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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7669641 | Method and system for vertical coil condensate disposal Condensate formed on a vertically oriented multi-poise evaporator coil is directed from a coil slab to a shield configured to attach to a bottom of the coil slab. The condensate is then drained out of the shield and into a condensate pan. ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7497246 | Air conditioner An air conditioner principally includes a casing having a casing lower part formed by an alternating sequence of four panel side parts and four corner parts. The casing further has main outlets disposed along each of the panel side parts, and auxiliary outlets dispo... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7404432 | Plate-shaped heating panel in which connecting members are fastened by resin Disclosed is a plate-shaped heating panel having connecting members fastened to each other by means of resin. The heating panel comprises upper and lower plates integrally formed to face each other so as to form an inner fluid pathway in which heating water flows, a... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7368004 | Electric dust collector The electric dust collector has an oblong holding unit provided on the air channel of an air conditioner or the like; a high-voltage applying device provided at an end of the holding unit; a front-open contact protector of substantially inverted U-shape that contain... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7362574 | Jet orifice plate with projecting jet orifice structures for direct impingement cooling apparatus A cooling apparatus and a direct cooling impingement module are provided, along with a method of fabrication thereof. The cooling apparatus and direct impingement cooling module include a manifold structure and a jet orifice plate for injecting coolant onto a surfac... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360585 | Heat exchanger cooling fin A heat exchanger cooling fin (401), for use in a fluid flow environment, comprising a fin plate (402) having a series of substantially mutually parallel louvres (403), each louvre (403) having a convex curved surface (404) facing i... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7327578 | Cooling failure mitigation for an electronics enclosure A system for permitting orderly shutdown of electronic components. The system includes an enclosure populated with one or more electronic components. A fan positioned within the enclosure generates an airflow across the one or more electronic components, the airflow... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322314 | Insulated animal enclosure An insulated animal enclosure configured to be conveniently maintained at a cool and comfortable interior temperature. The insulated animal enclosure includes an inner habitat and an outer housing. The cuter housing includes an opening configured to receive the inne... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322401 | Ventilator Ventilator including a case having a first flow passage and a second flow passage therein, at least one fan in the case for supplying room air to a room through the first flow passage, and guiding outdoor air to the room through the second flow passage, and a heat e... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7308723 | Hot bath facility and temperature and humidity control method therefor There is provided a hot bath facility (1) configured so that pipes (41) and (4) of two stages, upper and lower, are laid above floor concrete (3) in an enclosed bathroom (2), a training wave concrete layer (5) is formed abov... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7264864 | Tiles and method of making same A tile, made for example of leather, having a first face, a second face, side edges and a plurality of holes that bring into communication first face with second face. In a lining made with such tiles like this, the holes lead the air from below to above the tiles. ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7255152 | Baseboard and molding system A baseboard system includes baseboard units through which conduits extend carrying heated fluids, and moldings about the free ends of the baseboards, to provide a generally uniform external surface configuration. The moldings are in the nature of conventional moldin... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7247090 | System and method for inhibiting moisture and mold in an outer wall of a structure A structure comprises at least one outer wall having an internal wall section and an outer wall section with an air flow passage therebetween. A circulation system circulates air through the flow passage to inhibit moisture accumulation and mold growth. A sensing sy... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7240721 | Assembly and method of radiant/structural floor system A floor system that combines a radiant in-floor heating system with a structural floor system using heated air as an energy source and sealed floor panels as radiant bodies. Hot air circulates internally throughout the sealed floor system heating metal joists, a rad... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234646 | Heat pump hot-water supply system A hot-water supply system heats water through heat exchange between high-temperature refrigerant of a heat pump circuit and water of a water circulating circuit. The system is an instantaneous water heater unit for instantaneously heating, at a water heat exchanger,... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231780 | Damper device for refrigerator A damper device for a refrigerator has a step motor used as the power source for rotating a baffle to open/close the cold air passage of the refrigerator in a more secured manner. The damper device for a refrigerator includes a frame installed in the cold air passag... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228886 | Foldable floor heating panel A foldable floor heating panel can be folded longitudinally and laterally. The foldable floor heating panel includes several small plate-like members of a rectangular plan configuration, which are arranged longitudinally and laterally so as to be adjacent to each ot... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222801 | Floor buried system for heat distribution This invention concerns a floor buried system for heat distribution comprising heating means of a heating fluid, a pump, at least a rack (12) to which are coupled at least a supply pipe (13), at least a return pipe (18) and connection means char... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7217326 | Chemical vapor deposition apparatus A chemical vapor deposition apparatus is provided, which includes: a chamber having an inner space; a gas feed member for supplying a gas into the chamber; a susceptor disposed in the chamber and supporting a substrate; a diffuser partitioning the inner space of the... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7193336 | Switchable low-loss cryogenic lead system A method and apparatus for reducing conductive thermal losses in high-current cryogenic power electronics systems needing large cables to interface between warm and cold environments. Thermal losses increase with increasing cross-sectional area. The total current at... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188481 | Adjustable damper actuator An actuator for controlling the position of a damper. It is an adjustable damper actuator that can actuate a damper to have positions that are other than fully open and fully closed. The actuator has adjustable stops for attaining a partially closed or partially ope... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185610 | Heated flooring module for livestock stables A heated flooring module is provided for livestock stables, which includes an upper plaque, for walking on, which is essentially level; a hollowed central section, with no bottom surface, whose upper surface is equipped with at least one continuous runnel, adapted t... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7181786 | Bed compromising an air guiding unit for air-conditioning rooms The invention being submitted pertains to a bed, consisting of a bedstead (1) and a mattress (2), whereby an air-conduction unit (4) is integrated in the bedstead. Along one or more lateral walls (3) of the bedstead (3), side ducts... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7160612 | Multi-component fibers having enhanced reversible thermal properties and methods of manufacturing thereof Multi-component fibers having enhanced reversible thermal properties and methods of manufacturing thereof are described. In one embodiment, a multi-component fiber includes a fiber body formed from a set of elongated members, and at least one of the set of elongated... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156166 | Heating and air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle A heating and air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle has a conditioning housing that includes a connecting section which is provided with at least one air outlet opening. Using connecting structure on the connecting section, the air outlet opening may be connec... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7143821 | Apparatus for cooling metal tubes A cooler for one or a plurality of metal tubes with a cooler housing having intake vents, a powered turbine, at least one exhaust holes and metal tube supports. The one or a plurality of metal tubes received by metal tube supports and positioned to receive coolant f... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140426 | Radiant panel A radiant panel includes a first skin and a fluid conduit. The first skin includes an inner face and an outer face and the fluid conduit is formed in multiple rows with at least a portion of the fluid conduit bonded to the inner face of the first skin. The fluid con... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7111984 | X-ray computed tomography apparatus with heat emission system An X-ray computed tomography apparatus wherein an X-ray is generated by a generator and an X-ray data resulting from the X-ray is detected by a detector. The apparatus includes a supporter, a driver, a body, and a converter. The supporter is configured to support th... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7089996 | Decorative radiator A radiator is disclosed for mounting in an upright position to a wall, comprising a front panel and a back panel between which an interior space is provided for introducing a fluid. The back panel is made of a heat-conductive material and is provided with fluid supp... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7081049 | Ventilating system Ventilating system including a case mounted on a ceiling of a room, an inlet in a bottom surface of the case, and an outlet in a side surface of the case, a partition for dividing the case into an upper space, and a lower space, a fan in the upper space of the case,... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7066239 | Air hypocaust structure for cooling and/or heating Disclosed is herein an air hypocaust structure for cooling and/or heating dwellings. In winter, hot air is supplied into a space between an upper and a base plate constituting the air hypocaust structure to heat the dwelling according to a convection and a radiation... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063126 | Heat exchange assembly A roofing panel (13) incorporating a heat exchange assembly is described, the roofing panel including: an internal fluid passageway (51) formed between a pair of spaced substantially parallel internal sheets (16, 17) for the passage therethrough... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7028685 | Air conditioning system for buildings and air-conditioned building, especially a zero energy house A method of air-conditioning a building with low heat loss, having the following steps: providing a fresh-air/outgoing-air system for feeding fresh air through a heat accumulator being located beneath said building and extracting said outgoing air through the heat a... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021372 | Hydronic radiant heat tubing receptacle and heat distribution panel system A heat distribution panel which utilizes an extruded tubing receptacle having a tube receiving channel for tightly gripping the heat tubing throughout the serpentine course of continuous tubing including the straight and curved or looped ends of the parallel straigh... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7017269 | Suspended gas distribution plate A gas inlet manifold for a plasma chamber having a perforated gas distribution plate suspended by flexible side walls. The flexible suspension minimizes mechanical stress due to thermal expansion of the gas distribution plate. In another aspect, the suspension provi... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7013964 | High temperature heat exchanger structure To provide a thermal connection that can withstand mechanical stress in a high temperature structure comprising a panel having one face carrying a circuit made up of tubes in which a fluid flows, the outside walls of the tubes are covered in respective high thermal ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7000688 | Supply air terminal device The invention concerns a supply air terminal device (10) including side plates (12) and an air guiding part (13). A heat exchanger (14) is fitted in the device below a supply air chamber (11) for supply air in between air guiding p... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6998980 | Microfield interface device for monitoring animal cage environments An automatic animal cage monitoring system includes at least one sensor disposed proximate to a cage for detecting conditions within the cage. The sensor data is transmitted by a wireless transmitter system to at least one remotely located device. The system can sim... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6948552 | Ceiling embedded type indoor unit There is disclosed a ceiling embedded type indoor unit which is reduced in height to provide a compact unit body size and which provides a large cooling/heating capability. The ceiling embedded type indoor unit comprising two air blowoff ports and embedded in a ceil... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6938433 | Cooling system with evaporators distributed in series A system and method for cooling a room configured to house a plurality of computer systems. A plurality of evaporator units are arranged in series and are configured to receive air from the room and to deliver air to the room. The evaporator units are supplied with ... | 09/06/2005 |