Cooled Gas Directed Relative To Cooled Enclosure Patents (Class 62/407)
  • Patent number: 11920852
    Abstract: A refrigerator may include a storage part including a compressor and an evaporator and configured to store a food item at a low temperature using air cooled by the evaporator. The refrigerator may also include an ice making compartment configured to make or store ice using air cooled by the evaporator, and a fan for making ice allowing air cooled by the evaporator to flow to the ice making compartment. Additionally, a rotation speed of the fan for making ice changes while the fan for making ice continues to operate during operation of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Buhwan Ahn, Jinseok Hu, Sangil Lee, Seonggu Shin
  • Patent number: 11792960
    Abstract: A containerized data system, including a container body, a first cabinet array, a second cabinet array and a plurality of first air-conditioning devices. The first cabinet array and the second cabinet array are positioned in the container body and spaced apart from each other. Air intake areas of the first cabinet array and the second cabinet array communicates with a cold aisle connection space of the container body. Heat dissipation areas of the first cabinet array and the second cabinet array communicates with a hot aisle connection space of the container body. Air inlets of the first air-conditioning devices are communicated with the hot aisle connection space to collect the hot air flow in the container body, and air outlets of the plurality of first air-conditioning devices are communicated with the cold aisle connection space to convey the cold air flow to the container body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Fulian Precision Electronics (Tianjin) Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Chao-Ke Wei, Tze-Chern Mao, Yao-Ting Chang, Yen-Chun Fu, Ching-Tang Liu, Chih-Hung Chang, Li-Wen Chang
  • Patent number: 11781797
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigeration appliance that includes a fresh food compartment and a freezer compartment. An opening is provided between the freezer compartment and the fresh food compartment to allow air to flow from the fresh food compartment to the freezer compartment and an air tower located within the fresh food compartment is adapted to deliver air from the freezer compartment to the fresh food compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcelo Candeo, Cory Dale Simpson
  • Patent number: 11656024
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage chamber, a drawer door comprising a drawer part defining a storage space and a door part, an elevation device for elevating the storage space, a driving device, and a wiring guider between a top surface of the storage chamber and a bottom surface of the drawer door, the wiring guider guiding a wiring that provides an electrical connection between the cabinet and the driving device. The wiring guider includes a rotation connection member that rotatably couples a first end of the wiring guide to the cabinet, a guide head that fixedly couples a second end of the wiring guide to the door part, and a flexible portion that connects the rotation connection member to the guide head. The wiring between the cabinet and the driving device sequentially passes through the rotation connection member, the flexible portion, and the guide head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Seonwoo Choi
  • Patent number: 11543169
    Abstract: An entrance refrigerator includes a cabinet, a guide plate partitioning the cabinet into a storage compartment at the front and a cold air generating compartment at the rear, a first cold air supply module mounted at an upper portion of a rear surface of the cabinet, a second cold air supply module mounted at a lower portion of the rear surface of the cabinet, wherein each of the first and second cold air supply modules may include a thermoelectric element. An internal air guide is provided on one side of a rear surface of the guide plate between the first cold air supply module and the second cold air supply module and guides cold air forcibly moved by the first cold air supply module and the second cold air supply module to the storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Daewoong Kim, Minkyu Oh, Boan Kwon
  • Patent number: 11519651
    Abstract: An ice maker for mounting into a household cooling appliance includes a storage container for ice that is formed with an opening which is accessible from the top. A fan generates an air stream in the ice maker. An air guiding duct above the storage container is bounded by a first lateral duct wall, which is oriented in the depth direction of the ice maker and extends in the height direction, and is bounded by a second duct wall, which is a roof wall. The air guiding duct has a first opening towards the bottom so that an air stream escapes towards the bottom. The first opening of the air guiding duct is arranged offset viewed in the width direction of the ice maker so that the air stream exiting from the first opening of the air guiding duct flows along an outer side of the storage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: BSH HAUSGERAETE GMBH
    Inventors: Mathias Sigl, Jorge Carlos Montalvo Sanchez, Julio Cesar Schmidt, Marco Marques
  • Patent number: 11452234
    Abstract: A device and a method for cooling one or several high-performance computers or circuits located in one or more housings and including a dual-circuit cooling system. The high-performance computers or circuits are dipped into a dielectric first cooling liquid in a cuboid basin with a completely fluid-tight configuration and a first cooling circuit with a pump is arranged in the basin for the circulation of the first cooling liquid, with the first cooling liquid being forced to flow through the housings of the high-performance computers or circuits during circulation, thus cooling them. In the basin, a heat exchanger, a forward flow and a return flow of a second cooling circuit with the second cooling liquid are accommodated, and the heat exchanger is dipped into the first cooling liquid and the first liquid is cooled by a second cooling liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventors: Claus Hinterecker, Christian Raunegger
  • Patent number: 11313607
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a duct module, wherein the duct modules include a front panel and a rear panel coupled to each other in the front-rear direction and forming a flow path, a plurality of flow path forming protrusions extending from a front surface of the front panel to form a flow path therebetween, and a sealing surface extending parallel to the rear surface of the front panel from front ends of the plurality of flow path forming protrusions and in surface contact with the rear surface of the front panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo Yong Lee, Sun Gi Hong, Il Sung Bae, Joo Hee Song, Byung Kwan Yang
  • Patent number: 11198511
    Abstract: An air supply and return system for a heat exchanger of a galley includes a supply duct configured to extend from the heat exchanger to a cart compartment of the galley, an air-through supply vent in flow communication with the supply duct and configured to be in flow communication with an air-through galley cart in the cart compartment, an air-over supply vent in flow communication with the supply duct and configured to be in flow communication with the cart compartment for supplying cooled airflow for an air-over galley cart in the cart compartment, and a return duct configured to extend from the cart compartment to the heat exchanger to return air to the heat exchanger. The return duct has an air return device in flow communication with the return duct and configured to be in flow communication with the cart compartment to receive airflow therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Thomas Joseph Moran
  • Patent number: 11168933
    Abstract: A freezer compartment for a refrigeration appliance includes a liner that has first and second sidewalls, a top wall, a bottom wall, and a back wall. At least one of the first and second sidewalls includes a first air-deflection surface. A door is configured to provide access to and seal the freezer compartment. A seal is positioned around a periphery of the door. A fan is operably coupled with an evaporator and is positioned within the freezer compartment at the back wall of the liner. A mullion is attached to the liner and includes a forward portion. The forward portion includes a second air-deflection surface. The fan is configured to direct air toward the first and second sidewalls and the top wall of the freezer compartment and subsequently toward the first and second air-deflection surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Giulia Marinello, Sanjesh Kumar Pathak
  • Patent number: 10939758
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet having a storage space therein, and a drawer slidably movable forward and backward from the storage space. The drawer includes a door, a storage box provided at a rear surface of the door, an elevation plate disposed within the storage box, and an elevation device connected with one side of the elevation plate to vertically elevate the elevation plate. The elevation device includes a driving motor, a first curved rack to rotate by a rotational force generated by the driving motor, the first curved rack being curved at a predetermined curvature and having an outer circumferential surface, a first elevation bar to connect the first curved rack with the elevation plate, a second curved rack being curved at a predetermined curvature and having an outer circumferential surface to engage with the outer circumferential surface of the first curved rack, and a second elevation bar to connect the second curved rack with the elevation plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Hyunbum Kim
  • Patent number: 10928122
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance including a compartment within the refrigerator appliance, a liner defining a rear wall of the compartment, a first vertical support rail attached to the rear wall, a second vertical support rail attached to the rear wall wherein the second vertical support rail is offset in a generally horizontal direction from the first vertical support rail, and a cover. The cover is attachable to the liner and includes a vertical slot extending therethrough and configured to align with and allow access to one of the first vertical support rail and the second vertical support rail when the cover is attached to the liner, while a portion of the cover is positioned over and prevents access to the other of the first vertical support rail and the second vertical support rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Josh Hanson
  • Patent number: 10843800
    Abstract: A trolley compartment for an on-board kitchen intended for installation in a transport vehicle comprises a frontal access aperture as well as a rear wall that lies opposite the access aperture. A worktop forms an upper boundary of the trolley compartment. A first cooling fluid duct, which is connectable to an interior space of the trolley compartment via at least one first cooling fluid aperture, is integrated into or arranged adjacent to the worktop. At least one first removable cooling fluid aperture cover is selectively mountable in the first cooling fluid duct over the first cooling fluid aperture to separate the first cooling fluid duct from the interior space of the trolley compartment, or demountable from the first cooling fluid duct to connect the first cooling fluid duct to the interior space of the trolley compartment via the first cooling fluid aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventor: Torsten Truemper
  • Patent number: 10697689
    Abstract: The efficiency of a household appliance device, in particular of a household refrigerator device, is improved. An inner container has at least one inner panel that delimits an interior at least partially. An air exchange unit is formed with at least two flow channels that run substantially parallel and that are in fluidic communication with the interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Lindel, Elmar Faehnle, Felix Wiedenmann, Thomas Schaefer
  • Patent number: 10684045
    Abstract: A thermoelectric module that has a thermoelectric element, an axial flow fan, and a heat sink and that is installed at a rear wall of the storage chamber to cool the storage chamber. The heat sink has a base configured to come in surface contact with the thermoelectric element, fins protruding from the base toward the axial flow fan and spaced apart from each other, and heat pipes having base passing portions passing through the base and fin passing portions passing through the fins and configured to transfer heat from the base to the fins. Each of the fins includes a first part arranged opposite to the hub and a second part disposed at one of both sides of the first part to face the vanes and protruding further from the base toward the axial flow fan than the first part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jeehoon Choi, Heayoun Sul, Seokhyun Kim, Minkyu Oh, Hyoungkeun Lim
  • Patent number: 10677508
    Abstract: A method for operating a cooling unit on board an aircraft includes operating the cooling unit in a cooling mode and in a thawing mode. In the thawing mode, any thawed water in the cooling unit is drained off from a thawing element with the aid of gravitational force, and the thawing mode is prevented during specifiable flight phases and/or flight attitudes of the aircraft. A cooling unit configuration for an aircraft includes a cooling unit to be mounted on board an aircraft. The cooling unit can be operated in a cooling mode and in a thawing mode. The cooling unit has an element that thaws in the thawing mode, from which any thawed water can be drained off with the aid of gravitational force. A control device is configured to prevent the thawing mode during specifiable flight phases and/or flight attitudes of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Diehl Aviation Gilching GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Jahn, Ingo Zerbes, Jan Boris Philipp
  • Patent number: 10663180
    Abstract: Provided is an indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus, which is capable of detecting a room temperature without impairing a design of the air-conditioning apparatus. The indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus according to the present invention includes: a housing having a rear surface mounted to a wall and having an air inlet and an air outlet formed therein; a heat exchanger and an air-sending device arranged on a main air passage extending from the air inlet to the air outlet; and a room temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of an intake air. The housing has an air intake port from which air to be sent to the room temperature sensor is allowed to be taken, the air intake port being provided in a side surface adjacent to the rear surface. The room temperature sensor is arranged on an air passage connecting the air intake port and the main air passage. The air intake port is opened toward a rear surface side of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Sato, Takuya Goto
  • Patent number: 10641537
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a fresh food chamber and a freezer chamber below the fresh food chamber. The refrigerator appliance further includes an ice maker disposed within the cabinet outside of the freezer chamber and proximate to the fresh food chamber. The ice maker includes an ice making chamber. The ice maker is in thermal communication with the freezer chamber and the ice making chamber is not in fluid communication with the freezer chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Joseph Mitchell, Stephanos Kyriacou
  • Patent number: 10494097
    Abstract: A galley includes a cart compartment having a chamber defined by a rear wall behind the cart compartment, side walls along sides of the cart compartment, a mid-wall above the cart compartment and a bottom wall below the cart compartment. The galley includes a supply duct having an air supply device at the cart compartment having an air-through supply vent configured to be in flow communication with an air-through galley cart when received in the cart compartment to supply cooled airflow into an interior of the air-through galley cart and an air-over supply vent configured to be in flow communication with the chamber to supply the cooled airflow into the chamber for cooling an exterior of an air-over galley cart when received in the cart compartment. The galley includes a return duct having an air return device receiving the airflow from the cart compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Thomas Joseph Moran
  • Patent number: 10393413
    Abstract: A load unit includes a water circuit chamber configured to accommodate at least a part of a water circuit configured to allow water to flow therethrough, a fan, an air inlet formed at a height positioned different from that of the air inlet and configured to suck indoor air therethrough, an air outlet configured to blow indoors the air sucked through the air inlet, and an air passage formed between the air inlet and the air outlet so as to be isolated from the water circuit chamber. A load-side heat exchanger is provided in the air passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Suzuki, Yoshihiro Takahashi, Takao Komai, Akira Maeda, Mitsuru Kawashima
  • Patent number: 10386108
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes an outer case. The refrigerator further includes an inner case that is located in the outer case and that defines a storage space. The refrigerator further includes a metal plate that is coupled to inner surfaces of an upper portion and both sides of the inner case and that includes a front end that is spaced apart from a front end of the inner case a first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyunwoo Seo, Sanghwan Shin
  • Patent number: 10302345
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator with an improved structure capable of improving cooling efficiency. A refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a main body; a storage room formed in the main body, wherein a front part of the storage room is opened; a door configured to open or close the opened front part of the storage room; an evaporator installed in a back part of the storage room; an evaporator cover configured to partition the storage room into a storage area and a cool air generating area in which the evaporator is disposed; a first flow path formed between the evaporator and a back surface of the storage room; and a second flow path formed between the evaporator and the evaporator cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun Gyou Lee, Yong Seop Hyun
  • Patent number: 10274243
    Abstract: A refrigerator of the present invention comprises: an evaporator; a shroud provided with a suction hole for sucking the air heat-exchanged with the evaporator; a fan motor unit provided to the shroud; a discharge panel provided with a discharge hole for discharging, to a storage chamber, the air flowing by the fan motor unit; and a door for opening and closing the storage chamber, wherein the shroud is provided with a fan motor unit provision part at the surface facing the discharge panel so as to provide the fan motor unit thereto, and the fan motor unit enables the air to flow at a position between the shroud and the discharge panel so as to minimize the passage resistance of the air, which is sucked through the suction hole, and minimize noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Myung Keun Yoo, Ho Hyun Son, Hyun Sook Song
  • Patent number: 9964349
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator including: a body; a first storage compartment and a second storage compartment; a cold air generating unit; and a duct unit installed in front of the evaporator in the first storage compartment and including a first flow path on which the cold air is moved into the first storage compartment, a second flow path on which the cold air is moved into the second storage compartment, a first blower fan sending the cold air to the first flow path, a second blower fan sending the cold air to the second flow path, and a guide duct that partitions off the second flow path, wherein at least one cold air flowing portion is formed in the guide duct so that the first flow path and the second flow path are in communication with each other through the at least one cold air flowing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myung-Hoon Cho, Young-Ki Kim, Jung-Woo Kim, Sung-Yun Jung, Won-Seop Choi
  • Patent number: 9581377
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment, a heat exchange chamber defined in a side of the cabinet to provide a space for receiving an evaporator, a storage compartment defined in the cabinet, the storage compartment being independent from the refrigerating compartment, the freezing compartment, and the heat exchange chamber, a supply duct assembly connecting the heat exchange chamber to the storage compartment to provide a cool air supply passage, and a guide duct communicating with the supply duct assembly, the guide duct extending from a rear surface of the storage compartment up to a front portion of the storage compartment to guide cool air into a front side of the storage compartment. The guide duct discharges the cool air from the front portion of the storage compartment toward the inside of the storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Cheolhwan Kim, Wonyeong Jung, Deokhyun Youn, Jeongyon Kim
  • Patent number: 9303913
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage space, a heat exchange chamber defined in a side of the cabinet to receive an evaporator, an ice making compartment defined in at least one region of the storage space to define an insulation space for making ices; and a cool air duct connecting the heat exchange chamber to the ice making compartment to provide a passage for guiding a flow of cool air. The cool air duct includes a cover part defining inner and outer appearance of the cool air duct and an insulation part formed of an insulation material, the insulation part being disposed inside the cover part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Kyungho Ha
  • Patent number: 9255716
    Abstract: An indoor unit of an in-ceiling mount type air conditioner including a box-shaped housing having a top plate portion, a side plate portion and an opening portion at the lower portion thereof, a face panel detachably mounted on the opening portion of the housing, an indoor heat exchanger through which the inside of the housing is compartmented into a primary side and a secondary side, and an air blower secured to the top plate portion of the housing that faces the primary side, has a primary side heat insulating material is provided to the top plate portion so as to face the primary side of the housing and a secondary side heat insulating material provided to the side plate portion so as to face the secondary side of the housing, wherein the primary side heat insulating material is provided with an opening portion through which the air blower is fixed to the top plate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichi Koga, Nobuhiro Ogura, Yoshikazu Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9067473
    Abstract: A blower arrangement having n fans, where n>1, has a housing arrangement for receiving said fans (24, 26, 28). The housing arrangement features a) a first housing part (22) having flow-through openings (76) that are each associated with one of the fans, and having at least one installation opening (78) through which a fan can be introduced into said first housing part (22) and can be mounted in the region of the associated flow-through opening (76); and b) a second housing part (40) that is connected, on one side, to the first housing part (22) on the side thereof having the at least one installation opening (78), and, on the other side, defines an air exit opening (42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: EBM-PAPST ST. GEORGEN GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Gerhard Kuhnert
  • Publication number: 20150135741
    Abstract: Apparatus that primarily includes a narrow tube, through which a gas, preferably air, is forced to flow at a substantially high axial velocity. The gas, which must accelerate to reach that velocity and consequently becomes substantially cooler than the environment, then dissipates heat, through the wall of the tube from whatever is in thermal communication with that wall and thus refrigerates it. The gas does not undergo a change of phase. Preferably the tube forms the middle segment of a continuous tri-segment duct, through which the gas flows; the other two segments have each a tapered passageway, whose diameter varies between that of the tube and a considerably larger diameter at the corresponding end of the duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventor: Itzhak MERKSAMER
  • Publication number: 20150128623
    Abstract: A method for adjusting pressure at an inlet of a blast freezer. The method includes positioning an airfoil proximate to the inlet, the inlet having a perimeter. The airfoil includes a strip of material having a length and being attached to the freezer along at least one side of the inlet, the strip of material being spaced from the perimeter of the inlet by an offset distance. The offset distance at any location along the length of the strip of material is the closest distance between the strip of material and the perimeter at that location. The offset distance varies substantially along at least a portion of the strip of material. Cold air is flowed in the blast freezer past the inlet and over the airfoil so that the flow of air past the inlet is disrupted and creates a resultant adjustment to the air pressure at the inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: COLD CHAIN, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Mark Aragon, Peter James Wachtell
  • Publication number: 20150121925
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator. The refrigerator may include a power supply unit configured to power the refrigerator using commercial power, a battery coupled to the power supply unit and configured to supply auxiliary power to the refrigerator, a power detection unit coupled to the power supply unit and the battery and configured to detect whether power is being supplied from the power supply unit, a driving unit to provide cold air, and a controller configured to control an operational mode of the driving unit based on the detection at the power detection unit. When the power supply unit is supplying power, the driving unit may be controlled to operate in a normal operation mode, and when the power supply unit is not supplying power, the driving unit may be controlled to operate in a power failure operation mode and to control the power to be supplied from the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Shinhyun PARK, Sun KIM, Byoungsuk CHOI
  • Patent number: 9022844
    Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus has, a first domed door comprising a first pivot and a first sealing surface, and a second domed door comprising a second pivot and a second sealing surface, wherein, said second pivot is positioned different from said second pivot. With the above structure, the radial gap between the first sealing surface and the second sealing surface is varied when at least one of the two domed doors is moved. Accordingly, the air conditioning apparatus described above does not have to set the constant small radial gap or constant wide radial gap for the sake of reducing unintentional air leaking or preventing said friction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.
    Inventor: Jason Hendry
  • Patent number: 9016085
    Abstract: The invention relates to a refrigerating appliance having an evaporator area and at least two cooling areas partitioned off from one another inside the housing of the refrigerating appliance. A wall has a solid inner skin, a solid outer skin and a layer made of expanded insulating material located between the inner and outer skin. A cold air supply channel in the wall extends from the evaporator area past the first cooling area to the second cooling area. A shaped part made of an insulating material extends between the cold air supply channel and the inner skin of the wall. The cold air supply channel is separated from the expanded insulating material by a partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Görz, Ralf Spiller
  • Publication number: 20150082815
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for creating and maintaining modified and controlled atmospheres (MA/CA) in a rigid sealable container having at least one refrigeration unit with an integrated oxygen reduction structure. The refrigeration unit provides the necessary ambient atmosphere movement for the oxygen reduction structure, such as a hydrogen fuel cell. The systems and methods are useful in the, storage, transport, distribution, processing and packaging of fresh perishables with a focus on altering the natural gaseous environment around the perishables such that fresh shelf-life is extended. The systems may operate in a power generation/power production mode, such that the fuel cells maintain the MA/CA environment while providing both primary and back-up power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: FRESH FOOD SOLUTIONS LLC
    Inventor: Laurence Don. BELL
  • Publication number: 20150075208
    Abstract: A portable cooler is provided that includes a base that supports a refrigeration unit. The base also supports a plurality of upwardly-extending support poles that accommodate a top portion. The support poles, top portion, and base define a food storage volume that is surrounded by a plurality of insulative walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: Brad Lockwood
  • Publication number: 20150075193
    Abstract: An automatically adjustable swing seal for a rack-aisle freezing and chilling system extends, for example, from the top horizontal frame member of a racking structure and defines an intake opening along with side seals and a bottom seal. The swing seal is positioned at a height such that a product stack having a top edge positioned at any point along the face of the swing seat creates a seal between the intake opening and the stack via the swing seal, the side seals, and the bottom seal. Thus, stacks of varying heights may automatically be accommodated. Further, the bottom edge of the swing seal may be beveled, such that if a product stack is not evenly stacked a portion of the uneven stacking will not catch against the swing seal when the stack is pulled away from the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: Daniel J. Tippmann
  • Patent number: 8979981
    Abstract: A liner apparatus and method of extending the shelf like of produce items using said liner apparatus, in which the liner has first and second substantially planar surfaces, and is comprised of a felted body composed of a plurality of alpaca felting fibers and a fiber binding agent, said alpaca felting fibers being felted together with said fiber binding agent to form a felted body that wicks excess moisture from the surface of produce items placed in contact with said felted body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Inventor: JoAnne L. Givler
  • Patent number: 8973389
    Abstract: A mobile cooler having an ice maker includes: a main body having first and second spaces which are thermally blocked; a cooling device positioned at a lower portion of the main body and providing cooling air to the first and second spaces; a plurality of shelves installed in the first space; an ice tray installed in the second space; an ice bank positioned on a lower surface of the ice tray and detachably mounted in the main body; and a cover that covers an opening in which the ice bank is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Namgi Lee, Sungil Park, Sangoh Kim
  • Publication number: 20150059398
    Abstract: A storage container includes an inflow hole and an outflow hole through which cold air flows, and deodorizing filters for removing odorous materials are mounted in the inflow hole and the outflow hole. Therefore, when foods containing odor-causing materials are put in the storage container to be stored in a storage compartment, the odor-causing materials are prevented from spreading inside the storage compartment, thereby fundamentally removing odors from the storage compartment. In addition, the cold air of the storage compartment continuously flows in and out of the storage container through the inflow hole and the outflow hole, and therefore foods stored in the storage container may be kept fresh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Chae Hyun YOO, Wan Ku Kang, Jong Ho Lee, Dae Yun Kim, Jea Won Lee, Jee Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 8966929
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a first storage compartment defining a first interior volume. A first evaporator is configured to cool air that flows past. A first plenum includes a first air outlet, a second air outlet and a first air inlet disposed between the first and second air outlets. The first air inlet is configured to receive air into the first plenum from the first interior volume. The first plenum is configured to flow the air received in the first air inlet over the first evaporator to cool the air. The first and second air outlets are configured to flow the cool air from the first plenum into the first interior volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Alexander Pinkus Rafalovich, Ziqiang Hu
  • Patent number: 8959945
    Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator in which a cool air generation chamber and a machine room are disposed in the upper portion of a main body of the refrigerator, and a structure of a cover grill disposed in front of the cool air generation chamber and the machine room is changed, thereby achieving stable heat radiation of the machine room and efficient operation of the refrigerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Su Nam Chae, Jang Seok Lee, So Hee Park, Youn Seok Lee, Min Kyu Oh
  • Publication number: 20150040605
    Abstract: A domestic refrigerator (1) comprises a thermally insulated housing (2), a cold storage compartment (5) and a fresh food compartment (4) contained within the housing (2) and located on top of each other, a refrigerant circuit which comprises an evaporator (29) configured to directly cool the cold storage compartment (5), a first door leaf (18) for closing and opening the fresh food compartment (4), a second door leaf (19) for closing and opening the cold storage compartment (5), a divisional wall (17, 42) separating the cold storage compartment (5) from the fresh food compartment (5), and a air channel system (31, 32) which is configured to allow an air exchange between the cold storage compartment (5) and the fresh food compartment (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Görz, Jicong Song
  • Publication number: 20150033773
    Abstract: A refrigerator, where warm air is prevented from flowing into a storage chamber during defrosting or when cooling starts, heat transfer from a cooling chamber to the storage chamber is prevented, and the temperature rise in the storage chamber is constrained to a low level. A separator is used to divide a part of an air supply passage, to form a space portion in communication with a cooling chamber through an air supply opening portion. A first freely controllable opening portion is disposed in a separating area between the space portion and the divided air supply passage, and a second freely controllable opening portion is disposed in a separating area between the space portion and an air return passage or the cooling chamber. By setting the first and second opening portions in closed and open states, respectively, a condenser performs cooling and an air blower supplies air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tajima, Jyunichi Kubota
  • Publication number: 20150027160
    Abstract: Disclosed is a portable air conditioning device for vehicles. The device includes an air duct system and an exhaust pipe that is connected to a housing member that encloses a compressor, an air condenser, a power supply, and a dual fan system with a fan speed control switch that is connected to one or more capacitors. The duct system supplies cool, filtered air to the interior of a vehicle while the exhaust pipe releases heat to the outdoors. The device may be internally powered via a battery or externally powered via a power adaptor or outlet. The device may be conveniently placed inside of a vehicle and secured in place via a strap system disposed thereon. In this way, the device may be ideally used with existing vehicles lacking an operable air conditioning system. Additionally, the device may be used to supplement an operable air conditioning system for a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventor: Shea Patrick Callahan
  • Publication number: 20150013375
    Abstract: The invention relates to a domestic refrigeration device comprising: a heat-insulated inner container having an inner space; a refrigerant circuit provided for cooling the interior space; a door leaf for opening and closing the interior space; and a base on which the inner container is arranged and in which at least part of the refrigerant circuit is arranged. At least part of the front of said base is open to allow an exchange of air from the interior of the base with the surroundings of the domestic appliance. An air guiding element is mounted in front of the base and has a continuous front wall covering the front of the base and is spaced apart from the floor on which the base stands. The air guiding element is open downwards in the direction of the floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Stefan August Staedel, Zeki Asan, Alexander Görz, Cemalettin Hastürk
  • Publication number: 20150007602
    Abstract: The disclosure can include systems, methods, and apparatus for providing associated functionality for a refrigeration unit. In one embodiment, a refrigeration unit can include some or all of the following associated functionality: a cooling table plenum, a cross-linking member, a cabinet trim and thermal breaker, a collapsible hood, an internal plenum, an internal bracket, an external rib, an evaporator shroud and condensate drain, and/or a cutting board support bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: Hoshizaki America, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradford Czerwonky, Luiz Antonio Lopes, Connor McColl, Kevin Huckaby, Donald Pilkey, Glen Melton, Jeremy Neill, Rob McDonald
  • Patent number: 8910491
    Abstract: A Modular Chiller System integrated into a single Standalone Rack Assembly having vertically positioned air intakes, heat exchanger, and an air deflector is disclosed. The orientation of the components in the Standalone Rack Assembly allows for maximum heat exchange from a rack of hot food items positioned coextensively to the Chiller System. Hot air from the food rack is received through the air intakes into the heat exchanger where chilled air is recirculated outward through said frame assembly. The Chiller System is portable and can be retrofitted to existing walk-in cooler configurations, or be embodied in standalone and portable refrigeration enclosures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Inventor: Flavian Iovanel
  • Patent number: 8850844
    Abstract: A cool air supply structure of a storage receptacle for a refrigerator, which includes a main body having a storage space provided therein and a door for selectively opening or closing the storage space, the cool air supply structure, comprising: one or more receptacle casings detachably installed into the storage space and having a mounting space provided therein so that a storage receptacle is moved into or out of the mounting space; and a channel provided in each of the receptacle casings so that cool air flows in the channel, wherein food received in the storage receptacle is indirectly cooled by the cool air flowing in the channel. According to the present invention, the food received in the storage receptacle of a refrigerator can be kept fresh with a simple configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Byeong-Gyu Kang, Young-Woo Kim, Jong-Suk Yoon, Yoon-Seok Bang, Jong-Wook An, Sang-Ho Park
  • Publication number: 20140260408
    Abstract: An air handler configured with a plurality of air distribution modules, each including a fan, and at least one damper disposed within to provide and direct conditioned air or fresh air to respective multiple zones of a building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daniel J. Dempsey
  • Patent number: D773626
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Nishiguchi, Jangryul Rim