101 |
POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS |
US15027000 |
2014-10-02 |
US20160241156A1 |
2016-08-18 |
Tomoyuki KAWAKAMI |
A power converter of a power conversion apparatus includes any one or more of a functional module in which a rectifier unit rectifying an externally supplied alternating-current voltage and an inverter unit converting a direct-current voltage into alternating-current power are combined, a functional module in which a converter unit converting an alternating-current voltage into a direct-current voltage and an inverter unit converting a direct-current voltage converted by the converter unit into alternating-current power are combined, and a functional module in which an inverter unit converting a direct-current voltage into alternating-current power is provided. The functional module has a cooler cooling a semiconductor component. |
102 |
Interior equipment installation structure for railcar |
US13994432 |
2011-12-09 |
US09238469B2 |
2016-01-19 |
Yuichirou Mitani; Takashi Azuma |
In the interior equipment installation structure for a railcar according to the present invention, a first installation member is mounted to a roof body shell along the car longitudinal direction or the car width direction. Second installation members are attached to the first installation member using mechanical fastening tools such as bolts with the positions of the second installation members adjusted in the up-down direction of the car. The second installation members are used for installing lighting appliances such as fluorescent lights, each has a size corresponding to each of the lighting appliances, and are continuously installed. There are portions in which plate members are overlapped with each other between respective adjacent ones of the second installation members, and hand strap receivers are installed in these portions. |
103 |
Air-conditioning apparatus for vehicle |
US13824602 |
2010-11-30 |
US09238396B2 |
2016-01-19 |
Taichi Uto; Nobuhiko Nakagawa; Hidetaka Adachi; Hisanobu Nakamura |
Provided is an air-conditioning apparatus for vehicle including a main frame capable of being assembled without increasing the number of parts and the number of processes. An air-conditioning apparatus for vehicle includes a casing divided into an indoor chamber and an outdoor chamber by a partition plate, the casing including a cover placed on a top thereof, and a refrigeration cycle device placed across the indoor chamber and the outdoor chamber in the casing. Each of side plates, serving as side surfaces of the indoor chamber and the outdoor chamber, of the casing is extruded in one piece of aluminum. |
104 |
VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL DEVICE |
US14651457 |
2013-12-26 |
US20150306937A1 |
2015-10-29 |
Shoichi KITAMURA; Hiroyuki HASHIMOTO; Kazuyuki MORI; Satoru TAKAHASHI; Shoji ISODA |
A vehicle air conditioning control device calculates, through a thermal load calculating unit, a vehicle interior thermal load Q on the basis of, for example, a vehicle interior temperature Tin, a vehicle interior humidity Hin, a vehicle exterior temperature Tout, a passenger load factor θ, and a vehicle-interior-temperature set value Tset. Through an air conditioning output calculating unit, the vehicle air conditioning control device calculates an output command value for an air conditioner on the basis of a vehicle-interior-temperature upper-limit value Tmax, a vehicle-interior-temperature lower-limit value Tmin, the thermal load Q, power-running/regenerative electric power P, and then, corrects the calculated output command value for the air conditioner on the basis of power-running/regenerative electric power Pf at or after a prediction time point and of a passenger load factor Of at or after the prediction time point. |
105 |
Rail vehicle with an air-tight supply duct containing bonded components |
US14419831 |
2013-07-16 |
US20150166083A1 |
2015-06-18 |
Wolfgang Langert |
A rail vehicle includes a raised roof region, a shell or body shell structure, and at least one air-tight supply duct in the raised roof region. The supply duct includes at least one component which is inserted by bonding into the shell or body shell structure. |
106 |
COVER FOR AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME |
US14390823 |
2013-05-14 |
US20150084242A1 |
2015-03-26 |
Hiroki Kobayashi; Shinsuke Okano; Kosuke Umemura; Hajime Takeya; Masami Kume; Sohei Samejima; Michihito Matsumoto |
A cover for an air conditioning device for a railway vehicle is a cover for an air conditioning device for a vehicle, which covers an air-conditioner main body. The cover includes a core made of a foamed material having heat insulating property, and a surface member made of a fiber reinforced plastic, which covers entire surfaces of the core. The core is deformed into a curved shape by elastic deformation. |
107 |
IONIZATION AIR PURIFICATION SYSTEM FOR THE PASSENGER CABIN OF A VEHICLE |
US14385346 |
2013-03-15 |
US20150075371A1 |
2015-03-19 |
Anthony M. Abate |
An ionization air purification system for the passenger cabin of vehicles, which modifies the degree of ionization by modifying the energy levels applied to the ionization tube or ionization source proportional to the change in air flow dynamics and air quality. In one embodiment, an ionization air purification system for the passenger cabin of a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes an ionization device for purifying the air prior to entering into the passenger cabin of the vehicle; and means for modifying the degree of ionization by modifying the energy levels applied to the ionization tube or ionization source proportional to the change in air flow dynamics and/or air quality. |
108 |
Uniform flow supply duct and associated method of sizing restrictor plates |
US11612219 |
2006-12-18 |
US08876580B2 |
2014-11-04 |
Steven A. Castro |
A supply duct is provided for supplying a gaseous fluid at a constant flow rate per unit length of the duct. The supply duct includes a main compartment, at least one nozzle disposed in the main compartment, and a plurality of restrictors extending from an inner wall of the main compartment. The main compartment of the supply duct has a generally constant cross-section. Each nozzle in the main compartment defines an outlet to allow a gaseous fluid to flow out from the main compartment. Each restrictor is configured to produce a flow rate through the nozzle at the first end of the main compartment that is substantially equal to the flow rate through the nozzle at the second end of the main compartment. The restrictor may be, for example, a restrictor plate. A method of sizing restrictor plates is also provided. |
109 |
VEHICLE AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM |
US12990509 |
2008-05-30 |
US20110053484A1 |
2011-03-03 |
Hiroyuki Yuasa |
A passenger compartment duct is provided with a passenger compartment air blow opening through which air is supplied into a passenger compartment and a cab-air-supply-duct communicating opening communicating with a cab air supply duct. The cab air supply duct is provided with a cab air blow opening through which air is supplied into a cab and a passenger-compartment-duct communicating opening communicating with the passenger compartment air supply duct. There are provided a damper turning communication from the passenger compartment air supply duct to the cab air supply duct ON or OFF, a cab air outlet through which air in the cab is discharged to the outside of the cab, and a damper opening or closing the cab air outlet. The cab air outlet includes a first outlet opened so as to communicate with an air intake side of cab air-conditioning units and a second outlet opened so as to communicate with the passenger compartment. The damper selectively discharges air in the cab to either the outside air intake side of the cab air-conditioning units or the passenger compartment. |
110 |
AIR INLET FOR A VEHICLE |
US12474345 |
2009-05-29 |
US20100044522A1 |
2010-02-25 |
Matthias Siercke; Ulrich Heise; Joakim Holmgren; Adeline Gommet |
The invention relates to an air inlet for a vehicle comprising an opening with an opening contour in an outer skin of the vehicle; at least one bottom element; one or several walls between the opening contour and the bottom element; and an air guide channel with a longitudinal axis, wherein the bottom element extends from the outer skin of the vehicle to an interior region of the vehicle underneath a border edge of the opening, and the air guide channel adjoins from between the bottom element and the border edge, wherein at least one transition region between the opening contour and the walls at least in some regions comprises an essentially convex-shaped profile that essentially extends parallel to the air guide channel. The air inlet according to the invention is in a position to remove air from a flow boundary layer and to provide said air to air-consuming systems. |
111 |
UNIFORM FLOW SUPPLY DUCT AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF SIZING RESTRICTOR PLATES |
US11612219 |
2006-12-18 |
US20080142636A1 |
2008-06-19 |
Steven A. Castro |
A supply duct is provided for supplying a gaseous fluid at a constant flow rate per unit length of the duct. The supply duct includes a main compartment, at least one nozzle disposed in the main compartment, and a plurality of restrictors extending from an inner wall of the main compartment. The main compartment of the supply duct has a generally constant cross-section. Each nozzle in the main compartment defines an outlet to allow a gaseous fluid to flow out from the main compartment. Each restrictor is configured to produce a flow rate through the nozzle at the first end of the main compartment that is substantially equal to the flow rate through the nozzle at the second end of the main compartment. The restrictor may be, for example, a restrictor plate. A method of sizing restrictor plates is also provided. |
112 |
Railway vehicle |
US11367390 |
2006-03-06 |
US20060207471A1 |
2006-09-21 |
Seijiro Todori; Yasunori Tanii; Kanji Nishiyama; Shingo Hirose |
The invention provides a passenger cabin of a railway vehicle with increased interior space. A multifunction module 200 including an air conditioning duct 220, an illuminating apparatus 250, a speaker 260 and the like is disposed on a connecting portion (shoulder portion) between a roof structure 30 and a side structure 50 of a railway vehicle. A baggage rack bracket 310 and a hand strap bracket 350 are passed through and hung from the roof structure 30. A connecting block connecting the brackets 310 and 350 at the upper portions and being fixed to the air conditioning duct 220 is attached to the roof structure 20. Since the multifunction module 200 is fixed only to the roof structure 30, the attaching operation thereof is facilitated. Since the air conditioning duct 220 is disposed on the shoulder portion, the height of the interior space of the vehicle at the center in the width direction of the car body can be increased. An inside panel 210 for improving the appearance of the multifunction module 200 is further disposed. |
113 |
Fixing arrangement for vehicle roof mounting of an air conditioning module |
US11080738 |
2005-03-15 |
US20050204764A1 |
2005-09-22 |
Dirk Lomp |
Described is a fixing arrangement for releasably fixing an air conditioning module to the roof of a vehicle such as a rail vehicle. The module has opposite side surfaces from which first fixing projections project. The vehicle roof supports positioning rail members in mutually parallel relationship at a spacing from each other corresponding to the spacing between the side surfaces of the module. The positioning rail members have upwardly open first openings. Second fixing projections project from the positioning rail members at the outside thereof laterally beside the first openings. Locking rail members are adapted to co-operate with the positioning rail members, for which purpose the locking rail members have slots operatively associated with the second fixing projections and second upwardly open openings which are associated with the first openings and which have a portion extending in the longitudinal direction of the respective locking rail member for lockingly receiving the first projections on the positioning rail members. |
114 |
Temperature controlled railway car |
US10424279 |
2003-04-28 |
US06941875B2 |
2005-09-13 |
Allen E. Norton; Stephen W. Smith; Alex K. Hoover; Albert A. Beers; Robert J. Barry; Gary W. Kirk, Jr.; Joseph A. Seiter |
A composite box structure assembled on and securely attached to a railway car underframe to form a temperature controlled railway car or on insulated boxcar. The composite box structure defined in part by an exterior metal surface, interior side stakes and at least one layer of fiber reinforced plastic attached to the side stakes. Foam insulation may be disposed between the side stakes, the exterior metal surface and the at least one layer of fiber reinforced plastic. The foam insulation provides improved resistance to heat transfer between the interior and the exterior of the composite box structure. An airflow management system may be incorporated into the composite box structure. |
115 |
Load management auxiliary power system |
US11051429 |
2005-02-03 |
US20050167090A1 |
2005-08-04 |
Gino Kennedy |
An auxiliary power system for trucks, the power system having a small diesel engine coupled to an air conditioner compressor and an automotive style alternator. During hot weather the auxiliary engine rotates the air conditioner compressor to provide cool air to the truck and electrical power to truck accessories by load management controls. When peak loads occur, the voltage is reduced into the field of the alternator allowing the small engine to simultaneously operate the air conditioning compressor. During cold weather the engine coolant is used to cool the auxiliary engine and is circulated through a heat exchanger for warming of the truck interior. Full capacity of the alternator is allowed, accommodating the higher amp draws typical of cold weather diesel operation. |
116 |
Manufacturing method of assembling temperature controlled railway car |
US10071513 |
2002-02-08 |
US06892433B2 |
2005-05-17 |
Robert J. Barry; Gary W. Kirk, Jr.; Joseph A. Seiter; Allen E. Norton; Ronald J. Zupancich |
A manufacturing facility and method for assembling a composite box structure on a railway car underframe are provided. The composite box structure may be defined in part by an exterior metal surface, interior side stakes attached to the exterior metal surface, foam insulation disposed between the side stakes and attached to the metal surface and at least one layer of reinforced plastic material forming an interior surface. The composite box structure preferably includes a pair of end walls, a pair of side walls, a floor assembly and a roof assembly. The composite box structure may be assembled on a railway car underframe to form a temperature controlled boxcar or on insulated boxcar. |
117 |
Dehumidifier for use in mass transit vehicle |
US10160327 |
2002-05-31 |
US06883602B2 |
2005-04-26 |
Alan S. Drucker |
An evaporator unit for use in the air conditioning system of a mass transit vehicle that includes a housing mounted inside the air conditioned section of the vehicle having a return air inlet connected to a supply air outlet by a flow passage. The evaporator coil of the air conditioner is mounted in the flow passage to cool the air moving through the passage. A heater coil is mounted behind the evaporator coil to selectively heat the air moving through the passage. A dehumidifying coil is mounted in front of the evaporator coil that utilizes ambient air to dehumidify the indoor air when the ambient air temperature is at a temperature below that at which the air conditioner cannot reliably operate. |
118 |
Air compression system for a fuel cell arrangement and cold air process-air conditioning unit or heat pump |
US10466217 |
2003-11-03 |
US20040219408A1 |
2004-11-04 |
Ullrich
Hesse |
The invention relates to an apparatus, in particular for a fuel cell-powered vehicle, with a compressor (6) that compresses air, which constitutes the working medium of a cold air process air conditioning unit or heat pump. The invention provides that at least part of the air compressed by the compressor (1) is supplied to a fuel cell unit (6). The invention also relates to the use of a cold air process air conditioning unit or heat pump as a source for compressed air that is supplied to a fuel cell unit, and to the use of a compressor, which supplies compressed air to a fuel cell unit, as a source for compressed air that constitutes or is an ingredient of the working medium of an air conditioning unit. |
119 |
Temperature controlled railway car |
US10424279 |
2003-04-28 |
US20030213399A1 |
2003-11-20 |
Allen
E.
Norton; Stephen
W.
Smith; Alex
K.
Hoover; Albert
A.
Beers; Robert
J.
Barry; Gary
W.
Kirk
JR.; Joseph
A.
Seiter |
A composite box structure assembled on and securely attached to a railway car underframe to form a temperature controlled railway car or on insulated boxcar. The composite box structure defined in part by an exterior metal surface, interior side stakes and at least one layer of fiber reinforced plastic attached to the side stakes. Foam insulation may be disposed between the side stakes, the exterior metal surface and the at least one layer of fiber reinforced plastic. The foam insulation provides improved resistance to heat transfer between the interior and the exterior of the composite box structure. An airflow management system may be incorporated into the composite box structure. |
120 |
Microprocessor controlled climate control device for a plurality of mass
transit vehicles |
US603508 |
1990-10-26 |
US5104037A |
1992-04-14 |
Kenneth A. Karg; Carl K. Hvozda |
A heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system and method for a plurality of mass transit vehicles where each vehicle has at least one independently actuated HVAC unit comprises a command center remote from the plurality of mass transit vehicles, for individually controlling the HVAC unit of each of the plurality of mass transit vehicles. The command center control unit includes a memory unit for storing temperature values desired for each vehicle, and corresponding times of a day and days on which the stored temperature values are desired within each respective vehicle. A sensing device is disposed within each of a plurality of mass transit vehicles. A comparator device, disposed in communication with the plurality of sensing devices and the command center, compares sensed existing temperature levels with stored temperature values for respective ones of the mass transit vehicles and generates control signals being a function of a difference between the sensed temperature and the stored temperature value of a respective vehicle. An operating device, responsive to the generated control signals operates the respective HVAC units of the respective vehicles to reduce the difference between the sensed existing temperature and the stored desired temperature of each respective vehicle. |