Patents Examined by Eric S Ruppert
  • Patent number: 11867466
    Abstract: A compact heat exchanger assembly for a refrigeration system includes a heat rejection heat exchanger assembly and a heat absorption heat exchanger assembly. The heat rejection heat exchanger assembly includes a primary heat exchanger and a secondary heat exchanger. The primary heat exchanger has a tube bank extending between a first manifold and a second manifold. The tube bank being provided with at least one bend such that the primary heat exchanger has a generally curvilinear shape. The secondary heat exchanger is disposed between the first manifold and the second manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jianhua Zhou, Jason D. Scarcella, Tobias H. Sienel, Bruce J. Poplawski, KeonWoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11867465
    Abstract: A heater, especially an oilseed heater (15) comprising an insulated jacket (2) which contains a material inlet (3), a material outlet (4), a heating medium inlet (5) and an air outlet (6) and where at least one exchanger (7) for condensation of evaporation residues is arranged inside the insulated jacket (2) and connected with the source (1) of the evaporation residues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: FARMET a.s.
    Inventors: Karel {hacek over (Z)}d'árský, Josef {hacek over (S)}t{hacek over (e)}pánek
  • Patent number: 11859910
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for heat exchange between a first fluid and a second fluid has a plurality of tube sections, each having; an interior for passing the first fluid; an exterior for exposure to the second fluid; a first leg; a second leg; and a turn joining the first leg to the second leg. A has: fiber members passing between legs of the tube sections; and an end plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: RTX Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph B. Staubach, Marc J. Muldoon, James F. Wiedenhoefer
  • Patent number: 11859920
    Abstract: An active vortex generator adapts to a flow rate of fluid through and/or a heat flux applied through a heat exchanger channel to improve the heat transfer rate of the heat exchanger. In some implementations, the movement of the active vortex generator may be induced by the fluid flow through the heat exchanger channel. In some implementations, the movement of the active vortex generator may be induced through an externally applied force on the active vortex generator. An actuated active vortex generator is particularly suited to heat exchangers with high heat flux dissipation requirements. Locating an actuated active vortex generator proximate to such high heat flux dissipation locations provides for improved heat transfer that can be activated when needed, such as upon operation of a high heat flux component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Kourosh Shoele, Mehdi Vahab
  • Patent number: 11858313
    Abstract: A device for temperature control for a motor vehicle, includes a diffractive optical element disposed on a surface of the motor vehicle, and a radiator. The diffractive optical element couples in incident radiation and conducts the coupled-in incident radiation away from an area of the motor vehicle to be cooled. The radiator includes an absorber to absorb the coupled-in incident radiation which is conducted to the absorber from the diffractive optical element. The radiator releases energy based on the coupled-in incident radiation absorbed by the absorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: AUDI AG, VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Mark Bennemann, Tobias Moll
  • Patent number: 11864347
    Abstract: A heat sink assembly for use with at least one heat-emitting component where the heat sink assembly includes a first phase change material conductively coupled to the at least one heat-emitting component and changing phase at a first temperature and a second phase change material conductively coupled to the first phase change material and changing phase at a second temperature, which is greater than the first temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC
    Inventors: Michel Engelhardt, Paul Otto Stehlik, Judd Everett Swanson
  • Patent number: 11852423
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to a system with an electroactive substrate, a plurality of nanoparticles, and a control unit. The plurality of nanoparticles deposited in communication with the electroactive substrate. The control unit is configured to manipulate a shape of the electroactive substrate between an unactuated mode and an actuated mode to change an absorption band or an emission band of the plurality of nanoparticles. When the electroactive substrate shape is manipulated, the absorption band or the emission band of the plurality of nanoparticles is changed to tune the system for a radiative cooling based on a current dominating wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean P. Rodrigues, Ercan Mehmet Dede, Paul Schmalenberg
  • Patent number: 11852417
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus for cooling a waterflow is provided. Cooling apparatus includes a first evaporative cooler adapted to cool the waterflow therethrough, a second evaporative cooler adapted to receive and cool the waterflow from the first evaporative cooler therethrough, wherein the second evaporative cooler is adapted to receive an airflow therethrough to cool the waterflow therethrough and the first evaporative cooler is adapted to receive the airflow therethrough from the second evaporative cooler to cool the waterflow therethrough, and a deflector adapted to deflect the waterflow from the first evaporative cooler to the second evaporative cooler and allow the airflow from the second evaporative cooler to the first evaporative cooler therethrough. A cooling method for cooling a waterflow is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: JS Creates Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Avichal Agrawal
  • Patent number: 11848250
    Abstract: A thermal peak suppression device includes a heat dissipation fin set, a heat dissipator, a thermal phase change material, a filling gas, a fin-array frame and a capillary tube. The heat dissipator includes a thermal conductive block thermally coupled to the heat dissipation fin set, and a closed cavity formed inside the thermal conductive block to have a hot zone and a cold zone. The thermal phase change material is disposed within the hot zone. The filling gas is disposed within the cold zone. The fin-array frame is connected to the thermal conductive block within the cold zone. Two opposite ends of the capillary tube are respectively located within the cold zone and the hot zone. When the thermal phase change material is transformed into a liquid state, the thermal phase change material is sent to the hot zone through the capillary tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: GLOBAL UNICHIP CORPORATION, TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Chieh Liao, Chih-Feng Cheng, Yu-Min Sun
  • Patent number: 11846472
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes flat tubes, a header to which the flat tubes are connected, an inflow plate that separates a refrigerant inflow portion and a lower circulation portion, a vertical dividing plate that separates the lower circulation portion and an upper circulation portion, a lower dividing plate that divides the lower circulation portion into a lower ascent path on an internal side and a lower descent path of an external side, and an upper dividing plate that divides the upper circulation portion into an upper ascent path on a leeward side, and an upper descent path on a windward side, wherein the inflow plate includes an ejection hole on a leeward side and an internal side, and the vertical dividing plate includes a first passing port on a leeward side and an internal side, and a second passing port on a windward external side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Masatoshi Watanabe, Yoshinari Maema, Ryo Takaoka, Kotaro Oka
  • Patent number: 11849562
    Abstract: A computer equipment cooling device comprising: a temperature dependent thermal conduction member that includes a first major surface and a second major surface; a set of fins connected in thermal communication with the first major surface; and a cold plate connected in thermal communication with the second major surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sadegh Khalili, Yuanchen Hu, Milnes P. David, Brian Werneke
  • Patent number: 11835305
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an openable and closeable condensing apparatus, which is particularly applied in a two-phase liquid immersion cooling system. When servers start to operate, a large amount of heat will be dissipated from servers. The coolant is vaporized into a rising coolant vapor by absorbing heat dissipated from servers. Upon contact with a condenser, the coolant vapor is condensed back into a cooling liquid that is returned to the coolant-containing tank. By the heat exchange cycle in which heat dissipated from serves is absorbed by the coolant, servers can be maintained at a normal working temperature. However, in the process of condensation, the rising coolant vapor tends to scatter in all directions resulting in a failure to condense all of the coolant vapor. Therefore, the uncondensed coolant vapor will cause the pressure in the system to gradually rise, which eventually leads to an ineffective cooling of servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Fang-Shou Lee, Cho-Han Lee
  • Patent number: 11835280
    Abstract: A system and method for reducing the refrigerant charge in a refrigeration system by preheating the liquid refrigerant before it is introduced to the evaporator inlet. When refrigerant liquid is introduced to the evaporator inlet, a portion of the refrigerant liquid vaporizes. This refrigerant vapor displaces refrigerant liquid at the inlet of the evaporator. As more refrigerant vapor is introduced, the amount of liquid inside the evaporator is reduced. A heat exchanger is placed before the liquid refrigerant inlet of the evaporator to generate more vapor when the refrigerant enters the evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: EVAPCO, INC.
    Inventor: Greg Derosier
  • Patent number: 11835298
    Abstract: A heat exchanger (10) suitable for recovering heat from bed material of a fluidized bed boiler (1). The heat exchanger (10) comprises first and second heat exchanger tubes (810, 820) and first and second feeding chambers (310, 320) configured to supply bed material to the first and second heat exchanger tubes (810, 820), respectively. The first heat exchanger tubes (810) are arranged on a first side of a plane (P) that intersects the first feeding chamber (310) and the second heat exchanger tubes (820) are arranged on a second side of the plane (P). The first feeding chamber (310) is configured to supply bed material to the second feeding chamber (320).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: VALMET TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventor: Pekka Lehtonen
  • Patent number: 11835301
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for recovering heat from wastewater leaving a building and transferring the heat to freshwater for use in the building; it has an inner pipe defining an inner space for receiving wastewater that is being evacuated from the building; an outer pipe, wherein the inner pipe is placed in the outer pipe, and the outer surface of the inner pipe and the inner surface of the outer pipe define an interstitial space for receiving freshwater; a turbulator sheet located in the interstitial space that causes or increases turbulence of the freshwater for improving heat transfer between the freshwater and the wastewater; and two couplings, one on either end of the outer pipe and the inner pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Marc Fontaine, Antoine Malouin
  • Patent number: 11828545
    Abstract: In a corrugated fin type heat exchanger a flat tube can be replaced, to improve heat exchange performance thereof. A characteristic part of the heat exchanger lies in a projection having been formed on the ascending surface and the descending surface of the corrugated fin of respective tube elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: T.RAD CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohsuke Seguchi, Masato Murayama, Shotaro Katakura
  • Patent number: 11828498
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally relate a multi-mode heat transfer system. The heat transfer system includes an emitter device. The emitter device includes an inner core, a composite material pattern, and a surface coating pattern. The inner core is surrounded by an outer core having a thickness and an outer surface. The composite material pattern extends through at least a portion of the outer surface and at least a portion of the thickness of the outer core and is thermally coupled to the inner core. The surface coating pattern is on the outer surface and is changeable between a low emissivity state and a high emissivity state based on a surface temperature of the emitter device. In the low emissivity state, the emitter device transmits an omni-directional radiation and, in the high emissivity state, the emitter device transmits a focused radiation via the composite material pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Shailesh N. Joshi, Ercan M. Dede
  • Patent number: 11828500
    Abstract: An evaporator (1) for vaporizing a substance into its gaseous form, which comprises at least a plate pack (4) functioning as an evaporator and a droplet separator arranged inside the outer casing. An outlet connection (6) for leading the vaporised substance out from the outer casing is arranged to an end plate of outer casing, and said outlet connection (6) is connected to a suction duct (10) arranged inside the outer casing in a longitudinal direction of the shell, and said suction duct (10) comprises openings (12) at the upper surface of the suction duct, wherein the droplet separator is constructed at both sides of the suction duct (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: VAHTERUS OY
    Inventors: Mauri Kontu, Reima Viinikkala
  • Patent number: 11828549
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an integrated circuit and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes a heat pipe and a first plurality of cooling fins and a second plurality of cooling fins. The heat pipe is thermally coupled to the integrated circuit and has an evaporator portion and a condenser portion, where the condenser portion extends away from the evaporator portion. The first plurality of cooling fins are attached to the condenser portion and proximate to the evaporation portion and form a plenum having a first associated pressure drop when a cooling fluid flows across the first plurality of cooling fins at a first velocity. The second plurality of cooling fins are attached to the condenser portion and distal from the evaporation portion and form a flow path having a second associated pressure drop when the cooling fluid flows across the second plurality of cooling fins at the first velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Susheela Narasimhan, Sanjay Choudhry
  • Patent number: 11820245
    Abstract: A stationary induction charging device for wireless energy transfer may include a housing base, a housing cover, a transmitting coil, at least one magnetic field conductor, and a power electronics unit. The housing base and the housing cover may define an installation space and a venting space. The transmitting coil, the magnetic field conductor, and the power electronics unit may be arranged in the installation space. The housing base may include a plurality of coolant channels through which a liquid is flowable such that the housing base forms a heat exchanger. The plurality of coolant channels may be distributed within the housing base such that a region of the housing base arranged opposite the power electronics unit and/or a region of the housing base arranged opposite the venting space has a higher coolant channel density than a region of the housing base arranged opposite the transmitting coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventors: Sebastian Angermeier, Thomas Himmer, Christopher Laemmle, Holger Schroth