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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357440 | Camper A camper having passive solar climate controls. The camper has a solar structure carried by a base. The solar structure includes a cover, a window panel, a ridge vent, a plurality of awnings, and a plurality of side panels. The ridge vent and the awnings are carried... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7266964 | Data center room cold aisle deflector A method and system of deflecting air circulated in a data center room are disclosed. A method for controlling air circulation within a room having an aisle between racks with computer systems mounted thereon comprises supplying cooling air to computer systems in th... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7250000 | Building with improved vent arrangement A system and method of vent placement within a building is provided for improved passive ventilation. Vents are provided within the dividing structures or material layers that form the building's exterior and interior walls, ceiling, roof, floor, and/or intermediate... | 07/31/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7243614 | Modular animal enclosure A modular animal enclosure includes a housing comprising a top portion affixed to a base portion to form a sheltered interior. The housing includes a door aperture and a climate conditioning aperture. A remove ably attachable climate conditioning unit is installed o... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7231744 | Roof venting system for improved interior air quality and hot water and electricity production A roof venting system comprising a second roof layer disposed above a first roof layer with a spacer disposed therebetween to provide an air flow channel between the two roof layers. A gap is provided in the upper roof layer at or near the top end of the roof and a ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7201563 | Louvered fan grille for a shrouded floor drying fan A method and apparatus for drying floors and carpets using a louvered grille with a shrouded floor drying fan for generating a pressurized air stream within a vertical cylindrical shroud that is spaced two to five inches away from the floor on a set of legs such tha... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198567 | Desktop-type ventilation system A desktop-type ventilation system generally includes a ventilation hub having at least one vent and at least one fume hood connected thereto. The fume hood(s) generally include a pair of side walls, wherein each is disposed at an angle for directing and causing air ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7158378 | Switch cabinet for a tablet press Tablet press, with an upper housing part for receiving a rotor and comprising pressing tools, a lower housing part with side walls for receiving a drive device for the rotor, servo drives for peripheral apparatus for the tablet press, a switch cabinet for receiving ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7147553 | Portable smoking room A portable smoking room having a flexible enclosure defining a room detachably mounted on a frame is provided. A duct is detachably mounted to the frame for transporting smoke laden air within the flexible enclosure outside of the flexible enclosure. A fan detachabl... | 12/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7126818 | Heat dissipation module with twin centrifugal fans A heat dissipation module with twin centrifugal fans is described. The heat dissipation module is utilized in an electrical equipment and especially for a computer server system. The heat dissipation module has a honeycomb panel, a first fan, an air duct, a second f... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121110 | Air conditioning system The present invention discloses an improved air conditioning system which can supply fresh air prepared separately. A first preferred embodiment of the present invention provides an air conditioning system including an outdoor unit, an indoor unit installed in a cei... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7097557 | Insulated crawlspace vent apparatus, and methods of installing same An insulated crawlspace vent to provide airflow in a crawlspace in the summer and insulate it in the winter. An aluminum extrusion built as a picture frame is glued to the opening in the foundation of the crawlspace. An insulated door closes from the outside and is ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7073442 | Apparatus, systems and methods for use in three-dimensional printing Apparatus, systems and methods for use in three-dimensional printing are shown and described. Various embodiments of the invention allow for more precise and controlled delivery of heat to achieve interlayer drying; isolation of the working region from the outside f... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7057892 | Disk array device The invention improves reliability relating to the operating environment temperature and the operating time of a processor for management in a disk array device mounting the managing processor for managing the state of the device, and further realizes mounting havin... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7054155 | Fan tray assembly A fan tray assembly. The assembly comprises a module, housing electronic components that require cooling, and one or more fan trays having fans that direct a cooling air flow through the module. The assembly facilitates easy and fast removal and replacement of the f... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7013968 | Method and apparatus for individually cooling components of electronic systems A cooling system is configured to supply individually metered amounts of cooling fluid to heat generating components, e.g., processors, micro-controllers, high speed video cards, disk drives, semi-conductor devices, and the like, of an electronic system. The cooling... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7016191 | Disk array device The invention improves reliability relating to the operating environment temperature and the operating time of a processor for management in a disk array device mounting the managing processor for managing the state of the device, and further realizes mounting havin... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6978826 | Heating and cooling apparatus, building structure having heating and cooling apparatus, and method of using heating and cooling apparatus A heating and cooling apparatus comprises a generally hollow heating and cooling tower body having a ceiling part for receiving solar heat and a columnar part for storing the solar heat received by the ceiling part. The columnar part has a lower portion adapted to b... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6976337 | Energy-saving housing The invention provides energy-saving housing wherein the indoor temperature condition can be made comfortable throughout the year by a small amount of energy by suppressing loads on cooling and heating devices, and high airtightness and high heat insulation performa... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6958010 | Crawl space ventilation system A fan unit centrally located within a crawl space includes a fan, a fan motor, an inlet grill, and an outlet grill. A timer connected in the power supply activates the fan motor at periodic predetermined time intervals to move the crawl space air through the fan uni... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6926602 | Crawl space ventilation system A fan unit being suspended from a building floor structure within a crawl space. The fan unit includes a fan, a fan motor, an inlet grill, a discharge plenum and an outlet grill. A timer connected in the power supply activates the fan motor at periodic predetermined... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6918262 | Air conditioning system An air conditioning system includes an air conditioner for blowing conditioned air toward a compartment of a vehicle, and a dashboard having a design surface exposed to the compartment. An inner air passage extending nearly parallel to the design surface is formed i... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6888725 | Electronics device unit Plural CPUs 20-1 through 20-6 are mounted on a circuit board 11, and heat sinks 30-1 through 30-6 are mounted on these CPUS, respectively. The CPUs 20-1 through 20-6 are coole... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6881142 | Intelligent networked fan assisted tiles for adaptive thermal management of thermally sensitive rooms A technique to provide well-balanced airflow in a computer data center that uses fan assisted tiles coupled to a host computer through a network. In an example embodiment, this is accomplished by disposing the fan tiles, including temperature and airflow sensors and... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6859362 | Computer enclosure with slidably mounted drive bracket A computer enclosure includes a case (10), a first rail (20), a second rail (30), a third rail (40), a drive bracket (50) and a motherboard support tray (60). The case includes a bottom wall (12), a front wall (14 | 02/22/2005 |
| 6843718 | Method of guiding external air in a building shell and a building; and a method of temperature control of a building In order to heat external air in a building shell and/or in a building more effectively, the present invention suggests a method for guiding external air in a building shell and in a building, an inner gap being separated from an outer gap by a permeable layer in th... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6798657 | Self-cooling unit A cooling system that can be used, for example, for cooling electrical circuit boards housed in an equipment cabinet. The cooling system includes a flow-rate-amplifying pump configured to introduce ambient air into the cabinet. The flow-rate-amplifying pump is a pas... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6780099 | Roof ventilation system A ventilation system for use with a peaked roof, the roof extending between lower-most extending edges disposed proximate to fascia boards and an upper-most extending peak. A plurality of interconnecting panels are assembled upon at least first and second angled sid... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6781834 | Cooling device with air shower A cooling device with an air shower is disclosed. The cooling device includes a heat mass with a plurality of spaced apart fins connected therewith. An air shower including an injector face with a plurality of disrupter orifices is positioned over the fins so that t... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6752713 | Cool air ventilation system A system of mechanically moving cool air into the hot attic space within a building structure such as a residence, which reduces the heat load on the habitable portion of the building structure, and thus allowing efficient cooling. The cool air is drawn from a vente... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6691427 | Concrete wall heating and drying system A low pressure, low air volume system for heating and drying concrete walls in a damp environment is disclosed. A wall unit consisting of a wall panel having a plurality of vertical grooves and ridges formed in a back surface, the ridges in contact with a... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6676506 | Method and apparatus for ventilation of foundations Arrangement for protecting floors above the crawl space and buildings on foundations of the crawl-space type from damp and microbial growth, where the crawl space (2) is delimited by the floor (4) above the crawl space of the building, bearing foundation ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6620041 | Multi-purpose clean air fan and fan motor mount assembly A multi-use clean air fan and fan motor mount assembly comprising a bifurcated conical air inlet and blown air deflector, a fan motor mount, motor mount supports, a fan motor and a fan, the bifurcated conical air inlet and blown air deflector having a lon... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6616524 | Raised floor air handling unit A raised floor air handling system for use in a building that is used in combination with and set into an elevated floor assembly that is mounted on a principal floor of a building so as to provide an air plenum between the two floors. An air handling ass... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6604993 | Air partition member and air passageway system An air partition member used to form an air passageway in an HVAC system, includes a rectangular first section; a second section, pivotally connected to the first section, and adapted to contact the floor and compensate for the effect of the irregular pla... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6557624 | Configurable system and method for cooling a room A method and system are disclosed for cooling a room having one or more heat generating objects. A number of heat exchangers are disposed adjacent a floor or ceiling and extends substantially entirely or partially between the walls of the room. A fan unit... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6517430 | Supply air system A supply air system for supplying air e.g. into a machine room. The supply air system comprises a supply air unit (12), to which means are connected for supplying the supply air from the outside air to the internal space, and an air treatment unit (14) in... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6511372 | Apparatus for controlling gas flow in thermodynamic environmental testing devices A gas flow regulator comprises a gas passage duct that can be axially repositioned and rotationally reoriented relative to a chamber wall for controlling the flow rate of gas from one side of the wall into an interior volume on an opposite side of the wal... | 01/28/2003 |
