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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8100172 | Installation adapted with temperature equalization system A temperature equalization system comprised of heat equalizer and fluid transmission duct disposed in a heat carrier existing in solid or liquid state in the nature where presents comparatively larger and more reliable heat carrying capacity; the fluid passes throug... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7992631 | System and method for seasonal energy storage A temperature control system for a building comprises a thermal collection system, a plurality of underground heat sinks, and a heat exchanger. The thermal collection system includes at least one fluid channel. The thermal collection system is configured to heat or ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7789129 | User-operated air-flow enhancing device for improving heat distribution from an existing baseboard radiator and associated method A user-operated air-flow regulating device includes a radiator enhancer and an enhancer extension situated adjacent to existing radiator fins of an existing baseboard radiator and oriented at an end-to-end pattern. The device further includes a mechanism for directi... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7409984 | Air-conditioner for vehicle use When a switching signal to switch the mode to the defroster mode is generated and the target air volume is smaller than a predetermined air volume α, the target air volume is automatically increased to the predetermined air volume α. In doing so, an increase start... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7404435 | Air conditioner for vehicle use An air conditioner for automotive vehicle use intended to prevent a defrosting operation in an instantaneous foot-defroster mode. The DEF mode in which air mainly from a DEF opening is blown toward the windshield is set by an exclusive front DEF switch. The F/D mode... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7398821 | Integrated ventilation cooling system A system and method for cooling and heating of buildings comprising an integrated assembly of devices, including a variable speed air handler, hot water heating coil, outside air damper, controller, and optional compressor-based air conditioner. During the summer th... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7370695 | Combined cooling/climate control system for motor vehicles The present invention relates to a combined cooling/climate control system for motor vehicles for cooling the motor vehicle's electrical and/or electronic components and air conditioning of a passenger compartment of the vehicle, comprising: a main ventilation duct ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7313924 | 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 s... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7296426 | Interactive control system for an HVAC system An interactive system for controlling the operation of an HVAC system is provide that comprises a thermostat for initiating the operation of the HVAC system in either a full capacity mode of operation or at least one reduced capacity mode of operation, and a control... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7287583 | Air-conditioning apparatus including motor-driven compressor for idle stopping vehicles A low-cost vehicle air-conditioning apparatus for idle stopping vehicles is capable of performing both cooling and heating operations throughout the year. The air-conditioning apparatus includes an engine-driven compressor and engine-driven pump for a heating unit. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7258280 | Damper control in space heating and cooling An amount of time that air has been delivered from an air handler to a space is tracked, and based on the tracked amount of time, at least one turn-on time or one turn-off time of the delivery of air from the air handler to the space is controlled. Other features re... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7251547 | Correlation of vent tile settings and rack temperatures In a method for correlating vent tiles with racks based upon vent tile settings and rack inlet temperatures, the vent tiles are set to a first setting, the first vent tile settings are recorded and the temperatures at the inlets of the racks are detected at the firs... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7201220 | Air-conditioning unit without air-mix door An air conditioner for automotive vehicles is disclosed. The flow rates of air supplied to an evaporator (4) and a heater (5) are adjusted by rotationally displacing a scroll casing (2b) and thus changing an air flow from a blower (2 | 04/10/2007 |
| 7191826 | Variable speed fan motor control for forced air heating/cooling system A fan motor speed control system for controlling the fan motor speed of an air conditioning system includes a power output circuit including a power triac which is turned on and off by an opto-isolator connected to a pulse generator circuit for varying an AC voltage... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191607 | Air conditioning system with moisture control Devices and methods for moisture removal from conditioned air. A speed control is provided that selectively operates the blower motor of an air conditioning system at a lower speed. The speed control may include a time delay circuit and single pole, double throw rel... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7177149 | Heat dissipating fan assembly with an AC-to-DC converter A heat dissipating fan assembly includes a fan housing, a fan unit, a converter, and a connecting unit. The fan unit includes a DC motor mounted within the fan housing, and a plurality of blades extending outwardly from and driven by the motor. The converter include... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7159409 | Method and apparatus for controlling the load placed on a compressor A method of operating a vapor compression system, the vapor compression system defining a closed fluid circuit in which a refrigerant is circulated and having operably disposed therein, in serial order, a compressor, a high pressure heat exchanger, an expansion devi... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156317 | Recirculating fan thermostat A programmable thermostat with a heat-cool switch, a temperature value input, and a fan switch with on, auto, and recirculating positions, and a microprocessor that superimposes a fan recirculating mode or cycle on the heat-cool or off modes or cycles by determining... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7139169 | System and method for information handling system cooling fan operating parameter selection An information handling system cooling fan operating curve is automatically selected for use by a cooling fan controller by detecting the configuration of the information handling system and looking up cooling fan operating parameters from a table associated with th... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7086459 | Method and apparatus for individually cooling components of electronic systems A cooling system is configured to supply individually metered amounts of cooling fluid to heat generating components, e.g., processors, micro-controllers, high speed video cards, disk drives, semi-conductor devices, and the like, of an electronic system. The cooling... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7059400 | Dual-compartment ventilation and air-conditioning system having a shared heating coil An HVAC system has two variable-air-volume (VAV) systems, a first VAV system for moving fresh air and a second VAV system for moving recycled air. Both the fresh air and recycled air are cooled and dehumidified by a single heat-exchanging coil. The fresh and recycle... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7013968 | Method and apparatus for individually cooling components of electronic systems A cooling system is configured to supply individually metered amounts of cooling fluid to heat generating components, e.g., processors, micro-controllers, high speed video cards, disk drives, semi-conductor devices, and the like, of an electronic system. The cooling... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6981544 | Air-conditioning apparatus including motor-driven compressor for idle stopping vehicles A vehicle air-conditioning apparatus for idle-stop vehicles is capable of performing both cooling and heating operations throughout the year. The air-conditioning apparatus includes an engine-driven compressor and engine-driven pump for a heating unit. The air-condi... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6889763 | System for rapidly and uniformly cooling resist Resist coated wafers are rapidly and uniformly cooled by a fluid that has been cooled through the Joule-Thompson effect. Fluid from a high pressure reservoir is vented into a chamber that contains the substrates. By varying the pressure difference between the reserv... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6802369 | Refrigerator quick chill and thaw control methods and apparatus A control system for a refrigerator quick chill and thaw system comprises an electronic controller coupled to the operable components of a modular air handler for producing a convective airstream in a sealed pan for rapid chilling and safe thawing. The controller is... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6761214 | Vehicle air conditioner with mode switching pattern A vehicle air conditioner has an actuator for driving an air mixing door and various mode switching doors. An automatic range and a manual range are set in different operating angle ranges of the actuator. In the automatic range, an air outlet mode is automatically ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6751479 | Radio base station A radio base station having a cabinet and a fan. The cabinet houses wireless communication equipment, and the fan cools the wireless communication equipment. The radio base station also includes at least one vent substantially perpendicular to air flow through the f... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6725914 | Double duct changeover HVAC system The invention is a double duct changeover HVAC system, which uses two conditioned air sources to deliver air into two main duct systems. The two main duct systems are routed toward the exterior exposures of a building, and converge into a single duct which is routed... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6715691 | Pressure distribution and regulation in high-rise buildings A multi-stage pressure distribution and pressure regulation system. The system includes at least one heating and cooling load having a supply side and a return side, a heat source supply system for supplying thermo-fluid to the at least one heating and cooling load,... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6695046 | Variable speed fan motor control for forced air heating/cooling system A fan motor speed control system for controlling the fan motor speed of an air conditioning system includes a power output circuit including a power triac which is turned on and off by an opto-isolator connected to a pulse generator circuit for varying an... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6684944 | Variable speed fan motor control for forced air heating/cooling system A forced air heating and/or cooling system utilizing an induction type fan motor is controlled by a controller circuit which is operable to continuously vary the speed of the fan motor during a start-up phase and a shut-down phase of the heating and/or co... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6671175 | Assembly of computer peripherals An assembly of computer peripherals, which has the functions of (temperature control and fan rotation speed regulation, includes a host casing, a temperature sensing circuit, a fan driver circuit, a liquid crystal display (LCD) driver circuit, an alarm ci... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6431268 | Air distribution fan and outside air damper recycling control A system for controlling the operation of an air distribution fan and the operation of a motorized outside air damper of an air conditioning system, having heating and/or cooling and/or humidifying and/or dehumidifying operating modes. The system includes... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6318639 | Thermostat with temporary fan on function An electronic programmable thermostat having different modes of fan operation, including an automatic mode, a time mode, and a continuous mode, preferably includes a temporary fan-on mode for selecting a predetermined period of time for enabling operation... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6269872 | System and method for regulating coolant flow rate to a heat exchanger A method for regulating coolant flow rate to a heat exchanger in an automotive vehicle is described. The method includes the steps of providing a main fluid pump for providing a source of fluid under pressure to the vehicle engine and the heat exchanger a... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6155341 | Continuous fan adjustment method A method for adjusting the continuous speed of the blower of a heating and/or cooling system of the type including a thermostat having a mode selector switch which has at least one heating position, a cooling position, and an off position, a fan switch ha... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6135201 | Air conditioning apparatus for vehicle with double layer flow mode In an air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle, a double layer flow mode is set when the maximum heating state is set during an air outlet mode where both a foot opening portion and a defroster opening portion are opened. During the double layer flow mode... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6070660 | Variable speed fan motor control for forced air heating/cooling system A forced air heating and/or cooling system utilizing a permanent split capacitor (PSC) or shaded pole AC induction motor and including an actuator for energizing a source of heating and/or cooling effect may be controlled by a controller circuit which is ... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6038494 | Control system for enhancing fish survivability in a hydroelectric power generation installation A system for controlling a hydroelectric power production facility includes sensors for detecting the presence of fish adjacent to the facility. A controller linked to the sensors controls the orientation of control surfaces associated with a turbine/gene... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5881806 | Air distribution fan and outside air damper recycling control A system for controlling the operation of an air distribution fan and the operation of a motorized outside air damper of an air conditioning system, having heating and/or cooling and/or humidifying and/or dehumidifying operating modes. The system includes... | 03/16/1999 |
