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Patent No.:

US 10436495 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 28, 2016

Integrated thermal energy module within an air-cooled evaporator design

Applicant:

Thermo King Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Inventors:

Panayu Robert Srichai, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Vladimir Sulc, Minnetonka, MN (US);

Gary O. McGinley, Lakeville, MN (US);

Eric Kirby, Bloomington, MN (US);

Christopher L Ganshert, Lakeville, MN (US);

Christopher J. Kroeker, Edina, MN (US);

Casey Briscoe, Hopkins, MN (US);

Assignee:

Thermo King Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Attorney:

Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Henry T Crenshaw

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 16/00 (2006.01); F25D 17/06 (2006.01); F28D 20/02 (2006.01); F25B 5/00 (2006.01); F28F 1/12 (2006.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01); F25B 41/04 (2006.01); F25D 17/04 (2006.01); F25D 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 16/00 (2013.01); F25B 5/00 (2013.01); F25D 17/067 (2013.01); F25D 29/003 (2013.01); F28D 20/02 (2013.01); F28F 1/122 (2013.01); F25B 41/043 (2013.01); F25B 2600/2511 (2013.01); F25D 17/045 (2013.01); F25D 19/003 (2013.01); F25D 2317/0683 (2013.01); F25D 2700/12 (2013.01); Y02E 60/145 (2013.01);
Abstract

A transport refrigeration unit (TRU) includes a compressor. The TRU further includes a condenser disposed downstream of the compressor. The TRU further includes an expansion device disposed downstream of the condenser. The TRU further includes a first flow control device disposed downstream of the condenser. The TRU further includes a first evaporator disposed downstream of the expansion device and the first flow control device. The first evaporator is disposed upstream of a second flow control device. The second evaporator is disposed downstream of the first flow control device, the expansion device, and the second flow control device. The second evaporator includes a thermal accumulator. The second flow control device disposed upstream of the compressor.

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