Heat Exchanger Patents (Class 29/726)
  • Patent number: 11565335
    Abstract: A brazing method for brazing a material without using a flux includes performing brazing in an inert gas atmosphere, in a state in which the material to be brazed is covered with a cover member formed of an upper cover portion covering the whole upper portion of the material to be brazed and side cover portions covering at least some of the side portions of the material to be brazed, with the upper cover portion contacting the upper portion of the material to be brazed, and the material to be brazed and the cover member are held with a heat transmission promoting member formed of an upper heat transmission promoting portion and a lower heat transmission promoting portion, with the upper heat transmission promoting portion contacting the upper cover portion, and with the lower heat transmission promoting portion contacting the lower portion of the material to be brazed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: UACJ CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yutaka Yanagawa
  • Patent number: 11374267
    Abstract: A formation capacity-grading equipment for a cylindrical lithium-ion battery comprises a rack, a charge and discharge power box for charging and discharging the cylindrical lithium-ion battery, a battery clamping mechanism for clamping the positive and negative electrodes of the cylindrical lithium-ion battery, a battery tray for placing the cylindrical lithium-ion battery, and a controller, wherein the rack is provided with several layers of work stations for formation and capacity grading of the battery; the charge and discharge power box and the battery clamping mechanisms are provided at each layer of the work stations; a power transmission end of the charge and discharge power box is electrically connected to a power transmission end of the battery clamping mechanism; and a control end of the charge and discharge power box and a control end of the battery clamping mechanism are in signal connection respectively with a signal transmission port of the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG HANGKE TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED COMPANY
    Inventors: Ji Cao, Zheng Cao, Hongyu Sang
  • Patent number: 11305386
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a flat tube and a plurality of fins. The plurality of fins are arranged on the flat tube and inclined with respect to a longitudinal direction of a cross section perpendicular to an axis of the flat tube. The plurality of fins may be inclined at different angles with respect to the axis of the flat tube. The flat tube may include a straight portion on which the plurality of fins are arranged, and a bend on which at least one fin other than the plurality of fins is arranged. The at least one fin extends perpendicularly to the axis of the flat tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshimichi Baba, Nobuaki Miyake, Takashi Kato, Ryoichi Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11059146
    Abstract: For the shot peening of a pipe inner wall of a curved workpiece (200) having a workpiece bore (201), use is made of a flexible blasting abrasive feed hose (10) having blasting nozzle head (20). The latter is guided through a supporting element (30) which is applied to one workpiece end (203). The blasting abrasive feed hose (10) together with the blasting nozzle head (20) is introduced into the workpiece bore (201) and advanced along a blasting treatment section therein, and subsequently retracted into the supporting element (30) again. The blasting abrasive is emitted during the advancing movement and/or during the retraction movement. A blasting nozzle unit (100) suitable for carrying out the method comprises a flexible blasting abrasive feed hose (10) and a blasting nozzle head (20) connected to the blasting abrasive feed hose (10). The blasting nozzle head (20) has a plurality of nozzle openings (21) distributed around the circumference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: WHEELABRATOR GROUP GmbH
    Inventor: Bernhard Busskamp
  • Patent number: 10081081
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a tubular member for an automotive application that includes providing a flat workpiece of a material; forming at least one lance in the flat workpiece; roll-forming the flat workpiece into a tubular configuration; induction welding a seam of the tubular workpiece after the roll-forming; and trimming the tubular workpiece through the lance after welding the seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: FLEX-N-GATE ADVANCED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Brestovansky, Dennis Stevenson, Rob Fontichiaro, Mark Niemiec
  • Patent number: 9816761
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a heat exchanger is provided. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of plate-like fins that are stacked with a predetermined fin pitch, and a plurality of flat heat exchanger tubes that are disposed with a predetermined spacing from one another along the longitudinal direction of the plate-like fins and extend through the plate-like fins along the stacking direction. The plate-like fins each have a plurality of notches provided in an end portion along the long side. The plate-like fins have a shape corresponding to the cross-sectional shape of the flat heat exchanger tubes, and the flat heat exchanger tubes are inserted into the notches. The manufacturing method includes disposing the flat heat exchanger tubes with a predetermined spacing from one another, and attaching the plate-like fins to the flat heat exchanger tubes one by one by inserting the flat heat exchanger tubes into the notches of each of the plate-like fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru Suzuki, Kazuyoshi Takayama, Tomohiko Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9680275
    Abstract: A wire singulating device includes a stationary plate and a movable plate that define a wire funnel and a wire channel therebetween. The movable plate is movable relative to the stationary plate to control a width of the wire channel. The wire funnel receives a wire bundle that includes plural wires. The wire channel is below the wire funnel and receives the wires from the wire funnel through a top opening in the wire channel. The wire channel directs the wires one at a time to a take away zone below a bottom opening of the wire channel. A wire transfer member below the bottom opening of the wire channel has a slot that receives the wire in the take away zone. The wire transfer member moves relative to the stationary plate and the movable plate to separate the wire in the slot from the wire bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Matthew Steven Houser
  • Patent number: 9656355
    Abstract: The invention provides a tube-grasping body for grasping an insert tube in a heat exchanger, and heat exchanger production methods and apparatuses utilizing the tube-grasping body, wherein the tube-grasping body enables enlarging and connecting an insert tube to a heat radiating fin for producing a heat exchanger, while still keeping the total length of insert tubes at an almost same level even after the enlargement; and the tube-grasping body is connected at its exterior to a guide-pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: KYOSHIN KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji Tokura
  • Patent number: 9592576
    Abstract: A heat transfer tube fixing apparatus of a heat transfer tube expansion apparatus has grasping sections and a moving section. The grasping sections grasp one axial direction end sections of a plurality of heat transfer tubes in a state where the heat transfer tubes are inserted in a plurality of heat transfer fins. The moving section switches between a first state of covering the surroundings of the grasping sections and a second state of not covering the surroundings of the grasping sections by moving in the axial direction of the heat transfer tubes. The grasping sections fix the heat transfer tubes so as not to move in the axial direction and the heat transfer fins and the heat transfer tubes are fixed by the heat transfer tubes expanding in a state where the moving section is in the first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Tanaka, Takurou Katakami
  • Patent number: 9221126
    Abstract: A method for producing a cellular wheel, wherein a tool having a cylindrical inner shell, the diameter of which corresponds to the inner diameter of the subsequent sleeve, is placed on the free end edges of the fins for fixing the angular orientation of the fins. A molding material mixture is applied in the cells bounded by the inner shell of the tool and the fins and cured. After removing the tool, the subsequent sleeve is placed on the free end edges of the fins fixed in place by the cured molding material mixture. The free end edges of the fins are joined to the subsequent sleeve to the cells. The cured molding material mixture is thermally treated and is removed from the cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: MEC Lasertec AG
    Inventor: Karl Merz
  • Publication number: 20150144313
    Abstract: A method and arrangement for repairing a leaking point in a plate pack of a plate heat exchanger (1), in which a space between adjacent plate pairs of the plate pack (4), with which the leaking point is in connection, is closed by arranging a separate strip (9) or sealing tape (10) into the space between the plate pairs on the whole length of the outer perimeter of the plate pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: VAHTERUS OY
    Inventor: Timo Henriksson
  • Patent number: 9036354
    Abstract: Methods of and apparatuses for electronic board assembly are provided. The apparatus can comprises one or more thermal heads controlled by a programmable logic controller. A user is able to enter the controlling parameters into the programmable logic controller through an human operator interface. The thermal heads are able to be connected with one or more pneumatic solenoid to make the thermal heads moving vertically until the thermal head in contact with the heat sink. The thermal head is able to provide a temperature, at or above the operating temperature of the thermal pad, capable of making the phase change thermal interface material to bond the heat sink and the electronic boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Flextronics, AP, LLC
    Inventors: Dason Cheung, Murad Kurwa, Richard Loi
  • Patent number: 9021698
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flat plate heat pipe and a method for manufacturing the same. The heat pipe includes a flattened pipe whose inner surface is coated with a wick structure layer. The interior of the flattened pipe is provided with a sintered supporting layer and a working fluid. The sintered supporting layer has a plurality of posts arranged in the flattened pipe to vertically support therein. With this arrangement, the thickness of the pipe can be reduced but the whole structural strength can be maintained to prevent deformation. Further, a return path for the working fluid can be provided in the pipe. By only sealing two sides of the pipe, a sealed chamber can be formed for the operation of the working fluid. By the inventive method, the manufacturing process can be simplified and a larger space inside the chamber can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hsiu-Wei Yang
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20150033550
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for forming an overmolded dual in-line memory module (DIMM) cooling structure are provided. Embodiments include identifying, by a tagging module, contextual information indicating circumstances in which the photograph was taken; based on the contextual information, selecting, by the tagging module, candidate profiles from a plurality of friend profiles associated with a profile of a user; and suggesting, by the tagging module to the user, the selected candidate profiles as potential friends to tag in the photograph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: MICHAEL A. BORAAS, VINOD KAMATH, MICHAEL S. MILLER, MARK E. STEINKE, JAMIL A. WAKIL
  • Publication number: 20150027678
    Abstract: A heat exchanger and a method and apparatus for manufacturing the same are provided. The heat exchanger may include a refrigerant tube, through which a refrigerant may flow, at least one heat-exchange fin, into which the refrigerant tube may be inserted, a plurality of tube treatments provided on a surface of the refrigerant tube, and a plurality of fin treatments provided on a surface of the at least one heat-exchange fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyunsoo SONG, Jangseok Lee, Sung Jhee
  • Publication number: 20140374072
    Abstract: A kit for producing heat exchangers includes at least two types of heat exchanger cores in order to produce more than two different heat exchangers. The kit has a first type of heat exchanger core with a plurality of pairs of plates in order to produce a plurality of parallel flow paths between the plate pairs and a second type of heat exchanger core with a plurality of groups of three plates in order to produce a plurality of second parallel flow paths, one flow path being produced between two of each three plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Wolfgang SEEWALD, Falk VIEHRIG
  • Publication number: 20140345122
    Abstract: An adapter device with TEFLON gasket that stops vehicle a/c system leaks on most R134a Freon non-serviceable a/c hoses. The adapter device with TEFLON gasket makes the hose “serviceable” by replacing the damaged “non-serviceable” service port with a new “serviceable” service port and valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Ronie Dale Durall
  • Patent number: 8875384
    Abstract: A system, comprising a seal segment including a cable fastener. The system also includes a syngas cooler component that includes a cable guide, where the cable guide may route a cable coupled to the cable fastener to enable the cable to pull the seal segment into a mounting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James Michael Storey, Lien-Yan Chen, Anna Ziombra, Karol Rzepniewski
  • Patent number: 8863384
    Abstract: A seal packing assembly apparatus which assembles a seal packing into a core plate used as a component of a heat exchanger, which apparatus is provided with rollers which push a seal packing into a groove of a core plate while moving by rolling along the groove and guide members which abut against the core plate, the rollers being supported so as to displace along the shape of the core plate by the reaction force which the guide members receive from the core plate, whereby the reliably of assembly of the seal packing is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Satou, Ryuji Tateishi
  • Publication number: 20140259645
    Abstract: An out of the box signage kit facilitates in field conversion of a static billboard having an anchored planar mounting structure into a large format billboard type electronic sign that includes a plurality of interchangeable weatherized display modules; a plurality of hand mountable interchangeable structural frames for supporting the plurality of weatherized display modules, each structural frame having a back portion for mounting to a frontside of the anchored planar mounting structure and a front portion defining a plurality of bay members for receiving corresponding ones of said plurality of weatherized display modules; and a plurality of interchangeable wire harnesses, each individual wire harness including a first end for coupling to a power source mounted on a backside of the anchored planar mounting structure, each individual wire harness having a plurality of power extensions for coupling the power source to at least one of the display modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: ADTI MEDIA, LLC
    Inventors: DAVID FRANKLIN COX, ARNE E. CARLSO, JAMES WARREN FREDERICK, RICHARD J. ROMANO
  • Patent number: 8819934
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for fabricating a heat pipe, and an instrument of the method. The method for fabricating a heat pipe includes providing a hollow tube, wherein the hollow tube has an open end and a closed end; disposing a mandril into the hollow tube from the open end, wherein the inside wall of the hollow tube is separated from the mandril by a space, and wherein the mandril comprises a first portion and a second portion and the first portion has a thermal expansion coefficient larger than that of the second portion; filling up the space between the mandril and the hollow tube with a powder; performing a sintering process to the hollow tube, forming a first agglomeration region and a second agglomeration region; removing the mandril; injecting a working fluid into the hollow tube; and sealing the open end of the hollow tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Wistron Corp.
    Inventor: Wei-Chang Chou
  • Patent number: 8782891
    Abstract: A temporary assembly apparatus includes a support member for supporting heat exchange tube blanks having their lengthwise direction positioned laterally, with their widthwise direction positioned vertically. Header supports are arranged respectively at the left and right sides of the support member and movable leftward or rightward. Tube blank correcting members are each in the form of a plate having slits formed in a side edge thereof and arranged from the front rearward at the same spacing as the heat exchange tubes to be produced. Each of the blank correcting members is movable between a correcting position where the corresponding ends of the tube blanks as supported on the support member are fitted into the respective slits and a noncorrecting position where the tube blanks are not fitted into the slits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Keihin Thermal Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Sekine, Takashi Tamura
  • Patent number: 8732951
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing finned tubes made of metal, in particular heat exchanger tubes, where at least one continuous strip forming the fins is fed tangentially to a tubular body set into rotational motion, and wound onto it, the side of the strip facing the tubular body is connected to the tube surface by means of a welding device and using a filler material, and the strip to be wound is guided between guide discs just behind the welding area, said discs reaching close up to the tube surface and the welding point. To increase the service life of the guide discs, the guide discs are cooled, specifically with cooling water to which roughly 10% by volume of a welding release agent are added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Inventor: Georg Bruendermann
  • Patent number: 8692281
    Abstract: This invention relates to the thermal management, extraction of light, and cost effectiveness of Light Emitting Diode, or LED, electrical circuits. An integrated circuit LED submount is described, for the packaging of high power LEDs. The LED submount provides high thermal conductivity while preserving electrical insulation. In particular, a process is described for anodizing a high thermal conductivity aluminum alloy sheet to form a porous aluminum oxide layer and a non-porous aluminum oxide layer. This anodized aluminum alloy sheet acts as a superior electrical insulator, and also provides surface morphology and mechanical properties that are useful for the fabrication of high-density and high-power multilevel electrical circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: DiCon Fiberoptics Inc.
    Inventors: Wen-Herng Su, Junying Lu, Ho-Shang Lee
  • Publication number: 20140090238
    Abstract: A stacking apparatus capable of stacking flattened tube fins efficiently is provided. There is provided a stacking apparatus for stacking flattened tube fins, each having a cutaway portion through which a heat exchanger flattened tube is inserted, formed from one side to the other side in a width direction, the stacking apparatus including a stack pin to be inserted into the cutaway portion, and the stack pin has a swing-preventing structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: HIDAKA SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanao KARASAWA, Yoshitaka IDE, Yasuyuki MORIMOTO, Kenji YASUI
  • Publication number: 20140090239
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for fabricating a heat pipe, and an instrument of the method. The method for fabricating a heat pipe includes providing a hollow tube, wherein the hollow tube has an open end and a closed end; disposing a mandril into the hollow tube from the open end, wherein the inside wall of the hollow tube is separated from the mandril by a space, and wherein the mandril comprises a first portion and a second portion and the first portion has a thermal expansion coefficient larger than that of the second portion; filling up the space between the mandril and the hollow tube with a powder; performing a sintering process to the hollow tube, forming a first agglomeration region and a second agglomeration region; removing the mandril; injecting a working fluid into the hollow tube; and sealing the open end of the hollow tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Wistron Corp.
    Inventor: Wei-Cheng Chou
  • Patent number: 8683678
    Abstract: According to the preferred embodiment, an improved method and apparatus for the manufacturing of an aluminum tube and aluminum fin heat exchanger that includes steps for pneumatic cleaning, thermal cleaning, and uncontrolled-atmosphere open-flame autobrazing of hairpins to return bend fittings. The method uses a tube lubrication system that is adjustable to control amount of lubrication applied to the tube prior to final expansion. The method uses a pneumatic coil cleaning station that is adjusted to reduce the residual oil particulate from the expansion process required to be thermally cleaned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Goodman Global, Inc.
    Inventors: James Branyon, Rodney Catlett, Sean Mosser, Lawrence Walker, Ronald Wenger
  • Patent number: 8671571
    Abstract: This invention is about a method and apparatus for fabricating large scale stationery parabolic solar collector. The method involves use of a robot like apparatus for determining locations and height of support piles to be staked to the ground such that the tips of the piles define contour and shape of a parabolic collector. The reflective panels installed on the support piles form a parabolic shaped mirror which reflects the sun's rays to a well defined focal point. The method of construction is scalable and can be used for fabricating small size parabolic collectors as well as large scale ones. The construction apparatus and method of operation are also used for periodic cleaning of solar collector in a practical and fast manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Inventor: Tarik Ozkul
  • Patent number: 8667683
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for use with a baffle support fixture for a machine assembly of the tubes and baffles in a bundle assembly of a shell and tube type heat exchanger. The bundle comprises tubes inserted through baffles. The bundle is assembled using a holding fixture that includes anti-rotational features to secure baffles in a desired orientation. Following assembly, the bundle assembly is temporarily fixtured using pressure applying means such as plates and rods, and is then permanently affixed using an adhesive composition. After adhesive is applied, bundles, with the pressure applying means still attached, are preserved on racks and heat treated to cure and permanently set the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: New Standard Corporation
    Inventors: David R. Thomas, David A. Porter, Stefan A. Giese, James M. Johns, Guy D. Newhouse, Debra A. Shank, Duane E. Shickley, Angela J. Wolfshuk
  • Publication number: 20140059857
    Abstract: A method for dismantling refrigerators according to the present invention includes: a step of reading individual information from a refrigerator to obtain processing information, a first determination step, a second determination step, and a third determination step of determining one processing step selected from processing steps for refrigerator having a plurality of choices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Setoyama, Haruo Hirotomi, Kazuhiko Obata, Masanori Fujiwara, Akimichi Mori, Naoki Hatada
  • Publication number: 20140053555
    Abstract: A heat transfer tube repairing apparatus including a wire that is flexible and is insertable into a heat transfer tube, a sleeve that is fixed to a predetermined position in the longitudinal direction of the wire, a pair of pressing members that is provided at the front and rear sides of the sleeve in the longitudinal direction of the wire and is able to press the inner surface of the heat transfer tube, and operation members that are able to move the pressing members between a pressing position where the pressing members press the inner surface of the heat transfer tube and a separating position where the pressing members are separated from the inner surface of the heat transfer tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Morita, Kazuo Hirota, Ryoichi Kawakami, Shingo Nishida, Kengo Shimamura, Takaya Kusakabe
  • Publication number: 20140053394
    Abstract: A standard for supporting a turbine rotor and a turbine shell includes a bearing block including a housing enclosing bearing surfaces engageable by the turbine rotor. Turbine shell-arm supports are located on opposite sides of the housing, the turbine shell-arm supports each having a horizontal and one or more vertical surfaces adapted to be engaged by support arms of a turbine shell enclosing at least a portion of the turbine. An internal cooling/heating circuit is arranged to simultaneously cool or heat the bearing block and the turbine shell-arm supports to thereby reduce differential thermal growth characteristics of the turbine rotor and turbine shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Edward Jay COOPER, Peter John EIZENZOPF, Xiaoqing ZHENG, William Patrick RUSCH, Hemanth GS. KUMAR, Craig Daniel IVANCIC, Edward John SHARROW
  • Publication number: 20140034269
    Abstract: The heat exchanger includes: a plurality of heat transfer tubes which is arranged and provided with predetermined gaps; and a plurality of second vibration suppression members 14B which is provided in the gaps and is provided on both sides sandwiching each of the heat transfer tubes 5, and one second vibration suppression member 14B and the other second vibration suppression member 14B of a plurality of second vibration suppression members 14B are provided at different positions in an axial direction of the heat transfer tubes 5 sandwiching the heat transfer tubes 5, the one second vibration suppression member 14B is provided pressing the heat transfer tubes 5; and the other second vibration suppression member 14B is provided pressing the heat transfer tubes 5 from an opposite side of the one second vibration suppression member 14B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimizu, Yoshihisa Fujiwara, Tomochika Hamamoto, Kenichi Kawanishi, Ikuo Otake, Hiroyuki Fujiwara, Masahito Matsubara, Yoichi Iwamoto, Keisuke Sasajima, Kotoyo Mizuno, Ryuichi Nagase
  • Publication number: 20140007420
    Abstract: This invention relates to a tube finning machine, i.e. to a machine adapted to fit one or more fins onto one or more tubes. The tube finning machine has a base with a primary axis and a mounting part upon which a plurality of tubes can be mounted in a desired array. The tubes are aligned with the primary axis. A carrier locates a number of fins and a drive means, suitably hydraulic, moves the carrier relative to the mounting part in the direction of the primary axis in order to drive the fins onto the tubes. The machine can be adjusted to fit a variable number of fins to a variable array of tubes. The mounting part and the carrier are both movable relative to the base in the direction of the primary axis, and the mounting part is movable relative to the base between a number of predetermined mounting positions. The length of the tubes to which fins can be fitted is therefore also variable, and may for example be up to 12 metres.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventor: David Bland Pierce
  • Publication number: 20140007430
    Abstract: This invention is about a method and apparatus for fabricating large scale stationery parabolic solar collector. The method involves use of a robot like apparatus for sculpting shape of underlying base material to define contour of a parabolic collector. The reflective panels installed on the base material form a parabolic shaped mirror which reflects the sun's rays to a well defined focal point. The method of construction is scalable and can be used for fabricating small size parabolic collectors as well as large scale ones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventor: Tarik Ozkul
  • Patent number: 8578606
    Abstract: There is disclosed a manufacturing method of a heat pipe type heat-dissipating device. The method includes the steps of: winding a pipe on a loop forming mold in a spiral shape to form a pipe loop; and pressing at least a section of an outer circumference of the pipe loop so that the pipe loop is plastically deformed in a shape corresponding to the shape of the loop forming mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Icepipe Corporation
    Inventor: Sang-Cheol Lee
  • Publication number: 20130240193
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of manufacturing a heat exchanger block, to a spacer means for use in the method, and to a heat exchanger block. The heat exchanger block comprises a number of tubes and a number of fins, the fins having a predetermined spacing determined by the spacer means. The method includes the steps of locating the fins in a carrier and pressing the fins onto the tubes, and providing spacer means for the fins, whereby the spacer means supports a fin during the pressing step and determines the spacing between the fins in the assembled heat exchanger. Each of the fins has apertures for the tubes, the apertures engaging the tubes. Each of the spacer means has openings for the tubes, the openings being larger than the apertures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventor: David Bland Pierce
  • Patent number: 8522436
    Abstract: The method for mounting fins onto an annular seat of the invention includes the steps of: a) providing a forming machine for forming sheet metal from a material; b) cutting the sheet metal to form a plurality of fins; c) providing an annular seat placed on a rotary support and having slots; and d) one by one embedding the fins into the slots with rotation of the annular seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Inventor: Li-Hua Chin
  • Patent number: 8477497
    Abstract: A cooling device for cooling electronic components includes a base plate, a power source, and a cooling module. The cooling module includes a cooling sheet and a thermal conductive base. The cooling sheet includes a hot surface and a cooling surface. The thermal conductive base is located above the cooling surface of the cooling sheet, and configured to support electronic components on a printed circuit board and transfer heat between the electronic components and the cooling surface. When the cooling sheet is powered on, the cooling surface is in a constant state of low temperature. Due to the heat transfer between the cooling surface and the thermal conductive base, heat from the electronic components can be transferred from the thermal conductive base to the cooling surface continuously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry ( Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Ching Liu, Chi-An Yu, Xi-Hang Li, Bing Liu, Bo Xu, Jie-Peng Kang
  • Publication number: 20130152385
    Abstract: A clamper (23) includes a clamp mechanism (231) which inserts an insertion portion (2311a) into a tube member and clamps the tube member and a lifting and lowering mechanism (232) which lifts and lowers the clamp mechanism (231) in the insertion direction of the insertion portion (2311a). The clamp mechanism (231) includes a clamp body (2311) which has the insertion portion (2311a), a cotter (2312) which protrudes from the insertion portion (2311a) to come into friction-contact with the tube member and is movable in a reciprocating manner in the insertion direction of the insertion portion (2311a), a piston rod (2313) which presses the cotter (2312) so that the cotter protrudes from the insertion portion (2311a) when being pulled toward the opposite side to the insertion direction of the insertion portion (2311a), and a rod cylinder (2315) which is integrated with the clamp body (2311) and pulls the piston rod (2313).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kamiyoshi, Jun Fujita, Hidekazu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8429818
    Abstract: One aspect of this disclosure provides an expansion rod holder for the assembly of fin and tube heat exchangers. The expansion rod holder includes a first plate having a first aperture therethrough and a ring located in the first aperture and that has a second aperture therethrough. The first and second apertures are configured to receive a tapered end of an expansion rod having an annular groove proximate the tapered end. A biasing member is located in the first aperture between the ring and a wall of the first aperture. The biasing member is configured to bias the ring in a first direction toward an opposite wall of the first aperture and into the annular groove. A method of manufacturing the expansion rod holder is also disclosed, as well as a tube expander system used to manufacture heat exchangers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas C. McDaniel, Robert G. Oetker
  • Publication number: 20130074339
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for forming an overmolded dual in-line memory module (DIMM) cooling structure are provided. Embodiments include identifying, by a tagging module, contextual information indicating circumstances in which the photograph was taken; based on the contextual information, selecting, by the tagging module, candidate profiles from a plurality of friend profiles associated with a profile of a user; and suggesting, by the tagging module to the user, the selected candidate profiles as potential friends to tag in the photograph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael A. Boraas, Vinod Kamath, Michael S. Miller, Mark E. Steinke, Jamil A. Wakil
  • Publication number: 20130061474
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a heat exchanger includes joining a first conductive sheet to a second conductive sheet to define a plurality of separate volumes in a blank envelope, creating an aperture in each separate volume in the blank envelope, and heating the blank envelope. The method further includes pressurizing each separate volume through the apertures, hot plastic forming the blank envelope into a formed envelope, and assembling a plurality of formed envelopes into a heat exchanger core, wherein the heat exchanger core includes a fluid passage outside of the formed envelopes, wherein the fluid passage is defined by adjacent formed envelopes, and wherein the fluid passage extends across a dimension of the heat exchanger core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Victor Kent, Mykhaylo Sinkevych, Alexander Belokon, Vladimir Beschastnykh
  • Publication number: 20130055569
    Abstract: A seal packing assembly apparatus which assembles a seal packing into a core plate used as a component of a heat exchanger, which apparatus is provided with rollers which push a seal packing into a groove of a core plate while moving by rolling along the groove and guide members which abut against the core plate, the rollers being supported so as to displace matching the shape of the core plate by the reaction force which the guide members receive from the core plate, whereby the reliably of assembly of the seal packing is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyuki SATOU, Ryuji TATEISHI
  • Patent number: 8387250
    Abstract: A method for embedding a heat pipe into a slot of heat-conducting seat is disclosed. The method has the exposed portion of the heat pipe be flat and coplanar with the surface of the heat-conducting seat after the heat pipe is embedded into the slot of the seat. The method utilizes a power press machine with multiple stamping dies to progressively press the heat pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignees: Cpumate Inc., Golden Sun News Techniques Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Hung Cheng, Kuo-Len Lin, Ken Hsu
  • Patent number: 8365407
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a radiator including preparing, aligning, punching, bending, shearing and riveting, rotating, and removing processes is provided. The shearing, riveting, and rotating processes are repeated. A sheet metal is continuously punched to form a plurality of heat dissipation fins in a manufacturing machine, the heat dissipation fins are then orderly sheared, inserted into the metal base, and further fixed with the metal base by two-direction riveting. The radiator can thus be obtained in an automatic and faster process without unnecessary assembling steps with higher yield and reduced costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Neng Tyi Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wen-Chen Wei
  • Publication number: 20130014390
    Abstract: Devices and methods for retrofitting a natural gas liquids plant are contemplated to extend recovery of C3+ hydrocarbons from various feed gases to recovery of C2+ and C3+ hydrocarbons. In especially preferred aspects, dedicated C2+ exchangers are integrated to exclusively cool the feed gas to produce a cooled absorber feed and to produce two separate absorber reflux streams. During C2+ recovery, absorber reflux is provided by a portion of the residue gas and a portion of the feed gas, while during C3+ recovery absorber and distillation column reflux are provided by the distillation column overhead product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: FLUOR TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: John MAK
  • Publication number: 20130003292
    Abstract: A low profile heat removal system suitable for removing excess heat generated by an integrated circuit operating in a compact computing environment is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Brett W. DEGNER, Gregory Tice
  • Publication number: 20120294018
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an LED illumination apparatus and a manufacturing method thereof. The LED illumination apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a body in which a heat sink including a plurality of heat radiation fins is formed in a first area of a bottom surface portion thereof and in which a light source loading area is formed in a second area different from the first area in the bottom surface portion; a substrate loaded on the light source loading area of the body; and an LED light source module provided on the substrate. According to the present invention, since the heat sink is formed in the bottom surface portion of the body, the reduction of heat radiation efficiency in the LED illumination apparatus due to dust or excrement of birds and the like can be minimized. In addition, since the body is manufactured by extrusion molding, the manufacturing cost of the LED illumination apparatus can be remarkably reduced in comparison with prior die casting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: V.L SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheol-Hyun Kim, Sung-Chul Park