Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
165063000 | Refrigeration producer | 36 |
20080245505 | CO2 COOLING AND HEATING APPARATUS AND METHOD HAVING MULTIPLE REFRIGERATING CYCLE CIRCUITS | 10-09-2008 |
20090032216 | Air Conditioning System for Car - An air conditioning system, which can automatically remove a malodor generated due to condensate water remaining in an evaporator during a predetermined period of time after operation of an air conditioner or turning-off of the air conditioner and control a filtering mode time of a filter to filter an air. The air conditioning system characteristically comprises a shiftable deodorization filter ( | 02-05-2009 |
20090294097 | Method and Apparatus for Heating or Cooling - Embodiments of the subject invention pertain to a method and apparatus for heating or cooling. Embodiments relate to a method and apparatus utilizing a vapor compression cycle to accomplish active heating or cooling. In a specific embodiment, the subject invention relates to a lightweight, compact, reliable, and efficient heating or cooling system for underwater applications. The subject system can provide heating or cooling stress relief to individuals operating under, for example, hazardous conditions, or in low temperature underwater environments where passive protective clothing provides insufficient mitigation of cooling stress. Further embodiments can be utilized to provide heat stress relief to users who are working in thermally encapsulated ensembles that hinder the body's natural ability to expel heat. The subject system can be utilized in other applications that can benefit from this type of heating or cooling system. The performance of this system cannot be matched simply by using smaller versions of currently available designs or technologies. | 12-03-2009 |
20100084115 | Air Conditioning System for Vehicles - An air conditioning system for vehicles is provided to include an evaporator, a heating unit, and a case having a passage to fluidly-communicate between inside and outside the vehicle and including the evaporator and the heating unit in series therein, wherein the heating unit is pivotally coupled to the case and configured to control flow direction of air flowing from the evaporator through the passage. | 04-08-2010 |
20100193156 | LIQUID CIRCULATION HEATING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A liquid circulation heating system includes a heat pump for producing a heated liquid and a heating radiator. The heat pump has a heat pump circuit in which a compressor, a radiator, a decompressor, and an evaporator are connected in series. The heat pump circuit is charged with a zeotropic refrigerant mixture of at least two refrigerants having different boiling points. The system is configured so that the composition ratio of a higher boiling point refrigerant in the refrigerant circulating through the heat pump circuit increases when the liquid supplied to the radiator has a relatively high temperature. | 08-05-2010 |
20100282434 | AIR CONDITIONING AND HOT WATER SUPPLY COMPLEX SYSTEM - There is provided an air conditioning and hot water supply complex system that can simultaneously treat a cooling load, a heating load and a high-temperature hot water supply load and supply a stable heat source throughout the year. | 11-11-2010 |
20100282435 | AIR-CONDITIONING HOT-WATER SUPPLY COMPLEX SYSTEM - To provide an air-conditioning hot-water supply complex system that can simultaneously process a cooling load, a heating load, and a high-temperature hot-water supply load to provide a stable heat source all through the year. The air-conditioning hot-water supply complex system provides a bypass pipe in which a bypass electromagnetic valve is installed in parallel with a heating medium-refrigerant heat exchanger between a gateway of refrigerant piping of the heating medium-refrigerant heat exchanger to control an inflow amount of the refrigerant for hot-water supply to the heating medium-refrigerant heat exchanger by making the refrigerant for hot-water to flow into a bypass pipe by opening and closing the bypass electromagnetic valve. | 11-11-2010 |
20100288469 | Defense system against pirates - A defense system against pirates which causes pirates and other unauthorized intruders to retreat from the deck of the ship and prevent them from climbing on the board of the ship by spraying hot water from nozzles installed on or above the main deck and along the edges of the hull pointed down towards the sea. | 11-18-2010 |
20110226444 | PORTABLE TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED CONTAINER - A portable temperature controlled container having a body including an internal chamber with an opening into the internal chamber; and a temperature control unit coupled to the body arid displaced to be thermally coupled with a first portion of the internal chamber, the temperature control unit configured to selectively alter the temperature in the internal chamber by releasing a thermally controlled material into the internal chamber. | 09-22-2011 |
20110284183 | VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicle air conditioning apparatus in which a plurality of air mixing dampers that are driven independently of each other have a drive shaft having a double-shaft structure wherein a hollow drive shaft of one damper is penetrated by a solid drive shaft of another damper, a first shaft-center immobilizing mechanism that secures a shaft center of the hollow drive shaft is provided between a side surface of the unit casing, to which the drive shaft having the double-shaft structure is supported in a freely rotatable manner, and a gear provided at a shaft end of the hollow drive shaft. | 11-24-2011 |
20120061050 | APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING A BEVERAGE AT AN APPROPRIATE CONSUMPTION TEMPERATURE - One embodiment includes an apparatus for maintaining a beverage at an appropriate consumption temperature, the apparatus comprising a phase change material and a shell. The phase change material transitions between two modes: a cooling mode, when the beverage temperature is greater than the effective phase change temperature, wherein the phase change material absorbs and stores thermal energy from the beverage to cool the beverage; and a warming mode, wherein the phase change material releases thermal energy into the beverage to maintain the beverage at the appropriate consumption temperature. The shell includes a first segment and a second segment that are joined to substantially define a sealed cavity, wherein the phase change material is encased within the cavity, wherein the first segment further defines a recess. The first segment outwardly deforms substantially along the recess to accommodate an increased pressure in the cavity substantially before a rupture of the sealed cavity. | 03-15-2012 |
20120180985 | COMPACT INSTANT COOLING AND HEATING DEVICE - A compact instant heating and cooling device has a cabinet that contains both a heating portion and cooling portion. A chilled water container is disposed within the cooling portion and is equipped with two parallel rollers which are turned by a motor. When a beverage is placed on the rollers, the beverage is rotated within the chilled water to provide very fast cooling. The heating portion uses a microwave to heat the food. A door allows entry into the heating portion and a cooling cover provides entry to the cooling portion. A compressor and coils are mounted in the cooling portion and are used to provide the necessary cooling. One embodiment utilizes solid state cooling and another embodiment uses solid state for both heating and cooling. | 07-19-2012 |
20120180986 | MODULAR COOLING AND HEATING SYSTEMS - A module for use in a cooling and heating system includes an enclosure having a number of cartridge-receiving slots and at least one cartridge interchangeably disposed in one of the slots. The cartridge contains components for producing chilled fluid. The system can include a refrigerated load that is supplied with chilled fluid from the cartridge and a heat sink to which the cartridge rejects heat. The cooling and heating system can be configured to have at least one refrigeration circuit charged with a refrigerant and including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device, and a heat exchanger, and at least one secondary cooling circuit charged with a coolant and including the heat exchanger, and a cooling coil. Heat is transferred from the coolant to the refrigerant in the heat exchanger. The system further includes a heating circuit for transferring heat from the condenser to a heating load. | 07-19-2012 |
20120216987 | TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED FOOD TRAY SYSTEM - The present disclosure provides a system, apparatus, and method for a modular food tray system having a plurality of food trays that can be used for heating, cooling, or a combination thereof. The system can include a first food tray for heating and a second food tray for cooling, generally mounted at a different elevation from the first food tray. Alternatively, one or both of the food trays can be designed for cooling through temperature elements coupled thereto and the tray can be heated by overhead radiant heating elements for dual temperature capabilities. The first food tray can be mounted above the second food tray. The first food tray can include a thermal shield between a heating element in the first food tray and the second food tray. In other embodiments, the second food tray can be mounted above the first food tray with a thermal shield therebetween. | 08-30-2012 |
20130146251 | Heat Conditioning System For A Motor Vehicle - The present invention relates to a heat conditioning system for a motor vehicle, including: an air conditioning loop of a motor vehicle (B) in which a cooling fluid circulates and which includes a compressor ( | 06-13-2013 |
20130153170 | Precooler/Chiller/Reheater Heat Exchanger System - A system for drying and tempering flowing air that has been compressed to a super atmospheric level prior to treatment by the system. The system includes a precooler and reheater core and a chiller core disposed in adjacent relation for receiving flowing air serially therethrough. A moisture removal section is disposed adjacent to the chiller core for removing entrained moisture from the flowing air. The moisture removal section is defined by sidewalls. The moisture removal section has a demister core disposed therein. The demister core comprises a plurality of fins configured to create an undulating flow through the demister core. The demister core is disposed at an angle with respect to at least one of the sidewalls to create an enlarged entrance area and an enlarged exit area. | 06-20-2013 |
20130213601 | AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - In an air-conditioning system for motor vehicles, the radiator for heating the passenger compartment is excluded from connection to the circuit for cooling the engine when heating of the passenger compartment is not required. In this condition, a mixing valve is set in an intermediate position, in which part of the flow of air leaving the evaporator of the system flows directly in the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle, keeping it cooled, while part of the flow of air leaving the evaporator flows through the aforesaid heating radiator, which in this condition functions as accumulator of cold. When the cooling circuit is temporarily deactivated, cooling of the passenger compartment can be ensured by the radiator, that yields the previously accumulated cold. | 08-22-2013 |
20130306268 | METHODS AND COMPONENTS FOR THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE - A method is provided for storing thermal energy or increasing the thermal energy of a heat pump using reversible chemical reactions in which inorganic oxoacid compounds and/or their salts are hydrolysed and condensed or polymerized in order to release and capture heat. | 11-21-2013 |
20130333862 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air-conditioning apparatus controls that a discharge temperature does not become too high with a refrigerant whose compressor discharge temperature readily rises, and thus suppress degradation of the refrigerant and a refrigerating machine oil. An injection pipe that injects a heat source side refrigerant into a compressor is installed, connected a pipe between a backflow prevention device and an opening and closing device installed on a branching pipe, and an aperture unit in the compressor. | 12-19-2013 |
20140069606 | Liquid container protector with cooling and heating capability - A container protector, which is capable of heating or cooling a liquid within the container. The heating or cooling is achieved using a heating jacket or a cooling packet which is present or placed within the container protector. Heat transfer from the heating jacket or cooling packet may be improved by use of an agitator which is present within the container. The agitator may be turned by a magnetic coupling. Power to operate the heating jacket or the agitator is supplied by a battery which is internal to the container protector, and additional power may be supplied through the battery using an external power feed such as a USB type connection. | 03-13-2014 |
20140069607 | ENERGY EFFICIENT COOLING AND HEATING SYSTEM - A cooling and heating system with a first heat exchange loop and a second heat exchange loop. The first heat exchange loop uses a first heat transfer fluid that is passed through a compression/evaporation refrigeration cycle to cool a refrigerated space and to collect waste heat, and then pumps that heat transfer fluid to a remote heat pump in the winter where the waste heat is used to provide warm air. The first heat exchange system may also pump some or all of the first heat transfer fluid to a remote water heater where the waste heat is used to heat water. The heat transfer fluid is then passed through an underground portion where it is cooled to about 55°. The second heat exchange loop uses a second heat transfer fluid to cool the heat pump in the summer, and may pump that second heat transfer fluid to a remote water heater where waste heat is used to heat water. The first earth loop and the second earth loop may be interconnected so that a single heat transfer fluid is used in both loops, or they may be operated so that the heat transfer fluid flowing in the first loop is isolated from the heat transfer fluid flowing through the second loop. | 03-13-2014 |
20140102668 | VAPOR-COMPRESSION REFRIGERATION APPARATUS WITH BACKUP AIR-COOLED HEAT SINK AND AUXILIARY REFRIGERANT HEATER - Apparatus and method are provided for cooling an electronic component. The apparatus includes a refrigerant evaporator in thermal communication with a component(s) to be cooled, and a refrigerant loop coupled in fluid communication with the evaporator for facilitating flow of refrigerant through the evaporator. The apparatus further includes a compressor in fluid communication with a refrigerant loop, an air-cooled heat sink coupled to the refrigerant evaporator, for providing backup cooling to the electronic component in a backup, air cooling mode, and a controllable refrigerant heater coupled to the heat sink. The refrigerant heater is in thermal communication across the heat sink with refrigerant passing through the refrigerant evaporator, and is controlled in a primary, refrigeration cooling mode to apply an auxiliary heat load to refrigerant passing through the refrigerant evaporator to ensure that refrigerant in the refrigerant loop entering the compressor is in a superheated thermodynamic state. | 04-17-2014 |
20140124166 | COMPRESSOR CRANK CASE HEATER ENERGY REDUCTION - A method of operating an air conditioning system includes cooling a selected space with the air conditioning system. The air conditioning system includes two or more compressors and two or more crank case heaters. Each crank case heater of the two or more crank case heaters is associated with a compressor of the two or more compressors. Operation of the two or more compressors is stopped, thus initiating operation of the two or more crank case heaters. The air conditioning system is switched to a conservation mode, including de-powering at least one compressor of the two or more compressors and an associated at least one crank case heater or the two or more crank case heaters thereby reducing energy consumption of the two or more crank case heaters. | 05-08-2014 |
20140131005 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ELECTROSTATIC CHUCKS AND ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK FOR SAME - A temperature control system, a wafer chuck, a thermal module for use with the chuck, and an apparatus for use in semiconductor manufacture are disclosed herein. The temperature control system includes: a target having a temperature, a fluid circulation loop coupled to the target for controlling the temperature of the target, a heating heat exchanger coupled to the fluid circulation loop for selectively providing heat to the fluid circulation loop, a cooling heat exchanger coupled to the fluid circulation loop for selectively providing cooling to the fluid circulation loop and a plurality of thermal electric elements carried by the target for selectively providing heating or cooling to the target. The heating heat exchanger and cooling heat exchanger provide gross control of the temperature of the target, and the plurality of thermal electric elements provide fine control of the temperature of the target. | 05-15-2014 |
20140138049 | VEHICLE WITH AIR CONDITIONER - The invention relates to a vehicle with an air conditioner for heating inlet air flowing into a vehicle interior, the air conditioner including: a heater heat exchanger thermally coupled through a coolant cycle with a drive unit or similar; and a supplemental heat exchanger which is connected to a refrigerant cycle of the air conditioner and which transfers heat to the inlet air in heating mode, wherein the supplemental heat exchanger is configured with at least two rows including a first heat exchanger row and a second heat exchanger row in a refrigerant flow direction, wherein the first heat exchanger row and the second heat exchanger row are arranged in a refrigerant flow direction so that super cooling of a condensed refrigerant is provided in the second heat exchanger row and at least heat extraction of the refrigerant is provided in the first heat exchanger row. | 05-22-2014 |
20140174694 | TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED FOOD TRAY SYSTEM - The present disclosure provides a system, apparatus, and method for a modular food tray system having a plurality of food trays that can be used for heating, cooling, or a combination thereof. The system can include a first food tray for heating and a second food tray for cooling, generally mounted at a different elevation from the first food tray. Alternatively, one or both of the food trays can be designed for cooling through temperature elements coupled thereto and the tray can be heated by overhead radiant heating elements for dual temperature capabilities. The first food tray can be mounted above the second food tray. The first food tray can include a thermal shield between a heating element in the first food tray and the second food tray. In other embodiments, the second food tray can be mounted above the first food tray with a thermal shield therebetween. | 06-26-2014 |
20140231049 | VAPOR COMPRESSION REFRIGERATION SYSTEM - A vapor compression refrigeration system includes a subcooler provided between a condenser and an evaporator, which is formed by a heat exchanger integrally having a primary side and a secondary side into which a refrigerant which has passed through the primary side flows and in which the primary side and the secondary side have the same heat transfer area and capacity. An expansion valve is provided at a refrigerant entrance on the secondary side of the subcooler, and a primary expansion valve is provided at a refrigerant entrance on the primary side of the subcooler to which the refrigerant is introduced in a vapor compression refrigeration cycle having stages of compression, condensation, expansion and evaporation of the refrigerant. A bypass is provided in the primary expansion valve at the refrigerant entrance on the primary side. | 08-21-2014 |
20140262146 | CASCADING HEAT RECOVERY USING A COOLING UNIT AS A SOURCE - A cascade heat recovery system connects an evaporator from a heating unit to a recovery condenser of the cooling unit, where the recovery condenser is different from a cooling condenser of the cooling unit, and/or connects the evaporator of the heating unit to the cooling loop of the cooling unit, for example in fluid communication with the evaporator of the cooling unit. Both configurations allow the heating unit to be isolated or decoupled from the heat rejection circuit on which the cooling condenser runs. The use of either or both configurations, depending on the operating conditions, can use heat rejected by the evaporator of the cooling unit to be available to the heating unit, so as to provide lift to the heating unit and improve its operating efficiency. | 09-18-2014 |
20140284024 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING REFRIGERATOR - A method for controlling a refrigerator includes driving a compressor, operating a switching valve to allow a refrigerant to flow into at least one main expansion valve, opening a cool air passage connecting a refrigerating compartment to a main evaporator to cool the refrigerating compartment, operating the switching valve to switching a flow direction of the refrigerant into at least one deep-freezing expansion valve when a temperature of the refrigerating compartment is cooled to a temperature lower than a set temperature, thereby cooling the deep-freezing storage chamber, and operating the heater. | 09-25-2014 |
20140284025 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator with a main body including a refrigerating compartment at a temperature higher than a freezing temperature and a freezing compartment at a temperature lower than the freezing temperature, a deep-freezing storage chamber within the main body at a temperature lower than that of the freezing compartment. The refrigerator further includes a compressor, a condenser connected to an outlet-side of the compressor, a first expansion valve connected to an outlet-side of the condenser, a first evaporator connected to an outlet-side of the first expansion valve, and a heater disposed outside the first expansion valve. | 09-25-2014 |
20140284026 | ADSORPTION HEAT PUMP - An adsorption heat pump includes: a first evaporator that evaporates a first fluid; a condenser that condenses the first fluid; a heater; and a rotary adsorption device. The rotary adsorption device includes: partitioning portions that radially partition a space encircling the rotation axis into plural regions, that each include a flow path for internally retaining and discharging a second fluid, and that each include an adsorbent on an outer surface thereof or on a wall surface of the flow path; and a pair of closure portions that close off both ends, in the direction of the rotation axis, of the plural regions. Each of the partitioning portions is moved alternately between the first evaporator side and the condenser side by rotation around the rotation axis. In the partitioning portions, retention and discharge of the first fluid, and discharge and retention of the second fluid, are repeated. | 09-25-2014 |
20140290905 | HEATING, VENTILATION AND/OR AIR-CONDITIONING DEVICE WITH TARGETED POWER-SUPPLY MANAGEMENT - A heating, ventilation and/or air-conditioning device ( | 10-02-2014 |
20140290906 | COOLING DEVICE - A cooling device, provided with a coolant circuit for cooling a volume, such as a cold store, or an arrangement, such as a beverage dispensing unit, includes a pump for pumping a coolant into the coolant circuit, and a heat emission member for emitting heat absorbed by the coolant circuit from the volume or the arrangement, wherein the heat emission member is in heat exchanging communication with an evaporator of the refrigerant circuit, the refrigerant circuit being a different circuit than the coolant circuit, wherein the heat emission member of the coolant circuit and the evaporator of the refrigerant circuit are connected in a heat exchanging manner via a heat conducting substance. | 10-02-2014 |
20140374061 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING TWO ENERGY LEVEL SETTINGS FOR A REFRIGERATOR HOT WATER HEATER - Systems and methods for providing two energy level settings for a refrigerator hot water heater are provided. An exemplary refrigerator includes a refrigeration system that includes an evaporator. The refrigerator includes a defrost assembly for defrosting one or more of the evaporator or a freezer compartment. The refrigerator includes a water dispensing assembly that includes a heating element for heating a volume of water. The refrigerator includes a controller configured to operate the heating element at a first energy level when the defrost assembly is not operating and to operate the heating element at a second energy level when the defrost assembly is operating. An exemplary method includes detecting that the refrigerator is performing an energy critical task. The method includes enabling a reduced consumption of electrical power by a heating element included in a water dispensing assembly of the refrigerator when the refrigerator is performing the energy critical task. | 12-25-2014 |
20150007962 | BEVERAGE COOLING DEVICE AND BEVERAGE SUPPLYING SYSTEM USING COOLING DEVICE - A beverage cooling device capable of improving cooling efficiency is disclosed. | 01-08-2015 |
20150144300 | Recirculating Bath With Global Voltage Compatibility - A recirculating bath includes a main power input configured to receive an alternating current and a heating element that is selectively coupled to the main power input. The heating element is selectively coupled to the main power input in response to an activation signal having a duty cycle. The duty cycle of the activation signal is determined based on a voltage of the alternating current, with the duty cycle being reduced in response to an increase in the voltage of the alternating current. The heating element is thereby de-rated at higher alternating current voltages. A power unit coupled to the main power input provides direct current having a voltage independent of the alternating current voltage to portions of the recirculating bath, such as direct current motors coupled to a compressor and recirculating pump. The recirculating bath is thereby configured to operate with a range of alternating current voltages. | 05-28-2015 |