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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8033322 | Split heat recovery system A space has inlet and outlet registers and outside and exhaust air ducts. The outside air duct is located adjacent to the inlet register. The exhaust air duct is located adjacent to the outlet register. The space has an outside air passageway through the outside air... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7565924 | Pressure equilizing system An air handling system for an indoor space comprising a first forced indoor air treatment component, an input indoor air duct element and an output treated air duct element respectively coupling said first forced indoor air treatment component to said indoor space, ... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7497247 | Heat exchanger The heat exchanger is made economically by using thermoplastic sheets with hollow tubes and spacers between the sheets and fusing the edges of the sheets together to form an integral housing. Preferably, the heat exchanger is an opposed-flow heat-exchanger giving im... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7441588 | Heat exchanger unit The present invention provides a heat exchanger unit that can save space, even when performing air conditioning in addition to ventilation. The heat exchanger unit performs heat exchange ventilation with a supply air channel flowing from an outdoor space to an indoo... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7413007 | Vehicle air-conditioning system A vehicle air-conditioning system includes an air-conditioner and an air outlet for opening and closing an opening formed in a rear part of a vehicle body. A control unit causes the air outlet to open and close the opening in accordance with changes in air condition... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7340906 | HVAC desiccant wheel system and method An HVAC system includes a desiccant wheel, wherein the wheel's speed varies with airflow, the wheel is energized for at least a set period at startup, and/or a heat recovery system (e.g., an air-to-air heat exchanger) upstream of the wheel enhances the system's abil... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338548 | Dessicant dehumidifer for drying moist environments An apparatus and method of conditioning humidity and temperature in the process airstream of a desiccant dehumidifier used to dry moisture-laden spaces and structures by replacing moisture-laden air with dehumidified air to increase the rate of water evaporation wit... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334629 | Ventilating system, heat exchanger and methods The ventilating system includes evaporative cooling of the exhaust air before it enters a heat exchanger to cool incoming fresh outside air. A suction fan pulls exhaust air through the heat exchanger and, in combination with a flow restrictor, reduces the pressure o... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331376 | Stackable energy transfer core spacer A stackable spacer element for use in a energy recovery core formed by stacking a plurality of relatively thin energy transfer media (e.g. sheets, panels, or plates (un-perforated exchanger sheets) so as to define a plurality of stacked energy transfer stages provid... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331853 | Ventilating system Ventilating system including a total heat exchanger at a region where an air supply duct, a passage for supplying outdoor air to a room, and an air discharge duct, a passage for discharging room air to an outside of the room, cross for making room air and outdoor ai... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7322400 | Cooling apparatus having low profile extrusion A cooling apparatus has a low profile extrusion with a plurality of micro tubes extended there through. The low profile extrusion is placed into thermal connection with heat producing components. A heat transfer fluid removes heat via an adiabatic process. ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320361 | Heat exchanger A known heat exchanger has a lower rate of blocking the movement of moisture through the joint as compared to a joint bonded with a moisture impermeable adhesive because the corrugated and flat substrates are bonded with thermoplastic fibers by performing heating an... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319594 | Assembly of devices An assembly of devices including at least one switchgear cabinet and a cooling device. The switchgear cabinet has a closed interior, in which electric installations can be housed. The cooling device is attached in the vicinity of or near a lateral surface of the swi... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7284383 | Wheel belt drive for diesel fuel heated dessicant reactivation Rotating wheel dessicants employed in dehumidifying moisturized air present within a water-damaged building are themselves dehumidified to liberate collected moisture through the use of ambient air drawn over and about a heat exchanger fired by diesel fuel, with the... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284384 | 2-line residential use diesel fuel heated dessicant reactivator Dessicants employed in dehumidifying moisturized air present within a water-damaged building are themselves dehumidified to liberate collected moisture through the use of ambient air drawn over and about a heat exchanger fired by diesel fuel and powered by a pair of... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284385 | Pre-dried air reactivation for diesel fuel heated dessicant reactivator Dessicants employed in dehumidifying moisturized air present within a water-damaged building are themselves dehumidified to liberate collected moisture through the use of ambient air drawn over and about a heat exchanger fired by diesel fuel, with a portion of the d... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284387 | Diesel fuel heated dessicant reactivation with internal heat bypass Dessicants employed in dehumidifying moisturized air present within a water-damaged building are themselves dehumidified to liberate collected moisture through the use of ambient air drawn over and about a heat exchanger fired by diesel fuel, with portions of the ai... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284386 | Self-contained trailer for diesel fuel heated dessicant reactivation Dessicants employed in dehumidifying moisturized air present within a water-damaged building are themselves dehumidified to liberate collected moisture through the use of ambient air drawn over and about a heat exchanger fired by diesel fuel, with the dessicants, th... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7270600 | Window having a ventilation equipment The present invention relates to a window having ventilation equipment. The window having ventilation equipment according to the present invention includes a window frame formed with a mounting hole penetrating from outdoor side to indoor side, a casing which can be... | 09/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7231967 | Ventilator system and method The ventilator system and method use a heat exchanger to selectively transfer heat between fresh outside air entering and exhaust air leaving an enclosed space whenever energy can be recovered from the exhaust air by doing so. The system uses a microprocessor-based ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7198096 | Stacked low profile cooling system and method for making same A stacked array of low profile heat pipes each with a plurality of micro tubes extended therethrough. The stacked low profile heat pipes are placed into thermal connection with heat producing components. A heat transfer fluid is contained in the micro tubes of the l... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7188666 | Heat exchanger of ventilating system A heat exchanger of a ventilating system includes: heat exchange plates having first air passage through which indoor air being discharged to outside of a building passes and a second air passage through which outdoor air being introduced to the interior of the buil... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7178355 | HVAC desiccant wheel system and method An HVAC system includes a desiccant wheel, wherein the wheel's speed varies with airflow, the wheel is energized for at least a set period at startup, and/or a heat recovery system (e.g., an air-to-air heat exchanger) upstream of the wheel enhances the system's abil... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7171955 | Flowing fluid conditioner A method and system for temperature conditioning of engine intake air by use of controllable intercooler which consists of an active thermoelectric device and a controllable valve system which optimally directs the path of airflow through a plurality of chambers in ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7165414 | System for the dehumification of air An improved air conditioner system for controlling a desired temperature and a reduced humidity level in a space to be environmentally controlled, that comprises an additional second heat exchanger and third heat exchanger in the separate indoor air flow path. The r... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165416 | Air conditioner Air conditioner including a case having air inlet and outlet passages therein perpendicular to each other, and a plurality of air inlet and outlets at ends of the air inlet and outlet passages, a regenerative heat exchanger at a cross point of the air inlet and outl... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7162889 | Air conditioner Air conditioner including a case having air inlet and outlet passages therein perpendicular to each other, and a plurality of air inlet and outlets at ends of the air inlet and outlet passages, a regenerative heat exchanger at a cross point of the air inlet and outl... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7161315 | Self dust-off apparatus and method thereof A self dust-off apparatus includes a fan and a controller. The fan, which can be driven to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise, is installed in a projector. The controller is employed to direct the rotational direction (clockwise or counterclockwise) of the fan. In... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7150314 | Dual exhaust energy recovery system A heat recovery arrangement. The arrangement has a housing including a bathroom exhaust inlet, an exhaust outlet, a bathroom exhaust airflow path through the housing from the bathroom exhaust inlet to the exhaust outlet, a return air inlet, and a return air path thr... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7143557 | Structural vent assembly for a roof perimeter A structural vent assembly comprising a back member having a forward surface and a rear surface; a mount member adapted to be secured to the support structure between the roof deck and the support structure, the mount member having a proximal end fixedly attached to... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7131288 | Heat exchanger In a heat exchanger (10) for transferring heat from a first fluid to a second fluid, which heat exchanger (10) comprises one or more flow passages (12) for a first fluid, the outer wall (26) of these passages is in heat-transferring conta... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7111671 | Heat exchanger having air drying device A heat exchanger includes a container having an outlet and an entrance coupled to an inlet and an exit, a receptacle having an entering port and a discharging port for circulating a fluid medium and having an entering opening and a discharging opening. A casing is d... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7100682 | Cooling device with water proof structure A cooling device for cooling an inner part of an approximately sealed box includes a casing and a heat exchanger disposed in the casing. Plural inside air passages through which air inside the box flows and plural outside air passages through which air outside the b... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096934 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger having an active surface over which a fluid flows to affect an exchange of heat between the active surface and the fluid, the active surface having a curvature which conforms substantially with at least one logarithmic curve conforming to the Golden... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090000 | Heat recovery ventilator A heat recovery ventilator is provided which includes a heat exchanger having discrete inlet and exhaust passageways extending therethrough for providing heat transfer between respective fluids flowing along the inlet and the exhaust passages. The inlet passageway p... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086239 | Condenser The present invention relates to a condenser for an air-based climate control system, having an inlet and an outlet for the air to be cooled, an inlet and an outlet for the cool air, a heat exchange unit for heat transfer between the air to be cooled and the cool ai... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7083110 | Window having a ventilation equipment The present invention relates to a window having ventilation equipment. The window having ventilation equipment according to the present invention includes a window frame formed with a mounting hole penetrating from outdoor side to indoor side, a casing which can be... | 08/01/2006 |
