Patents Examined by Jon T. Schermerhorn, Jr.
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Patent number: 11566591Abstract: Disclosed is an air intake manifold including a heat exchanger built into its body and including at least two ducts for supplying and removing heat-exchange liquid, the ducts extending through the wall of the body of the manifold with a liquid-tight seal and an airtight seal, which are distinct and mutually offset along the longitudinal axis of the relevant duct being created on each of the ducts. The unit creating the liquid tight seal is arranged between the relevant duct and a circulation pipe connected to the free end of the duct. The unit creating the airtight seal is positioned between the relevant duct and the body of the distributor. A leakage path associated with the liquid-tight seal is created between the latter and the airtight seal.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2022Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: SOGEFI AIR & COOLINGInventors: François Burckel, Nicolas Becker, Benoît Ancel, Michel Andres
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Patent number: 11570936Abstract: A cooling system configured to remove heat from a chimney of a server cabinet. The system includes a first heat exchanger unit in the chimney of the server cabinet. The first heat exchanger has a fluid inlet for receiving a working fluid and a fluid outlet for discharging the working fluid. The first heat exchanger also has an upstream surface receiving waste heat generated by one or more servers and a downstream surface that discharges air cooled by the first heat exchanger. The upstream surface is generally perpendicular to the downstream surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: John Andrew Weems, Raymond F. Martin
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Patent number: 11555659Abstract: A heat exchanger core includes a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side. A first layer includes a first width extending in a first direction, a first length extending in a second direction, a first height extending in a third direction, and a first plurality of passages, which extend from an inlet to an outlet. A second layer includes a second width extending in the first direction, a second length extending in the second direction, a second height extending in the third direction, and a second plurality of passages extending from the first side to the second side. The first and second plurality of passages are adjacent to one another. The first and second plurality of passages include a sinusoidal profile in the third direction and a sinusoidal profile in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: Matthew E. Lynch, Evan J. Butcher, Lawrence A. Binek
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Patent number: 11549760Abstract: A heat dissipation assembly includes a condenser, an evaporator, a vapor conduit, and a liquid conduit. The condenser has a condensing chamber therein. Two ends of the vapor conduit are respectively connected to the condenser and the evaporator. Two ends of the liquid conduit are respectively connected to the condenser and the evaporator. A geometric center of the liquid conduit in the condensing chamber is lower than or equal to a geometric center of the condensing chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Wei-Fang Wu, Li-Kuang Tan
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Patent number: 11549761Abstract: A system or method for thermal storage includes a recess or containment unit having a first storage layer and a second storage layer comprising a permeable filler material. An intermediate layer is disposed between the storage layers. A primary well traverses the layer in the recess. The primary well is in thermal communication with the first permeable filler material and the second permeable filler material. A heat source is provided for heating an inlet fluid. An input pump is in fluid communication with the primary well and the heat source. The primary well receives heated inlet fluid from the inlet pump and injects the fluid into the second layers. The heated inlet fluid transfers heat to the respective permeable filler material radially from the primary well toward an outer periphery of the thermocline recess.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLCInventors: Clifford K. Ho, Paul Gauche, Hendrik F. Laubscher
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Patent number: 11553621Abstract: A heat dissipation base includes a fixing plate and a metal heat conduction block. The fixing plate includes a plurality of heat pipe partitions and a plurality of heat pipe fixing openings, and the heat pipe fixing openings are formed between the heat pipe partitions. The metal heat conduction block is fixed to the fixing plate, and the fixing plate further includes a plurality of supporting portions to support shear surfaces at two ends of the heat conduction block.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: AURAS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Cheng-Ju Chang, Ming-Yuan Lo, Ching-An Liu
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Patent number: 11543189Abstract: Provided herein is an example heat sink including a heat dissipation unit including a plurality of heat dissipation fin groups including a plurality of heat dissipation fins, the plurality of heat dissipation fin groups forming a laminated structure and a plurality of heat pipes, one end portions of which are thermally connected to a heating element and other end portions of which are inserted into a space provided between the plurality of heat dissipation fin groups forming the laminated structure and thermally connected to the heat dissipation unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuyuki Tochigi, Masahiro Meguro, Hiroshi Sakai, Kenya Kawabata
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Patent number: 11542440Abstract: A tube for a steam cracking furnace comprising: at least one downstream tubular segment of circular section having a main diameter; at least one twisted tubular segment having a length less than a quarter of the length of the tube, and comprising: a central part with an elliptical or lobed section, having a helical pitch between one times and ten times the main diameter, and an aspect ratio of the elliptical or lobed section between 0.5 and 0.8; an upstream transition part establishing a geometric transition between the central part and a tubular segment of circular section; a downstream transition part establishing a geometric transition between the central part and the downstream tubular segment, with a fluid being intended to flow from the upstream transition part to the downstream transition part.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueInventors: Bruce Indurain Y Urricelqui, Sylvain Lalot, Mathieu Couvrat, François Beaubert, David Uystepruyst
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Patent number: 11530879Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a base plate and a plurality of fins arranged on the base plate. Each fin includes a fin body including a first metal sheet and a second metal sheet coupled to each other, wherein the fin body is curved and includes a first portion and a second portion transverse to the first portion, an evaporation channel defined in the first portion, one or more connecting channels disposed in the first portion and in fluid communication with the evaporation channel, a condensation channel defined in the second portion, and one or more auxiliary channels disposed in the second portion and in fluid communication with the one or more connecting channels and the condensation channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: COOLER MASTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Chia Yu Lin, Shan-Yin Cheng
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Patent number: 11525633Abstract: A heat exchanger with a monocoque structure transfers heat between a first fluid and a second fluid. The heat exchanger in has a plurality of tubes through which the first fluid may flow in a direction, each of the plurality of tubes has a first mouth end, an N opposing second mouth end and a waist region between the first mouth end and the second mouth end. The heat exchanger also has one or more interconnected fluid channels through which the second fluid may flow, the one or more fluid channels lay generally in a plane, the plurality of tubes and the one or more fluid channels interleave such that heat may be transferred between the plurality of tubes and the one or more fluid channels, and the direction of flow of the first fluid is generally perpendicular to the plane of the one or more fluid channels.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: The Penn State Research FoundationInventors: Robert M. Keolian, Kevin J. Bastyr, Ray Scott Wakeland, John Feurman Brady
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Patent number: 11519670Abstract: A microtube heat exchanger is disclosed, including two end plates with an array of holes or openings and an array of microtubes disposed in the array of openings between the two end plates. The heat exchanger can be used in environmental control systems, including systems for aerospace applications.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Airborne ECS, LLCInventors: Taylor Fausett, Nicholas F. Herrick-Kaiser
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Patent number: 11493286Abstract: A header for a high-pressure heat exchanger includes a first high-pressure transition section with inlets for multiple first high-pressure flow channels that are spaced from one another in a radial direction and collectively arranged in a substantially circular shape. The inlets for the multiple first high-pressure flow channels on a radially outer edge of the first high-pressure transition section are spaced further apart in a circumferential direction from adjacent inlets of the multiple first high-pressure flow channels than radially inward inlets are spaced from adjacent radially inward inlets of the multiple first high-pressure flow channels. The header also includes multiple first high-pressure flow channels extending from the first high-pressure transition section to a second-high pressure transition section that is configured to divide each of the multiple first high-pressure flow channels into at least two first high-pressure sub-flow channels.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Kathryn L. Kirsch, Robert H. Dold, Paul Attridge, Alexandru Cadar, Joseph Turney, Ram Ranjan
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Patent number: 11486653Abstract: A support structure for a rotary regenerative heat exchanger includes an upper section, a lower section, and a plurality of support members. The upper section includes an upper ring having a first exterior surface, an upper hub and at least three upper spokes each extending between and secured at respective ends thereof to the upper ring and the upper hub. Each of the plurality of support members are fixedly secured, directly or indirectly, to the upper ring and the lower section. An annular space is between the upper ring and the lower ring, which is configured to receive compartments of a rotor assembly. The upper hub, the upper spokes and the support members cooperate to provide rigidity to the support structure by cooperating to support and transmit the weight of the upper spokes, the upper ring and the upper hub to the lower section.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Arvos Ljungstrom LLCInventors: William J. Starks, Jr., Adam C. Sorochin, Kevin O'Boyle
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Patent number: 11486661Abstract: A thermal bridge includes an upper bridge assembly including upper plates arranged in an upper plate stack and a lower bridge assembly including lower plates arranged in a lower plate stack. The thermal bridge includes upper spring elements extending from upper plates having upper mating interfaces engaging lower plates to bias the upper plates in a first biasing direction generally away from the lower bridge assembly. The thermal bridge includes lower spring elements extending from lower plates having lower mating interfaces engaging upper plates to bias the lower plates in a second biasing direction generally away from the upper bridge assembly. A bridge frame having connecting elements extends through the upper plates and the lower plates to hold the upper plates in the upper plate stack and to hold the lower plates in the lower plate stack.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbHInventor: Leo Joseph Graham
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Patent number: 11486660Abstract: A heater assembly includes a continuous series of perforated helical members and a plurality of electrical resistance heating elements. The perforated helical members cooperate to define a geometric helicoid disposed about a longitudinal axis of the heater assembly. Each perforated helical member defines opposed edges and a predetermined pattern of perforations. The perforations extend through each perforated helical member parallel to the longitudinal axis. The heating elements extend through the perforations.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: WATLOW ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING COMPANYInventors: Satya Tatavarthy, Ethan Dinauer, Sanhong Zhang, Scott Boehmer
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Patent number: 11480395Abstract: The present disclosure relates to particle-based thermal energy storage (TES) systems employed for the heating and cooling applications for residential and/or commercial buildings. Particle-based TES systems may store thermal energy in the particles during off-peak times (i.e., when electricity demand and/or costs are relatively low) and remove the stored thermal energy for heating or cooling applications for buildings during peak times (i.e., when electricity demand and/or costs are relatively high).Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventor: Zhiwen Ma
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Patent number: 11473860Abstract: In some respects, concepts disclosed herein generally concern systems, methods and components to detect a presence of a liquid externally of a desired primary flow path through a segment of a fluid circuit, e.g., throughout a cooling loop. Some disclosed concepts pertain to systems, methods, and components to direct seepage or leakage of a liquid coolant toward a lead-detection sensor. As but one example, some disclosed liquid-cooled heat exchangers incorporate a leak-detection sensor, which, in turn, can couple with a computing environment that monitors for detected leaks, and, responsive to an indication of a detected leak, invokes a task to control or to mitigate the detected leak.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: CoolIT Systems, Inc.Inventors: Mike Holden, Kamal Mostafavi, Randy Kubik
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Patent number: 11460760Abstract: A projector includes first and second cooling targets and a cooling device. The cooling device includes a first compressor, a condenser, a first expander, a first evaporator configured to change the working fluid into a working fluid in a gas phase by using heat of the first cooling target, a heat exchanger including a first flow path through which the working fluid from the first expander flows and a second flow path, a second expander configured to decompress the working fluid from the first flow path, a second evaporator configured to change the working fluid flowing into the second flow path into the working fluid in a gas phase by using heat of the second cooling target, and a second compressor. The heat exchanger cools the working fluid flowing through the first flow path by the working fluid flowing through the second flow path.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Kaname Nagatani, Osamu Katsuda
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Patent number: 11448464Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger apparatus comprising at least one metal sheet (10) (e.g. aluminium), and preferably a plurality in a stack. Each metal sheet (10) has a corrugated surface, with fabric covering at least a portion of one surface of the metal sheet to promote evaporation. A wetting agent (e.g. LiCl/Polyvinyl-Alcohol (PVA) solution) is provided in the fabric to promote wetting of the fabric, and also acts as an anti-microbial agent. The fabric preferably covers all of the corrugated surface, and two planar portions are provided above and below the corrugated surface respectively. In use, the heat exchanger apparatus is disposed with a long side vertical and the corrugated surface is disposed on a middle portion, the upper planar portion is contiguous with an air outlet, and/or the lower planar portion is contiguous with an air inlet. In a preferred embodiment, the corrugated surface has in cross-section a profile of a periodic waveform, wherein the peak-to-peak distance is 11.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF HULLInventors: Xudong Zhao, Peng Xu, Xiaoli Ma, Kevin Fancey, Junming Li
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Patent number: 11448471Abstract: A heat storage unit includes: a heat storage material that contains water and high polymers that exhibit hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity depending on a temperature; a heat exchanger that causes heat exchange to be performed between a heating fluid and the heat storage material to heat the heat storage material and store heat in the heat storage material, and causes heat exchange to be performed between a heat utilization fluid and the heat storage material to receive heat from the heat storage material and cause heat to be transferred from the heat storage material; and a container that is filled with the heat storage material and houses the heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2018Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yasumitsu Nomura, Shigetoshi Ipposhi, Shunkei Suzuki, Junichi Nakazono, Hideharu Nobutoki