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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110239671 | Blended Water-Based Data Center Cooling A method of providing cooling by a cooling system to a computer data center. The method includes providing a plurality of air-and-water radiators and one or more chillers, the chillers each having a first side in fluid communication with a chilled water loop and a secon... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110173999 | CONTROL OF A CONDITIONED AIR SUPPLY SYSTEM An air supply system and a method for controlling operation of an air supply system for supplying a conditioned air flow at a setpoint air temperature to a climate controlled space are disclosed.... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110023511 | REFRIGERATOR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME A refrigerator and a method for controlling the same are provided. More particularly, the refrigerator is provided with a dispenser having a cavity for a cup, dispenser doors that open and close the cavity, and a door driver positioned in the dispenser that drives the d... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20100212336 | CONTROL SYSTEM The present invention provides a control system for controlling the ice volume fraction of a circulating ice-containing medium. The control system comprises a freezer apparatus for generating an ice-containing medium, a pump for circulating the ice-containing medium thr... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100162741 | UNINTERRUPTABLE POWER SUPPLY FOR WATER PUMP A heating/cooling system includes a closed circuit refrigeration system including an evaporator. Water circulating through a closed water circuit exchanges heat with refrigerant in the evaporator, cooling the water for a cooling application. The water can also be heated... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100083675 | WATER PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH AUXILIARY REFRIGERATION CYCLE An apparatus and method for condensing water vapor in air to extract liquid water in which a refrigeration system defines a closed-loop refrigerant path. The refrigeration system includes a main portion, a first branch portion and a second branch portion. The first bran... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100018229 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INTAKE OF AIR-CONDITIONER OF VEHICLE A method for controlling an intake of an air-conditioner of a vehicle is disclosed. The method includes the a-1) step (S1) at which the main door (220) of the intake (200) opens the outdoor-air inlet port (211) and closes the indoor-air inlet... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20090114732 | MULTIPLE CELL LIQUID HEAT PUMP SYSTEM AND METHOD A system and method having a plurality of cells and a plurality of heating elements and a controller for independently controlling the plurality of heating elements. The heat pump is capable of maintaining a fluid temperature within a predetermined range. A second pump ... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20080202136 | Refrigerator Unit and/or Freezer Unit The invention relates to a refrigerator unit and/or a freezer unit having a space for the reception of the refrigerated goods or frozen goods, having a fan which removes air from the space, blows air into the space or circulates the air in the space and having a control... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080156008 | Sensor System for a Refrigerator Dispenser A refrigerator includes a dispenser, a dispenser well, a control for regulating a dispensing operation, and a sensor system for automatically initiating and terminating the dispensing operation. The sensor system includes at least one capacitive-type sensor mounted in t... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080074824 | Air Conditioning Apparatus An air cleaner includes an ion generator arranged in a path from an inlet port to an outlet port, a humidifying filter arranged in the path at a position closer to the inlet port than the ion generator, a dust sensor and an odor sensor for detecting impureness of air, a... | 03/27/2008 |
| 20070261422 | Humidity control for air conditioning system In an air conditioning system for circulating cooled air to an enclosed space, a controller including a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor and a microcontroller for controlling the indoor fan or blower to prevent operation of same if a fan run-on mode is selected or ... | 11/15/2007 |
| 20070209377 | Method and systems for operating compressors and fan coils using electronically commutated motors A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system is described that includes a first unit and a second unit. The first unit comprises a controller configured to output a coded compressor activation signal that is based at least partially on a compressor run sig... | 09/13/2007 |
| 20070180839 | Cooling apparatus of kimchi refrigerator and method therefor A cooling apparatus of a kimchi refrigerator having a storage compartment includes a detector for detecting whether a door is opened or not; a timer for performing to count an opening time of a door when it is detected that the door is opened; a heat exchanger installed... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070130969 | ADAPTIVE INTELLIGENT CIRCULATION CONTROL METHODS AND SYSTEMS Adaptive intelligent circulation control methods and systems are used to help increase the comfort and/or reduce energy usage and equipment wear. In one illustrative embodiment, the circulation and/or ventilation time is adjusted based on one or more environmental condi... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070113566 | HEAT EXCHANGER OPTIMIZATION PROCESS AND APPARATUS An electronic HEMD determines the optimum balance between gas cooling and heat exchanger pressure loss, for any given operating condition, and adjusts the gas flow rate through the exchanger accordingly, to yield the maximum net power savings (and thereby energy savings... | 05/24/2007 |
| 20070068179 | HVAC twinning control A control is provided for a first HVAC unit that is coupled to a common duct shared with at least one other HVAC unit. The control comprises a twinning connection for communication with at least a second control of another HVAC unit, and a voltage signal applied to the ... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20070056301 | Automatic climate control system for vehicle An automatic climate control system for a vehicle determines actual sun load and a virtual sun load based on prescribed virtual heat load data and the external air temperature. A controller is configured to compare the actual sun load to the virtual sun load to obtain a... | 03/15/2007 |
| 20070039338 | Control of a heating and cooling system for a multi-level space A heating and cooling system for a multi-level space is provided that comprises at least one lower level return air duct and at least one upper level return air duct, and a thermostat for controlling the operation of the heating or cooling system through either a low vo... | 02/22/2007 |
| 20070006601 | System and method for controlling air temperature in an appliance An apparatus and method for controlling air temperature in an appliance. The apparatus includes an air cooling unit disposed in an airflow path and an air heating unit disposed in the airflow path and fluidically coupled to the air cooling unit by a refrigerant. The app... | 01/11/2007 |
| 20060236706 | Fan control device and method A fan control device receives a target revolution signal to control a rotation speed of a fan. The device includes a temperature measuring module, a revolution modulating module and a driving module. The temperature measuring module generates a temperature value accordi... | 10/26/2006 |
| 20060225446 | Cooling provisioning for heat generating devices A method for controlling cooling provisioning for heat generating devices includes correlating the heat generating devices with primary actuators, such that the heat generating devices are associated with primary actuators having at least a predefined level of influence... | 10/12/2006 |
| 20060144068 | Pre-chilling heat sink driving device A pre-chilling heat sink driving device mainly improves the existing heat sink that simply uses the temperature change of a heat source of an electronic device as a parameter source to determine its rotary speed, and the present invention uses a parameter source that wi... | 07/06/2006 |
| 20060117772 | Method for air-conditioning a vehicle interior dependent on incident sunshine A method for the air conditioning of a vehicle interior as a function of incident solar radiation. In a vehicle with, for example, a four-zone air conditioning system, the incident solar radiation is detected by means of sensor elements assigned to the various air condi... | 06/08/2006 |
| 20060075764 | Correlation of vent tiles and racks In a method for correlating vent tiles with racks, the vent tiles are opened to a first setting and the mass flow rates of air received by the racks and supplied through the vent tiles are determined. In addition, one of the vent tiles is closed to obtain a second setti... | 04/13/2006 |
| 20060042281 | Feedback apparatus for air-conditioning actuator for vehicle A feedback apparatus for a vehicle air-conditioning actuator is provided. The feedback apparatus includes a cover plate including a thin plate resistor formed on the bottom thereof, a small case combined with the cover plate, including an assembly protruding portion for... | 03/02/2006 |
| 20060042283 | Air-conditioner and controlling method therefor Disclosed are an air-conditioner which does not require a communication line, which connects an indoor unit to a thermostat, to mount in an indoor wall and a user can easily move the thermostat as occasion demands, and a controlling method therefor. The air-conditioner ... | 03/02/2006 |
| 20060037332 | Air-conditioner and method for controlling driving thereof Disclosed are an air-conditioner capable of connecting a single stage indoor unit to a two-stage outdoor unit, and of improving an ability thereof to correspond to a heating load or a cooling load, and a method for controlling a driving thereof. For the purpose, the air... | 02/23/2006 |
| 20060037334 | METHOD for AUTO-REGULATING FAN SPEED The present invention relates to a method for auto-regulating the fan speed. The method includes detecting the temperature of a thermal source. When the temperature of the thermal source exceeds a target value, the fan speed of the fan is regulated according to a relati... | 02/23/2006 |
| 20060006246 | Apparatus and method for controlling fan operation An apparatus and method for controlling fan operation in a system having a fan are provided. The apparatus includes a temperature sensor configured to detect at least one internal temperature of the system as a whole or component devices thereof, a power supply configur... | 01/12/2006 |
| 20050257537 | Fan speed control system A fan speed control system. A temperature and humidity sensing unit detects environmental temperature and humidity and outputs a corresponding electrical signal. A micro-control unit receives and processes the electrical signal to obtain a digital signal, and sends the ... | 11/24/2005 |
| 20050257544 | Unitary air-conditioning system and operation control method thereof A unitary air-conditioning system includes a thermostat for detecting a set temperature inputted by a user and a room temperature; a temperature detecting unit for detecting a first temperature of an indoor heat exchanger and a second temperature of air introduced into ... | 11/24/2005 |
| 20050257539 | Air conditioner and method for controlling operation thereof Disclosed are an air conditioner and a method for controlling the operation thereof. To this end, an air conditioner includes: a thermostat; a first temperature detecting means for detecting a temperature of the air sucked into an indoor heat exchanger; a second tempera... | 11/24/2005 |
| 20050241325 | Controller for forced-air HVAC system A forced-air HVAC system has an induction motor that drives its fan or blower. The motor is controlled by a circuit that causes the speed of the fan or blower to vary continuously whenever the HVAC system operates. The controller circuit includes temperature sensors tha... | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050217291 | Vehicle air-conditioning system A vehicle air-conditioning system adjusts the temperature at an outlet by a combined amount of air flowing through a first bypass passage adjusted by an air mixing door and air flowing through a second bypass passage adjusted by a cool air adjusting door independently o... | 10/06/2005 |
| 20050210896 | Thermal management system and method A method for determining a fan speed for a fan used to cool a payload is disclosed. The method includes, according to various embodiments, receiving a first signal indicative of a first fan speed and receiving a second signal indicative of a system temperature. The meth... | 09/29/2005 |
| 20050172650 | Dynamic cooling of computing systems Systems and methods of operating a cooling system provide for determining one or more cooling requirements of a computing system and controlling one or more vent valves of the cooling system based on the cooling requirements. In one approach, the cooling requirements ar... | 08/11/2005 |
| 20050144963 | Adaptive intelligent circulation control methods and systems Adaptive intelligent circulation control methods and systems are used to help increase the comfort and/or reduce energy usage and equipment wear. In one illustrative embodiment, the circulation and/or ventilation time is adjusted based on one or more environmental condi... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050138941 | Cooling system for power storage mechanism, cooling method of the same, and vehicle A battery pack is communicated with a luggage compartment via an outlet such that cooling air that has been heat transferred with a battery is released into the luggage compartment. A ventilation hole is formed in a rear portion of the luggage compartment. An inlet is o... | 06/30/2005 |
| 20050034467 | Heat exchanger optimization process and apparatus An electronic HEMD determines the optimum balance between gas cooling and heat exchanger pressure loss, for any given operating condition, and adjusts the gas flow rate through the exchanger accordingly, to yield the maximum net power savings (and thereby energy savings... | 02/17/2005 |
