Occupant-type Vehicle Patents (Class 62/244)
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Patent number: 12103358Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner for supplementing and regulating the air volume discharged to front seats and rear seats through a door component that controls a passage, and enabling the length of a package in the direction of a heater core to be reduced. The vehicle air conditioner has an air passage comprising: a front seat air passage through which cold air or hot air is discharged toward the front seats of a vehicle; and a rear seat air passage through which cold air or hot air is discharged toward the rear seats of the vehicle, wherein the front seat air passage comprises a front seat cooling passage and a front seat heating passage, and the rear seat path comprises a rear seat cooling passage and a rear seat heating passage, and includes: a first mixing part in which the cold air of the front seat cooling passage and the hot air of the front seat heating passage are mixed; and a second mixing part in which the cold air of the rear seat cooling path and the hot air of the rear seat heating path are mixed.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Hanon SystemsInventors: Yong Eun Seo, Tae Wan Kim, Sang Chul Byon, Jong Gon Lee, Tae Gun Lee, Sang Il Hwang, Sae Dong Eom
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Patent number: 12083854Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an air-conditioning arrangement for a vehicle. The air-conditioning arrangement includes at least one fluid channel, which has at least two identically designed connection devices. The air-conditioning arrangement includes at least one movable vehicle seat. The present disclosure also relates to a corresponding vehicle having such an air-conditioning arrangement. The at least one vehicle seat includes an air-conditioning component that outputs a temperature-controlled airflow from the vehicle seat. The air-conditioning component can be removably connected to the connection devices of the at least one fluid channel via a movable fluid connection to establish fluid communication between the air-conditioning component and the fluid channel.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: AUDI AGInventors: Jörg Michael, Bastian Guyot, Sebastian Albl
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Patent number: 12054030Abstract: A vehicle roof assembly includes a roof that defines an aperture. A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning assembly is selectively disposed within the aperture. The heating, ventilation, and air conditioning assembly includes a housing defining an interior. The housing defines an intake and a vent opening. The intake is defined on a first side of the housing. A fan is disposed within the interior on a second side of the housing. The second side opposes the first side. A duct is disposed within the interior. The duct extends between the first side and the second side of the housing. The duct fluidly couples the intake with the vent opening.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2023Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Michael John Harmon, Hussain Zoher Tajmahal, Marielle Beverly Conrad, Yejin Han, David Earl Ooms, Michael Moliterno, Andrew Smith
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Patent number: 12049120Abstract: A parking cooler which is capable of battery powered operation during engine off operation. The parking cooler or air conditioning system may vary in cooling capacities to maximize cooling or maximize battery life. The parking cooler includes one or more condensers and a housing to accommodate such variation of cooling capacity.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2023Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: Dometic Sweden ABInventors: Daniel Fedor Westendarp, Thorsten Wichert, Michael Dunkel
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Patent number: 12049119Abstract: an apparatus for controlling energy of a fuel cell vehicle, which may expand a usable range of an energy consuming device, may increase efficiency of heating and cooling, and may simplify a layout of the device. The apparatus includes a stack cooling line having a first coolant heated by a fuel cell stack and cooled by a first heat exchanger; a resistor cooling line having a second coolant heated by a braking resistor and cooled by a second heat exchanger; and a third heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the first coolant of the stack cooling line and the second coolant of the resistor cooling line.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventor: Won Ki Park
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Patent number: 12023982Abstract: A proximity air conditioner is capable of performing energy-saving and efficient air-conditioning. A proximity air-conditioning unit for vehicles includes: a housing; a temperature adjustment unit including a temperature adjuster and a blower; and ducts, wherein upper ends of blowout ports of ducts are located above seat surfaces of seats, end portions in a long-side direction of the blowout ports are located on a front side with respect to other end portions thereof in a front-back direction of the seats, and the temperature adjustment unit is disposed between both end portions in the long-side direction of each of the blowout ports.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuhiro Terai, Chiharu Totani, Yoshinori Masatsugu, Naoyuki Fukui, Hiroto Watanabe
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Patent number: 11951937Abstract: Upon identifying an authorized user approaching a vehicle, vehicle locks are controlled to permit the authorized user to access an authorized area based on a user authorization. Permitted vehicle features within the authorized area for the authorized user are identified based on the user authorization. Upon receiving a user input selecting one permitted vehicle feature, the selected permitted vehicle feature is actuated based on determining that a state of charge of a battery is above a charge threshold. Upon determining that the state of charge of the battery decreases below the charge threshold, actuation of the selected permitted vehicle feature is stopped. Then an engine is controlled to charge the battery based on the user authorization.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Zeljko Deljevic, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Sam Harris, Tarik Safir, Donald Paul Bilger
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Patent number: 11942612Abstract: In a battery system, a battery module includes a plurality of cells. A management unit manages charging-discharging of the battery module and a temperature inside the battery module. The management unit estimates a maximum temperature of an inside of a cell in the battery module based on a measured temperature in the battery module, and controls, during charging-discharging of the battery module, a charging-discharging current of the battery module and/or cooling of the battery module in such a way that the estimated maximum temperature does not exceed an upper limit temperature.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Fujikawa, Shinichi Yuasa, Yoshito Kaga, Keisuke Naito
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Patent number: 11896534Abstract: An external automotive condenser and light assembly for mounting on a body of a vehicle, the condenser and light assembly includes a condenser housing having a top portion defining at least one top opening and a bottom portion defining at least one bottom opening. The condenser housing includes a front face so as to permit at least one warning light to be affixed thereto. The condenser housing includes a right face extending rearward from the front face. The condenser housing includes a left face extending rearward from the front face. At least one warning light is affixed to an exterior of the front face.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: REV Ambulance Group Orlando, Inc.Inventors: Scott L. Barnes, Herschel W. Davis, Jr., Matthew W. Grafton, Robert L. Collins
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Patent number: 11872922Abstract: A beverage container holder assembly is adapted to be utilized in a vehicle for accommodating a beverage container. The beverage container holder assembly includes a duct pipe and a container holder. The duct pipe is disposed in front of an instrument panel of the vehicle and extended along a direction perpendicular to a front-rear direction of the vehicle. A first end of the duct pipe is connected to an air conditioner. The container holder is connected to a second end of the duct pipe opposite to the first end. The container holder has a recessed pocket facing an upper direction of the vehicle for removably inserting the beverage container therein, a first opening disposed between the container holder and the second end of the duct pipe, and a second opening facing toward the front-rear direction of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kaz Hayashi, Takeshi Kamiyama
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Patent number: 11808477Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus is provided with an outdoor heat exchanger configured to cause refrigerant that flows in the outdoor heat exchanger and air to exchange heat with each other, a plurality of outdoor fans each configured to rotate by driving of a motor and send air to the outdoor heat exchanger, and a controller configured to control the driving of the motor. When operation of one of the plurality of outdoor fans is stopped, the controller is configured to control the motor such that a rotation frequency of each of the plurality of outdoor fans that is in operation after operation of the one of the plurality of outdoor fans is stopped is higher than a rotation frequency of each of the plurality of outdoor fans that is in operation before operation of the one of the plurality of outdoor fans is stopped.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Kazunori Korenaga
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Patent number: 11780294Abstract: The present disclosure provides an air conditioning device for a vehicle. The air conditioning device includes an air conditioning unit disposed in at least one of front or rear of the vehicle. The air conditioning device further includes a duct unit blowing air of the air conditioning unit into an interior and extending inside of at least one of a front pillar or a rear pillar. The air conditioning device further includes a vent unit communicating with the duct unit through a connecting duct and selectively opening and closing a discharge path of at least one of a main path, a first path, or a second path so as to discharge the blown air to a side of a roof frame.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, NIFCO KOREA INC., NVH KOREA, INC.Inventors: Min Ho Cho, Ji Ah Kim, Jin Ho Hwang, Chi Bong Oh, Geun Heung Kim
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Patent number: 11718153Abstract: Disclosed herein is an air conditioner for a vehicle, which can select a blower with the maximum efficiency within a range of a targeted air discharge volume for indoor circulation and select a blower with the maximum efficiency within a range of a targeted air discharge volume for outdoor discharge. The air conditioner includes: an air-conditioning case having a first air passageway and a second air passageway; an evaporator disposed on the first air passageway or the second air passageway; a condenser disposed on the first air passageway or the second air passageway; a first blower arranged on an indoor circulation passage; and a second blower arranged on an outdoor discharge passage.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Hanon SystemsInventors: Jae Chun Ryu, Dae Bok Keon, Yun Jin Kim, Se Min Lee
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Patent number: 11707963Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle includes: a casing to accommodate a cooler and a heater; a front temp door disposed in the casing to control a temperature of air supplied to a front seat zone; a rear temp door disposed under the front temp door to control a temperature of air supplied to a rear seat zone; and a rear vent disposed at a lower portion of the casing to discharge air to the rear seat zone. The air conditioner can secure the flow rate of the air that is supplied to the rear seat zone of the interior of a vehicle by improving the route for flow of the air that is supplied to the rear seat zone.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, DOOWON CLIMATE CONTROL CO., LTD.Inventors: Jung Mo Kwak, Myung Jun Kim, Dong Won Yeon, Chul Min Jang
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Patent number: 11685231Abstract: An HVAC module may include an air path through which air is flowable, an evaporator, and a heater. The evaporator and the heater may subdivide the air path into a main path and a side path. The main path may pass through the evaporator and the heater. The side path may branch off from the main path upstream of the evaporator and may open into the main path downstream of the heater. The side path may be fluidically connected to the main path between the evaporator and the heater. A first valve flap may be arranged in the air path and may be adjustable to a closed position and to an open position. A second valve flap may be arranged in the air path and may be adjustable to a first position, to a second position, and to a third position.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Inventors: Cecile Ariaux, Emmanuel Fleith, Cyril Humbert, Arnaud Schneider
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Patent number: 11668486Abstract: A thermal comfort-based air conditioning method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes, in a 5G network environment, estimation of a thermal comfort of a human body based on a thermal image by using an artificial neural network (ANN) that performs deep learning, and includes air conditioning control based on thermal comfort information. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, it is possible to prevent discomfort caused by heat or cold due to excessive or insufficient air conditioning control.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Soo Young Sim, Beom Oh Kim
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Patent number: 11648818Abstract: Provided is an air-conditioning system including: an air pollution level detector configured to detect each of a pollution level of outside air, which is air outside a vehicle, and a pollution level of inside air, which is air inside the vehicle; and an air-conditioning control device configured to control air conditioning by switching an air-conditioning mode of the vehicle between an inside-air circulation mode and an outside-air introduction mode. The air-conditioning control device switches the air-conditioning mode from the outside-air introduction mode to the inside-air circulation mode based on the pollution level of the outside air acquired from the air pollution level detector, and switches the air-conditioning mode from the inside-air circulation mode to the outside-air introduction mode based on the pollution level of the inside air acquired from the air pollution level detector.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Hajime Hasegawa
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Patent number: 11639083Abstract: A recreational vehicle air conditioner (RVAC) includes a ceiling-mount indoor panel positioned over an opening in the ceiling of a recreational vehicle and a control box assembly including a first box portion and a second box portion. The first box portion is positioned above the ceiling-mount indoor panel and the second box portion is pivotally connected to the first box portion with a hinge, such that it is pivotable between a closed configuration and an open configuration. The ceiling-mount indoor panel defines a control box recess that at least partially receives the second box portion when in the open configuration and a blank plate covers the control box recess when the second box portion is in the closed configuration.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Richard Dustin Henderson, Cody Michael Ratchford
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Patent number: 11623495Abstract: A vehicle roof assembly includes a roof that defines an aperture. A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning assembly is selectively disposed within the aperture. The heating, ventilation, and air conditioning assembly includes a housing defining an interior. The housing defines an intake and a vent opening. The intake is defined on a first side of the housing. A fan is disposed within the interior on a second side of the housing. The second side opposes the first side. A duct is disposed within the interior. The duct extends between the first side and the second side of the housing. The duct fluidly couples the intake with the vent opening.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Michael John Harmon, Hussain Zoher Tajmahal, Marielle Beverly Conrad, Yejin Han, David Earl Ooms, Michael Moliterno, Andrew Smith
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Patent number: 11618298Abstract: In the application, since the flow of air outside the vehicle compartment flowing through the upstream heat exchange part and the flow of air outside the vehicle compartment flowing through the downstream heat exchange part are opposite flows, a second heat exchanger through which the air outside the vehicle compartment flowing from the first fan through the downstream heat exchange part flows, a first heat exchanger is an orthogonal heat exchanger, the second heat exchanger that is a component of a refrigeration cycle execution system, the air in the vehicle compartment, which flows in from the inside air inlet by the rotation of the second fan and is discharged from the outlet outside the vehicle through the first heat exchanger, and the air outside the vehicle compartment, are exchanged with the first heat exchanger, it can be miniaturized along with the improvement of electricity cost.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2017Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Masakazu Tani
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Patent number: 11541726Abstract: The disclosure herein provides a heat management system for a vehicle, comprising: a first heat circuit in which first heat medium flows; a second heat circuit in which second heat medium flows; and a main heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from the second heat medium to the first heat medium. The first heat circuit comprises: a compressor; a cabin heater; a first air heat exchanger; an evaporator; a first bypass channel configured to allow the first heat medium to bypass the main heat exchanger; and a first switching valve by which one of the main heat exchanger and the evaporator is selected as a flow destination of the first heat medium flowing out from the first air heat exchanger. A single heat circuit (the first heat circuit) can achieve both heating and cooling of the air in the cabin.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Manabu Orihashi, Yoshio Hasegawa, Masaki Suzuki
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Patent number: 11542853Abstract: A coolant supply module includes a reservoir tank configured to store a coolant, a main body connected to the reservoir tank so that the coolant stored in the reservoir tank flows, at least one pump mounting portion formed in the main body so that at least one water pump is mounted, a valve mounting portion formed in the main body between the at least one pump mounting portion so that a valve device is mounted, and a controller mounted in the main body and electrically connected to the at least one water pump, wherein the main body includes a branch portion allowing a portion of a coolant introduced into one of the at least one pump mounting portion to flow into another pump mounting portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, MYUNGHWA IND. CO., LTD.Inventors: Yeonho Kim, Jae Yeon Kim, Jeawan Kim, Dong June Kang, Yu Man Won
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Patent number: 11535082Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning control system includes a controller that controls a blow outlet drive device and a plate member drive device based on a sensed result of a seat back state sensing device. When a reclined state of the seat back is sensed, the controller controls the blow outlet drive device and thereby places an air-flow direction change mechanism in a predetermined position to direct conditioning air, which is blown from the blow outlet, such that the conditioning air collides to a plate surface of a plate member. At this time, the controller also controls the plate member drive device to place the plate member in a predetermined position, so that the conditioning air, which collides to the plate surface of the plate member, reaches a specific part of an occupant who is on the seat having the seat back placed in the reclined state.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Marie Nagahama, Yasuhiko Niimi
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Patent number: 11529840Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner installed in a vehicle includes: an evaporator that is provided on a ceiling of the vehicle and causes heat exchange between air in an interior of a passenger compartment and a coolant; a condenser that causes heat exchange between the coolant and outside air; a spray nozzle that sprays water to a portion near the condenser; a water tank that is provided in a lower portion of the vehicle and stores the water to be sprayed; and a drain hose that guides condensed water generated in the evaporator to the water tank. The drain hose is provided through a pillar.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masashi Hotta
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Patent number: 11479076Abstract: A heat pump system of a vehicle controls a temperature of a battery module by using one chiller in which a refrigerant and a coolant are heat-exchanged, and recovers waste heat generated from an electrical component and a battery module to use it for indoor heating, thereby improving heating performance and efficiency, and the heat pump increases a flow rate of a refrigerant by applying a gas injection part that selectively operates in a heating mode of the vehicle, thereby maximizing heating performance.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Jeawan Kim, Jae Yeon Kim, Yeonho Kim
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Patent number: 11479083Abstract: The invention relates to a flow circuit system (1) for a vehicle, with a first flow circuit (10) guiding a first fluid and operable as a heat pump, and a second flow circuit (50) with a conveying device (31) guiding a second fluid, and a switching device (35), wherein in the provided flow direction of the first fluid downstream of a compressor (3) and upstream of an expansion element (15), at least one first heat exchanger (7) between the first and second fluids, wherein the second flow circuit (50) has at least two flow circuit modes, wherein in the first flow circuit mode, apart from the at least one conveying device (31) for the second fluid and the at least one first heat exchanger (7), at least one outside heat exchanger (37) which may be flowed through by the second fluid and is configured as a radiator is connected to the second flow circuit (50), and in the second flow circuit mode this at least one outside heat exchanger (37) is not connected to the at least second flow circuit (50) containing the coType: GrantFiled: August 8, 2018Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Konvekta AGInventors: Michael Sonnekalb, Sebastian Fink
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Patent number: 11427053Abstract: A reversible refrigeration cycle system is configured to provide heating and cooling to condition passenger air for a vehicle such as, for example, a bus. The reversible refrigeration cycle system includes a storage tank for storing fluid, a compressor, a plurality of coils, and valves for selectively conducting the fluid to the plurality of coils.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Mobile Climate Control, Corp.Inventor: Adel Gergis
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Patent number: 11383579Abstract: An air conditioning system for a vehicle and a control method thereof may include a temperature detector; an air conditioning actuator including a cooling device and a blower; and a controller connected to the temperature detector and the air conditioning actuator and including: a load determination portion determining an air conditioning load based on factors including an internal temperature or an external temperature of a vehicle detected by the temperature detector; a storage portion storing a control map that controls the air conditioning actuator according to the air conditioning load; and an update portion updating a control value, pre-stored in the control map, of the air conditioning actuator for the air conditioning load to a demand value of a user when receiving the demand value of the user for the air conditioning actuator.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hanon SystemsInventors: Gee Young Shin, Dong Ho Kwon, Dae Ig Jung, Seung Hyeok Chang, Jeong Hoon Lee, Joong Jae Kim
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Patent number: 11364772Abstract: An air conditioning unit, including: a chamber; a fan, in the chamber, for effecting an entry air entering the chamber and an exit air exiting the chamber; and an evaporative unit, in the chamber, for conditioning the entry air; wherein the fan, together with at least part of the chamber, creates a pressure zone, without ejecting air directly to, or without drawing air directly from, the evaporative unit, such that air moves through the evaporative unit substantially through a pressure effect.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2017Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Inventors: Shihong Bei, Jianguo Zhu
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Patent number: 11345261Abstract: In order to suppress a claustrophobic feeling that a person sitting on a rear seat receives due to a front seat, and to make the front seat easy to use as an ottoman by the person, a movement adjustment system is used for a passenger seat and a rear seat, and includes a slide rail for moving the rear seat in the front to back direction, and a control part for changing the movement region of the rear seat by the slide rail. The passenger seat has a seat cushion, and a seat back mounted to be changeable between an upright state and a lowered state with respect to the seat cushion. The control part changes the movement region so that the passenger seat and the rear seat can come closer when the seat back of the passenger seat is in the lowered state than in the upright state.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2021Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroshi Yogo
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Patent number: 11305607Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle may adjust a temperature of a battery module by use of one chiller that performs heat exchange between a refrigerant and a coolant and improves heating efficiency by use of waste heat generated from an electrical component, including: a cooling apparatus of circulating a coolant in a coolant line to cool at least one electrical component provided in the coolant line; a battery cooling apparatus of circulating the coolant to the battery module; a chiller for heat exchanging the coolant with a refrigerant to control a temperature of the coolant; a heating apparatus that heats an interior of the vehicle using the coolant; and a first, second, third, and fourth connection line.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Yeonho Kim
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Patent number: 11267311Abstract: Provided is a vehicular air conditioner including: an air-conditioning case that has an upper passage and a lower passage which are partitioned by an upper and lower partition plate therebetween; a heating unit that is disposed over the upper passage and the lower passage; an upper passage partition plate that is disposed downstream of the heating unit of the upper passage and forms a guide passage that guides a portion of air, which has passed the heating unit, toward an upper and lower connection opening that connects the upper passage and the lower passage; and a guide passage opening/closing unit that closes the guide passage in a state where the upper and lower connection opening is closed.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: KEIHIN CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroto Suzuki, Takehito Hashimoto
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Patent number: 11262090Abstract: With respect to atmospheric steam generating humidifiers, the present disclosure resolves the problem of end-users not adjusting the drain interval of the humidifier by using an electronic controller to automatically choose an appropriate drain interval without requiring any user input. The electronic controller accomplishes this by receiving input data from a sensor that measures a water quality parameter, automatically determining a drain interval based on the received data, and sending an output control signal to a drain water control valve to execute a drain event in accordance with the drain interval. In some examples, the electronic controller utilizes a look-up table correlating the water quality parameter to a total dissolved solids or cycles of concentration value.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: DRI-STEEM CorporationInventors: James M. Lundgreen, Kenneth D. Shull
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Patent number: 11225121Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner, including a first duct having a first ventilation opening that is disposed on first side in a width direction of a seat provided in a vehicle, a second duct having a second ventilation opening that is disposed on second side in the width direction of the seat, the second side being opposite side of the first side, and a third duct having a third ventilation opening that is disposed in front of the seat.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Hirotake Nishina, Takako Mizuno, Hiroaki Mikami, Yoshinori Tamura
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Patent number: 11142035Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a vehicle may include a housing, a first heat exchanger, a first door, and a second heat exchanger. The housing may include a first inlet branch, a second inlet branch, and an outlet branch. The first door may be adjacent the first heat exchanger and may move from a first position preventing flow to the first heat exchanger to a second position permitting flow to the first heat exchanger. The second heat exchanger may be positioned downstream of the first heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.Inventor: Zhiwei Shan
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Patent number: 11002471Abstract: The invention relates to a refrigeration installation (1), to a method for same, and to a refrigeration installation system for controlling the temperature of air, including at least one compressor (3), at least one expansion element (39), and at least one first (5) and a second (7) heat exchanger, each of which can be operated as a condenser or a gas cooler, wherein at least one of the heat exchangers can be operated as an evaporator or at least one additional heat exchanger is provided which can be operated as an evaporator. A refrigerant line is equipped with a first valve (11) downstream of at least one compressor (3) at or downstream of a branch (9) and upstream of or at the condenser or gas cooler inlet (15) of the first heat exchanger (5), and a second valve (19) is arranged at or downstream of the condenser or gas cooler outlet (17) of the first heat exchanger (5) and upstream of or as an expansion element.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: KONVEKTA AGInventors: Michael Sonnekalb, Sebastian Fink, Philipp Merle
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Patent number: 10976091Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet that defines a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment, a door configured to open and close at least a portion of the freezing compartment, an ice maker located adjacent to a rear surface of the door and configured to supply water to make ice automatically, to provide ice to an ice tray, and to transfer ice automatically, a cabinet duct located above the freezing compartment and configured to supply cold air to the freezing compartment or to the ice maker, an ice cover that is located above the ice maker and that includes a cover inflow hole configured to receive cold air located at a position that faces an outlet of the cabinet duct, and a supply duct that connects the cover inflow hole to the ice maker and that defines a cold air supply passage to an interior area of the ice maker.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Yonghyun Kim
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Patent number: 10967768Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat main body having a seat back, and disposed at a vehicle front side of a seating position at an end side in a vehicle width direction of a rear seat; and a flow path having one end side and another end side, conditioned air flowing through the one end side, the conditioned air being produced by an air-conditioning device mounted at the vehicle, the other end side being disposed inside the seat main body, another end of the flow path opening at a vehicle rear surface of the seat back, and the conditioned air flowing through an inside of the flow path and being blown from the other end towards a vehicle rear side of the seat back.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kazuyuki Shiga
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Patent number: 10955153Abstract: The present invention relates to a compact, fully integrated solar powered airconditioning (A/C) device for recycling and cooling the air inside buildings, which device comprises a photovoltaic (PV) solar cell, a Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) Charge Controller, a battery unit and a vapor compression air cooling device.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2016Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Inventor: Paul Riis Arndt
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Patent number: 10946718Abstract: An air-conditioning unit of a vehicle for air-conditioning a vehicle interior may include a unit outlet for discharging air into the vehicle interior, an outside-air duct for an intake of outside air, and an air recirculation duct for recirculation of inside air from the vehicle interior. The air-conditioning unit may also include an outside-air shut-off element arranged in the outside-air duct, which in a closed position blocks a flow of outside air through the outside-air duct, and a recirculated-air shut-off element arranged in the air recirculation duct, which in a closed position blocks a flow of inside air through the air recirculation duct. The air-conditioning unit may further include a sensor device for detecting a property of air. On at least one duct of the outside-air duct and the recirculation duct, a bypass may be arranged which bypasses an associated shut-off element and is fluidically connected to the sensor device.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Inventors: Daniel Eberle, Rainer Knoeller, Markus Michael, Anja Reiter, Oliver Schultze, Joachim Treier, Walter Wolf
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Patent number: 10938278Abstract: There are provided in-wheel motors lubricated with an oil; a cooling medium circuit in which a cooling medium flows; a cooling device cooling the cooling medium; heat exchangers carrying out heat exchange between the cooling medium and the oil after lubricating the in-wheel motors; and at least one of a controller including an inverter and a battery that can be cooled by the cooling medium flowing through the cooling medium circuit, and the cooling medium circuit has such a configuration that circulates the cooling medium through the cooling device, at least one of the controller and the battery, and the heat exchangers in turn.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoshi Tominaga, Daisuke Tokozakura, Yushi Seki
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Patent number: 10910684Abstract: A first thermosiphon circuit includes a first evaporator configured to cool a first target device by a latent heat of evaporation of a working fluid that absorbs a heat from the first target device, and a first passage communicating with the first evaporator. A second thermosiphon circuit includes a second evaporator configured to cool a second target device by a latent heat of evaporation of a working fluid that absorbs a heat from the second target device, and a second passage communicating with the second evaporator. A main condenser includes a first heat exchanger provided in the first passage and a second heat exchanger provided in the second passage, and is configured to allow the working fluid flowing through the first heat exchanger, the working fluid flowing through the second heat exchanger, and a predetermined cold energy supply medium to exchange heat with each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yasumitsu Omi, Takeshi Yoshinori, Masayuki Takeuchi, Koji Miura
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Patent number: 10890758Abstract: This disclosure describes deflecting moisture out of the field of view of an imaging device during operation of an aerial vehicle, such as a UAV. The imaging device and/or a deflector positioned in the field of view of the imaging device is positioned within a path of a propulsion motor air disturbance. The deflector protects the lens from environmental conditions, such as moisture and rain and is positioned such that the force of the propulsion motor air disturbance moves any moisture, rain, or other debris contacting the surface of the deflector across the deflector surface and out of the field of view of the imaging device. As a result, distortion of image data generated by the imaging device as a result of water or moisture on the lens or in the field of view of the lens of the imaging device is reduced, if not eliminated.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: James Christopher Curlander, Scott Raymond Harris
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Patent number: 10889163Abstract: A heat pump system includes a heat pump cycle, a heat medium circulation circuit, and a refrigeration cycle device. The refrigeration cycle device is configured to perform a defrosting operation when a frost formation determiner determines that frost is formed. A throttle opening degree controller is configured to increase an opening degree in the defrosting operation. A pumping capacity controller is configured to increase a pumping capacity in the defrosting operation with increase of a required heating capacity required for heating a heating target fluid, the pumping capacity controller increasing the pumping capacity such that heat of refrigerant discharged from a compressor is transferred to heat medium in a first heat exchanger within a range in which a temperature of the refrigerant flowing into an outside heat exchanger is capable of melting the frost formed on the outside heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2017Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Kazuhiro Tada
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Patent number: 10875429Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor module (1), comprising: at least a first sensor (10) that is designed to measure relative humidity and/or temperature, wherein the sensor module (1) is configured to be mounted in an automotive seat (2), which automotive seat (2) comprises a seat cover region (200) forming an outer surface (200a) of the seat that faces a passenger (P) sitting on the automotive seat (2), wherein the sensor module (1) is configured to be mounted such in said automotive seat (2) that it is spaced apart from said seat cover region (200). Further, the invention relates to an automotive seat (2) comprising such a sensor module (1).Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2017Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: SENSIRION AUTOMOTIVE SOLUTIONS AGInventors: Lukas Hoppenau, Michael Gotze, Markus Graf, Pascal Hunziker
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Patent number: 10800229Abstract: A sun visor module includes: a base portion which has an accommodating space formed therein and a front portion provided at the ceiling of a front seat of a vehicle in an openable or closable form; a sun visor portion which is provided at the center of the inside of the base portion and slides in or out through the front portion of the base portion; a screen-shaped awning portion which is provided at a lower portion of the inside of the base portion to be entered in or out to the front portion of the base portion; an air discharge portion which is connected with an A-pillar of the vehicle to introduce the wind flowing in the A-pillar into the base portion; and a first blowing portion which communicates with the rear lower portion of the base portion to send the wind to the inside of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2016Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Inventor: Mingyu Cho
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Patent number: 10766336Abstract: An air conditioning device for a vehicle includes a seat air conditioning unit that blows out air from a front side of a seat and an interior air conditioning unit that blows out air whose temperature has been adjusted by a cooling heat exchanger and a heating heat exchanger toward the vehicle interior space. The air conditioning device for a vehicle includes a first duct member for guiding the air flowing between the cooling heat exchanger and the heating heat exchanger in the interior air conditioning unit to the seat air conditioning unit. The air conditioning device for a vehicle further includes a second duct member for guiding the air higher in temperature than the air flowing between the cooling heat exchanger and the heating heat exchanger to the seat air conditioning unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2017Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Takahisa Fujii, Hideaki Kako, Masafumi Kawashima
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Patent number: 10696129Abstract: A method and system for remotely controlling a mobile climate control system for a vehicle is provided. The method allows for remote connection of a smart device to a mobile climate control system. The mobile climate control system may comprise a single HVAC system and thermostat or may comprise multiple HVAC systems and thermostats which provide multi-zone climate control for a vehicle, such as for non-limiting example, a recreational vehicle (RV). In some other embodiments, the system may comprise multiple HVACs and a single thermostat.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Dometic Sweden ABInventor: Bryan B. Bergin
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Patent number: 10675949Abstract: An evaporator unit for a rooftop air-conditioning system of a vehicle may include a housing having two evaporators. Each evaporator may include a plurality of evaporation pipes running parallel to one another and parallel to a Z axis of the evaporators, a distributor and collector box running parallel to an X axis of the evaporator, and a diverting box running parallel to the X axis of the evaporator. The distributor and collector box may include an inlet connector for liquid refrigerant and an outlet connector for gaseous refrigerant that may be disposed adjacent to one another on a same face side of the distributor and collector box and in a Y axis of the evaporator. The two evaporators may be disposed on both sides of an intake chamber of the evaporator unit and may lay opposite one another in a transverse axis of the evaporator unit. The evaporators may be structurally identical.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Mahle International GmbHInventors: Christoph Hipp-Kalthoff, Hans-Henning Knorr, Nayyar Rahman, Klaus Voigt
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Patent number: 10611476Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for isolating one or more sensors within an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The method may comprise providing a UAV that includes a housing forming a central body of the UAV. The UAV may also include a first compartment of the central body with one or more electrical components (1) disposed therein, and (2) adapted to affect operation of the UAV. Further, the UAV may include a second compartment of the central body that is isolated from the first compartment such that the barometric pressure in the second compartment is independent of the barometric pressure in the first compartment. Additionally, the method may comprise disposing the one or more sensors within the second compartment of the UAV.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jiyuan Ao, Xumin Wu, Tingting Wang, Zhuang Feng, Sungki Lee