| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 062178000 | Diverse control or response | 39 |
| 20080202136 | Refrigerator Unit and/or Freezer Unit - The invention relates to a refrigerator unit and/or a freezer unit having a space for the reception of the refrigerated goods or frozen goods, having a fan which removes air from the space, blows air into the space or circulates the air in the space and having a control unit connected to the fan which controls the fan for the purpose of influencing the temperature distribution such that it is operated in one rotary direction in a first operating state and in the other rotary direction in a second operating state. The invention further relates to a method of operating a refrigerator unit and/or a freezer unit. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20100018229 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INTAKE OF AIR-CONDITIONER OF VEHICLE - A method for controlling an intake of an air-conditioner of a vehicle is disclosed. The method includes the a-1) step (S | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100162741 | UNINTERRUPTABLE POWER SUPPLY FOR WATER PUMP - A heating/cooling system includes a closed circuit refrigeration system including an evaporator. Water circulating through a closed water circuit exchanges heat with refrigerant in the evaporator, cooling the water for a cooling application. The water can also be heated by a boiler, and the heated water is used to heat a space. A water pump flows the water through the water circuit. When a current sensing relay detects a power failure, a boiler control algorithm is initiated to “trick” a motor of the compressor into believing the heating/cooling system is operating in a heating mode. Therefore, a compressor failure alarm is not generated. The water pump is powered by a battery pack during the power failure. Water continues to flow through the water circuit, preventing the water from freezing. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20110239671 | Blended Water-Based Data Center Cooling - A method of providing cooling by a cooling system to a computer data center. The method includes providing a plurality of air-and-water radiators and one or more chillers, the chillers each having a first side in fluid communication with a chilled water loop and a second side in communication with a condenser water loop. The method also includes circulating a first portion of return water coming from the computer data center to a first subset of the air-and-water radiators and through the condenser water loop, circulating a second portion of the return water from the computer data center to a second subset of the air-and-water radiators and through the chilled water loop, and circulating the first portion and the second portion of the return water to the computer data center as cooled supply water. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20140033751 | COMBINATION AIR HANDLER AND AIRFLOW MIXING MODULE FOR USE IN A MODULAR DATA CENTER - In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a modular fluid-handling system may include an air-handling and mixing unit and a cooling unit. The air-handling and mixing unit may include an air mover plenum and a first mixing plenum. The air mover plenum may have an air mover configured to move air and the air mover plenum may air mover plenum may be configured to be in fluid communication with an outside environment via a first damper and configured to be in fluid communication with a primary structure. The first mixing plenum may be configured to be in fluid communication with the air mover plenum via a second damper and configured to be in fluid communication with the outside environment via a third damper. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20160076807 | Personal Beverage Processing Apparatus - A personal beverage processing apparatus for processing alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages includes an outer shell defining a generally airtight interior area, spaced apart environment access openings. A plurality of environmental modules are situated in the interior area of the outer shell, Each environmental module includes a vessel for receiving a liquid, at least one environmental sensor configured to detect an environmental condition, a module fan, and pressure sensitive vent. A control apparatus is in operative communication with the plurality of environmental modules, the environmental control apparatus including a cooling assembly configured to generate cooled air and a plurality of controllers, a respective controller being in communication with each environmental module to receive sensory data and to actuate the cooling assembly, respective exhaust baffles, and respective module fans based on the received data so as to maintain the respective environmental module in a user-determined environmental condition. | 03-17-2016 |
| 062179000 | Plural external fluids or means controlled | 7 |
| 20080250800 | Total room air purification system with air conditioning, filtration and ventilation - A self-contained air conditioner unit incorporates an energy recovery ventilator portion that brings about several changes of room air per hour with outdoor fresh air. There is an outdoor air intake plenum which furnishes the fresh air and the condenser air for the condenser coil, and a return air plenum. Air from the room return air plenum is HEPA filtered and conducted to the evaporator coil and evaporator fan, and is supplied back into the conditioned space. The energy recovery ventilator has a counterflow heat exchanger core situated between the return air plenum and the fresh air intake plenum, as well as two ventilation fans, one (or both) of which may be of variable or multiple speed. By controlling the fan speeds, it is possible to produce a neutral pressure, a positive or overpressure, or a negative or underpressure in the conditioned space. The unit can be wheeled into place and installed easily by personnel without special training. The unit can be scaled up in size and capacity for a larger room or whole house applications, or scaled down for smaller rooms or window mounting. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080271471 | Temperature Controlling Method for Substrate Processing System and Substrate Processing System - A substrate processing system comprises a plurality of CVD processing units ( | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080314054 | Refrigerator and operating method thereof - A refrigerator comprises a main cabinet formed with a storage compartment, a partition which partitions the storage compartment into a first storage compartment, a second storage compartment, a multipurpose compartment; a first evaporator provided to the main cabinet to generate cool air supplied to the first storage compartment; a second evaporator which is provided to the main cabinet to generate the cool air supplied to the second storage compartment; a first sub cool air duct which guides the cool air generated from the first evaporator to the multipurpose compartment; a second sub cool air duct which guides the cool air generated from the second evaporator to the multipurpose compartment; and at least one sub cool air supplying apparatus provided to the first sub cool air duct and the second sub cool air duct to supply the cool air from the first evaporator and the second evaporator to the multipurpose compartment. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20100269525 | Refrigeration and freezing device with fresh-keeping function by supplying nitrogen - A refrigeration and freezing device with fresh-keeping function by supplying nitrogen comprises a box body, a refrigerating and freezing chamber disposed inside the box body, a door to the refrigerating and freezing chamber, a control device and a nitrogen generator; wherein said nitrogen generator is disposed either inside or outside the box body of the refrigeration and freezing device, said nitrogen generator comprises an air inlet, an oxygen outlet, a nitrogen outlet, an air filter connected with the air inlet, a compressor, a pipe device for transmitting gas, at least one carbon molecular sieve absorber, at least one control valve to control different absorbers to work alternately, a nitrogen storage container, a nitrogen purifier, a pressure reducing valve for adjusting the pressure of the produced nitrogen, a ventilating muffler disposed on a pipe to the oxygen outlet and a control circuit. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20130174594 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air-conditioning apparatus includes a heat medium circuit with a heat medium flow reversing device that can switch the flow direction of a heat medium in the heat medium side passage of the heat exchanger related to heat medium. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20150354851 | COLD WATER CIRCULATION SYSTEM - A cold/chilled water circulation system comprises a thermal source, an AHU, a pump, and a control section. The thermal source cools chilled water to a specified temperature. The AHU is an air conditioner that cools air by heat exchange with the chilled water. The pump feeds the chilled water having a flow rate corresponding to an operating frequency of a power inverter to the AHU from the thermal source. The control section calculates a degree of surplus, which indicates surplus capacity of the AHU to cool air, on the basis of information indicating the state of the AHU. The control section controls the operating frequency of the power inverter, to decrease the flow rate of the fed chilled water if the degree of surplus is not lower than the specified threshold, and to increase the flow rate if the degree of surplus is lower than the specified threshold. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20160031291 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - In a thermal management system for a vehicle, a first switching valve is connected to at least one device in a group of a plurality of devices, a heat medium discharge side of a first pump, and a heat medium discharge side of a second pump in parallel with each other; and a second switching valve is connected to at least one device in the device group, a heat medium suction side of the first pump, and a heat medium suction side of the second pump in parallel with each other. Heat medium circulating through a first device included in the device group allows to flow through the second device. One side of a heat medium inlet side and a heat medium outlet side of the second device is connected to between one of the first switching valve and the second switching valve and the first device. | 02-04-2016 |
| 062180000 | External fluid and refrigeration producer | 26 |
| 20080264086 | Method for improving efficiency in heating and cooling systems - A method for improving efficiency in heating and cooling systems which includes the steps of providing speed and pressure monitoring devices for monitoring and measuring the operational speed (OS) and the head (H | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090013703 | NATURAL AIR ENERY SAVING TEMPERATURE ASSIST SYSTEM FOR CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING / HEATING SYSTEM - A house air conditioning system that operates with outside air. The air conditioning system closes the house and uses air conditioning, when the outside temperature is lower than the inside house air temperature the air conditioning system is turned off, the house or building is opened to the outside and the cooler outside air is drawn through the house using fans. In the morning, before sunrise, the fans will draw outside cool air in from the outside to cool the thermal mass of the house and then closes the house as the outside air heats to trap the cool air within the house to delay air conditioning operation and reduce the overall amount of AC runtime energy required to cool the house. This system can also operate in reverse to heat the home. The system uses multiple sensors and control mechanism to ensure optimal energy savings. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090090116 | System and method for controlling temperature of industrial processing devices - A system and method for controlling the temperature of industrial processing devices includes a central liquid supply having a supply section and a return section and at least one processing device temperature control subsystem in liquid transmission connection with the central liquid supply for generally maintaining the temperature and pressure of liquid being circulated around an industrial processing device at a designated liquid temperature set point which includes a variable-speed pump, control valve and control device which controls the temperature of the liquid in the subsystem by speeding up, slowing down or shutting off the pump to ensure that the subsystem liquid temperature remains approximately equal to the designated liquid temperature set point as determined by the processing device associated with the subsystem and opens or closes the control valve to add or release liquid from the subsystem to maintain the desired pressure within the system. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20110132011 | AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air conditioning includes a refrigerant circuit and a blower fan. The refrigerant circuit has a compressor, a condenser, a first expansion valve, a second expansion valve, and an evaporator sequentially connected. The blower fan is arranged and configured to supply air as a heat source to the condenser. An air flow rate of the blower fan and an opening degree of the first expansion valve are controlled such that high pressure in a refrigeration cycle operation of the refrigerant circuit becomes a target high pressure. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110197607 | REFRIGERATING CYCLE DEVICE - A refrigerating cycle device that can reduce power consumption while cooling capacity or heating capacity is maintained is obtained. Operation control means that controls at least one of an operation capacity of a compressor, an air amount of an outdoor blower, an air amount of an indoor blower, and a throttle opening degree of throttle means so that a deviation between a target value and a sucked air temperature or blowoff air temperature becomes small and power detecting means that detects power consumption of the refrigerating cycle device are provided, and the operation control means acquires an operation manipulation amount with which the power consumption of the refrigerating cycle device becomes the minimum for at least one operation manipulation amount of the operation capacity of the compressor, the air amount of the outdoor blower, the air amount of the indoor blower, and the throttle opening degree of the throttle means and controls at least one of operation capacity of a compressor, the air amount of the outdoor blower, the air amount of the indoor blower, and the throttle opening degree of the throttle means in accordance with the operation manipulation amount. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20120031129 | TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED COMPARTMENT AND METHOD FOR A REFRIGERATOR - A secondary loop temperature control circuit for a temperature-controlled region in a compartment of a refrigerator is shown. The secondary loop temperature control circuit has a reservoir, configured to have a medium flow there through. A first heat exchanger is in flow communication with the reservoir and is configured to have the medium flow there through. The first heat exchanger is in thermal communication with the temperature-controlled region. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120042674 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air-conditioning apparatus capable of achieving enhancement of the system COP while suppressing product cost. The air-conditioning apparatus controls the difference between the temperatures of brine at a position before and at a position after an indoor heat exchanger or at a position before and at a position after an intermediate heat exchanger to be a preset target value and to be larger at the time of a heating operation than at the time of a cooling operation. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120096882 | TEMPERATURE REGULATION SYSTEM WITH ACTIVE JETTING TYPE REFRIGERANT SUPPLY AND REGULATION - This invention is characterized by an air conditioning system that jets actively a refrigerant into an evaporator in an active jetting manner so as to enhance the diffusibility and uniformity thereof. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120102992 | COOLING SYSTEM AND RELATED EQUIPMENT FOR REFRIGERATION UNITS - A system includes a fan connecting to a refrigeration unit that provides air at a cooler temperature than that which is monitored in the refrigeration unit. The fan is activated when the temperature outside of the refrigeration unit is cooler than inside the refrigeration unit. A filter filters air that is forced into the refrigeration unit by the fan. A controller can turn on and off the fan and a compressor of the refrigeration unit. Flaps are provided to prevent air from entering the refrigeration unit when the fan is turned off, or the temperature outside the refrigeration unit is warmer than within the refrigeration unit. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120159978 | AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - An air conditioning system for a vehicle includes a cabin air conditioning unit, a heat management unit, a temperature detecting unit, a switching unit, and a control unit. The control unit is operable to control operations of the cabin air conditioning unit, the switching unit, and the heat management unit according to temperature detection results from the temperature detecting unit, thereby regulating temperature of at least one of a passenger cabin and a heat generating component, which generates waste heat during operation thereof, of the vehicle. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120272673 | CONTAINER REFRIGERATION APPARATUS - A container refrigeration apparatus includes: a refrigerant circuit which performs a refrigeration cycle, and includes a main circuit sequentially connecting a compressor, a condenser, a main expansion valve and an evaporator, and a hot gas bypass circuit through which a refrigerant compressed in the compressor bypasses the condenser and the main expansion valve to flow into the evaporator; and a compressor control section which controls operating speed of rotation of the compressor during heating operation for heating inside of a container by the evaporator while returning the compressed refrigerant from the compressor to the compressor through the hot gas bypass circuit and the evaporator so that a temperature inside the container reaches a target temperature. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20130098085 | HIGH EFFICIENCY COOLING SYSTEM - A cooling system has a cabinet and a plurality of separate cooling stages including an upstream cooling stage and a downstream cooling stage. At least the upstream cooling state is a variable capacity cooling stage. Each cooling stage has a cooling circuit. Evaporators of the cooling circuits are arranged in the cabinet so that air passes over them in serial fashion. A controller when a Call for Cooling first reaches a point where cooling is needed, operating the upstream cooling circuit to provide cooling and not the downstream cooling circuit. When the Call for Cooling has increased to a second point, the controller additionally operates the downstream cooling circuit to provide cooling. The cooling capacity at which the upstream cooling circuit is being operated is less than its full capacity when the Call for Cooling reaches the second point. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130255297 | ENCLOSURE COOLING USING EARLY COMPRESSOR TURN-OFF WITH EXTENDED FAN OPERATION - Systems and methods are described for controlling fan-only cooling duration following normal air conditioning operation. Following normal AC cooling, economical fan cooling is used. The duration of the fan cooling period is adjusted based on temperature measurements made during the previous cooling cycle that ended with fan cooling. An expected temperature drop to be provided by fan cooling as well as an expected time to achieve that drop is calculated based on prior measurements. The expected values are then used improve fan cooling for subsequent cooling cycles. In some cases, fan cooling is not initiated unless: (1) a time limit has an elapsed, such that sufficient condensation is allowed to form on the evaporator coil during the first phase, and (2) indoor relative humidity is below a predetermined threshold. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130283835 | HEAT EXCHANGE SYSTEM - A heat exchange system for realizing an adequate heat exchange among a plural type of fluids uses a refrigerant radiator and a radiator which are combined to have one unit for enabling heat exchange between a refrigerant and a coolant, and decreases an inflow amount of the coolant flowing into the radiator when coolant temperature of the coolant flowing into the radiator is equal to or higher than a second standard temperature, which is set to be lower than a temperature of the refrigerant flowing into the refrigerant radiator, and is equal to or lower than a predetermined first standard temperature. In such manner, heat from the refrigerant is effectively transferred to an outside air by reducing an unwanted heat exchange between the refrigerant and the outside air. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20140026604 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - While cooling operation is continued, a compressor is stopped when a detection temperature Tm reaches a control temperature Tc that is a lower temperature than a set temperature Ts only by a bias temperature ΔTb, and rotation of a turbofan is stopped if a human body is not present in a room R, or the rotation of the turbofan is continued and a value of the detection temperature Tm is corrected to a correction detection temperature Ta that is a lower temperature than the detection temperature Tm only by a predetermined temperature correction amount ΔTm. While the correction detection temperature Ta is a temperature that is equal to or lower than the set temperature Ts (the control temperature Tc for prevention of hunting) (Ta=Tm−ΔTm≦Tc) the rotation of the turbofan is continued as long as a person is present in the room R, and thermo ON is resumed if the correction detection temperature Ta exceeds the set temperature Ts (Ta>Ts). | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140069131 | AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - An air-conditioning system including an air-conditioning apparatus having a compressor circulating a refrigerant, and an outdoor unit and an indoor unit performing air conditioning of an air-conditioned room; outside air introduction means supplying air outside the air-conditioned room; outside air temperature detection means detecting a temperature outside the air-conditioned room; human body position detection means detecting a user in the air-conditioned room; target-room-temperature determination means determining a user number and/or a variation of the user number in the air-conditioned room on the basis of the detection of the human body position detection means and determining a target room temperature; and cooling-operation-method determination means determining whether to operate the air-conditioning apparatus or to operate the outside air introduction means on the basis of the target room temperature and the temperature outside the air-conditioned room. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140096553 | REFRIGERATION APPARATUS - The refrigeration apparatus includes a controller. The controller performs normal operation control for controlling drive of the exterior fan and the compressor in order to bring the interior temperature to a target temperature, dehumidification control in which the interior humidity is adjusted to a predetermined target range of the high-humidity region, and power-saving control which is implemented by the control of drive of the exterior fan and the compressor such that a change in the interior temperature is kept within a temperature range based on the target temperature. The controller switches from the dehumidification control to the power-saving control in the case where the interior humidity has become a lower limit value of the target range of the high-humidity region or less. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140260385 | REFRIGERATING APPARATUS AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR REFRIGERATING MACHINE - A refrigerating apparatus includes a centrifugal compressor, a capacity control mechanism that controls a capacity of the compressor by changing an opening degree of the capacity control mechanism, an expansion mechanism that reduces a pressure of a refrigerant, and a controller. The controller calculates an opening degree of the expansion mechanism using compressor capacity as one of a plurality of indices of change in load. The compressor capacity is obtained from a current rotation number of the compressor, an opening degree of the capacity control mechanism, and a divergence rate of a current operation head from a surge region. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140352339 | HEAT PUMP SYSTEM HAVING A HIGH PRESSURE TRIP CONTROLLER - One aspect presents a heat pump system controller that includes a control board a microprocessor located on and electrically coupled to the control board, and a memory coupled to the microprocessor and located on and electrically coupled to the control board. The memory has a program stored thereon that is configured to relate a temperature received from a liquid refrigeration line temperature sensor with a pressure of a compressor of a heat pump system and change an airflow rate of an indoor blower/heat exchange (ID) system of a heat pump (HP) system to avoid a shutdown of the HP system that occurs when the compressor reaches a trip pressure of the compressor. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150013364 | REFRIGERATION DEVICE WITH A REFRIGERATION COMPARTMENT - The invention relates to a refrigeration device with at least one refrigeration compartment for storing goods to be cooled, having input means for inputting information about the goods to be cooled and a control device for adjusting at least one cooling condition of the refrigeration compartment depending on the input information. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150040597 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An outdoor heat exchanger includes tube-outside heat transfer coefficient adjusting means configured to adjust a heat transfer coefficient αo of the outside of a heat transfer tube through which a refrigerant flows, tube-inside heat transfer coefficient adjusting means configured to adjust a heat transfer coefficient αi of the inside of the heat transfer tube through which the refrigerant flows, and heat transfer area adjusting means configured to adjust a heat transfer area A where the refrigerant exchanges heat with a heat medium. A controller controls the heat transfer coefficient αo of the outside of the heat transfer tube, the heat transfer coefficient αi of the inside thereof, and the heat transfer area A to control a heat exchange amount of the outdoor heat exchanger. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150047381 | CONTAINER REFRIGERATION DEVICE - A container refrigeration device includes: a fan controller which reduces a rotation speed of an inside fan when a temperature inside a container is stabilized; and a rotation speed controller which reduces an operational rotation speed N of a compressor such that the temperature inside the container becomes equal to a target temperature as the fan controller reduces the rotation speed of the inside fan. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150075197 | COOLING/RECOVERING SYSTEM FOR THE COOLING OF FACILITIES - The invention relates to a system that is functionally associated with a refrigeration unit ( | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150362204 | HVAC SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH REFRIGERANT LEAK DETECTION - Systems and methods are disclosed that involve detecting a flammable refrigerant associated with a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. In one instance a damper covers an access port allowing a single sensor to monitor at least two separate spaces. In another instance, a multi-probe sensor allows a single sensor to monitor at least two separate spaces. Other systems and methods are presented. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20190142185 | CONFIGURATION FOR A HEAT EXCHANGER IN A TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED CASE | 05-16-2019 |
| 062181000 | Condenser cooling fluid flow | 1 |
| 20120318013 | AIR CONDITIONER FOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CHANGING OPERATING MODE THEREOF - An vehicular air-conditioner includes a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, an outside condenser, an interior condenser, an evaporator, an expansion valve, a bypass-path bypassing the outside condenser, a cooling path that circulates refrigerant through the outside condenser, a heating path that circulates refrigerant through the bypass-path, and a changeover valve that changes a refrigerant circulation path to one of the cooling and heating paths, a high-pressure detector that detects a high-pressure-side pressure of the refrigeration cycle, and a controller. The controller controls, upon a changeover command to a heating mode during a cooling mode, the changeover valve to change the refrigerant circulation path from the cooling path to the heating path after the high-pressure-side pressure detected by the high-pressure detector becomes equal-to/lower-than a target pressure. According to the air-conditioner, the refrigerant amount in the heating path can be optimized without making the refrigeration cycle complicated and increasing its cost. | 12-20-2012 |
