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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181476 | Composite doors for transport refrigeration unit The front cover of a transport refrigeration unit includes a plurality of hinged access doors, with each door being formed of a pair of spaced thermoplastic olefin sheets with their edges being bonded along the entire periphery of the door to form a hollow space bet... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181475 | Automatic HVAC fan operation during warm-up stage A system and method for automatically operating an HVAC fan for an automotive vehicle is provided where the vehicle includes an occupant detection system and an HVAC system including an HVAC computer. The user sets the heating/cooling temperature of the HVAC system ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8109108 | Automotive ventilation apparatus and automotive ventilation method A ventilation flow path through which air present in an internal space at an instrument panel is drawn and discharged to the outside of the cabin as a blower fan operates is formed in a ventilation mode without forming an air-conditioning flow path for blowing insid... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8061154 | Cooling system for the cooling of heat-producing devices in an aircraft A cooling system for the cooling of heat producing devices in an aircraft is designed with a central cold producing device, at least one cold consumer and a cold conveyance system which connects the cold producing device and the cold consumer. With this cooling syst... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8042349 | Device to control the ventilation and air conditioning of aircraft on the ground New ecological operating mode that limits ventilation and air conditioning in the cabin (3) of the aircraft when the ecological operating mode has been selected, the aircraft is stationed on the ground, the engines are off, the engines' start up system has no... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7992401 | Evaporator An evaporator includes a plurality of flat heat exchange tubes arranged in a left-right direction at a spacing with the widthwise direction thereof pointing forward or rearward, and fins arranged between respective adjacent pairs of heat exchange tubes. The fins hav... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7971445 | Cableless air conditioner control system and method A cableless control system for an automobile air conditioner includes a slide pot potentiometer assembly for connection to an actuator arm on the back of a dashboard mounted control assembly. The position of the slide pot potentiometer assembly creates an electrical... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7918100 | Vehicular HVAC control systems and methods Method for controlling a HVAC system in a vehicular compartment includes monitoring temperature of an occupant in the compartment from a location apart from the occupant, and controlling the HVAC system based on the monitored temperature. Occupant temperature may be... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7854139 | Vehicular air conditioning control operating apparatus The invention can securely carry out an operation by a reduced number of the parts. The invention is provided with a base member having a gear lever arranged portion and a pinion member arranged portion, and provided with a communication hole communicating with the ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7849703 | Air conditioner for vehicle In a vehicle air conditioner, when a passenger set temperature of a vehicle compartment is changed through an operation portion by a passenger, a storage portion updates a value of a control set temperature corresponding to a predetermined point of a detection area ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7845186 | Vehicle gasket for integrated transport refrigeration unit A refrigeration unit includes an external housing located primarily outside of a vehicle compartment of a vehicle, and an internal housing located primarily inside of the vehicle compartment. A vehicle roof of the compartment has an external layer and an internal la... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7730734 | Cooling apparatus of a fuel cell vehicle A cooling apparatus of a fuel cell vehicle in which a cooling efficiency of a fuel cell cooling heat exchanger located downstream of an air conditioner external heat exchanger does not decrease. (1) In the cooling apparatus, the air conditioner external heat exchang... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7726142 | Low profile HVAC system There is a need for a compact and high capacity HVAC system for a vehicle cab. This need is met by a roof enclosed HVAC system. The system includes a roof upper panel, a roof lower panel, a fresh air duct communicated with a fresh air inlet exposed to an exterior of... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7726143 | Vehicle cooled instrument panel compartment A glove box assembly for a vehicle is provided and includes a storage bin, a dedicated climate controlled bin, and an air flow manifold. The air flow manifold is arranged to receive cooled air from a vehicle heating ventilation and air conditioning unit and direct t... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7654099 | Air conditioner and air conditioner duct An air conditioner has an air conditioning unit for conditioning air to be introduced into a passenger compartment. The air conditioning unit has an air passage, an air conditioning case defining at least a part of the air passage and a noise absorbing member having... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7621142 | Cooling system and hybrid vehicle including cooling system A FC radiator in a FC cooling system, an EV radiator in a driving device cooling system, and a condenser in an air conditioning cooling system are arranged in one plane substantially perpendicular to a direction in which a fuel cell vehicle moves forward at a front ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7523622 | Aircraft galley chiller system A galley chiller system for an aircraft includes at least one condenser having a refrigerant fluid. The fluid within the condenser rejects heat to a first surrounding environment. To more efficiently use the condenser of the galley chiller system and reduce the requ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7475559 | Electronic vehicle climate control system with highly integrated multi-function switches An electronic climate control system is provided for controlling an HVAC system on a bus or other high-occupancy vehicle either as a stand-alone system or for retrofitting with existing HVAC equipment. The system includes a system control unit having output terminal... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7441587 | Vehicle air conditioner In an air conditioner constructed to pass an air introduced into an air conditioning unit through an evaporator and a heater core both arranged in the unit, cooler pipes for the evaporator and heater pipes for the heater core are arranged to extend from the same sid... | 10/28/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7434609 | System with an internal combustion engine, a fuel cell and a climate control unit for heating and/or cooling the interior of a motor vehicle and process for the operation thereof A system with an internal combustion engine which has a heat transfer circuit, a fuel cell and a climate control unit which is accommodated in the heat transfer circuit of the internal combustion engine. The system has a heat transfer arrangement for transferring th... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7434611 | Roof module A roof module (10) for a motor vehicle, with an integrated climate control system (12, 14, 16, 18). Furthermore, the roof module (10) includes a fuel cell system (32, 34, 38). The roof module (10) is preferably a pre-mounted comple... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7434608 | Air-blowing unit An air-blowing unit includes a blower unit including an irreversible fan, a first blower-side duct connected to an inlet port of the blower unit, a second blower-side duct connected to an air discharge port of the blower unit, a first air opening-side duct including... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7434612 | Multiple zoned air conditioning system A multiple zoned air conditioning system for providing air conditioning to the interior of an automotive vehicle. The air conditioning system includes a main air conditioning module with a first heat exchanger for cooling and with a second heat exchanger for heating... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7430874 | Vehicle air conditioning system A vehicle air conditioning system is disclosed that includes a compressor, a condenser, a front evaporator and a rear evaporator. The condenser is operably coupled to the compressor. The front evaporator is operably coupled to the condenser and the rear evaporator i... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7422050 | Air conditioning apparatus for vehicle In an air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle, a blower unit is arranged such that air is discharged in a substantially front and rear direction of the vehicle. An evaporator is opposed to an air discharge port of the blower unit and inclined at an angle equal to o... | 09/09/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7395854 | Systems and methods for controlling cooling fluid temperature in a fuel cell engine Systems and methods for a temperature control loop in a vehicular engine compartment to concurrently cool at least two devices with a single fluid supply source when each device requires the cooling supply fluid to have a distinct temperature. The supply fluid, havi... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7392662 | Method and system for controlling a climate control system A method and system for controlling a climate control system on a vehicle after entering a heat soak mode in which the outside air temperature associated with the vehicle is affected by absorption of non-ambient heat includes an ambient temperature sensor for sensin... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7389650 | Cooled instrument panel compartment for a vehicle A glove box assembly for a vehicle is provided. The glove box assembly includes a storage bin and a dedicated climate controlled bin. The climate controlled bin is arranged to receive cooled air from a vehicle heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) unit fo... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7380408 | Integrated control system for combined galley refrigeration unit and cabin air conditioning system An aircraft is provided with an integrated galley refrigeration unit and vehicle cabin air conditioning packet. A control selectively determines whether the provision of cooled air into an air cooled galley takes precedent over the provision of cooled air into the p... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380587 | Vehicle air conditioner An air conditioner for a vehicle is provided with an air conditioning unit for blowing conditioned air to a passenger compartment of the vehicle, multiple seat air conditioning units for respectively controlling temperatures of seats of the vehicle, and a control un... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380586 | Climate control system for hybrid vehicles using thermoelectric devices The present invention provides a system for controlling the climate of a hybrid vehicle. The system includes a thermoelectric module, a heat exchanger, a pump, and a valve. The thermoelectric module includes thermoelectric elements powered by electric energy. The th... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7377121 | Vehicle air conditioner A vehicle air conditioner includes an air conditioning case having an air introducing port from which air is introduced in an air introducing direction from a side of a cooling heat exchanger to a space under the cooling heat exchanger. Further, the air conditioning... | 05/27/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7369407 | Flat display device and cooling apparatus for the same A flat display device includes a flat display module, a front cover supporting a front portion of the flat display module, a back cover supporting a rear portion of the flat display module, a peripheral portion formed on the back cover and having an inclined surface... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364187 | Ventilation device for a vehicle A ventilation device for a vehicle includes an instrument panel having a front passenger region with a front instrument panel wall region facing a windshield and a rear instrument panel wall region as a potential head-impact instrument panel wall region. An individu... | 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 |
| 7353906 | Small swing type shovel The present small swing type excavator is characterized by comprising an engine (81) disposed in the rear section of a rotating frame (8) in such a condition that the longitudinal direction thereof is directed to the lateral direction of the rotating f... | 04/08/2008 |
