With Vehicle Feature Patents (Class 62/239)
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Patent number: 12234172Abstract: A mobile processing system is disclosed for the removal of radioactive contaminants from nuclear process wastewater. The system is fully scalable, modular, and portable allowing the system to be fully customizable according to site-specific remediation requirements. It is designed to be both transported and operated from standard sized intermodal containers or custom designed enclosures for increased mobility between sites and on-site, further increasing the speed and ease with which the system may be deployed. Additionally, the system is completely modular wherein the various modules perform different forms or stages of wastewater remediation and may be connected in parallel and/or in series. Depending on the needs of the site, one or more different processes may be used. In some embodiments, one or more of the same modules may be used in the same operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2022Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Inventors: John Raymont, James Fredrickson, Joshua Leighton Mertz, David Carlson, Mark Denton, Gary Hofferber, Ja-Kael Luey, Zechariah James Fitzgerald, Ronald Merritt Orme, Eric Vincent Penland
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Patent number: 12228253Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling the temperature and pressure of a cryogenic liquid methane storage unit are provided. The disclosed systems and methods generate methane gas from a reservoir of liquid methane stored within the methane storage unit, vent the methane gas through one or more outlet valves connected to the methane storage unit, and generate electric power using the vented methane gas. The generated electric power can then be used to initiating a cooling cycle, which reduces the temperature of said reservoir of liquid methane and reduces the pressure in said methane storage unit. Micro anaerobic digesters and methane storage units may be configured in a networked environment with a central controller that monitors remote units.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: BENNAMANN SERVICES LTDInventors: Christopher Mann, Michael Bennett
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Patent number: 12206141Abstract: A vehicle includes first and second fuel-cell stacks, a first coolant circuit including conduit arranged to circulate coolant through the first fuel-cell stack, and a second coolant circuit including conduit arranged to circulate coolant through the second fuel-cell stack. A heater is in fluid communication with at least the first coolant circuit. A valve arrangement is configured to proportion a flow of coolant between the first and second coolant circuits. The valve arrangement has an isolation position in which the first and second circuits are not in fluid communication and at least one mixing position in which the first and second circuits are in fluid communication. A controller is programmed to operate the value based on sensed conditions.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Hassan Farhat, Ravi Gopal
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Patent number: 12194812Abstract: A cooling apparatus for a vehicle for cooling a high-voltage device group mounted on the vehicle includes a radiator mechanism including a first radiator, a fan disposed adjacent to the first radiator, and a second radiator disposed between the first radiator and the fan. A first refrigerant circulation circuit performs heat exchange with a first group device in the high-voltage device group by circulation of a first refrigerant which radiates heat by the first radiator. A second refrigerant circulation circuit performs heat exchange with a second group device in the high-voltage device group by circulation of a second refrigerant which radiates heat by the second radiator. A chiller circuit includes a chiller where the chiller circuit includes a communication circuit which causes a downstream side of the chiller and an upstream side of the first radiator to communicate with each other through a flow-passage switching valve.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Daimler Truck AGInventor: Ichiro Sadakata
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Patent number: 12168449Abstract: The proposed invention relates to methods for controlling energy consumption by a motor vehicle, and can be used in transportation industry. The technical problem to be solved by the claimed invention is to provide a device and a system that do not possess the drawbacks of the prior art and thus make it possible to generate an accurate energy-efficient track for a motor vehicle that allows to reduce energy consumption by the motor vehicle on the specific portion of the route, as well as to reliably signal about energy consumption by the motor vehicle and the ways of reducing its energy consumption.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2021Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Inventor: Boris Valerevich Pankov
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Patent number: 12163688Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a motor driving apparatus and an air conditioner including the same. The motor driving apparatus and the air conditioner including the same according to an embodiment of the present disclosure include: a switching device disposed between an inverter and a motor, wherein while windings of the motor are connected in a first connection, an output current at a first level is output from the inverter, and while the windings of the motor are connected in a second connection, the output current at the first level is output from the inverter, such that it is possible to determine whether the switching device for switching connection of the motor is abnormal.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2021Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yonghwa Lee, Yongsoo Cho, Jeongeon Oh
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Patent number: 12117213Abstract: A portable internal combustion engine system includes an internal combustion engine having a first output shaft, the internal combustion engine rotates the first output shaft; a compressor rotably engaged with the first output shaft via a belt, the first output shaft is configured to provide energy thereto; a fan coupled to the internal combustion engine to pull air into a housing; an evaporative coil in communication with the housing and to receive air from the fan; a condenser coil in communication with the housing and to receive air from the fan; and a control system to operate the compressor, the internal combustion engine, and the fan to expel cool air.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Inventors: Justin Schaefer, Michael Baldwin
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Patent number: 12083853Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning system performing individual air conditioning in four zones for left and right spaces of front and rear seats includes a front seat heating, ventilation, and air conditioner (HVAC) separately supplying air having passed through left and right flow paths of a front seat flow path into the left and right spaces of the front seat to perform two-zone individual air conditioning for the front seat. A flow guide is provided in an upstream side space of an evaporator in an internal space of the air conditioning casing of the front seat HVAC to divide the upstream side space of the evaporator to have a left flow path and a right flow path. The flow guide and a side portion of the air conditioning casing opposite to the flow guide have a curved stepped portion in cross-section.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2022Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hanon SystemsInventors: Dong Won Yeon, Seok Jun Oh, Jeong Woong Son, In Keun Kang
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Patent number: 12085289Abstract: A method for installing a universal air handler for a building air conditioning system includes installing a compact outdoor cabinet having a blower and separate intake and outlet chambers separated by an evaporator core. Cool and return air ducts from the building couple to each chamber. Return air drawn by the blower into the return air chamber passes across the evaporator, then through the blower and out through the cool air duct. Coolant lines couple the evaporator to a nearby stand-alone condenser/compressor unit. In one embodiment, an adapter enables stacking the condenser/compressor unit atop the cabinet to reduce the footprint of the combination. In another embodiment, a manifold couples permanently to the building air ducts and releasably couples to the cabinet. The universal air handler easily decouples from the manifold for transportation and maintenance. The manifold may be installed in various locations around the building, including on the roof.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2021Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Inventor: Terrell Jackson Small, III
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Patent number: 12077031Abstract: A transportation refrigeration unit for cooling a cargo compartment includes a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant, a compressor motor configured to drive the compressor, an evaporator heat exchanger operatively coupled to the compressor and an evaporator fan configured to provide return airflow from a return air intake and flow the return airflow over the evaporator heat exchanger. A drive unit is configured to deliver variable frequency electrical power between a minimum frequency and a maximum frequency to the compressor motor and the evaporator fan. A frequency of the electrical power is based on one or more sensed parameters of the transportation refrigeration unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2018Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventor: Gael Ducher
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Patent number: 12072193Abstract: A method for notifying and mitigating a suboptimal event occurring in a transport climate control system that provides climate control to a climate controlled space of a transport unit is provided. The method includes monitoring an amount of power available for powering the transport climate control system, monitoring a power demand from the transport climate control system, and accessing operational data of the transport climate control system and the transport unit. The method also includes a controller determining whether a suboptimal event is detected based on one or more of the monitored amount of power available, the monitored power demand and the accessed operational data. Also, the method includes the controller generating a notification when a suboptimal event is detected, and the controller instructing the generated notification to be displayed on a display.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: THERMO KING LLCInventors: Ryan Wayne Schumacher, Mark D. Leasure, Casey Briscoe, Matthew Srnec, Philip Lewis Lavrich, Panayu Robert Srichai, Wallace Stephen Hubbard, Grant A. Baumgardner
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Patent number: 12030364Abstract: A method of warming a valve assembly includes receiving an exhaust flow through a first heat exchanger first inlet; heating a coolant received through a first heat exchanger second inlet with the exhaust flow; exhausting the exhaust flow through a first heat exchanger first outlet; and discharging heated coolant through a first heat exchanger second outlet towards a second heat exchanger assembly that is coupled to the valve assembly to heat the valve assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventor: Loic Renault
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Patent number: 12025274Abstract: The invention relates to a tank device (1) for storing a gaseous medium, in particular hydrogen, comprising at least one tank reservoir (3), wherein said at least one tank reservoir (3) comprises a tank housing (30) having a tank neck (2). Furthermore, a tank pressure bottom (8) is arranged in the tank neck (2), which tank pressure bottom (8) separates a tank neck space (7) and a tank interior (6) from one another, and wherein said tank neck (2) has an outer thread (10) as an abutment on an outer side (20).Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Udo Schaich
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Patent number: 12017501Abstract: An electric automotive vehicle gross vehicle rating of greater than 10,000 pounds includes an electric powertrain connected to the frame and positioned at a base of the frame. The vehicle includes a first central axis, and the weight of the electric powertrain is centered about the first central axis. All drivetrain components of the vehicle other than the electric powertrain may be positioned above the base of the electric powertrain. The vehicle includes two electric drive units configured to drive the front and rear axles respectively. The electric drive units consist of an electric motor, motor controller, two speed electrically actuated gearbox, electrically actuated park lock, and electrically actuated locking differential. The drive units transmit power to inboard mounted brakes, which in turn are connected by constant velocity driveshaft to the wheel hubs where a further final gear reduction resides.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: BOLLINGER MOTORS, INC.Inventors: Erik Hardy, John Dannenhoffer, Sam Dignan
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Patent number: 12017502Abstract: A parking air conditioning device and a mounting bracket thereof are provided. The mounting bracket includes a loading frame. The loading frame includes a bottom bracket and a first connecting member fixedly connected to the bottom bracket to form a mounting position. The mounting frame includes a second connecting member and a plurality of first bolts. The second connecting member is located at a side of the first connecting member away from the mounting position and is spaced apart from the first connecting member. The first bolts are connected to the first connecting member and the second connecting member. When the mounting bracket is connected to a vehicle body crossbeam, the first bolts are respectively located at the upper and lower sides of the vehicle body crossbeam, and the first connecting member and the second connecting member clamp the vehicle body crossbeam.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: HUIZHOU ROYPOW TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventors: Guoai Huang, Quanfu Zou
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Patent number: 12012009Abstract: An automatic coupling system for connecting grid power to charge the battery of a battery powered electric semi-trailer reefer and a method for automatically, directly providing electrical power to a battery powered electric semi-trailer reefer battery. The method comprises providing an auxiliary power source and electrically connecting said auxiliary power source to a parking surface charging pad for each leg of a landing gear for a battery powered electric semi-trailer reefer. The parking surface charging pad contains an electrode plate in it. Also provided is a landing gear electrical contact pad containing an electrode on a lower end of each leg of the landing gear.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Inventors: Ronald Koelsch, Raymond Shea, Jr., Frank Bongiorno, III
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Patent number: 12007150Abstract: Even if, in decompressing a refrigerant by an expansion mechanism, the temperature of the refrigerant cannot be sufficiently reduced, in order to increase the evaporation capacity of a use-side heat exchanger, a main expansion mechanism including an expansion element of a rotary or scroll type that causes power to be produced by decompressing a main refrigerant is provided at a main refrigerant circuit in which the main refrigerant circulates. Further, a sub-refrigerant circuit that differs from the main refrigerant circuit and in which a sub-refrigerant circulates is provided. A sub-use-side heat exchanger that is provided at the sub-refrigerant circuit and that functions as an evaporator of the sub-refrigerant is caused to function as a heat exchanger that cools the main refrigerant that flows between the main expansion mechanism and a main use-side heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Ikuhiro Iwata, Eiji Kumakura, Kazuhiro Furusho, Ryusuke Fujiyoshi, Hiromune Matsuoka
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Patent number: 12006067Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and non-transitory media of the various embodiments may enable the identification of launch opportunities. The integrated approach of the various embodiments leverages instrumentation, data and communication systems available from the National Airspace System (NAS), Marine Transportation System (MTS), and orbital catalog to enable safe passage for space vehicles, passengers, and payloads. The condition-based launch criteria of the various embodiments may improve mission assurance and public safety while simultaneously supporting a customer's launch on readiness schedule.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Launch on Demand CorporationInventor: Burton H. Catledge
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Patent number: 11982470Abstract: The invention provides a compact and self-sustained refrigeration system for medical uses, including in hospitals, in clinics and in home uses, including rescue and field emergency situations, independent of external power supply, based on small amounts of liquid carbon dioxide.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: INHALETECH LLC.Inventor: Joseph Hadash
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Patent number: 11979046Abstract: A vehicle includes: a vehicle main body having an end surface and a compartment; a first electrical component which is arranged within the compartment, and to which a voltage that is more than or equal to a predetermined value is applied during traveling; and a second electrical component which is arranged within the compartment, and to which a voltage that is less than the predetermined value is applied during traveling or no voltage is applied during traveling. A first main body portion of the first electrical component and a second main body portion of the second electrical component are arranged such that a first end surface is located closer to a vehicle center than a second end surface in a vehicle front-back direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kenji Murasato
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Patent number: 11945284Abstract: A transportation refrigeration unit TRU (26) and power system. The TRU (26) and power system including a compressor (58) configured to compress a refrigerant, an evaporator heat exchanger (76) operatively coupled to the compressor (58), and an evaporator fan (98) configured to provide return airflow and flow the return airflow over the evaporator heat exchanger (76). The system also includes a return air temperature RAT sensor (142) disposed in the return airflow and configured measure the temperature of the return airflow, a TRU controller (82) operably connected to the RAT sensor (142) and configured to execute a process to determine an AC power requirement for the TRU (26) based on at least the RAT (142), a generator power converter (164a) configured to provide a second DC power (165b), an energy storage system (150) configured to receive the second DC power (165) and provide a three phase AC power (157) to a power management system (124).Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Mary D. Saroka, Jeffrey J. Burchill
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Patent number: 11939150Abstract: A transformable cargo container for use with ground and air transportation vehicles is disclosed. The cargo container includes a main container body defining a storage chamber therein and including at least one inlet. The cargo container also includes a transformable assembly coupled to the main container body and positioned at an exterior of the main container body. The transformable assembly includes one or more supplemental containers and one or more supply ducts, at least one of the supplemental container(s) being configured to house refrigeration equipment. The transformable assembly is moveable between an aircraft configuration and a ground configuration. Based on the transformable assembly being in either the aircraft configuration or the ground configuration, the refrigeration equipment is configured to supply coolant into the main container body via the supply duct(s) and the inlet(s).Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Robert E. Grip, Jared Backues, Ted K. Rothaupt
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Patent number: 11919364Abstract: The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for conditioning air and heating water in a vehicle. In one aspect, a method includes: (1) obtaining a desired temperature for an interior of the vehicle; (2) obtaining a desired temperature for water in a water storage tank of the vehicle; (3) determining a current interior temperature; (4) and a current water temperature; (5) if the current water temperature is below the desired water temperature, and if the current interior temperature is below the desired interior temperature, operating a system in a first mode to concurrently heat the water and heat the interior; and (6) if the current water temperature is below the desired water temperature, and if the current interior temperature is above the desired interior temperature, operating the system in a second mode to concurrently heat the water and cool the interior.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Bergstrom, Inc.Inventors: Dan Xie, Bin Bai, Tingzhou Wu
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Patent number: 11890947Abstract: A work vehicle is configured to perform an activity in a work area. The work vehicle includes a chassis, a plurality of ground engaging members coupled to the chassis for movement of the chassis in the work area, a generator configured to generate energy from performance of the activity of the work vehicle in the work area, an energy storage device connected to the generator to store energy generated by the generator and configured to be charged to an initial charge, and a controller configured to establish an initial charge setting corresponding to the initial charge of the energy storage device based on at least one anticipated activity input of the work vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Stacy K Worley, Briton T. Eastman, Douglas J. Duff
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Patent number: 11884141Abstract: A protection mechanism for a working vehicle includes a roof above an operator's seat and including a cutout extending along a top-bottom direction, and an electric device at least partially located in the cutout. The cutout has a dimension along a vehicle-body-width direction that is uniform or substantially uniform along a front-to-rear direction or increases in the front-to-rear direction. The cutout has a thickness along the top-bottom direction that decreases in the front-to-rear direction. The roof include, in an upper surface thereof, a first groove located on an opposite side of the cutout from the electric device and extending in a direction away from the cutout.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Satoru Horai, Takuya Nishikubo, Taiki Furuki, Megumi Miyamoto
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Patent number: 11884136Abstract: An idle mitigation system for a bucket truck which includes an alternate source of power for the vehicle air conditioner which is coupled to the hydraulic system of the bucket truck which hydraulic system is alternately powered by an electric motor which, when run in reverse, can charge batteries.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Terex USA, LLCInventor: Tyler Craig Henderson
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Patent number: 11865899Abstract: The vehicle air conditioning device includes a compressor, a radiator, an outdoor heat exchanger, and an air conditioning controller, and a cabin is, air conditioned with power supplied from a battery. The air conditioning controller can perform air conditioning operation that causes a refrigerant from the compressor to radiate heat in the radiator, decompresses the refrigerant, causes the refrigerant to absorb heat in the outdoor heat exchanger so as to heat the cabin, and defrosting operation that causes the refrigerant from the compressor to radiate heat in the outdoor heat exchanger so as to defrost the outdoor heat exchanger, and determines whether it is possible to perform the defrosting operation on the basis of outside humidity.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: SANDEN CORPORATIONInventor: Tetsuya Ishizeki
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Patent number: 11845898Abstract: A system and method for repairing a coke oven having an oven chamber formed from ceramic bricks. A representative system includes a insulated enclosure insertable into the oven chamber and includes removable insulated panels that define an interior area for workers to work in. The insulated enclosure is movable between an expanded configuration and a compact configuration and moving the enclosure to the expanded configuration will decrease the distance between the insulated enclosure and the walls of the oven chamber. Removing the panels exposes the ceramic bricks and allows workers within the interior area to access and the bricks and repair the oven chamber while the oven chamber is still hot. A loading apparatus lifts and inserts the insulated enclosure into the oven chamber. The insulated enclosure can be coupled to additional insulated enclosures to form an elongated interior area.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: SUNCOKE TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT LLCInventors: Jason Crum, Mark Anthony Ball, Gary Dean West, John Francis Quanci, Chun Wai Choi
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Patent number: 11807068Abstract: A vehicle and a temperature control device thereof are disclosed. The temperature control device includes a motor control circuit and a heat exchange medium circulation loop. The motor control circuit includes a switch module, a three-phase inverter, a three-phase alternating current motor, and a control module. The heat exchange medium circulation loop includes a first valve electrically connected to the control module. At least one of the three-phase inverter and the three-phase alternating current motor and the first valve form an electrically driven cooling loop through a heat exchange medium pipeline. The first valve and a component to be heated form a cooling loop through a heat exchange medium pipeline.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Wei Huang, Yong Xiong, Gan Song, Yili Luo, Penghui Song
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Patent number: 11802722Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes: a first refrigerant route; and a second refrigerant route. In the first refrigerant route, refrigerant flows in order of a compressor, a first heat exchanger, a first pipe, a second heat exchanger, a low pressure receiver and the compressor. The second refrigerant route is connected to the first pipe and the low pressure receiver, the first pipe being connected to the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger in the first refrigerant route. The second refrigerant route includes an electric pump. The electric pump is configured to flow the refrigerant from the low pressure receiver to the first pipe.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Chitose Tanaka, So Nomoto
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Patent number: 11761703Abstract: A refrigerated transport system comprises a body enclosing a refrigerated compartment. A refrigeration system (29) comprises first and second vapor compression loops each having: a refrigerant charge; a compressor (36A,B) for driving the refrigerant of the refrigerant charge; a first heat exchanger (38A,B) positioned to reject heat to an external environment in a cooling mode; and a second heat exchanger (42A,B) positioned to absorb heat from the refrigerated compartment in the cooling mode.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2016Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Carrier CorporationInventors: Renee A. Eddy, Jeffrey J. Burchill, Giorgio Rusignuolo, Robert A. Chopko, Larry D. Burns, Ciara N. Poolman, Paul Papas, Ivan Rydkin
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Patent number: 11765864Abstract: A cooling arrangement for a rack hosting electronic equipment and at least one fan comprises first and second air-liquid heat exchangers. A first one is mounted to the rack so that heated air expelled from the rack by the fan flows therethrough. The second one is mounted to the first one so that air having flowed through the first heat exchanger flows through the second heat exchanger. Each heat exchanger comprises a frame, an inlet receiving liquid from a cold supply line, an outlet returning liquid to a hot return line, and a continuous internal conduit forming a plurality of interconnected parallel sections. The cooling arrangement is mounted to the rack so that the first and second frames are parallel and adjacent. One interconnected parallel section of the first heat exchanger nearest to its inlet is proximate one interconnected parallel section of the second heat exchanger nearest to its outlet.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: OVHInventors: Ali Chehade, Hadrien Bauduin, Henryk Klaba
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Patent number: 11752376Abstract: A fire extinguishing system of an air mobility vehicle includes a refrigerant flow line in which a refrigerant flows, and including a compressor, a condenser, a first expansion valve, and an evaporator, a fire extinguishing liquid flow line connected to the refrigerant flow line via a connection valve, and configured to spray a mixed liquid of a fire extinguishing liquid and the refrigerant, a mixing part connected to the fire extinguishing liquid flow line, and configured to mix the refrigerant and the fire extinguishing liquid, and a fire extinguishing liquid storage part configured to store the fire extinguishing liquid and to discharge the fire extinguishing liquid into a mixing space of the mixing part.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Jong Won Kim, Youn Sic Nam
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Patent number: 11740004Abstract: A transport refrigeration unit (TRU) is provided. The TRU includes a housing defining a flow path from an intake to an outlet, a blower to drive air along the flow path from the intake to the outlet, coils disposed in the flow path between the intake and the outlet and over which the air driven by the blower flows, a defrost element to execute a defrost action with respect to the coils, sensing elements at the intake and the outlet to sense pressures of the air at the intake and the outlet and a controller. The controller is configured to control at least one of the blower and the defrost element in accordance with readings of the sensing elements.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Thomas Swab, David C. Brondum
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Patent number: 11739987Abstract: An air heating apparatus may be mounted on a common base and define a pair of air flow paths. The air heating apparatus may include a housing forming an outer envelope through which the air flow paths extend, with the air flow path being separate from each other at all locations in the interior of the outer envelope. The interior of the housing may be divided into two subhousings defining two separate subchambers. The housing may have inlet and outlet openings extending through the outer envelope for each of the air flow paths of the subchambers. At least two air heating assemblies may each be configured to heat air moving along a separate one of the air flow paths, the air heating assemblies being positioned in the interior of the housing with each of the air heating assemblies being positioned in a respective one of the subchambers of the subhousings.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: JR Koop, Inc.Inventors: Curtis A. Kallhoff, Nathan G. Thompson, Wesley W. Stofferan
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Patent number: 11692670Abstract: According to aspects, hydrogen fueling systems and methods are provided, including vehicle-to-vehicle communication techniques, hydrogen cooling techniques and/or hydrogen dispenser control techniques that facilitate improving aspects of a hydrogen fueling station.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Ivys Inc.Inventors: Darryl Edward Pollica, Christopher John O'Brien, Bryan Gordon
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Patent number: 11682901Abstract: In an embodiment, an airport electric vehicle charging system includes a current transducer electrically coupled with a power source; a solid state converter electrically coupleable with an aircraft at or near an airport gate and configured to provide and maintain power to the aircraft; and a controller. The system further includes a first feedback loop between the controller and the current transducer; a second feedback loop between the controller and the solid state converter; and a battery charger electrically coupled with the power source and configured to charge one or more electric vehicles. The first feedback loop provides a first feedback signal generated by the current transducer to the controller. The second feedback loop provides a second feedback signal generated by the solid state converter to the controller. The battery charger is configured to consume power from the power source in accordance with the first and second feedback signals.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2022Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: JBT AEROTECH CORPORATIONInventor: Steven U. Nestel
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Patent number: 11673414Abstract: There is provided an ink-jet recording apparatus, including: a casing which is box-shaped, and which has an internal space; a recording head arranged in the internal space, and configured to jet ink droplets; a carriage which is movable, and is arranged in the internal space, and on which the recording head is mounted; and a dust-proof portion arranged between a movable space and an exterior of the casing, the movable space being a space, in the internal space, in which the carriage is movable.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshinori Osakabe, Tomohisa Higuchi
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Patent number: 11639109Abstract: Techniques for operating a transport refrigeration system with an energy storage device include producing a first output and a second output at an energy storage device (ESD), and converting the first output and the second output to a converted first output and a converted second output. The techniques also include supplying the converted first output and the converted second output to components of the transport refrigeration system, and operating the components of the transport refrigeration system using the converted first output and the converted second output.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2018Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Mary D. Saroka, Jeffrey J. Burchill
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Patent number: 11628746Abstract: A ground service system for an electric aircraft is disclosed. The system includes a charging module configured to charge a battery of an electric aircraft. The charging module includes a charging cable electrically connected to an energy source. The system includes a cooling module configured to regulate a temperature of the battery. The cooling module includes a cooling cable configured to carry a coolant. The system also includes a cabin soak module configured to provide a cabin soak coolant to a cabin of the electric aircraft. The cabin soak module includes a cabin soak cable configured to carry a fluid.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2022Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Jake Pill, Cole William Hanson, Edward Hall, Richard Donnelly, James Whitehill, Bruce Williams
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Patent number: 11613162Abstract: An air conditioning system for a vehicle may include a refrigerant line through which a refrigerant circulates and an evaporator and a condenser are connected to each other; and a first core and a second core for indoor air conditioning, wherein the first core includes a first inlet and a first outlet through which a coolant passing through the evaporator is introduced and discharged, respectively, the second core includes a second inlet and a second outlet through which a coolant passing through the condenser is introduced and discharged, respectively, and the first core and the second core are connected to each other through a connection line, and the connection line is provided with a first valve selectively connecting the first core and the second core through the connection line.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Gee Young Shin, Seung Sik Han, Dong Ho Kwon, Myung Hoe Kim
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Patent number: 11600888Abstract: A high-voltage accumulator has a high-voltage accumulator housing in which multiple electric storage cells are arranged. A wall of the high-voltage accumulator housing is equipped with at least one aeration/ventilation device which is gas-permeable at least from the interior of the high-voltage accumulator housing to the exterior of the high-voltage accumulator housing such that gas can leak out of the interior of the high-voltage accumulator in the event of an overpressure in the interior of the high-voltage accumulator housing. The aeration/ventilation device is equipped with a device, by which a substance that accumulates on the aeration/ventilation device and partly or completely blocks same can be removed.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventor: Bastian Huber
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Patent number: 11597251Abstract: A thermal management unit for controlling the temperature in an electric vehicle, a thermal management system including the unit and an electric vehicle including the thermal management system. The unit includes a heater, a cooling unit, a heat exchanger, six input ports and six output ports for connecting external pipes, three three-way valves, a two-way valve and piping for thermal fluid. The components of the thermal management unit are connected via piping such that excess heat from a vehicle component can be directed to heat the cabin and/or energy storage system of the electric vehicle. Also, one heater and one cooling unit are used to heat or cool both the cabin and the energy storage system.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Ymer Technology ABInventor: Josef Graubmann
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Patent number: 11571964Abstract: A transport refrigeration system is provided. The transport refrigeration system comprising: a vehicle having a refrigerated cargo space; a refrigeration unit in operative association with the refrigerated cargo space, the refrigeration unit providing conditioned air to the refrigerated cargo space; a first engine configured to power the refrigeration unit; a first exhaust passage fluidly connected to the first engine and configured to transport exhaust from the first engine; a second engine configured to power the vehicle; and a second exhaust passage fluidly connected to the second engine and configured to transport exhaust from second engine to a single exhaust exit; wherein the first exhaust passage fluidly connects to the second exhaust passage such that exhaust from the first engine is transported from the first exhaust passage to the single exhaust exit through the second exhaust passage.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2017Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventor: Loic Renault
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Patent number: 11548347Abstract: A temperature adjustment circuit for a vehicle includes a first temperature adjustment circuit for vehicle interior air conditioning or heating, a second temperature adjustment circuit that is configured to transfer heat with a battery, a connection path that is configured to connect the first temperature adjustment circuit and the second temperature adjustment circuit to form a connection circuit, and a first valve and a second valve that are configured to switch between an independent state where the first temperature adjustment circuit and the second temperature adjustment circuit are independent and a connection state where the connection circuit is formed.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Ono, Toru Ogaki, Seiji Isotani, Kazumi Yamazaki
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Patent number: 11547023Abstract: A system includes a heat exchanger mounted to the brackets and receiving cryogen, the heat exchanger having a vertical inlet coupled in parallel to a plurality of equal size horizontal tubes each traversing a width of the heat exchanger and further coupled in parallel to a vertical outlet pipe with an outlet diameter at least twice an inlet tube diameter; a temperature sensor; a thermostat that monitors the temperature sensor and maintains a predetermined temperature set point by communicating with a solenoid valve coupled to the heat exchanger; an exhaust line coupled to the outlet pipe that expels exhaust gas outside the enclosed facility; multiple fans attached to the heat exchanger; and a fail-safe oxygen sensor to protect a biological object in the enclosed facility.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Reflect Scientific Inc.Inventors: William Grant Moon, Steven Victor Boyce, Steven Joseph Parkinson, Sheldon K Larson, William J Hancock
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Patent number: 11530825Abstract: The invention relates to a process for cooling air-conditioning water used to air-condition a hospital building, comprising the steps of: (a) providing nitrogen in liquid form (LIN); (b) providing oxygen in liquid form (LOX); (c) providing air-conditioning water to be cooled; and (d) performing a heat exchange (4) between the air-conditioning water to be cooled and the nitrogen in liquid form (LIN) and/or the oxygen so as to cool the air-conditioning water and to vaporize the nitrogen and/or the oxygen and obtain nitrogen in gaseous form (GAN) and/or oxygen in gaseous form (GOX).Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges ClaudeInventor: Ben Pletincx
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Patent number: 11497224Abstract: A system for managing ripeness of perishable goods including: a storage device to store perishable good requirements, ripening capability parameters, ripening schedules, and perishable good parameters associated with the perishable goods; and a ripeness management system coupled to the storage device. The ripeness management system including: a current ripeness determination module to determine current ripeness levels in response to at least one of the perishable good parameters, the perishable good requirements, and the ripening schedules; a ripeness schedule module to determine predicted ripeness levels in response to at least one of the current ripeness levels, the ripening capability parameters, and the ripening schedules; and a meshing module to determine ripening schedule adjustments in response to at least one of the current ripeness levels, the perishable good parameters, the ripening schedules, and the ripening capability parameters.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2017Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Robert A. Chopko, Marc Beasley, Ciara Poolman, John Cronin, Christopher Michael Huffines
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Waterproof with inverter housing having connector mounting portion for accommodating sealing members
Patent number: 11496019Abstract: The present invention may provide a motor comprising an inverter housing in which a substrate is disposed, a connector which is mounted on the inverter housing and electrically connects the substrate and a cable and wherein the connector includes a body and a first terminal coupled to the body, one side of the first terminal is in electrical contact with the substrate, the other side of the first terminal is in contact with the cable, wherein the inverter housing includes a connector mounting portion which accommodate the body of the connector, sealing members seal a gap between the connector mounting portion and the connector.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Hanon SystemsInventors: Ho Bin Im, Ho Youn Kim, Hyeon Jae Shin, Jae Won Lee, Kyung Hun Jung, Seong Kook Cho -
Patent number: 11486587Abstract: An HVAC system is disclosed. The HVAC system includes at least one heat exchanger unit disposed within a predefined area. The HVAC system further includes at least one frame cooperating with each of the at least one heat exchanger unit. The at least one frame includes a guiding assembly configured to move each of the at least one heat exchanger unit across the predefined area. The guiding assembly includes a guiding rail. The guiding assembly further includes at least one slider cooperating with the guiding rail to enable movement of the at least one heat exchanger unit. Each of the at least one slider comprises a fastening unit configured to attach a heat exchanger unit to an associated slider. The guiding assembly includes at least one actuator, wherein each of the at least one actuator is configured to move an associated slider from the at least one slider.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2018Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: L&T TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITEDInventors: Murlidharan Karunanidhi, Senthilkumar Chandrasekaran, Suresh Kodisana, Aravind Subramanian