24th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 38 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220186908 | HARSH AND HAZARDOUS LOCATION LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (LED) LUMINAIRE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD WITH UPLIGHT AND SIDELIGHT LENS - An embodiment of an LED luminaire assembly is provided. The LED luminaire assembly includes an LED assembly configured to emit light and a lens coupled to the LED assembly and forming a concavity facing the LED assembly. The lens includes a side wall forming an opening sized to receive at least part of the LED assembly and a bottom opposite the opening and coupled to the side wall. The side wall further includes one or more prisms positioned proximate the bottom and configured to direct the light emitted from the LED assembly away from the bottom. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186909 | Lens and Lamp with Lens Thereof - A lens has a light source setting location, first portion and second portion, the second portion has a first light inlet surface, first connection surface, first total reflection surface, second total reflection surface, third total reflection surface, and first light outlet surface being connected to the free end of the first total reflection surface and the third total reflection surface, and emitting the reflected light emitted from the third total reflection surface, and the maximum optical intensity direction of the second light beam emitted from the first light outlet surface intersects with the main optical axis. The lens and the lamp with the lens realizes uniform lighting in a large area on one side, and has small volume and high light efficiency. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186910 | Light Source System and Lighting Apparatus - Provided is a light source system, including: a light-emitting module configured to emit first light along a first light path and second light along a second light path; a wavelength conversion device configured to receive the first light and emit excited light with a color different from the first light; and a compensation device configured to guide the second light and adjust its luminous intensity distribution so that the luminous intensity distribution of the second light exiting from the compensation device is substantially identical to the excited light. The compensation device includes a compensation element configured to adjust luminous intensity distribution of a light beam so that an emergent light beam of the compensation element has reduced overall luminous intensity compared with an incident light beam. The second light exiting from the compensation device is combined with the excited light to form third light. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186911 | Optical Device, Arrangement, Vehicle Lamp and Method - An optical device comprising at least one lamp is disclosed. The lamp comprises an output face for the light, and an image mask is mounted on said output face. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186912 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device includes a plurality of light emitting elements emitting lights and a light controller. The light controller is disposed on the light emitting elements for the lights passing through to form output lights, which is switchable in a first state and a second state. In the first state, a first intensity the output lights is measured at a viewing angle of 0°, a second intensity of the output lights is measured at a viewing angle of θ | 2022-06-16 |
20220186913 | LIGHT COVER AND INSTALLATION TOOL AND METHOD - A tool for installing and/or removing covers for light bulbs within a fixture is described. The tool may have a tube-shaped body with an installation end, a removal end, and a central axis along the tube-shaped body. A platform may be located within the tube-shaped body near the installation end. One or more frictional elements on an interior surface of the removal end may engage the cover. A handle attachment may be selectably and rotatably coupled to an exterior of the tube-shaped body between the installation end and the removal end. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186914 | THREE-SECTION HINGEDLY CONNECTED LIGHTING PANEL - A three-section, hingedly connected lighting panel assembly includes a center light panel, a right light panel and a left light panel. The right and left light panels being hingedly connected to the center light panel and foldable over it in a stowed condition of the assembly. Each panel is in its own respective housing that has a rear side and front side. Each of the light panels is provided with a respective plurality of LED lights whose light is aimed in the front direction of each of the panel housings. The hinges connecting the panels to each other are configured to allow the left and right panels to lie in a same flat plane associated with said center panel and to be selectively folded over the center light panel, to facilitate storing and carrying the assembly. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186915 | FRAME WITH CLIP AND LOCKING WIRE - A frame having a clip for securing the frame to an article of clothing or other object. The frame includes a mount for receiving a removable module and a rotatably attached clip. The clip includes an opening for accommodating sewing ribs between portions of a webbing and a gate (which may be a locking wire) moveable between an open position and a closed position at one end of the opening. In the open position, the locking wire removably engages one of a pair of elongated members defining the opening, e.g., by removably engaging that elongated member at a recess in an outside edge thereof, and does not obstruct the opening. When in the closed position, the locking wire removably engages the other of the elongated members, for example by removably engaging that other elongated member at a recess in its outside edge, and obstructs the longitudinal opening. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186916 | UTILITY MOUNT LIGHT - A utility light including a main body, a first light assembly coupled to the main body having a first light source disposed within a first light housing, and a second light assembly coupled to the main body having a second light source disposed within a second light housing. The first light housing and second light housing are both pivotable and rotatable relative to the main body. The utility light further includes a handle disposed above the first light assembly and the second light assembly. The handle includes a lower surface and an upper surface that collectively define a gripping portion. The utility light further includes a rechargeable battery supported by the main body and a power actuator disposed on the upper surface of the handle and capable of sending a signal to a processor to supply power to the first light assembly and the second light assembly. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186917 | VEHICLE-ROAD COOPERATION STREET LAMP FOR URBAN ROAD - Provided is a vehicle-road cooperation street lamp for an urban road. The vehicle-road cooperation street lamp for an urban road comprises a vehicle-road cooperation street lamp body, wherein a first supporting plate is transversely arranged on the front side of the top of the vehicle-road cooperation street lamp body, a transmission cavity is transversely formed in the first supporting plate, a first electric telescopic rod is transversely arranged in the inner cavity of the transmission cavity and located on the outer wall of the vehicle-road cooperation street lamp body, and a rack plate is transversely arranged on the front side of the first electric telescopic rod and located in the transmission cavity. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186918 | Track Adapter and the Driving Power Supply and Track Light Thereof - A track adapter has a mounting seat, an electrical supply column, an adjustment conductive portion, and an adjustment knob, and a drive mechanism. As to the track adapter and the driving power supply with the track adapter and the track light, the lamp holder of the track lamp can wrap the whole track, which is neat and beautiful, and solve the problem of difficult phase adjustment of adaptor in the prior art at the same time. The phase adjustment knob is shrunk and put on the top of the adaptor, which solves the adjustment problem and adapts to more occasions, so that the structural design of the track lamp is more flexible. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186919 | DISPLAY PANEL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The display panel includes: a backlight module configured to provide a light source; a cover plate on a light-emitting side of the backlight module; a display module between the cover plate and the backlight module; and a photosensitive device configured to sense ambient light. The photosensitive device is between the cover plate and the backlight module, and at an edge of the cover plate. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186920 | DEVICE FOR INSTALLING REFLECTION BOWL OF LED HEADLAMP - A device for assembling a reflection bowl of an intelligent LED headlamp, including a first feeding device, a second feeding device and a third feeding device. The first feeding device is configured to lead a heat sink base out. The second feeding device is configured to lead the reflection bowl out to an outlet of the first feeding device and assemble the reflection bowl with the heat sink base. The third feeding device is configured to feed a LED lamp bead to the outlet of the first feeding device and assemble the LED lamp bead with the heat sink base. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186921 | Underwater Light Having a Replaceable Light-Emitting Diode (LED) Module and Cord Assembly - An underwater light having a replaceable light-emitting diode (LED) module and cord assembly is provided. The underwater light includes a lens, a bezel, a screw, a cable attachment assembly, a mounting flange, a rear housing, a fastening assembly, an internal lens, a printed circuit board (PCB) including light-emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted thereon, a heat sink, and an electronics assembly. The assembly of the underwater light provides for the dissipation of heat away from the PCB thereby cooling the LEDs and electronic components mounted thereon. The electrically non-conductive nature of the exterior components of the underwater light permit the underwater light to be installed in any location in a pool or spa. Since the exterior of the underwater light is electrically non-conductive, no specific bonding or grounding of the underwater light is necessary. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186922 | Storage Unit with Light-Emitting Components - A device or unit with a lighting component is provided. The device includes coupling components that couple the device to stackable storage unit containers. In one embodiment, the device includes a battery interface to couple to a battery for power tools. In one embodiment, the device includes three lights that are pivotally coupled to the housing between a retracted position in which the lights are disposed against sidewalls of the housing, and an open position in which the lights are pivoted above the top panel of the housing. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186923 | FAN ASSEMBLY - A fan assembly including a base, a fan, a light-emitting unit, and a lighting effect component is provided. The fan is rotatably disposed above the base, and includes a central part and multiple blades extending outwards from the central part, and each of the blades has a top surface away from the base. The light-emitting unit is disposed on the base and located between the base and the central part of the fan. The lighting effect component is disposed on the base and surrounds the light-emitting unit. A projection of the lighting effect component projected onto the base is greater than a projection of the fan projected onto the base. A height of the lighting effect component protruding from the base is less than a distance between the top surface of one of the blades and the base. The lighting effect component includes an inclined inner surface. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186924 | Steam Generator - A steam generator including a heating chamber for heating water to generate steam, with a sidewall of the heating chamber being a heating element. The steam generator may be installed in an appliance, and may be removably installed in the appliance. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186925 | MODULAR BURNER AND FURNACE INCLUDING THIS BURNER - A burner includes a porous support and a combustion tube along which is mounted the porous support. The combustion tube has one or more openings configured to pass fuel to the porous support. The combustion tube is formed by a plurality of tubular modules assembled together. The burner includes at least one distribution tube extending inside the combustion tube and configured to distribute fuel in a predetermined manner in the combustion tube. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186926 | FLUID BED REGENERATIVE THERMAL OXIDIZER AND A METHOD FOR ITS USE - The present device is a fluid bed regenerative thermal oxidizer configured to minimize dead spaces within it and eliminate the need for complex valve systems, which are typically required to move treated and untreated air across fixed beds. The present device can be a fluid bed regenerative thermal oxidizer comprising a vertical stack having a combustion chamber near its interior center and desorber shelves located within the vertical stack above the combustion chamber and adsorber shelves located within the vertical stack below the combustion shelves. Ceramic spheres can be used as heat sinks that flow from the desorber shelves, around the combustion chamber and onto the adsorber shelves and then back to the desorber shelves. In this way heat from the combustion can be captured by the heat exchange material on the desorber shelves and released to preheat untreated air on the adsorber shelves. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186927 | SYSTEM FOR RECOVERING HEAT FROM FLUE GAS, CONTROL ARRANGEMENT FOR USE IN SUCH A SYSTEM AND A METHOD PERFORMED BY SUCH A CONTROL ARRANGEMENT - The present invention relates to a heat recovery system | 2022-06-16 |
20220186928 | TUBULAR COMBUSTION CHAMBER SYSTEM AND GAS TURBINE UNIT HAVING A TUBULAR COMBUSTION CHAMBER SYSTEM OF THIS TYPE - A tubular combustion chamber system for a gas turbine unit includes a plurality of annularly arranged transition lines, which are designed to be connected at the upstream ends thereof to respective burners and to conduct hot gas produced by the burners to a turbine. The tubular combustion chamber system has a hot gas distributor, which is designed to be connected to the turbine and defines a ring channel, which is open to the turbine and into which the downstream ends of the transition lines lead. A gas turbine unit includes a plurality of annularly arranged burners, a turbine and a tubular combustion chamber system which connects the burners to the turbine. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186929 | COMBUSTOR AND GAS TURBINE - A combustor includes an outer cylinder, a combustor liner, a plurality of main nozzles, an air flow channel part, and a plurality of water injection parts. The air flow channel part sends air introduced from an outside to between an inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder and an outer peripheral surface of the combustor liner into the combustor liner. The plurality of water injection parts are provided on the inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder at intervals in a circumferential direction around a central axis. The plurality of water injection parts inject water into the air flowing through the air flow channel part. The water injection part includes a first nozzle and a second nozzle. The first nozzle injects water to a first side in the circumferential direction. The second nozzle injects water to a second side in the circumferential direction. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186930 | FUEL NOZZLE STRUCTURE FOR AIR ASSIST INJECTION - A fuel nozzle apparatus includes: an outer body having an exterior surface and a plurality of openings in the exterior surface. An inner body is disposed inside the outer body, cooperating with the outer body to define an annular space. A main injection ring is disposed in the annular space and includes an array of fuel posts extending outward therefrom, each fuel post including a perimeter wall defining a lateral surface and a recessed floor. Each fuel post is aligned with one of the openings and separated from the opening by a perimeter gap defined between the opening and the lateral surface. A main fuel gallery extends within the main injection ring. The main injection ring includes plurality of main fuel orifices, each main fuel orifice communicating with the main fuel gallery and extending through one of the fuel posts. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186931 | Fire Pit System - The present fire pit system includes a fire pit stand including a body including a plurality of openings, wherein the walls of a fire pit body can rest upon the fire pit stand. The fire pit stand protects below surfaces (e.g., floor, ground, etc.) from high heat. The openings in the fire pit stand increase airflow. The fire pit stand fits inside the fire pit body creating a portable unit. When the fire pit is being assembled, the fire pit stand can be removed from inside the fire pit body, placed on the ground, and the fire pit body can be placed on top of the fire pit stand. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186932 | CONVECTIVE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR HYBRID HEATING SYSTEM - A convection outdoor or indoor gas heater is provided, the heater comprising: a top; a first wall; a combustion chamber which includes a vent cap with a plurality of vents, the vent cap proximate to the top, the combustion chamber housed within the first wall, spaced apart from the first wall to define a first interstitial passageway, the first interstitial passageway in fluid communication with the plurality of vents; a gas burner assembly which is housed in the combustion chamber; a second wall spaced apart from the first wall to define a second interstitial passageway, the second interstitial passageway in fluid communication with the first interstitial passageway; a base which supports the first wall, the second wall and the combustion chamber; a combustion air inlet in fluid communication with the combustion chamber; an ambient air inlet in fluid communication with the second interstitial passageway; and an outlet in fluid communication with the first interstitial passageway. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186933 | GAS COOKING APPLIANCE - According to one embodiment a gas cooking appliance is provided that includes a control panel, a valve having a valve body and an operating shaft, a control knob comprising a handle coupled to the operating shaft of the valve, and a bracket that includes a base secured to the valve body. The bracket includes and at least two arms extending from the base and being secured to the control panel. The control panel includes a housing for each arm, each housing having a shape complementary to at least one part of the end of the corresponding arm, the at least one part of each end being fitted in the respective housing. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186934 | COOKING APPLIANCE USER CONTROL INTEGRATED WITH RATE OF MOVEMENT DETECTION - A cooking appliance may use a sensor to sense a rate of movement of a user control and generate an alert when the rate of movement meets an alert criterion, thereby enabling detection of potential inadvertent movements of a user control. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186935 | COVERED PORTABLE STOVE BURNER - The covered portable stove burner of this invention at least includes: a base and a cover. The base is provided with at least one fixed base and one elastic pin. The elastic pin is penetratingly provided and fixed to the wall, front and rear ends of the elastic pin are respectively located in an inner portion and an outer portion of the wall. The cover is provided with one plate and one socket, the plate of the cover can be embedded into the fixed base, so as to enable the front end of the elastic pin to be inserted into the socket of the cover, and enable the cover and the base to be mutually fixed, thereby achieving a covered portable stove burner structure for facilitating convenience in grasping and safety in carrying without accidental separation. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186936 | GAS VALVE AND GAS STOVE - A gas valve for a gas stove, comprising a valve housing, wherein the valve housing has a gas inlet and a gas outlet, and a gas regulating unit, wherein the gas regulating unit has a cylindrical outer surface, wherein the gas regulating unit is rotatable supported in the valve housing by means of the outer surface, wherein the gas regulating unit has a plurality of gas outlet openings, wherein the gas regulating unit is rotatable into a plurality of flame positions, wherein each gas outlet opening is assigned to one determined flame position, wherein in each flame position the gas inlet is connected to the gas outlet by means of the gas outlet opening which is assigned to the one determined flame position, and wherein the gas outlet openings have cross-sectional areas which differ from each other in order to achieve different flow rates of gas through the gas valve in the individual flame positions. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186937 | DUAL COOKING APPLIANCE - A cooking appliance is adapted to perform either as a single large fan-forced convection oven capable of cooking a larger food, or as smaller independently-operable fan-forced convection ovens each capable of cooking smaller foods. Features of the cooking element arrangement provide faster, more efficient, and higher quality results regardless of the size and amount of food being cooked. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186938 | STEAM TREATMENT APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR CLEANING A STEAM TREATMENT APPLIANCE - A steam treatment appliance includes a steam treatment space, a fixed water connection, and a receiving container fillable with fresh water via the fixed water connection and having a discharge opening. Arranged outside the steam treatment space is a steam generator having a water inlet for fluidic connection to the discharge opening of the receiving container and a water outlet for fluidic connection to the receiving container. A cleaning product inlet is fluidically connected to the receiving container. A valve system is switchable between a first switch position in which a closed liquid circuit is formed with at least the receiving container, the steam generator, and a pump while bypassing the steam treatment space, and a second switch position in which the liquid circuit is opened to connect the water outlet of the steam generator to a temporary waste water connection. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186939 | UNIVERSAL DOOR FRAME FOR COOKING APPLIANCE - A universal door frame is configured to aid in assembling a door for use with a cooking appliance. The door frame includes four corner components and variable-length rails to be connected therebetween. The corner components include hinge receivers and mounting brackets for panels of the door. In some examples, one or more of the rails have a vented construction for enabling air-cooling of the door. The door frame optionally includes vent covers for covering the vented rails. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186940 | OVEN APPLIANCE SPILL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An oven appliance includes a cabinet having a front portion spaced apart from a back portion and a left side spaced apart from a right side. A cooktop is defined on a top panel of the cabinet and a chamber is defined within the cabinet for receipt of food items for cooking. The oven appliance also includes an air duct extending from an inlet in the chamber to an outlet and an air grille extending across the cabinet adjacent to the cooktop. The outlet is positioned upstream of the air grille such that the outlet is in fluid communication with the air grille. The oven appliance further includes a trough positioned below the air grille such that the trough permits fluid communication between the outlet and the air grille and the trough obstructs fluid communication between the air grille and an interior of the cabinet. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186941 | OVEN APPLIANCE SPILL PLUG INSERT - An oven appliance includes a cabinet having a front portion spaced apart from a back portion and a left side spaced apart from a right side. The oven appliance also includes a cooktop defined on a top panel of the cabinet. A levelling leg extends through the cabinet from a levelling foot below the cabinet to an adjustment screw below the top panel. The oven appliance further includes a trough positioned below the top panel of the cabinet and above the adjustment screw. The trough includes an aperture located directly above the adjustment screw. The oven appliance further includes a resilient plug configured to be received in the aperture such that the resilient plug sealingly engages the aperture. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186942 | MOVING HEATING ELEMENT - A heating element can be moved by a machine, such as a machine including a fan, an actuator, or a conveyor. The heating element can be attached to or embedded in a fan or an actuator. Or, the heating element can be attached to or embedded in a conveyor belt of a conveyor. A combination of a heating element and a mover machine can be further combined with a heat radiating wall. The heating element and the machine can be arranged behind the wall. And, when the heating element and the machine are powered on, the heating element converts electrical energy into heat, which increases the temperature of the wall, and the machine moves the heating element to be next to different areas of the wall. This allows for heat to be distributed more evenly to the wall than it would be if the heating element did not move. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186943 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air-conditioning apparatus includes a compressor and an outdoor heat exchanger that operates as an evaporator. A first heat exchange unit of the outdoor heat exchanger includes: first heat transfer tubes extending in an upward/downward direction, and arranged apart from each other in a lateral direction; a first junction pipe extending in the lateral direction, and connected to the lower ends of the first heat transfer tubes; an outflow pipe connected to the first junction pipe at or below a center position of the first junction pipe in the upward/downward direction; second heat transfer tubes extending in the upward/downward direction, and arranged apart from each other in the lateral direction; a first distribution pipe extending in the lateral direction, and connected to the lower ends of the second heat transfer tubes, and a first connection part connecting upper ends of the first heat transfer tubes and upper ends of the second heat transfer tubes. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186944 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING FREE COOLING AND INTEGRATED FREE COOLING - Chiller control systems and methods for chiller control use iterative modeling of cooling towers, heat exchangers, and pumps to determine the feasibility of integrated free cooling and the ability to take advantage of free cooling. The control systems and control methods can further include selecting the parameters for operating in the free cooling or integrated free cooling mode to improve efficiency and/or reduce energy consumption when operating in these modes. The models can have inputs and outputs that feed into one another, and converge at a solution over multiple iterations. The feasibility of integrated free cooling can be based on providing cooling to a cooling load process fluid at a heat exchanger. The availability of free cooling can be based on the cooling provided at the heat exchanger achieving a target temperature for the cooling load process fluid. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186945 | SYSTEM FOR VENTILATION, DEHUMIDIFICATION, AND COOLING - A system for ventilation, dehumidification, and cooling according to an exemplary embodiment in the present disclosure may include an outdoor unit dehumidifying and cooling introduced outside air; and an indoor unit connected to the outdoor unit to perform ventilation, in which the outdoor unit includes a dehumidification rotor, an evaporative cooler, an evaporative condenser, a ventilation damper, a heating unit, and a control module operating and stopping at least one of the dehumidification rotor, the evaporative cooler, the evaporative condenser, the ventilation damper, or the heating unit. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186946 | Advanced Energy Recovery High Efficiency Dehumidification Systems - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing hot air or hot dehumidified air to a facility using an energy recovery high efficiency dehumidification system. The energy recovery high efficiency dehumidification system can include an air filter bank that receives air from a first inlet source, a supply fan that causes the air to flow from the first inlet source, a cooling coil configured to cool and reduce a relative humidity of the air that passes over the cooling coil, a cooling recovery coil coupled with the cooling coil and configured to heat the cooled air to generate cooled dehumidified reheated air in a cooling recovery coil plenum, an equipment room configured to surround mechanical and electrical equipment and further heat received cooled dehumidified reheated air, and a heat rejection coil that rejects heat from one or more components of the mechanical and electrical equipment to further heat the air. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186947 | PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL AND APPLICATIONS - A thermal energy storage heat exchanger can include a core defining a plurality of airflow passages to receive an airstream therethrough. The core can be made of a composite of a phase change material shape-stabilized by a polymer. The phase change material can be structurally supported by the polymer and the phase change material can be configured to change phases to store energy from and deliver stored energy to the airstream when the airflow passes through the core. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186948 | HUMIDIFIER WITH ELECTROLYTIC STERILIZATION MODULE - Disclosed is a humidifier with an electrolytic sterilization module, including a water storage tank and an electrolytic sterilization module arranged in the water storage tank. The electrolytic sterilization module includes a housing arranged in the water storage tank, a titanium anode mesh and a titanium cathode mesh. The titanium anode mesh and the titanium cathode mesh are arranged in the housing. The titanium anode mesh is electrically connected with a positive electrode of a power supply by a titanium anode bolt, and the titanium cathode mesh is electrically connected with a negative electrode of the power supply by a titanium cathode bolt, The titanium anode bolt and the titanium cathode bolt penetrate through the housing and the bottom of the water storage tank. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186949 | Disinfecting Device - The invention relates in particular to an apparatus ( | 2022-06-16 |
20220186950 | AIR CLEANER - An air cleaner may include a housing including a first housing having a discharge outlet through which air is discharged outside of the air cleaner, and a second housing including a suction inlet through which air is suctioned from outside of the air cleaner, and a filter assembly accommodated inside of the housing and that filters air. The first housing and the second housing may be spaced apart from each other, and the filter assembly may be replaceable through a space between the first housing and the second housing. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186951 | INTEGRATED ACTIVE DURATION UVC EXPOSURE FOR AIR CURTAIN - An air curtain air cleaner and sanitation system that incorporates established active UVC light projection technology with threshold air delivery air curtains to provide conditioned airflow by outward UVC light beam projection into the return airflow in a structure while maintaining an air control barrier between openings in a structure. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186952 | AIR CLEANING APPARATUS - An air cleaning apparatus includes a fan assembly configured to induce a vortex extending in front of the air cleaning apparatus for extracting air from a targeted region to remove and inactivate airborne pathogens (e.g., viruses) in the air. The air cleaning apparatus includes a reactor core configured to inactivate airborne pathogens via contact with anatase coated plates activated by UVC light. The air cleaning apparatus includes a filter assembly for removing reactive oxygen species in the decontaminated air. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186953 | HYGIENE MANAGEMENT DEVICE FOR ENTRANCE HALL - A hygiene management device for an entrance hall is designed to emit far-UV light from upper and lower sides toward a person by reflecting the far-UV light emitted from the upper side to the person's lower body by a reflector located at the lower side, and reflecting the far-UV light emitted from the lower side to the person's upper body by a reflector located at the upper side. Accordingly, a sterilization effect on the person is improved. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186954 | LAMP HAVING AIR PURIFICATION AND STERILIZATION FUNCTIONS - The present invention discloses a lamp having air purification and sterilization functions, comprising a cabinet, a light source mechanism fixedly mounted on the cabinet, a sterilization mechanism for purifying and sterilizing a fluid flow, a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet disposed on the cabinet, a circulation mechanism for circulating the fluid flow from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet, and a fluid flowing path extending from the fluid inlet, passing through the sterilization mechanism, and reaching the fluid outlet. The present invention utilizes the sterilization mechanism to sterilize bacteria and viruses suspending in the air, and ionizes the air to generate plasma according to a point discharge principle; the plasma can effectively inhibit the breeding of pathogenic bacteria in a public place; furthermore, the cabinet can be utilized to mount the lamp at the top of an indoor space, and the light source mechanism under the cabinet illuminates the space, thereby overcoming the defect that an air purifier or an ultraviolet sterilization lamp cannot be mounted due to the limited indoor space, and having the advantage of diversified use functions. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186955 | OXYGEN ENHANCEMENT OF A ROOM AND HVAC SYSTEM FOR SAME - An HVAC system having a fan coil and an oxygen concentrator. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186956 | HYGIENE MANAGEMENT DEVICE FOR ENTRANCE HALL - A hygiene management device for an entrance hall includes a fan assembly, a duct and an air discharger that discharges air toward a person at positions around the person in consideration of a person's height or such that an air discharge angle is adjusted upward/downward in consideration of a person's face position or a person's height. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186957 | HYGIENE MANAGEMENT DEVICE FOR ENTRANCE HALL AND CONTROL METHOD OF SAME - A hygiene management device for an entrance hall and the control method of the same are proposed. The hygiene management device may be installed in an entrance space, and when a person is detected at a preset position, distance between an air discharger and the person may be detected. When the detected distance is within a reference distance, air may be discharged. In addition, an air discharge condition suitable for a person may be preset, and when the person enters the entrance hall, the person's face may be detected, and air may be discharged to the person according to the air discharge condition preset for the person. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186958 | HYGIENE MANAGEMENT DEVICE FOR ENTRANCE HALL - A hygiene management device for an entrance hall includes a fan assembly which generates an air blowing force, a function module which provides a storage space, an air discharger which discharges air toward a person, and an opening/closing unit which selectively stops an air flow. Particularly, the opening/closing unit is configured such that air is supplied into at least one of the function module and a duct unit or simultaneously into both the function module and the duct unit. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186959 | HYGIENE MANAGEMENT DEVICE FOR ENTRANCE HALL AND CONTROL METHOD OF SAME - A hygiene management device for an entrance hall and a control method of the same are proposed. The hygiene management device may be installed in the space of the entrance hall, and when the opening of an entrance door is detected, air is discharged toward the entrance door by tilting an air discharger toward the entrance door, and when the closing of the entrance door is detected, the air discharger is tilted to a preset initial position to stop the discharging of air. Accordingly, during the opening of the entrance door, the introduction of external air into the space of the entrance hall may be minimized. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186960 | AIR CONDITIONING AND VENTILATING SYSTEM - An air conditioning and ventilating system S including: an air conditioning device A including a heat exchanger | 2022-06-16 |
20220186961 | AIR CONDITIONER ANTI-FROSTING CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present disclosure relates to an air conditioner anti-frosting control method and apparatus. The air conditioner anti-frosting control method includes: acquiring a frosting map of a unit and a meteorological condition of an area where the unit is located, and calculating an average defrosting frequency of the unit according to the frosting map; determining a target defrosting frequency according to the average defrosting frequency; and determining a heat exchange temperature difference according to the target defrosting frequency, and controlling the unit to operate according to the heat exchange temperature difference. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186962 | BUILDING EQUIPMENT WITH PREDICTIVE CONTROL AND ALLOCATION OF ENERGY FROM MULTIPLE ENERGY SOURCES - A predictive controller for building equipment associated with a building includes one or more processing circuits configured to control electric energy used by the building equipment. The building equipment includes an electric energy using component. The one or more processing circuits are configured to utilize a predictive cost function to determine a first amount of the electric energy supplied from an energy grid source and a second amount of the electric energy supplied from a second energy source to the electric energy using component. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186963 | Air Conditioner and Control Method Therefor, Operation Control Apparatus and Storage Medium - An air conditioner includes a first medium circulating system including a first, second, and a fifth heat exchanging units, and a first and second throttling units. The first heat exchanging unit is serially connected between the first and second throttling units, the second throttling unit is serially connected between the first and second heat exchanging units, the first throttling unit is serially connected between the fifth heat exchanging unit and the first heat exchanging unit, and the first heat exchanging unit and the fifth heat exchanging unit are used to exchange heat with an environment. An energy storage apparatus is provided with an energy storage material. The second heat exchanging unit exchanges heat with the energy storage material. The air conditioner realizes diversified cooling ways for the environment, and includes an operation mode for synchronously cooling the room and storing the energy for the energy storage material. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186964 | HVAC Motor Control Local Display and Adjustment Methods and Apparatus for Same - A method and apparatus for a visual local controller (VLC) for a variable speed motor (VS Motor) or other controlled device in an HVACR system to display the output in engineering units instead of the traditional percent of motor output or similar output, and to limit the output to a range between a high limit and a low limit, is disclosed. An engineering units display allows end users to directly see output as performed by the connected HVACR equipment. In place of zero to one-hundred percent output, the user may see torque, CFM, actual control voltage or other engineering units associated with the controlled HVACR equipment. Limiting the output allows the output to be constrained between high and low output limits to keep the connected device operating within a safe range for the HVACR equipment. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186965 | AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - An air conditioning system includes an air conditioning apparatus, and a controller. The air conditioning apparatus performs air conditioning of an air-conditioning target space. The controller is connectable to a plurality of types of thermostats. The controller performs communication with the thermostat connected thereto. The controller performs a performance determination process for the refrigeration cycle apparatus. The controller performs different performance determination processes according to whether a first type of thermostat is connected thereto unit or whether a second type of thermostat is connected thereto. Alternatively, the air conditioning apparatus changes a method for using information received by the controller from the thermostat according to whether being in a determination processing time over which the performance determination process is performed or in a non-determination processing time over which the performance determination process is not performed. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186966 | DROP-IN EXHAUST FAN HUMIDITY CONTROLLER - Various implementations for a drop-in humidity controlling device with one or more sensors configured to collect humidity data and temperature data and a drop-in housing that connects between a power supply and a venting component, the drop-in housing including a command application configured to receive the humidity data and temperature data and cause the venting component to receive power from the power supply responsive to the humidity data and the temperature data. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186967 | FACILITY DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A facility device management system includes a plurality of facility devices including a first facility device having identification information, a management apparatus configured to communicate with the facility devices via a network, and a sensor device including a wireless communication unit. The management apparatus includes a storage unit. The first facility device includes a receiving unit configured to receive data from the sensor device via wireless communication, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the data, together with the identification information, to the management apparatus. The management apparatus associates the first facility device and the sensor device with each other based on information received from the first facility device, and stores an association between the first facility device and the data of the sensor device in the storage unit. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186968 | COOLING CONTROL DEVICE, COOLING SYSTEM, AND COOLING CONTROL METHOD - A cooling control device acquires temperatures detected by a plurality of temperature sensors installed at different positions in a target space. The cooling control device identifies a target position where a temperature sensor that has detected a temperature higher than a reference temperature is installed, among the plurality of temperature sensors, and controls an air volume of a blower so that an upper limit of reach of air cooled by a heat exchanger is within a target range defined about the target position as a reference. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186969 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AIR FLOW IN AIR HANDLING UNIT - A system for controlling air flow in an air handling unit having an air mover is provided. The system includes a first and a second sensing device, each receiving a first input indicative of electric power and a second input indicative of properties of air, respectively. The system further includes a processing unit to determine heat generated from a motor of the air mover based on the first input, determine density of air based on the heat generated from the motor based on the second input, and determine an actual air flow rate based on the density of the air, a speed of the motor, and dimensional characteristics of the air handling unit. Further, the speed of the motor is controlled when the actual air flow rate is different from a target air flow rate. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186970 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR SENSORLESS ASCERTAINING OF VOLUME FLOW AND PRESSURE - A method for ascertaining volume flow or pressure for controlling a ventilator, operated by an EC motor, of a specific ventilation device to a specific operating point in order to achieve and maintain a specified nominal volume flow strength or nominal pressure of the ventilation device without use of a pressure or volume flow sensor. The volume flow is ascertained by an artificial neuronal network on the basis of a sequential learning method with a number of learning steps. A linking of n artificial neurons in one or more layers is provided. At least one entry layer Pi is provided in order to process a number of I input parameters, that have a direct or indirect influence on the volume flow in the ventilation device. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186971 | HYGIENE MANAGEMENT DEVICE FOR ENTRANCE HALL - A hygiene management device for an entrance space is proposed. In the hygiene management device, an air discharger for discharging air toward the bottom of an entrance space operates within a predetermined angle range in an entering/exiting direction of a person, and air to be discharged through a discharge hole of the air discharger is guided to an air guide unit. A plurality of vanes are installed in a row in the air guide unit to control the direction of the air to be discharged through the discharge hole. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186972 | AIR CONDITIONER - An air conditioner may include an outdoor unit including a compressor and an outdoor heat exchanger configured to heat exchange compressed refrigerant; an indoor unit having an air inlet and an air outlet and connected with the outdoor unit through a first pipe through which refrigerant discharged from the compressor flows and a second pipe through which refrigerant discharged from the outdoor heat exchanger flows; a blowing fan disposed in the indoor unit; a main heat exchanger configured to heat exchange air, which flows inside through the air inlet, and connected with the second pipe; a reheat exchanger disposed downstream of the main heat exchanger and connected with the first pipe; and a waste heat exchanger disposed upstream of the main heat exchanger and configured to heat-exchange air, which flows inside through the air inlet, and condensate water, which is produced at the main heat exchanger, with each other. Accordingly, air flowing inside through the air inlet is primarily cooled before exchanging heat through the main heat exchanger, whereby the cooling and dehumidifying performance is improved. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186973 | DISPLACEMENT VENTILATION SYSTEMS HAVING INTEGRATED HEAT EXCHANGERS WITH HEAT CONDUCTIVE AIR FILTRATION SUBSTRATES - A displacement ventilation system for a room includes a first duct located inside the room and extending between a floor and a ceiling of the room, an air inlet coupled with the first duct for drawing air into the system, and an elongated diffuser extending adjacent the floor for diffusing at least some of the outside air over the floor of the enclosed spaced. The system includes a return air duct extending adjacent the ceiling and being coupled with the first duct for removing return air from the room and advancing the return air toward the first duct, and a heat exchanger for transferring thermal energy between the return air and the outside air. The heat exchanger has one or more heat conductive air filtration substrates integrated therein for conducting heat. A heat pump changes a temperature level of the outside air or the return air passing through the heat pump. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186974 | Charger having a Charging Electronics Unit and a Cooling-Air-Guiding Structure - A charger includes a charger housing with at least one battery-charging space accessible from the outside for positioning of a rechargeable battery unit, a charging electronics unit in the charger housing for controlling an electrical charging operation for the battery unit positioned on the battery-charging space, and a cooling-air-guiding structure configured for guiding a cooling-air flow from an air inlet structure of the charger housing via the charging electronics unit to an air outlet structure of the charger housing. The cooling-air-guiding structure has a cooling housing arranged in the interior of the charger housing and has a cooling housing air inlet structure and a cooling housing air outlet structure, and is configured for guiding the cooling-air flow through the cooling housing from the cooling housing air inlet structure to the cooling housing air outlet structure and from the latter to the air outlet structure of the charger housing. The charging electronics unit has at least one electronic component which is arranged in the cooling housing. Use may be for electrically charging rechargeable battery packs for electrically operated garden and forestry working apparatus. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186975 | HIGH-FLOW EMBER SHIELD BUILDING VENTILATOR - A high-flow ember shield building ventilator with a substantially trapezoidal outer frame portion with a long side, a short side, a substantially vertical front side and opposing angled sides; and a folded metal insert. The long side has a first long side end and a second long side end, the short side has a first short side end and a second short side end, the substantially vertical front side has a first substantially vertical front side end and a second substantially vertical front side end, the angled side has a first angled side end and a second angled side end and the folded metal insert is between the first angled side end and the second angled side end. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186976 | INDOOR UNIT OF AIR CONDITIONER - An air-conditioner indoor unit is configured to be capable of changing the direction of an airflow that is blown out through a blow-out port. The air-conditioner indoor unit includes a control unit that switches between a normal mode and a wide mode. The control unit extends at least vertically a range that is to be reached by the airflow in an air-conditioning target space in the wide mode compared with the normal mode and causes the air conditioning capacity of the wide mode to be lower than the air conditioning capacity of the normal mode. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186977 | CONDENSATE RECEPTOR WITH HEAT SHIELD FOR VERTICAL MOUNTED V-COIL HEAT EXCHANGER - Disclosed is a system for receiving condensate from a v-coil heat exchanger (v-coil), having: a receptor that has: a first channel having a first length defined between first opposing ends, the first channel configured to receive the v-coil, the first channel having a first bottom surface; a second channel disposed at an angle to the first channel and connecting with the first channel at a junction so that fluid flows downstream from the first channel into the second channel, the second channel having a second bottom surface that extends below the first bottom surface; and a heat shield connected to the first channel and extending below the first channel. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186978 | TANKLESS WATER HEATER MANIFOLD SYSTEM - Various implementations include a hot water heating system having a spine and two or more water heating units. The spine includes a top surface defining one or more top openings, two or more coupling areas, and cold water, hot water, and fuel manifolds. One or more top openings provide access to a cold water manifold inlet, a hot water manifold outlet, and a fuel manifold inlet. At least one of the coupling areas is located above another coupling area when the spine is oriented with the top surface facing upwardly. The water heating units are coupled to coupling areas such that a cold water inlet of the unit is fluidically coupled to the cold water manifold outlet, a hot water outlet of the unit is fluidically coupled to the hot water manifold inlet, and a fuel inlet of the unit is fluidically coupled to the fuel manifold outlet. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186979 | HEATING SYSTEMS WITH UNHOUSED CENTRIFUGAL FAN AND WRAPAROUND HEAT EXCHANGER - A heating system with wraparound heat exchanger is disclosed. The system includes a centrifugal fan that expels air radially into a plenum space. A heat exchanger tube is placed in the plenum space, thereby heating the air in the plenum space before it exits an assembly cabinet. The heat exchanger tube can have various configurations, including non-horizontal configurations so as to allow condensate to drain from the heat exchanger tubes. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186980 | HEATING SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention are directed to a hydronic heating system utilized to heat a mobile living unit. The mobile living unit may include a bottom floor and a raised floor separated by a conditioned basement which funnels cold air from the conditioned basement through a convector. The convector heats the air causing the air to rise through the walls in the mobile living unit. The warm air is then released out through one or more vents in the walls into the interior living space of the mobile living unit. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186981 | WATER HEATING SYSTEM - A water heating system having a tank and one or more heat sources for heating water is provided. The water heating system includes a water outlet for allowing egress of water from the tank and a dip tube for allowing ingress of water into the tank. The dip tube includes a first end for coupling with a water source and a second end disposed proximate a base of the tank for discharging water into the tank through an array of holes. Each of the holes is defined in a side wall of the dip tube and laterally discharges water with respect to a longitudinal axis of the second end of the dip tube. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186982 | MODULE CLIP - Solar trackers that may be advantageously employed on sloped and/or variable terrain to rotate solar panels to track motion of the sun across the sky include bearing assemblies and other mechanical features configured to address mechanical challenges posed by the sloped and/or variable terrain that might otherwise prevent or complicate use of solar trackers on such terrain. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186983 | SOLAR HEAT COLLECTOR AND SOLAR WATER HEATER - A solar heat collector includes a container, a transparent cover plate located on the container, a thermal insulation material located inside of the container to form an insulation space, and a heat absorption plate located in the insulation space. The heat absorption plate includes a base and a coating located on the base, and the coating includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes entangled with each other to form a network structure and a plurality of carbon particles in the network structure. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186984 | HEAT EXCHANGE CIRCUIT FOR A GEOTHERMAL PLANT - A heat exchange circuit for a geothermal plant comprising a well excavated in the rock, a casing arranged inside the well, integral with it and comprising at least a first perforated section extending along a first portion of the well and at least a second perforated section extending along a second portion of the well, the perforated sections allowing the exit and the entry of a flow of geothermal fluid contained in an aquifer, an internal duct, located inside the casing in which a heat transfer fluid flows, wherein the well, the casing and the internal duct being arranged as a substantially closed ring, except for at least one surface interruption, at least one heat-exchange section at the bottom of the well between the first portion and the second portion of the well within which the geothermal fluid transfers heat to the heat transfer fluid. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186985 | SURGE PROTECTION FOR A MULTISTAGE COMPRESSOR - A coolant system includes a multistage compressor having a plurality of surge detection sensors. A condenser is connected to an outlet of the multistage compressor. An economizer is connected to an outlet of the condenser and has a gaseous coolant outlet and a liquid coolant outlet. The liquid coolant outlet is connected to a cooler and the gaseous coolant outlet is connected to a second or later stage of the multistage compressor via a controllable valve. A controller is communicatively coupled to the surge detection sensors and the controllable valve. The controller includes a non-transitory medium storing instructions for causing the controller to detect an occurrence of a surge and restricting a flow through the controllable valve until the surge has ceased. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186986 | COOLING SYSTEM - Disclosed herein a cooling system includes a refrigerant circulator that a refrigerant is circulated, wherein the refrigerant circulator includes a first compressor configured to pressurize the refrigerant in gaseous state; a first cooler configured to cool the refrigerant pressurized by the first compressor; a first gas-liquid separator configured to separate the refrigerant cooled by the first cooler into a first refrigerant flow of a gas component and a second refrigerant flow of a liquid component; a second compressor configured to pressurize the first refrigerant flow; a second cooler configured to cool the first refrigerant flow pressurized by the second compressor; a second gas-liquid separator configured to separate the refrigerant cooled by the second cooler into a third refrigerant flow of a gas component and a fourth refrigerant flow of a liquid component; a first expansion member configured to decompress the fourth refrigerant flow. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186987 | HEAT SOURCE-SIDE UNIT AND REFRIGERATION APPARATUS - A heat source-side unit ( | 2022-06-16 |
20220186988 | REFRIGERATION APPARATUS - A refrigeration apparatus includes a heat source-side unit and a utilization-side unit that are connected to each other, and performs a refrigeration cycle in which a high pressure of a refrigerant reaches or exceeds a critical pressure. The refrigeration apparatus also includes a control unit configured to perform a first action of returning the refrigerant to the heat source-side unit when a stop condition of the utilization-side unit is satisfied, and a second action of prohibiting the first action when a pressure at the heat source-side unit is equal to or more than the critical pressure of the refrigerant. This configuration suppresses damage to a refrigerant storage reservoir and the like in returning the refrigerant to the heat source-side unit. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186989 | COMPRESSOR UNIT AND REFRIGERATION APPARATUS - A compressor unit includes a first case, a first compressor, a cascade heat exchanger, a second compressor, a first connecting port, and a second connecting port. The first compressor, the cascade heat exchanger, and a heat source heat exchanger accommodated in a second case constitute a first refrigerant cycle. The second compressor, the cascade heat exchanger, and a utilization heat exchanger accommodated in a third case constitute a second refrigerant cycle. The first connecting port is connected to the heat source heat exchanger via a first connection piping. The second connecting port is connected to the utilization heat exchanger via a second connection piping. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186990 | PUMPS, AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR EXTRACTING HEAT - A method for extracting heat includes: during a first period: opening a first passage between a first chamber and a third chamber to compress gas in the third chamber; and opening a second passage between a second chamber and a fourth chamber to decompress gas in the fourth chamber. The method further includes during a second period following the first period: closing the first passage and the second passage; enabling a gas flow into the first chamber, the gas flow comprising gas having a first temperature; and outputting gas having a temperature that is lower than the first temperature of the gas in the second chamber. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186991 | SOLID-STATE REFRIGERATION APPARATUS - A solid-state refrigeration apparatus includes a solid cooling structure, first and second heat exchangers, a heating medium circuit, a reciprocating conveying mechanism, and a thermal storage section. The solid cooling portion includes a solid refrigerant substance, an internal channel where the solid refrigerant substance is disposed, and an induction section configured to cause the solid refrigerant substance to produce a caloric effect. The heating medium circuit is connected to the first and second heat exchangers, and the internal channel. The heating medium heated by the solid cooling portion dissipates heat in the first heat exchanger and the heating medium cooled by the solid cooling portion absorbs heat in the second heat exchanger a heat application operation. Frost on the second heat exchanger is melted using the heat stored in the thermal storage section in a defrosting operation. The thermal storage section stores heat in the heat application operation. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186992 | A HEATING, VENTILATION, AIR CONDITIONING AND/OR REFRIGERATION SYSTEM WITH A COMPRESSOR MOTOR COOLING SYSTEM - A heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and/or refrigeration (HVAC&R) system includes a refrigerant loop having a compressor configured to circulate a refrigerant therethrough, a motor configured to drive rotation of the compressor, wherein the motor is a permanent magnet assisted synchronous reluctance (PMASR) motor, and a motor cooling system configured to direct a portion of the refrigerant from the refrigerant loop and through a housing of the PMASR motor to place the portion of the refrigerant in thermal communication with components of the PMASR motor. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186993 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air-conditioning apparatus includes: a plurality of heat source units each including a compressor, a heat-source-side heat exchanger, a flow control valve, and an accumulator; a use-side load connected to the heat source units by pipes, and including a use-side heat exchanger that causes heat exchange to be performed between refrigerant supplied from each of the heat source units and a use-side heat medium; and a controller that controls an operation of each of the heat source units. The controller includes a determination unit and a liquid equalization unit. The determination unit determines whether or not a current operation is a non-normal operation in which the heat source units and the use-side load operate in a different manner from that in a heating operation or a cooling operation. The liquid equalization unit equalizes the amounts of liquid refrigerant that flows in the heat source units, when the determination unit determines that the current operation is the non-normal operation. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186994 | AIR CONDITIONER - An air conditioner includes an outdoor unit including a compressor, first and second indoor heat exchangers to receive a refrigerant from the outdoor unit, the second indoor heat exchanger receiving the refrigerant independently of the first indoor heat exchanger, and a fan disposed between the first and second indoor heat exchangers. First and second refrigerant pipes form flow paths between the outdoor unit and the first and second indoor heat exchangers. First and second expansion valves are disposed on the first and second refrigerant pipes. Third and fourth refrigerant pipes form flow paths between the compressor and the first and second indoor heat exchangers. A first opening and closing valve selectively opens and closes a fifth refrigerant pipe to selectively allow refrigerant to flow between the second and third refrigerant pipes. Second and third opening and closing valves selectively open and close the second and third refrigerant pipes. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186995 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING NONCONDENSING GAS FROM REFRIGERATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a refrigeration system comprising: condenser; an expansion valve; a first conduit fluidly connecting the condenser and the expansion valve to define a first fluid segment through which a medium is transported when the system is active; and a separator assembly, operably disposed in the first fluid segment, configured to remove non-condensable gas from the medium when the system is active. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186996 | CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING EVAPORATOR COIL FREEZE - In an embodiment, a method of preventing evaporator coil freeze in a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system is performed by a controller in the HVAC system. The method includes determining a reference saturated suction temperate (SST) via a sensor disposed in relation to an evaporator coil in the HVAC system. The method also includes determining whether the reference SST is below a minimum SST threshold. The method also includes, responsive to a determination that the reference SST is below the minimum SST threshold, increasing a discharge air temperature (DAT) setpoint. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186997 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING A FREEZE EVENT USING REFRIGERANT TEMPERATURE - A method of mitigating a freeze event in an HVAC system includes measuring a saturated suction temperature, receiving actual temperature value reflective of the measured saturated suction temperature, determining whether the actual temperature value is less than a first pre-determined minimum threshold temperature value, and responsive to a determination that the actual temperature value is less than the first pre-determined minimum threshold temperature value, initiating a timer to operate for a pre-determined time interval. Determining whether the actual temperature value is less than a second pre-determined minimum threshold temperature value. Responsive to a determination that the actual temperature value is less the second pre-determined minimum threshold temperature value, initiating the timer to operate for a modified time interval, determining whether the timer operating for the modified time interval has expired, and responsive to a determination that the timer has expired, modifying operation of a compressor. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186998 | REFRIGERATION UNIT WITH ATMOSPHERE CONTROL SYSTEM ACCESS PANEL - A refrigeration unit for use with a container includes a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device and an evaporator configured to circulate a refrigerant; a condenser section housing the condenser; an evaporator section housing the evaporator; a removable access panel mounted to the evaporator section, the removable access panel serving as a mounting location for at least one component of an atmosphere control system. | 2022-06-16 |
20220186999 | REFRIGERANT CONDITION DETECTION DEVICE, REFRIGERANT CONDITION DETECTION METHOD, AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM - A refrigerant condition detection device ( | 2022-06-16 |
20220187000 | REFRIGERANT LEAKAGE DETERMINATION SYSTEM - A refrigerant leakage determination system includes a refrigerant circuit including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion mechanism, and an evaporator. The system performs a first determination, and a second determination. The first determination determines that refrigerant has leaked from the refrigerant circuit, by using a first state amount of refrigerant as a determination index, the first state amount including at least one of an outlet temperature of the condenser, a suction temperature of the compressor, and a discharge temperature of the compressor. The second determination determines that refrigerant has leaked from the refrigerant circuit, based on information different from the first state amount. | 2022-06-16 |
20220187001 | AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AIR CONDITIONER - An air conditioner is provided that may include an outdoor unit having a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant; at least one indoor unit having an indoor heat exchanger, in which the refrigerant is heat exchanged, an indoor expansion valve that expands the refrigerant by adjusting an opening thereof, and a leak sensor that senses leakage of the refrigerant; a gaseous line that connects the outdoor unit and the at least one indoor unit and through which gaseous refrigerant flows; a liquid line that connects the outdoor unit and the at least one indoor unit and through which liquid refrigerant flows; a first shut-off valve disposed adjacent to the at least one indoor unit that opens and closes the gaseous line; a second shut-off valve disposed adjacent to the at least one indoor unit that opens and closes the liquid line; a supercooling pipe branched from the liquid line and connected to an inlet of the compressor; a supercooling expansion valve that expands refrigerant, flowing through the supercooling pipe, by adjusting an opening thereof; and a controller configured to control operation of the compressor and to control opening and closing of the first shut-off valve, the second shut-off valve, the indoor expansion valve, and the supercooling expansion valve. When the leak sensor senses the leakage of the refrigerant, the controller closes the first shut-off valve and the second shut-off valve. | 2022-06-16 |
20220187002 | CONTAINER FOR STORING AND DISPENSING ICE CUBES - A container comprising a first compartment having a bottom portion, a side wall portion extending from the bottom portion up to an upper edge and a dispensing opening in the first compartment near the upper edge, said first compartment having a total volume V | 2022-06-16 |
20220187003 | CONTAINER REFRIGERATION APPARATUS - Left and right edge portions of an external casing of a container refrigeration apparatus each include a column member that is continuous from the upper end to the lower end of a casing. Left and right edge portions of an internal casing each include a side plate that is continuous from the upper end to the lower end of the casing. The column members of the external casing and the associated side plates of the internal casing are fixed together, thereby increasing the strength of the casing including the external casing and the internal casing. | 2022-06-16 |
20220187004 | GALLEY REFRIGERATION SYSTEM - A galley refrigeration system is provided in which a galley cart is positioned in the cavity of a galley compartment comprising at least a cart-facing opening positioned in a vertically intermediate region of the back wall, the galley cart or the galley compartment having a duct-facing opening positioned adjacent to the cart-facing opening. A heat exchanger configured to generate cooling air is provided within the galley compartment, adjacent the vertically intermediate region of the back wall of the galley compartment defining the cavity. An air supply duct, provided at the cart-facing opening, is configured to guide the cooling air from the heat exchanger into the galley cart, and configured to be detachably coupled to the duct-facing opening of the cart or the galley compartment. An electronically actuated valve controls a variable flow rate of the cooling air from the air supply duct into the galley cart. | 2022-06-16 |
20220187005 | REFRIGERATOR SYSTEM - A refrigerator includes a rear wall, a first strap, a second strap, an insulative member, a housing, an ozone generator, a ventilation panel, and a light. The first strap and the second strap fix the insulative member to the rear wall. The housing is disposed in the ventilation panel. A frontside of the housing has a recessed portion that defines a receptacle on a backside of the wall, a trough on the frontside of the wall, and a first number of vents. The first number of vents establish fluid communication between the receptacle and the trough. The ozone generator is disposed in the receptacle. The light is fixed to the housing. The light includes a cover that overlaps at least a portion of the trough and defines a second number of vents that are in fluid communication with the trough. | 2022-06-16 |
20220187006 | RADIAL FAN ASSEMBLY - A fan assembly including an air duct; an evaporator coil cover; a radial fan mounted onto the evaporator coil cover and disposed between the air duct and the evaporator coil cover; wherein the air duct includes a ring portion which interlocks with the evaporator coil cover around the radial fan; wherein the evaporator coil cover comprises three darts positioned substantially uniformly around the radial fan position; three grommets, each grommet having a central opening configured to fit over a dart, each grommet having a circumferential ridge configured to interlock with a lower rim or the radial fan is provided. Further provided is a method of reducing noise in a refrigeration appliance. | 2022-06-16 |
20220187007 | TRANSPORTATION REFRIGERATION UNIT WITH ADAPTIVE DEFROST - A transport refrigeration unit (TRU) is provided. The TRU includes a housing defining a flow path from an intake to an outlet, a blower to drive air along the flow path from the intake to the outlet, coils disposed in the flow path between the intake and the outlet and over which the air driven by the blower flows, a defrost element to execute a defrost action with respect to the coils, sensing elements at the intake and the outlet to sense pressures of the air at the intake and the outlet and a controller. The controller is configured to control at least one of the blower and the defrost element in accordance with readings of the sensing elements. | 2022-06-16 |