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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176742 | 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 i... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8166770 | Apparatus and method for cooling electrical equipment An HV_ECU executes a program, which includes a step of receiving route information; a step of acquiring a duty command value of a battery cooling blower; a step of calculating a cooling airflow; steps for acquiring a battery temperature and an intake temperature; a ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8099971 | Vaporization reduction control system and method for a vehicle A system for controlling a fan in a vehicle comprises an ambient temperature module that generates an ambient temperature enable signal when ambient temperature is within a vaporization window. An engine component monitoring module that generates a vaporization temp... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8096140 | Adaptive real-time optimization control A system for regulating the amount of outdoor air that is introduced into a building determines characteristics of the outdoor air using sensor inputs. The system uses extremum seeking control logic to vary the flow of outdoor air provided into the building in respo... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8061153 | Refrigeration appliance with optional storage module A distributed refrigeration appliance system for use in a residential kitchen and other locations in a dwelling and includes multiple separate refrigeration appliance modules, a central cooling system and a cooling circuit. The system can also include one or more sa... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8056349 | Method and apparatus for maintaining a uniform temperature in a refrigeration system A refrigeration apparatus includes an air chiller, a storage enclosure defining a compartment, a duct system, and a valve system. The air chiller blows chilled air into the duct system. The compartment has a first and a second opening, each of which is coupled to th... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7997096 | Baffle for HVAC systems A vehicle HVAC system comprises an evaporator, a heater core, a variable airflow control device, and a baffle positioned downstream of the evaporator. The baffle has a geometrical configuration, e.g., apertures sufficient to prevent the formation of vortex like airf... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7987680 | Air conditioner Between two heat exchangers of a first heat exchanger unit 41 and a second heat exchanger unit 42 included in an indoor heat exchanger 40, an opening 80 is arranged for introducing indoor air sucked from an air inlet 321 into an in... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7966837 | Air-conditioning register assembly and method A register assembly for augmenting the flow of conditioned air from a central air-conditioning unit to a room includes a fan, a temperature sensor, and a processing means. The fan is operably positioned for increasing air flow through the register assembly. The temp... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7854136 | Automated drive for fan and refrigerant system A refrigerant system is provided with a variable speed drive for at least one of its fluid-moving devices, wherein the variable speed drive is provided by an automated mechanical drive. In the disclosed embodiment, one of the pulleys for driving the fluid-moving dev... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7845184 | Refrigerator unit for container A refrigerator unit is configured for a container in which it is possible to know the quantity of air that is ventilated. The refrigerator unit is equipped with a ventilation mechanism, an opening degree detecting mechanism, and a recording unit. The ventilation mec... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7827812 | Humidity controller A humidity controller (1) has a configuration composed of a cold/hot water circuit (10) through which cold/hot water circulates, an adsorption heat exchanger (20) that is provided in the cold/hot water circuit (10) and supports an adsorbe... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7827813 | Adaptive real-time optimization control Systems and methods to regulate the amount of outdoor air that is introduced into a building. These systems and methods determine the mechanical load requirements based on adaptive control functionality. These systems and methods utilize extremum seeking control log... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7788938 | Method and device for regulating a coolant circuit of a vehicle air conditioning system The invention relates to a method for regulating a coolant circuit (2) of a vehicle air conditioning system (4). According to said method, a target value (SW(VT)) for an evaporator temperature (VT) is predetermined in a base control circuit. Said value... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7784294 | Refrigerator unit for container A refrigerator unit is configured for a container in which it is possible to know the quantity of air that is ventilated. The refrigerator unit is equipped with a ventilation mechanism, an opening degree detecting mechanism, and a recording unit. The ventilation mec... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7784293 | Variable speed, electronically controlled, room air conditioner An air handling system for cooling and/or heating a room includes a sleep mode. The system includes a fan assembly to transport air from the system into the room. A user interface transmits a sleep mode signal upon activation of the sleep mode by a user. A control u... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7765819 | Control for a refrigerator A refrigerator includes a fresh food compartment, a freezer compartment and a refrigeration system. A duct, exposed to the freezer compartment, leads into the fresh food compartment. A damper is arranged within the duct to selectively allow the passage of cooling ai... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7762092 | Ice making device and refrigerator having the same An ice making device and a refrigerator having the ice making device include an ice making tray having ice making grooves opened at upper sides thereof to receive water and a cool air flow channel disposed below the ice making grooves and along which cool air flows.... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7752858 | Exhaust air removal system An exhaust air removal system and method for use with a rack or enclosure containing equipment is provided. The system and method are configured for removal of exhaust air vented from equipment during operation to thereby remove heat from the equipment. In one respe... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7752859 | Control method of refrigerator A method of controlling a refrigerator including an ice maker for making ice using chilled air is disclosed. The method includes supplying chilled air to a compartment, blowing chilled air in the compartment to an ice-making tray disposed in the compartment regardle... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7721561 | 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 conf... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7647786 | Automotive air-conditioning system In an automotive air-conditioning system, when pollen mode control is effected by a vehicle occupant, air outlet mode is forcibly set to a face mode. Further, the air flow amount determined from the air flow amount Vm used in the usual auto mode and the air flow amo... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7640761 | System and method for controlling indoor air flow for heating, ventilating and air conditioning equipment An HVAC system includes a variable speed electric motor driven fan for circulating air to an enclosed space through an indoor unit for providing heating or cooling effect to air circulated through the indoor unit. A controller with user or system installer actuatabl... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7628024 | Information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus includes a cooling fan, a temperature acquiring unit, and a control unit configured to accelerate the cooling fan in an n-stage and to decelerate it in an m-stage more than the n-stage based on temperature acquired by the temperat... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7610767 | Thermoelectrically heated/cooled seat with improved transient response using a proportioning valve A thermo-electric device has a seat side and a cabin side for delivering heating and cooling air from a HVAC module to seat passages of a vehicle seat assembly. A selector is included for setting a desired or control temperature Tcontrol of the seat assem... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7607312 | Insulated ice compartment for bottom mount refrigerator with temperature control system A refrigerator includes a refrigerator cabinet, a fresh food compartment disposed within the cabinet, a freezer compartment disposed within the cabinet, an ice compartment disposed within the cabinet, and an electronic control system associated with the refrigerator... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7587907 | Refrigerator having basket lift device A refrigerator having a basket lift device includes a main body having a refrigerating chamber; a basket received in the refrigerating chamber; a driving motor for lifting/lowering the basket; and a control unit for controlling the driving motor based on a motion of... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7568360 | Air re-circulation effect reduction system A system for reducing effects of adverse air re-circulation in a room containing at least one heat generating component includes an air conditioning unit configured to cool airflow in the room and at least one cooling vent tile operable to deliver the cooled airflow... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7487646 | Sleeping capsule A head-side inflow/outflow unit (60) and a foot-side inflow/outflow unit (70), which have a respective outlet opening (61, 71) for providing a supply of conditioned air to a sleeping compartment (11) within a capsule main body (20)... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7467522 | Refrigerator unit for container A refrigerator unit is configured for a container in which it is possible to know the quantity of air that is ventilated. The refrigerator unit is equipped with a ventilation mechanism, an opening degree detecting mechanism, and a recording unit. The ventilation mec... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7451608 | 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 ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7441414 | Method for pre-cooling automotive vehicle passenger compartment The present invention concerns a method for pre-cooling the passenger compartment of an automotive vehicle. The vehicle includes at least one electrically actuatable window and a HVAC system having at least a controller, a blower, a passenger compartment temperature... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7434416 | Air-conditioning system An air-conditioning system includes a refrigeration cycle and a control unit. The refrigeration cycle includes an electric compressor in which a compression mechanism for drawing a refrigerant therein for compression is integrated with an electric motor for driving ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7434413 | Indoor air quality and economizer control methods and controllers Supervisory controllers, and methods, for use in a coordinated IAQ and economizer system. Various control objectives are defined and met. Some illustrative control objectives include economizer control, sequencing of economizer free cooling with compressor driven co... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7367199 | Method for automatically balancing air conditioning outdoor heat exchange A method for automatically balancing air conditioning outdoor heat exchange detects a piping measured value of each piping equipment through a detection unit and compares the piping measured value with a set operation mode selected by users and a set value. Airflow ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365976 | Electronic apparatus A first printed wiring board extends in the vertical direction within a first duct that extends in the vertical direction. A first axial flow fan generates airflow which absorbs heat from the first printed wiring board. Second and third ducts extends in parallel wit... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360373 | Vehicle air-conditioning system An evaporator placed in a vehicle compartment includes a meandering flattened pipe, a header joined with one end of the flattened pipe for introducing a compressed refrigerant from a compressor placed in an engine room, and a header joined with the other end of the ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360370 | Method of verifying proper installation of a zoned HVAC system A method and control is provided wherein the sensors in a plurality of zones are properly associated with the dampers associated for each of the zones after installation. A technician goes to each zone and sends a signal from the sensor, and the control then makes a... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7347058 | Vent for a data center cooling system In an embodiment of a vent for a data center cooling system the vent has a body that has a fluid outlet. The body of the vent also has a member that can be adjusted to obstruct the fluid outlet. Mounted to the body of the vent is an electromechanical assembly for ef... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347774 | Remote autonomous intelligent air flow control system and network The present invention provides one or more autonomous in-duct or register grill mounted flow control devices, each of which has the capability to restrict or boost air flow through the duct or vent to which it is attached. The individual flow control devices may be ... | 03/25/2008 |
