the first temperature T0.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2016Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junta Izumi, Kiyohito Machida, Masakazu Habu, Kiyoe Ochiai
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Patent number: 10393408Abstract: The outdoor heat exchanger includes, on each of the three or more heat exchange sections, a liquid-side header pipe, a gas-side header pipe, and a plurality of heat exchange pipes, the three or more heat exchange sections are connected in parallel to one another, a plurality of the liquid-side header pipes are connected to a liquid-side collecting pipe through an intermediation of a branch section and at least one flow control section, each of the plurality of the liquid-side header pipes includes a perforated pipe, the refrigeration circuit further includes a bypass pipe for connecting a discharge side of the compressor and the liquid-side collecting pipe, and the bypass pipe includes an on-off valve to be closed during cooling and heating, and to be opened during defrosting.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2014Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Takashi Okazaki
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Patent number: 10388998Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery pack including a plurality of battery modules, each having a battery cell or a unit module (unit cell) that can be charged and discharged, mounted in a pack case, wherein two or more unit cells constitute one battery module, two or more battery modules are arranged in a length direction of the battery pack to constitute one battery module group, two battery module groups are arranged in a width direction of the battery pack in a state in which the battery module groups are spaced apart from each other such that a coolant discharge part is defined between the battery module groups, a coolant inlet port is independently formed at a region of the pack case corresponding to each of the battery modules located at a position opposite to the coolant discharge part, and a coolant outlet port is formed at a front or a rear of the pack case in the length direction of the battery pack such that coolant introduced through the respective coolant inlet ports cools the unit cells of the respectType: GrantFiled: July 7, 2014Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Ji Young Choi, Bum Hyun Lee, Chae Ho Chung, Yong Seok Choi