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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 17, 2013
Applicants:

Igor Vaisman, Carmel, IN (US);

Douglas J. Snyder, Carmel, IN (US);

Patrick C. Sweeney, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Inventors:

Igor Vaisman, Carmel, IN (US);

Douglas J. Snyder, Carmel, IN (US);

Patrick C. Sweeney, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Assignees:

Rolls-Royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 11/00 (2006.01); B64D 13/06 (2006.01); F25B 9/06 (2006.01); F25B 9/00 (2006.01); F25B 41/00 (2006.01); F25B 1/00 (2006.01); F25B 29/00 (2006.01); F25B 1/10 (2006.01); F25B 40/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 11/00 (2013.01); B64D 13/06 (2013.01); F25B 1/005 (2013.01); F25B 9/008 (2013.01); F25B 9/06 (2013.01); F25B 29/003 (2013.01); F25B 41/00 (2013.01); B64D 2013/0644 (2013.01); B64D 2013/0648 (2013.01); B64D 2013/0674 (2013.01); F25B 1/10 (2013.01); F25B 40/00 (2013.01); F25B 2309/061 (2013.01); F25B 2341/0011 (2013.01); F25B 2400/13 (2013.01); F25B 2400/23 (2013.01); F25B 2600/2501 (2013.01); Y02T 50/56 (2013.01);
Abstract

A cooling system includes a heat exchanger through which a refrigerant flows, and which rejects heat to a fluid, an evaporator, a first circuit having an expansion device, a second circuit having an expansion machine coupled to a compressor, and a set of valves arranged to direct the refrigerant through the first circuit, the second circuit, or both the first and second circuits based on ambient conditions.


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