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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8082752 | Pressure-reducing module for dual evaporator air conditioning system The invention proposes a pressure-reducing module for an air conditioning circuit (10) through which a supercritical refrigerant flows. The module is connected to the circuit via one inlet and two outlets. The module comprises a pressure-reducing device (1... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7921671 | Refrigerant flow divider A refrigerant flow divider is made up of an inlet pipe 12 through which refrigerant Xin flows in, a main body 11 of which the inside is a cavity, and a plurality of branching pipes 13 through which refrigerant Xout flows out. When the length of ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7913515 | Combination refrigerating appliance and evaporators for same Refrigerating appliance comprises at least one first, second and third refrigerating area for a low, medium or high storage temperature, whereby each refrigerating area has an evaporator. The refrigerating appliance also comprises a compressor, a refrigerant circuit... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7421855 | Gas trap distributor for an evaporator A shell-and-tube evaporator of a refrigerant system includes a refrigerant inlet distributor that traps a pocket of gaseous refrigerant to displace liquid refrigerant underneath the evaporator's tube bundle, thereby reducing the total charge of refrigerant in the ev... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7418833 | Refrigeration Apparatus A refrigeration apparatus, provided with a refrigerant circuit (90) having a plurality of refrigerant circulating routes and capable of operation in a mode where the plurality of refrigerant circulating routes differ in refrigerant evaporation temperature and... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7406835 | Cooling system and method for cooling a heat producing system A cooling system for cooling a plurality of heat producing systems includes a heat exchanger having a plurality of cooling zones, each of which has a respective inlet and outlet for facilitating flow of a respective temperature control fluid therethrough. Each of th... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7398819 | Minichannel heat exchanger with restrictive inserts A comb-like insert having a body and plurality of tapered fingers is installed with its fingers disposed within respective minichannels. The fingers and their respective minichannels are so sized as to restrict the channels and frictionally hold the insert in place ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7392664 | Universal coupling device A coupling in accordance with the present invention may be used to join devices together without the need for conduits or other intermediaries. A nut may be used to couple the coupling to a first device via a first thread portion and to a second device via a second ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7367203 | Refrigerant evaporator A refrigerant evaporator includes a tank constituted by a tank portion and a header plate. The tank portion includes refrigerant collecting portions for guiding the refrigerant passed through a first path to the ends of the tank in the right-and-left direction and r... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7331097 | Method of manufacturing a workpiece chuck A workpiece chuck includes an upper assembly on which can be mounted a flat workpiece such as a semiconductor wafer. A lower assembly is mountable to a base that supports the chuck. A non-constraining attachment means such as vacuum, springs or resilient washers app... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331195 | Refrigerant distribution device and method A refrigerant distribution device 10 situated in an inlet header 12 of a multiple tube heat exchanger 14 of a refrigeration system 20. The device 10 includes an inlet passage 32 that is in communication with an expansion dev... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7303004 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger adopts a four-pass structure, including two rows of tubes, a first upper tank portion communicating with the upper end of one of the tube rows, a second upper tank portion communicating with the upper end of the other tube row, a first lower tank po... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7281572 | Heat exchanger comprising a connection flange that is joined to the manifold A heat exchanger having tubes and at least one collecting tube is used, especially for air conditioning units of motor vehicles. The heat exchanger has pipes, at least one manifold that communicates with the pipes, and at least one connection flange. The connection ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275394 | Heat exchanger having a distributer plate A heat exchanger for a motor vehicle is provided, including top and bottom headers and a core extending therebetween. The top header includes a distributor plate extending along the longitudinal axis thereof to separate the top header into first and second chambers.... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7267159 | Counterflow heat exchanger A countercurrent heat exchanger includes a pair of heat exchanger cores (1, 2) with multiple tubes (11, 21) and fins (12, 22) which are arranged alternatively and next to each other in its depth direction. One end sides of the tubes (11, 21 | 09/11/2007 |
| 7257964 | Air conditioner An air conditioner incorporates valve devices mounted in a plurality of indoor units, respectively, for allowing refrigerant discharged from an outdoor heat exchanger to be introduced into one or more indoor units that are in operation. The refrigerant is prevented ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7222663 | Evaporator and vehicle provided with refrigeration cycle having the same An evaporator having front and rear heat exchange assemblies arranged at air inlet and outlet sides, respectively, and adjacent to each other. Each heat exchange assembly includes a pair of upper and lower headers, and multiple refrigerant channels each having upper... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222501 | Evaporator The present invention relates to an evaporator for an air conditioner of a vehicle, and the major object of the present invention is to provide the evaporator which is capable of decreasing the whole dimension of an evaporator and enhancing a heat exchange performan... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219717 | Evaporator and Refrigeration cycle An evaporator including an evaporator core having a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet in one side portion thereof, and a connecting member joined to the side portion of the core and having in its interior a refrigerant inlet channel and a refrigerant outlet... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7184109 | Liquid crystal cell that resists degradation from exposure to radiation Embodiments of the invention involve UV resistant liquid crystal cells. One embodiment of the invention is to increase the volume of the liquid crystal material that is stored inside the cell. For example, trenches may be used to provide reservoirs that hold the add... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181921 | Combination refrigerating appliance and evaporators for same The refrigerating appliance comprises at least one first, second and third refrigerating area for a low, medium or high storage temperature, whereby each refrigerating area has an evaporator (24, 25, 26). The refrigerating appliance also comprises a compresso... | 02/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7174726 | Adjustable nozzle distributor A distributor, for use in a refrigerant system for conveying refrigerant between an expansion device and an evaporator, having a longitudinal body, an actuator, a plug, a first nozzle, and a second nozzle. The longitudinal body having a first end, a second end, a lo... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7152669 | End cap with an integral flow diverter An end cap closes the open end of the tank. The end cap is comprised of an inlet diverter wall and tube diverter wall. The inlet diverter wall extends into the tank across the inlet axis for redirecting fluid from the inlet and longitudinally into the tank along the... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7143605 | Flat-tube evaporator with micro-distributor A flat-tube evaporator and a refrigeration system including a flat-tube evaporator. The flat-tube evaporator can include an inlet manifold, an outlet manifold separated a distance from the inlet manifold, a distributor tube positioned within the inlet manifold and f... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140107 | Stacking-type, multi-flow, heat exchangers and methods for manufacturing such heat exchangers In a method for manufacturing a stacking-type, multi-flow, heat exchanger, heat transfer tubes and outer fins are stacked alternately, each heat transfer tube being formed by connecting a pair of tube plates and including an inner fin therebetween. The manufacturing... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7124595 | Multi-type air conditioner with plurality of distributor able to be shutoff Multi-type air conditioner including an outdoor unit installed in an outdoor, including a compressor, a refrigerant flow controlling part connected to a discharge end of the compressor for guiding the refrigerant proper to operation conditions selectively, and an ou... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121332 | Heat exchanger Heat exchanger (1), in particular a gas condenser for a CO2 coolant, comprising at least one two-part collector chamber (4) consisting of a base (3) and a cover (5) and a heat exchanger network consisting of flat tubes (2 | 10/17/2006 |
| 7104083 | Refrigeration system configuration for air defrost and method A refrigeration system of the type having a compression stage, a condensation stage, an expansion stage and an evaporation stage, comprising a first evaporator group in the evaporation stage. The first evaporator group has two or more evaporators. A first valve is p... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093462 | Multi-way valve and refrigerating machine with multi-way valve A multi-way valve, particularly for a refrigerant circuit, includes a housing having a number of inlets and outlets and a chamber with a number of seats respectively associated with an inlet or outlet. The multi-way valve also includes a closing element that can mov... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086249 | Refrigerant distribution device and method A refrigerant distribution device 10 situated in an inlet header 12 of a multiple tube heat exchanger 14 of a refrigeration system 20. The device 10 includes an inlet passage 32 that is in communication with an expansion dev... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7044159 | Methods and apparatus for mixing fluids A bubble cap has a riser and a cap, separated by a divider that extends to a length at least 50% of a distance measured between the top of the riser and the bottom of the cap. In another aspect, the riser and cap cooperate to provide a skirt height of no less than 1... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7040385 | Evaporator and vehicle provided with refrigeration cycle having the same An evaporator having front and rear heat exchange assemblies arranged at air inlet and outlet sides, respectively, and adjacent to each other. Each heat exchange assembly includes a pair of upper and lower headers, and multiple refrigerant channels each having upper... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036527 | Composite valve Disclosed is a composite valve comprising a valve body that is provided integrally with a solenoid valve portion and a differential pressure valve portion. The valve body is formed with an upper valve chest, a lower valve chest, a refrigerant introduction chamber th... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7032411 | Integrated dual circuit evaporator An evaporator system comprised of two individual refrigerant circuits, integrated in such a way that if one circuit is not in operation, no portion of the airflow through the evaporator fails to come into contact with the refrigerant in the active circuit. This elim... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6997005 | Efficient cooling system An efficient refrigeration system for mounting on the wall of a food storage structure, includes cooling coils and heat exchange vanes, and a lower inlet and an upper outlet. A centrifugal fan and motor are removably mounted as a sub-unit on mating tracks, on the su... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6973805 | Layered heat exchanger, layered evaporator for motor vehicle air conditioners and refrigeration system An end plate (20) has a fluid inlet hole (27) communicating with a front header (12b) and covered with a fluid diffusing portion (60) which is in the form of a semispherical plate and which has small holes (60a). ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6955214 | Radiator with seamless heat conductor A radiator with seamless heat conductor at least consists of two heat sink modules and a heat conductor. The two heat sink modules can be jointed with each other. At jointing edges of the heat sink modules, arc slots are provided corresponding to the heat conductor ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6951117 | Vapor compression system and method for controlling conditions in ambient surroundings A vapor compression system (10) including an evaporator (16), a compressor (12), and a condenser (14) interconnected in a closed-loop system. In one embodiment, a multifunctional valve (18) is configured to receive a liquefied heat... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6898945 | Modular adjustable nozzle and distributor assembly for a refrigeration system A refrigerant nozzle and distributor assembly for use with a refrigeration system having a plurality of evaporator circuits. The refrigerant nozzle and distributor assembly comprise a distributor body having an internal wall that divides the distributor body into an... | 05/31/2005 |
