With External Support Patents (Class 165/67)
  • Patent number: 9321345
    Abstract: An assembly is provided that includes a front end support frame and radiator support beam. The front end support frame has an end that defines an opening that extends between two facing walls across an inside wall of the tubular structure. The radiator support beam is assembled into the opening in the end of the front end support frame and is attached to the two facing walls. The front end support frame is a hydro-formed tube and the radiator support beam is an extruded part. The radiator support beam includes at least one internal reinforcement wall and an outside wall of the front end support frame is fastened with flow drilling screws to the internal reinforcement wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gerhard G. G. Lueschen, Dragan B. Stojkovic
  • Patent number: 9316449
    Abstract: A heat exchanger (such as a radiator) that provides for a consistent tank-to-header joint location. The tank generally includes at least two indentations and at least one isolator having a base at least partially disposed in one of the indentations and a coupler extending from the base for coupling the tank to at least one other component of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Richardson Cooling Packages, LLC
    Inventors: David J. Richardson, Brian Meier
  • Patent number: 9313928
    Abstract: A method is provided for containing cold air in a corridor created on the side of a computer cabinet. The method includes providing a base mountable on the computer cabinet, and providing a panel fastened to the base and moveable with respect to the base, the panel being suitable for separating the cold air in the corridor below the panel from the hot air above the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jean-Michel Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 9281547
    Abstract: A modular thermal management system for a battery in an electric vehicle is provided. The thermal management system includes a battery module having a plurality of module ports for conducting heat exchange fluid to regulate temperature in a traction battery. The thermal management system also includes a manifold having a plurality of connector ports corresponding to the plurality of module. A retention feature is located on the manifold or the battery module for securing the manifold to the battery module to ensure the connector ports remain fluidly sealed to the module ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Daniel Maguire, Bhaskara Boddakayala
  • Patent number: 9261011
    Abstract: In order to standardize the structure of a cooling module with and without a main radiator and thus to make a cooling module equally usable for motor vehicles with an internal combustion engine as well as with an electric motor and for hybrid vehicles it is provided to replace the bearing and holding function of a cooling component, in particular of the radiator unit flowed through by air and engine fluid of an internal combustion engine, by two adapter parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventor: Bjoern Keerl
  • Patent number: 9228778
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for the low-temperature separation of air and comprises a main heat exchanger (6) having at least two heat-exchanger blocks, a distillation column system for nitrogen-oxygen separation (5) having at least one high-pressure column, a subcooling-counterflow heat exchanger (2), means for introducing feed air via the main heat exchanger (6) into the high-pressure column, means for introducing a liquid stream from the distillation column system into the subcooling-counterflow heat exchanger (2), and means for introducing a gas stream (16) from the distillation column system into the subcooling-counterflow heat exchanger (2). The main heat exchanger (6) and the subcooling-counterflow heat exchanger (2) are arranged in a first cold box (12), and the subcooling-counterflow heat exchanger (2) is suspended from the main heat exchanger (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Augustin Rampp
  • Patent number: 9146061
    Abstract: A mounting bracket for a heat exchanger. The mounting bracket includes a heat exchanger engagement portion and a mounting portion. The heat exchanger engagement portion includes a retention member. The mounting portion extends from the heat exchanger engagement portion and is configured for fixedly mounting the mounting bracket. Cooperation between the retention member and the heat exchanger secures the heat exchanger to the mounting bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignees: DENSO International America, Inc., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Parker Farlow, Joshua Guerra, Sang Bae Park, Kazuo Tsuchihashi, Kentaro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20150129165
    Abstract: Implementations described herein provide a pixelated substrate support assembly which enables both lateral and azimuthal tuning of the heat transfer between an electrostatic chuck and a cooling base comprising the substrate support assembly, which in turn, allows both lateral and azimuthal tuning of a substrate processed on the substrate support assembly. A processing chamber having a pixelated substrate support assembly and method for processing a substrate using a pixelated substrate support assembly are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Vijay D. PARKHE, Wendell BOYD, JR., Matthew James BUSCHE, Konstantin MAKHRATCHEV, Masanori ONO, Senh THACH
  • Publication number: 20150128880
    Abstract: An exchanger for a tank is described herein. The exchanger may be relied upon in a trailer tank, for example, or any other type of tank that stores fluid. The exchanger includes an inlet, a central fluid conduit, one or more exchanger extension arms having fluid apertures that direct fluid into a tank at various locations, and one or more supports that support the central fluid conduit and the exchanger extension arms. The fluid apertures may be positioned relatively evenly across the exchanger extension arms and/or the central conduit to direct fluid up or at various directions into the tank. Thus, fluid pumped into the inlet of the exchanger may flow through the central conduit, into the exchanger extension arms, and out through the fluid apertures at various locations into the tank. As such, heated fluid, for example, may be more evenly and quickly distributed into the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Hydra Heating Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20150129164
    Abstract: A heat exchanger module adapted for being mounted directly to the outer surface of the housing of an automobile system component, such as a transmission or engine housing, is provided. The heat exchanger module comprises a heat exchanger fixedly attached to an adapter module. The adapter module contains one of more fluid transfer channels, interface connectors, seals and mounting holes for screws and/or bolts. In one exemplary embodiment, the adapter module is comprised of an adapter plate that is sealed with one or more shim plates, the shim plates also providing a brazing surface for brazing the adapter module directly to the heat exchanger, the heat exchanger therefore being attached to the adapter module without the use of a base plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: DANA CANADA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Bernhard Ollier
  • Publication number: 20150122456
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a mounting bracket and a thermal module. The mounting bracket has at least one retaining hole and a mounting section, and the thermal module includes a plurality of radiating fins, to which the mounting bracket is connected. On the radiating fins, at least one engaging zone is provided for correspondingly engaging with the mounting bracket, and at least one locking portion is formed for correspondingly engaging with the retaining hole. With the above structural design, the mounting bracket can be more firmly and stably connected to the thermal module and be more accurately located on the radiating fins without the need of welding, so that the manufacturing cost for welding is saved. A method of manufacturing the heat dissipation device is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sheng-Huang Lin, Yen-Lin Chu
  • Publication number: 20150122455
    Abstract: Heat exchangers and methods for assembling a heat exchanger are described, such as for example a round tube heat exchanger, which may be a fin and tube heat exchanger, and which may be used for example in a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system (HVAC) system and/or unit thereof. The heat exchanger includes aluminum tubes mechanically rolled into an aluminum tube support and the tubes are fluidically sealed with the tube support. The aluminum tube support including the aluminum tubes rolled therein is assembled to a fluid manifold configured to allow fluid flow through the heat exchanger and into and/or out of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: William Burgess FOX, Jacob Levi GREGG, Corey Michael GILBERTSON, Sean Andrews Smith, Jeffery Carl GILL, Robert John LARRINAGA
  • Patent number: 9016352
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to apparatus and methods for cooling computer servers and/or electrical equipment in a rack device for data centers or telecommunication centers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Calvary Applied Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joerg Burkhard Helbig, Steven Thomas Gizzi
  • Publication number: 20150101780
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a heat exchanger for a power system. The heat exchanger includes a housing. The housing includes a first side and a second side. The second side is configured to be received in a receptacle of a power system enclosure. The heat exchanger includes at-least one heat exchange tube supported between one or more of side walls of the housing. The heat exchanger includes a screen attached to the second side of the housing. The screen includes at-least one inlet opening for the heat exchange tube, and at-least one outlet opening for the heat exchange tube. The heat exchanger further includes a flange attached to the first side of the housing wherein the flange is configured to be removably attached to an outer surface around the receptacle of the power system enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Solar Turbines Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony R. Stimus, Alexander J. Quinn, Cesar G. Carpio, Eric Kai-Shun Lin, Donald H. Cameron
  • Patent number: 8997843
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a confinement group for a pack-type plate heat exchanger including at least one pair of end heads (2) designed to be located one opposite to the other with respect to the plate pack and to be tightened against the plate pack by means of tightening means (5, 8), the confinement group including at least one end head (2) of the pair of heads (2), which comprises: a block (3) made of a first material resistant to compression stress and having an internal front portion (3a) designed to contact the plate pack, an external front portion (2a, 2b) on which the tightening means (5, 8) are designed to act, and at least one reinforcement element (4, 40) made of a second material resistant to traction stress and located at the external front portion (2a, 2b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Inventor: Luca Cipriani
  • Publication number: 20150083364
    Abstract: An apparatus for heating plastics material pre-forms includes a conveying device which conveys the plastics material pre-forms along a pre-set conveying path (P). A plurality of holding elements for holding the plastics material pre-forms and a plurality of screening elements for screening off heat are arranged on the conveying device. The apparatus has a plurality of carrier units on which at least parts of the holding elements and at least parts of the screening elements are arranged and these carrier units are capable of being removed from the conveying device jointly with the parts of the holding elements and screening elements which are arranged thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventor: Frank Winzinger
  • Patent number: 8985196
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device with mounting structure includes a main body and a plurality of mounting elements. The main body includes an internally defined chamber having a first side and an opposite second side; a plurality of supports located in the chamber and respectively having two ends connected to the first side and the second side of the chamber; a working fluid filled in the chamber; and a plurality of connection sections in the form of recesses formed on an outer surface of the main body at positions corresponding to the supports in the chamber. The mounting elements are connected to the connection sections. With these arrangements, the heat dissipation device with the mounting elements connected to one outer surface thereof can maintain the chamber in the main body in an airtight state and ensure tight contact of it with a heat-generating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hsiu-Wei Yang
  • Patent number: 8978739
    Abstract: A heat dissipating device for dissipating heat from a heat radiation element includes a base, a fixing frame, a fan, and a securing arm. The fixing frame is fixedly attached to the base, and the fixing frame has two coaxially aligned receiving holes defined therein. The fan includes two coaxially aligned shafts. The aligned shafts are fittingly received in the respective receiving holes, such that the fan is detachably attached to the fixing frame and rotatable about the aligned shafts. The securing arm is rotatably attached to the base, and the securing arm is configured for holding the fan against the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chin-Ming Chang
  • Publication number: 20150068501
    Abstract: A cover (25) is intended to be attached to a housing (2) of a heat exchanger (1). The cover (25) comprises a wall (26) that is intended to close off an orifice (5) for introducing a heat exchange core into the housing (2). The wall (26) is configured to allow the cover (25) to be attached removably to the housing (2) and has a raised edge (27). The cover (25) also comprises means (30) for mechanical reinforcement of the wall (26). The invention also relates to a heat exchange core (7) comprising the cover (25), to a heat exchanger (1) comprising the core (7), and to an air intake module for a motor vehicle combustion engine comprising the heat exchanger (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventor: Benjamin Ferlay
  • Publication number: 20150047808
    Abstract: A heat exchanger mounting structure is provided with a bracket, a load supporting section, a fitting member, and a contact section. The bracket is provided to one of a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger. The load supporting section is provided to the other heat exchanger to which the bracket is not provided, and supports a load transmitted from the one of the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger. The fitting member is provided to the one of the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger, to which the bracket is provided, and is fitted over the load supporting section. The contact section is in contact with at least a part of the upper portion of the bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Kentaro Takahashi, Satoshi Sumiya, Shinichi Oda
  • Patent number: 8955578
    Abstract: A heat exchanger usable with a ventilator, the heat exchanger having an improved structure so that air passing through the heat exchanger may be prevented from leaking. The heat exchanger of the general inventive concept includes a heat-exchanging element having a plurality of liners stacked in a uniformly spaced state and a plurality of spacers disposed between the liners to define air passages, and corner guides respectively coupled to corners of the heat-exchanging element. Each of the corner guides includes a guide channel forming a space to receive the corner of the heat-exchanging element so that the corner guides securely come into close contact with the heat-exchanging element, and to minimize a loosening of the corner guide due to an adhesive applied between the heat-exchanging element and the corner guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Chul Kwon, Sung Woo Kim, Euy Sung Chu, Jee Yong Kim
  • Publication number: 20150040603
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly including a heat exchanger and a mounting on which the heat exchanger is mounted. The heat exchanger including a first channel for circulating a coolant supplied by a first collector provided with a first pipe in which the coolant can circulate. The heat exchanger also including a second channel for circulating the coolant supplied by a second collector provided with a second pipe in which the coolant can circulate. The first and second channels define a heat-exchange surface that extends in a substantially vertical plane. The first pipe is located in a lower half of the first collector along a first axis parallel to the plane of the heat-exchange surface, with the second pipe located above the first pipe along the first axis. The invention further relates to an air-conditioning loop including the above-described assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Isabelle Citti, Regis Beauvis, Jugurtha Benouali
  • Publication number: 20150044540
    Abstract: A cooling device for an automotive battery includes at least one coolant line and at least one separate pressing element which is designed to be elastic so as to press the coolant line against an exterior side, preferably a flat side, of the automotive battery. The pressing element is designed as a composite component which has a separately manufactured reinforcing component which is enclosed in a plastic material. A method for manufacturing the cooling device includes the acts of providing a reinforcing component, in particular an elastic metal component, manufacturing an elastic pressing element as a composite component by sheathing the reinforcing component with plastic material, and applying a coolant line to the composite component. The composite component is acted upon to press against the coolant line in the event of deformation perpendicular to the exterior side of the automotive battery to be cooled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: David Jakob MORTON, Stephan WEILEDER, Micha DIRMEIER
  • Publication number: 20150041101
    Abstract: An outdoor unit a refrigeration apparatus includes an aluminum or aluminum alloy heat exchanger, an aluminum or aluminum alloy bracket having a securing portion attached directly to the heat exchanger and a fixing portion with a through hole used to fix the bracket to a non-aluminum metal structural part, a non-metal component interposed between the fixing portion of the bracket and the structural part to create a non-contact state, a non-aluminum metal anchoring part, and an anchored structure cooperating with the anchoring part to fasten a fixing portion of the bracket to the structural part via the non-metal component. The anchoring part has an outer shape smaller than the through hole in the fixing portion. The non-metal component maintains, in astute in which the anchoring part is passing through the through hole in the fixing portion, a non-contact state between the bracket and the anchoring part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Keitarou Hoshika, Takashi Ono, Hiroki Andou, Tomohiro Masui, Masashi Kuroishi, Satoshi Itou, Junichi Shimoda
  • Patent number: 8952774
    Abstract: A magnetic lock system for releasably securing a heat exchanger with a component. The system includes: an electromagnet on one of the heat exchanger or the component and a magnetic region on the other of the heat exchanger or the component; the electromagnet being energizable to attract the magnetic region to secure the component and the heat exchanger in a thermally coupled position; and the electromagnet being de-energizable to release the component and the heat exchanger from the thermally coupled position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: 2064818 Ontario Inc.
    Inventor: Alex Dolgonos
  • Publication number: 20150027662
    Abstract: The invention relates to a climate system comprising at least one latent heat storage heat exchanger assembly, said latent heat storage heat exchanger assembly comprising: —a channel part having an inlet end with a flow cross sectional A1, an outlet end a flow cross sectional area A2, and said inlet end defining an incoming air direction; —at least one latent heat storage heat exchanger comprising a plurality of plate shaped PCM units that comprise a container holding PCM, said PCM units positioned parallel at a spacing d behind one another; —a frame unit providing a support plane for holding said at least one latent heat storage heat ex changer in said channel part, said frame unit mounted with said support plane at an angle ? between 5 and 45 degrees with respect to the incoming air direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventor: Antonius Henricus Hubertus Schmitz
  • Patent number: 8941993
    Abstract: An air-cooling apparatus is provided which includes a heat exchanger door and a catch bracket. The door is hingedly mounted to the air inlet or outlet side of an electronics rack, and includes: a door frame spanning at least a portion of the air inlet or outlet side of the rack, wherein the frame includes an airflow opening which facilitates airflow through the rack; an air-to-coolant heat exchanger supported by the door frame and disposed so that airflow through the airflow opening passes thereacross; and a door latch mechanism to selectively latch the heat exchanger door to the rack. The catch bracket is attached to the rack and sized to extend from the rack into the heat exchanger door through a catch opening, and the door latch mechanism is configured and mounted within the heat exchanger door to physically engage the catch bracket within the heat exchanger door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Eric A. Eckberg, Howard V. Mahaney, Jr., William M. Megarity, Roger R. Schmidt, Tejas Shah, Scott A. Shurson
  • Publication number: 20150013938
    Abstract: A supporting member is configured to support at least one pipe connecting a temperature adjusting unit with a substrate processing apparatus, wherein the temperature adjusting unit adjusts a temperature of an arbitrary component of the substrate processing apparatus, wherein an inside of the supporting member includes a hollow portion and the at least one pipe is arranged in the hollow portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Akihiro YOSHIMURA, Takashi KITAZAWA, Yasushi MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20150013430
    Abstract: A process analytic device includes an input to receive a sample of interest and an analytic detector operably coupled to receive the sample of interest. An analytic output is provided relative to the sample of interest. A plurality of heat pipes is thermally coupled to the analytic detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Steven S. Black, Edward J. Bailey, Leighton M. Fields
  • Publication number: 20150009624
    Abstract: Systems and methods providing for packaging of scalable machines are discussed herein. Some embodiments may include a stackable cooling rail based system with a plurality of stackable frames. A stackable frame may contain one or more modules that may contain functional components; one or more cooling elements to remove heat from the one or more modules (e.g., on a first side); and one or more cooling rails coupled thermally with the one or more cooling elements. The stackable frame may move (e.g., together) with at least one of its cooling rails, such that the stackable frames and cooling rails may be adjustable between an opened configuration and a stacked configuration. In the opened configuration, an access gap may be present between a pair of consecutively stacked stackable frames and their cooling rails, to provide physical access to modules and other features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: John Craig Dunwoody, Teresa Ann Dunwoody
  • Patent number: 8929075
    Abstract: An air-cooling method is provided which includes providing a heat exchanger door and a catch bracket. The door is hingedly mounted to the air inlet or outlet side of an electronics rack, and includes: a door frame spanning at least a portion of the air inlet or outlet side of the rack, wherein the frame includes an airflow opening which facilitates airflow through the rack; an air-to-coolant heat exchanger supported by the door frame and disposed so that airflow through the airflow opening passes thereacross; and a door latch mechanism to selectively latch the heat exchanger door to the rack. The catch bracket is attached to the rack and sized to extend from the rack into the heat exchanger door through a catch opening, and the door latch mechanism is configured and mounted within the heat exchanger door to physically engage the catch bracket within the heat exchanger door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Eric A. Eckberg, Howard V. Mahaney, Jr., William M. Megarity, Roger R. Schmidt, Tejas Shah, Scott A. Shurson
  • Publication number: 20150000866
    Abstract: A support structure for heat dissipation unit includes at least one main body and an oxide coating. Multiple grooves are formed on an outer circumference of the main body. The oxide coating is coated on the outer circumference of the main body and the surfaces of the grooves. The sintered powder body can be replaced with the support structure with the directional oxide coating coated on the outer circumference of the main body and the surfaces of the grooves to greatly speed the vapor-liquid circulation of the working fluid in the chamber of the heat dissipation unit so as to enhance the heat dissipation performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Yeh Lin, Chuan-Chin Huang
  • Patent number: 8915603
    Abstract: A cooling system utilizing a potential energy that provides cooling with low power consumption is disclosed. The cooling system may comprise a heat dissipating member, a support structure, a movable assembly, and a coil. In one embodiment, the movable assembly may be configured to oscillate above the heat dissipating member by utilizing induction from the coil and the potential energy to generate air flow that provide cooling on the heat dissipating member. In other embodiments, the movable assembly may be configured to oscillate substantially within the recess of the heat dissipating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Chuan Hoe Chan, Ju Chin Poh, Kheng Leng Tan
  • Patent number: 8915294
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly, such as a condenser, may employ a portion of a heat exchanger end tank to define a slot with a second portion of the end tank. The first and second portions define an interior volume of the end tank. A flared end of a side plate may reside within the slot and may have a straight portion having a first width, a first step portion having a second width that is wider than the first width, and a second step portion that has a third width that is wider than the second width. The flared end may have a tab that protrudes from the second step portion and that is symmetrical about a longitudinal axis of the side plate. The end tank may define a second slot where the tab resides when the flared end resides over an entire cross-sectional portion of a volume defined by end tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Mazzocco, Jason Hendry
  • Publication number: 20140369039
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat transferring arrangement (100, 400) for cooling at least one light emitting diode (302), wherein the heat transferring arrangement (100, 400) comprises a centre portion (102, 402) configured for mounting the light emitting diode (302) and adapted to receive heat generated from the light emitting diode (302) when emitting light, and a plurality of elongated heat transferring elements (104), each having a first end portion (106) connected to the centre portion (102, 402) and a second end portion (108) which when inserted in a housing (200) is configured to be in abutment with an inner surface (202) of the housing (200), so that the generated heat is thermally transferred to the housing (200). Advantages with the invention in dudes, at least, that a passive heat transferring arrangement is provided which may reduce the need of an external fan or membranes to provide sufficient cooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Reinier Imre Anton Den Boer, Juan David Bernal, Kwan Nai Lee, Vincent Stefan David Gielen, Merijn Keser
  • Publication number: 20140360222
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of a refrigeration apparatus includes an aluminum or aluminum alloy heat exchanger, an aluminum or aluminum alloy bracket having a fixing portion and a securing portion attached directly to the heat exchanger, a non-aluminum side panel having an opening portion with the fixing portion of the bracket passing through the opening, and a nonmetal component interposed between the bracket and the side panel to form a predetermined space between the bracket and the side panel. The side panel is fixed to the fixing portion of the bracket disposed through the opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventor: Tomohiro Masui
  • Publication number: 20140363350
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure enhance elimination problems that freezing sulfur creates with gas-liquid parallel plate separators by integrally heating the parallel plate gas-liquid separator assembly. Through integral heating the duration of time that the separator apparatus remains above the freezing temperature of elemental sulfur is prolonged, thereby, allowing the opportunity for residual liquid sulfur to drain from the parallel plate assembly during upsets in unit operations and after a sulfur recovery unit shutdown event, thereby reducing or eliminating the operation and maintenance problems that may occur with existing separator designs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventor: Matthew S. Hodson
  • Patent number: 8905120
    Abstract: A heat dissipating module is adapted for dissipating thermal energy from an electronic element mounted on a circuit board, and includes a heat sink, a heat conductive board including a plurality of tube portions that extend through the circuit board, a heat conductive tube that interconnects the heat sink and the circuit board, and a plurality of fixing elements. Each fixing elements includes a first end part be secured to the heat conductive board, a second end part exposed from an end opening of a respective tube portion, and a pair of interference parts that extend resiliently, respectively and outwardly through lateral openings of the respective the tube portion for abutting against the circuit board. The heat dissipating module further includes a resilient unit disposed between and connected resiliently to the circuit board and the heat conductive board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Ho-Yuan Tsai
  • Publication number: 20140338858
    Abstract: A fan module employed in an electronic device includes a base seat, a fan, a heat conducting tube and a covering plate. The base seat is made of polymer thermal conductive materials, and includes a bottom plate and a “U” shaped sidewall. The bottom plate includes a receiving portion and a heat sink portion. The sidewall surrounds the receiving portion to form a mounting groove and surrounds opposite sides of the heat sink portion to form a heat dissipation opening communicating with the mounting groove. The fan is rotatably mounted on the receiving portion and is received in the mounting groove. The heat conducting tube is embedded to a side of the base seat opposite to the fan. The covering plate is secured to the sidewall and covering the fan. The present disclosure further provides a base seat of the fan module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SHIEN-CHENG KUO, MI-CHIEN CHEN
  • Publication number: 20140338859
    Abstract: A cooling tray includes a container, springs placed within the container to exerting a vertical thrust, a platform residing within the container and coupled to each spring, and a bowl for residing above the container. When ice is placed on the platform, the plurality of springs are each compressed such that the cooling material contacts an undersurface of the bowl. As the ice melts, the water flows below the platform, and the springs decompress and maintain the remaining ice in contact with the undersurface of the bowl. In this manner, food that requires refrigeration may be served from the portable cooling tray at the appropriate temperature. A formed ice block may be used to impart greater and more efficient cooling as a greater surface area of the ice contacts the undersurface of the bowl. The bowl may be of aluminum to further increase the efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: D.W. HABER & SON, INC.
    Inventors: David HABER, David CONROY, Elena Losik Damm
  • Publication number: 20140326434
    Abstract: A mounting bracket for a heat exchanger. The mounting bracket includes a heat exchanger engagement portion and a mounting portion. The heat exchanger engagement portion includes a retention member. The mounting portion extends from the heat exchanger engagement portion and is configured for fixedly mounting the mounting bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, DENSO International America, Inc.
    Inventors: Parker Farlow, Joshua Guerra, Sang Bae Park, Kazuo Tsuchihashi, Kentaro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8875779
    Abstract: A heat dissipation element with mounting structure includes a main body and a plurality of mounting elements. The main body includes a first side and a second side, between which a chamber is defined; a plurality of supports located in the chamber and respectively connected at two opposite ends to the first side and the second side of the main body; a working fluid filled in the chamber; and at least one wick structure layer internally attached to the chamber. The mounting elements respectively define an axial bore and have an end extended through the first side of the main body into the supports to thereby connect to the main body. With these arrangements, the heat dissipation element with the mounting elements connected thereto can tightly contact with a heat-generating element and maintain the chamber in the main body in an airtight state without leakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Asia Vital Compenents Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheng-Nan Lien
  • Patent number: 8876078
    Abstract: An HVAC inspection frame device facilitates inspection within an HVAC system. The device includes a frame having a perimeter wall defining a channel extending through the frame. A lower flange is coupled to the frame extending inwardly into the channel from an interior face of the perimeter wall. Thus, the lower flange is configured for supporting the frame on a furnace. An upper flange is coupled to the frame extending inwardly into the channel from the interior face of the perimeter wall. Thus, the upper flange is configured to support the evaporator coil on the upper flange. An aperture is positioned in the perimeter wall for insertion of an optical inspection device to provide an image of the evaporator coil or furnace without time consuming disassembly or drilling of existing structure. A plug is insertable into the aperture engaging the perimeter wall and closing the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Inventor: Daniel N. Gates
  • Publication number: 20140318738
    Abstract: A separator device for separating coils of a heat exchanger assembly has a top surface opposite a bottom surface, and an inner portion opposite an outer portion. The inner portion and the outer portion extend between the top surface and the bottom surface. The separator device further includes a pair of sides extending between the inner portion and the outer portion, each of the sides defining a concave curve having an apex. A lug is provided to connect the apex of each concave curve. At least one ramp is defined on the top surface and/or the bottom surface, extending from the inner portion toward the lug. The lug is arcuately shaped to project away from the top surface and the bottom surface and is shaped to correspond to a gap between adjacent coils of the heat exchanger assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: William P. Bernardi, Mark MacLean-Blevins
  • Publication number: 20140305613
    Abstract: A fluid heating system for heating fluid flowing in a pipe to prevent freezing and ice build up. A controllable variable flow heat exchanger is utilized within the pipe to provide thermal transfer to the fluid flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventor: Certek Heat Machine USA, LLC
  • Publication number: 20140299294
    Abstract: An exhaust gas cooler for a motor vehicle is provided that includes a first collector box on an inlet side and a second collector box on an outlet side, and a plurality of exchanger tubes extending between the collector boxes for exhaust gas to flow through. Air can flow around the exchanger tubes so as to cool the exhaust gas. At least one supporting member is attached to at least one of the collector boxes, a force produced by the thermal expansion of the exchanger tubes being passed into the supporting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Klaus IRMLER, Bernd KRAEMER
  • Patent number: 8844306
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC&R) system having a compressor, a heat exchanger, an expansion device, and a multichannel heat exchanger connected in a closed refrigerant loop. The HVAC&R system may also have a base, a retainer and/or a grommet for providing support to the multichannel heat exchanger and/or substantially isolating the multichannel heat exchanger from the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Jose Ruel Yalung De La Cruz, Jeffrey Lee Tucker, Tony Coleman, John Raymond Mathias, William L. Kopko
  • Patent number: 8840076
    Abstract: A connecting device is used in combination with a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger has orthogonally oriented first and second mount members. The connecting device includes a body having opposed first and second sidewalls. A first sidewall extension is integrally connected to and extends orthogonally with respect to the first sidewall, and includes a first planar mount surface. A second sidewall extension is integrally connected to and extends orthogonally with respect to the second sidewall. The second sidewall extension is oppositely facing with respect to the first sidewall extension and includes a second planar mount surface. A mounting wall extension is integrally connected to and extends orthogonally with respect to the first and second sidewall extensions and includes a third planar mount surface. The first, second and third planar mount surfaces are oriented coplanar with respect to each other and are connected to the first mount member using brazing joints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher L. Zuber, Timothy R. West, Kevin S. Bockstanz
  • Patent number: 8839847
    Abstract: A first header tank to which first heat exchange tubes of third and fourth heat exchange paths are connected and a second header tank to which second heat exchange tubes of first and second heat exchange paths are connected are provided at one end of a condenser. The upper end of the first header tank is located above the lower end of the second header tank. The first header tank has a function of separating gas and liquid from each other and storing the liquid. A spacer is disposed between the first header tank and the second header tank. The spacer includes a first portion which comes into contact with and is brazed to the first header tank, and a second portion which comes into contact with and is brazed to the second header tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Shingo Suzuki, Kazumi Tokizaki, Yoshihiko Seno, Takayuki Fujii
  • Publication number: 20140262148
    Abstract: A clip for fixing a heat sink on a retaining bracket includes an elastic supporter, an operating member, a movable fastener and a fixing bar. Two ends of the elastic supporter have a connecting portion and a first buckle portion, respectively. The operating member has a resisting portion, a pivot portion and an operating bar. The pivot portion pivots to the connecting portion. The movable fastener installs on the resisting portion and the connecting portion, and includes two sliding slots, a resisting surface and a second buckle portion. The resisting portion has an arc surface for resisting against the resisting surface. The distance between the apex of the arc surface and the pivot portion is the largest distance between the arc surface and the pivot portion. When the clip is locked, the junction of the resisting portion and the resisting surface excludes the apex of the arc surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Yu-Hsien LIN, Li-Kuang TAN