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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8079232 | Method and apparatus for improving the efficiency of a heat pump HVAC system A heating and/or cooling system for a dwelling, including a heat exchanger that is located indoors, and ducting that directs rejected air to the attic space or outdoors. The heat exchanger is pre-heated and/or pre-cooled with indoor space air, thereby increasing the... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8065890 | Configurations and methods for LPG production and power cogeneration An LNG plant is configured to receive rich LNG and to produce LPG, lean LNG, and power using at least one fractionation column, wherein the fractionation portion of the plant can be optionally thermally coupled to a power cycle utilizing residual refrigeration from ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8042347 | Compressor inlet pressure estimation apparatus for refrigeration cycle system A compressor inlet pressure estimation apparatus for a refrigeration cycle system is disclosed. An electronic control unit 14 uses Tefin_lag(N) as an actual corrected temperature Tefin_AD(N) during a period Tp1 included in the timing t1 to t2... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8033135 | Rotary-type fluid machine and refrigeration cycle apparatus A rotary-type fluid machine (10A) includes: a closed casing (1) having a bottom portion utilized as an oil reservoir, a rotary-type fluid mechanism (expansion mechanism) (15) that is provided in an upper portion of the closed casing (1) a... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7926298 | Variable position air damper for a refrigerator A refrigerator, including a cabinet having top, bottom, rear and opposing side walls that collectively define a freezer compartment and a fresh food compartment, employs a cooling system and an air plenum to deliver a cooling air flow into the freezer and fresh food... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7861550 | Water dispenser A water dispenser is provided for dispensing hot water, cold water, and carbonated water, all of which is filtered. The dispenser includes a housing defining a front dispensing face, a rear face, opposite side walls and a bottom wall. A filter is mounted in the hous... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7856838 | Cooling air flow loop for a data center in a shipping container A movable data center or container enclosed data center is disclosed in which a plurality of data processing modules, a plurality of heat exchange modules, and a plurality of fans are operatively arranged. The enclosure defines a continuous closed-loop air passage b... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7849704 | Cryogenic apparatus of superconducting equipment A cryogenic apparatus of superconducting equipment with excellent assembly workability and a termination structure of a superconducting cable including the cryogenic apparatus are provided. A termination structure of a superconducting cable includes a terminal of th... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7841197 | Torque calculation apparatus and torque calculation method of variable capacitance compressor A variable capacitance compressor is provided in a refrigeration cycle of a vehicular air conditioning system. The variable capacitance compressor controls discharge capacity of refrigerant by an external control pulse signal, and can substantially estimate compress... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7832225 | Body surface cooling device and method for application of cosmetics A cooling device includes a cooling arrangement having a refrigerant dispenser. In an illustrated example, the dispenser includes an aerosol container containing the refrigerant and a dispensing valve fitted to a fixing cup which crimps onto the aerosol container. T... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7823403 | MEMS cooling device A preferred embodiment of the MEMS cooling device of the invention comprises one or more MEMS micro-channel volumes in communication with one or more MEMS micro-pump assemblies wherein each micro-pump assembly comprises a flexure valve, such as a leaf valve and mean... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7825324 | Spreading thermoelectric coolers An apparatus includes a thermoelectric cooler having a first set of one or more metal electrodes, a second set of one or more metal electrodes, and one or more doped semiconductor members. Each member physically joins a corresponding one electrode of the first set t... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7823409 | Freezing system A freezer housing for a freezer for cooling and/or freezing of products lying on a conveyor belt, and which are conveyed through a freezing zone for the freezing, where upper ejector plates are provided above the conveyor belt and lower ejector plates are provided b... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7819178 | Vehicle air conditioner with flow diverting means A vehicular air conditioner includes a housing having a rear seat discharge passage for supplying mixed air to rear seats in a vehicle and a plurality of dividing ribs disposed in a face outlet which is open upwardly in the housing. Each of the dividing ribs has a c... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7810343 | Dispenser with a service interface for a consumer electronic device A dispenser, a food dispensing appliance with a dispenser, and a system including a food dispensing appliance for providing at least one service to a consumer electronic device. The dispenser has a service interface providing at least one service for a consumer elec... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7805961 | Supercooling apparatus of simultaneous cooling and heating type multiple air conditioner A supercooling apparatus of a simultaneous cooling and heating type multiple air conditioner comprises a liquid pipe header connected to outdoor heat exchangers, a plurality of branch liquid pipes branched from the liquid pipe header and connected to a plurality of ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7802733 | Fluid delivery control system A fluid delivery control system including a rotatable flow control member to provide a flow control signal to a controller and a rotatable temperature control member to provide a temperature control signal to a controller. ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7802437 | Electronic component with heat transfer by boiling and condensation and method for producing same The electronic component with heat transfer by boiling and condensation comprises heat exchange surfaces immersed in a heat conducting fluid constituted by the free ends of nanowires of a thermoelectric converter. An electrically insulating coating material with a l... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7802441 | Heat pump with accumulator at boost compressor output A heat pump system is disclosed that utilizes an accumulator fluidly connected between a boost compressor output and a primary compressor input. The accumulator is multifunctional in that it allows the refrigerant from the boost compressor to be cooled with refriger... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7802618 | Thermostat operation method and apparatus A thermostat may be placed in a heating mode when the sensed temperature is less than the lowest of the heating and cooling target temperatures by a first amount and may be placed in a cooling mode when the sensed temperature is greater than the highest of the heati... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7797957 | Methods and apparatus for linearized temperature control of commercial refrigeration systems Methods, systems, and apparatus for linearizing control of a commercial refrigeration system. In an embodiment of the invention, a controller is configured to receive a non-linear sensed suction pressure and convert the suction pressure to a linear temperature equiv... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7797961 | Refrigerator having improved ice-making unit configuration Provided is a refrigerator including a main body cabinet forming a storage compartment; a door operable to open and close the storage compartment; an ice tray provided in the door and capable of making ice cubes; and an ice storage container receiving the ice cubes ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7797959 | Open showcase There is provided an open showcase which enables elimination of the drawback that a cooling air rising in an inner layer duct leaks out to an outer layer outlet side from between a partitioning member and a partition wall. The open showcase has a partitioning member... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7788933 | Heat exchanger tube having integrated thermoelectric devices A heat exchanger for a vehicle is shown, wherein the heat exchanger includes a plurality of tubes having integrated thermoelectric devices disposed thereon to facilitate heat transfer between the tubes and an atmosphere surrounding the tubes. ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7788938 | Method and device for regulating a coolant circuit of a vehicle air conditioning system The invention relates to a method for regulating a coolant circuit (2) of a vehicle air conditioning system (4). According to said method, a target value (SW(VT)) for an evaporator temperature (VT) is predetermined in a base control circuit. Said value... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7788945 | Air conditioner, heat source unit, and air conditioner updating method An air conditioner is configured by appropriating existing refrigerant pipes of an existing air conditioner to update indoor units and an outdoor unit of a refrigerant circuit of the existing air conditioner. The air conditioner is disposed with an updated refrigera... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7784704 | Self-programmable thermostat A hybrid manual/programmable thermostat for a furnace or air conditioner offers the simplicity of a manual thermostat while providing the convenience and versatility of a programmable one. Initially, the hybrid thermostat appears to function as an ordinary manual th... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7784296 | System and method for controlling an air conditioner or heat pump A control procedure operates an expansion valve of an air conditioning system. The control procedure utilizes a first control procedure to bring a calculated superheat value within a range of a target superheat value, and a second control procedure to cause the calc... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7784300 | Refrigerator This invention provides a refrigerator using a gaseous working fluid such as air and based upon the well-developed structure of reciprocating compressors or rotating engines. The invention combines the compression functionality of a compressor and the expansion func... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7784304 | Non-slip ice bag device and method for using same to treat patients Non-slip, non-constrictive, self-adhesive ice bag device for use with confined patients that comprises a flexible, preferably water-impermeable outer cover with an open end that is sealable with a leak-proof closure means, said cover having a layer of adhesive to te... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7779641 | Ice supplier An ice supplier includes an ice maker configured to make ice, a case configured to store ice made by the ice maker, a sensing unit configured to sense a quantity of ice stored in the case, and a controller configured to control the ice maker according to a result of... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7780092 | Application of microsystems for real time IEQ control An arrangement includes a plurality of wireless microsystems and a central data processor. Each microsystem is operable to measure a plurality of indoor environmental quality-related parameters and is operable to communicate first information pertaining to the measu... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7779644 | Air cycle machine for an aircraft environmental control system An ECS system includes an ACM mounted adjacent an air-liquid heat exchanger through a diffuser that contains a diffuser plate. The diffuser plate receives airflow from the ACM which strikes the diffuser plate and flows radially outward and around the diffuser plate ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7775451 | Variable flow mixing valve The invention relates to a variable flow mixing valve for use in a Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning module. The module is particularly suited for use in a vehicle. The variable flow mixing valve includes drive means which drive a mixing door and a baffle bet... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7775450 | Thermostatic mixing valve for vertical mounting upon a horizontal bathtub deck An adjustable height housing enables a thermostatic mixing valve (TMV) with a dial permitting manual control of bathtub shower water temperature to be vertically mounted in a horizontal bathtub deck. The housing can be installed on a narrow bathtub rim yet also acco... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7775063 | Method and apparatus for harvesting water and latent energy from a gaseous mixture An apparatus harvests latent energy and water by adiabatically decompressing a controlled volume of atmospheric air to lower its pressure and temperature below the saturation point of included water vapor, thus causing the water vapor to change state to nonvaporous ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7770408 | Ice supplier An ice supplier includes a case configured to store ice from an ice maker. The case includes an outlet and a transfer unit configured to transfer ice pieces in the case to the outlet. A sensor is configured to sense ice pieces passing through the outlet and a contro... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7770633 | Plate type heat exchanger and method of manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a plate-type heat exchanger in which a heat medium is sealed in a hollow part of an airtight structure formed in the interior of a plate-like container, and the heat medium is moved by capillary force from a condensing part to an evaporati... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7770404 | Ice making system for refrigerator An ice making system for a refrigerator is provided. The ice making system includes an ice maker body, an ejector rotatably coupled to the ice maker body that drops ice pieces made by the ice maker body, an ice bank drawably disposed below the ice maker body that st... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7765821 | Seal device and sealing structure A seal device has a for sealing a through hole in a partition includes a first seal for providing a first abutment portion that abuts against a periphery of the through hole in an entirety thereof, and a second seal for providing a second abutment portion that is ma... | 08/03/2010 |
