Combined Patents (Class 62/331)
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Patent number: 12255522Abstract: A motor of the present invention includes a rotation shaft, blades provided at the rotation shaft, a holder having tubular members, a rotor, and a stator opposing the rotor in a radial direction of the rotor. The stator is fixed to the tubular members, the stator includes a magnetic body, a coil and a resin member, a part of the resin member enters into between windings of the coil, another part of the resin member forms a side surface of the stator, and another part of the resin member opposes the blades in an axial direction of the rotation shaft.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2022Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.Inventor: Makoto Otsuka
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Patent number: 12235055Abstract: A coupling assembly for a vehicle includes a container selectively coupled with a compartment of the vehicle. The container includes at least one first port in fluid communication with an interior of the container. At least one second port is disposed on a wall of the compartment and is in fluid communication with a climate control system in the vehicle. A connection assembly is between the container and the wall. The connection assembly includes a positioning feature configured to align the at least one first port with the at least one second port. The connection assembly further includes a securing feature configured to bias the container toward the wall when the container is coupled with the wall to maintain fluid communication between the interior and the climate control system.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2022Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Michael Hrecznyj, Michael M. Azzouz, Scott Nydam, Clay Wesley Maranville, Chris Robert Sculthorpe
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Patent number: 12222132Abstract: A protective cover for ductless mini split air conditioners is disclosed. The cover includes a front section, a back section, a left section, a right section, and a top section that define a cavity sized for receiving at least a portion of the air conditioner; wherein the top section is sloping gradually downwards from the back section to the front section thereby ensuring that rainwater, snow, ice or other liquids do not accumulate on the cover's surface and cause damage to the air conditioner.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2023Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Inventors: Vinh Ly, Wesley Lacroix
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Patent number: 12173958Abstract: A refrigerating unit including a compartment, a glass door, and a heating arrangement installed in a base profile of the compartment. The refrigerating unit including an elongated gasket profile having a proximal part and a distal part, wherein the proximal part includes a flexible element configured to allow the distal part to be displaced towards the base profile upon closing the glass door. The distal part includes a hollow part with a first side of the hollow part connected to the proximal part and a second side of the hollow part directed towards the glass door. The heating arrangement further includes a heat-conducting material enclosed by the hollow part and arranged with an outer side surface of the heat-conducting material abutting the second side of the hollow part, and a heating element enclosed by the hollow part and arranged for conductive heating of the heat-conducting conductive material.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: REHAU-BEHR A/SInventor: Thomas Lanzl
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Patent number: 12078974Abstract: The present application relates to a method, apparatus, computer device and storage medium for controlling a cooking device. The method includes: scanning a coded pattern preset on a to-be-cooked food to obtain to-be-cooked food information characterizing the to-be-cooked food; sending a standby instruction to the cooking device when the to-be-cooked food information meets a preset standby condition, so as to bring the cooking device into a standby state; sending a cooking instruction to the cooking device when the cooking device is in the standby state and the preset cooking condition is met, so as to control the cooking device to cook the to-be-cooked food; and receiving state information fed back by the cooking device, wherein the state information is configured to characterize the cooking state of the cooking device.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Inventor: Chuanwei Zhou
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Patent number: 12029263Abstract: To pump-condition a garment that covers at least a portion of an individual, at least one fluid-circulating vent panel circulates a fluid adjacent the garment in an effort to condition the individual. A pump provides a motive force to circulate the circulating fluid through each vent panel. A circulation layer within the vent panel defines a plurality of channels therethrough. The channels allow the circulating fluid to pass both laterally through an opening in a peripheral edge of the vent panel and directly through a diffusing layer of the vent panel.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2022Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Inventor: Kwaku Temeng
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Patent number: 11933534Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes: a body having a storage compartment; a door pivotally coupled to the body to open and close the storage compartment; a planar heater including first heating wires arranged to surround an edge of the door and second heating wires arranged on only one portion of the edge; a sensor configured to measure at least one of temperature and humidity outside the refrigerator; and a processor configured to control driving of at least one of the first heating wires and the second heating wires based on a measured value of the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sangky Je, Jeongbo Kim
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Patent number: 11927361Abstract: An indoor unit includes a housing that houses an electrical-component storage box that includes a body portion, a lid portion, and an engagement mechanism portion that engages the body portion and the lid portion with each other in a detachable manner. The lid portion covers an open region on a side of the body portion. The engagement mechanism portion includes an engagement claw portion provided at one of the body and lid portions and an engagement hole portion into which the claw portion is inserted, and which is formed at the other of the body and lid portions.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hiroki Nakashima, Keisuke Tomomura, Tatsuo Furuta
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Patent number: 11920862Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for loading, removing, accessing, positioning or preserving one or more items in a presence of dry ice are provided. The apparatus includes a tapered container that has a barrier-like structure which can partition the inner volume of the tapered container into an internal product storage volume and a dry icechamber. Each of the regions remain substantially undisturbed during handling, operation, use and transport of the tapered container. Methods for selectively introducing dry ice into the dry ice chamber of the tapered container and engaging the barrier-like structure within the tapered container can be achieved with a novel guiding assembly apparatus. The methods and apparatuses are particularly useful when loading and retrieving one or more items in the presence of dry ice for tapered containers that have single restrictive access openings and/or other characteristics which make access and handling difficult.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.Inventors: Robert R. Sever, Ying Zhou, Ranko Bursac
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Patent number: 11913653Abstract: A cover assembly for a condenser unit mounted to a stand includes a base connectable to the stand, a column extending upwardly from the base, the column having a lower portion and an opposite upper portion, the lower portion being connectable to the base, a cover connectable to the upper portion of the column, the cover extending above the condenser unit and being shaped and dimensioned for spanning at least partially over the condenser unit, and a leg projecting from the cover for abutting a wall of the condenser unit, the leg being spaced from the column. A method for installing a cover assembly on a condenser unit mounted to a stand is also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: INNOPRO HVAC INC.Inventor: François Lanthier
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Patent number: 11882676Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for designing and implementing power and cooling fluid in a computing environment such as an electronics rack are disclosed. The disclosed methods and systems may provide for a high degree of power distribution and cooling fluid distribution reliability. To provide for a high degree of reliability, the system may include a number of protective features that may reduce the likelihood of connectors used for power and cooling fluid distribution from being damaged. The system may also provide for segregation of power distribution components from cooling fluid distribution components. The rack configurations include codesign of the server and rack to form the physical segregation. The segregation may reduce the chance of these components impacting the operation of other components.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: BAIDU USA LLCInventor: Tianyi Gao
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Patent number: 11821672Abstract: A mobile cooling box has a box main body and at least one lid for opening the mobile cooling box and providing access to the inside of the mobile cooling box. The mobile cooling box further has at least one air vent 400 located on at least one side wall of the box main body, the at least one air vent comprises at least one opening, preferably in form of an essentially horizontal slot, allowing air flow through the respective side wall of the mobile cooling box. The at least one opening or slot comprises one or more shielding elements that are designed in such a way that the one or more shielding elements at least partly block the view into the inside of the mobile cooling box from the outside of the mobile cooling box.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Dometic Sweden ABInventors: Peng Wang, Feng Wang, Wenmin Tan, Weixian Guan
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Patent number: 11808516Abstract: A refrigerator including a display module that is movable upward and downward and rotatable. The refrigerator includes a main body forming a storage compartment, a door configured to open and close the storage compartment, a display module coupled to the door, and a sliding plate disposed between the door and display module and coupled to be slidable in upper side and lower side directions with respect to the door and configured to allow the display module to be rotatably coupled thereto. The display module is provided to, when the sliding plate slides in the upper side and lower side directions, slide in the upper side and lower side directions with respect to the door together with the sliding plate, and rotate with respect to the door as the display module rotates with respect to the sliding plate.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Honguk Lee, Simon Ireland, Anthony O'Sullivan
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Patent number: 11771117Abstract: A portable popcorn machine including a housing assembly, cooking assembly, electrical assembly, and popcorn assembly is disclosed. These assemblies in conjunction with one another provide a portable solution to cooking popcorn. Portable popcorn machine is a rectangular apparatus that includes an upper and lower portion. The upper portion includes a hinged door that gives a user access to the cooking cavity. Uncooked kernels are placed within this cavity and cooked via a heating system. The lower portion includes two vertically stacked drawers for the storage of uncooked kernels, popcorn serving bags, and condiments. Adjacent to the drawers in the lower portion, is a digital display for cooking time readout as well as a digital keypad for user cook time input. When the popcorn machine is ready to be moved the back panel of the machine includes two shoulder straps for easy carriage.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Inventor: Theresa Mabry
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Patent number: 11761690Abstract: Proposed a gas heat-pump system including: a compressor compressing refrigerant and discharging the compressed refrigerant; an engine providing a drive force to the compressor; a radiator that cools coolant which is heated while passing through the engine; an indoor heat exchanger causing heat exchange to occur between indoor air and the refrigerant and thus cooling or heating an indoor space; an outdoor heat exchanger condensing the refrigerant; a four-way valve switching a flow direction of the refrigerant in such a manner that the refrigerant discharged from the compressor flows to the outdoor heat exchanger in a cooling operation mode and flows to the indoor heat exchanger in a heating operation mode; and a hot-water storage tank causing the heat exchange to occur between stored water and the refrigerant, and thus cooling the refrigerant in the cooling operation mode and heating the refrigerant in the heating operation mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Heejoong Jang, Hojong Jeong
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Patent number: 11754324Abstract: A refrigerant control system includes: a reversing valve including: a first inlet configured to receive refrigerant output from a condenser; a first outlet configured to output refrigerant to an inlet of an evaporator located inside of a building; a second inlet configured to receive refrigerant output from the evaporator; and a second outlet configured to output refrigerant to an inlet of a compressor that pumps refrigerant to the condenser; a reversing module configured to: selectively actuate the reversing valve to a first position such that: refrigerant flows directly from the second inlet to the second outlet; and refrigerant flows directly from the first inlet to the first outlet; and selectively actuate the reversing valve to a second position such that: refrigerant flows directly from the second inlet to the first outlet; and refrigerant flows directly from the first inlet to the second outlet.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Copeland LPInventors: Andrew M. Welch, Winfield S. Morter, Stuart K. Morgan, Brian R. Butler
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Patent number: 11728495Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a combined cooling circuit for a motor vehicle that provides a method of cooling a fuel cell of a fuel cell system.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignees: AUDI AG, Volkswagen AGInventors: Jan-Christoph Albrecht, Jan-Philipp Brinkmeier, Oliver Berger, Frank Jürgen Engler, Carsten Wachsmuth
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Patent number: 11692755Abstract: A mobile cooling box has a box main body and at least one lid for opening the mobile cooling box and providing access to the inside of the mobile cooling box. The mobile cooling box further has at least one air vent 400 located on at least one side wall of the box main body, the at least one air vent comprises at least one opening, preferably in form of an essentially horizontal slot, allowing air flow through the respective side wall of the mobile cooling box. The at least one opening or slot comprises one or more shielding elements that are designed in such a way that the one or more shielding elements at least partly block the view into the inside of the mobile cooling box from the outside of the mobile cooling box.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Dometic Sweden ABInventors: Peng Wang, Feng Wang, Wenmin Tan, Weixian Guan
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Patent number: 11691800Abstract: A transportable enclosure can include a housing, a power source, a container, an evaporator, a condenser, a compressor, and a controller. The container can be configured to receive a temperature sensitive item therein. The evaporator can be disposed at least partially around the container. The condenser can be positioned near a wall of the housing and can be configured to reject heat from the evaporator to an ambient environment through the wall of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Thaddeus Medical Systems, Inc.Inventors: Russell Sanders, William Mohs, Michael Humphries, Stephen Joseph Scully, Jr.
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Patent number: 11674742Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a refrigerator comprising: a cabinet forming a storage space; a door for opening and closing the storage space and provided with a receiving space; a see-through portion extending through the door and communicating with the receiving space; a door light for illuminating a rear space of the door; a transparent panel assembly for shielding the see-through portion and becoming transparent or opaque so as to selectively visualize the see-through portion according to On/Off states of the door light; and a heat insulating member, formed along a perimeter of the transparent panel assembly, for insulating a perimeter portion of the transparent panel assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2017Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Kyutae Park, Minsub Kim, Kyongsok Oh, Sangmyung Lee, Hangbok Lee
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Patent number: 11493269Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are generally directed to beverage chillers for chilling a hot beverage so that the hot beverage can be served as a chilled beverage in real time on demand fashion. The beverage chillers include a beverage collection section, a heat exchanger section, and a dispensing section fluidically connected relative to each other. The beverage collection section receives a beverage in a hot state. The heat exchanger section chills the beverage from the hot state to a predetermined chilled temperature. The dispensing section dispenses the beverage at or near the predetermined chilled temperature. Exemplary embodiments are also directed to methods and systems for chilling a hot beverage in real time on demand fashion.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2015Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Roasting Plant, Inc.Inventors: Michael Robert Caswell, Michael Hodor, David H. Phillips
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Patent number: 11391475Abstract: A radiant air conditioning system for controlling comfortable and healthy indoor environment based on infrared sensing technology is disclosed, which comprises air source heat pump outdoor unit, plate evaporator, circulating water pump, etc. Accurate control of air humidity by installing an indoor dehumidification terminal can reduce the surface temperature of radiant cooling terminal and increase the installed area, which will significantly improve the radiant heat exchange between the terminal surface and the human body surface. Infrared sensor technology, which is adopted to obtain the number of indoor occupants and the required outdoor air flow rate, is integrated with a decoupling control of the indoor humidity and air freshness for the accurate control of outdoor air flow rate, and then the supply outdoor air temperature and humidity are regulated for the accurate control of indoor health level.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Xiaozhou Wu, Haichao Wang, Yu Zhao, Shugang Wang, Jihong Wang
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Patent number: 11321986Abstract: An embodiment of this disclosure provides a sealing system for cash bags. The system includes a banknote validator, a head coupled to the banknote validator, a bag of a roll of bags, the bag configured to mount to the head, a first sealing mechanism coupled to the head and configured to seal a top portion of the bag, a second sealing mechanism configured to seal a bottom portion of the bag, and a vacuum pump configured to connect to the bag and configured to pump air from the bag.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2017Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Crane Payment Innovations, Inc.Inventors: Sebastien Menot, Jorge Rive, Neil Young
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Patent number: 11248818Abstract: Provided is a server that communicates, via a network, with at least one air conditioner that executes a normal operation or a loosening operation includes a determination unit that determines a heat exposure period for each air conditioning target space, the indoor solar irradiance information indicating a transition of solar irradiance, and the heat exposure period being a time duration in which an environment in the air conditioning target space is likely to be influenced by solar radiation, a generation unit that generates operation plan information of designating a loosening operation period, the loosening operation period being a time duration in which the air conditioner is caused to execute the loosening operation, and a supply unit that supplies the operation plan information to the air conditioner via the network to cause the air conditioner to execute the loosening operation in the loosening operation period.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Keisuke Uchida
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Patent number: 11027963Abstract: A dispensing assembly includes a container support section and a pump support section. The container support section securely supports and holds a jug or other conventional container in an inverted position so that an outlet (which is normally facing upward) is instead facing in a generally downward orientation such that any liquids in the container will gravity feed toward the downwardly-facing outlet. A manual pump assembly is held by the pump support section. A conduit generally extends from the container outlet to an inlet of the pump assembly in order to permit fluid to flow from the container to the pump assembly. A reusable cap member having a check valve assembly and quick-connect coupling can be installed on the threaded outlet of the container. Fluid (including, without limitation, thick or highly viscous fluids) can be efficiently dispensed in controlled amounts.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Inventor: Perry A. Dupuis
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Patent number: 10744523Abstract: A mixing and dispensing apparatus having first and second containers. The first container has a main body portion which retains a first substance. A separate compartment is located in the first container and an internal passageway is formed between the main body portion and the compartment. The second container is configured to retain a second substance, and is compressible. The second container has a top end and a closed spout, wherein the closed spout is located in the compartment with the spout extending through the internal passageway into the main body portion of said first container. A release mechanism is formed by a plunger extending within the second container. The plunger has a first end in communication with the top end of the second container, and a second end aligned with the closed spout. The second end opens the closed spout when the second container is compressed to release the second substance into the main body portion of the first container.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Veltek Associates, Inc.Inventors: Arthur L. Vellutato, Jr., Walter Anthony Baker
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Patent number: 10721874Abstract: An apparatus, method and system for use in the shipment, delivery, and display of flowers. The apparatus comprises a preferably translucent enclosure with a lid, housing a removable tray assembly. The removable trays have aligned openings for the insertion of flower stems. The enclosure itself is configured to be stacked conveniently on a pallet for bulk shipment and delivery. The system and method comprise providing an interface for users to order flowers contained in the enclosure and delivering the enclosure with a customized multimedia electronic greeting.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Inventor: Michael J. Uglialoro
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Patent number: 10551088Abstract: A cooling or heating system creating an open temperature-controlled zone for personnel, the system having HVAC equipment for producing and delivering cooled or heated air, a lower air outlet disposed in a deck member, an upper air outlet disposed in a wall member, and a central air intake disposed between the lower and upper air outlets, whereby conditioned air expelled from the lower and upper air outlets is recycled through the central air intake and HVAC equipment.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2014Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: ATHLETIC RECOVERY ZONE, LLCInventors: Brian Cothren, William Quillen
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Patent number: 10240844Abstract: A bagger for an ice vending machine provides improved design, operation, and maintenance characteristics. An ice vending machine includes a merchandiser having a door providing access into an interior, an ice maker with a chute, and an ice bagger mounted to the merchandiser in communication with the ice maker. The ice bagger includes a frame having opposed, unitary, first and second frame elements, a spool of bags pivoted to a front of the frame on a swingarm, a cutting element mounted to the frame for reciprocal movement, and a tensioning assembly carried on the frame to provide tension to bags unrolled from the spool.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2017Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Premier Ice Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Mark Metzger, Brandon Metzger
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Patent number: 9497977Abstract: A refrigeration appliance comprises a cavity in which an ozone generating device is placed. The ozone generating device is configured to maintain in the cavity a concentration of ozone between 0.04 and 0.12 ppm, more preferably between 0.06 and 0.1 ppm.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2015Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Carolina Biotti, Raffaele Paganini, Davide Parachini, Maria P. Pirovano
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Patent number: 9072803Abstract: To allow uniform and efficient sterilization of facilities selected from clean rooms, cell processing centers for human use (CPCs), medical-supply-manufacturing facilities, animal-rearing facilities (SPF animals), biohazard rooms, food processing facilities, and medical facilities, where walls, floors, ceilings, device surfaces, and spaces, including equipment interiors, can be sterilized while minimizing effects such as corrosion and using the smallest amount of chemical agent as possible, and whereby sterilization can be carried out without problems with residual toxicity and without the need for wiping operations subsequent to sterilization. In addition, an operator can initiate, monitor, and control sterilization from outside the sterilization zone and thus respond to unexpected circumstances such as damage to a sprayer during a sterilization operation.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2014Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: PHARMABIO CORPORATIONInventor: Akio Sakaki
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Publication number: 20150143806Abstract: Provided is a consumer to industrial scale renewable energy based quintuple-generation systems and energy storage facility. The present invention has both mobile and stationary embodiments. The present invention includes energy recovery, energy production, energy processing, pyrolysis, byproduct process utilization systems, separation process systems and handling and storage systems, as well as an open architecture for integration and development of additional processes, systems and applications. The system of the present invention primarily uses adaptive metrics, biometrics and thermal imaging sensory analysis (including additional input sensors for analysis) for monitoring and control with the utilization of an integrated artificial intelligence and automation control system, thus providing a balanced, environmentally-friendly ecosystem.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2015Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventor: Kevin Lee Friesth
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Patent number: 8998177Abstract: A humidifying and fresh-keeping device for a refrigerator is provided, including a device container and a top cover. The container has a drawer for storing fruits and vegetables, and a containing chamber is disposed at one side of the container. A drawer-type water tank is disposed in the containing chamber, with a water storing box at one end and an ultrasonic humidifying device at the other end. A supply air box is disposed at a wind outlet of the ultrasonic humidifying device, and an atomizing air duct is distributed in the container. An inlet of the atomizing air duct corresponds to an outlet of the supply air box, and outlets of the atomizing air duct are provided in the containertop cover. As a result, the fruits and vegetables preserved in the container have an environment humidity of 90-95%, and can be kept fresh in seven days.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2010Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Suzhou Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuzhi Wang, Xianghua Ren, Hongmei Yu, Bonggil Jin
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Patent number: 8984900Abstract: A decorative member of a refrigerator and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed. A refrigerator includes a storage container provided in a storage chamber; and a decorative member provided in the storage container, the decorative configured to generate light refraction and guide a movement of condensate condensed in the storage container, and configured to be capable of displaying humidity inside the storage container according to the movement degree of condensate.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2010Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seok Jae Jeong, Young Kyu Kim
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Publication number: 20150075206Abstract: Regarding an engine driven heat pump in which an engine, a compressor, a refrigerant circuit, and a generator are stored in a main body package, an engine actuation battery to actuate the engine, a battery charging circuit to charge the engine actuation battery, and an inverter to convert output power from the generator into a predetermined voltage and a predetermined frequency are stored in a separate body package, which is a separate body with respect to the main body package, and a front surface and a back surface of the separate body package is made up of an area in such a manner as to fit in a side surface of the main body package, and the separate body package is provided on a side surface near to the generator, out of side surfaces of the main body package and supported by the main body package.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Shohei Amakawa, Hideshi Okada, Keisuke Taharabaru
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Publication number: 20150059374Abstract: A system for monitoring the contents of a refrigerator. The system comprises a plurality of cameras mounted within a refrigerator, a wireless transceiver adapted to transmit image data to a mobile electronic device, and a computer-based logic for implementing commands relayed to the present system from the mobile electronic device. The cameras are arranged within the interior of the refrigerator to provide users with a complete view of the contents of their refrigerators. The present system assists users in grocery shopping and planning meals when not at home.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventor: Logan Hebel
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Publication number: 20150059393Abstract: A utility cart comprises a first container configured as an evaporative cooling system having a water reservoir disposed at a bottom end thereof in fluid communication with an evaporative medium. The evaporative cooling system further includes a fan to blow or draw outside air through the wet evaporative medium and out to the surrounding environment as cooled air. The utility cart further includes a second container coupled to the first container, the second container configured as an insulated chest cooler for holding ice and having a drain port for draining out melt water from melting ice disposed in the chest cooler, the drain port being configured to feed melt water into the evaporative cooling system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: PHOENIX MANUFACTURING, INC.Inventors: Gary Stephen Jouas, Lawrence Chavez
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Patent number: 8966925Abstract: A portable cooling device including an insulated housing and a water cooler system, whereby water stored in a reservoir, or alternatively water introduced into the system through a specific inlet, is directed through a boustrophedonic series of piping to an ancillary misting head and to at least one misting orifice disposed proximal to at least one fan, which fan is directable within a fan housing, when a chilled mist is directionably propelled from the device. The device has a power system including a photocell, a power inlet, and a battery, configureable to different situations to selectively engage the water cooler system and each fan.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Inventor: Anthony DeClementi
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Publication number: 20150047378Abstract: A heat pump circuit including a compressor that compresses a working fluid from a gas in a low pressure, low temperature first state to a high pressure, a high temperature second state. A first subflow of the working fluid is condensed into a gaseous/liquid mixture and assumes a third state by the working fluid delivering heat to a first medium. The first subflow of the working fluid is expanded and returns to a gas in the first state by absorbing heat from a second medium, whereupon the working fluid completes the cycle again. A second subflow of the compressed working fluid is expanded from the second state and the energy contents in the second subflow converted into electrical energy, whereafter the expanded working fluid is returned to the compressor after passage of the evaporator, or after expansion in the energy converter from the second to the first state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2013Publication date: February 19, 2015Inventor: Hardy Hollingworth
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Patent number: 8935938Abstract: An assembly for filtering water includes a housing, a water inlet for supplying unfiltered water to the housing, and a water filter including an outer casing attached to the housing in communication with the water inlet and a filter medium within the outer casing, the water filter filtering the unfiltered water through filter medium to provide filtered water. A water outlet is attached to the housing for transferring filtered water from the outer casing to a device via the housing. Some sort of indicia is located on the outer casing, and an optical device detects a feature of the indicia to determine if the water filter is properly installed in the housing. Related refrigeration appliances incorporating such devices are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2011Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Andrew Reinhard Krause, Russell James Fallon, Jason Andrew May
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Patent number: 8887521Abstract: Provided is an air conditioner for an automobile capable of having uniform perfume performance in a width direction of the automobile by discharging air mixed with a perfume component supplied from a perfume generating unit through a discharging part.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2012Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Halla Climate Control Corp.Inventors: Jae Jo Kim, Jin Hyuck Kim, Sung Je Lee, Yong Jun Jee, Sang Chul Byon, Nam Jun Lee, Yong Sung Kwon
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Publication number: 20140335242Abstract: Disclosed are an automatic cocktail machine and an automatic cocktail making method. Water, a carbonic acid gas cylinder and a plurality of cocktail materials are inputted. After a user's cocktail request is received, the cocktail request is compared with a list to determine the requested cocktail and read the cocktail recipe correspondingly. A bartending module is provided for adjusting and mixing water and the carbonic acid gas according to the cocktail recipe to form a carbonated water, and adjusted to a recipe temperature. An output module is provided for mixing an appropriate quantity of cocktail materials with the carbonic acid gas cylinder to output the cocktail. With this simple and convenient automatic cocktail machine, the users can get various cocktails quickly and enjoy different delicious cocktails.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2013Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventor: HSIANG-CHI HUANG
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Publication number: 20140250940Abstract: A fan support and storage apparatus for use in cooling a user's torso while the user is positioned adjacent the apparatus includes a base member having upper and lower portions. The apparatus includes a tubular support member having a first end operatively coupled to the base member and a second end opposite the first end. The support member has an elongate tubular configuration extending upwardly from the base member and supported in a vertical configuration above the base member. A fan assembly is slidably coupled to the support member and selectively movable therealong between the first and second ends of the support member. A fan drawer assembly is slidably coupled to the support member adjacent the fan member that is being slidably movable between the first and second ends of the support member. One or more accessory drawer assemblies may be slidably coupled to the support member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Inventor: Barbara D. Zimmerman
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Publication number: 20140205726Abstract: A method of controlling an integrated beverage system that comprises a dispensing module that dispenses one or more ingredients into a beverage container and a blending/mixing module that blends and/or mixes the ingredients in the beverage container, the method comprising: controlling the dispensing module and the blending/mixing module to prepare first and second beverages concurrently or sequentially.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: Enodis CorporationInventors: Jan Claesson, William E. Smith, Roberto Nevarez
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Patent number: 8746003Abstract: A water filter assembly, and a refrigerator and a water purifier having the same, including: a manifold having a inflow path through which raw water flows in and an outflow path through which filtered water flows out; a case supporting the manifold; and a filter cartridge coupled to a lower side of the case such that it is separable and connected with the outflow port of the manifold, wherein a fluid flow control unit is installed between the manifold and the filter cartridge and rotates according to a rotation of the filter cartridge, the center of the rotation is the same as the center of an outlet of the filter cartridge, and the fluid flow control unit includes a disk having a connection hole allowing the raw water inflow path and an inlet of the filter cartridge to communicate only at a certain position.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: WINIMAX Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chul Min Yoon
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Publication number: 20140123695Abstract: A power-generating system comprising an energy-converting module that converts non-electrical waste energy generated by one or more components of an HVAC system into electrical energy, and, a control module that directs the electrical energy to one or more electricity-consuming components of the HVAC system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2012Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: LENNOX INDUSTRIES INC.Inventor: Eric Berg
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Patent number: 8684214Abstract: Provided is a degassing container for a refrigerator in which a portion of air within a storage space is forcedly discharged to allow the storage space to become a low pressure state. The degassing container includes a case, a door, a gasket, a pressing part, and a degassing adjustment part. The case has an opened side. The door selectively shields the opened side of the case. The gasket is interposed between the door and the case and elastically deformed and closely attached when the door is shielded. The pressing part is provided in the door and the case and selectively closely attaches the door by a rotation operation. The degassing adjustment part selectively enters and exits air within the case by operating the pressing part. Therefore, the refrigerator has improved storage performance.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2008Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seok-Min Lim, Jong-Min Shin, Bong-Jun Choi, Su-Won Lee, Ill-Shin Kim, Jeong-Yon Kim
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Publication number: 20140083647Abstract: An aircraft is provided including an environmental control system (ECS) having a first ECS pack and a second ECS pack. A duct couples the first ECS pack to the second ECS pack. The duct includes a first bypass conduit configured to form a bypass around a first primary heat exchanger of the first ECS pack. A second bypass conduit configured to form a bypass around a second primary heat exchanger of the second ECS pack. The duct includes a crossover conduit extending between the first bypass conduit and the second bypass conduit. The duct includes a plurality of valves for selectively controlling a flow between the first bypass conduit and the second bypass conduit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Inventors: Donald E. Army, JR., Thomas M. Zywiak, David Anderson, JR.
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Publication number: 20140083125Abstract: A wind-powered fresh water generator is provided. The wind-powered fresh water generator includes a wind rotation module disposed on a beam, a cooling and fresh water generating module connected to the wind rotation module, and a water collecting system disposed below the cooling and fresh water generating module. The wind-powered rotation module provides a rotation motive power to the cooling and fresh water generating module. The water generated by the cooling and fresh water generating module is collected by the water collecting system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Inventor: Meng-Chyang PENG
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Patent number: 8677773Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator that includes a main body having a cooling chamber. The refrigerator also includes a door coupled to the main body and configured to open and close the cooling chamber. The refrigerator further includes a home bar positioned at a front surface of the door and configured to provide access to contents of the refrigerator without opening the door. In addition, the refrigerator includes a heater positioned at the home bar and configured to adjust an amount of heat based on an ambient temperature.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2010Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Youn-Seok Lee, Kyeong-Yun Kim, Su-Nam Chae, Min-Kyu Oh, Jang-Seok Lee