Patents Examined by Harry E Arant
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Patent number: 12644653Abstract: A vapor chamber includes a vapor chamber body, multiple dendritic wick structures and a working fluid. The vapor chamber body includes a hollow shell and a capillary wick layer covered on an inner wall of the hollow shell. Each dendritic wick structure has a capillary base and multiple capillary branches. A side of the capillary base is sintered and connected to the capillary wick layer and another side has a convex curved portion. The multiple capillary branches are extended from and formed as one piece with the convex curved portion. The working fluid is filled in the hollow shell. Thereby, the multiple capillary branches and the convex curved portion can increase cooling surface area of the dendritic wick structure to make the vapor chamber and the dendritic wick structure have great cooling efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2023Date of Patent: June 2, 2026Assignee: NIDEC CHAUN-CHOUNG TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Han-Chang Yao, Chia-Ling Chin, Cheng-Han Jheng, Yu Han
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Patent number: 12643166Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a fluid flow tube configured to allow an exchange of heat between the fluid flowing in the tube and an enclosure surrounding the tube. The enclosure is formed from two profiled bars configured to surround the tube over at least one part of its length. Each of the bars includes a recess adapted to receive the tube, and a joint surface configured to form a joint with the other profiled bar. The joint surfaces of the profiled bars form a gap therebetween. As well, the joint surfaces of the profiled bars are arranged in different planes such that the gap forms at least one baffle on each side of the tube.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2023Date of Patent: June 2, 2026Assignee: LIEBHERR-AEROSPACE TOULOUSE SASInventors: Julien Robert, Stéphane Meunier, Arnaud Ramousse
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Patent number: 12638254Abstract: A coolant fluid manifold assembly for coupling to multiple cold plates includes a first manifold portion including a first positioning member. The manifold assembly includes a second manifold portion including a second positioning member. The second manifold portion is configured to couple to the first manifold portion. The second positioning member is configured to engage the first positioning member to correctly position the first and second manifold portions.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2024Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignee: Aptiv Technologies AGInventors: Grzegorz Puchala, Jakub Zborowski, Lukasz Stanek, Waldemar Wodecki, Jakub Korta, Tomasz Dolot, Michal Wisniowski, Marcin Pietras
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Patent number: 12638245Abstract: The disclosure is related to a heat dissipation structure. The heat dissipation structure is adapted to accommodate a fluid and thermally contact a heat source. The heat dissipation structure includes a heat conductive plate and a channel arrangement. The heat conductive plate is configured to thermally contact the heat source. The channel arrangement is located on the heat conductive plate, and the channel arrangement includes a wider channel portion and a narrower channel portion. The wider channel portion is wider than the narrower channel portion, and the wider channel portion is connected to the narrower channel portion so that the channel arrangement forms a loop. The channel arrangement is configured to accommodate the fluid and allow the fluid to absorb heat generated by the heat source through the heat conductive plate so as to at least partially change phase of the fluid.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2023Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignee: COOLER MASTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Chi-Chuan Wang, Chang-Yu Hsieh, Shan-Yin Cheng, Hsiang-Fen Chou
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Patent number: 12638242Abstract: A fluid coil includes a tube bundle having a series of straight tubing runs and a series of return bends extending between and fluidically connecting ones of the straight tubing runs, an expansion header fluidically connected to at least some of the return bends and a polymeric material disposed in the expansion header. The polymeric material has an initial shape and is compressible to repeatedly expand and contract between a first volume in which water is present in the tube bundle and a second volume in which the water undergoes a phase change. Contraction of the polymeric material absorbs an increase in volume as the water undergoes the phase change to prevent stressing and rupture of the tube bundle and upon an opposite phase change, the polymeric material returns to its initial shape. The polymeric material can be a pressurizable bladder. A system and method to prevent the rupture of a tube bundle in a fluid coil are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2023Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignee: Coil Master CorporationInventors: Long Phan, Christian Sorensen
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Patent number: 12638250Abstract: An energy storage device for storing thermal energy is disclosed. The energy storage device comprises at least one heating device; a thermal storage body comprising at least one thermal storage block formed from a miscibility gap alloy; thermal insulation surrounding said thermal storage body; and at least one substantially impermeable shell surrounding the thermal storage body and/or the thermal insulation. The device is arranged such that heat can be charged or discharged from said thermal storage body by thermal transfer between said at least one heat transfer channel and at least one thermal storage block. The invention also relates to a method and a system for storing thermal energy in said at least one thermal storage block formed from a miscibility gap alloy.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2022Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignee: MGA THERMAL PTY LTDInventors: Erich Kisi, David Tanner
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Patent number: 12624906Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: a heat transfer pipe to guide a refrigerant; and a plurality of fins spaced apart from each other to allow air to pass in a first direction, the plurality of fins each having a through-hole through which the heat transfer pipe is installed, each of the plurality of fins includes a corrugated portion formed in a zigzag shape proceeding in the first direction and a sheet portion recessed from the corrugated portion around the through-hole to be parallel with the first direction, and an area of the sheet portion corresponds to 16% or more of an area of one unit among a plurality of units of the fin.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2024Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jaeyoung Kim, Sukyoung Lee, Sangyeul Lee, Eungyul Lee
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Patent number: 12601547Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly includes an inlet manifold that is configured to receive a working fluid, a plurality of microtube assemblies that define corresponding plurality passages for the working fluid and an outlet manifold that is configured to exhaust the working fluid. The plurality of microtube assemblies include a one-piece unitary structure that has a web portion that extends between at least a first microtube portion and a second microtube portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2023Date of Patent: April 14, 2026Assignee: RTX CORPORATIONInventors: Jon Erik Sobanski, Jacob C. Snyder
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Patent number: 12590713Abstract: Provided is a heating installation including an energy store including a latent heat energy storage medium, and a heat pump having a defrost cycle, the heating installation including a hot water supply system arranged to supply instantaneous heated water and space heating to a building, and a processor to control the installation. The processor being configured to: control the supply of heat from the heat pump to the latent heat energy storage medium to store heat for heating water and to a heating circuit for providing space heating; and estimate a likelihood of a defrost cycle by the heat pump.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2022Date of Patent: March 31, 2026Assignee: OCTOPUS ENERGY HEATING LIMITEDInventor: Peter Konowalczyk
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Patent number: 12578144Abstract: A heat storage device such as a hot blast stove including a heat regeneration checkerwork made of checker bricks, the checkerwork being supported by a support assembly (16). In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, the support assembly having a carrier structure made of refractory material and carrier floor also made of refractory material, the carrier floor resting on the carrier structure and being arranged and formed to carry the checker bricks of the checkerwork.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: March 17, 2026Assignees: PAUL WURTH S.A., PAUL WURTH DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Christian De Gruiter, Manuel Kaufmann, Patrick Hutmacher, Klaus Peter Kinzel, Gilles Kass, Stefan Thaler
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Patent number: 12546543Abstract: In one embodiment, a heat storage power generation system includes a heater to heat first fluid, and a heat storage to be heated by the first fluid, and heat second fluid with heat stored in the heat storage. The system further includes a generator to generate electric power by using the second fluid, and one or more first path switchers provided on a first path through which the first fluid is circulated between the heater and heat storage. The system further includes one or more second path switchers provided on a second path through which the second fluid is circulated between the heat storage and generator, one or more third path switchers provided on a third path through which at least one of the first and second fluids is circulated between the heater and generator, and a switching controller to control the first, second and third path switchers.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: February 10, 2026Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Hironori Watanabe, Keiko Shimizu, Naoto Nakagawa, Masakazu Shirakawa, Atsushi Matsuzaki, Hiromutsu Miki, Toyohiro Akebi, Taufiq Hilal Tawab, Takahiro Mori, Yusuke Fukamachi, Syuntaro Abe, Chikako Iwaki, Takashi Mawatari
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Patent number: 12546545Abstract: Mg and Bi are contained in each of a first fillet in a first braze joining portion in which a tube and a fin join, a second fillet in a second braze joining portion in which the tube and a header plate join, and a third fillet in a third braze joining portion in which the header plate and a tank body join. A concentration of Mg of each of the first to third fillets is from 0.2% or more to 2.0% or less by mass. When the tube includes a brazing material layer, a concentration of Mg of the tube at its plate thickness center is from 0.1% or more to 1.0% or less by mass. When the fin includes a brazing material layer, a concentration of Mg of the fin at its plate thickness center is from 0.2% or more to 1.0% or less by mass.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2022Date of Patent: February 10, 2026Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro Shinoda, Shogo Yamada, Nobuhiro Honma, Naoki Sugimoto, Taketoshi Toyama
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Patent number: 12537173Abstract: The systems and methods discussed herein are associated with substrate support pedestals used in processing chambers to manufacture semiconductors, electronics, optics, and other devices. The substrate support pedestals include an electrostatic chuck body bonded to a cooling base via a bond layer. A gas flow passage is formed between a top surface of the electrostatic chuck body and a bottom surface of the cooling base, and a porous plug is positioned in the gas flow passage. The gas flow passage passes through a hole in the bond layer and the porous plug and has a swept volume physically shielded from an inside edge of the hole in the bond layer, protecting the bond layer from erosion.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2022Date of Patent: January 27, 2026Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Steven Joseph Larosa, Stephen Prouty
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Patent number: 12538740Abstract: The disclosure provides a temperature compensation system, including a cavity, a temperature feedback module, a heating plate, a main heating module, a multi-zone temperature control module, a distributed temperature control module and at least one auxiliary temperature adjustment module, wherein at least one temperature control compensation area is arranged at a bottom surface of the heating plate, and the auxiliary temperature adjustment module and the temperature control compensation area are arranged in a correspondence manner; the temperature feedback module performs temperature detection on the heating plate to obtain a first temperature value and a second temperature value; the multi-zone temperature control module controls the main heating module to perform temperature adjustment on the heating plate according to the first temperature value, and the distributed temperature control module controls the auxiliary temperature adjustment module to perform temperature compensation adjustment on the temperatType: GrantFiled: June 29, 2022Date of Patent: January 27, 2026Assignee: SHENYANG KINGSEMI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuanbin Sun, Xinglong Chen, Yunhe Jiang, Yu Han
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Patent number: 12532438Abstract: An in-vehicle device includes a housing, one or more coolers, and one or more turbulence generating members. The housing is attachable to a railway vehicle and accommodates an electronic component that generates heat. The one or more coolers are attached to and located outside the housing, with the one or more coolers thermally connected to the electronic component, to dissipate heat transferred from the electronic component to passing air occurring when the railway vehicle travels. The one or more turbulence generating members are located on a flow path of the passing air to cause turbulence by partly interrupting a flow of the passing air flowing to the at least one cooler.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: January 20, 2026Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki Miyata, Hiroyuki Ushifusa, Toru Yamada, Hirokazu Takabayashi
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Patent number: 12532434Abstract: A heat dissipating device. The heat dissipating device may include: a heat dissipating part having a heat dissipating structure formed on one surface thereof, the heat dissipating structure being configured to dissipate heat received from a heat source; and a fluid distributing part disposed on the one surface of the heat dissipating part and formed with an inlet configured to supply a fluid to the heat dissipating part and an outlet configured to discharge the fluid from the heat dissipating part. The heat dissipating structure may have a porous structure that draws the fluid from the inlet by capillary action.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2023Date of Patent: January 20, 2026Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Sung Jin Kim, Young Jin Lee, Juhyeon Lee
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Patent number: 12523434Abstract: A refrigerant distribution and charge balancing system for a heat exchanger and heat pump is disclosed. The system comprises an auxiliary header that is adapted to be fluidically coupled to a first header of the heat exchanger using one or more tube stubs. The auxiliary header is configured at a predefined distance from the first header. The auxiliary header is adapted to be fluidically coupled to a supply tube associated with a refrigerant line of the heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2023Date of Patent: January 13, 2026Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Dhruv Chanakya Hoysall, Thomas Bryant, Tobias Sienel
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Patent number: 12516889Abstract: Heat exchanger with plates, which is configured for a heat exchange between a hot fluid and a cold fluid, comprising at least one core band (130a, 130b) arranged in order to maintain the sealing tightness, a plurality of closing bars (138) defining, with the closing plates, flow channels, characterized in that the core band (130a) arranged at a cold pass inlet and at a hot pass inlet comprises an inlet (132) for supplying hot air, and in that at least one closing bar (138) arranged in the lengthwise direction of the inlet of the cold pass comprises an inlet for said hot air and a flow circuit for said hot air in a U shape and comprising two sections, each extending over the whole length of the closing bar, a hot air outlet for expelling the hot air in the hot pass, and an intermediate section forming the base of the U.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: January 6, 2026Assignee: LIEBHERR-AEROSPACE TOULOUSE SASInventors: Aymeric Villar, Mickael Bregoli
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Patent number: 12504234Abstract: A micro-channel pulsating heat pipe, preferably closed loop, includes a plate with micro-channels with obstructions along interior walls to increase surface area, add nucleation sites for the working fluid vaporization, and otherwise enhance fluid movement and heat transfer. Various shapes of obstructions are considered on one or more of the bottom wall, the side walls, and top wall of the channel. Plating may fit over or around the plate to enhance strength and heat transfer. Ribbing, of a thermally conductive material, may set on the exterior surface of the plate and/or plating to enhance surface area to encourage heat transfer and arranged to facilitate air movement across exterior surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2024Date of Patent: December 23, 2025Assignee: GLOBAL COOLING TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLCInventors: Victor Adrian Chiriac, John Richard Thome
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Patent number: 12504235Abstract: A vapor chamber heatsink assembly, under vacuum, having a working fluid therein, comprising a plurality of heatsink fins and a vapor chamber is provided. The vapor chamber and the plurality of heatsink fins each comprise a plurality of obstructers defining a plurality of braided channels therein. Thus, the condenser regions of the vapor chamber are expanded to the plurality of heatsink fins. When heat from a greater temperature heat source and a lower temperature heat source is applied to the vapor chamber, via the plurality of obstructers and braided channels, the working fluid and liquid vapor travel therethrough, providing an effective phase change mechanism to the greater temperature heat source, while concurrently, hindering agglomeration of working fluid thereto. An effective phase change mechanism is also concurrently provided to the lower temperature heat source due to the non-agglomeration of working fluid to the greater temperature heat source.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2024Date of Patent: December 23, 2025Assignee: COOLER MASTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuanlong Wen, Meiping Fan, Shan yin Cheng