Refrigeration inventions 05/07

20070119185 - Switch cupboard with a cooling device which is subject to a rotation and cooling device for this: The switch cupboard for receiving electrical and electronical components and switching elements which is subject to a rotation and which has at least one cooling device (30) with a cold emitting device part (31) placed in its inner space (23) and with a heat emitting device part (32) which is... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070119186 - Universal thermoelectric module apparatus: Universal Thermoelectric Module Apparatus with a thermoelectric heat pump assembly, an air circulation system, a structural plate, and an insulated interface. A preferred embodiment includes the thermoelectric heat pump assembly having a hot side and a cold side having a finned heat sink, a thermoelectric chip, a cold block, and... Agent: Mark Kitchens

20070119187 - Thermoelectric unibody cooler apparatus: Thermoelectric unibody cooler apparatus with a unibody insulated vessel, a unibody insulated lid, and a thermoelectric heat pump assembly. A preferred embodiment includes the unibody insulated vessel manufactured as a single piece of semi-rigid insulating material being both insulation and structural support. A preferred embodiment includes the thermoelectric heat pump... Agent: Mark Kitchens

20070119190 - Pulse tube cryogenic cooler: A pulse tube cryogenic cooler, includes a cold storage device cartridge whose high temperature end is connected to a pressure change source; a pulse tube whose low temperature end is connected to a low temperature end of the cold storage device cartridge via a stage member; a phase adjusting mechanism... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070119191 - Pulse tube cryogenic cooler: A pulse tube cryogenic cooler, includes: a pressure vibration generating device configured to generate pressure vibration in operation gas; a regenerator connected to the pressure vibration generating device; a pulse tube connected to the regenerator; a phase control mechanism connected to the pulse tube; and a heat exchanger provided at... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070119188 - Reduced torque valve for cryogenic refrigerator: A rotary valve unit which reduces the torque required to turn the valve disc, and the amount of wear dust that is blown into the cold head, using differential gas forces to keep the valve disc in contact with the valve seat, and which enables larger diameter valve discs to... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070119189 - Three track valve for cryogenic refrigerator: A multi valve two-stage pulse tube type GM refrigerator having a rotary valve that comprises one track for flow to the regenerator and two tracks for flow to the pulse tubes where the valve has two high pressure ports to the pulse tubes located on a single track and two... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070119192 - Method for determining thermal profiles of food products leaving a cryogenic installation, and corresponding cooling installation: The invention relates to a method for determining thermal profiles of products leaving a cryogenic cooling installation, said method consisting of: a step (18) for determining a validity value and/or a range of validity values for operating parameters of the installation, forming a modulable set of operating parameters; a step... Agent: Air Liquide

20070119193 - Ice-dispensing assembly mounted within a refrigerator compartment: A refrigerator includes a housing having at least one refrigerator compartment, a door for accessing the at least one refrigerator compartment, and an ice-dispensing assembly. The ice-dispensing assembly includes an insulated housing arranged within the at least one refrigerator compartment, an ice-making device arranged within the insulated housing and configured... Agent: John S. Beulick (13307)

20070119194 - Refrigerator and control method for the same: A control method of a refrigerator comprising an ice storing part storing and discharging ice cubes, an ice shaving unit shaving the ice cubes discharged from the ice storing part to make shaved ice, an ice transferring driving part supplying the ice cubes stored in the ice storing part to... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070119195 - Cooling appliance: A refrigerator (1) with a goods space (4) for industrially produced frozen goods shall be designed in such a way that it can be supplied with new goods as efficiently as possible. For this purpose, a goods space (4) of a refrigerator (1) is provided with a level sensor.... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070119196 - Sequential hot gas defrost method and apparatus: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for using hot gas to defrost sequentially each refrigerated display case (evaporator) in a group of refrigerated display cases (evaporators). A unique cross-feed line connects the distributor and the evaporator suction line for each evaporator in the group of evaporators. Like a... Agent: James T. Robinson Exclusivity-law, Inc.

20070119197 - Device for storing cold for an evaporator: The invention relates to an air conditioning device for the passenger compartment of a vehicle, said device comprising a first closed loop (BF) which contains an evaporator (BF5), through which an air stream (F) may flow, and in which a first coolant may flow such as to transfer cold to... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20070119198 - Damper assembly and methods for a refrigeration device: A refrigerator includes a housing defining a fresh food compartment and a freezer compartment, a fan configured to provide airflow through the compartments, and a damper assembly. The damper assembly includes an airflow passage configured to allow cold air to flow from the freezer compartment to the fresh food compartment,... Agent: John S. Beulick (13307)

20070119199 - System and method for electronic chassis and rack mounted electronics with an integrated subambient cooling system: According to one embodiment of the invention, a cooling system for a heat-generating structure that is disposed in an environment having an ambient pressure comprises a fluid coolant and three structures. The first structure allows the heat generating structure to removably couple to the cooling system. The second structure reduces... Agent: Baker Botts LLP

20070119200 - Beverage cooling device: The releaser is used in a specialized freezer tray to remove ice shapes from inserts. In this invention, the releaser is modified to enable cooling of beverages inside drinking vessels. An open-ended reservoir within the modified releaser's body stores ice and other coolants. A hook-like feature permits the attachment of... Agent: Oluwafemi A. Afolabi

20070119202 - Ice discharging structure of ice making mechanism: An ice discharging structure of an ice making mechanism for discharging an ice block from the ice making mechanism reliably regardless of the weight of the ice block. An ice making mechanism of an ice making machine comprises an ice making section case in which an opening closed by a... Agent: Koda & Androlia

20070119203 - Methods and apparatus for mounting an ice maker: An ice maker for a refrigerator having a freezer compartment with a top wall, side walls, a back wall, and a door opposite the back wall includes a mold body having at least one cavity for containing water therein for freezing into ice, and a control housing extending from the... Agent: John S. Beulick (13307)

20070119201 - Rapid temperature change device for a refrigerator: A quick-cooling device for a refrigerator includes top, bottom and opposing side walls that collectively define an air intake/delivery housing. A plurality of air discharge nozzles are arranged about at least one wall of the housing. A blower fan is mounted to the housing for drawing an airflow from the... Agent: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC

20070119204 - Refrigerator: A refrigerator including a freezing chamber, a freezing chamber door, an ice making device provided in the freezing chamber and making ice, and a dispenser part provided with an ice outlet and discharging the ice made in the ice making device to an external side of the refrigerator. The dispenser... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070119205 - Cabin air conditioning system with liquid cooling for power electronics: An air conditioning system is provided with a cooling air ram that includes both air-to-air heat exchangers, and a liquid sink heat exchanger. The liquid sink heat exchanger receives a cooling fluid that has been utilized to cool a power electronics control for an electric motor. The liquid sink heat... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070119206 - Heat exchanger unit for improving heat exchange efficiency and air conditioning apparatus having the same: A heat exchanger unit of the air conditioning apparatus includes a first heat exchanger including a first body, a first introduction opening provided at an upper end portion of the first body, and a first discharge opening formed at a corner portion on one side of a lower end portion... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070119207 - Ejector-type refrigerant cycle device: An ejector-type refrigerant cycle device includes: a first evaporator 15 that evaporates refrigerant flowing out of an ejector 14; a branch passage 17 that branches a flow of refrigerant between a radiator 13 and the ejector 14 and guides this flow of refrigerant to a vapor-phase refrigerant suction port 14c... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070119208 - Refrigerant fluid flow control device and method: A subcool flow control valve useful in a refrigerant system includes an enclosure having a fluid flow pathway for a controlled fluid between an inlet and an outlet. A thermally conductive flexible wall forms a sealed cavity within the enclosure for carrying a controlling fluid. A metering orifice operable between... Agent: Carl M. Napolitano, Ph.d. Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.

20070119209 - Snow making method and apparatus: An apparatus (10) for making snow or a snow-like substance includes a container (12) having a cooling space (13) adapted to contain pressurized air or gas of above atmospheric pressure. At least one flexible walled vessel (14) extends through the cooling space (13) and is connectable to a water source.... Agent: Baker & Botts L.L.P.

20070113564 - Mechanically heated and cooled shoes with easy-to-use controls: Mechanically heated and cooled clothing with easy-to-use controls is provided. An embodiment comprises an athletic shoe with temperature controls and electrical wiring. A heating and cooling unit attached to the shoe comprises a thermostat, a cooling device, and a heating device. Temperature transfer means in the shoe, such as electrical... Agent: Galasso & Associates, Lp

20070113565 - Active moisture control barrier and active humidity controlled space: An active moisture control barrier is provided which comprises a layer of shape memory polymer and a heating arrangement associated with the layer of shape memory polymer. The barrier may be used to provide an active humidity controlled space having an enclosure with walls to separate an interior of the... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20070113566 - Heat exchanger optimization process and apparatus: An electronic HEMD determines the optimum balance between gas cooling and heat exchanger pressure loss, for any given operating condition, and adjusts the gas flow rate through the exchanger accordingly, to yield the maximum net power savings (and thereby energy savings) afforded by the exchanger. Maintaining the optimum balance between... Agent: Thompson Lambert LLP C/o Berger & Altmann

20070113567 - Refrigerator and control method thereof: A refrigerator and a control method thereof in which a plurality of storage compartments are cooled based on their cooling priorities, which are determined in accordance with a set temperature or thermal load of each storage compartment, whereby the storage compartments can maintain high humidity. The refrigerator for keeping the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070113568 - Apparatus and method for controlling refrigerant distribution in multi-type air conditioner: An operation of a multi-type air conditioner, which includes a refrigerant distributor provided between one outdoor unit and a plurality of indoor units is controlled. A refrigerant supply controller determines indoor temperatures of a plurality of indoor units, decides to operate a compressor on the basis of the determined indoor... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070113569 - Refrigerator and control method of the same: The invention provides a refrigerator having a compressor, the refrigerator including: a motor driving the compressor; a motor driver supplying power to the motor; and a controller outputting a control signal corresponding to a second command speed to the motor driver, and outputting a control signal corresponding to a first... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070113570 - Vehicular air-conditioner and method of controlling the same: A vehicular air-conditioner includes a compressor to be driven by an engine. The vehicular air-conditioner includes a controller configured to reduce a load on the compressor in response to a braking condition of a vehicle.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070113571 - Hybrid car having control over air-conditioner in idle stop mode and method of controlling air-conditioner in idle stop mode: A hybrid car and system having air-conditioner control in the idle stop mode and a method of controlling an air-conditioner of the hybrid car in an idle stop mode to reduce impact caused by applying brake and energy consumption when the hybrid car starts up are provided. The hybrid car... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070113572 - Air conditioning unit: Air conditioning unit (1) suitable for stand-alone operation in a motor vehicle includes a refrigerant circuit (2) that has a compressor (3), a condenser (4) and an evaporator for cooling air which is to be conditioned, as well as at least one evaporator blower and a condenser fan (5) which... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070113573 - Hvac desiccant wheel system and method: An HVAC system includes a desiccant wheel, wherein the wheel's speed varies with airflow, the wheel is energized for at least a set period at startup, and/or a heat recovery system (e.g., an air-to-air heat exchanger) upstream of the wheel enhances the system's ability to dehumidify air.... Agent: William O'driscoll - 12-1 Trane

20070113574 - Air conditioning apparatus and associated condensate drain pan structure: A packaged air conditioner or heat pump unit is provided with an elongated removable drain pan having an inner longitudinal portion that underlies and receives condensate falling from the portion of the unit's indoor coil positioned within the conditioned air flow through the unit. An outer longitudinal portion of the... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070113575 - Valve manifold assembly: A valve assembly for a refrigeration system having a casing comprising a plurality of apertures, a first rotatable valve member comprising a first passageway and a second rotatable valve member comprising a second passageway where the first and second valve members may be coupled to define various fluid passageways.... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070113576 - Refrigerator: A refrigerator which includes an outer case defining the outer appearance of the refrigerator, the inner case received in the outer case and defining a storage compartment, the insulation member filled in a gap between the outer case and the inner case for heat insulation, and a noise attenuation member... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070113577 - Brake booster supplied by an air conditioning circuit: According to the invention, the source of fluid (F1) at a relatively high pressure comprises a portion (KC1) of the air conditioning circuit (K) that is placed downstream of the air conditioning compressor (K1) and upstream of the air conditioning expansion valve (K2), in one direction of flow (X) of... Agent: Leo H Mccormick

20070113578 - Tilt-out ice bin for a refrigerator: A refrigerator having an insulated cabinet and a door pivotally mounted to the cabinet having an exterior face including a dispenser cavity. An ice maker in the refrigerated storage space is arranged to make and harvest ice pieces. An ice delivery system on the inside of the door dispenses ice... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company-md 0750

20070113579 - Low energy electric air cycle with portal shroud cabin air compressor: An environmental control system for an aircraft cabin includes a plurality of electrically-driven ported shroud cabin air compressors, each cabin air compressor compressing ram air received from the aircraft exterior, a heat exchange circuit comprising a primary heat exchanger receiving airflow from at least one of the cabin air compressors,... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070113580 - Cooler receptacle: A receptacle for placement in a cooler of ice. The receptacle includes a sleeve structure placement in the cooler's ice compartment, the sleeve structure having a base portion and a chamber for receipt of a drink bottle or container, food item, medicine, or other items which require, or for which... Agent: Thomas W. Epting Leatherwood Walker Todd & Mann, P.C.

20070113581 - Method for installing refrigeration device, and refrigeration device: The separation efficiency of non-condensable gas in the separation membrane is enhanced in a refrigeration device provided with a configuration whereby non-condensable gas remaining in the refrigerant connection pipes at the time of on-site installation can be separated and removed from a state of mixture with the refrigerant in the... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070113582 - Branching pipe joint and an air conditioner provided therewith: A branching pipe joint includes a substantially Y-pipe shaped branch part, a first branch nozzle part, a second branch nozzle part, and a first branch pipe. The first branch pipe has an end connected to a tip part of the first branch nozzle part during plumbing work. The first branch... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070113583 - Compressor for refrigeratory equipment: A compressor for the refrigeratory equipment is provided. The compressor includes a casing having a compressing device mounted therein and a cooling pipe passing through the casing for cooling the compressing device.... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070113584 - Optimized lng system with liquid expander: A process and apparatus for the liquefaction of natural gas including at least one liquid expander for providing expansion of a high-pressure stream and powering a generator capable of producing electricity to be used to drive a compressor located elsewhere in the liquefaction apparatus. Particularly, a liquid expander is used... Agent: Conocophillips Company I.p. Legal

20070107440 - Air flow device incorporated into seat for a vehicle: An air flow device incorporated into a seat of a vehicle comprises: a seat 1 of a vehicle including a seating portion 1b on which a passenger is seated and also including a seat back portion la against which passenger leans; a suction hole 4 open on a surface 7... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070107441 - Heat-dissipating unit and related liquid cooling module: A liquid cooling module includes a heat-absorbing unit, a heat-dissipating unit, a outlet pipe and a inlet pipe. The heat-dissipating unit includes a tank configured for receiving a coolant therein, a pump disposed in the tank, at least one thermoelectric device and at least one heat sink. The thermoelectric device... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070107442 - Wearless valve for cryorefrigerator: An improved method of reducing wear dust and torque required to turn a multi-port rotary disc valve utilizes a thrust bearing to hold the valve seat and/or valve disc such that they are not in contact with each other, or have light contact each other.... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070107443 - Superconducting cable cooling system: A superconducting cable cooling system, wherein coolant continually provides cooling to superconducting cable, comprising a plurality of nodes within a superconducting cable network and a plurality of legs of superconducting cable which interconnect each of the nodes of the superconducting cable network.... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20070107444 - Tube on tube heat exchanger: A heat exchanger that includes a first tube and a second tube. The first tube has at least one coil and a first diameter. The second tube also has at least one coil and a second diameter. The at least one coil of the first tube is positioned next to... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070107445 - Nmr apparatus with commonly cooled probe head and cryogenic container and method for the operation thereof: An NMR apparatus comprising an NMR magnet system disposed in a first cryocontainer (2) of a cryostat (9), and an NMR probe head (1), wherein the first cryocontainer (2) is installed in an evacuated outer jacket and is surrounded by a radiation shield (24) and/or a further cryocontainer (3), wherein... Agent: Kohler Schmid Moebus

20070107446 - Superconducting magnet system with refrigerator for re-liquifying cryogenic fluid in a tubular conduit: A superconducting magnet system with a superconducting magnet coil system, which is disposed in a cryogenic fluid tank (2) of a cryostat (1), and an exchangeable refrigerator (5; 31) which is operated in a vacuum container (8) and is provided to re-liquify the cryogenic fluid flowing through a tubular conduit... Agent: Kohler Schmid Moebus

20070107447 - Sealed water-filled container with ice cube features: A fluid-filled container having a tray with a number of recesses. The tray has an upper rim, and the receptacles contain a freezable fluid. A closure element is removably sealed to the rim to contain the fluid. The closure element may be a flexible film, and the seal may be... Agent: Langlotz Patent Works, Inc. Bennet K. Langlotz

20070107448 - Helium management control system: A helium management control system for controlling the helium refrigerant supply from a common manifold supplies a plurality of cryogenic refrigerators with an appropriate helium supply. The system employs a plurality of sensors to monitor and regulate the overall refrigerant supply to deliver an appropriate refrigerant supply to each of... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070107449 - System and method for capacity control in a multiple compressor chiller system: A capacity control algorithm for a multiple compressor liquid chiller system is provided wherein the speed and number of compressors in operation are controlled in order to obtain a leaving liquid temperature setpoint. In response to an increase in the load in the chiller system, the algorithm determines if a... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick, LLC

20070107450 - Air conditioning apparatus: An air conditioning apparatus comprises an air-conditioning unit including at least a cooling coil as a heat exchanger, a blower, a chiller, and a coolant pump for conducting air-conditioning, wherein the coolant pump pumps the coolant cooled by the chiller to the cooling coil, the cooling coil cools the air... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070107451 - Refrigerating apparatus: To provide a refrigerating apparatus that can control the supercooling degree of liquid refrigerant irrespective of changes in circulating refrigerant amounts in a refrigeration cycle, a refrigerating apparatus includes a refrigeration cycle having one or more compressors or inverter compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator; a liquid... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070107452 - Refrigerator having independent sterilization duct: A refrigerator includes a chilled air duct and a sterilizer duct independently installed in the vertical direction to uniformly emit active hydrogen and negative ions for sterilization and deodorization into an entire space of a compartment. The sterilizer duct is vertically installed in the compartment in parallel relation to the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070107453 - Heat exchanger with embedded heater: A heat exchanger having both heating and cooling functions includes a first container, a second container and at least one heater. The first container is adapted to hold a first fluid. The second container is adapted to hold a second fluid. Moreover, the second container is thermally coupled to the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070107454 - Temperature/humidity exchanger: A temperature-humidity exchanger comprising: a moisture permeable membrane which transmits moisture therethrough; a dry gas separator in which low-temperature dry gas is caused to flow; and a wet gas separator in which high-temperature wet gas is caused to flow, in which the moisture permeable membrane, the dry gas separator, the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070107455 - Method for the automatic starting and stopping of an internal combustion engine: The invention relates to a method for the automatic starting and stopping of an internal combustion engine. Release of a stop mode for the internal combustion engine is enabled depending on a time period that depends on the temperature difference between the temperature prevailing in the interior of a motor... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070107456 - Cooling band: A cooling band having a hollow member capable of receiving an ice pack insert for holding a frozen liquid such as water. The cooling band has an ice pack insert with a freezable liquid and the user can freeze the insert for cooling purposes. The cooling band, in a different... Agent: Greenberg & Lieberman, LLC

20070107457 - Refrigerated cabinet: A refrigerated cabinet (11) comprising storage space having a front opening through which access is gained to the space, the space including a zone subdivided into at least one compartment (15), each compartment (15) defined by a drawer (31), each drawer (31) being moveable from a retracted position at which... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070107458 - Pressure equalizing device for refrigerators: A pressure equalizing device for refrigerators, having a chamber, a door on the front wall of the chamber, an evaporator, and an evaporator defrost heater, is provided. The pressure equalizing device includes a pressure relief valve, an installation hole, and a deicing device for the pressure relief valve. The pressure... Agent: Park Law Firm

20070107460 - Cup holder for drinking game: The cup holder for a drinking game is a triangular multi-cup beverage tray and freezer pack insert that holds and chills multiple cups in a “billiard ball rack” formation for use in the drinking game “Beer-Pong,” “Beirut,” or variations thereof. The cup holder for a drinking game includes cup pockets,... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20070107459 - Double cooler \"the cooler cooler\" ice and beverage combination: A double cooler device consistent with certain embodiments has an outer housing shell and an inner housing shell disposed within the outer housing shell and coupled thereto to form an outer reservoir to make up the housing. An inner core resides within the inner shell to form an inner reservoir.... Agent: Miller Patent Services

20070107461 - High pressure control valve: A high pressure control valve is arranged in a refrigerant passage formed from an internal heat exchanger to an evaporator 4 in a refrigerating cycle of CO2 refrigerant having the internal heat exchanger 8. The high pressure control valve 3, 3A to 3F controls refrigerant pressure on the internal heat... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070107462 - Pressure control valve for refrigeration cycle: A pressure control valve of a supercritical refrigeration cycle small in size and resistant to the effects of the outside air temperature, that is, a pressure control valve of a vapor compression type supercritical refrigeration cycle wherein a refrigerant is sealed in a sealed space at the top of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070107463 - Method of improving biocidal efficacy of dry ice: A manufactured dry ice product containing ozone entrapped or absorbed on said dry ice. The dry ice product can be used to chill and preserve food products and provides the added benefit of ozonation of the food product to kill bacteria. Novel processes for ozonating liquid and solid CO2 are... Agent: Air Liquide

20070107464 - Lng system with high pressure pre-cooling cycle: A natural gas liquefaction system employing a high pressure pre-cooling refrigeration cycle.... Agent: Conocophilips Company - I.p. Legal

20070107465 - Apparatus for the liquefaction of gas and methods relating to same: An apparatus, a system and a method for producing liquefied gas are provided. A liquefaction plant may be coupled to a source of, for example, unpurified natural gas, such as a natural gas pipeline at a pressure letdown station. A portion of the gas is drawn off and split into... Agent: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC

20070101729 - Automotive seat air-conditioning system: An automotive seat air-conditioning system includes a vehicle seat 1 having a seat portion 1b used by an occupant and a seatback 1a against which the occupant rests his/her back, and a blower 22 for sucking in the air-conditioning air 8 flowing in the compartments. Further, the air-conditioning air 8... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070101728 - Device for a steering system, particularly for a motor vehicle: The disclosure relates to a device (2) for a steering system for a motor vehicle, comprising a steering wheel (4) with a grip region (6), wherein the grip region (6) has at least one hollow space (44), which is configured such that a temperature-controlled medium can flow through the at... Agent: Dreiss, Fuhlendorf, Steimle & Becker

20070101730 - Cold stocker: In a cold stocker according to the present invention, a compartment-cooling heat exchanger is connected to a cold-side heat exchanger mounted to a cold section of a Stirling refrigerating engine so as to form a cold-side refrigerant circulation circuit. To a warm section of the Stirling refrigerating engine, a first... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070101731 - Deoxygenated fuel-cooled environmental control system pre-cooler for an aircraft: A fuel based thermal management system according to the present invention includes a fuel stabilization system which permits the fuel to exceed the traditional coking temperatures. An air-to-fuel heat exchanger operates as an environmental control system (ECS) pre-cooler such that the heat from the engine compressor bleed air is rejected... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20070101732 - Power cycle with liquefied natural gas regasification: Liquefied natural gas (LNG) or components thereof are used as working fluids in power generation cycles in a LNG regasification plant. Especially preferred plant configurations will be able to process LNG of different composition while generating on-spec pipeline gas, CNG, LNG vehicle fuel, and LPG.... Agent: Robert D. Fish Rutan & Tucker, LLP

20070101733 - Radiation shield for cryogenic pump for high temperature physical vapor deposition: A method and apparatus to shield a cryogenic pump in a physical vapor deposition chamber comprising a physical vapor deposition chamber, a gasket in thermal contact with the physical vapor deposition chamber, at least one post in contact with the gasket, a radiation shield connected at the top of the... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070101734 - Rapid chilling apparatus and method for a beverage-filled container: An apparatus and method for rapidly chilling a beverage-filled container and the beverage therein is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing having a cylindrical inner surface that generally conforms to the cylindrical outer surface of a beverage-filled container. A cooling coil surrounds the housing, and a refrigeration unit is operatively... Agent: Klaas, Law, O'meara & Malkin, P.C.

20070101735 - Heat pump apparatus using expander: A heat pump apparatus includes a compressor, a motor, an expander, a generator, and a variable-speed converter. The variable-speed converter is connected to the generator and converts alternating current generated by the generator into direct current. The variable-speed converter continues to control driving of the generator after an operation stop... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20070101736 - Refrigerant cycle device and control system for vehicle: A refrigerant cycle device includes a compressor driven by a vehicle engine for drawing and compressing gas refrigerant from an evaporator, a variable displacement mechanism which varies a discharge capacity of the compressor based on a control value from an exterior to approach a suction pressure of the compressor to... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070101737 - Refrigeration system including thermoelectric heat recovery and actuation: A vapor-compression circuit may be used to meet the temperature/load demands for conditioning one or more spaces. Excess heat generated in the vapor-compression circuit may be utilized to generate an electric current that may power other components of the vapor-compression circuit. A thermoelectric device may be placed in heat-transferring contact... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070101738 - Vapor compression circuit and method including a thermoelectric device: A system and method includes a vapor compression circuit having a source of waste heat. A thermoelectric device is positioned in heat-transfer relation to the source of waste heat and generates an electric current that powers a load.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070101739 - Vapor compression circuit and method including a thermoelectric device: A system and method includes a thermoelectric device in heat-transfer relation with a working fluid flowing through a vapor compression circuit. Heat is transferred from the working fluid to a first fluid medium and then from the first fluid medium to a second fluid medium.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070101740 - Vapor compression circuit and method including a thermoelectric device: A system and method includes a vapor-compression circuit having a working fluid flowing therethrough, a thermoelectric device positioned in a heat-transfer relation with the working fluid, and a power supply providing current to the thermoelectric device to generate a heat flow through the thermoelectric device.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070101741 - Cooled instrument panel compartment for a vehicle: A glove box assembly for a vehicle is provided. The glove box assembly includes a storage bin and a dedicated climate controlled bin. The climate controlled bin is arranged to receive cooled air from a vehicle heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) unit for cooling the climate controlled bin independent... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20070101742 - A cooling system for superconducting magnets: A cooling system is in thermal contact with a magnet and provides cooling thereto. A storage tank is fluidly connected to the cooling system to store gas released by the cooling system. The stored gas may then be released back into the cooling system when needed.... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070101743 - Hvac desiccant wheel system and method: An HVAC system includes a desiccant wheel, wherein the wheel's speed varies with airflow, the wheel is energized for at least a set period at startup, and/or a heat recovery system (e.g., an air-to-air heat exchanger) upstream of the wheel enhances the system's ability to dehumidify air.... Agent: William O'driscoll 12-1 Trane

20070101744 - Indoor unit of air conditioner: The present invention provides an indoor unit of an air conditioner, which is capable of improving the safety regarding the opening and closing movements of a movable panel. An indoor unit of an air conditioner includes a front grill, a second panel, a driving machine, and a second panel supporting... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070101745 - Cooling device: A cooling device comprises a fan, a heat exchanger and an aerosol, whereby water will be nebulized and then ejected by the fan onto the heat exchanger, so that the water drops produced can be easily boiled or vaporized and absorb heat efficiently. This mechanism will save water and electricity... Agent: An Tong Hsu

20070101746 - Multi-stage hybrid evaporative cooling system: A multi-stage hybrid evaporative cooling system is described as having a direct evaporative cooling subsystem and an indirect evaporative cooling subsystem having one of a horizontal and a vertical set of heat exchanger channels. The multi-stage hybrid evaporative cooling system with a horizontal set of heat exchanger channels has a... Agent: Peter Ganjian

20070101748 - Refrigeration system including thermoelectric module: A refrigeration system for multi-temperature and single-temperature applications combines a refrigeration circuit and a single-phase fluid heat-transfer circuit in heat-conducting contact through a thermoelectric device. A vapor compression cycle provides a first stage of cooling and the thermoelectric device in conjunction with the heat-transfer circuit provides the second stage of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070101749 - Refrigeration system including thermoelectric module: A method includes operating the refrigeration system in a cooling mode wherein a space is conditioned, and also includes transferring heat from a heat-transfer circuit to a thermoelectric device to a refrigeration circuit. A method further includes operating the refrigeration system in a defrost mode of operation including transferring heat... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070101750 - Refrigeration system including thermoelectric module: A method of conditioning a space with a refrigeration system includes circulating a first heat sink for a first side of a thermoelectric device and circulating a second heat sink for a second side of the thermoelectric device. The method also includes transferring heat between the first heat sink and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070101747 - Vehicle air conditioning system: A vehicle air conditioning system includes a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator and a thermoelectric device. The compressor is configured to receive a refrigerant and compress the refrigerant to a compressed state. The condenser is in fluid communication with the compressor to receive the refrigerant in the compressed state via... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070101751 - Freezer pop containing at least one active agent: A freezer pop for storing a freezable liquid, the freezer pop having a packaging including a sealed chamber for storing the freezable liquid formed from at least one inner layer having a sealable edge portion composed of a sealable material and sealed at the edge portion; at least one outer... Agent: Karen G. Horowitz Warner-lambert Company LLC

20070101752 - Ice-making device utilizing pulse electric devices to harvest ice: An ice-making machine comprising: an evaporator comprising at least one ice-forming surface; a water supply, a refrigerant supply and an electrical energy source; wherein the water supply supplies water that forms ice on the ice-forming surface during an ice-making mode, and wherein the electrical energy source applies an electrical pulse... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070101753 - Thermally conductive ice-forming surfaces incorporating short-duration electro-thermal deicing: An ice making machine comprising: a thermally conductive plastic or aluminum evaporator assembly comprising an array of ice forming surfaces; a water supply, a refrigerant supply and an electrical energy source; and a controller that during a freeze mode operates the water supply and the refrigerant supply to form ice... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070101754 - Portable temperature maintaining apparatus: A portable temperature maintaining apparatus has primary walls having a relatively high thermal resistance and inner and outer surfaces where the inner surfaces define a primary chamber. One of the primary walls serves as a selectively movable lid such that items can be placed in the primary chamber. At least... Agent: Irwin Ostroff, Esquire Ostroff & Associates

20070101755 - Air refrigerant cooling apparatus and air refrigeration system using the air refigerant cooling apparatus: An object of the present invention is to provide an air refrigerant cooling apparatus having magnetic bearings with high reliability and high efficiency. In the present invention, magnetic bearings are applied to a motor of an air refrigerant cooling apparatus which includes a compressor, the motor and an expansion turbine.... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070101756 - Air-refrigerant cooling apparatus: The present invention provides a technique for rapidly removing frost accumulated in air-refrigerant cooling apparatuses. An air-refrigerant cooling apparatus in accordance with the present invention includes a bypass line for directly supplying a defroster with refrigerant air having an increased temperature from a compressor, avoiding temperature drop by a heat... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070101757 - Cool air supply duct of refrigerator: A cool air supply duct of a refrigerator includes a vertical duct unit installed in a freezing chamber or a refrigerating chamber of the refrigerator so that the length of the vertical duct unit can be adjusted in the vertical direction; and horizontal duct units installed on the vertical duct... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070101758 - Method and system for use with a consumable beverage: A system for use with a consumable beverage includes a container having a mouth. A lid is detachably engaged with the container. A collar is adapted to be seated in the mouth of the container. The collar defines an opening therein. A thermal energy storing member is detachably engagable with... Agent: Garcia-zamor Intellectual Property Law Attn: Ruy Garcia-zamor

20070101759 - Refrigeration apparatus constructing method, and refrigeration apparatus: A refrigeration apparatus utilizes a separation membrane to separate and eliminate a noncondensable gas from a refrigerant inside a refrigerant circuit. The refrigeration apparatus has a gas separation apparatus. The gas separation apparatus includes a separation membrane apparatus connected to a liquid side refrigerant circuit that connects a heat source... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070101760 - Refrigerant pressurization system with a two-phase condensing ejector: A refrigerant pressurization system including an ejector having a first conduit for flowing a liquid refrigerant therethrough and a nozzle for accelerating a vapor refrigerant therethrough. The first conduit is positioned such that the liquid refrigerant is discharged from the first conduit into the nozzle. The ejector includes a mixing... Agent: Michaud-duffy Group LLP

20070101761 - Compact evaporator for chiller application: An evaporator including a shell having a first end and a second end. A plurality of tubes are disposed within the shell to circulate refrigerant through the shell. A plurality of shell inlets are in fluid communication with the shell to deliver a fluid to exchange heat in the plurality... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick, LLC

20070101762 - Method for designing a cryogenic air separation plant: A method for designing a cryogenic air separation plant wherein a particular plant which fits into a certain classification is designed by first employing at least one predesigned subsystem for that classification to form a base system and then completing the design by adding to the base system at least... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20070101763 - Method and installation for the provision of gas under pressure: The invention relates to a method for the provision of gas under pressure, by vaporisation of a cryogenic liquid from at least two cryogenic separation devices (A, B, C, D). Each device comprises a heat exchanger (1) and a system of columns (2, 3). In a first mode of operation,... Agent: Air Liquide

20070095074 - Acoustic cooling device with coldhead and resonant driver separated: An acoustic cooling device is provided. A coldhead and an acoustic power source of the acoustic cooling device are separated by way of a long tube connecting them to enable the cold tip to be installed in a remote location where a traditional unitary system would not fit, would generate... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & D'alessandro, LLC

20070095073 - Linear compressor controller: A free-piston linear compressor (1) controlled to achieve high volumetric efficiency by a controller including an algorithm (116) for ramping up input power until piston-cylinder head collisions are detected using a detection algorithm (117/118) which then decrements power input whereupon input power is again ramped up by algorithm (116). Non-damaging... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20070095075 - Superconducting machine device with a superconducting winding and thermosiphon cooling: The machine device comprises a motor (2) with a rotor (5) rotating about an axis (A), the superconducting winding of which is coupled with thermal conduction to a central refrigerant cavity (12). The cavity (12) forms a single-tube system, together with the line sections (22) laterally connected thereto and a... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC

20070095076 - Apparatus, system, and method for separating minerals from mineral feedstock: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for separating minerals from mineral feedstock—for example bitumen from tar sand. The apparatus includes residence chambers for contacting solvent and tar sand. The solvent-tar sand contact occurs in at least two stages. The drained miscella from the first stage is sent to a... Agent: Kunzler & Associates

20070095077 - Lng by-pass for open rack vaporizer during lng regasification: A process for vaporizing liquefied natural gas that is at a temperature of −220° F. or below which comprises (a) passing a first liquefied natural gas stream through an open rack vaporizer which uses a heat transfer agent which comprises water under conditions which will raise the liquefied natural gas... Agent: Chevron Texaco Corporation

20070095078 - Intermodal air compressor water separator and heat exchanger: A refrigerated container having an air compressor for maintaining a controlled atmosphere includes provisions for cooling the ambient air being drawn in by the air compressor to thereby prevent corrosion in the air compressor. A condensing line heat exchanger is connected between an inlet port and the compressor and is... Agent: Marjama & Bilinski LLP

20070095079 - Power plant with motorless feed pump: The present invention relates to a novel method for operating a thermal power plant or refrigeration cycle in which a spent low pressure working fluid is recycled to a high pressure vaporizer using temperature control within a heat exchanger instead of employing a working fluid feed pump. While the non-steady... Agent: Jeffrey Stephen Sterling

20070095080 - Ice maker having fan assembly and fan assembly control method: The present invention relates to an ice maker having a fan assembly. The ice maker 30 of the present invention comprises a main body 40 and a fan assembly 60 mounted to the main body 40 by means of resilient mounting hooks. A housing 62 defines an external appearance of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070095081 - Air conditioner: In an air conditioner provided with a capacity variable compressor unit including an inverter, the capacity of the capacity variable compressor unit is controlled in response to air-conditioning load data including temperature difference between a set temperature and an indoor temperature. An inverter frequency for controlling an operation condition of... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070095082 - System and method for controlling indoor air flow for heating, ventilating and air conditioning equipment: An HVAC system includes a variable speed electric motor driven fan for circulating air to an enclosed space through an indoor unit for providing heating or cooling effect to air circulated through the indoor unit. A controller with user or system installer actuatable switches includes a programmable microcontroller providing a... Agent: The Trane Company Patent Department 12-1

20070095084 - Apparatus and method for controlling multi-type air conditioner: A method for controlling a multi-type air conditioner, includes selecting, from among a plurality of indoor units connected to an outdoor unit, at least one currently operating indoor unit; determining whether the at least one currently operating indoor unit is in an overcooling state; selecting, from among the plurality of... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070095083 - Method and apparatus for removing partial overload in an air conditioner: A method for removing a partial overload in an air conditioner, which includes determining whether a plurality of indoor units provided in the air conditioner includes at least one indoor unit operating in an overload state; and performing a partial overload operation to increase the amount of a refrigerant introduced... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070095085 - Air-conditioning assembly: The invention relates to a motor vehicle air-conditioning assembly provided with a supercritical fluid refrigerant circuit and comprising a pressure relief member (12) defining a cross-section of fluid flow. The assembly comprises an electronic control device (401) for interacting with the fluid refrigerant circuit. The electronic control device includes a... Agent: Valeo Climate Control Intellectual Property Department Corp.

20070095086 - Cooling apparatus and cooling method for electric storage device of electrically powered vehicle: This cooling apparatus for a condenser of an electrically powered vehicle including a vehicle driving motor to which an electrical power is supplied from a condenser through an inverter, includes: a cooler including a fan which sends a cooling air into a cabin interior; a suction port which is open... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070095087 - Vapor compression cooling system for cooling electronics: A vapor compression cooling system and method (10) is provided for cooling one or more microprocessors (12,14) via one or more cold plates (22,24) mated with the microprocessor(s). Each cold plate (22,24) includes an evaporator (32,34), and the cooling system (10) is designed to operate such that the quality of... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070095088 - Body ventilation system and method: A body ventilation system for enhanced personal comfort. A gas distributor including a network of gas flow elements is disposed on a permeable substrate. The gas distributor defines at least one channel in fluid communication with the gas flow elements. The gas flow elements are configured to receive gas from... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070095089 - Evaporator assembly for a refrigeration device: A refrigerator includes an evaporator assembly. The evaporator assembly includes an evaporator fan located in a refrigeration compartment of the refrigerator. The refrigerator evaporator assembly includes a fan cover at least partially enclosing the evaporator fan, the fan cover including a first side, a second side, a front, a back,... Agent: John S. Beulick (13307)

20070095090 - Refrigerator ice storage bin with lid: A refrigerator having a freezer compartment having an ice maker disposed within the freezer compartment for forming ice pieces and an ice storage bin removably mounted to freezer compartment door below the ice maker having an open top receptacle for receiving ice pieces from the ice maker. The ice storage... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20070095091 - Method and apparatus for cooling beverages: A beverage cooling container comprising a container body comprising a floor and a wall; a water level limiter, for limiting a water level in the contained area to a water level limit positioned between the floor and the filling opening, the water level limit defining a chilling zone and defining... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070095092 - Structural panel for a refrigerated trailer comprising an integrated bulkhead structure for promoting air flow: The invention provides a structural panel with an integrated bulkhead structure for promoting airflow within a refrigerated container, such as a refrigerated trailer. More specifically, the invention provides a front wall portion for a refrigerated container defining an aperture through which a refrigeration device may extend to the interior of... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070095093 - Refrigeration apparatus: Disclosed is an apparatus that provides refrigerant based energy storage and cooling. When connected to a condensing unit, the system has the ability to store energy capacity during one time period and provide cooling from the stored energy during a second time period. The system requires minimal energy to operate... Agent: Cochran Freund & Young LLC

20070095094 - Panel edge joint: A panel edge joint formed on opposing edges of a first panel (12) and second panel (22) for use in refrigeration units. The panel edge joint comprises a male part (10) extending along at least one edge of the first panel (12) and a corresponding female part (20) extending along... Agent: Martin P Hoffman Hoffman Wasson & Gitler

20070095095 - Chemical heat pump working according to the hybrid principle related application: In a chemical heat pump installation two identical main units are provided, each one including a reactor and one condenser/evaporator integrated in the same container (100). One main unit is charged while the other one e.g. produces cooling. Large energy amounts are consumed in the switching operation when the unit... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070095096 - Downhole sorption cooling and heating in wireline logging and monitoring while drilling: A cooling system in which an electronic device or other component is cooled by using one or more solid sources of liquid vapor (such as polymeric absorbents, hydrates or desiccants that desorb water at comparatively low temperature) in conjunction with one or more high-temperature vapor sorbents or desiccants that effectively... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.C.

20070095097 - Thermal control system and method: Improvements in systems and methods which employ a two-phase fluid, such as a refrigerant, as a saturable fluid in direct heat transfer relation to a thermal load, are realized by extraction of vapor from the saturated fluid before heat exchange. Moreover, automatic changing of the paths under command of a... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20070095098 - Expansion valve for rear seat air conditioner: The present invention relates to an expansion valve for a rear seat air conditioner of an automotive vehicle, which can circulate a flow of refrigerant stagnated between a compressor and the rear seat air conditioner through a bleeding channel of the expansion valve when only a front seat air conditioner... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070095099 - Method for processing a stream of lng obtained by means of cooling using a first refrigeration cycle and associated installation: The second refrigeration cycle (21) comprises a step for forming a stream (73) of refrigerating fluid from a portion of the top stream (69) of gas, a step for compressing the stream of refrigerating fluid (73) to a high pressure, then a step for expanding a portion (81) of the... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070095100 - Cryogenic air separation process with excess turbine refrigeration: A process for carrying out cryogenic air separation wherein liquid oxygen is pressurized and vaporized against condensing feed air to produce oxygen gas product wherein excess plant refrigeration is generated such that the aggregate warm end temperature difference of the process exceeds the minimum internal temperature difference of the primary... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557