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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7216695 | Method of operating a thermal management system A spray cooling system for extreme environments for providing a desired enclosed environment for electronic devices regardless of external environmental conditions. The spray cooling system for extreme environments includes an enclosure that isolates the electronic ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7121368 | Bi-directional automotive cooling fan The instant invention pertains to a road vehicle's axial flow cooling fan which normally draws cooling air from in front of the vehicle and blows it into the engine bay. The instant invention includes a control circuit for the fan motor that provides variable speed ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7013951 | Front part of a motor vehicle having a fender unit The invention relates to a front part of a motor vehicle having a fender unit which comprises a front fender which is covered on the outside by a fender covering, and which is connected in its lower region to a bottom supporting structure of the motor vehicle, an ai... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6976528 | Spray cooling system for extreme environments A spray cooling system for extreme environments for providing a desired enclosed environment for electronic devices regardless of external environmental conditions. The spray cooling system for extreme environments includes an enclosure that isolates the electronic ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6886352 | Vehicle air conditioner A vehicle air conditioner is controlled to directly lower the temperature of the interior equipment before a driver enters a vehicle, using an airflow from an air outlet. The air outlet can be placed on and/or against the interior equipment. The interior equipment c... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6883602 | Dehumidifier for use in mass transit vehicle An evaporator unit for use in the air conditioning system of a mass transit vehicle that includes a housing mounted inside the air conditioned section of the vehicle having a return air inlet connected to a supply air outlet by a flow passage. The evaporator coil of... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6688531 | Method of and system for controlling an air conditioner A method and system for staging the cooling effect of an air conditioning unit in which outside air is substantially prevented from passing through the cooling unit for a prescribed time after the cooling function has been initiated.... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6467538 | Vehicle with rapid heater warm up A vehicle heater of the type that uses diverted engine coolant is provided with an accelerated warm up process that takes the coolant to a temperature suitable for passenger space heating more quickly. The fan that normally pulls outside air through the f... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6357244 | Air conditioning control system for vehicles for common use An air conditioning control system for vehicles for common use, includes: a reservation unit for reserving a rentals of the vehicles for common use with corresponding delivery times therefor; and an activating unit for activating an air conditioner of eac... | 03/19/2002 |
| 5791407 | Remote and programmable indash defrost/cooling system A remote and programmable indash defrost/cooling system includes a processing unit coupled to the vehicle's ignition system, heating system, and cooling system. A memory coupled to the processing unit stores a computer readable program which is designed t... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5174365 | Air conditioning apparatus which selectively carries out a refrigerant collection operation An air conditioning apparatus carrying out a refrigerant collecting operation for a given operation period before the heating operation is begun if the standby period Et from the halt of the heating operation to the restart of the heating operation greate... | 12/29/1992 |
| 4858677 | Automobile air-conditioning apparatus with air blower control An automobile air-conditioning apparatus with air blower control air-conditions the passenger compartment of an automobile by cooling and/or heating air delivered from an air blower into the compartment. During a period in which the compartment starts bei... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4817706 | Liquid cooling type uniform magnetic field coil A coil designed for providing a highly uniform magnetic field suitable for use in nuclear magnetic resonance computer-aided tomography is provided with preheating apparatus which uses forced circulation of warmed liquid along the path normally circulated ... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4815524 | Control system for a furnace operating in the continuous blower mode A furnace having the capability of operating its blower continuously is provided with means for automatically shutting off the blower at the beginning of a heating cycle and for resuming the operation thereof only after a predetermined time has elapsed to... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4706882 | Adaptive optimum start An optimum start system for determining the optimum start time of a temperature control system within a building so that energy can be conserved by operating the temperature control system at reduced energy levels during periods of non-occupancy of the bu... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4620668 | Adaptive control system An adaptive control system uses a controller for controlling an air temperature treatment apparatus at a reduced energy consuming level during periods of non-occupancy of a building and for energizing the air treatment apparatus before occupancy so that a... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4308991 | Programmable electronic thermostat A space thermostat for controlling temperature at different levels during different time periods includes a programmable microprocessor which has been pre-programmed to provide a plurality of chronologically annunciated displays. Each display contains a t... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4106690 | Optimum start controller A programmed controller for controlling the start of a heating system includes a clock mechanism to produce a time-variable signal, two temperature transducers, one inside and one outside of the building, and an electronic circuit which is a proportional ... | 08/15/1978 |
| 3976124 | Cooling-controlled tank for hydraulic fluid A tank for oil or other hydraulic fluid is improved both for cooling the fluid during normal operation and for heating it up preliminarily at start-up time by an internal curtain spaced a narrow distance from the side walls and providing a cooling channel... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3946801 | Recuperator A recuperative heat exchanger for a gas turbine or similar source of intermittent heat having an auxiliary heating unit that provides heat to maintain the heat exchanger at a substantially constant temperature when heat being exhausted from the gas turbin... | 03/30/1976 |
