Patents Examined by Paul Alvare
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Patent number: 11946707Abstract: A heat transfer plate comprises upper, center and lower end portions, the latter adjoining the center portion along an upper borderline and comprising first and second portholes and a distribution area having a distribution pattern. The distribution pattern comprises distribution ridges, a respective top portion of which extends in a plane and has rounded first, second, third and fourth corners. The distribution ridges extend along plural separated imaginary ridge lines from the upper borderline towards the first porthole. For each of a number of the distribution ridges extending along a top ridge line closest to the second porthole, the first corner's curvature radius is larger than the second corner's curvature radius, the first/second corners are on opposite sides of the top ridge line, the second corner is closer to the second porthole than the first corner, and the first/third corners are on the same side of the top ridge line.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE ABInventor: Magnus Hedberg
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Patent number: 11940229Abstract: A heat exchanger has a plurality of rows of media guiding ducts (12) for passing a media flow, a plurality of rows of fluid ducts for passing fluid to be temperature-controlled, and strip-shaped flow profile parts (20). At a transition between guide parts of the flow profile parts (20) and their plug-in parts, two mutually opposite steps are formed. The steps allow the flow profile part (20) to sit on the adjacent end faces of a fluid duct without spacing. The flow profile part (20) does not project at any point into a free opening cross section, which is defined by the imaginary extension of the inner, mutually facing boundary walls of a media duct (12) and by a media inlet of this duct (12).Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: HYDAC COOLING GMBHInventors: Benjamin Theobald, Thomas Wolfanger, Ditmar Georgi
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Patent number: 11940232Abstract: In an embodiment, a heat exchanger includes a monolithic body that includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a third substrate, and a plurality of partial height fins. The second substrate is arranged parallel to and spaced from the first substrate, thereby defining a first fluid flow path. The third substrate is arranged parallel to and spaced from the second substrate opposite the first substrate, thereby defining a second fluid flow path. The plurality of partial height fins extend from one of the second substrate and the third substrate toward the other of the second substrate or the third substrate, wherein a terminal edge of each partial height fin is at least partially spaced from the other of the second substrate or the third substrate.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: Jeffrey Douglas Rambo
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Patent number: 11919360Abstract: A vehicle heat management system includes a refrigerant circuit, a heating circuit, a battery temperature regulation circuit, and an electric part cooling circuit. The refrigerant circuit is configured to circulate a refrigerant to regulate a temperature inside a passenger compartment therethrough. The heating circuit is configured to circulate a liquid that exchanges heat with the refrigerant therethrough. The heating circuit is capable of regulating the temperature inside the passenger compartment. The battery temperature regulation circuit is configured to regulate a temperature of a battery by introducing a liquid that exchanges heat with the refrigerant to the battery. The electric part cooling circuit is couplable to the battery temperature regulation circuit and configured to circulate a liquid able to cool an electric part for driving a vehicle therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Yasushi Takagi, Shinya Kurasawa
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Patent number: 11920871Abstract: A thermal battery system may be provided comprising: a vessel comprising a phase change material and a gas; a heat exchanger configured to transfer heat to and/or from the phase change material; a temperature sensor configured to detect an indication of a temperature of the gas; a pressure sensor configured to detect an indication of a pressure of the gas; and a processor configured to determine a state of charge of the thermal battery system from the indication of the pressure and the indication of the temperature of the gas.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Nader Maharmeh, Craig English, Eric Donovan, Eugene Jansen, Ryan Young
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Patent number: 11920876Abstract: A distributor for a plate heat exchanger includes a tube part having a tube wall and having a first end and a second end; a first flange formed at the first end; and a connecting protrusion. The connecting protrusion projects from the tube wall of the tube part in a direction away from an axis of the tube part, and projects from the first flange at the inside of the outer edge of the first flange in a direction towards the second end of the tube part; the connecting protrusion has a connecting protrusion wall, which has an axial connecting protrusion wall that faces in the axial direction of the tube part and is remote from the first flange, the axial connecting protrusion wall being between the first end and the second end of the tube part, and having at least one through-hole.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: DANFOSS MICRO CHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGER (JIAXING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhifeng Zhang, Zhixuan An, Lingjie Zhang
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Patent number: 11913689Abstract: A heat exchanger connected to a refrigerant pipe includes: heat transfer tubes; and a header that connects the refrigerant pipe and the heat transfer tubes, and that forms a refrigerant flow path between the refrigerant pipe and the heat transfer tubes. The header includes a first member that includes a first plate-shaped portion, and a second member that includes a second plate-shaped portion that is stacked on a heat transfer tubes side of the first plate-shaped portion. The first plate-shaped portion has a first opening that forms the refrigerant flow path. The second plate-shaped portion has a second opening that forms the refrigerant flow path. When viewed in a stacking direction of the first plate-shaped portion and the second plate-shaped portion, the second opening and the first opening overlap each other at a first region and at a second region that is different from the first region.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tomoki Hirokawa, Kouju Yamada
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Patent number: 11913732Abstract: A bulkhead heat exchanger includes a first bulkhead, a second bulkhead, and a plurality of flow path walls which divide a space formed between the first bulkhead and the second bulkhead into a plurality of first flow paths, wherein the first bulkhead and the second bulkhead separate the plurality of first flow paths from a plurality of second flow paths through which a second fluid different from a first fluid flowing through the plurality of first flow paths flows, the plurality of flow path walls have the plurality of wall surfaces, and the plurality of wall surfaces conform to sine curves different from each other, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITEDInventors: Gaiken O, Toshihiko Takahashi, Akira Koizumi
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Patent number: 11904677Abstract: Provided is a cooling module for a vehicle, and more particularly, a cooling module placed on a side of the vehicle with three-row mounting parts, in which components are mounted, to maximize cooling efficiency and space utilization inside the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Hanon SystemsInventors: Young Chan Kim, Jung Sam Gu, Hyuk Kim
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Patent number: 11898804Abstract: A spiral heat exchanger features: a cold fluid inlet manifold, a hot fluid inlet manifold and at least one spiral fluid pathway. The cold fluid inlet manifold receives cold fluid and provide cold inlet manifold fluid. The hot fluid inlet manifold receives hot fluid and provide hot inlet manifold fluid. The at least one spiral fluid pathway includes cold spiral pathways configured to receive the cold inlet manifold fluid and provide cold spiral fluid pathway fluid, and hot spiral pathways configured to receive the hot inlet manifold fluid and provide hot spiral fluid pathway fluid. The cold spiral pathways and the hot spiral pathways are configured in relation to one another to exchange heat between the cold spiral pathway fluid and the hot spiral pathway fluid so that the hot spiral fluid pathway fluid warms the cold spiral fluid pathway fluid, and vice versa.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: FLUID HANDLING LLCInventor: Jeffrey D. Lopes
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Patent number: 11897309Abstract: A vehicle heat management system includes a refrigerant circuit, a battery temperature regulation circuit, and an electric part cooling circuit. The refrigerant circuit circulates a refrigerant to regulate a temperature inside a passenger compartment through the refrigerant circuit. The battery temperature regulation circuit regulates a temperature of a battery by introducing a liquid that exchanges heat with the refrigerant to the battery. The electric part cooling circuit circulates a liquid cooled by a radiator circulates through the electric part cooling circuit, and is capable of cooling a first and second pieces for driving a vehicle. In a first mode, the liquid cooled by the radiator cools the first piece of equipment, the refrigerant of the refrigerant circuit cools the second piece of equipment, and the liquid which has exchanged heat with the refrigerant is introduced in parallel to the battery and the second piece of equipment.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Yasushi Takagi, Yoshiyuki Jin
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Patent number: 11892124Abstract: A closure is configured for use with a portable cryogenic container or dewar, such as a dry vapor shipper (DVS). The closure has advanced insulating properties which enhances cryogen residence time and also minimizes negative effects on residence time when the dewar is placed on its side, such as during shipping. The closure includes a gas vent in the form of a fluid passage which is particularly sized to minimize thermal leakage and located away from the closure-to-neck interface. Embedded electronics can detect, record, and/or communicate information pertinent to a condition of the storage container in which the closure is installed.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: SAVSU TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventor: Bruce McCormick
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Patent number: 11867468Abstract: A plate heat exchanger arrangement includes a plate pack and an outer casing surrounding the plate pack. At least one partition plate is arranged between the heat exchange plates of the plate pack, which divides the plate pack to the separate plate pack parts. The plate heat exchanger arrangement is provided with inlet and outlet connections for each plate pack part which are arranged to connect the inner parts of the plate pairs of said plate pack part. A connection pipe is arranged inside a flow passage of the plate pack part between the end plate of the outer casing and the partition plate such that a first end of the connection pipe is attached to the partition plate to form a connection to the flow passage of the plate pack part and a second end thereof extends through an end plate of the outer casing.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: VAHTERUS OYInventor: Mauri Kontu
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Patent number: 11867467Abstract: A cooling device includes a heat-radiating fin group having a plurality of heat-radiating fins that are arranged parallel to each other in a first direction; first heat pipes, one end of each first heat pipe being configured to be thermally connected to a first heat-generating element, another end of each first heat pipe being thermally connected to the heat-radiating fin group; and second heat pipes, one end of each second heat pipe being configured to be thermally connected to a second heat-generating element, another end of each second heat pipe being thermally connected to the heat-radiating fin group, wherein respective inserted another ends of the first and second heat pipes are disposed on a plane parallel to the first direction and defined in the heat-radiating fin group and have portions parallel to the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichi Ito, Masahiro Meguro, Kenya Kawabata, Yoshikatsu Inagaki
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Patent number: 11859925Abstract: The invention relates to a plate (105) forming part of a heat exchanger and intended to delimit at least one channel (111) for circulation of a fluid. The plate (105) extends principally along an axis of longitudinal extent (A1). The plate (105) comprises at least one bottom (106), at least one first lateral raised edge (19a) which is inscribed within a first plane (P1) intersecting the axis of longitudinal extent (A1), and at least two openings (110) which are configured such that the fluid enters and exits the channel (111), respectively. The bottom (106) is provided with a rib (113) which extends longitudinally from the first lateral raised edge (109a). The rib (113) is positioned between the two openings (110). The rib (113) is of a sinuous configuration.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Valeo Systemes ThermiquesInventors: Julien Tissot, Kamel Azzouz, Michael Lissner, Cédric De Vaulx, Patrick Leblay, Sébastien Garnier
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Patent number: 11859918Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a first end opposite a second end, a first side opposite a second side, a first layer, and a second layer. The first side and the second side extend from the first end to the second end. The first layer includes an inlet at the first end and an outlet at the second end of the heat exchanger. The second layer includes a first passage at the first end of the heat exchanger and extending from the first side to the second side and a second passage adjacent to the first passage. The second passage extends from the first side to the second side. The second layer further includes a third passage extending from the second end toward the second passage. The first passage is fluidically connected to the third passage proximate the second end and the third passage is fluidically connected to the second passage.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: Alan Retersdorf, Brian R. Shea
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Patent number: 11840956Abstract: A heat exchanger having a core portion in which cooling water is stored and flows; an upper reinforcing plate coupled to the upper end of the core portion, having an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe connected to the core portion, and having a joining portion for fixation; a lower reinforcing plate coupled to the lower end of the core portion; a first support portion which is coupled to one lengthwise side of the lower surface of the lower reinforcing plate and can absorb vibration; and a second support portion which is coupled to the other lengthwise side of the lower surface of the lower reinforcing plate and can absorb vibration, so that the core portion can be firmly coupled to a housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Hanon SystemsInventors: Seok Jong Yoo, Byeong Hun Kang
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Patent number: 11840989Abstract: Provided is a heat exchanger in which first flow paths for flowing a first fluid and second flow paths for flowing a second fluid are arranged adjacent via a partition wall through which heat exchange is performed. The partition wall includes parallel tubular partition walls inside of which is the first flow paths. At least a part of the tubular partition walls in a flow path direction are integrally coupled to form a partition wall coupling portion having a geometric pattern in transverse cross section. An element figure of the geometric pattern corresponding to a transverse cross-sectional shape of the tubular partition wall is connected to each other at a vertex, and the number of sides of the element figure gathering at the vertex is an even number. In the partition wall coupling portion, the second flow paths are defined between outer peripheral surfaces of the surrounding tubular partition walls.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsuneo Endou, Kazuo Kikawa, Naoko Kasuya
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Patent number: 11828504Abstract: An appliance includes a refrigeration compartment that is defined by a plurality of interior walls. A freezer compartment is positioned proximate to the refrigeration compartment. A compressor is positioned proximate to at least one of the refrigeration compartment and the freezer compartment. A first evaporator is operably coupled to the compressor. A suction line is operably coupled to the first evaporator and is configured to convey refrigerant from the first evaporator toward the compressor. The suction line includes a suction line looping portion that generally defines an inner suction line loop and an outer suction line loop. A capillary tube is operably coupled to the first evaporator and is configured to convey refrigerant to the first evaporator. The capillary tube is configured to contact the suction line looping portion, such that heat from the capillary tube is transferred to the suction line.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Rahul Subhash Chhajed, Deepak Gajanan Mankar
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Patent number: 11828543Abstract: A stacked heat exchanger has a high temperature layer with a number of channels into which a high temperature-side fluid is introduced; and a low temperature layer superposed on the high temperature layer having a number of channels into which a low temperature-side fluid is introduced at a temperature lower than the temperature of the high temperature-side fluid. Each channel of the low temperature layer has an upstream-side part in which at least some of the low temperature-side fluid evaporates by being heated by the high temperature-side fluid flowing within the high temperature layer; and a downstream-side part in which the low temperature-side fluid that has evaporated in the upstream-side part is heated by the high temperature-side fluid flowing within the high temperature layer. The upstream-side parts of the low temperature layer occupy a total area smaller than a total area of the downstream-side parts of the low temperature layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: KOBE STEEL, LTD.Inventor: Koji Noishiki