Patents Examined by Davis Hwu
  • Patent number: 10139171
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger, particularly for cooling a fluid, comprising a plurality of tubes through which a fluid can flow, an end face of each tube terminating in a collector chamber, said collector chambers being fluidically interconnected by means of the tubes and at least one of said tubes comprising at least one wall section formed from a selectively-permeable membrane. The invention also relates to a tube for a heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk Neumeister, Georg Feldhaus
  • Patent number: 10139137
    Abstract: The present invention includes a heat exchanger reactive to external and internal temperatures for carrying a working fluid, including two pairs of nested pipes; each pair including one pipe with a channel portion and a stress relief portion and a second pipe with just a channel portion, one of said pipes enclosing the other with an interference fit and both pipes having different coefficients of thermal expansion. The first pair of pipes positioned co-axially with and encompassing the second pair. A fluid is positioned in the space defined by the inner surface of outer pair of pipes and the outer surface of inner pair of pipes. The two pipe pairs have positions responsive to the internal and external temperatures in which the space defined by pipe pairs is either minimized or maximized by expansion and contraction of the pipe pairs caused by differences in coefficients of thermal expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Thomas J Gieseke
  • Patent number: 10136552
    Abstract: The present invention provides a water block for a water-cooling CPU radiator. The water block includes an upper shell, a bottom shell, an external pipe and a water pump. The upper shell includes a shell body and an upper cover. The shell body is provided with a first cavity, a side wall of the shell body is provided with a water outlet. The upper cover is provided with a water inlet, and both the water inlet and the water outlet are in fluid communication with the first cavity. The bottom shell is arranged at the lower end of the shell body and is provided with a second cavity, and the two sides of the bottom shell are provided with an upper water port and a water inlet, respectively, which are communicated with the second cavity. The external pipe is arranged outside the upper shell and the bottom shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: BEIJING DEEPCOOL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Liu, Haibo Yu, Edward Xia
  • Patent number: 10132536
    Abstract: The invention relates to a condenser receiver adapted to receive and house a fluid used in a cold loop of an air-conditioning circuit. The condenser receiver comprises an outer wall and an inner wall which define an intermediate space, said inner wall defining an inner space for housing the fluid. The intermediate space comprises a static component adapted to store and release a given quantity of heat in order to allow a heat exchange between the static component and the fluid contained in the inner space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Kamel Azzouz, Dawid Szostek
  • Patent number: 10124356
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing apparatus may be used to dispense a paint fluid from a paint container that is under pressure and that has a pierceable membrane. The fluid dispensing apparatus may include a valve body having a bore, an adaptor having a bore and a piercing member, and a nozzle having a bore. The fluid dispensing apparatus may be operable to pierce the pierceable membrane to communicate the paint within the paint container with the adaptor bore and with the valve body bore. The nozzle may be operable to permit the paint to flow under the pressure out of the paint container, through the adaptor bore, through the valve body bore and through the nozzle bore to ambient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: The Sherwin-Williams Company
    Inventor: James J. Johnson
  • Patent number: 10126071
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for heat transfer, comprising a low temperature heat exchanger (3) and a high temperature heat exchanger (5), the heat exchangers (3, 5) being connected to one another by means of a connecting line such that a heat transfer medium flows through the high temperature heat exchanger (5) and through the low temperature heat exchanger (3) in succession, at least one dwell time tank (19) being arranged in the connecting line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jürgen Wortmann, Michael Ladenberger, Katharina Federsel, Stephan Maurer
  • Patent number: 10126074
    Abstract: The invention is related to a heat exchanger (1), which comprises: at least one column of parallel tubes (2) which are arranged in a stack and which define a longitudinal direction; a housing (3) inside which the tubes (2) are housed, the tubes (2) being separated from one another, so as to configure a channel for the passage of cooling fluid consisting of: passage sections (4) between tubes (2) that are contiguous in the direction of the stack; passage sections (5) between tubes and housing (3); and baffles (6, 7) that deflect the cooling fluid. According to the invention, the baffles are at least two lamellar bodies (6, 7) of a single piece arranged in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Termico, S.A.
    Inventors: Yolanda Bravo Rodriguez, Juan Carlos De Francisco Moreno, Fernando Puertolas Sanchez, Francisco Lopez Lazaro
  • Patent number: 10119769
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tri-piece thermal energy body heat exchanger having multi-layer pipeline and transferring heat to exterior through outer periphery of pipeline, which is configured by multiple layers of pipelines sleeved with each other, the fluid in the outer layer pipeline covers the inner layer pipeline for exchanging heat with the fluid in the inner layer pipeline, and the fluid in the outer layer pipeline is further used for transferring heat to the solid or fluid state thermal energy body which is in contact with the outer periphery of the outer layer pipeline, thereby forming a three-layer annular tri-piece thermal energy body heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Inventor: Tai-Her Yang
  • Patent number: 10119770
    Abstract: A planar heat pipe includes a container having a hollow portion provided at a central portion thereof with two opposing plate-shaped bodies, and a working fluid enclosed in the hollow portion. The hollow portion is provided with a wick structure. At least one of the plate-shaped bodies is a composite member of two or more types of metal members that are laminated and integrated. A metal member of the composite member forming a layer that contacts the hollow portion has a thermal conductivity of greater than or equal to 200 W/m·K and a metal member of the composite member forming a layer that contacts an exterior has a thermal conductivity of less than or equal to 100 W/m·K, a peripheral portion of the hollow portion being sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Aoki, Hiroshi Sakai, Tatsuro Miura, Yoshikatsu Inagaki
  • Patent number: 10113806
    Abstract: An apparatus for the treatment of infections associated with respiratory disorders in a mammal with a mixture for use as an inhalable medicament. The apparatus includes a patient interface, at least one source of helium for providing gaseous helium, at least one source of oxygen for providing gaseous oxygen, an application device for providing a mixture to the patient interface, at least one source of nitric oxide for providing gaseous nitric oxide, a gas injector for injecting the nitric oxide into the mixture, an injector for injecting a means for inhibiting growth of pulmonary pathogens, a controller programmed for controlling the gas injector, the application device and the injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Steffen Brenner, Stefan Kayser, Paul Raymond Davies
  • Patent number: 10113807
    Abstract: The invention relates to an indirect-type air cooler by way of which compressed charge air for an internal-combustion engine is cooled by means of a liquid, wherein the air cooler is constructed from stacked pairs of plates having fins which are disposed therebetween, and the brazed stack is disposed in a housing into which the charge air flows, flows through the fins and exits the housing again. The charge air exchanges heat with the liquid which flows in the plate pairs and which is introducible into the plate pairs via at least one inlet and via inlet-side plate openings which are flush in the stack and is dischargeable via at least one outlet by means of flush outlet-side plate openings. In order to further improve the performance potential of the air cooler, at least one venting element which extends to the exterior through an opening of the housing is connected to a liquid space within the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Klaus Kalbacher
  • Patent number: 10107555
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of forming a heat exchanger can include a first manifold that defines a first fluid inlet to the heat exchanger and a second manifold that defines a second fluid inlet to the heat exchanger. A lattice cell body can be provided in the heat exchanger that can form a first set of flow passages and a second set of flow passages. The first and second sets of flow passages can be intertwined with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Samuel Noah Miller
  • Patent number: 10105558
    Abstract: A fire suppression system includes a high pressure inert gas source configured to provide a first inert gas output and a low pressure inert gas source configured to provide a second inert gas output. A distribution network is connected with the high pressure inert gas source and the low pressure inert gas source to distribute the first inert gas output and the second inert gas output throughout a confined space. A volume reduction system is positioned within the confined space and includes a seal member. The seal member is selectively deployable between a first position and a second position to isolate a first volume of the confined space from a second volume of the confined space and reduce an amount of the first inert gas output and the second inert gas output required to respond to a fire threat within the confined space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Kidde Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dharmendr Len Seebaluck, Terry Simpson, Robert Glaser
  • Patent number: 10107574
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a fin, the fin including a metal base and a porous anodized layer formed on the metal base. A surface of the porous anodized layer has a submicron-order uneven structure, the uneven structure including a plurality of recessed portions whose two-dimensional size viewed in a normal direction of the surface is more than 100 nm and less than 500 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Miho Yamada, Kiyoshi Minoura, Takahiro Nakahara, Kouji Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 10107568
    Abstract: A back plate includes flat polygonal shaped body and locking assembly located at bottom surface of the flat polygonal shaped body. The locking assembly includes pivotal member, connecting member and protruding portion with connecting hole and locking hole. The connecting hole is located at a side of the locking hole. The locking hole is a curved hole with the connecting hole as a center. The pivotal member has hinge hole hinged with the connecting hole and a fixing hole matching with the locking hole, and the fixing hole is movable with respect to the locking hole with the hinge hole as a center. The connecting member is disposed through the fixing hole and the locking hole, and is connected to the seat. The connecting member is movable in the locking hole in order to make the fixing hole to move with respect to the locking hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: COOLER MASTER TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Te Wei, Ling She
  • Patent number: 10092918
    Abstract: A fluid dispersion assembly comprises a diffusion unit disposed in fluid communication with a fluid container, the assembly being powered by a compressed air source. The diffusion unit at least partially defines a diffusion chamber, and includes a diffusion assembly containing an atomizer assembly which, in combination with the diffusion chamber, generates a fluid dispersion from a mixture of compressed air and an operative fluid, for example, fragrant oils, essential oils, odor neutralizers, disinfectants such as triethylene glycol, air sanitizers, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Air Essentials Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Levy, Craig Huck, Steven Semoff
  • Patent number: 10094601
    Abstract: An inlet member having a refrigerant inflow passage which is open at opposite ends is joined to a condensation section inlet header of a condenser. An opening at one end of the refrigerant inflow passage serves as an inflow opening into which externally supplied refrigerant flows, and an opening at the other end serves as an outflow opening from which refrigerant flows out to the condensation section inlet header. The condensation section inlet header has an opening at a position offset from the longitudinal center toward the one end thereof. The inlet member has an insert portion which is inserted into the condensation section inlet header through the opening. The outflow opening of the refrigerant inflow passage is open to a single upward facing flat surface of the insert portion, and is oriented such that the refrigerant flows toward the longitudinal center of the condensation section inlet header.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: KEIHIN THERMAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kota Arino
  • Patent number: 10094589
    Abstract: A fin-and-tube type heat exchanger includes: a plurality of plate fins arranged in a case side by side in a fore-and-aft direction of the case; and a heat transfer tube including a plurality of straight-type tubular bodies each passing through these plurality of plate fins. First and second plate fins arranged side by side in the right-and-left width direction of the case are provided as a plurality of plate fins. The heat transfer tube has a connection tubular body connecting the straight-type tubular bodies passing through the first and second plate fins. The heat transfer tube passes through areas in which the first and second plate fins are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: NORITZ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Oohigashi, Nobuhiro Takeda, Masaki Kondo, Wataru Ooshita, Kosuke Ichiyama, Yukiko Noguchi
  • Patent number: 10094619
    Abstract: Disclosed is a heat exchanger that has an internal air flow pattern such as a helical pattern. The heat exchanger includes a shell that encompasses an inner series of heat exchange tubes and an outer series of heat exchange tubes. A baffle sheet is juxtaposed next to the outer series of heat exchange tubes. And the baffle sheet is configured to direct air flow within the heat exchanger in a configuration, such as a helical configuration, from a center of the shell toward an outer region of the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: LAARS HEATING SYSTEMS COMPANY
    Inventor: Christopher J. Holiday
  • Patent number: 10086676
    Abstract: An air conditioner for a construction machine which can ensure the required durability of a supply line and a discharge line, and which can reduce manufacturing costs. The air conditioner has an exterior unit outside the cab and an interior unit on the floor of the cab, the interior unit including an expansion valve disposed at a position above an upper surface of a floor plate of a cab. The expansion valve is connected to an outer device of the air conditioner by a supply line and a discharge line extending along the bottom surface of the floor plate, and bent upward at a passage which is formed in the floor plate. The supply line and the discharge line are fixed by a latching means such as a p-clip disposed in proximity to the passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventor: Ken Hiraoka