24th week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170167667 | PARALLEL-CONNECTED LED ILLUMINANT AND LED LIGHT LAMP - A parallel-connected LED illuminant, including: a parallel-connected bracket, LED light emitting unit groups, and fluorescent powder layers. The parallel-connected bracket includes two or more than two linear substrate monomers. The linear substrate monomers are disposed in parallel. Each of the LED light emitting unit groups is disposed in the straight line on each of the linear substrate monomers along the long axis thereof. The LED illuminant is connected in series with electrode pins disposed at two ends of the parallel-connected bracket. The surface of each linear substrate monomer where each LED light emitting unit group is disposed is coated with each of the fluorescent powder layers. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167668 | LENS UNIT, LED MODULE WITH THE LENS UNIT, AND LIGHT FIXTURE WITH THE LED MODULE - A lens unit includes: lens cores configured to be provided one-to-one in front of LEDs with different luminous colors; and a main body that holds the lens cores. The lens cores is held by the main body so that respective distances of the lens cores from respective light-emitting surfaces of LED chips in the LEDs are equal to each other. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167669 | Dual-headed Wireless Rechargeable Flashlight - The dual-headed rechargeable flashlight is a compact rechargeable LED flashlight with two methods of recharging as well as two independent LED lighting sources. In one manner of recharging, the flashlight is docked into a wireless inductive charging station that is powered by a 12 volt DC power source. In the alternative manner of charging, the flashlight's power source is recharged via a mini USB port. Alternatively, in the wired mode of recharging, the flashlight is docked magnetically to an external battery pack that can be easily secured to tactical vests using straps or clips. When using the wearable vest battery pack, the operator has access to the flashlight while it is simultaneously being recharged. The flashlight additionally furnishes a secondary auxiliary LED light located inside the rear end cap, and provides a battery power status meter for monitoring battery life. The wireless charging dock is designed for use within motor vehicles that possess 12 volt DC power adapters, and includes a way for a secure attachment of the flashlight when docked. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167670 | LIGHTING CONTROL BASED ON DEFORMATION OF FLEXIBLE LIGHTING STRIP - In various embodiments, one or more signals indicative of a shape formed by a flexible lighting strip ( | 2017-06-15 |
20170167671 | Floor Lamp With Integrated Plant Growth System - A luminaire has three or more substantially rigid legs each having an upper end and a lower end. The three or more legs are arranged in a frustum shape forming a central area. The upper ends of the three or more legs at least partially converge and are fixed with respect to each other. The luminaire includes a first lamp fixed to the top ends of the three or more legs and operable to emit light in a substantially upward direction, and a second lamp fixed to the top ends of the three or more legs and operable to emit light in a substantially downward direction. Additionally, the luminaire includes three or more suspension members each having an end that is removably secured to a respective leg. Each of the three or more suspension members have individually adjustable lengths and are configured to maintain a suspended planter. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167672 | LIGHTING ASSEMBLY WITH LIGHT FIXTURE MOUNTED IN ELECTRICAL BOX - A light fixture includes a body with a first section at a first end and a second section at a second end and a light source disposed inside the body at the first end. In an installed configuration, the body is at least partially located inside an electrical box such that the first section and the first end are disposed inside the electrical box. The light source aims light from the first end toward the second end to illuminate an architectural space. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167673 | Swivel-Type Night Light - A swivel-type night light includes a housing, a socket mechanism, a bulb mechanism, a switch, a fixed seat, an intermediate seat, a connecting seat, a bottom ring, a positive blade, a negative blade, a positive conducting plate, a negative conducting plate, and a conducting member. The positive blade has a first tongue contacting with the positive conducting plate. The negative blade has a second tongue contacting with the negative conducting plate. A bulb is mounted on the bulb mechanism and is electrically connected with the conducting member by an internal thread. The fixed seat is rotatable relative to the connecting seat through 360 degrees. A plastic ring is arranged between the positive conducting plate and the negative conducting plate to prevent the positive conducting plate and the negative conducting plate from contacting with each other. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167674 | Nightlight Display - A nightlight display is provided that can be used to illuminate an area and project an illuminated display therefrom. The nightlight has a nightlight base that connects to a power source and an upwardly projecting light source. Coupled to the nightlight base is a translucent plate with indicia thereon. The light source and plate are aligned so the plate is edge-lit and the light source projects through the plate. When energized, the light source illuminates the indicia thereon, wherein the indicia reflect the light in a preferably diffuse manner to project a desired display from the plate. The light source is preferably an LED and the plate is preferably an etched acrylic plate. The plate and nightlight base may also be removable from one another to replace the plate with a different display. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167675 | LINEAR PENDANT LUMINAIRE - A luminaire may be provided having multiple elongated bodies. The light emitted by the elongated bodies may be controlled independently of one another. The position of the bodies relative to one another or a reference point may be altered independently of one another. The luminaire may be a pendant luminaire that may hang from a surface. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167676 | LIGHTING ASSEMBLY - A lighting assembly is assembled on a light pole. The lighting assembly comprises a lighting portion, an assembling portion, a first fixing member and a second fixing member. The lighting portion has a light-output surface. The assembling portion is connected to the lighting portion, and the assembling portion has a holder. The holder is configured to hold a free end of the light pole, and inner diameters of the holder gradually decrease from an outer end surface to the lighting portion, such that the free end abuts an inner wall of the holder. The first fixing member passes through a through-hole of a first side of the holder; the second fixing member passes through a through-hole of a second side of the holder, wherein the second side is opposite to the first side. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167677 | Electric Candle Having Flickering Effect - Various designs of electronic lighting devices are disclosed. Contemplated electronic lighting devices comprise a housing, a base, and a light source holder. The housing comprises an internal cavity that typically houses the base and the light source holder. The base is configured to mate with the housing, and the light source holder is affixed to the base. Preferably, the light source holder is configured to receive a light source in an inclined position with respect to the housing, such that light from the light source is emitted through an aperture of the housing and onto a flame element to simulate a real candle light. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167678 | FLAME SIMULATING ASSEMBLY WITH FLICKER ELEMENT INCLUDING PADDLE ELEMENTS - A flame simulating assembly including light source(s), a screen to which light from the light source(s) is directed, to provide images of flickering flames thereon, and a rotatable flicker element for reflecting the light from the light sources toward the screen. The flicker element includes a number of paddle elements located in respective predetermined locations on the rod. Each paddle element includes one or more body portions with reflective surfaces thereon. The reflective surface includes a central region and a perimeter region at least partially located around the central region, the perimeter region at least partially defining a perimeter plane. The central region is substantially non-planar and the perimeter region is at least partially planar. The perimeter region includes a middle part and side parts, partially separated by channels. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167679 | LIGHTING MEMBER, LIGHTING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING LIGHTING MEMBER - There is provided a lighting film according to one aspect of the invention including: a first substrate having optical transparency; a plurality of lighting units formed of a plurality of polygonal prism-shaped structures having optical transparency provided on a first surface of the first substrate; and gaps provided between the plurality of lighting units, in which the lighting unit is a polygon which has five vertexes in a sectional shape orthogonal to a longitudinal direction and has all of internal angles smaller than 180°, the lighting unit includes a first side which is one side of the polygon corresponding to a surface contacted with the first substrate, and a plurality of vertexes including a first vertex and a second vertex which are vertexes corresponding to both ends of the first side and a third vertex which is not positioned on the first side, a length of a perpendicular line of the first side passing the third vertex is longer than a length of a perpendicular line of the first side passing a vertex other than the third vertex among the plurality of vertexes, and a shape of the lighting unit is asymmetrical with a perpendicular line of the first side passing the third vertex as the center. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167680 | VEHICLE LIGHTING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A vehicle lighting assembly and method includes an LED light source mounted on a vehicle and a multi-tube condensing structure arranged to condense light from the LED light source. The multi-tube condensing structure has a first end face for receiving light from the LED light source and a second end face spaced apart from the first end face for dispersing the light received from the LED light source. The first end face has a first end face surface area and the second end face has a second end face surface area. The second end face surface area is less than the first end face surface area to thereby condense the light received from the LED light source. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167681 | LENS BODY AND LIGHTING TOOL FOR VEHICLE - A lens body configured to radiate light entering from a light source forward along a forward/rearward reference axis extending in a forward/rearward direction of a vehicle, the lens body including a first reflecting surface having an elliptic spherical shape, a second reflecting surface configured to internally reflect at least some of the light internally reflected by the first reflecting surface, and a light emitting surface, and the light emitting surface having a first leftward/rightward emission region configured to refract an entered light, which has passed through a first focal point, in a direction approaching a forward/rearward reference axis and a second leftward/rightward emission region configured to refract an entered light, which has passed through the first focal point, in a direction separating away from the forward/rearward reference axis at cross sections in a forward/rearward direction and a leftward/rightward direction. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167682 | Lighting Device for Vehicles - A lighting device for vehicles with a multitude of light modules, each comprising a light source arranged on a substrate and a lens arranged at a distance to the light source for the creation of a given light distribution. A fixed side light module and a fixed main light module are provided as a light module. The side light module has an asymmetric lens, so that a light beam radiated by the side light module creates a side light distribution extending a main light distribution created by the main light module in the lateral direction. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167683 | VEHICLE HEADLAMP - A vehicle headlamp includes a surface light source and a reflector that forms a low beam light distribution pattern having an oblique cut-off line and a horizontal cut-off line. The surface light source is provided in a perpendicular direction with respect to an optical axis of the reflector, and the reflector forms a hot zone of the light distribution pattern by first areas with a great disposition angle and second areas with a small disposition angle where a light source image of the surface light source becomes narrow and small. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167684 | LAMP FOR VEHICLE - A lamp for a vehicle is provided. The lamp has a reduced cost and weight of the lamp and allows an increased degree of design freedom by reducing a size of an optical system in compensation for a size of the projection lens. Additionally, the lamp for the vehicle increases the efficiency and amount of light since the lamp radiates light using light emitted from the light source without loss of the light. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167685 | LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS AND LIGHTING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLES INLCUDING THE SAME - A light-emitting apparatus includes a light source unit for emitting a first excitation light beam, a beam shape conversion unit for reflecting the first excitation light beam and outputting the reflected first excitation light beam as a second excitation light beam, and a driving unit for driving the light source unit, wherein the beam shape conversion unit includes a plurality of reflective surfaces having different reflection patterns, and the reflective surfaces are arranged in a direction that intersects the direction in which the first excitation light beam is incident. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167686 | LIGHT SOURCE MODULE AND VEHICLE HEADLAMP USING THE SAME - A light source module and a vehicle headlamp is provided. The light source module and the vehicle headlamp include a circuit board and first and second light emitting modules that are disposed on the circuit board. The first and second light emitting modules are divided by a partition wall. Each of the first and second light emitting modules includes a blue LED light source and a phosphor that is disposed on the blue LED light source. The phosphor is configured to be activated by the blue LED light source to emit first light and includes a phosphor film that is disposed on an exterior of the first light emitting module and the phosphor film is configured to emit a second light. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167687 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR VEHICLES - A lighting device for vehicles with an elongated light guide comprising an end face for the coupling-in of light, into which a light beam radiated from a light source can be coupled-in. The lighting device further comprises elements for the coupling-out of light for the deflection of the coupled-in light beam in the direction of a front skin surface of the elongated light guide, on which the light beam can be coupled-out for the generation of a given light function, such that the front skin surface of the elongated light guide is connected to a rear skin surface by means of a curved dispersion surface. At least one light directing element is arranged between a row of light sources and the light guide so that the light of the light sources arranged in a row can be coupled into the rear skin surface or the curved dispersion surface of the light guide. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167688 | LIGHT DEVICE, ESPECIALLY A SIGNAL LAMP FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A light device, especially a signal lamp for motor vehicles, includes a carrier housing ( | 2017-06-15 |
20170167689 | LIGHT SOURCE UNIT AND LAMP - A light source unit includes a heat-dissipation member having positive expansibility that volume is expanded with an increase in temperature, the heat-dissipation member having a through-hole, a heating component having a heating component body and a pin terminal, the heating component body fixed to the heat-dissipation member in one opening side of the through-hole, the pin terminal connected to the heating component body, and inserted through the through hole and protruding from the other opening side of the through-hole of the heat-dissipation member a substrate fixed to the heat-dissipation member in the other opening side of the through-hole and having a wiring connected to the pin terminal, and a buffering member having negative thermal-expansibility that volume is contracted with an increase in temperature. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167690 | DYNAMIC OPTIC - A dynamic optic includes at least one optic having a reservoir that is at least partially filled with a liquid and at least one light source disposed adjacent to the at least one optic. The upper surface of the liquid creates a total internal reflection surface that totally internally reflects light emitted by the at least one light source. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167691 | BACKLIGHT MODULE - A backlight module includes a reflecting base, a light source, at least one 3D optical control structure, and at least one illumination adjusting structure. The light source and the 3D optical control structure are disposed on the reflecting base, and the 3D optical control structure covers the light source. Each 3D optical control structure includes two sidewalls, and at least one of the sidewalls has at least one through-hole. The illumination adjusting structure is adjacent to the sidewall having the through-hole. A position of an orthogonal projection of the through-hole to the reflecting base is A, and a position where a normal line of the sidewall passing through the through-hole intersects the reflecting base is B. An illumination adjusting section is an area between A and B. The illumination adjusting structure is disposed in the illumination adjusting section. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167692 | BACKLIGHT MODULE - A backlight module includes a reflection base plate, at least one light source, at least one 3D optical control structure and a reflector. The light source is disposed on the reflection base plate. The 3D optical control structure is disposed on the reflection base plate and covers the light source. The 3D optical control structure includes a top surface and a lateral connected to the top surface. The lateral obliquely faces toward the reflection base plate, and an acute angle exists between the lateral and the reflection base plate. The reflector is disposed on the reflection base plate and beside the lateral. Light emitted from the light source passes through or is reflected by the top surface or the lateral, wherein a part of light passing through the lateral is reflected by the reflector so as to transmit toward a direction away from the reflection base plate. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167693 | LIGHT EMITTING STRUCTURE AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE USING THE SAME - A light emitting structure comprises a translucent support, a liquid dispersion medium, and a semiconductor nanoparticle phosphor. Preferably, the light emitting structure is formed such that the translucent support has a pore, the liquid dispersion medium is held in the pore of the translucent support, and the semiconductor nanoparticle phosphor is dispersed in the liquid dispersion medium. Furthermore, preferably, the light emitting structure is such that the translucent support includes a macromolecular chain forming a three-dimensional mesh structure, and one or more types of semiconductor nanoparticle phosphors are dispersed in a gelated material including the translucent support and the liquid dispersion medium and presented in a wet state. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167694 | THIN FLAT PANEL LED LUMINAIRE - The invention described herein is a very thin flat panel LED luminaire, including a flat baseboard, a flat reflection panel, a flat acrylic panel, a flat diffusion panel, LED bar, and aluminum encasement frame which combines with the baseboard to form the chassis for the luminaire. The LED bar is placed along either or both sides of the stack. The acrylic panel is printed with a mesh-like mask pattern of dots in a pattern in which the density of the pattern is decreases the farther away from the LED bar the pattern is, differentially coupling the light from the point source LED bar from the reflection panel into the flat acrylic panel so that illumination across the luminaire is substantially uniform. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167695 | LED LIGHTING METHODS AND APPARATUS - LED related lighting methods and apparatus are described. Various features relate to water tight light fixtures. Some of the fixtures are spotlights while other fixture are intended for in ground use. The light fixtures in at least some embodiments include power control features. In spotlight embodiments beam angle and power or light output can be controlled without opening the light assembly or compromising the water tight seals which also protect against dirt. In ground embodiments support tilt angle setting which allow a user to set the light fixture to one or more tilt angles. Beam angle can also be changed in some embodiments as well as power control. Beam angle, power control and tilt angle adjustments are supported in some embodiments but need not be supported in all embodiments with some embodiments using one or more of the described features but not all features. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167696 | LED LIGHTING METHODS AND APPARATUS - LED related lighting methods and apparatus are described. Various features relate to water tight light fixtures. Some of the fixtures are spotlights while other fixture are intended for in ground use. The light fixtures in at least some embodiments include power control features. In spotlight embodiments beam angle and power or light output can be controlled without opening the light assembly or compromising the water tight seals which also protect against dirt. In ground embodiments support tilt angle setting which allow a user to set the light fixture to one or more tilt angles. Beam angle can also be changed in some embodiments as well as power control. Beam angle, power control and tilt angle adjustments are supported in some embodiments but need not be supported in all embodiments with some embodiments using one or more of the described features but not all features. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167697 | HOUSING FOR USE WITH COLOR CONVERTING MATERIAL ASSEMBLY AND LED - A mount for a color converting assembly includes a housing having a first pair of opposed walls and a second pair of opposed walls. The housing has a first opening at a first end thereof and a second opening at a second end thereof. A shelf extends inwardly from each of the walls at a point below the second end of the housing such that each wall extends upwardly beyond the shelf to the second end of the housing. The walls and shelf are formed of a reflective material. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167698 | LED Lamp Beads with Multiple Light-Emitting Points - LED lamp beads with multiple light-emitting points comprising a certain number of luminous bodies and package resins; in which after at least two luminous bodies are connected in parallel, they are wrapped in a package resin and connected to an anode pin and a cathode pin inserted into the package resin. The present invention structure is simple and has a rational design. By using one-way conductive luminance on the LED luminous bodies, and using parallel and inverse parallel connections on multiple light-emitting points, control of the electric current direction is achieved, and thus the control of the operating modes of luminous bodies and the LED lamp beads with multiple light-emitting points is achieved. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167699 | Luminaire Junction Box Housing - A junction box housing system includes a housing, a first hanger connected to a first side of a sidewall of the housing, and a second hanger connected to a second side of the sidewall distal from the first side. In various examples, the housing is movable along the first hanger and the second hanger in a horizontal direction. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167700 | FLOOD LIGHT - A light comprises a housing including a front face, a first face, a second face, and a first surface arranged between the second face and the front face. A lens is disposed in the front face and a light source is covered by the lens. A power source is configured to provide power to the light source. The first face is angled at a first oblique angle with respect to the front face, the second face is angled at a second oblique angle with respect to the front face, and the first surface is angled at a third oblique angle with respect to the front face. The first oblique angle, the second oblique angle, and the third oblique angle are different from one another. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167701 | LED LIGHTING METHODS AND APPARATUS - LED related lighting methods and apparatus are described. Various features relate to water tight light fixtures. Some of the fixtures are spotlights while other fixture are intended for in ground use. The light fixtures in at least some embodiments include power control features. In spotlight embodiments beam angle and power or light output can be controlled without opening the light assembly or compromising the water tight seals which also protect against dirt. In ground embodiments support tilt angle setting which allow a user to set the light fixture to one or more tilt angles. Beam angle can also be changed in some embodiments as well as power control. Beam angle, power control and tilt angle adjustments are supported in some embodiments but need not be supported in all embodiments with some embodiments using one or more of the described features but not all features. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167702 | OPTICAL ALIGNMENT SYSTEM - Alignment systems and devices are provided for controlling the alignment of an optical payload. In some embodiments, an optical positioning system is provided that includes a yoke supporting an optical payload. The yoke, which includes a plurality of articulated segments and associated pivot joints, is mechanically coupled to the optical payload, such that when the optical payload is oriented in a given direction, such as towards a distal target, the optical payload is rotatable about a distal pivot axis associated with a distal pivot joint of the yoke. The pivot joints of the yoke may be configured such that the rotation axis associated with a given pivot joint passes sufficiently close to a respective center of mass of a distalward portion of the optical alignment system beyond the given pivot joint, such that the position and orientation of the optical payload is maintained in the absence of external forces. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167703 | MICRO-LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE BACKLIGHT SYSTEM - A backlight system includes a backplane and a plurality of bare die light emitters disposed on the backplane. Each light emitter has a light-emitter substrate and contact pads on the light-emitter substrate through which electrical current is supplied to cause the light emitter to emit light. A plurality of first and second backplane conductors are disposed on the backplane for conducting control signals to control the light emitters through the contact pads. A plurality of light valves is disposed to receive light from the light emitters. The number of light valves is greater than the number of light emitters. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167704 | Device and Method for Retrofitting or Converting or Adapting Series Circuits - Method and device for adapting a series constant power system to operate constant voltage lighting. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167705 | WIRELESS REPLACEMENT LED BULB WITH ONE OR MORE ACCOMPANYING CONTROL SWITCHES - A wireless replacement light bulb with one or more accompanying control switches, such as an integrated switch and/or a wireless lamp switch is provided. The bulb comprises a light source, such as an LED element, a controller, a wireless interface, and one or more accompanying control switches, such as an integrated switch and/or a wireless lamp switch. The bulb can be controlled, such as turned on or off, by a user using the integrated switch, the wireless lamp switch, or a combination thereof. The integrated switch and the wireless lamp switch does not remove power from the controller, allowing the controller to control the bulb in response to receiving a wireless control signal from a remote electronic device, such as a remote control, a smartphone, a tablet, or the like. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167706 | DUAL HEAD FLASHLIGHT - Aspects of the present disclosure may be embodied as a dual headed flashlight. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a flashlight having a generally elongated shape having first and second opposing ends. At each of the first and seconds end may be disposed an illumination source. Each of the illumination sources may comprise a light source head that is electrically coupled with a switch that is actuated by an outer casing disposed around the elongated shape. Alternatively, each of the light source heads may be individually actuated on a chassis. In an embodiment, the first and second light source heads are removable, modular, and interchangeable. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167707 | LIGHT FITTING - A light fitting comprising: a first part for connecting to a surface, the first part comprising: a first electrical connector; and a first mechanical connector; a second part for connecting to a light, the second part comprising: an electrical interface configured to be releasably coupled to a power circuit for a light; and a second electrical connector, the second electrical connector being arranged to be electrically connected to the electrical interface for supplying power to the light; and a second mechanical connector arranged to releasably engage the first mechanical connector. The first electrical connector and second electrical connector are arranged to engage to provide an electrical connection between the first and second parts as the first and second mechanical connectors engage. The light fitting is arranged such that an electrical connection between the first and second parts can be provided when the second part is at any of a plurality of positions relative to the first part. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167708 | LIGHTING DEVICE - A lighting device may include a light irradiation portion, a light control portion, a sensing portion and a main control module. The light irradiation portion to generate and irradiate light. The light control portion to control a power applied to the light irradiation portion. The sensing portion to sense an environment of a space to which the light irradiation portion irradiates light. The main control module communicate with an external device by a wireless communication and control the light control portion according to a control signal from the external device. The main control module may include a first connector that connects the main control module and the sensing portion by a wired communication. The second connector may connects the light control portion and the main control module by the wired communication. The lighting device may be capable of being installed in an environment desired by the user. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167709 | LIGHTING DEVICE - A lighting device may include a light irradiation portion, a main control module, and a second connector. The light irradiation portion may generate and irradiates light. The light control portion may control power applied to the light irradiation portion. The main control module may include an antenna to communicate with an external device by a wireless communication and control the light control portion according to a control signal from the external device. The second connector may be provided in the main control module and may connect the main control module and the light control portion by a wired communication. The second connector may include a first printed circuit board having a mode pin (for determining a control mode of the light control portion) and a power pin (for supplying power from the light control portion to the main control module), and a second printed circuit board having a control pin (for supplying a control signal from the main control module to the light control portion). | 2017-06-15 |
20170167710 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION DEVICE, LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEM AND PROJECTION SYSTEM - The present disclosure provides a wavelength conversion device, and its light source system and projection system. The wavelength conversion device includes a wavelength conversion material layer, and a first light-filtering layer on a first side of the wavelength conversion material layer. The wavelength conversion device also includes a first thermally-conductive dielectric layer configured between the wavelength conversion material layer and the first light-filtering layer. The first thermally-conductive dielectric layer has a thermal conductivity greater than or equal to the wavelength conversion material layer, and has a refractivity less than the wavelength conversion material layer. Accordingly, the heat generated by the wavelength conversion material layer may be timely conducted out, thus improving the conversion efficiency of the wavelength conversion device. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167711 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE - An illumination device ( | 2017-06-15 |
20170167712 | HEADLIGHT WITH AN LED LIGHT SOURCE - This invention relates to a headlight with an LED light source which contains at least one light-emitting diode arranged on a circuit board and is arranged in a housing enclosing the LED light source, which includes at least one light exit surface through which the light emitted by the LED light source exits. According to the invention it is provided that the housing encloses the LED light source in a liquid- or gas-tight way and includes at least one coolant inlet and one coolant outlet for a liquid or gaseous coolant. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167713 | LIGHT SOURCE MODULE - A light source module includes at least one light source emitting light, and a body supporting the light source. The body includes a heat sink supporting the light source on a top surface thereof, an electrical insulating part provided on the heat sink, and a plating part provided on the insulating part. The plating part includes a contact heat dissipation part contacting a portion of a bottom surface of the light source to receive heat generated from the light source, and a diffusion heat dissipation part connected to the contact heat dissipation part for receiving heat from the contact heat dissipation part to discharge the heat to the heat sink. Accordingly, quick heat dissipation is performed. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167714 | LIGHT SOURCE MODULE - A light source module includes a light source for emitting light, and a heat sink for absorbing heat from the light source and dissipating the heat to the outside. The heat sink includes a mounting part for attaching the light source, and a heat dissipation fin for absorbing heat generated by the light source and dissipating the heat to the outside. An electrical insulating layer is provided on at least one surface of the heat sink, and an electrically conductive layer is provided in the insulating layer. The electrically conductive layer provides a path through which electric current is applied to the light source. A lens cover is provided over the light source. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167715 | LED LIGHTING APPARATUS WITH AN OPEN FRAME NETWORK OF LIGHT MODULES - The present disclosure is directed to a light emitting diode (LED) light module. In one embodiment, the LED light module includes a plurality of light sections and a plurality of open sections formed by a plurality of heat sink fins between the plurality of light sections, wherein each one of the plurality of light sections is adjacent to two different light sections of the plurality of light sections. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167716 | AUTOMOTIVE LED LAMP HEAT SINK - An LED heat sink for vehicles includes an injection molded product of a thermally conductive resin composition. The thermally conductive resin composition includes 50 to 90 weight % of a thermoplastic polyester resin having a number average molecular weight of 12,000 to 70,000, and 10 to 50 weight % of a flaked graphite having a fixed carbon content of at least 98 mass %, and an aspect ratio of at least 21, and the thermally conductive resin composition has a specific gravity of 1.4 to 1.7, and an in-plane thermal conductivity of at least 1 W/(m·K). | 2017-06-15 |
20170167717 | DIFFRACTIVE AND PRISMATIC OLED WIRELESS AND LED WIRELESS UNDERWATER POOL LIGHT SOURCES - The systems and methods described herein relate to wireless solid-state semiconductor illumination devices, such as organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), and/or light emitting diodes (LEDs), configured in arrays capable of generating light via a diffractive transmission layer and prismatic surfaces for illumination purposes. The OLEDs, or LEDs, can be deployed in arrays yielding a variety of geometrical configurations such as linear arrays, square arrays, pentagonal arrays, hexagonal arrays, octagonal arrays, other polygonal arrays, and arrays approaching a circular configuration. One of the features of these solid-state semiconductor (OLED and LED) illumination arrays is that they are driven by immediately adjacent battery power sources, they are wireless, and can controlled remotely. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167718 | LED LIGHTING METHODS AND APPARATUS - LED related lighting methods and apparatus are described. Various features relate to water tight light fixtures. Some of the fixtures are spotlights while other fixture are intended for in ground use. The light fixtures in at least some embodiments include power control features. In spotlight embodiments beam angle and power or light output can be controlled without opening the light assembly or compromising the water tight seals which also protect against dirt. In ground embodiments support tilt angle setting which allow a user to set the light fixture to one or more tilt angles. Beam angle can also be changed in some embodiments as well as power control. Beam angle, power control and tilt angle adjustments are supported in some embodiments but need not be supported in all embodiments with some embodiments using one or more of the described features but not all features. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167719 | SUNSHADE LAMP FIXING DEVICE AND SUNSHADE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a sunshade lamp fixing device, comprising: a lower sunshade disc, a sunshade disc plug and a lamp fastener; wherein the lower sunshade disc is disposed below a sunshade canopy of the sunshade; the sunshade disc plug is fixed at a lower end of the lower sunshade disc; the lamp fastener is detachably mounted at a lower end of the sunshade disc plug, and the sunshade lamp is detachably fixed on the lamp fastener. The sunshade lamp fixing device according to the embodiments of the present invention is simple in structure, detachable and convenient in operation and use. Embodiments of the present invention further provide a sunshade having a sunshade lamp fixing device. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167720 | SOLAR POWERED ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS FOR WEARABLE ARTICLES - Illumination systems for wearable articles which include one or more lights, such as LED lights, connected with a rechargeable battery, such as through copper or aluminum wiring, and a solar panel for recharging a rechargeable battery during sufficiently high-light ambient conditions, thus enabling the rechargeable battery to provide power for the illumination system during low-light ambient conditions. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167721 | Rotary Power Tool Lighting System - A rotary power tool includes a tool housing and a lighting system. The tool housing has a main body portion and a nose portion, which includes a nose cap. The lighting system includes a lighting system housing mounted on the tool housing and defining a battery compartment, a light source, and at least one battery disposed in the battery compartment. The at least one battery is operably connected to the light source to supply electrical current to the light source. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167722 | CANDLE WITH EMBEDDED ITEM AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING AND SELLING SAME - A candle with an embedded item and methods for manufacturing same are disclosed. A method for manufacturing a candle having an embedded item can include providing a first set of items of a first value and a second set of items of a second value different from the first value, combining the two sets to create a third set, and distributing the items of the third set among a set of candles, one item per candle, where the presence, nature, or value of the item within the candle is obscured. The method can further include selling the candles for a first price, wherein, the presence of the embedded item, the nature of the embedded item, the value of the embedded item, or the value of the embedded item relative to the first price is not known to the purchaser. The embedded item can comprise an object redeemable for a prize. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167723 | Cross-Flame Burner System - A method and system can include: providing a grill body; mounting a cross-flame burner within the grill body, the cross-flame burner including a horizontal extension, a longitudinal portion, and a gas conduit, the horizontal extension extending laterally from the longitudinal section, the cross-flame burner including burner ports within the horizontal extension for providing a flame from a fuel and air mixture from the gas conduit; and affixing a Venturi body to the gas conduit. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167724 | Rotary Flame Heater - This invention relates to a rotary flame heater, comprising a burner, a first wind wheel, a second wind wheel and a glass tube set in sequence from bottom to top; one side of the burner is set with an ignition device, the first wind wheel and second wind wheel are annular, a plurality of first air inlet passages are aslant set on a side wall of the first wind wheel, a plurality of second air inlet passages are aslant set a side wall of the second wind wheel, the inclined direction of the plurality of first air inlet passages is the same with that of the second air inlet passages. The advantage of this invention is to make full use of the combustion space, increase the contacting area with the glass tube and increase the calorific value when burns the same gas, which achieves a better heating effect. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167725 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIFFUSE COMBUSTION OF PREMIX - A method directs fuel-oxidant premix into a reaction zone through a first total premix inlet flow area, and causes the premix to combust and form a stable flame projecting into a process chamber through an outlet from the reaction zone. At a time when the process chamber has a temperature at or above an auto-ignition temperature of the fuel, the flame is blown off to initiate diffuse combustion in the process chamber without a stable flame. The flame is blown off by directing the premix into the reaction zone through a second total premix inlet flow area greater than the first total premix inlet flow area. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167726 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE COMBUSTION OF A BURNER - Described is a device ( | 2017-06-15 |
20170167727 | INDUSTRIAL FURNACE - The dry oxygen content in the exhaust of an industrial furnace may be controlled to 1% or less by determining one or more of: the temperature of: each or a group of one or more burner (flame); one or more section of the radiant walls adjacent (e.g., within 5 feet of the burner); the temperature gradient across the process coils; the combustion products of one or more burners; the mass flow rate or the volume flow rate of air to each burner (e.g., the pressure drop across the variable forced air aperture | 2017-06-15 |
20170167728 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH IGNITER STACK OR BORESCOPE MOUNT HAVING NONCOLLINEAR COOLING PASSAGES - A combustor for a gas turbine engine comprising a combustion liner defining a combustion chamber, wherein the combustion liner has at least one opening into which a combustor liner mount is received. The combustor liner mount can have at least one cooling passage defined therein having an inlet defining an inlet axis and an outlet defining an outlet axis, wherein the inlet axis is not collinear with the outlet axis for providing enhanced cooling to at least one of the combustor liner mount and an adjacent combustion component, such as an igniter or a borescope plug. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167729 | MULTIPLE FEED PLATEFINS WITHIN A HOT GAS PATH COOLING SYSTEM IN A COMBUSTOR BASKET IN A COMBUSTION TURBINE ENGINE - A hot gas path cooling system ( | 2017-06-15 |
20170167730 | GAS TURBINE COMBUSTION CHAMBER WITH A SHINGLE ATTACHMENT BY MEANS OF CATCHING ELEMENTS - A gas turbine combustion chamber with a combustion chamber wall and with at least one shingle that is fastened to the combustion chamber wall at a distance from the same, wherein the shingle has a shingle edge that abuts the combustion chamber wall, wherein the combustion chamber wall and the combustion chamber shingle respectively have at least one mixed air hole, and wherein a tubular fastening element provided with a ring flange is inserted through the mixed air hole of the combustion chamber wall, abutting the side of the combustion chamber wall that is facing away from the combustion chamber shingle with the ring flange, characterized in that, at its exterior side, the fastening element is provided with first snap-in means that are in mesh with second snap-in means that are formed at a tubular snap-in element that braces the combustion chamber shingle against the combustion chamber wall. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167731 | METHOD FOR MOUNTING A COMBUSTION CHAMBER OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A method for mounting a combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine, wherein an annular outer combustion chamber wall and an annular inner combustion chamber wall are brought in position with respect to one another and are connected to a head plate, and wherein subsequently a combustion chamber head is mounted, characterized in that the head plate is connected to the outer combustion chamber wall and the inner combustion chamber wall by means of rivets that are arranged in a circumferentially distributed manner, and that subsequently the combustion chamber head is brought in position and is screwed together by means of threaded bolts and nuts to the arrangement of head plate, outer combustion chamber wall and inner combustion chamber wall, which is pre-mounted by means of the rivet. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167732 | GAS CONTROL VALVE, HOB AND GAS OVEN - A gas control valve for a hob includes a valve housing, and a valve body accommodated in the valve housing. The valve body is rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation from a closed position, in which the gas control valve is closed, into an open position, in which the gas control valve is open. The valve body is rotatable in the predetermined direction of rotation beyond the open position into a low-flame position when the valve body is rotated from the open position into the low-flame position for controlling a flow volume of combustion gas flowing through the gas control valve/ The valve body is rotatable in opposition to the predetermined direction of rotation from the open position into a booster position, in which the flow volume of combustion gas is greater than the flow volume of combustion gas in the open position. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167733 | DOMESTIC APPLIANCE COMPRISING A FOOD PROBE AND A CORD PULLBACK MECHANISM - A domestic appliance ( | 2017-06-15 |
20170167734 | TUBE FASTENING STRUCTURE - The present invention relates to a tube fastening structure for fastening a tube in a radiant floor heating system, the tube fastening structure comprising a bottom layer and at least one fastening element. The bottom layer is fixed on ground and has a surface of loop members. The fastening element has a plurality of hook members on a first surface thereof, and the plurality of hook members are configured to be mechanically fastened to the surface of the loop members of the bottom layer. After the tube is placed on the bottom layer, the fastening element is configured to fasten the tube in a manner of surrounding the tube by a mechanical fastening between the plurality of hook members and the surface of the loop members of the bottom layer. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167735 | System and Method of Controlling Condensing and Non-Condensing Boiler Firing Rates - Hydronic heating systems, controllers for such systems, and methods of using/operating same are disclosed herein. In one example embodiment, such a system includes at least one condensing boiler and at least one non-condensing boiler, and at least one controller configured for utilizing at least one PID control program to generate at least one signal for controlling firing rates of one or more of the boilers based upon sensed water temperature and temperature setpoint inputs. Depending upon the mode of operation, the at least one PID control program is a first PID control program dedicated to controlling only the at least one condensing boiler, or is a second PID control program dedicated to controlling only the at least one non-condensing boiler, or includes both the first and second PID control programs. Also, outside air temperature serves as a basis for generating the temperature setpoint inputs. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167736 | SYSTEM AND APPROACH FOR WATER HEATER COMFORT AND EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT - A system for heating water to improve safety and efficiency. The system may have normal operation measured in time. After a time of normal operation, a water temperature setpoint may be checked. If the setpoint is not at a certain level, normal operation may continue. If the setpoint is within the certain level, water temperature may be measured. If the water temperature is less than a desired level, one or more draws of water may be measured for a preset temperature drop. If the draws do not meet the temperature drop, a return to check the setpoint may be made. If the draws meet the temperature drop, the setpoint may be reduced and a time of normal operation may be measured to determine whether a burn cycle occurs within the time. If not, normal operation may continue; but if so, a return to check the setpoint may be made. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167737 | INTEGRATED AIR CONDITIONER - An integrated air conditioner comprises: a housing partitioned into a first housing on the upper side thereof and a second housing on the lower side thereof, wherein the first housing has a first intake port through which external air is introduced thereinto and a first exhaust port through which internal air is exhausted therefrom, and the second housing has a second intake port through which external air is introduced thereinto and a second exhaust port through which internal air is exhausted therefrom; a compressor provided in the interior of the housing to compress a refrigerant; a condenser that is provided on a second fluid channel, which connects the second intake port and the second exhaust port, and condenses the compressed refrigerant, supplied from the compressor, into a liquid phase; an expansion unit that expands the refrigerant, condensed in the condenser, into a low-pressure refrigerant; and an evaporator that is provided on a first fluid channel, which connects the first intake port and the first exhaust port, to correspond to the upper end of the condenser and returns the low-temperature and low-pressure refrigerant, supplied from the expansion unit, to the compressor. Therefore, the integrated air conditioner can be made compact and portable, thereby offering convenience. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167738 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PASSIVELY COOLING AN INTERIOR - A system passively cools, regulates humidity and/or rectifies diffusive transport of water vapor in an interior area within a structure. The system includes a membrane assembly covering a portion of the structure, wherein the membrane has an interior side facing the interior area and an exterior side. The membrane assembly defines a plurality of pores. When cooling, a supply of fluid is provided to the membrane assembly so that capillary action of the pores redistributes the fluid to create evaporation and, in turn, the desired heat flow. The membrane assembly can include an architectural membrane coated with a porous matrix coating to form the pores. A pump can provide the fluid to the interior side of the membrane assembly. Preferably, the architectural membrane is woven PTFE-coated fiberglass and the porous matrix coating is titanium dioxide, zeolites and/or silica gel. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167739 | Portable Humidification Device - A portable humidification device for portable humidification purposes includes a housing that comprises a wall extending upwardly from a bottom of the housing defining an open top. The device includes a lid that is both complimentary to and couplable to the open top. A plurality of holes is positioned through the lid. A vaporizer is coupled to a lower surface of the lid. The open top is configured to add water to the housing, wherein the lid is positionable into the open top. The vaporizer is positioned to vaporize the water, wherein the water vapor is emitted from the housing through the plurality of holes. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167740 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TEMPERATURE IN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - An air conditioning system of a building is provided. A method for controlling air conditioning of a building includes controlling a temperature of a heat medium based on a reservation rate for using spaces in the building and outside weather, and controlling a flow of the heat medium based on at least one sensing information measured in the spaces. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167741 | AIR CONDITIONING PARAMETER GENERATION APPARATUS, AIR CONDITIONING OPERATIONAL EVALUATION APPARATUS, METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An air conditioning parameter generation apparatus as one aspect of the present invention includes a processor configured to execute a program to provide at least a heat flow detector and a parameter value determiner. The heat flow detector detects a heat flow flowing into or flowing out from a first region where an air conditioner adjusts air conditioning. The parameter value determiner determines a value of a parameter for calculating a magnitude of a heat flow rate of the heat flow on the basis of change in measurement temperature of the first region. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167742 | DISPATCH ENGINE FOR OPTIMIZING DEMAND-RESPONSE THERMOSTAT EVENTS - A thermostat management server may include one or more processors and one or more memory devices comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising receiving information that characterizes energy usage associated with the plurality of thermostats, receiving parameters characterizing proposed future demand-response events, selecting a combination of thermostats from the plurality of thermostats for which the energy usage can be reduced, simulating a demand response event based on the parameters and using different weather conditions for the combination of the plurality of thermostats, generating statistical probabilities of meeting a plurality of capacity reduction levels based on the different weather conditions, selecting a capacity reduction level from the plurality of capacity reduction levels based on the statistical probabilities, and sending the capacity reduction level to the utility provider computer system. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167743 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO REDUCE PARTICULATE POLLUTANTS IN A CONDITIONED SPACE - A system and method to reduce particulate pollutants in a conditioned space using an indoor HVAC unit in communication with a system controller, the system controller configured to receive at least one of an outside air particulate forecast and an access signal from a secondary source, determine at least one of whether the outside air particulate forecast is greater than or equal to a particulate limit whether an access duration value is greater than or equal to opening duration limit; and whether an access occurrence value is greater than or equal to opening occurrence limit, and to operate an indoor HVAC unit based in part on at least one of the outside air particulate forecast and the access signal. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167744 | Adaptive Control for Motor Fan with Multiple Speed Taps - A circulator blower controller for a circulator blower of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system of a building includes an interface configured to receive a demand signal with an operating mode from a thermostat. A switching circuit selectively connects power to a tap of a motor of the circulator blower. A data store configured to store a mapping from a speed to the tap. For each tap, a processor observes power consumed by the circulator blower while power is connected to the tap by the switching circuit. The processor determines the mapping by sorting the taps based on observed power consumption. The processor selects a first speed based on the demand signal from the thermostat. The processor identifies a first tap from the mapping based on the first speed and generates the tap selection signal to control the switching circuit to connect power to the first tap. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167745 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL IN A RADIO RECEIVER | 2017-06-15 |
20170167746 | ADAPTIVE TRIGGER SEQUENCING FOR SITE CONTROL AUTOMATION - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for an environmental control system in which a genetic learning algorithm creates scenes and scene triggers and in which a fitness function scores the scenes through end-user interaction. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167747 | Smart Building HVAC Energy Management System - The present invention relates to a system and method of HVAC (Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning) energy management system. More specially, the present invention provides a system and method that can provide automatic optimized control mechanism for HVAC system to save energy. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167748 | TOP COVER OF AIR TREATMENT SYSTEM - A top cover ( | 2017-06-15 |
20170167749 | AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - An air conditioning device | 2017-06-15 |
20170167750 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION BY A MEDIUM HEATING DEVICE - A method for reducing energy consumption by a medium heating device, the method comprising the step: scheduling an operation ( | 2017-06-15 |
20170167751 | COMPACT FLUID HEATING SYSTEM WITH HIGH BULK HEAT FLUX USING ELEVATED HEAT EXCHANGER PRESSURE DROP - A fluid heating system including: a pressure vessel; an assembly comprising: a heat exchanger core including a second inlet and a second outlet; a first conduit having a first end connected to the second inlet of the heat exchanger core and a second end disposed outside of the pressure vessel; a second conduit having a first end connected to the second outlet of the heat exchanger core and a second end disposed outside of the pressure vessel; and a blower in fluid connection with the first end of the first conduit, wherein the fluid heating system satisfies the condition that a Bulk Heat Flux between the first end of the first conduit and the first end of the second conduit is between 45 kW/m | 2017-06-15 |
20170167752 | WATER HEATER HAVING THERMAL DISPLACEMENT CONDUIT - A water heater includes a tank containing water to be heated and a thermal displacement conduit communicating between a portion of the tank and a receptacle. Water is displaced out of the portion of the tank, through the conduit, and to the receptacle during thermal expansion of the water during heating. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167753 | Heat Exchanger With Dual Concentric Tube Rings - A water heater apparatus includes an elongated radial burner extending along a longitudinal central axis of the apparatus. First and second concentric rows of longitudinally extending fin tubes around the radial burner. The fin tubes may have multiple wiped circumferentially laterally portions allowing close packing of the fin tubes for improved efficiency and reduced footprint. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167754 | WATER STRATIFICATION DRUM FOR WATER HEATER - A water stratification drum for use in an electric and condensing water heater is disposed in a lower portion of the water holding tank and across the circumferential side wall of the tank. The water stratification drum has a pair of plates held spaced-apart by support members which extend between the pair of plates to maintain the plates in substantially parallel relationship. A cold water zone is defined between the plates and cool domestic water is introduced in the tank between the plates. The plates are flat disc plates formed on non-corrosive material and water there between is diffused in a controlled manner to other regions of the tank through at least one of the plates being perforated. The diffusion of the water prevents premature actuation of the heat source by not causing an abrupt change in the temperature of the hot water in the tank. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167755 | Solar Receiver With Metamaterials-Enhanced Solar Light Absorbing Structure - A metamaterials-enhanced solar receiver for a Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plant includes spectrally-selective metamaterials-enhanced surface features engineered into the sunlight-receiving (upward-facing) surface of a high melting point sunlight absorbing material. The spectrally-selective features include substantially cube-shaped microcavities surrounded by associated interlaced walls disposed in a periodic (waffle-like) array having a grating period in the range of 0.5 to 2 microns, thereby forming a metamaterial structure exhibiting high absorptance efficiency (i.e., above 95%) of incident solar radiation having wavelengths in the visible light spectrum through induced coupling of visible light to the interlaced walls by way of generating surface plasmonic waves that resonate at visible light frequencies, whereby thermal energy is efficiently absorbed into the solar receiver to heat a transfer fluid. The metamaterial structure is also configured to minimize emissions in the infrared (IR) spectrum, thus minimizing thermal losses. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167756 | SOLAR MODULE ARRAY PRE-ASSEMBLY METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to an apparatus for stacking a plurality of solar module arrays each having a plurality of solar panels. The apparatus includes a lower portion disposed on top of a first solar panel support channel corresponding to a first solar module array, and an upper portion for supporting a second solar panel support channel corresponding to a second solar module array, wherein the second solar module array is stacked above the first solar module array. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167757 | Air Conditioning System for Use in Vehicle - An air conditioning system for use in a vehicle includes at least one compressor, a condenser disposed downstream of the at least one compressor and a plurality of evaporators disposed downstream of the condenser with first and second evaporators fluidly coupled to each other in parallel. The at least one compressor, the condenser, and the plurality of evaporators are fluidly connected by refrigerant lines to form a refrigerant circuit. The air conditioning system also includes a plurality of shut-off valves, with one shut-off valve installed at a refrigerant inlet and another shut-off valve installed at a refrigerant outlet of the first evaporator. The shut-off valves are controlled to prevent undesired collection of refrigerant in the first evaporator. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167758 | CASCADE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM - A cascade refrigeration system includes first and second cooling devices. The first cooling device includes a first compressor, a condenser, an expansion device, an evaporator having first and second passages independent from and not communicating with each other, and a first conduit interconnecting the first compressor, the condenser, the expansion device and the first passage. The second cooling device includes a second compressor, a heat exchanger, and a second conduit interconnecting the second compressor, the second passage and the heat exchanger. A circulation switching device includes a switching mechanism connected to the first conduit downstream of the condenser and upstream of the expansion device. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167759 | A Thermally-Driven Heat Pump Having a Heat Exchanger Located Between Displacers - A thermally driven heat pump is disclosed in which at least most of the warm heat exchanger is disposed within the cylinder between the hot and cold displacers. Such an arrangement is not suitable for a prior art heat pump in which movement of the displacers is based on a crank because it would lead to too much dead volume in the system. However, with mechatronically-controlled displacers in which the displacers are independently controlled, the displacers can reciprocate up to the heat exchanger. Such a configuration reduces dead volume compared to prior art Vuilleumier heat pumps in which the warm exchanger occupies a portion of an annular space between the cylinder in which the displacers move. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167760 | METHOD OF ACCELERATING COOL DOWN - The present invention provides a method of accelerating cool down of a target member of a cryogenic system to a cryogenic operating temperature. The method comprises the steps of cooling a target region of a cryogenic system with a first cooling apparatus, the first cooling apparatus being adapted to cool the target region to a first temperature by thermal conduction between the first apparatus and the target member, and having a first cooling power at the first temperature; and cooling the target member of the cryogenic system from the first temperature to an operating temperature using a cryocooler, where the first cooling power of the first cooling apparatus at the first temperature is greater than the cooling power of the cryocooler at the first temperature. This allows a target member of a cryogenic system to be cooled more rapidly than when conventional methods are used. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167761 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air-conditioning apparatus includes a bypass pipe that has one end connected to the discharge side of a compressor and through which refrigerant exiting the compressor flows, an auxiliary heat exchanger that is connected to the other end of the bypass pipe and the suction part of the compressor, and cools refrigerant flowing through the bypass pipe and supplies the cooled refrigerant to the suction part of the compressor, and a flow regulating unit that is provided on the refrigerant outlet side of the auxiliary heat exchanger, and regulates the flow rate of refrigerant routed into the suction part of the compressor from the auxiliary heat exchanger. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167762 | REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS - In a refrigeration cycle apparatus, a refrigerant heat exchanger is provided within a refrigerant container, and the refrigerant heat exchanger is configured to exchange heat between refrigerant flowing through a bypass circuit and refrigerant accumulated in the refrigerant container. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167763 | Heat Engine And Method For Operating A Heat Engine - A heat engine having a circuit system which conducts a fluid and which may include at least one evaporation device for evaporating the fluid, at least one compression device for compressing the fluid, at least one condensation device for condensing the fluid, an accumulation device for accumulating the fluid and a further fluid, which can be added to the fluid by means of the compression device, can be accumulated, and at least one expansion for expanding the fluid. The accumulation device may include a mixing device for mixing the fluid and the further fluid to form an emulsion. A method for operating such a heat engine is also provided. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167764 | OIL MANAGEMENT IN A REFRIGERATION SYSTEM - COMPRESSOR OIL COOLER INTEGRATED INTO GASCOOLER - A device for separating oil from a coolant-oil mixture and cooling the oil and cooling and/or liquefying the coolant in a cooling circuit. The circuit features a compressor and a heat exchanger positioned downstream from the compressor in the direction of flow of the coolant and a device for separating the oil. The heat exchanger features a first area cooling and/or liquefying the coolant, and a second area as a heat exchanger cooling the oil, the second area is a heat exchanger cooling the oil as an integral part of the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger further features at least two manifolds. The first area of the heat exchanger features flow channels guiding the coolant, and the second area of the heat exchanger features flow channels guiding the oil. The flow channels extend between the manifolds. Each of the flow channels has a respective outside flooded by a heat-absorbing fluid. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167765 | EVAPORATOR FOR A CASCADE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM - An evaporator includes a casing and a plurality of circulation units disposed on the casing. Each of the circulation units includes a flow path formed in the casing, an inlet formed in the casing for entry of one of refrigerants into the casing and fluidly communicating with the flow path, and an outlet formed in the casing spaced apart from the inlet for exit of the one of the refrigerants out the casing and fluidly communicating with the flow path. The circulation units are independent from each other and do not fluidly communicate with each other. | 2017-06-15 |
20170167766 | OUTDOOR HEAT EXCHANGER AND AIR CONDITIONER COMPRISING THE SAME - Disclosed are an outdoor heat exchanger, in which the length of a passage of a refrigerant is varied depending on an operational mode. The outdoor heat exchanger is included in an air conditioner and configured to operate as a condenser in a cooling operation of the air conditioner and as an evaporator in a heating operation of the air conditioner. The outdoor heat exchanger includes, a plurality of plates, a plurality of first refrigerant tubes, a plurality of second refrigerant tubes, and a plurality of third refrigerant tubes. In the cooling operation, a condensed refrigerant flows in the plurality of first refrigerant tubes, the plurality of second refrigerant tubes, and the plurality of third refrigerant tubes. In the heating operation, an evaporated refrigerant flows in the plurality of first refrigerant tubes and the plurality of third refrigerant tubes, but does not flow in the plurality of second refrigerant tubes. | 2017-06-15 |