Patents Examined by Tho Duong
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Patent number: 6152215Abstract: A high intensity cooling device is disclosed. The cooling device includes first and second superimposed laminations, with each of the laminations including a cavity having a spiral fin defining a spiral flow chamber. One of the flow chambers directs a coolant medium along an inwardly spiraling flow path, while the other of the flow chambers directs the coolant medium along an outwardly spiraling flow path, with the flow chambers being in flow communication. A coolant inlet communicates the coolant medium to the first flow chamber, and a coolant outlet communicates the coolant medium away from the second flow chamber. Thus, the coolant medium may be routed along a spiral flow path through each of the laminations.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1998Date of Patent: November 28, 2000Assignee: Sundstrand CorporationInventor: Richard Everett Niggemann
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Patent number: 6145586Abstract: A heat sink module with a heat dissipating device comprises a heat sink, a clip, a fan with screws, a first attaching member, a pipe and a second attaching member. The first attaching member is used for attaching to an air opening of a computer enclosure. The first attaching member connects with the pipe and communicates with the air opening for transporting cool air therefrom. The second attaching member comprises a recessed base for attaching to the heat sink. The fan is received in the central portion of the recessed base, and is secured on the heat sink. Another end of the pipe communicates with the recessed base for transporting cool air from outside to cool the heat sink. Thus, heat dissipating efficiency is significantly improved.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 1999Date of Patent: November 14, 2000Assignee: Foxconn Precision Components Co., Ltd.Inventor: Wei Ta Lo
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Patent number: 6142223Abstract: An air-cooled condenser comprising a distributing chamber for distributing a vaporous medium to be condensed, a condensate collecting chamber and finned tubes with fins on air side, said finned tubes being connected in parallel between the distributing chamber and the condensate collecting chamber, where each of the finned tubes comprises two parallel essentially flat side walls and exterior closings connecting the side walls, in the finned tubes there are longitudinal separation walls connected to the side walls and dividing the inner space of the finned tubes into longitudinal parallel channels, and in the separation walls there are breakthroughs and closure elements for allowing the flow of the medium between neighboring channels.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 1998Date of Patent: November 7, 2000Assignee: Energiagazdalkodasi ReszvenytarsasagInventors: Janos Bodas, Gabor Csaba, Zoltan Szabo
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Patent number: 6131647Abstract: In a cooling system to cool down a hot object contained in a closed container, a heat exchanger is used in addition to an air-conditioner to share thermal load to dissipate heat generated by the hot object. Since the heat exchanger which requires almost no operating power shares heat load with the air-conditioner which consumes a high operating power, a total power consumption of the cooling system is considerably reduced. An evaporator and a condenser of the heat exchanger are separately installed in the cooling system, and both are connected by pipes through which refrigerant is circulated. The evaporator is placed to an optimum position to effectively absorb heat generated by the hot object. The condenser is installed outside the container to exhaust heat most effectively to outside air. The evaporator and the condenser may be combined before installation, if a whole structure of the cooling system permits.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 1998Date of Patent: October 17, 2000Assignee: DENSO CorporationInventors: Yukinori Suzuki, Tetsuya Takeuchi, Kouji Kishita
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Patent number: 6125921Abstract: A radiator at least comprises a seat and a heat dissipating body. The seat have a receiving space; and the heat dissipating body is formed by a plurality of top portions, middle portions and bottoms which are connected continuously as a bending grid. A vent is installed on the top portion of the heat dissipating body. The heat dissipating body is compressed so that the top portions and the bottoms are closely contacted with one another as a plurality of continuously contacting planes. The compressed heat dissipating body is received within the receiving space of the seat and the heat dissipating body is properly combined to the seat. Thereby, the radiator of the present invention has preferred heat transfer efficiency and since the heat dissipating body is compressed, thus it has a higher density which is helpful in the heat dissipation.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 1999Date of Patent: October 3, 2000Assignee: Chaun-Choung Industrial Corp.Inventor: Dah-Chyi Kuo
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Patent number: 6102109Abstract: A cooling device includes a refrigerant tank in which liquid refrigerant is boiled, and a radiator in which gas refrigerant is condensed. A connection pipe is formed in the radiator so that refrigerant communicates between the refrigerant tank and the radiator. An interior of the connection pipe is partitioned into a first communication passage and a second communication passage, and a restriction plate is provided between the first communication passage and a refrigerant-condensing passage of the radiator to prevent liquid refrigerant from flowing into the refrigerant-condensing passage. Thus, when heat-generating amount of a heat-generating member becomes larger so that liquid refrigerant is vehemently boiled in the refrigerant tank and a part of liquid refrigerant is blown upwardly together with refrigerant vapor, the restriction plate prevents the liquid refrigerant from flowing into the refrigerant-condensing passage of the radiator while gas refrigerant readily passes through the restriction plate.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1998Date of Patent: August 15, 2000Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Osakabe, Takahide Ohara
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Patent number: 6095238Abstract: A feed water heater has a longitudinally cylindrical body comprising a cylindrical shell portion constituting a main body portion of a feed water heater and a water box-shaped chamber operatively connected to the cylindrical shell portion and partitioned by a tubesheet. In the cylindrical shell portion, a heat exchanger tube bank is arranged and supported by a plurality of support plates, a drain cooling section is disposed in association with the heat exchanger tube bank for carrying out a heat recovery of a drain generated in the heat exchanger tube bank, a dilution condensing chamber is provided for the heat exchanger tube bank and adapted to excessively flow the steam into the heat exchanger tube bank, and a non-condensable gas chamber is provided for the heat exchanger tube bank. The drain cooling section, the dilution condensing chamber and the non-condensable gas chamber are arranged axially in this order in the cylindrical shell from the tube sheet.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 1998Date of Patent: August 1, 2000Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Shunji Kawano, Shoji Nakashima, Koichi Yoshimura, Kenji Sato, Hideki Sekiguchi
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Patent number: 6085834Abstract: An air handling system for heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems to provide a variable air flow between an air treatment section and an air bypass section includes selectively sliding panels to vary the air flow between the air treatment section and the bypass section. Positioning of the panels can direct the flow of incoming air to be conditioned from all incoming air flowing through the air treatment section to all incoming air flowing through the bypass section and a mixture of incoming air flowing through the air treatment section and the bypass section.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 1998Date of Patent: July 11, 2000Assignee: Munters CorporationInventors: Patricia T. Thomas, Richard S. Pautz
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Patent number: 6082449Abstract: A structure for mounting an oil cooler to a heat-exchanger tank is disclosed. A long-scale oil cooler is received in a heat-exchanger tank, and pipe portions are formed only on one side of the oil cooler so that the pipe portions are inserted respectively in pipe holes formed in the tank. A support portion for supporting the other side of the oil cooler where no pipe portion is formed is formed on an inner surface of the tank. Further, a laminate type oil cooler is provided. The oil cooler has a core portion in which a plurality of shells each having an oil flow path formed therein are laminated. A first oil passage hole is formed at a first side end of the core portion, and a second oil passage hole is formed at a second side end of the core portion. The laminated shells are made to communicate with each other by the first and second oil passage holes. Further, a third oil passage hole is formed between the first oil passage hold and the second oil passage hole in a width direction of the core portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 1999Date of Patent: July 4, 2000Assignee: Calsonic CorporationInventors: Takeshi Yamaguchi, Yuji Yamai, Yoshinobu Okuno
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Patent number: 6070656Abstract: A dynamic microelectronic cooling wick is displaced from and juxtaposed to a heated substrate for creating a capillary wick providing dynamic capillary pumping action of a cooling fluid for temperature regulation of the substrate. The wick consists of at least two materials having different coefficients of thermal expansion so that the wick flexes in the presence of changing temperature to thereby change the effective radius of the capillary wick to transport the fluid to a substrate hot spot.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 1998Date of Patent: June 6, 2000Assignee: The Aerospace CorporationInventor: James Todd Dickey
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Patent number: 6068048Abstract: A wire retainer for use in an air conditioning outdoor cabinet which houses a fan and a spine fin heat exchanger coil includes an extension portion, a base portion and a clip portion. The extension portion of the wire retainer is anchor-like and includes fluke-like members that, when inserted into and through spine fin material, lodge securely therein. The base portion of the retainer abuts the spine fin of the heat exchanger coil and positions the clip portion such that wires or a wire bundle running interior of the coil can be guided and secured appropriately so as not to be cut by the fan or buffeted and broken by the relatively high velocity, high volume stream of air that is drawn by the fan through the interior of the air conditioning cabinet and the heat exchanger coil housed therein.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 1999Date of Patent: May 30, 2000Assignee: American Standard Inc.Inventor: James Russell Cude
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Patent number: 6059021Abstract: An air conditioner includes an air inlet, an air outlet, a heat exchanger disposed between the air inlet and air outlet, and an air direction control mechanism at the air outlet for regulating a direction of air discharge. The regulating mechanism includes a support member having slots, and a plurality of vanes each having a projection configured correspondingly to the slots so that once the projections have been inserted through the respective slots and then rotated, the vanes are secured to the support member. Each projection includes a hinge axle about which the vane rotates, and a pair of compression protruders projecting from opposite sides of the hinge axle. The protruders bear elastically against one surface of the support member to pull a flange portion of the vane into engagement with another surface of the support member. One of the protruders of each vane carries a fixation axle which snaps into a respective open-sided hole of a connecting member.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1998Date of Patent: May 9, 2000Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Eun-Chang Choi
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Patent number: 6019161Abstract: An air flow directing assembly for direction and concentration of air through the radiator of an all terrain vehicle, the air flow directing assembly consisting of a radiator shroud having an upper side, a right side, a left side, a forward end, and having a plurality of inwardly facing surfaces; an air dam fixedly attached to and extending inwardly from the inwardly facing surfaces of the radiator shroud; a right air deflecting fin fixedly attached to and extending forwardly and rightwardly from the forward end of the right side of the radiator shroud; and, a left air deflecting fin fixedly attached to and extending forwardly and leftwardly from the forward end of the left side of the radiator shroud.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 1998Date of Patent: February 1, 2000Inventor: Scott D. Travis