Heating Or Cooling Means And Gas Pump In Housing Patents (Class 165/122)
  • Patent number: 11993934
    Abstract: In a roof window system, the housing (6) of the ventilation unit (5) is prepared for accommodation of a standard ventilator and/or a regenerator allowing an air current through a ventilation passage (28), from an exterior grating (18) to a ventilation panel (3) integrated into or in continuation of a lining panel of a room in the interior of the building in which the roof window is installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: VKR Holding A/S
    Inventor: Kristian Ørnsvig Nielsen
  • Patent number: 11980784
    Abstract: The invention includes an air mover device used for fire mitigation and protection. The core component is an air mover unit whose discharge airstream can be positioned using air rudders and/or a directional control assembly to provide air flows in optimum directions and capacity to counter unwanted fire progression or to promote fires in cases of back-burns. Additional support components include a power supply, its fuel source, a speed control mechanism for the air mover, an air mover inlet protective screen, a sparger unit to impart suppressant or retardant into the airstream, balancing feet, a removable nozzle, and instrumentation and controls to ensure function and safety of equipment and personnel. This device can be on a static or mobile platform, towed or self-propelled and can be locally or remotely controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventor: Wayne Darnell
  • Patent number: 11985792
    Abstract: An enclosure of an electronic computing apparatus allows two electronic computing modules, each having a built-in fan, to be mounted in a perpendicular direction, when the two electronic computing modules are inserted, a shutter is at an intermediate position due to an elastic force of pushing a spring cover in a front surface direction, from push rods corresponding to the two electronic computing modules, and when one of the electronic computing modules is removed, the elastic force of pushing the cover from the push rod on the removal is lost, and the shutter moves, around a rotating mechanism, to a side of a housing space on the removal side and shuts off a flow path in the housing space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Sho Ikeda, Osamu Kamimura, Kenichi Miyamoto, Akihiro Adachi
  • Patent number: 11982465
    Abstract: A heat exchange unit for a ventilation device includes: a case having a first inlet port through which first air is sucked and a second outlet port through which second air is discharged formed on a front side, and a first outlet port through which the first air is discharged and a second inlet port through which the second air is sucked formed on a back side; and heat exchangers having a first air passage through which the first air passes and a second air passage through which the second air passes formed thereon. A first separation plate for separating the first inlet port and the second outlet port is installed in the height direction on the front side of the case. A second separation plate for separating the second inlet port and the first outlet port is installed in the height direction on the other side of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: AMOGREENTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Chul Lim, Jae Yeong Lee
  • Patent number: 11976828
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus in which indoor units are connected, includes: a housing forming an outer casing of the outdoor unit; a terminal block located at a side of the housing; and a conduit plate to be attached to the terminal block. The conduit plate includes: a terminal block cover to be attached to the housing to cover the terminal block, and having an opening portion formed at a lower portion of the terminal block cover; an outer casing cover to be attached to the terminal block cover to cover the opening portion of the terminal block cover, and having an opening portion at a side of the outer casing cover; and a cable connection cover to be attached to the side of the outer casing cover, and having attachment holes for connection of a conduit cable to be connected to the terminal block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei Sakata, Shigeru Hata
  • Patent number: 11959492
    Abstract: A pump assembly and method of cooling process air generated by the pump. The assembly includes a pump and a motor coupled by a gear arrangement. The pump has a cooling air intake and a cooling air exhaust and a process air intake and a process air discharge. The assembly also includes a heat exchanger having a process air inlet and a process air outlet. The assembly includes isolated first and second regions such that within the first region the cooling air exhaust of the pump is positioned at a first stage of tubing within the heat exchanger and further such that within the second region the cooling air intake of the pump is positioned at a second stage of tubing within the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Powerex-Iwata Air Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Abbey Soulek, Aaron Hunter, Joseph A. Abt, Jeff Heyser
  • Patent number: 11953215
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit includes a heat exchange section having a plurality of panels defining an air flow path through the heat exchange section. The air flow path includes an upstream portion and a downstream portion, the upstream portion has a first cross-sectional area, and the downstream portion has a second cross-sectional area greater than the first cross-sectional area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH
    Inventors: Ashish Nandkumar Bardia, Abhishek Gangaram Parab, Curtis Wayne Caskey, Earl John Rightmier
  • Patent number: 11940190
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a compressor, a four-way valve, a first outdoor heat exchanger, a first expansion valve, and an indoor heat exchanger. The four-way valve includes a casing, a first flow channel, a second flow channel, a flow channel switching piston, and a wall portion. The flow channel switching piston is configured to slide along an inner surface to switch between passing the refrigerant through the first flow channel and passing the refrigerant through the second flow channel. The wall portion is configured to slide along the inner surface together with the flow channel switching piston and is disposed with a space between the flow channel switching piston and wall portion to cover the flow channel switching piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Komei Nakajima, Yusuke Tashiro
  • Patent number: 11913668
    Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes an air inlet through which air is suctioned; a fan configured to generate an air flow by suctioning the air from the air inlet; an electrical component box having a box body housing a control board configured to control an actuator provided in a main body, a lid that covers an opening of the box body, and a flange part positioned in a flow path of the air flow, the flange part being for fastening the lid to the box body; and a flow straightening part that covers the flange part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Kurihara, Hiroyuki Yuze
  • Patent number: 11910557
    Abstract: Several transportable datacenters are described. The transportable datacenters include transport systems allowing them to be transported between an assembly location and an operating location. The transportable datacenters also include a ventilation system for cooling processors positioned in racks in the datacenters. The ventilation system draws cold air from the environment, through processor bays containing the processors and then exhausts the air back to the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Digital Shovel Holdings Inc.
    Inventor: Scot Arthur Johnson
  • Patent number: 11897623
    Abstract: A ducted fan device integrated with a permanent magnet synchronous disc flat wire motor for a flying copter car, including a rotor system, a stator system, an air intake/exhaust control system, a detection system, a driving system and a power supply system. The stator system includes a motor shell, and flat wire coils respectively arranged on an upper end face and a lower end face of an inner wall of the motor shell are connected in series. The rotor system is arranged inside the stator system, including axial flow and radial flow composite integrated blades and permanent magnets. A part of centrifugal blades are replaced by the permanent magnets which are located on an outer side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: NORTH UNIVERSITY OF CHINA
    Inventors: Tiehua Ma, Yanbing Zhang, Yaoyan Wu, Changxin Chen, Bin Jiao
  • Patent number: 11892178
    Abstract: A heat exchanger unit includes: a heat exchanging section that includes: a plurality of heat transfer fins; and a plurality of heat transfer tubes that each passes through a corresponding one of the plurality of heat transfer fins, in which, in the heat exchanging section, the plurality of heat transfer tubes that are arranged in L or more levels in a direction that intersects an air flow and in M rows in a direction of the air flow, each of the plurality of heat transfer tubes belongs to one of N paths, an inlet of each of the N paths is disposed at a first end of the heat exchanging section in a level direction, an outlet of each of the N paths is disposed at a second end of the heat exchanging section in the level direction, and M<N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Toshimitsu Kamada
  • Patent number: 11891749
    Abstract: A drying appliance includes a cabinet with a processing chamber operably disposed therein. A blower delivers process air through an airflow path. The airflow path includes the processing chamber. A condensing airflow path has an inlet positioned within a front panel of the cabinet and an outlet positioned within a bottom panel of the cabinet. A condensing blower moves condensing air from the inlet to the outlet. An airflow seal extends downward from a front edge of the cabinet. The airflow seal separates a low-pressure region proximate the inlet from a high-pressure region proximate the outlet to block convection between the outlet and the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew E. Borgerson, Justin Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11879471
    Abstract: A method of utilizing a mobile climate control assembly to selectively generate air flow across an angular range and at various velocities that includes providing first and second fan blower wheel assemblies each retained in a housing, having a wheel blade member operably coupled to a motor and operably configured to rotate 360° around an axis of rotation, and having an air deflector wall surrounding a partial circumference of the wheel member to direct generated air outwardly from the housing and electronically controlling the motor(s) to independently rotate the wheel members to generate an ambient air velocity gradient along at least an approximate 90° angular traverse path outwardly from the at least one housing without rotating the housing or the air deflector wall of each of the first and second fan blower-wheel assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventors: Larry K. Canipe, Raymund F. Vivar
  • Patent number: 11870284
    Abstract: A charging device (10) for an electrical charging process of a mobile device (200) in a vehicle, having a charging face (20) for placing a mobile device (200) on in a contact-forming fashion, and electrical charging means (30) for electrically charging a mobile device (200) which is placed on the charging face (20), further having an encapsulating housing (40) which at least partially surrounds the charging face (20). The encapsulating housing (40) has at least one inlet section (42) with at least one inlet opening (44) for letting in passenger compartment air (IL) from the passenger compartment of the vehicle as cooling air (KL) for cooling the mobile device (200) and/or the charging face (20), and at least one outlet section (46) with at least one outlet opening (48) for letting out the cooling air (KL) into the passenger compartment of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Dr. Ing h. c. F. Porsche AG
    Inventor: Domenica Fresca
  • Patent number: 11867425
    Abstract: Disclosed is an air conditioner including a main body, a panel assembly configured to cover a front surface of the main body and coupled to the main body, and a cam assembly including a cam and disposed below the panel assembly, wherein the cam includes a cam contact surface formed along a rotation direction of the cam, the cam contact surface includes a first contact portion and a second contact portion formed to be in contact with the panel assembly at different heights, and the panel assembly is configured to be detachable from the main body by moving up and down with the rotation of the cam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sunghyun Chun, Junseok Kwon, Jihong Kim, Moonsun Shin, Wonhee Lee, Changsik Lee, Jaerim Jung, Changwoo Jung, Seoyoung Cho
  • Patent number: 11859915
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a system and method for dissipating heat from a heat generating component. The system and method an assembly of a fenestrated housing and a plenum and positioning of the assembly relate to the heat generating component. The plenum accommodates a fluid mover relative to the fenestrated housing. The fenestrations function to support multi-directional fluid flow created by the fluid mover and accommodated by the fenestrations, which function as ports to direct fluid with respect to the heat generating component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Advanced Thermal Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Kaveh Azar, Bahman Tavassoli-Hojati
  • Patent number: 11822810
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a network switch for an information handling system includes: a central processing unit (CPU); and a fan module removably coupled to the network switch, the fan module including: a housing having a front end and a back end; a plurality of fans disposed within the housing proximate to the back end; a memory interface disposed within the housing proximate to the front end, the memory interface communicably coupled to the CPU; a memory device disposed within the housing proximate to the memory interface, the memory device storing information associated with the networking operations and communicably coupled to the memory interface, the memory device removably coupled to the fan module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Neal Beard, Colin John Montgomery, Shree Ramakrishna Rathinasamy, Padmanabhan Narayanan
  • Patent number: 11796255
    Abstract: An air-cooled condenser system for steam condensing applications in a power plant Rankine cycle includes an air cooled condenser having a plurality of interconnected modular cooling cells. Each cell comprises a frame-supported fan, inlet steam headers, outlet condensate headers, and tube bundle assemblies having extending between the headers. The tube bundle assemblies may be arranged in a V-shaped tube structure. A plurality of deflection limiter beams are arranged coplanar with the tube bundles. Top ends of each deflection limiter beam are slideably inserted in an associated floating end cap affixed to an upper tubesheet which moves vertically relative to the beams via thermal expansion/contraction concomitantly with the tubes. The deflection limiter beams provides guided restraint system for expansion/contraction of the tube bundles which prevents out of plane tube bowing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventors: Krishna P. Singh, Vytautas Vincas Maciunas, Raghavendra Palle
  • Patent number: 11796183
    Abstract: A multi-compartment oven provides removable shelves receiving separated streams of heated air providing heating for different oven cavities above and below the shelves. The shelves communicate with an operator automatically closing ducts providing air to the shelves when the shelves are removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Alto-Shaam, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip McKee, Jeremy Hogan, Benjamin Mavis, Lee VanLanen
  • Patent number: 11788544
    Abstract: A centrifugal-to-axial mixed flow blower includes a blower enclosure defining a blower chamber and a centrifugal impeller supported on an impeller seat to suspend in the blower chamber. The centrifugal impeller includes a plurality of blades and a radially outward declined flow passage defined between any two adjacent blades and communicable with the blower chamber. The blower chamber is communicable with a rectangular air outlet of a heat dissipation system via a frame passage of a flow guide frame connected to below the blower enclosure. Air stream centrifugally drawn in by the centrifugal impeller passes through the declined flow passages to radially outward and downward flow into the blower chamber and then passes through the frame passage to flow axially through the rectangular air outlet into the heat dissipation system, so as to realize the effects of reduced noise, changing centrifugal vortical flow into axial flow, and decreased flow loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Wei Sun, Jing-Ping Huang, Zizhuo Li, Feng Liu
  • Patent number: 11781563
    Abstract: An air-cooled heat exchanger includes a plenum with a fan ring positioned adjacent to the plenum. Support columns support the plenum and the fan ring on a support surface. An X-brace assembly includes a motor mount with leg members extending radially from the motor mount. Each of the leg members is connected to a single corresponding one of the support columns so that the leg members extend between the motor mount and the support columns. A motor including a drive shaft is mounted to the motor mount of the X-brace assembly. A fan having fan blades is mounted to the drive shaft of the motor. The fan is positioned within the fan ring between the motor and the fan ring opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Hudson Products Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Lanphier, James Smith, Ryan Witchey
  • Patent number: 11754913
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus includes a heat transfer member configured to receive heat from a heating element, a first refrigerant flow generator and a second refrigerant flow generator each configured to generate a flow of a refrigerant for cooling the heat transfer member, a detector configured to acquire information on a temperature of the heating element, and a controller configured to control driving of the first and second refrigerant flow generators. The flow of the refrigerant generated by the first refrigerant flow generator passes closer to the heating element than the flow of the refrigerant generated by the second refrigerant flow generator. The controller stops the first refrigerant flow generator and drives the second refrigerant flow generator when the first refrigerant flow generator is being driven and the heating element is in a first state in which its temperature is lower than a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Makoto Nomoto
  • Patent number: 11737245
    Abstract: A cooling assembly includes an air mover and a vent panel coupled to the air mover. The vent panel includes an inlet. The cooling assembly includes a vane that is rotatable around a central vertical axis of the vane between an open position and a closed position to open and close the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventor: Angel Castillo de la Cruz
  • Patent number: 11716833
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus with convenient airflow-reversing function includes a chassis, a rotation mechanism, a fan device, a connection rod, and a handle. The chassis includes a bottom plate. The rotation mechanism is pivoted on the bottom plate. The fan device is disposed on the rotation mechanism. The connection rod is pivoted on the rotation mechanism. The handle is pivoted on the chassis, and is rotatably connected to the connection rod. When the handle is rotated, the connection rod drives the rotation mechanism and the fan device to rotate to change the airflow direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Nanning FuLian FuGui Precision Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chih-Hsuan Lin
  • Patent number: 11708980
    Abstract: A protective cover for an external heat exchanger of a heat exchanger such as an air conditioner system or a heat pump system is disclosed. The protective cover includes a continuous loop of screen material and flexible nonporous material. The first end of the screen material and a second end of the screen material are affixed to opposite ends of the flexible nonporous material to form a continuous loop. The continuous loop comprises an upper edge and a lower edge configured to fit over at least a portion of an external heat exchanger having sides, a bottom, and a top, and wherein the continuous loop of screen material covers at least a portion of vent holes on the side of the exchanger. The protective cover includes a top yoke attached to the upper edge of the screen material and the top yoke comprising a cinching mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Inventor: Brock Amundson
  • Patent number: 11698082
    Abstract: A fan includes an electric motor and a fan wheel drivable or driven by the electric motor, arranged within its housing. The underside of the housing has an opening for an electric outlet, and a side the housing has a bracket, thereby forming a bushing. An electric line is arranged at least partially at the underside of the housing and is guided through the bushing, and a cover element is arranged at the underside of the housing. The cover element has a first section and a second section. The cover element is arranged at the underside of the housing in such a way that the first section is at least partially arranged in the bushing and clamps the electric line in the bushing while forming a strain relief, and that the second section covers the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: ELEKTROSIL GMBH
    Inventor: Bubke Niels
  • Patent number: 11691500
    Abstract: A stabilizing arrangement of a cooling system module of a vehicle includes stabilizer pins attached to the vehicle cooling system module. Stabilizer slots are incorporated into a component of the chassis of the vehicle, such as a frame extender. The stabilizer slots may be formed as an upwards opening U-shape. Bushings are attached to the stabilizer pins. The stabilizer pins and bushings extend laterally into and engage with the stabilizer slots. Upon installation, the stabilizer pins and bushings are aligned with the stabilizer slots as the cooling system module is lowered onto the ISO mounts. The stabilizer pins and bushings slide vertically downwards into the stabilizer slots as the cooling system module is lowered into place. The simpler stabilizer pins, bushings, and stabilizer slots thereby take the place of expensive, time consuming, complex, labor intensive, and space consuming stay rod arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: International Engine Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventors: Shouhao Wu, Dean Oppermann
  • Patent number: 11665861
    Abstract: A modular data center has an air handling unit (AHU) that is coupled to a first panel that is engaged over a first opening in a volumetric container. The AHU directs pressurized supply air through a supply air outlet into a cold aisle causing the supply air to pass through a first side of the IT component(s) installed in an interior of the volumetric container. A chimney of a return air plenum captures return air from a second side of the IT component(s), directing the return air to a return air duct of the return air plenum that is connected to a return air inlet of the AHU. In one or more embodiments, a second AHU is coupled to a second panel that is engaged to a second opening in a second side, directing pressurized supply air via a supply air plenum to the opposing first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Mark M. Bailey, Trey S. Wiederhold
  • Patent number: 11655989
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes: a housing; and a partition plate, a device accommodated in a machine chamber, a fan accommodated in a fan chamber, the partition plate having a wiring passage, wherein the outdoor unit includes a water receiving part provided to the machine chamber, the water receiving part having a box shape, a side wall portion of the water receiving part has a first opening port, and an upper surface portion of the water receiving part has a second opening port, the water receiving part is attached to the partition plate such that an edge of the first opening port is in contact with the partition plate, a gap, through which water discharged by the water receiving part passes, is formed between a bottom portion of the water receiving part and the partition plate, the bottom portion being inclined toward the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kyonosuke Oikawa, Yo Kitabatake
  • Patent number: 11659686
    Abstract: A water cooling system includes a water block, a heat radiator, a pump, a circulating conduit and a water storage assembly. The pump is disposed between the water block and the heat radiator. The circulating conduit communicates with the water block, the heat radiator and the pump. The water storage assembly is configured to be a part of an integrated element. The integrated element includes one of the water block, the heat radiator and the pump. The water storage assembly includes a liquid storage chamber and a liquid guide. The liquid storage chamber has an inner wall. An end of the liquid guide has a protrusive tube end reaching to the liquid storage chamber. The protrusive tube end protrudes from the inner wall. An angular space is formed between the protrusive tube end and the inner wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: KUAN DING INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuan-Da Pan, Ming-Cheng Peng
  • Patent number: 11647605
    Abstract: Several transportable datacenters are described. The transportable datacenters include transport systems allowing them to be transported between an assembly location and an operating location. The transportable datacenters also include a ventilation system for cooling processors positioned in racks in the datacenters. The ventilation system draws cold air from the environment, through processor bays containing the processors and then exhausts the air back to the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventor: Scot Arthur Johnson
  • Patent number: 11604030
    Abstract: An air-cooled condenser system for steam condensing applications in a power plant Rankine cycle includes an air cooled condenser having a plurality of interconnected modular cooling cells. Each cell comprises a frame-supported fan, inlet steam headers, outlet condensate headers, and tube bundle assemblies having extending between the headers. The tube bundle assemblies may be arranged in a V-shaped tube structure. A plurality of deflection limiter beams are arranged coplanar with the tube bundles. Top ends of each deflection limiter beam are slideably inserted in an associated floating end cap affixed to an upper tubesheet which moves vertically relative to the beams via thermal expansion/contraction concomitantly with the tubes. The deflection limiter beams provides guided restraint system for expansion/contraction of the tube bundles which prevents out of plane tube bowing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Inventors: Krishna P. Singh, Vytautas Vincas Maciunas, Raghavendra Palle
  • Patent number: 11599163
    Abstract: A computing cooling system includes a chassis having chassis air inlet(s) and outlet(s). Heat dissipation device(s) thermally coupled to heat producing component(s) are located in the chassis adjacent the chassis air outlet(s). A first fan device located in the chassis adjacent the chassis air inlet(s) pulls first air from outside the chassis into the first fan device via the chassis air inlet(s), and pushes the first air though the heat dissipation device(s) and out of the chassis via the chassis air outlet(s). A second fan device located in the chassis adjacent the chassis air inlet(s) pulls second air from outside the chassis into the second fan device via the chassis air inlet(s), pushes a first portion of the second air past the heat dissipation device(s) and out of the chassis via the chassis air outlet(s), and pushes a second portion of the second air into the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Philip Joseph Grossmann, Michael James Pescetto, Jacob Vick, Travis C. North
  • Patent number: 11571963
    Abstract: An air guide assembly for a vehicle includes a first duct, a second duct, a rigid first housing, and a vehicle component. The first duct includes a flexible body, an inlet for receiving airflow from an exterior of a vehicle body, and an outlet, where the body of the first duct is compressible from an installed length to a length that is shorter than the installed length, and is expandable from the installed length to a length that is longer than the installed length. The second duct includes a flexible body, a first inlet for receiving airflow from the first duct, and an outlet, where the body of the second duct is compressible from an installed length to a length that is shorter than the installed length, and is expandable from the installed length to a length that is longer than the installed length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pirooz Moradnia, Brian E. Dressel, Derik Thomas Voigt
  • Patent number: 11553807
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for a refrigerated merchandiser includes a fan housing having an asymmetrical configuration. The fan housing can include a first section with a first open outlet and a second section with a second open outlet. A first fan is positioned in the first section and configured to create a first airflow through the first open outlet. A second fan is positioned in the second section and configured to create a second airflow through the second open outlet. An evaporator is in fluid communication with the first open outlet and second open outlet. The first section is asymmetrical about a first section central axis and the second section is asymmetrical about a second section central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Hussmann Corporation
    Inventors: Anand Ganesh Rajagopalan, Jiaching Liu, Sandeep Palaksha
  • Patent number: 11547014
    Abstract: A frame structure for a cabinet enclosure has a front frame assembly having first and second front pillars, a rear frame assembly having first and second rear pillars, a first side brace member, and a second side brace member, each having a beam that has opposite ends, with the opposite ends of each side brace member connected to one of the front pillars and one of the rear pillars. The frame structure also includes cable management and air flow management features and functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: CFW Investments LLC
    Inventor: Li Chen
  • Patent number: 11536290
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fan coil unit and an air conditioning system. The fan coil unit includes: a housing, which defines an airflow inlet, an airflow outlet, and an airflow path from the airflow inlet to the airflow outlet; a cross-flow fan, which is located at the airflow inlet to introduce an airflow into the housing; and a heat exchange unit located downstream of the cross-low fan on the airflow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Huanan Li, Chang Luo, Shuguang Zhang, Jin Liu
  • Patent number: 11540414
    Abstract: Several transportable datacenters are described. The transportable datacenters include transport systems allowing them to be transported between an assembly location and an operating location. The transportable datacenters also include a ventilation system for cooling processors positioned in racks in the datacenters. The ventilation system draws cold air from the environment, through processor bays containing the processors and then exhausts the air back to the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventor: Scot Arthur Johnson
  • Patent number: 11521807
    Abstract: A heat sink for a high voltage switchgear includes: a body. The body is centered around a central axis that extends in an axial direction from a first outer surface of the body to a second outer surface of the body. At least one third outer surface of the body extends from the first outer surface to the second outer surface. At least one air channel extends through the body from the first outer surface to the second outer surface. The at least one air channel is surrounded by the at least one third outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Michael Blaz, Oliver Baier, Gianluca Cortinovis
  • Patent number: 11523544
    Abstract: In some examples, a controller for air and liquid cooling of electrical equipment is provided. The controller can include a cooling profile assignment module to assign a hybrid cooling profile based on temperature readings of electrical equipment; an air cooling control module to control a forced airflow cooling system for the electrical equipment in accordance with the assigned hybrid cooling profile; and a liquid cooling control module to control a liquid cooling system for the electrical equipment in accordance with the assigned hybrid cooling profile. The assigned hybrid cooling profile can indicate that the forced airflow cooling system is to be used as a primary cooling system for the electrical equipment unless temperature readings indicate that a heat profile of the electrical equipment is above a thermal threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Zheila N. Madanipour, William K. Norton, Wade D. Vinson
  • Patent number: 11486646
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an air-cooled condenser apparatus for condensing a steam flow exiting a turbine from for example a power plant. The air-cooled condenser apparatus comprises a series of condenser modules, each module having a series of compact delta-type heat exchanger units and a series of fans. The air-cooled condenser apparatus further comprises a series of independent frame structures FRS(m) wherein the number of frame structures has a lower limit depending on the number of modules. The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing an air-cooled condenser apparatus comprising steps of manufacturing the delta-type heat exchanger units in the factory, placing the units in a container for transportation and erecting the air-cooled condenser apparatus at a site of installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SPG Dry Cooling Belgium
    Inventors: Michel Vouche, Gwenael Vanden Borre
  • Patent number: 11488791
    Abstract: A heat sink for a high voltage switchgear includes: a body. The body is centered around a central axis that extends in an axial direction from a first outer surface of the body to a second outer surface of the body. At least one third outer surface of the body extends from the first outer surface to the second outer surface. At least one air channel extends through the body from the first outer surface to the second outer surface. The at least one air channel is surrounded by the at least one third outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Michael Blaz, Oliver Baier, Gianluca Cortinovis
  • Patent number: 11480072
    Abstract: A duct for a ducted-rotor aircraft includes a hub, a duct ring, and a plurality of stators that extend outward from the hub. The duct ring defines a trailing edge. The duct includes one or more fittings, such as a system of fittings. Each fitting has a body that defines a first attachment interface that is configured to couple to structure of the duct ring and a second attachment interface that is configured to couple to one of the plurality of stators. The first and second attachment interfaces are spaced from each other such that when the fittings are coupled to the duct ring and the plurality of stators, all or substantially all of each of the plurality of stators are located aft of the trailing edge of the duct ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Feeley, Karl Schroeder, Joseph Richard Carpenter, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11454251
    Abstract: A fan module holder for holding a fan module generating air flow is disclosed. The holder includes a base, a first wall and a second wall, and a plurality of hooks. The first wall and the second wall extend from opposite ends of the base. The plurality of hooks extends from a top section of the first wall and the second wall and is configured to secure a cooling system. A plurality of apertures is formed as a vent in the first wall. Each of the plurality of hooks includes a protrusion extending therefrom. The second wall includes a cutout. The fan module abuts the base, the first wall, and the second wall of the holder when the holder is in an installed position. The base is generally rectangular and includes a plurality of cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chun Chang, Ting-Kuang Pao, Yu-Syuan Lin
  • Patent number: 11454407
    Abstract: The invention relates to an HVAC apparatus, method, and system. Aspects of the invention include a supplemental heat source with an air handler unit for a conventional forced air heating and cooling system. The supplemental heat source in one example is a hydronic subsystem. It can be used alone or to supplement the forced air subsystem. Another aspect of the invention includes an air handling subsystem that has a housing that can be highly flexible in configuration and installation. The housing can support internal components, including a hydronic or other supplemental heat source with the forced air components. At least two sides of the housing can be configured for access for maintenance and repair. A control system can be designed to eliminate need for defrost cycle for forced air refrigeration-type subsystem and/or for better maintenance for comfort in the air conditioned space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: AUBURN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Joe A. Akin, David F. Dyer
  • Patent number: 11446687
    Abstract: The invention includes an air mover device used for fire mitigation and protection. The core component is an air mover unit whose discharge airstream can be positioned using air rudders to provide air flows in optimum directions and capacity to counter unwanted fire progression or to promote fires in cases of back-burns. Additional support components include a power supply, its fuel source, a speed control mechanism for the air mover, an air mover inlet protective screen, a sparger unit to impart suppressant or retardant into the airstream, and instrumentation and controls to ensure function and safety of equipment and personnel. This device can be on a static or mobile platform, towed or self-propelled and can be locally or remotely controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventor: Wayne Darnell
  • Patent number: 11445633
    Abstract: A telecommunication cabinet with anti-theft function includes a cabinet body, a cabinet door, a fan module, and a plurality of coupling parts. The cabinet body includes a cabinet and a telecommunication module. The cabinet door covers the cabinet body and is provided with a snap hole. A bottom side of the cabinet door is provided with an installation opening. The fan module includes multiple fans and an elastic clip, and the elastic clip is provided with a bump. When the fan module is placed into the cabinet door from the installation opening, the bump is positioned in the snap hole. The fan module is coupled to the bottom side of the cabinet door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Wei Chen, Tienen Chao
  • Patent number: 11431559
    Abstract: Provided is a process for cooling a datacenter chamber having racks configured to hold arrays of rack-mounted computing devices, the process including: directing a cooling fluid, at a first temperature and a first pressure from an outer radius of circularly arranged racks through the racks and components within the racks; passing the cooling fluid to an interior chamber of the datacenter chamber at a second temperature and a second pressure; and directing the cooling fluid upward to exit the interior chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Vapor IO Inc.
    Inventor: Colton Malone Crawford
  • Patent number: 11415338
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly includes: a frame; a heat exchanger panel mounted to the frame and configured to exchange heat with air flowing therethrough, the heat exchanger panel being disposed at an inclined orientation; a fan assembly disposed vertically above the heat exchanger panel; and a sound dampening device disposed within an interior space of the heat exchanger assembly such that air is pulled into the interior space through the heat exchanger panel and then flows through the sound dampening device before being discharged from the heat exchanger assembly via the fan assembly. The sound dampening device includes baffle members having sound absorbing material and spaced apart from one another for allowing air flow therebetween. Each baffle member extends at an angle relative to a plane extending through the upper and lower ends of the heat exchanger panel so as to direct air flow upwardly toward the fan assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: OVH
    Inventors: Anas Chakir, Hadrien Bauduin, Ali Chehade, Henryk Klaba