Patents Examined by Teresa J. Walberg
  • Patent number: 7921903
    Abstract: A heat exchange system for electronic devices, preferably data processing devices which include high-performance processors or have a high processor density, includes essentially a primary cooling circuit and a secondary cooling circuit both being thermally associated to the one or more processor units. The secondary cooling circuit is configured as a completely closed system, the coolant in the secondary cooling circuit being driven exclusively by mechanical or inductive coupling with the flow drive of the primary cooling circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Inventor: Jürgen Hertweck
  • Patent number: 7913749
    Abstract: A thermal module (100) includes a centrifugal blower (20), a heat dissipater (10) and a plurality of heat transfer plates (34). The centrifugal blower includes a casing (22), a stator accommodated in the casing, and a rotor (24) rotatably disposed around the stator. The casing includes a base wall (224) and a sidewall (222) surrounding the base wall. The sidewall defines an air outlet (221) in front of the rotor. The heat dissipater is made of porous material and disposed at the air outlet of the centrifugal blower. The heat transfer plates extend into the heat dissipater so as to increase heat transfer efficiency between a heat generating electronic component and the heat dissipater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Gong Meng, Ching-Bai Hwang
  • Patent number: 7913751
    Abstract: The invention concerns a micro-heat exchanger having a microstructure of channels (2) arranged at least in one matrix element (1) in the form of a plate and circulating at least one coolant, said matrix element (1) having upper and lower surfaces (5, 6) as well as lateral surfaces (3, 4). The invention is characterized in that the channels (2) are open on the upper surface (5) and/or on the lower surface (6) and closed on the lateral surfaces (3, 4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Eberhard Zwittig
  • Patent number: 7909087
    Abstract: A heat exchanger including a base plate portion with at least one heat generating component thermally connected thereto; at least one fin portion comprising a plurality of fins thermally connected to said base plate portion, arranged in parallel at a prescribed angle along a longitudinal direction of said base plate portion; an inlet portion through which a cooling fluid is introduced to each of said at least one fin portion; a baffle plate portion and a partition plate portion guiding said cooling fluid so that the cooling fluid is decelerated to be uniformly flown through fins in said at least one fin portion; and an outlet portion to evacuate the cooling fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp.
    Inventors: Naoki Kimura, Akira Hideno
  • Patent number: 7905276
    Abstract: Apparatus for cooling of an electrical circuit element on an electrical element package, comprising in combination, structure including a hollow body defining a cavity for containing cooling fluid located in heat transfer relation with said element, a rotatably tightenable connection between said package and said hollow body, and acting to block leakage of cooling fluid from said cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Onscreen Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Clough, Franz M. Schuotte
  • Patent number: 7905275
    Abstract: An exemplary cold plate housing defines an inlet port and an outlet port. A plurality of foam strips are disposed in the housing. Each foam strip suitably has pore size of no more than around 50 micrometers and porosity of at least around 80 percent. The foam strips are arranged within the housing so coolant is flowable through a width of the foam strips. Pore size may be around 35 micrometers and porosity may be around ninety percent. Foam may be a ceramic foam that includes silica, aluminum oxide, and aluminum borosilicate fibers. A plurality of plenums may be disposed within the housing. In an application, at least one exemplary cold plate is disposed within a heat exchanger housing intermediate a heat exchanger inlet port and a heat exchanger outlet port such that heat exchanger fluid flows directly over both sides of the cold plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: William W. Behrens, Andrew R. Tucker
  • Patent number: 7905274
    Abstract: A wing-spanning thermal-dissipating device has a plurality of thermal-dissipating sheets. Each of the thermal-dissipating sheets includes a connecting portion, at least one thermal-dissipating fin and a plurality of sub-thermal-dissipating fins. The connecting portions of the thermal-dissipating sheets connect with each other. The thermal-dissipating fin is extended outwardly and spread out from the connecting portion. The sub-thermal-dissipating fins are extended from at least one side of the thermal-dissipating fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Inventor: Ching-Sung Kuo
  • Patent number: 7900693
    Abstract: A soldered heat exchanger, in particular a condenser for motor vehicles which has at least one collector tube, and a flange which is secured to the collector tube and which is used to receive connection tubes. The flange can be fixed and soldered to the collection tube by one or two supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignees: Behr GmbH & Co. KG, Behr Lorraine S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Pedro Gonzales Rechea, Jean-Claude Meyer
  • Patent number: 7896065
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger for motor vehicles, especially for utility vehicles. The heat exchanger can include a heat exchanger unit that includes tubes having tube ends and ribs disposed between the tubes, and collecting tanks disposed on both ends and produced by internal high pressure forming for introducing and discharging a medium. The collecting tanks can include bottoms with openings for receiving the tube ends, covers, and inlet and outlet tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Claus Augenstein, Karsten Emrich, Martin Engelhardt, Klaus Förster, Franco Ghiani, Daniel Hendrix, Scott Horoho, Reinhard Kull, Andre Schairer, Bernd Weiler, Stefan Weise
  • Patent number: 7891410
    Abstract: A device and method that exchanges heat is described, which includes intaking air into a chamber and then forcing air from holes of a heat conducting surface that fluidly communicate with the chamber to create a toroidal mass of air resulting from vortex shedding. A pump, for example a flexible diaphragm, is employed to increase and decrease a volume of the chamber in communication with the holes. When the volume of the chamber is increased (air intake), a boundary layer of heat breaks up by the heat conducting surface which helps to improve cooling. When the volume of the chamber is decreased, jets of air are discharged from the holes to create vortices of air that cause vortex shedding and can also help disrupt the boundary layer of heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. Monson, Jianhua Yan, Brian T. Van Lear, Kevin J. Thorson
  • Patent number: 7882890
    Abstract: A cooling system for a heat-generating device includes: coolant fluid; an evaporator for holding the coolant fluid and for heating the coolant fluid; said evaporator in close proximity to the heat-generating device for removing unwanted heat. The cooling system also includes a plurality of tubes for providing a flow path for the coolant fluid and gases produced by the evaporator; a heat exchanger through which the tubes pass for cooling the coolant fluid. The heat exchanger includes: a reservoir, a coolant, and a heating element for heating the gas so that it expands and pushes cool coolant fluid back to the evaporator. The heating element may be located inside the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Dennis G Manzer
  • Patent number: 7866379
    Abstract: A heat exchanger with reduced pressure loss, and improved productivity and strength. The heat exchanger is made by laminating first heat conduction plates and second heat conduction plates alternately. A first heat conduction plate and a second heat conduction plate are integrally molded of one sheet. The sheet includes air duct ribs, heat conduction planes, air duct end faces, first protrusions, first outer peripheral ribs, second outer peripheral ribs, air duct end covers, and second protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Murayama, Hiroshi Shibata
  • Patent number: 7866372
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, there is provided a method of making a heat exchanger core component comprising the steps of generating a stereolithography file from design data, slicing the stereolithography file into two-dimensional patterns, repeating the two-dimensional patterns sequentially to produce a three-dimensional core component, and depositing at least one layer of a material having a high thermal conductivity onto a top surface of a base. In another embodiment there is provided a heat exchanger core component made by an embodiment of the method wherein the core component comprises a triply periodic design that is repeated in three dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Victor Blakemore Slaughter
  • Patent number: 7866377
    Abstract: A method of using a minimal surface or a minimal skeleton to make a heat exchanger component is provided. The method comprises the steps of generating a stereolithography file from design data, slicing the stereolithography file into two-dimensional patterns, repeating the two-dimensional patterns sequentially to produce a three-dimensional minimal surface component or minimal skeleton component, and depositing at least one layer of a material having a high thermal conductivity onto a top surface of a base, wherein the deposited material forms either a three-dimensional minimal surface component or a three-dimensional minimal skeleton component. Also provided are the heat exchanger components made by the embodiments of the method using either minimal surfaces or minimal skeletons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Victor Blakemore Slaughter
  • Patent number: 7861767
    Abstract: An airflow generating device includes a housing and a pressure changing mechanism. The housing has a first opening and a first chamber and contains gas. The first opening is where a first airflow is generated at a first flow velocity. The first chamber is connected to the first opening and is where a second airflow is generated. The second airflow has a second flow velocity which is a highest flow velocity in the first chamber and which is lower than the first flow velocity. A pressure changing mechanism discharges the gas through the first opening while generating the second airflow in the first chamber and the first airflow in the first opening by producing a pressure change in the gas in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoharu Mukasa
  • Patent number: 7857038
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat exchanger which has approximately U-shaped ribs formed on both sides of a body of a side support, thereby preventing a deterioration of heat exchange capacity by reinforcing strength and securing bonding areas of sealing members and stably supporting radiation fins since the ribs press edges of the radiation fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Halla Climate Control Corporation
    Inventors: Kihong Kim, Jungjae Lee, Youngha Jeon
  • Patent number: 7845395
    Abstract: A heat-dissipating casing structure includes a base seat, a heat-dissipating module, and a casing. The heat-dissipating module is disposed on the base seat. The heat-dissipating module has a first heat-conducting block and a heat pipe, and one side of the heat pipe connects to the first heat-conducting block. The casing has an installed portion, and the casing is slidably assembled on the base seat for connecting the other side of the heat pipe with the casing via the installed portion. When the casing is slidably assembled on the base seat, the heat pipe is connected with the casing via the installed portion. Hence, the heat-dissipating module is assembled and replaced easily and rapidly. Moreover, the heat from a heat-generating element on the base seat is transmitted to the casing through the heat pipe for increasing heat-dissipating efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Cooler Master Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chung-Jun Chu
  • Patent number: 7845397
    Abstract: A humid compressed-gas dryer includes a plate-type heat-exchanger that includes a plurality of stacked plates (2) associated with each other in a gas-tight manner all along the perimeter of adjacent plates (2). The adjacent plates (2) define channels (3) therebetween for two or more fluids to be guided therethrough in a heat-exchange relation. The plates and have a plurality of apertures (4, 15-21) disposed in a mutually aligned arrangement, which defines fluid conduits that extend through the heat-exchanger in fluid communication with the channels (3). The plates (2) are each formed of an aluminium sheet having a smooth surface, and a corrugated aluminium fin (5) is provided between adjacent sheets defining the channels. The fin (5) has corrugations connected to the smooth surface of the plates by brazing or a similar method. The plurality of stacked plates defines a heat recovery section (12) and a cooling section (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Parker Hiross S.p.A.
    Inventors: Luciano Bellemo, Marco Trevisan
  • Patent number: 7836939
    Abstract: An apparatus (100) for transferring heat from a first substrate (140) rotatably mounted to a second substrate (150). The apparatus (100) is comprised of at least a first fin ring (145) disposed concentrically on a first side surface (141) of the first substrate (140). A plurality of heat generating devices (130) is disposed on a second side surface (142) of the first substrate (140). There is at least a second fin ring (155) disposed concentrically on a first side surface (151) of the second substrate (150). The first fin ring (145) interleaves with the second fin ring (155) while allowing the first substrate (140) to rotate unobstructed relative to the second substrate (150). The second substrate (150) has at least a first port (160) for introducing moving air into a gap (G) defined between the first fin ring (145) and the second fin ring (155) for improving heat convection there between.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt Zimmerman, Robert F. Meehan, John Rust
  • Patent number: 7832463
    Abstract: A collecting tank for a heat exchanger pertaining to a motor vehicle cooling installation includes a tank element. The tank element includes at least two collecting regions for receiving fluid, the receiving regions being embodied together as a single component and being outwardly sealed by a sealing element, and a bottom for closing the collecting regions. A sealing arrangement is provided between the tank element and the bottom, between two adjacent collecting regions. The sealing arrangement includes exactly one sealing element which, in addition to sealing between the two collecting regions, is used to seal the arrangement towards the outside. The sealing element is preferably arranged in a plane in the collecting tank, especially in a continuous channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Behr Industry GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jörg Bergmiller, Thomas Seeger