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| 20080236179 | INJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REFRIGERATION SYSTEM COMPRESSOR - A refrigeration system can use a flash tank to separate vapor refrigerant from liquid refrigerant. The refrigeration system can include a liquid-refrigerant injection system that can inject liquid refrigerant into an intermediate-pressure location of the compressor. The injected liquid refrigerant can absorb the heat of compression during the compression process. The refrigeration system can include an economizer system that injects a refrigerant vapor into an intermediate-pressure location of the compressor in conjunction with the injection of the cooling liquid. The refrigeration system can incorporate a cooling-liquid injection system that can inject a cooling liquid into an intermediate-pressure location of the compressor. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080264087 | Air conditioning controller - An air conditioning controller includes an air conditioning unit and an evaluating unit. The air conditioning unit determines operation of an air conditioner such that a temperature specified by a user setting matches a vehicle interior temperature. The evaluating unit compares the temperature specified by the user setting and an ideal temperature, and determines, for ecology evaluation, whether the user setting is environmentally friendly. The air conditioning controller compares actual operation of the air conditioner with ideal operation, or changes a threshold for the ecology evaluation or suspends the ecology evaluation in a specific state. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090007578 | AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - To provide an air conditioning apparatus having a function for extinguishing fire when an electric component assembly ignites. An air conditioning apparatus ( | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090193827 | INTERNAL COOLING APPARATUS FOR AUTOMOBILES - An internal cooling apparatus for automobiles includes a first expansion valve for spraying a coolant to a main evaporator through a high-pressure pipe, a compressor receiving the coolant evaporated in the main evaporator through a low-pressure pipe, a condenser receiving the coolant compressed in the compressor, and a plurality of sub-evaporators each being installed inside of a seat to contact an automobile passenger. One end of each of the sub-evaporators is communicated with the high-pressure pipe and the other end thereof is communicated with the low-pressure pipe such that part of the coolant sprayed through the first expansion valve is supplied to the compressor via each of the sub-evaporators. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090241568 | Floating restriction for a refrigerant line - A flow device for a refrigerant/compressor system is installed between the outlet of an evaporator and the suction port of a compressor. The device includes a floating element that helps inhibit liquid refrigerant from entering the compressor. Under certain conditions where liquid refrigerant discharges from the evaporator, the floating element floats in the discharged liquid. Upon doing so, the float rises to a generally closed position where the float obstructs a main fluid outlet that leads to the compressor. In the closed position, refrigerant can still pass through the flow device, but through a more restricted outlet. To prevent the float from undesirably rising under the impetus of refrigerant vapor flowing at high flow rates, the floating element itself includes a flow-restricting passageway, radial guides, and/or a streamlined shape. The float can be incorporated within a manifold of a multi-coil or multi-circuited heat exchanger. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090260378 | DX System Heat to Cool Valves and Line Insulation - Alternative means of inhibiting frosting in the interior heat exchanger of a DX system when switching from the heating mode to the cooling mode, plus an improved insulation and heat transfer means for vertically oriented sub-surface geothermal heat transfer tubing, as well as a means to protectively coat the sub-surface metal tubing of a DX system in a corrosive environment. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100050671 | CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A HYBRID VEHICLE - Climate control systems are provided that are suitable for providing climate control functionality to a hybrid vehicle. The system is capable of operating in dual modes, depending on the present operational state of the vehicle. For example, the dual modes may be as follows: (1) when the vehicle is currently in transit, including intermittent stops, the climate control system is capable of operating at its maximum output, as requested, for cooling the passenger compartment of the vehicle; and (2) when the vehicle is not in transit (e.g., when parked) the climate control system operates at a reduced capacity in order for the climate control system to be powered by the energy storage device for a set period of time. The climate control system may reduce the capacity based on energy reserve levels in the energy storage device. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100050672 | REFRIGERATION DEVICE - A refrigeration device includes a control unit, and a refrigerant circuit in which a compression mechanism, a radiator, a refrigerant cooling unit, a first expansion mechanism, a liquid receiver, a second expansion mechanism, and an evaporator are connected in sequence. The control unit performs refrigerant cooling control whereby the refrigerant is cooled by the refrigerant cooling unit so that the state of the refrigerant that has flowed out from the first expansion mechanism is near the saturation line and not near the critical point. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100077778 | Pressure Equalizing Device for Refrigerator - A refrigerator comprises an enclosure that is cooled below a predetermined temperature, a refrigeration circuit that keeps the temperature of the enclosure below the predetermined temperature, a door that provides access into the enclosure and a pressure equalizing device that equalizes the pressure inside the enclosure with the pressure outside the enclosure. The pressure equalizing device comprises a communication path that fluid-communicates the inside of the enclosure with the outside of the enclosure, and a valve device that opens or closes the communication path. The valve device opens the communication path when the air pressure outside the enclosure is greater than the air pressure inside the enclosure by a predetermined value. The valve device comprises a pivoting plate that is pivoted around a horizontal axis, and an opening that is open to air outside the enclosure. The pivoting plate covers the opening. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100132389 | COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATION APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A compressor includes a casing accommodating a refrigerant passageway, a compression mechanism and a pipe. The compression mechanism is disposed in the interior of the casing to discharge compressed refrigerant into the refrigerant passageway. The pipe extends from inside of the casing to outside of the casing. The pipe includes two ends. One is a closed end disposed in a predetermined position inside the refrigerant passageway. The other end of the pipe is an opened end disposed outside the casing. The pipe is preferably sized so that a measuring instrument can be inserted into the pipe through the opened end. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100205987 | REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS - A refrigerant cycle apparatus comprising: | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100229577 | CARBON DIOXIDE REFRIGERANT-COOLANT HEAT EXCHANGER - A climate control system may include a condenser, an evaporator, a compressor, a coolant circuit, and a heat exchanger. The evaporator may be in fluid communication with the condenser. The compressor may be in fluid communication with the condenser and the evaporator and may circulate a first fluid therebetween. The coolant circuit may include an engine, a radiator, and a second fluid circulating between the engine and the radiator. The heat exchanger may include a first fluid conduit and a second fluid conduit. The first fluid conduit may fluidly couple the compressor and the condenser. The second fluid conduit may fluidly couple the radiator and the engine. The heat exchanger may be configured to allow the second fluid to absorb heat from the first fluid. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100326104 | AIRCRAFT COOLING SYSTEM EVAPORATOR ARRANGEMENT FOR TWO INDEPENDENT COOLANT CIRCUITS - The present invention relates to an aircraft cooling system evaporator arrangement ( | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110197608 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A refrigeration cycle is configured by connecting a compressor that compresses the refrigerant, a four-way valve that switches the circulation path of the refrigerant, a heat source side heat exchanger that exchanges heat, expansion valves that adjust the pressure of the refrigerant, and two or more intermediate heat exchangers that exchange heat between the refrigerant and the heat medium to heat and cool the heat medium, by piping. A heat medium circulation circuit is configured by connecting two or more intermediate heat exchangers, pumps that pressurize the heat medium, two or more use side heat exchangers that exchange heat between the heat medium and the air in the indoor space, and flow path switching valves that switch paths of the heated heat medium or the cooled heat medium to the use side heat exchangers, by piping. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110209490 | CONTROL OF MULTIPLE ZONE REFRIGERANT VAPOR COMPRESSION SYSTEMS - A refrigerant vapor compression system and a method of controlling the system are adapted for controlling the distribution of cooling capacity between two or more temperature controlled zones. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110314854 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator provided with a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a condenser, a liquid container, a supercooling heat exchange portion, a throttle valve, and an evaporator connected in this order by piping, a return circuit that branches from a downstream position in a refrigerant flowing direction of the supercooling heat exchange portion in the refrigerant circuit and leads to an intermediate-pressure chamber of the compressor via the supercooling heat exchange portion, a supercooling throttle valve with a variable valve opening-degree that is disposed on a refrigerant inlet side of the supercooling heat exchange portion in the return circuit, and operation state detecting means that detects operation state data in the refrigerant circuit, in which dryness-degree calculating means that calculates a dryness-degree of the refrigerant on the outlet side of the supercooling heat exchange portion in the return circuit on the basis of the detected operation state data and supercooling throttle valve control means that controls the valve opening-degree of the supercooling throttle valve so that the calculated dryness-degree gets close to the value of 1. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120111043 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In order to be able to comply itself to the environment-conscious design standard, a refrigerant heating method is obtained with high efficiency during standby and reduction of vibrations and noises of a bearing in a compressor. A compressor, a motor to drive the compressor, an inverter to apply a desired voltage to the motor, an inverter control means to control the inverter, and a bus voltage detecting means to detect a bus voltage of the inverter are provided, in which the inverter control means includes dormant refrigerant detecting means to detect a dormant state of refrigerant in the compressor, high-frequency AC voltage generating means to output a high-frequency AC voltage command out of a range of an operating frequency when the motor is undergoing compression operation to a coil of the motor on the basis of an output of the dormant refrigerant detecting means, an amplitude, and a phase, and PWM signal generating means to cause the inverter to generate a high-frequency AC voltage by generating a PWM signal on the basis of the output of the high-frequency AC voltage generating means and the output of the bus voltage detecting means. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120174609 | HEAT SOURCE SYSTEM - Upon newly installing a system or installing an additional heat source apparatuses, manual adjustment of a number-of-units control device should be eliminated. Provided is a heat source system including a plurality of heat source apparatuses connected in parallel; and a number-of-units control device that controls on and off of the plurality of the heat source apparatuses and allocates a load to an active heat source apparatus according to a load demand, wherein the heat source apparatuses each possess COP map unique to the respective heat source apparatuses that indicates a relationship among operating status, coefficient of performance, and load factor, each of the heat source apparatuses sets the appropriate operating region in correspondence to the operating status from the COP map and sends it to the number-of-units control device, and the number-of-units control device performs number-of-units control of the heat source apparatus and load allocation on the basis of the appropriate operating region that is sent from each of the heat source apparatuses. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120204586 | AIR CONDITIONER AND INSTALLING METHOD OF THE AIR CONDITIONER - An air conditioner and an installing method of the air conditioner which are suitable for a refrigerant having insufficient chemical stability such as hydrofluoroolefin , and the air conditioner includes a refrigerant charge port provided in a connection valve, a liquid-side valve | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120279242 | CONTROLLABLE HEAT EXCHANGER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - A heat exchanger for a motor vehicle air conditioning system is provided. The heat exchanger includes an inner tube through which a heat exchanger medium can flow, an outer tube that at least regionally envelops the inner tube forming an intermediate space, and a regulating unit fluidically connected to the intermediate space. The regulating unit is configured to alter the flow resistance of the intermediate space as a function of the temperature of a heat exchanger medium that flows through the intermediate space. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120312041 | SUCTION COMPRESSOR TEMPERATURE REGULATOR DEVICE FOR TRANSCRITICAL AND SUBCRITICAL R-744 COMPRESSORS - A suction compressor temperature regulator device, for use with at least one compressor of a R-744 refrigeration system, includes a heating mechanism located upstream of the at least one compressor of the refrigeration system, in a suction line thereof, for locally controlling the temperature of a R-744 fluid of the refrigeration system. The heating mechanism is typically in a form of a heat exchanger connected to the suction line and using a heating fluid to transfer heat therefrom to the R-744 fluid at the heat exchanger. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130000338 | NATURAL COOLANT REFRIGERATING PLANT - A natural coolant refrigerating plant comprising a motor-driven compressor with two compression stages, at least one jacket for heating and/or cooling a product being processed, an intercooler located upstream of the second compression stage and a gas-cooler located downstream of the outlet from the second compression stage. Moreover, the plant comprises a first branch, connecting the outlet of the gas-cooler with the inlet of the first stage of the motor-driven compressor for recovering a predetermined quantity of coolant. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130019623 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator as disclosed herein may include a refrigerator body having a freezing compartment and a refrigeration compartment, a cooling circuit including a compressor, a condenser, and an evaporator to cool the freezing compartment and the refrigeration compartment using a first refrigerant, and a thermosyphon that includes a pipe for a second refrigerant to flow. The pipe may have a first section having a first prescribed shape for condensing refrigerant and a second section having a second prescribed shape for vaporizing refrigerant. A valve may be provided at the pipe to operate the thermosyphon. The cooling circuit and the thermosyphon may be operated independently. The thermosyphon may provide auxiliary cooling for the refrigeration chamber when the cooling circuit is not operational. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130167572 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air-conditioning apparatus uses a zeotropic refrigerant mixture, in which its saturated liquid refrigerant temperature is lower than the saturated gas refrigerant temperature under the same pressure condition, as the heat source side refrigerant. When one or some of a plurality of heat exchangers related to heat medium functions as an evaporator, the air-conditioning apparatus executes an anti-freezing control that prevents the heat medium from freezing by estimating occurrence of freezing of the heat medium on the basis of a value obtained by subtracting a freezing temperature correction value that is set as a positive value larger than zero from an evaporating temperature of the refrigerant in the heat exchanger related to heat medium. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130180276 | CASCADE HEAT PUMP - Provided is a cascade heat pump. The cascade heat pump includes a first refrigerant cycle including a first compressor and a first indoor heat exchanger, a second refrigerant cycle including a second compressor and a second indoor heat exchanger, an outdoor heat exchanger in which a refrigerant compressed in the first compressor or the second compressor is condensed, a bypass tube allowing the refrigerant compressed in the second compressor to bypass the first compressor, thereby flowing into a discharge side of the first compressor, and a first flow rate regulating part disposed on a discharge side of the second compressor to introduce the refrigerant discharged from the second compressor into one of the first compressor and the bypass tube. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130199226 | REFRIGERATOR WITH TEMPERATURE CONTROL - An insulated icemaking compartment is provided in the fresh food compartment of a bottom mount refrigerator. The icemaking compartment may be integrally formed with the liner of the fresh food compartment, or alternatively, may be modular for installation anywhere in the fresh food compartment. A removable bin assembly with a front cover normally seals the icemaking compartment to maintain the temperature in the compartment. A cold air duct formed in the rear wall of the refrigerator supplies cold air from the freezer compartment to the icemaking compartment. A return air duct directs a portion of the air from the icemaking compartment back to the freezer compartment. An air vent in the icemaking compartment directs another portion of air into the fresh food compartment. A control system provides for controlling refrigerator functions in a manner that promotes energy efficiency. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130199227 | REFRIGERATOR WITH TEMPERATURE CONTROL - An insulated icemaking compartment is provided in the fresh food compartment of a bottom mount refrigerator. The icemaking compartment may be integrally formed with the liner of the fresh food compartment, or alternatively, may be modular for installation anywhere in the fresh food compartment. A removable bin assembly with a front cover normally seals the icemaking compartment to maintain the temperature in the compartment. A cold air duct formed in the rear wall of the refrigerator supplies cold air from the freezer compartment to the icemaking compartment. A return air duct directs a portion of the air from the icemaking compartment back to the freezer compartment. An air vent in the icemaking compartment directs another portion of air into the fresh food compartment. A control system provides for controlling refrigerator functions in a manner that promotes energy efficiency. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130199228 | REFRIGERATOR WITH TEMPERATURE CONTROL - An insulated icemaking compartment is provided in the fresh food compartment of a bottom mount refrigerator. The icemaking compartment may be integrally formed with the liner of the fresh food compartment, or alternatively, may be modular for installation anywhere in the fresh food compartment. A removable bin assembly with a front cover normally seals the icemaking compartment to maintain the temperature in the compartment. A cold air duct formed in the rear wall of the refrigerator supplies cold air from the freezer compartment to the icemaking compartment. A return air duct directs a portion of the air from the icemaking compartment back to the freezer compartment. An air vent in the icemaking compartment directs another portion of air into the fresh food compartment. A control system provides for controlling refrigerator functions in a manner that promotes energy efficiency. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130199229 | REFRIGERATOR WITH TEMPERATURE CONTROL - An insulated icemaking compartment is provided in the fresh food compartment of a bottom mount refrigerator. The icemaking compartment may be integrally formed with the liner of the fresh food compartment, or alternatively, may be modular for installation anywhere in the fresh food compartment. A removable bin assembly with a front cover normally seals the icemaking compartment to maintain the temperature in the compartment. A cold air duct formed in the rear wall of the refrigerator supplies cold air from the freezer compartment to the icemaking compartment. A return air duct directs a portion of the air from the icemaking compartment back to the freezer compartment. An air vent in the icemaking compartment directs another portion of air into the fresh food compartment. A control system provides for controlling refrigerator functions in a manner that promotes energy efficiency. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130199230 | REFRIGERATOR WITH TEMPERATURE CONTROL - An insulated icemaking compartment is provided in the fresh food compartment of a bottom mount refrigerator. The icemaking compartment may be integrally formed with the liner of the fresh food compartment, or alternatively, may be modular for installation anywhere in the fresh food compartment. A removable bin assembly with a front cover normally seals the icemaking compartment to maintain the temperature in the compartment. A cold air duct formed in the rear wall of the refrigerator supplies cold air from the freezer compartment to the icemaking compartment. A return air duct directs a portion of the air from the icemaking compartment back to the freezer compartment. An air vent in the icemaking compartment directs another portion of air into the fresh food compartment. A control system provides for controlling refrigerator functions in a manner that promotes energy efficiency. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130205819 | ICE COMPARTMENT ASSEMBLY FOR REFRIGERATOR - An insulated icemaking compartment is provided in the fresh food compartment of a bottom mount refrigerator. The icemaking compartment may be integrally formed with the liner of the fresh food compartment, or alternatively, may be modular for installation anywhere in the fresh food compartment. A removable bin assembly with a front cover normally seals the icemaking compartment to maintain the temperature in the compartment. A cold air duct formed in the rear wall of the refrigerator supplies cold air from the freezer compartment to the icemaking compartment. A return air duct directs a portion of the air from the icemaking compartment back to the freezer compartment. An air vent in the icemaking compartment directs another portion of air into the fresh food compartment. A control system provides for controlling refrigerator functions in a manner that promotes energy efficiency. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130269380 | REFRIGERATION CYCLE DEVICE - A refrigeration cycle device includes a first refrigerant passage in which a compressor, a first solenoid valve, a four-way valve, an outdoor heat exchanger, a pressure reducing device, an indoor heat exchanger, and an accumulator are sequentially connected through pipes; a second refrigerant passage in which a second solenoid valve and a water refrigerant heat exchanger are sequentially connected to a pipe that connects a portion of a pipe between the compressor and the first solenoid valve to the pressure reducing device; heating means for heating a shell of the compressor; and a controller that performs control so as to close the first solenoid valve and the second solenoid valve in association with an operation of the compressor being stopped and so as to open the first solenoid valve when the heating means heats the compressor. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20140033753 | Load Estimator For Control Of Vapor Compression Cooling System With Pumped Refrigerant Economization - A cooling system has a direct expansion mode and a pumped refrigerant economizer mode and a controller. The controller includes a load estimator that estimates real-time indoor load on the cooling system and uses the estimated real-time indoor load to determine whether to operate the cooling system in the pumped refrigerant economizer mode or in the direct expansion mode. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140033754 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An outdoor unit is configured to include a compressor and a heat source side heat exchanger. Indoor units are configured to include first expansion devices and use side heat exchangers, and air-condition an air-conditioned space. Branching devices, connected by pipes to the outdoor unit by a plurality of main pipes and connected by pipes to each indoor unit by a plurality of branch pipes, are configured to branch a refrigerant from a side of the main pipes and circulate the refrigerant to the branch pipes, and converge the refrigerant from a side of the branch pipes and circulate the refrigerant to the main pipes. A refrigerant concentration detecting device is installed in a non-air-conditioned space. A shutoff valve control device is configured, upon determining that the refrigerant has leaked, to control shutoff devices and to shut off the refrigerant flows. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140190193 | REFRIGERATION DEVICE WITH INTENSIVE REFRIGERATION FUNCTION - A refrigeration device, in particular a domestic refrigeration device, has at least one storage chamber, a cold generator which refrigerates the storage chamber, and a regulating unit which regulates the performance of the cold generator and can be switched between an operating state of low average performance in which the performance of the cold generator is regulated in order to maintain the temperature of the storage chamber within a desired range, and an operating state of high average performance of the cold generator in which the temperature of the storage chamber falls below the desired range. A timer is designed to switch the refrigeration device periodically into the operating state of high average performance at times that can be set by the user. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140216085 | COOLING SYSTEM - A cooling system ( | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140290291 | COOLING SYSTEM FOR SPOT WELDING DEVICE - A cooling system for a spot welding device which cools heating parts of a spot welding device including two electrodes, a gun body, and a transformer, may include an air compressor, an air separator connected with the air compressor and separating compressed air supplied from the air compressor into hot air and cooling air, and a connection line supplying the cooling air separated by the air separator to a heating part of the spot welding device. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140290292 | REFRIGERATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A refrigerating and air-conditioning apparatus suppresses liquid backflow to a compressor with a simple configuration, and reduces annual power consumption. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140298840 | Device For Controlling The Flow Of A Coolant, And Circuit Including Such A Device - The invention relates to a device ( | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140298841 | STORAGE ASSEMBLY WITH A CONVEYING DEVICE INTEGRATED INTO A STORAGE CONTAINER - A storage assembly, which is in particular suitable for use in a cooling system designed for an operation with a two-phase coolant medium, comprising a storage container with a receiving area for receiving a coolant medium and a conveying device for conveying coolant medium from the receiving area of the storage container. The conveying device is formed integral with the storage container of the storage assembly. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140298842 | REFRIGERATION CYCLE DEVICE - A refrigeration cycle device circulates a refrigerant, which is a zeotropic refrigerant mixture. In a refrigeration cycle, a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator are connected by a refrigerant pipe. The refrigeration cycle device calculates a circulation composition value of the refrigerant based on states before and after the refrigerant temperature and the refrigerant pressure change during the operation of the refrigeration cycle, calculates dT for calibrating a second temperature sensor and dP for calibrating a pressure sensor, based on a reference composition value and the circulation composition value of the refrigerant, corrects the value of the temperature of the refrigerant on an outlet side based on dT, corrects the value of the pressure of the refrigerant based on dP, and operates the refrigeration cycle. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140305153 | COOLING DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT - A cooling device for electric equipment includes a cooling unit for cooling inverter elements. Cooling unit includes a heat mass which has a surface provided with the inverter elements and a back surface arranged on a back side of surface to form a heat mass inner tank arranged between the surface and the back surface and transfers heat generated at the inverter elements, a fin portion which is provided on the back surface and radiates heat transferred through the heat mass, air-conditioner coolant pipelines which are provided on the surface and form a coolant passage through which a coolant for vehicle cabin air-conditioning flows, and a water pump which supplies and discharges coolant water to and from the heat mass inner tank. With such a configuration, a cooling device for electric equipment which is excellent in cooling efficiency is provided. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140331704 | Pressure Relief Valve With Protective Cap - A pressure relief valve ( | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140360214 | REFRIGERATION APPARATUS - An apparatus for cooling objects such as food items, beverages or vaccines comprises at least two reservoirs, a cooling device for cooling fluid contained in one of the reservoirs and a thermal transfer region between respective upper regions of the reservoirs. The thermal transfer region permits thermal transfer between the fluid contained in the reservoirs such that cooling of the fluid in one reservoir causes cooling of the fluid in the other reservoir. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150013365 | AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM - A setting unit acquires the temperature of an air-conditioned space, calculates the difference between the temperature of the air-conditioned space and a suction temperature as a correction amount ΔT, and transmits information of the correction amount ΔT to an air-conditioning apparatus. A controller of the air-conditioning apparatus controls the operation of the air-conditioning apparatus so that a control temperature obtained by adding the correction amount ΔT to the suction temperature becomes equal to a set temperature. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150059379 | Feed Water Heating System - Feedwater to be supplied to a feedwater tank via a feedwater path is passed through a waste heat recovery heat exchanger, a supercooler, and a condenser in sequence. A heat source fluid such as heat source water is passed through an evaporator and the waste heat recovery heat exchanger in sequence. The waste heat recovery heat exchanger is an indirect heat exchanger between the feedwater supplied to the feedwater tank via the feedwater path and the heat source fluid having passed through the evaporator. The supercooler is an indirect heat exchanger between the feedwater supplied to the feedwater tank via the feedwater path and a refrigerant supplied from the condenser to an expansion valve. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150068236 | AIR CONDITIONER - COP deteriorates when a dehumidification operation is executed. In an air conditioner of the present invention, an indoor heat exchanger includes an auxiliary heat exchanger | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150121928 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator includes a compressor compressing a refrigerant, a condenser condensing the refrigerant compressed in the compressor, a refrigerant tube guiding a flow of the refrigerant condensed in the condenser, an expansion device decompressing the refrigerant condensed in the condenser, and an evaporator evaporating the refrigerant decompressed in the expansion device. The evaporator includes an evaporation tube through which the refrigerant decompressed in the expansion device flows, a coupling tube through a refrigerant heat-exchanged with the refrigerant of the evaporator flows, and a heat-exchange fin coupled to the evaporation tube and the coupling tube. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150300709 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air-conditioning apparatus includes a plurality of indoor units each located inside a building and at a position that enables the indoor unit to condition air, and a relay unit installed in a space not to be air-conditioned inside the building. The relay unit and each indoor unit are connected to each other via a first heat medium pipe in which a first heat medium such as water or brine flows. The relay unit accommodates therein a first refrigerant circuit including a compressor, a plurality of first intermediate heat exchangers that exchange heat between the first heat medium and refrigerant that performs a phase shift or turns to a supercritical state during operation, a plurality of expansion devices, and a second intermediate heat exchanger that exchanges heat between the refrigerant and a second heat medium, which are connected via a refrigerant pipe. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150369532 | COOLER - A cooler includes an estimator. The estimator is configured to estimate a coolant temperature from a measurement value of the temperature sensor. The estimator is configured to determine a difference by subtracting an immediately preceding measurement value from a current measurement value, determine a correction value from the difference, and output an estimated value of the coolant temperature. The estimated value is obtained by adding the correction value to the current measurement value. The correction value is obtained by multiplying a gain by the difference. The gain is determined from a time constant, the gain is determined according to a flow rate of the coolant. The time constant is obtained when a transfer function of heat transferred from the coolant to the temperature sensor is modeled as a first order lag system. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160010905 | REFRIGERATION SYSTEM AND HEAT EXCHANGER THEREOF | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160033185 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - An air-conditioning apparatus for a vehicle includes a casing that an air inlet which communicates with an opening formed in a roof of a vehicle and through which air in the vehicle is formed in, and an apparatus main body that is installed in the casing and conditions the air, in the vehicle, which is sucked through the air inlet. A wiring through hole for passing a wiring cable extending from the apparatus main body through a space between the roof of the vehicle and the casing is formed in a bottom plate of the casing. The wiring cable is disposed so as to be passed through the space between the bottom plate and the roof of the vehicle via the wiring through hole from the apparatus main body and to extend into the opening from a position that is in the bottom plate and above the opening of the vehicle. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160146496 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air-conditioning apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit connecting a compressor, a first heat exchanger, a first expansion device, and a second heat exchanger. The compressor and the first heat exchanger are housed in a heat source unit, the heat source unit, houses a second expansion device provided at a location on a downstream side with respect to the first heat exchanger and on an upstream side with respect to the first expansion device, and the second expansion device and the first expansion device are connected via an extension pipe. The second expansion device reduces a pressure of refrigerant flowing into the extension pipe in cooling operation to cause the refrigerant to turn into refrigerant having a medium pressure and in a two-phase state, and the medium pressure is lower than a refrigerant pressure in a condenser and higher than a refrigerant pressure in an evaporator. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20220140420 | COOLANT SUPPLYING MODULE - A coolant supplying module is for supplying a coolant stored in a shared reservoir tank to an electrical component cooling circuit and a battery cooling circuit, and includes a main body connected to the shared reservoir tank, at least one valve mounting portion formed inside the main body to mount at least one valve device, at least one pump mounting portion formed inside the main body to mount at least one water pump, and a control portion mounted outside the main body and electrically connected to the at least one valve device and the at least one water pump. | 05-05-2022 |
