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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7841208 | Method and system for improving the efficiency of a refrigeration system A compression refrigeration system and evaporator having multiple circuits. Spray nozzles are provided for atomization and expansion of the refrigerant. The atomizing spray nozzles are interposed in each evaporator circuit and the nozzles are sized to distribute ato... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7832232 | Combination restrictor cartridge A bi-directional flow control device utilizes a single moveable restrictor housed within a cartridge, the piston having a first position wherein the piston orifice provides a smallest diameter flow path through the cartridge, and a second position wherein a cartridg... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7802447 | Positive displacement expander A casing (31) houses therein an expansion mechanism (60) and a compression mechanism (50). The expansion mechanism (60) has a rear head (62) in which a pressure snubbing chamber (71) is provided. The pressure snubbing chambe... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7784303 | Expander A positive displacement expander includes a volume change mechanism (90) for changing the volume of a first fluid chamber (72) of an expansion mechanism (60). The expansion mechanism (60) includes a first rotary mechanism (70) and ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7621151 | Pressure control valve A pressure control valve has a temperature sensing portion. The temperature sensing portion includes a diaphragm and a cap member. A peripheral portion of the diaphragm is fixed to a peripheral portion of the cap member. One surface of the diaphragm and the cap memb... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7607319 | Positive displacement expander and fluid machinery When an expansion mechanism (60) having an expansion chamber (62) is equipped with a backflow prevention mechanism (80) to suppress the outflow of fluid from the expansion chamber (62) to a communication path (72), it is possible t... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7536872 | High pressure control valve A high pressure control valve is arranged in a refrigerant passage formed from an internal heat exchanger to an evaporator 4 in a refrigerating cycle of CO2 refrigerant having the internal heat exchanger 8. The high pressure control valve | 05/26/2009 |
| 7437888 | Refrigerator A refrigerator having a valve to distribute a refrigerant to a plurality of storage compartments. The valve includes a step motor, a valve plate having at least one inlet and a plurality of outlets, and an opening/closing member rotatably coupled to the valve plate ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434419 | Pressure control valve for refrigeration cycle A pressure control valve of a supercritical refrigeration cycle small in size and resistant to the effects of the outside air temperature, that is, a pressure control valve of a vapor compression type supercritical refrigeration cycle wherein a refrigerant is sealed... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7404538 | Dual restrictor shut-off valve A shut-off valve for pressurized fluids in an air cooling/heating apparatus having a first duct receiving a first restrictor and a second restrictor. Both restrictors are coaxially formed with a capillary through which the pressurized fluid passes and which causes t... | 07/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7373788 | Expansion valve An expansion valve includes a valve body having a valve body hole, a first passage, a bottomed valve chamber, a second passage, a third passage and a guide member disposed in the valve body hole between the first passage and the third passage. The valve body hole ha... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7363940 | Flow-rate restrictor insert for orifice expansion device A generally cylindrical restrictor insert for containing an axially movable, apertured restrictive member, housed in a flow control distributor housing of an orifice expansion device used for bi-directionally-flowing pressurized fluid, with a housing passageway bein... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7347064 | Evaporator An evaporator operated with the carbon dioxide gas, comprises at least a unit core including a plurality of heat transmission tubes having a path with a refrigerant flowing therein, a first tank connected to an end opening of the heat transmission tubes and formed w... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7334427 | Ejector with tapered nozzle and tapered needle In an ejector, a nozzle includes a nozzle tapered section having an inner passage with a radial dimension reduced toward a nozzle outlet port, and a needle having a needle tapered section disposed in the inner passage. The needle tapered section has a cross sectiona... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328592 | Circuit for the generation of cold or heat A circuit for the generation of cold or heat comprising a compressor, an evaporator, a condenser and a restriction member made as a separate component and having a fixed throughflow cross-section, with the restriction member being inserted directly between two eleme... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328593 | Refrigerant valve arrangement A refrigerant valve arrangement is described, having a housing which has a first functional space, in which there is arranged at least one functional element, which co-operates with a first annular contact surface formed in an internal boundary wall. It is desirable... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7302807 | Refrigerating cycle device In a refrigerating cycle device using carbon dioxide as a refrigerant, there exists a problem that the provision of a receiver at a low-pressure side increases cost and volume due to a pressure resistance design necessary for ensuring safety. By adjusting a refriger... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302811 | Fluid expansion-distribution assembly An expansion-distribution assembly (30) for the heat-absorbing component in a heatpump system. The assembly (30) comprises an envelope (32) forming an expansion chamber (54) and a distribution chamber (56). A shuttle (80) wi... | 12/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7275390 | Desiccant cartridge for an integrated condenser/receiver and method of making same In accordance with one preferred embodiment, a desiccant cartridge (30) for insertion into an integrated condenser/receiver (10) comprises a rigid stand-off member (72) and a porous desiccant bag (34). The preferred rigid stand-off member... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275391 | Assembly for refrigerant circuits The invention relates to an assembly for refrigerant circuits that is arranged between the compressor and the evaporator thereof including a housing with a through channel. Within the through channel is a microchannel part having a filtering portion and a decompress... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7267166 | Grooved tubes for heat exchangers that use a single-phase fluid Grooved metal tubes, with a groove-bottom thickness Tf and outside diameter De, internally grooved with N helical ribs having an apex angle α, height H, base width LN, and helix angle β, two consecutive ribs being separated by a groove, gener... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7251946 | Method for controlling evaporation temperature in an air conditioning system A method for controlling evaporation temperature in an air conditioning system, especially an air conditioning system in a motor vehicle, comprising a latent cold accumulator which can be cooled by an evaporator (1). The evaporation temperature of a coolant i... | 08/07/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7165421 | Refrigeration system To prevent refrigerant in a refrigeration cycle from releasing into a vehicle compartment, in large amounts, due to breakage of an evaporator disposed on a compartment side or piping thereto. An expansion device is formed by an expansion valve that supplies throttle... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7159416 | Heat generating expander for heat pump systems An expander controls the expansion and flow of refrigerant between high and low pressure within a vapor compression system. The expander drives a shaft that in turn drives a friction disk within a friction heat generator. Frictional contact between the friction disk... | 01/09/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7059150 | Vapor-compression refrigerant cycle system with ejector A vapor-compression refrigerant cycle system having an ejector includes a first evaporator for evaporating refrigerant from a pressure-increasing portion of the ejector, and a second evaporator for evaporating refrigerant to be drawn into a refrigerant suction port ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7047763 | Constant differential pressure valve To provide a constant differential pressure valve which is compact in size and can be realized at low cost. In the constant differential pressure valve according to the present invention, a pipe forming a body thereof not only accommodates internal structures... | 05/23/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6994158 | Multi-load thermal regulating system having electronic valve control System and method for reducing temperature variation among components in a multi-component system. In this respect, component temperatures are controlled to remain relatively constant (approximately within 5° C.) with respect to other components, while allowing for... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6935123 | Method of using an ice cream machine An ice cream machine for cooling liquid ice cream into frozen ice cream includes an evaporator having a cylindrical cooling tank and an auxiliary tank. The auxiliary tank ensures that the cylindrical cooling tank is flooded with liquid refrigerant during normal oper... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6877340 | Expander It is an object of the present invention to reduce the constraint that the density ratio is constant as small as possible, and to obtain high power recovering effect in a wide operation range by using an expander which is operated in accordance with a flowing direct... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6782713 | Refrigerant cycle with ejector having throttle changeable nozzle A refrigerant cycle includes an ejector having a throttle changeable nozzle. In the refrigerant cycle, a control valve having a needle valve controls a pressure of a middle-pressure refrigerant in a bypass passage, and a pilot valve controls a throttle opening degre... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6751974 | Sub-surface and optionally accessible direct expansion refrigerant flow regulating device A sub-surface direct expansion geothermal heat exchange unit, which can be placed in sub-surface ground and/or water, consisting of at least one smaller interior diameter refrigerant liquid/fluid transport line with an optional vertically oriented U bend at the bott... | 06/22/2004 |
