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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157184 | Expansion valve, heat pump type refrigeration cycle apparatus, and air handling unit A first expansion valve is provided in an outdoor unit, and a second expansion valve is provided in an indoor unit. A pipe line connects a first joint pipe of the first expansion valve and a second joint pipe of the second expansion valve. When a refrigerant flows i... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157183 | Expansion valve, heat pump type refrigeration cycle apparatus, and air handling unit A first expansion valve is provided in an outdoor unit, and a second expansion valve is provided in an indoor unit. A pipe line connects a first joint pipe of the first expansion valve and a second joint pipe of the second expansion valve. When a refrigerant flows i... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8052064 | Expansion valve with refrigerant flow dividing structure and refrigeration unit utilizing the same An expansion valve of the present invention has a structure which integrates a refrigerant flow divider. The expansion valve includes a refrigerant flow dividing chamber 6 on the downstream side of a first throttle 10. Flow dividing tubes 12 are... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8047449 | Automotive thermostatic expansion valve with reduced hiss An expansion valve for an air conditioning system circulates refrigerant through a fixed-displacement compressor, a condenser, and an evaporator. An inlet is provided for receiving refrigerant liquefied in the condenser. An outlet of the expansion valve supplies ref... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7980482 | Thermostatic expansion valve having a restricted flow passage for noise attenuation A thermostatic expansion valve includes a valve body having an evaporator inlet port, an evaporator outlet port, a suction line port, and a liquid line port. A sensor chamber formed within the valve body is disposed between the evaporator outlet port and the suction... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7854390 | Expansion valve, heat pump type refrigeration cycle apparatus, and air handling unit A first expansion valve may be provided in an outdoor unit, and a second expansion valve may be provided in an indoor unit. A pipe line connects a first joint pipe of the first expansion valve and a second joint pipe of the second expansion valve. When a refrigerant... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7832653 | Expansion valve having a grooved valve member and refrigeration device including the same An expansion valve includes a valve body 1. The valve body 1 includes a first throttle 5 and a second throttle 6 arranged downstream from the first throttle 5. The second throttle 6 includes an outer surface of the second va... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7819333 | Air conditioning circuit control using a thermostatic expansion valve and sequence valve A valve assembly for an air conditioning system includes a liquid line port pressurized at a discharge pressure, an evaporator inlet port pressurized at a suction pressure, a sequence valve for controlling a first flow path between the liquid line port and an outlet... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7802735 | Refrigerant floating expansion apparatus A refrigerant floating expansion apparatus including a main body, a standpipe, a float element and a separation element is provided. The main body includes a base plate and a pipe-shaped housing. The standpipe fixed on the base plate has a second pipe opening and a ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7624929 | Valve arrangement for an expansion valve, especially for cooling units in vehicle air conditioning systems The invention relates to a valve arrangement for an expansion valve, especially for cooling units in vehicle air conditioning systems, having a valve seat for receiving a valve-closing member, which, in a closing position, fits snugly in the valve seat and closes a ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7624930 | Temperature-type expansion valve A temperature-type expansion valve 1 includes a valve housing 110 having a first passage 121 into which a high pressure refrigerant flows, a second passage 122 through which a low pressure refrigerant flowing to an evaporator 5 flo... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7441563 | Thermostatic expansion valve with check valve A valve is provided that comprises a valve body including an inlet, an outlet, and a check valve chamber having an opening through the side of the valve body. The valve has a cover secured within the side opening in the valve body. A first valve opening is disposed ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7434745 | Method and system for providing temperature-controlled water to emergency shower facilities A method and system for supplying temperature-controlled water to emergency shower and/or eyewash units (“SS/EWs”). In one embodiment, the water is circulated through a normally closed system containing a heat source such as a heat exchanger, a tank and pipes le... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7370536 | Pressure sensor device and pressure sensor cell thereof A pressure sensor device includes a pressure sensor cell that includes a sensor chip having a diaphragm with piezo-resistors, an amplifying circuit, and various adjusting circuits, and a base member to which the sensor chip is joined, with the diaphragm facing a thr... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7337625 | Thermal control systems for process tools requiring operation over wide temperature ranges A system and method for maintaining the temperature of a thermal transfer fluid at a selectable level within a wide temperature range, so as to operate a process tool in a chosen mode employing at lease two cascaded stages, each operating with a different fluid in a... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7316118 | Expansion valve To provide an expansion valve having a low-pressure passage that is bent at right angles therein, which is reduced in untoward noise and noise of the flow of refrigerant generated when the refrigerant passes through the low-pressure passage. In an intersecting porti... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7299654 | Pressure-reducing device for an air-conditioning circuit The invention proposes a pressure-reducing device designed to be installed in an air conditioning circuit operating with cooling fluid (FR) and including a housing suited to be traversed by cooling fluid under the control of a needle valve (134). The pressure... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299646 | Expansion valve having solenoid relief valve An expansion valve has a solenoid relief valve equipped in an air conditioner for decompressing and expands a refrigerant and supplies the same to an evaporator. A high-pressure refrigerant from a compressor enters a valve chamber. The refrigerant traveling towards ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299995 | Expansion valve The body of a valve has an orifice that internally connects a high-pressure passage through which a refrigerant flows in and a low-pressure passage through which the refrigerant flows out. The valve includes a valve plug for adjusting the flow rate of the refrigeran... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290402 | Expansion valve control system and method and refrigeration unit employing the same An expansion valve control system, a method of controlling an expansion valve and a refrigeration unit incorporating the same. In one embodiment, the expansion valve control system includes (1) a superheat error circuit configured to derive a superheat error for a f... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287396 | Evaporator pressure regulator control and diagnostics An apparatus for refrigeration system control includes a plurality of circuits, each circuit having at least one refrigeration case and an electronic evaporator pressure regulator in communication with each circuit. Each electronic evaporator pressure regulator cont... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7246501 | Shut-off valve, kit having a shut-off valve, and an expansion valve The invention relates to a shut-off valve for an expansion valve (11) in refrigerating systems, in particular vehicle air conditioning systems, having a regulating screw (31), having a receiving section (32), which is arranged at one end of the ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246504 | Method of manufacturing refrigerated repositories and sales management system for refrigerated storage A method of manufacturing cooling storage units and a sales management system is to be provided for the same permitting the exclusion of a made-to-order production system which indispensably requires pre-shipment cooling tests. Thermally insulated boxes of different... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243501 | Expansion device for an air-conditioning system An expansion device, intended for installation in an air conditioning system with a supercritical refrigerant fluid (FR), is described. The expansion device (12) comprises a body (120) through which refrigerant fluid passes, equipped with an inlet cham... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7234704 | Wiping and/or sealing element as well as process for sealing a piston and clamping and/or support element The present invention pertains to a wiping and/or sealing element for sealing a piston (11) guided movably in a housing (10) with a seal held in a groove (21, 30). The present invention pertains, furthermore, to a process for sealing a movable p... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7225630 | Refrigerating cycle apparatus, air conditioning apparatus, throttle device and flow controller In a refrigerating cycle incorporating a second flow controller having a throttle section, which is composed of an inlet noise eliminating space 19, an inlet side porous permeable member 20 communicating in a refrigerant flow direction, an orifice 2... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222502 | Expansion valve The invention provides an improved structure for assembling components in an expansion valve used in air conditioners. An expansion valve body 30 has a valve chamber 35 and a passage 32 through which refrigerant from a compressor enters. The ref... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7190284 | Selective lossless, lossy, or no compression of data based on address range, data type, and/or requesting agent An integrated memory controller (IMC) including MemoryF/X Technology which includes data compression and decompression engines for improved performance. The memory controller (IMC) of the present invention preferably selectively uses a combination of lossless, lossy... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188483 | Expansion valve This invention relates to an expansion valve, which has rectangular flow channels for assembling inlet and outlet pipes of an evaporator with an inlet pipe of a compressor and an outlet pipe of a condenser at an approximate right angle, and a guide part formed on th... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185826 | Expansion valve The invention provides an expansion valve maintaining the functions of the prior art expansion valve and at the same time realizing a simple arrangement with less components and less required number of assembly steps, and enabling to cut down assembly costs. A first... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7178362 | Expansion device arrangement for vapor compression system A carbon dioxide vapor compression system including a compressor, a first heat exchanger, an expansion device arrangement, and a second heat exchanger connected in a closed loop. The expansion device arrangement includes an inlet line disposed between the first heat... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7131294 | Method and apparatus for control of carbon dioxide gas cooler pressure by use of a capillary tube A transcritical vapor compression system that includes a fluid circuit circulating a refrigerant in a closed loop. The fluid circuit has operably disposed therein, in serial order, a compressor, a first heat exchanger, a first capillary tube and a second heat exchan... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7114913 | Lubricant-cooled gas compressor In a lubricant-cooled gas compressor (10) the temperature of separated lubricant returned to the air-side (11) is monitored by a thermostatically controlled restrictor valve (22) which minimises the flow of returned lubricant when temperature is... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7089761 | Expansion valve with mounting bracket A bracket for a refrigeration valve includes an elongated flat plate bent in half with the two halves of the plate lying in parallel, adjacent relation. The inner bracket half includes an opening closely receiving the inlet fitting of the valve, and a predetermined ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086245 | Valve apparatus for controlling mass flow, manufacturing method thereof and heat exchanger using the same A flow control valve apparatus, a manufacturing method thereof and a heat exchanger using the same. The flow control valve apparatus includes: a flow channel having a longitudinal axis comprised of an upper flow channel and a lower flow channel, for guiding a fluid;... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7076962 | Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system and method using feedback linearization A new feedback linearization approach to advanced control of single-unit and multi-unit HVAC systems is described. In accordance with the approach of the invention, this new nonlinear control includes a model-based feedback linearization part to compensate for the n... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7043937 | Fluid diode expansion device for heat pumps An expansion device for the heat pump applications consists of a flow resistance device that has a different resistance to refrigerant flow depending on the flow direction through this device. The flow resistance device has no moving parts so that it avoids the dama... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7036744 | Solenoid valve-equipped expansion valve The object of the present invention is to provide a solenoid valve-equipped expansion valve simplified in construction. A common valve element in which a valve element of an expansion valve and a valve element of a stop valve are integrally formed as a unitary membe... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7028854 | Organizer including resilient retaining members An organizer (10) that includes a housing (12) having a first end (12a), a second end (12b), and a channel (14) extending along at least a portion of the housing (12) between the first end (12a) a... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6957013 | Fluid heater A fluid heater having a first heat exchanger block with a fluid heating tube encased therein, and having a first surface, a second heat exchanger block with a fluid heating tube encased therein and having a second surface adjacent to the first surface. A cavity is f... | 10/18/2005 |
