Patents by Inventor Allan K. So

Allan K. So has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11371782
    Abstract: A cold plate heat exchanger for battery thermal management has first and second plates defining a plurality of fluid flow passages, with inlet and outlet ports proximate to a first end thereof. Each fluid flow passage has first and second ends communicating with respective inlet and outlet ports. One or more portions of each fluid flow passage are immediately adjacent to and in close proximity to a portion of another fluid flow passage or channel, such that heat energy will be transferred by conduction through the first and second plates between the fluid flow passages or channels, thereby providing enhanced heat transfer. The fluid flow passages or channels may be separated by a distance which is less than a width of one of the fluid flow passages or channels, and may be separated by a single rib which partially defines each of the fluid flow passages or channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Dana Canada Corporation
    Inventors: Farbod Vakilimoghaddam, Noman Rahim, Allan K. So, Lee M. Kinder, Michael Bardeleben, Benjamin A. Kenney
  • Publication number: 20210247145
    Abstract: A cold plate heat exchanger for battery thermal management has first and second plates defining a plurality of fluid flow passages, with inlet and outlet ports proximate to a first end thereof. Each fluid flow passage has first and second ends communicating with respective inlet and outlet ports. One or more portions of each fluid flow passage are immediately adjacent to and in close proximity to a portion of another fluid flow passage or channel, such that heat energy will be transferred by conduction through the first and second plates between the fluid flow passages or channels, thereby providing enhanced heat transfer. The fluid flow passages or channels may be separated by a distance which is less than a width of one of the fluid flow passages or channels, and may be separated by a single rib which partially defines each of the fluid flow passages or channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Farbod VAKILIMOGHADDAM, Noman RAHIM, Allan K. SO, Lee M. KINDER, Michael BARDELEBEN, Benjamin A. KENNEY
  • Patent number: 10355331
    Abstract: A heat exchanger panel has a heat transfer surface with first and second heat transfer zones of different cooling capacities. Each zone has a subgroup of fluid flow passages having a flow capacity, each extending between a fluid inlet passage and a fluid outlet passage. Where one of the zones is adapted for cooling the tabs of a battery cell, the heat exchanger panel comprises at least one first header located at an end of the panel, including a fluid inlet header and/or a fluid outlet header, a second header at the opposite end of the panel, and a plurality of flow passages extending between the headers. At least one header has a height which is greater than the height of the flow passages, and is substantially the same as a spacing between tabs of adjacent batteries when separated by one of said heat exchanger panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Dana Canada Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin A. Kenney, Meinrad K. A. Machler, Allan K. So
  • Patent number: 10295282
    Abstract: A heat exchanger has at least one plate pair comprising first and second plates with a fluid flow passage defined between the first plate and second plates. The inlet opening and the outlet opening in each plate pair are proximate to a first end and an elongate flow barrier separates the fluid flow passage into inlet and outlet portions, wherein a gap through and the flow barrier is provided proximate to the second end of each plate pair. A flow obstruction is located in the gap of each plate pair, the flow obstruction having first and second arcuate sides and being spaced from the terminal end of the flow barrier. The flow obstruction is substantially crescent-shaped, such that a middle portion of the flow obstruction is wider than the opposed ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Dana Canada Corporation
    Inventors: Eric W. Powell, Michael Bardeleben, Allan K. So, Andrew Buckrell, Benjamin A. Kenney
  • Patent number: 10274259
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for a battery has fluid-carrying panels and defines a multi-sided enclosure for enclosing at least two sides of the battery. The heat exchanger has first and second fluid-carrying panels defining first and second flow channels, where the first and second fluid-carrying panels are arranged at an angle to another. The heat exchanger may also include a third fluid-carrying panel defining a third flow channel, and being arranged at an angle to the second fluid-carrying panel. The heat exchanger has first and second plates sealingly joined together along their peripheries and defining a fluid flow passageway between their central fluid flow areas. The second plate may be compliant, its central fluid flow area being deformable away from the central fluid flow area of the first plate in response to a pressure of a fluid inside the fluid flow passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Dana Canada Corporation
    Inventors: Hervé Palanchon, Benjamin A. Kenney, Allan K. So
  • Patent number: 10048020
    Abstract: A heat exchanger, turbulizer or heat transfer surface, and a method of making same wherein the turbulizer is a corrugated member having parallel, spaced-apart ridges and planar fins extending therebetween. The planar fins have spaced-apart apertures with opposed peripheral edge portions including transversely extending flanges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Dana Canada Corporation
    Inventors: Bryan Sperandei, Bruce Evans, Allan K. So, James Scott Cotton
  • Publication number: 20170176108
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for a battery has fluid-carrying panels and defines a multi-sided enclosure for enclosing at least two sides of the battery. The heat exchanger has first and second fluid-carrying panels defining first and second flow channels, where the first and second fluid-carrying panels are arranged at an angle to another. The heat exchanger may also include a third fluid-carrying panel defining a third flow channel, and being arranged at an angle to the second fluid-carrying panel. The heat exchanger has first and second plates sealingly joined together along their peripheries and defining a fluid flow passageway between their central fluid flow areas. The second plate may be compliant, its central fluid flow area being deformable away from the central fluid flow area of the first plate in response to a pressure of a fluid inside the fluid flow passageway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: DANA CANADA CORPORATION
    Inventors: HERVÉ PALANCHON, BENJAMIN A. KENNEY, ALLAN K. SO
  • Publication number: 20160359211
    Abstract: A heat exchanger panel has a heat transfer surface with first and second heat transfer zones of different cooling capacities. Each zone has a subgroup of fluid flow passages having a flow capacity, each extending between a fluid inlet passage and a fluid outlet passage. Where one of the zones is adapted for cooling the tabs of a battery cell, the heat exchanger panel comprises at least one first header located at an end of the panel, including a fluid inlet header and/or a fluid outlet header, a second header at the opposite end of the panel, and a plurality of flow passages extending between the headers. At least one header has a height which is greater than the height of the flow passages, and is substantially the same as a spacing between tabs of adjacent batteries when separated by one of said heat exchanger panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Benjamin A. Kenney, Meinrad K. A. Machler, Allan K. So
  • Publication number: 20160018169
    Abstract: A heat exchanger comprises: (a) at least one plate pair comprising a first plate and a second plate and having a first end and a second end; (b) a fluid flow passage for flow of a first fluid defined between the first plate and the second plate of each of said plate pairs; (c) an inlet opening and an outlet opening provided in each of said plate pairs, wherein the fluid flow passage extends between the inlet opening and the outlet opening, and wherein the inlet opening and the outlet opening in each said plate pair are proximate to the first end; (d) an elongate flow barrier separating the fluid flow passage of each said plate pair into an inlet portion in which the inlet is located, and an outlet portion in which the outlet is located, wherein the flow barrier extends from the first end to a terminal end proximate to the second end of the plate pair, and wherein the flow barrier includes a gap through which fluid flow communication is provided between the inlet portion and the outlet portion of the fluid f
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Eric W. Powell, Michael Bardeleben, Allan K. So, Andrew Buckrell, Benjamin A. Kenney
  • Patent number: 9121316
    Abstract: A device for recovering heat from a hot gas stream comprises a gas diverter valve and a gas/liquid heat exchanger. The diverter valve comprises a valve body; a valve element movable between a bypass position and a heat exchange position; and a gas inlet and a gas outlet formed in the valve body. The heat exchanger comprises a heat exchanger core comprised of a stack of core plates arranged parallel to the exhaust gas flow path, and the heat exchanger is located outside the exhaust gas flow path and may be spaced therefrom so as to avoid unwanted heat transfer with the valve in bypass mode. The heat exchanger may include a bottom-most gas flow path adjacent to the bottom plate, and may include a mounting plate which is mechanically secured to the valve body, with a thermally insulating gasket provided between the mounting plate and the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Dana Canada Corporation
    Inventors: Ihab Edward Gerges, John G. Burgers, Doug Vanderwees, Alan K. Wu, Michael A. Martin, Michael Bardeleben, Allan K. So
  • Patent number: 8733427
    Abstract: A heat exchanger has a pair of heat exchange conduits having adjacent primary heat exchange surfaces thermally coupled together for the transfer of heat energy between the conduits. A third fluid conduit has a primary heat transfer surface thermally coupled to the primary heat transfer surfaces of the pair of fluid conduits, so that heat can be transferred between any one of the fluid conduits and each of the other fluid conduits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Dana Canada Corporation
    Inventors: Allan K. So, Mark S. Kozdras
  • Patent number: 8453719
    Abstract: A heat exchanger, turbulizer or heat transfer surface, and a method of making same wherein the turbulizer is a corrugated member having parallel, spaced-apart ridges and planar fins extending therebetween. The planar fins have spaced-apart apertures with opposed peripheral edge portions including transversely extending flanges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Dana Canada Corporation
    Inventors: Bryan Sperandei, Bruce Evans, Allan K. So, James Scott Cotton
  • Publication number: 20130061584
    Abstract: A device for recovering heat from a hot gas stream comprises a gas diverter valve and a gas/liquid heat exchanger. The diverter valve comprises a valve body; a valve element movable between a bypass position and a heat exchange position; and a gas inlet and a gas outlet formed in the valve body. The heat exchanger comprises a heat exchanger core comprised of a stack of core plates arranged parallel to the exhaust gas flow path, and the heat exchanger is located outside the exhaust gas flow path and may be spaced therefrom so as to avoid unwanted heat transfer with the valve in bypass mode. The heat exchanger may include a bottom-most gas flow path adjacent to the bottom plate, and may include a mounting plate which is mechanically secured to the valve body, with a thermally insulating gasket provided between the mounting plate and the valve body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Dana Canada Corporation
    Inventors: Ihab Edward Gerges, John G. Burgers, Doug Vanderwees, Alan K. Wu, Michael A. Martin, Michael Bardeleben, Allan K. So
  • Patent number: 8191615
    Abstract: A heat exchanger apparatus is provided wherein a multifluid or at least three-fluid heat exchanger is mounted externally to but in combination with a two-fluid heat exchanger. The multifluid heat exchanger includes three fluid passages or conduits wherein heat energy can be transferred efficiently between at least one of the fluid conduits and each of the other fluid conduits. The multifluid heat exchanger and two fluid heat exchanger are arranged so that the two heat exchangers share a common fluid, the multifluid heat exchanger, therefore, allowing heat transfer to or from the common fluid to the two other fluids in the multifluid heat exchanger thereby improving the overall heat transfer amongst the fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Dana Canada Corporation
    Inventors: Allan K. So, Mark S. Kozdras
  • Publication number: 20110180241
    Abstract: A heat exchanger has a pair of heat exchange conduits having adjacent primary heat exchange surfaces thermally coupled together for the transfer of heat energy between the conduits. A third fluid conduit has a primary heat transfer surface thermally coupled to the primary heat transfer surfaces of the pair of fluid conduits, so that heat can be transferred between any one of the fluid conduits and each of the other fluid conduits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Allan K. So, Mark S. Kozdras
  • Patent number: 7946339
    Abstract: A heat exchanger has a pair of heat exchange conduits having adjacent primary heat exchange surfaces thermally coupled together for the transfer of heat energy between the conduits. A third fluid conduit has a primary heat transfer surface thermally coupled to the primary heat transfer surfaces of the pair of fluid conduits, so that heat can be transferred between any one of the fluid conduits and each of the other fluid conduits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Dana Canada Corporation
    Inventors: Allan K. So, Mark S. Kozdras
  • Patent number: 7703505
    Abstract: A heat exchanger has at least three tubular conduits spaced apart for the flow of air between and around the conduits. The conduits communicate with inlet and outlet manifolds for the flow of a first liquid through the conduits. An intermediate conduit is located between at least two, but not all, of the spaced-apart tubular conduits, and the intermediate conduit has inlet and outlet openings for the flow of a second liquid through the intermediate conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Dana Canada Corporation
    Inventors: Allan K. So, Mark S. Kozdras
  • Publication number: 20090260789
    Abstract: A heat exchanger incorporating a turbulizer or heat transfer surface wherein the turbulizer is a corrugated member having parallel spaced-apart ridges and planar portions extending therebetween. The heat transfer surface has a plurality of micro-openings formed over at least a portion of its surface so as to create a uniform porosity over the portions of the turbulizer in which they are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: DANA CANADA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bryan Sperandei, Allan K. So, Thomas Seiler
  • Publication number: 20080121381
    Abstract: A heat exchanger apparatus is provided wherein a multifluid or at least three-fluid heat exchanger is mounted externally to but in combination with a two-fluid heat exchanger. The multifluid heat exchanger includes three fluid passages or conduits wherein heat energy can be transferred efficiently between at least one of the fluid conduits and each of the other fluid conduits. The multifluid heat exchanger and two fluid heat exchanger are arranged so that the two heat exchangers share a common fluid, the multifluid heat exchanger, therefore, allowing heat transfer to or from the common fluid to the two other fluids in the multifluid heat exchanger thereby improving the overall heat transfer amongst the fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2006
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventors: ALLAN K. SO, MARK S. KOZDRAS
  • Publication number: 20080121382
    Abstract: A heat exchanger has at least three tubular conduits spaced apart for the flow of air between and around the conduits. The conduits communicate with inlet and outlet manifolds for the flow of a first liquid through the conduits. An intermediate conduit is located between at least two, but not all, of the spaced-apart tubular conduits, and the intermediate conduit has inlet and outlet openings for the flow of a second liquid through the intermediate conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2006
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventors: ALLAN K. SO, MARK S. KOZDRAS