Patents Examined by Devon Lane
  • Patent number: 12782064
    Abstract: A three-way heat exchanger includes panel assemblies arranged in series. Each panel assembly includes a frame defining a heat transfer fluid channel and a vapor-permeable membrane positioned on the frame to define a desiccant channel separated from the heat transfer fluid channel. The three-way heat exchanger also includes clamping assemblies for exerting a clamping force on the panel assemblies. Each clamping assembly includes a tie rod extending through the frames of the panel assemblies and including opposite ends, retainers connected to the opposite ends of the tie rod, and a resilient element positioned between one of the retainers and one of the panel assemblies at one of the ends of the tie rod. The resilient element is deformable to accommodate size variations of the panel assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: Copeland LP
    Inventors: David Poeppelman, Chris Cicenas, Douglas P. Pelsor, Jason M. Warner
  • Patent number: 12780451
    Abstract: A method and system is presented for producing a thermal radiator made from regolith, such as lunar regolith from the Moon's surface. Regolith generally comprises rough, irregular-shaped grains that collectively entrap pores and interstitial spaces, resulting in regolith's relatively low thermal conductivity. Solidified molten regolith, however, is a relatively homogeneous and continuous material having a much higher thermal conductivity. A method of fabricating a regolith thermal radiator may include forming a mold, melting regolith to form molten regolith, at least partially filling the mold with the molten regolith, and allowing the molten regolith to cool to a solid to form the thermal radiator. The mold may be formed in the Moon's surface by excavating lunar regolith where the thermal radiator is to be located. The molten regolith may then be cast in the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Jesse Dylan Tarnas, Morgan Leland Hendry, IV, Amelia Diane Greig
  • Patent number: 12774107
    Abstract: An assembly for an aircraft includes a wing assembly, a plurality of underwing heat exchangers, and a mounting assembly. The wing assembly includes a wing body. The plurality of underwing heat exchangers are arranged along the wing body in a longitudinal direction. The plurality of underwing heat exchangers includes a first underwing heat exchanger and a second underwing heat exchanger. The first underwing heat exchanger is longitudinally adjacent the second underwing heat exchanger. The mounting assembly includes a first heat exchanger bracket, a second heat exchanger bracket, and a first support bracket. The first heat exchanger bracket is fixedly mounted to the first underwing heat exchanger. The second heat exchanger bracket is fixedly mounted to the second underwing heat exchanger. The first heat exchanger bracket and the second heat exchanger bracket are pivotably mounted to the first support bracket. The first support bracket is fixedly mounted to the wing body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2026
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventors: Tyler Richardson, John Galas
  • Patent number: 12753980
    Abstract: A gas cooler includes drain recovery portions which are recesses locally provided in a bottom wall defining downstream spaces of a casing, and in which drain separated from gas by cooling the gas in cooling units is accumulated. The gas cooler includes drain discharge ports which are openings provided to penetrate a wall portion of the casing, and which are for guiding the drain accumulated in the drain recovery portions to an outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: KOBELCO COMPRESSORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Junya Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12742602
    Abstract: A cosmetology instrument includes a housing, a heat dissipation assembly, a semiconductor chilling and heating plate, and an electronic component. The housing includes a first housing and a second housing, the electronic component and the heat dissipation assembly are disposed in the first housing, the semiconductor chilling and heating plate is disposed in the second housing, and the first housing is connected with the second housing through the heat dissipation assembly; a circumferential air outlet is formed by a gap between the first housing and the second housing, and the first housing is provided with an air inlet; and an air channel is formed between the electronic component and an inner wall of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2026
    Assignee: Xiamen Ubest Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kunlin Chen
  • Patent number: 12736072
    Abstract: A coalescing tube bundle elbow for a water collector includes an inlet end, an outlet end, and a body section fluidly connecting the inlet and outlet ends. The inlet end can receive a fluid flow in an at least partially gaseous state in an incoming direction. The outlet end can discharge the fluid flow in an at least partially liquid state in an outgoing direction. The body section can condense at least a portion of the fluid flow from a gaseous state into a liquid state. The body section includes channels which are defined by channel walls and which extend along the body section from the inlet end to the outlet end, and has a curved profile such that the outgoing direction of the fluid flow is not parallel to the incoming direction of the fluid flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Donald E. Army, Patrick McCord
  • Patent number: 12729920
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a plurality of flat heat-transfer tubes; and a corrugated fin provided between each adjacent two of the plurality of flat heat-transfer tubes. The corrugated fin is joined to the outer lateral walls of each adjacent two of the plurality of flat heat-transfer tubes at apexes of the wavy shape. The corrugated fin includes fins connecting the apexes and being side by side in an axial direction of the plurality of flat heat-transfer tubes. The fin has a plurality of heat-transfer promoters each having a transfer-promoting projection projecting from a surface of the fin; and an open part provided in the fin. The fin includes, between the plurality of heat-transfer promoters, frost-growing areas each having a through-hole continuous with the open part of a corresponding one of the plurality of heat-transfer promoters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoji Onaka, Rihito Adachi, Nanami Kishida, Taisaku Gomyo, Tetsuji Saikusa, Takashi Nakajima
  • Patent number: 12727124
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed include a data center comprising a first reconfigurable utility module comprising interfaces for facilitating electrical power supply, data connectivity, and cooling media supply, and further comprising a plurality of interfaces through which components may be connected to said first reconfigurable utility module. Additionally, a plurality of server modules are connected to the reconfigurable utility module through the interfaces, each of said server modules comprising one or more racks of servers, each of said server modules receiving said power supply, said data connectivity, and said cooling media through an interface through which it is connected to said reconfigurable utility module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: Nautilus TRUE, LLC
    Inventors: Arnold Castillo Magcale, Patrick J. Quirk, Chase Abercrombie Ott, Robert C. Pfleging, Gabe Andrews
  • Patent number: 12725811
    Abstract: A heat exchanger may include: a first flow path; a second flow path exchanging heat with the first flow path; a third flow path exchanging heat with the second flow path; and a fourth exchanging heat with the third flow path, wherein each of the first and the third flow path may be connected to one of a flow path for fuel gas to be supplied to a fuel cell and a flow path for cooling water to be supplied to the fuel cell; and each of the second and the fourth flow path may be connected to one of the followings: a flow path for fuel off-gas discharged from the fuel cell, a flow path for oxidant gas to be supplied to the fuel cell, a flow path for oxidant off-gas discharged from the fuel cell, and a flow path for cooling water discharged from the fuel cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masaaki Matsusue
  • Patent number: 12723816
    Abstract: A plate includes: a main body; a flow channel provided in the main body and configured to flow inert gas therein; a cover configured to cover a surface of the main body where the flow channel is formed; a buried member buried in an opening of the flow channel, the buried member including a buried portion fixed to the flow channel and made of dense ceramic, and a flow portion held by the buried portion and configured to let the inert gas flow from an inside to an outside of the main body, at least a part of the flow portion being made of porous ceramic; and a plurality of through holes provided in the flow portion. A ratio of a diameter of an outer circumference of the buried portion to a diameter of a smallest circle among circles including all of the through holes is 1.2 or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Araki, Shuhei Morota, Toshihiko Hanamachi, Hibiki Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 12714959
    Abstract: In one aspect, a liquid collector having a forward lower edge, a connecting wall portion extending downwardly from the forward edge, a first layback wall portion connected to the connecting wall portion and extending upwardly and rearwardly from the connecting wall portion, an intermediate upper edge of the layback wall portion rearward of and above the forward lower edge. The liquid collector further includes an air diverter wall portion extending rearwardly from the first layback wall portion below the intermediate upper edge, a second layback wall portion extending upwardly and rearwardly of the air diverter wall portion, and a rearward upper edge of the second layback wall portion rearward of the intermediate upper edge and above the forward lower edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: Baltimore Aircoil Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Adam Russell, Christopher Patrick Auth, Ryan John Most, Richard David Wall, III
  • Patent number: 12716664
    Abstract: A cooling system includes a cooling tower providing a housing that has a bottom, a top opposite the bottom, and a sidewall extending between the top and the bottom, an air intake vent provided on the sidewall and through which external air can enter an interior of the cooling tower, a plurality of louvers arranged at the air intake vent and vertically offset from each other to direct the external air into the interior, and a cooling assembly attached to at least one of the plurality of louvers, the cooling assembly including a tube through which a coolant is circulated and one or more fins extending from a surface of the tube. A temperature and a humidity of the external air is reduced as the external air contacts the cooling assembly while being drawn into the interior through the air intake vent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Abdullah M. Al-Otaibi, Ahmad A. Alsaraihi, Mustafa K. Hashim
  • Patent number: 12710240
    Abstract: A turnaround section for use with a two-pass crossflow heat exchanger. The turnaround section includes an arcuate housing and a plurality of arcuate fluid flow channels radially spaced within the housing, each arcuate channel having a first end configured, in use, to receive a first fluid from flow channels of a heat exchanger core and a second end to return the first fluid to return channels of the core. A plurality of separators are provided between each adjacent pair of arcuate channels to form further channels between the arcuate channels that extend and provide for flow of a second fluid in a plane transverse to the plane of the arcuate channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: RafaƂ Lewandowski, Artur Hilgier
  • Patent number: 12713556
    Abstract: A vehicle temperature control system includes an in-vehicle control unit temperature control flow path, a battery temperature control flow path, a heat exchange unit configured to provide temperature control fluid for the in-vehicle control unit temperature control flow path and the battery temperature control flow path, and a control valve unit configured to control the in-vehicle control unit temperature control flow path and the battery temperature control flow path to be connected in parallel or series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: YINWANG INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xingxin Zhang, Xuehuan Wang
  • Patent number: 12693080
    Abstract: The heat exchanger tray provided herein may include a base, a cover, and a heat exchange coil. The base may include a cutout and a bottom portion with one or more sidewalls forming a serpentine path for wastewater. The cover may be positioned within the cutout of the base to create a space between the base and the cover. The cover may include one or more protruding portions that engage with the one or more sidewalls of the bottom portion of the base to enclose the serpentine path. The heat exchange coil may be positioned in and along at least a portion of the serpentine path between the base and the cover. Fresh water may flow through the heat exchange coil. Wastewater may flow through the serpentine path between the base and the cover, such that the wastewater may heat the fresh water flowing through the heat exchange coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Kohler Mira Limited
    Inventors: Sean Conway, Oliver Jones, Steven Richard Sandell, James Cranwell, Bradley Edwards
  • Patent number: 12687349
    Abstract: An immersion-type liquid cooling heat dissipation structure is provided. The immersion-type liquid cooling heat dissipation structure includes a metal heat dissipation substrate layer and a metal film layer. The metal film layer is formed on a surface of the metal heat dissipation substrate layer, and is configured to be immersed in an immersion-type coolant. An effective thickness of the metal film layer is less than 500 ?m. A surface of the metal film layer has a plurality of micropores that facilitate generation of vapor bubbles. An effective width of each of the plurality of micropores is between 1 ?m and 200 ?m, and a depth of each of the plurality of micropores is between 100 nm and 50 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: AMULAIRE THERMAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Kuo-Wei Lee, Ching-Ming Yang, Chi-An Chen, Tze-Yang Yeh
  • Patent number: 12674625
    Abstract: A plate heat exchanger arrangement (1), which comprises a flow channel structure (2a, 2b) having an inlet connection (3) and an outlet connection (4) for a medium flowing in the flow channel, and at least one plate pack module (5) and a frame structure (6) to which the plate pack module is removably arranged and which frame structure (6) is arranged as a part of the flow channel structure. A plate heat exchanger arrangement (1) is used in exhaust gas heat recovery by arranging a plate heat exchanger arrangement as a part of the exhaust gas channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: VAHTERUS OY
    Inventor: Reima Viinikkala
  • Patent number: 12677394
    Abstract: An isolation device for isolating leaked liquid coolant and an electronic equipment carrying same are disclosed. The isolation device includes a liquid cooling radiator, a fixing structure, and a detection device. The liquid cooling radiator includes a first housing and a second housing which are connected with each other and enclose a chamber allowing a liquid coolant to flow therethrough. The first housing defines a groove away from the chamber, a bottom wall of the groove including a first end and a second end lower than the first end. The fixing structure is disposed on the bottom wall and configured to fix a pipe. The groove is configured to receive liquid coolant leaked from a connection between the fixing structure and the pipe. The detection device is disposed on the second end and configured to detect presence of liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Fulian Precision Electronics (Tianjin) Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Chia Ting, Tsung-Lin Liu
  • Patent number: 12674624
    Abstract: A heat exchanger is provided, including a plurality of fins and a plurality of flat pipes. The plurality of fins are spaced apart and arranged in parallel, a plurality of flat pipe grooves are provided in at least one side of the fins along a width direction of the fins, the plurality of flat pipe grooves are arranged at intervals along a length direction of the fins, and the plurality of flat pipes are correspondingly inserted into the flat pipe grooves. Each of the plurality of fins is provided with a plurality of protruding portions, the plurality of protruding portions are sequentially arranged along the width direction of the current fin to form a corrugated structure, and both ends of the corrugated structure extend towards both sides of the current fin along the length direction of the current fin respectively and pass through both ends of the current fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG DUNAN ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhongbo Feng
  • Patent number: 12669292
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes an outer shell enclosing an interior space. An inlet extends through the outer shell and is in fluidic communication with the interior space. An outlet extends through the outer shell and is in fluidic communication with the interior space. At least one phase change element is inside the interior space and includes a core comprising a phase change material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRANG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Raphael Mandel, Joseph E. Turney, Ram Ranjan