With Repair Or Assembly Means Patents (Class 165/76)
  • Patent number: 11940230
    Abstract: A connection between one end of a Multi Port Extrusion (MPE) tube (1) of aluminium or an aluminium alloy and one header (2), the connection comprises an adapter (3) with a seal ring (4) fixed between the MPE tube and the header. The invention also relates to a method for connecting said parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: HYDRO EXTRUDED SOLUTIONS AS
    Inventors: Torben Thomsen, Henrik Jørgensen, Preben H. Gaul
  • Patent number: 11933547
    Abstract: A plate heat exchanger (1) includes a stack of plate elements (2), each plate element (2) being of a double wall construction having a first heat transfer plate (10) and a second heat transfer plate (20), each having a central heat exchanging portion (40) provided with surface patterns (45) adapted for a surface pattern (45) of first heat transfer plate (10) of one plate element (2) to contact a surface pattern (45) of a second heat transfer plate (20) of a neighbouring plate element (2) forming a first flow path (A) for a first fluid at the one side and second flow path for a second fluid (B) at the second side of a plate element (2), where the plate elements (2) are formed with openings (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) in opening areas (30a, 30b, 30c, 30d), wherein a first heat transfer plate (10) in an opening area (30a, 30b, 30c, 30d) is formed with a closed projection (50) projecting in a first direction, and in the same opening area (30a, 30b, 30c, 30d) is formed with an open projection (65) formed on a second directio
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Danfoss A/S
    Inventors: Helge Nielsen, Martin Debevc
  • Patent number: 11904677
    Abstract: Provided is a cooling module for a vehicle, and more particularly, a cooling module placed on a side of the vehicle with three-row mounting parts, in which components are mounted, to maximize cooling efficiency and space utilization inside the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Young Chan Kim, Jung Sam Gu, Hyuk Kim
  • Patent number: 11852372
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system, includes a housing having a wall with an exterior surface configured to be exposed to an ambient environment. The HVAC system further includes a first heat exchanger disposed within the housing and forming part of a refrigerant circuit of the HVAC system and a second heat exchanger disposed within the housing and forming part of the refrigerant circuit, in which the second heat exchanger includes a coil coupled to the wall, such that the coil and the wall are configured to transfer heat between the ambient environment and refrigerant passing through the second heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Anil V. Bhosale, Ketan S. Khedkar, Nikhil N. Naik, Hambirarao S. Sawant, Neelkanth S. Gupte
  • Patent number: 11774123
    Abstract: A manifold assembly includes a body and a damper assembly. The body defines a first opening, a second opening, outlet third opening, and a fluid plenum. The fluid plenum fluidly couples the first opening, the second opening, and the third opening. The damper assembly includes a first damper, a second damper, and a connecting member. The first damper is disposed within the fluid plenum proximate to the first opening. The second damper is disposed within the fluid plenum proximate to the second opening. The connecting member is coupled to both the first damper and the second damper and is configured to move the first damper and the second damper to selectively open one of the first opening or the second opening while closing the one not opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Research Products Corporation
    Inventors: Jeff Norton, Tom Friederick
  • Patent number: 11761708
    Abstract: A tube stay mounting assembly includes a press assembly having a housing and a top block configured to flatten fins on a first surface of a finned tube. A press arm is operable to move the top block vertically with respect to the housing. A bottom block is configured to flatten fins on a second surface of the finned tube when the press arm is rotated and moves the top block downwardly. A tube stay clamping assembly includes a clamping housing configured to receive a tube stay having a top, bottom, rear, and front walls, the tube stay being configured to receive a flattened portion of the finned tube. A clamping arm is connected by linking arms to a clamping block, the clamping block configured to engage and force the front wall into snap-fit engagement with the top wall of the tube stay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: L & M Radiator, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Gregory Dosen, Aaron Patrick Morgan, Robert Janezich
  • Patent number: 11685029
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an insert and system of installing the same. The insert includes a tapered core and a cylinder. The core releasably secures to an installation device which includes a depth stop or a depth control to control the installation depth of the insert. The insert may be provided in a tray that allows for easier handling of the inserts and installation thereof in installation holes, for example in a hydraulic manifold. In some cases, the core includes a threaded hole to releasably secure the insert to the installation device, thus allowing the installation device to pull the core into the cylinder. The core and cylinder may be made of metallic materials such as steels, steel alloys and others. In some cases the insert can withstand blow out pressures of 40,000 psi or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Engineered Inserts & Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Kirilichin, David P. Turechek, Brian P. Krieger
  • Patent number: 11412640
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for aircraft electronic components includes a first plate having channels arranged with side-by-side channel inlets fed from a common fluid supply manifold extending to the channel inlets from a manifold inlet. The channel inlets include a first set of inlets spaced further away from the manifold inlet than a second set of inlets. The fluid supply manifold has a flow divider positioned fluidly between the manifold inlet and the channel inlets. The flow divider is configured in use to direct heat exchange fluid entering the manifold from the manifold inlet preferentially toward the first set of inlets. A second plate is coupled with the first plate to seal the channels and the fluid supply manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventor: Dana Tomescu
  • Patent number: 11365541
    Abstract: A ceiling façade system includes: a ceiling tile including an interior panel defining a first edge extending along a first side of the ceiling tile and a second edge extending along a second side of the ceiling tile opposite the first edge, a heating element, and an insulator layer arranged over the heating element opposite the interior panel; a first receiver extending along and configured to support the first side of the ceiling tile on a linear lighting track arranged on a ceiling structure and configured to locate the first edge of the interior panel adjacent and partially concealing the linear lighting track; and a second receiver extending along and configured to support the second side of the ceiling tile on a linear seam track arranged on the ceiling structure, the linear seam track laterally offset from the linear lighting track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Cover Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexis Xavier Rivas, Jemuel Joseph, Thomas Heyer, Craig Derian, Katherine Stavisky, Robert Jackson, Scott Kevern, Tyler Peterson, Jose Morales
  • Patent number: 11333441
    Abstract: Methods and devices heat or cool viscous materials, such as meat emulsions useful for producing food and other products. The devices include a heat exchanger including a first plate, a second plate attached to the first plate, and a first spacer and a second spacer arranged between the first plate and the second plate. The first plate, the second plate, the first spacer, and the second spacer define at least one temperature controlled passaged for a product to pass through the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger can be used in a system including one or more of a grinder, a mixing tank, an emulsifier device, a positive displacement pump, or a cutting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUITS NESTLÉ S.A.
    Inventor: Kevin J. Cully
  • Patent number: 11287149
    Abstract: A heat exchange ventilator includes an exterior casing, and a heat exchanger that includes a heat exchange element of quadrangular-prism shape and heat exchanger frames each of which is mounted to each of four corners of the heat exchange element. The heat exchange ventilator includes guide rails that are mounted inside the exterior casing and engage the heat exchanger frame to guide the heat exchanger. Each of the guide rails includes an end-face-facing part facing an end face of the heat exchanger frame, a side-facing part providing a clearance between a side of the heat exchanger frame and the side-facing part, a holding part projecting from the side-facing part toward the heat exchanger frame, and a seal member that is provided in the clearance and seals a gap between the heat exchanger frame and the guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Morikawa, Kenta Okeya
  • Patent number: 11231231
    Abstract: A cooler station comprising a liquid cooler, which has a first distributor box consisting of a hollow extruded section made of aluminium having outwardly open guide groove, and comprising a platform which can be pushed onto the liquid cooler and fixedly connected thereto by mechanical connecting elements which can be inserted into the guide grooves of the first distributor box. The cooler station comprises a set of platforms, wherein in each case one platform can be connected to the liquid cooler, and comprises the set of platforms which have the different hydraulic and/or electrical connections. The cooler station can be installed in a liquid cooler system which also comprises a blower, a liquid tank and a liquid filter. The liquid cooler, the blower, the liquid tank, and/or the liquid filter can each be selected from a set, such that a modular system is produced for providing from liquid cooler systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Inventor: Thomas Euler-Rolle
  • Patent number: 11199344
    Abstract: A heat exchanger and an air-conditioning apparatus that exhibit high performance, and also provide reliability in strength and corrosion resistance. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of fins each including a fin collar formed in a short cylindrical shape by perforating a flat base plate, the plurality of fins being stacked by serially connecting fin collars of the respective fins, the serially connected fin collars being bonded to form a conduit line and a fin core, the conduit line including a resin layer formed on an inner surface thereof. The heat exchanger also includes a reinforcing member having a length corresponding to a length of the conduit line from one end to the other end thereof, to improve rigidity of the conduit line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke Miyawaki, Takahiro Hori, Norihiro Yoneda, Susumu Yoshimura, Yoji Onaka, Takashi Matsumoto, Ryota Akaiwa, Yasuhiro Yoshida, Kazuhiro Miya
  • Patent number: 11083110
    Abstract: A cooling system is provided which includes, for instance, a coolant supply manifold, a multifunction coolant manifold structure, and multiple cooling structures. The multifunction coolant manifold structure includes a coolant-commoning manifold and an auxiliary coolant reservoir above and in fluid communication with the coolant-commoning manifold. The multiple cooling structures are coupled in parallel fluid communication between the coolant supply and coolant-commoning manifolds to receive coolant from the supply, and exhaust coolant to the coolant-commoning manifold. The coolant-commoning manifold is sized to slow therein a flow rate of coolant exhausting from the multiple cooling structures to allow gas within the exhausting coolant to escape the coolant within the coolant-commoning manifold. The escaping gas rises to the auxiliary coolant reservoir and is replaced within the coolant-commoning manifold by coolant from the auxiliary coolant reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Francis R. Krug, Jr., Randy J. Zoodsma
  • Patent number: 10731929
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly includes first and second tanks having tube side walls, reservoirs formed therein, and apertures extending through the tube side walls. A flow tube having a plurality of fins on an exterior surface thereof, a first end, and a second end, the first end being received in an aperture of the first tank. A first seal is positioned between the flow tube and the first aperture. A retainer is positioned between the flow tube and the first aperture and between the first seal and the fins on the tube. A mounting block is positioned between the first tank and the fins on the tube, and is secured to the first tank. A second seal is positioned between the flow tube and the second aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: L & M Radiator, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Janezich, Aaron Patrick Morgan, Charles Eugene Cedar, Jr., Todd Gregory Dosen, Paul R. Shuey
  • Patent number: 10640386
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method of manufacturing mesoporous silica are provided. The apparatus includes a mount, a reactor rotatably coupled to the mount, in which mixed solution of surfactant, water and acid is to be poured, an impeller installed to the reactor and rotating to stir the mixed solution, and a heating unit installed to cover an outer surface of the reactor thereby heating the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF CERAMIC ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jeong Ho Chang, Hye Sun Lee
  • Patent number: 10493516
    Abstract: A device for jointing a plurality of elements, each comprising a cutout for a shaft, in a predetermined angular position on the shaft, may include a traversable guide carriage configured to push the shaft from above through the cutouts of the elements. The device may also include an electrical spindle drive and a pneumatic piston for displacing the traversable guide carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignees: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH, MASCHINENBAU-SERVICE-AUTOMATISIERUNGSTECHNIK CHEMNITZ GMBH
    Inventors: Antonio Menonna, Stefan Morgenstern, Roland Schacherer
  • Patent number: 10408543
    Abstract: A liquid to refrigerant heat exchanger is provided having a stack of nested plates with fluid flow passages defined between the plates. The stack includes a condenser portion and a subcooler portion. A base plate at a bottom end of the stack has a refrigerant outlet port and a receiver bottle joined to it. A receiver flow path extends through a structural connection joining the receiver bottle to the base plate to allow for fluid flow between an internal volume of the receiver bottle and the condenser portion. Another receiver flow path extends through another structural connection to allow for fluid flow between an internal volume of the receiver bottle and the subcooler portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: MODINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert Barfknecht, Jason Braun, Michael Eklund, Thomas Grotophorst, Jeffrey Hanson, Jean Lysoivanov, Kyle Shisler
  • Patent number: 10406588
    Abstract: An apparatus for inserting flattened tubes into heat exchanger fins includes a fin stack arranging unit in which heat exchanger fins are stacked in the thickness direction and a guide is inserted into at least a cutaway portion. A flattened tube arranging unit holds flattened tubes in an intermittent arrangement with respect to the cutaway portions into which the guide has not been inserted. A flattened tube insertion driving unit inserts the flattened tubes into the cutaway portions. A contact plate produces a reactive force when the flattened tubes are inserted into the cutaway portions. A flattened tube intermittently inserted fin stack arranging unit aligns the positions of cutaway portions into which the flattened tubes have not been inserted to the positions of the flattened tubes on the flattened tube arranging unit and is used in place of the fin stack arranging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: HIDAKA SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masanao Karasawa
  • Patent number: 10406589
    Abstract: An apparatus for inserting flattened tubes into heat exchanger fins includes a guide inserted into at least one out of a plurality of cutaway portions for holding heat exchanger fins in the thickness direction. A guide holding unit holds the heat exchanger fins and the guide with a flattened tube holding unit in which flattened tubes are held in an intermittent arrangement with respect to the cutaway portions into which the guide has not been inserted. A flattened tube insertion driving unit inserts the flattened tubes held on the flattened tube holding unit into the cutaway portion with a platen that is caused to contact another edge in a width direction of the heat exchanger fins when the flattened tubes are inserted into the cutaway portions. Thereafter a compressing unit compresses the heat exchanger fins in the stacking direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: HIDAKA SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masanao Karasawa
  • Patent number: 10343240
    Abstract: A vertical bundle air-cooled heat exchanger. In one embodiment, the invention can be a vertical bundle air-cooled condenser comprising: at least one tube bundle assembly comprising: a tube bundle comprising a plurality of finned tubes arranged in a substantially vertical and side-by-side orientation, each of the plurality of finned tubes comprising a cavity; a top header pipe comprising an inlet header cavity operably coupled to a source of steam; a bottom header pipe comprising an outlet header cavity for collecting condensate; top ends of the plurality of finned tubes coupled to the top header pipe and the bottom ends of the plurality of finned tubes coupled to the bottom header pipe; and a shell having an open top end and open bottom end, the at least one tube bundle assembly positioned within the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Inventors: Krishna P. Singh, Indresh Rampall, Joseph Rajkumar, Frank David Sanderlin
  • Patent number: 10299632
    Abstract: A system includes a container platform configured to receive a container, a blade assembly and a blade actuator for rotating blades of the blade assembly, a blade platform, and a platform actuator for moving the blade platform between a blade engagement position and a container engagement position. A processor is configured to cause the platform actuator to move the blade platform, prior to a first actuation of the blade actuator, from the container engagement position to the blade engagement position, to cause the first actuation, to cause the platform actuator to move the blade platform towards the container engagement position, to cause the blade platform to return to the blade engagement position, to cause a second actuation of the blade actuator, and to cause the platform actuator to return the blade platform to the container engagement position subsequent to the second actuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: NORTH AMERICAN ROBOTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: My Vu, Elvine Pineda, Matthew Udomphol
  • Patent number: 10274260
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and devices for heating or cooling viscous materials such as meal emulsions useful for producing food and other products. The devices include a heat exchanger comprising a first plate, a second plate attached to the first plate, and a first spacer and a second spacer arranged between the first plate and the second plate. The first plate, the second plate, the first spacer, and the second spacer define at least one temperature controlled passage for a product to pass through the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: NESTEC SA
    Inventor: Kevin J. Cully
  • Patent number: 9739537
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for transferring heat between a gaseous first fluid and a liquid second fluid may include a plurality of hollow pipes extending transversely through a first fluid path for conducting the first fluid. The plurality of pipes may be coupled externally to a plurality of cooling fins arranged in the first fluid path. The plurality of pipes may internally define a second fluid path for conducting the second fluid. The plurality of pipes and the plurality of cooling fins may be arranged stacked on one another in a stacking direction to define a cooler block. The cooler block may include two side parts extending along two outer sides of the cooler block facing away from one another in the stacking direction. At least one tension rod may fixedly connect the two side parts and be configured to transmit a tensile force in the stacking direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignees: Mahle International GmbH, Mahle Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hubert Pomin, Juergen Stehlig, Veit Bruggesser, Andreas Eilemann, Christian Saumweber
  • Patent number: 9671181
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly includes a first tank having a tube side wall and a first reservoir. A first row of apertures extends through the tube side wall of the first tank. A first mounting block is secured to the first tank and has a first aperture. A second tank has a tube side wall and a second reservoir with a second row of apertures extending through its tube side wall. A second mounting block is secured to the second tank with a second aperture extending therethrough. A flow tube with a plurality of fins is received in the first aperture of the first block and the second aperture of the second block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: L&M Radiator, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Janezich, Aaron Patrick Morgan, Charles Eugene Cedar, Jr., Todd Gregory Dosen
  • Patent number: 9604538
    Abstract: A vehicle including an engine at a rear, and a clutch system including a hydraulic conduit passing below the vehicle and connecting a master cylinder placed at the front of the vehicle and a slave cylinder located at the rear thereof. The hydraulic conduit is positioned in a vicinity of a pre-existing heat source in the vehicle, to be heated by the heat source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: RENAULT S.A.S.
    Inventors: Benoit Janier, Vincent Blondeau
  • Patent number: 9551534
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly having first and second heat exchangers and a seal. The seal may be disposed on the first heat exchanger and may have an elongated portion that extends toward the second heat exchanger to direct the flow of cooling air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Steven David Errick, John Azar
  • Patent number: 9435591
    Abstract: A machine has a mount, a support mounted pivotally to the mount to pivot relative to the mount about a first pivot axis between a first support position and a second support position, and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is mounted pivotally to the support to pivot relative to the support about a second pivot axis between a first exchanger position and a second exchanger position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert J. Hachmann, Daniel R. Klein
  • Patent number: 9389022
    Abstract: A heat exchanger which can include at least a first group and a second group of channels arranged to provide fluid paths between a first end and a second end of the heat exchanger. Connecting parts are arranged at the first end and at the second end of the heat exchanger. A first heat transfer element transfers a heat load to fluid, and a second heat transfer element transfers a heat load from the fluid. The channels have capillary dimensions. The connecting parts include fluid distribution elements, and the first and second heat transfer element contact all channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Bruno Agostini, Matteo Fabbri
  • Patent number: 9275760
    Abstract: A heat exchanger, methods therefor and a nuclear fission reactor system. The heat exchanger comprises a heat exchanger body defining an exit plenum chamber therein shaped for uniform flow of a hot primary heat transfer fluid through the chamber. A plurality of adjacent heat transfer members are connected to the heat exchanger body and spaced apart by a predetermined distance for defining a plurality of flow passages between the heat transfer members. The flow passages open into the exit plenum chamber. Spacing of the heat transfer members by the predetermined distance evenly distributes flow of the primary heat transfer fluid through the flow passages, across the surfaces of the heat transfer members and into the exit plenum chamber. Each heat transfer member defines a flow channel therethrough for flow of a cooler secondary heat transfer fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: TerraPower, LLC
    Inventor: Jon D. McWhirter
  • Patent number: 9222734
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a plurality of tubes extending between two tank bodies. At least one tank body includes a crown portion. At least one groove is formed in the crown portion. In order to avoid the creation of a thinner wall section in the crown portion, the inner and outer surfaces that form the groove are offset from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Denso International America, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Eric Ranes, Dwayne Robert Taylor, Christopher Lashay Zuber
  • Publication number: 20150129169
    Abstract: A heat transfer medium assembly unit, especially for a heat exchanger arrangement of a vehicle heater, includes a housing part (16) with at least one opening (22, 24) for receiving a connecting branch. At least one flexible fixing element is associated with the at least one opening (22, 24) for receiving a connecting branch. The at least one flexible fixing element is provided for fixing a connecting branch (12, 14) mounted in the opening (22, 24) for receiving a connecting branch for providing a connecting branch/housing part preassembled assembly unit (76).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Michael HAEFNER
  • Patent number: 9010404
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus for a heat transfer tube is provided in an inspection robot to be fixed to a tube plate surface of a tube plate at which the heat transfer tube is opened and is for inspecting a seal-welded portion at which the heat transfer tube is welded to the tube plate. The inspection apparatus includes: an inserting unit to be inserted into and withdrawn from the heat transfer tube; a detecting unit having detecting unit for detecting the presence or absence of a defect at the seal-welded portion; a rotating mechanism for rotating the detecting unit around a central axis of the inserting unit; and a moving mechanism for moving, with respect to the inspection robot, the inserting unit, the detecting unit, and the rotating mechanism along the central axis for the rotation of the detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto Kawase, Hidetoshi Yonemura, Toshihiro Kawashima
  • Patent number: 8997844
    Abstract: The invention relates to a manifold, of the type comprising a substantially flat plate (20) with holes (22) to accept tubes of a heat exchanger, and turned-up lateral edges (24) extending at an angle to said plate (20) and connected thereto by at least one curved portion in which ribs (52) are formed, the ribs each having a convexity extending substantially in the direction of extension of the lateral edges (24). The plate (20) comprises at least one additional rib (50) between at least some of said holes (22), which ribs each have a convexity extending substantially in the opposite direction to the direction in which the lateral edges (24) extend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Themiques
    Inventors: Christian Riondet, Jean-Marc Lesueur
  • Patent number: 8985193
    Abstract: A heat exchanger having at least one collecting tank which extends in a longitudinal direction and which comprises a plate and a cover, wherein the plate has, at least one of its edge regions running in the longitudinal direction, a rim by means of which the plate engages at the outside over an edge region, which runs in the longitudinal direction, of the cover, or wherein the cover has, at least one of its edge regions running in the longitudinal direction, a rim by means of which the cover engages at the outside over an edge region, which runs in the longitudinal direction, of the plate. The respective rim have, in the longitudinal direction, a multiplicity of calked portions by means of which said rim, in the region of each individual calked portion, is deformed in the plate and the cover to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Hirsch, Kurt Molt, Uwe Foerster
  • Patent number: 8974934
    Abstract: A battery module is provided. The battery module includes a battery cell and a heat exchanger disposed adjacent to the battery cell. The battery module further includes a cooling manifold having a tubular wall, a first fluid port, and a ring shaped member. The tubular wall defines an interior region and having first and second end portions. The first fluid port extends outwardly from an outer surface of the tubular wall and fluidly communicates with the interior region of the tubular wall. The ring shaped member is disposed on an outer surface of the first fluid port a predetermined distance from the outer surface of the tubular wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert Merriman, Thomas J. Gadawski, Josh Payne
  • Patent number: 8973265
    Abstract: According to an installation method of a water-chamber working apparatus of the present invention, the water-chamber working apparatus includes a base that holds heat transfer tubes on a tube plate surface and is fixed to the tube plate surface, and a manipulator that is coupled with the base, suspended in a water chamber and arranged therein, and has a separable configuration. In this case, a base installing step of installing the base on the tube plate surface and a manipulator coupling step of carrying the separated manipulator (a front stage and a rear stage) into the water chamber sequentially and individually and coupling the manipulator with the base (a coupling link) are performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Fujita, Yoshifumi Isozaki, Atsushi Kamiyoshi
  • Patent number: 8967237
    Abstract: A connection device of a double-walled heat exchanger tube is provided, in particular for the heat exchanger of a motor vehicle air conditioning system. The heat exchanger tube has an outer tube and an inner tube that runs coaxially inside the outer tube spaced radially apart from it. The connection device further has a fitting for accommodating radially overlapping end sections of the inner and outer tube. The outer and inner tubes according to the invention are at least sectionally joined together without soldering in the area of the fitting, and with the fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Artem Seryi, Lothar Seybold
  • Publication number: 20150047809
    Abstract: Methods of fabricating cooling apparatuses and coolant-cooled electronic assemblies are provided, which include providing a thermal transfer structure configured to couple to one or more sides of an electronics card having one or more electronic components to be cooled. The thermal transfer structure includes a thermal spreader and at least one coolant-carrying channel associated with the thermal spreader to facilitate removal of heat from the thermal spreader to coolant flowing through the coolant-carrying channel(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Amilcar R. ARVELO, Levi A. CAMPBELL, Michael J. ELLSWORTH, Jr., Eric J. McKEEVER, Richard P. SNIDER
  • 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: 20150041102
    Abstract: A radiator clip structure and comprising skewed slots on the back of the radiator, locking slots for receiving a tool for mounting and dismounting the structure above the skewed slots and a main part of the radiator clip further comprising a u-shaped panel with a long edge and a short edge, and a notch between the long edge of the main part of the radiator clip and the bottom edge of the u-shaped panel. A tool used for mounting and dismounting the radiator clip for the above mentioned structure, comprising a pressing block with a concave surface, a convex spot, a handle, and a concave part on the end of the said handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: QINGDAO MEFINE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yongshan Li, Hankui Liu, Renjie Zhang, Pengliang Lv
  • Patent number: 8944147
    Abstract: In a heat exchanger, fins are simply and accurately positioned in place and heat is efficiently exchanged without increasing manufacture cost, and the plurality of corrugated plate-like fins are disposed in the flow direction of a coolant in a housing. The heat exchanger has: connecting parts, which connect together the adjacent fins among the fins; protrusions formed on the connecting parts; and positioning holes for positioning the fins formed in the housing. The adjacent fins are disposed at predetermined intervals in the coolant flow direction with a predetermined offset amount in the direction that orthogonally intersects the coolant flow direction by fitting the protrusions in the positioning holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuya Takano, Yasuji Taketsuna, Eisaku Kakiuchi, Katsuhiko Tatebe, Masahiro Morino, Tomohiro Takenaga
  • Patent number: 8938044
    Abstract: A robotic tubesheet walker having two rails connected by a central hinge, wherein the central hinge can be opened or closed by an actuation device. Upon each rail is mounted a carriage, wherein each carriage can move along its respective rail toward or away from the central hinge by means of a drive mechanism. Each carriage further contains at least two “gripper” attachment mechanisms, such as camlocks, to grip the tubesheet. The grippers either insert into tube holes within the tubesheet to fasten the respective carriage to the tubesheet, or retract to disengage. Further attached to the central hinge is a tool support fixture, and attached to the tool support fixture is a coupler that holds maintenance or inspection tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
    Inventors: Lyman J. Petrosky, Phillip J. Hawkins
  • Publication number: 20150000868
    Abstract: A structure and method of mounting a heat sink having a body and mounting points configured so as to connect to a mounting medium, at least one of the mounting points being configured to allow movement in a thermally-induced expansion direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sri M Sri-Jayantha, Gerard McVicker, JR., Vijayeshwar D Khanna, JR.
  • Publication number: 20140354314
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe thermal interface techniques and configurations. In some embodiments, a thermal interface apparatus may include a flexible container, a plurality of thermally conductive objects disposed within the flexible container, and an attachment member coupled to the flexible container for attaching the thermal interface apparatus to a heat sink. The thermally conductive objects may be movable to rearrange their packing within the flexible container in response to deformation of the flexible container. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Hitesh Arora, Lawrence D. Decesare, JR., Kelly P. Lofgreen, Andrew C. Lyman, Michael A. Schroeder
  • Publication number: 20140352919
    Abstract: A thermal module connection structure providing a substrate, a heat generation unit disposed on the substrate, includes: a heat dissipation unit disposed on the heat generation unit, a protrusion section outward extending from each of two sides of the heat dissipation unit; and a locating assembly including a first locating member and a second locating member mounted on two sides of the heat generation unit, which sides are free from the protrusion sections. A carrier member is disposed at each of two ends of the first locating member. The protrusion sections of the heat dissipation unit are positioned on the carrier members. One end of the carrier member is pivotally connected with the first locating member, while the other end is latched with the second locating member. The carrier member has a press member for pressing the protrusion section against the carrier member to fix the heat dissipation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventor: Sheng-Huang Lin
  • Patent number: 8899312
    Abstract: A plate heat exchanger comprises a plurality of heat exchanger plates provided beside each other to form a plate package with first plate interspaces for a first medium and second plate interspaces for a second medium. The first and second plate interspaces are provided in an alternating order in the plate package. A number of portholes extend through the plate package and form first inlet and outlet channels arranged to convey the first medium into and out from the first plate interspaces. An insert element is provided in one of the portholes for the first medium. The insert element comprises an annular body, an annular flange, projecting from the annular body and provided between two of the heat exchanger plates in the plate package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Alfa Laval Corporate AB
    Inventor: Roger Bader
  • Publication number: 20140326435
    Abstract: A multi-row heat exchanger coil includes a first row of coil, a second row of coil positioned generally parallel to the first row of coil, a bent portion fluidly communicating the first and second rows of coil, an interior space formed between the first and second rows of coil, and a mounting assembly. The mounting assembly includes at least one connection member configured to connect the first and second rows, thereby securing the first and second rows of coil to each other, a mounting member configured to prevent airflow from exiting from the interior space at a side of the multi-row heat exchanger coil, and fastening mechanism configured to attach the mounting member to the connection member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Martin PEPPARD, Jennifer Lynn CAUDILL, Michael GRIFFITH, Jun WANG
  • Publication number: 20140318739
    Abstract: Heat exchanger, comprising a series of interconnected modules, each module comprising at least part of a water duct and part of a flue duct, wherein at least the parts of the water ducts of successive modules are interconnected, forming at least one continuous water duct through and/or along a number of said modules, wherein water duct parts of two adjacent modules are interconnected by a connector inserted into an opening in at least one of the modules forming a sealing connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Dejatech Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Jan Hubertus DECKERS, Paulus Mathijs Maria THIJSSEN
  • Patent number: 8869876
    Abstract: A case for a heating, ventilating and cooling system may include a shell and a plurality of fins. The shell may define an interior volume and may include an air inlet, a first air outlet and a second air outlet. The interior volume may define an airflow path between the air inlet and the first and second air outlets. The shell may be in fluid communication with a blower. The plurality of fins may be disposed in the airflow path between the air inlet and the first and second outlets. The plurality of fins may extend into the interior volume to distribute a first predetermined airflow amount to the first air outlet and a second predetermined airflow amount to the second air outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. DiGasbarro, Simon Kehimkar