Patents Issued in July 4, 2013
  • Publication number: 20130168031
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing a tire and a wheel for forming a tire wheel assembly is disclosed. The apparatus includes a tire support member including a first tire support member, a second tire support member and a third tire support member. Each of the first, second and third tire support members include an upper surface and a lower surface. The apparatus includes a plurality of tire engaging devices including a first tire tread engaging post and a second tire tread engaging post. A method for processing a tire and a wheel for forming a tire wheel assembly is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: Android Industries LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Lawson, Robert Reece, Joshua J. Hicks, Barry A. Clark
  • Publication number: 20130168032
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing a tire and a wheel for forming a tire wheel assembly is disclosed. The apparatus includes a tire support member including a first tire support member, a second tire support member and a third tire support member. Each of the first, second and third tire support members include an upper surface and a lower surface. The apparatus includes a plurality of tire engaging devices including a first tire tread engaging post and a second tire tread engaging post. A method for processing a tire and a wheel for forming a tire wheel assembly is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: Android Industries LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Lawson, Robert Reece, Joshua J. Hicks, Barry A. Clark
  • Publication number: 20130168033
    Abstract: A railcar safety system utilizes a flexible net system removably secured across an open end of the railcar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: Otis D. Dier, Thomas S. Broderick
  • Publication number: 20130168034
    Abstract: A sunshade device includes a pair of rails disposed so as to have a gradually decreasing spacing therebetween, a windup device disposed between proximal ends of the pair of rails, a shade configured to be drawn from and housed in the windup device, a stay attached to a short side edge of the shade, a pair of shafts respectively inserted into the stay so as to move along a longitudinal direction thereof at both ends of the stay, and a pair of runners respectively provided so as to move along the pair of rails and coupled to the pair of shafts. Provided at least on one end side of the stay is a rotation mechanism causing the stay to change its position upon reception of a force by which the shafts move along the longitudinal direction of the stay as the pair of runners move along the pair of rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naochika Katada
  • Publication number: 20130168035
    Abstract: A casting assembly for manufacturing a lock of a railcar coupler includes drag and cope portions of a first mold that defines exterior surfaces of the lock, wherein the first mold comprises a first molding material. The casting assembly also includes a second mold formed of a second molding material. The second mold defines a cavity with an interior surface that substantially complements an exterior surface of the first mold. A down sprue is formed in the second mold. A gating system is formed in the second mold that and is in fluid communication with the down sprue. An in-gate is formed in the second mold and is in fluid communication with the gating system and the first mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: F. Andrew Nibouar, Jerry R. Smerecky, Kelly S. Day, Nick Salamasick
  • Publication number: 20130168036
    Abstract: A casting apparatus for casting a railcar coupler, which includes a shank portion and a head portion, includes cope and drag portions that define an external shape of the coupler. The casting apparatus also includes one or more cores that define an interior of the shank portion and a separate head core with an exterior that defines an interior of the head portion that includes lock chamber, guard arm side portion, and knuckle side portions of the head. The head core is a single piece with a hollow center section that defines a front face gating system that includes at least one in-gate configured to direct molten material to top and bottom regions of the head to define the lock chamber, guard arm side portion, and knuckle side of the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: F. Andrew Nibouar, Jerry R. Smerecky, Kelly S. Day, Nick Salamasick
  • Publication number: 20130168037
    Abstract: A casting furnace for manufacturing a metal casting comprises an interior chamber and a secondary chamber through which the metal casting passes from the interior chamber into external atmosphere. A seal along the secondary chamber surrounds and seals against the metal casting to separate the interior chamber from the external atmosphere in a manner which allows for an extended period of continuous casting. A force producing mechanism may force the seal against the metal casting. Multiple seals may be used sequentially to increase the duration of the sealing capability and the continuous casting process. Inert gas sensors may detect loss of inert gas from the interior chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: RTI INTERNATIONAL METALS, INC.
    Inventor: RTI International Metals, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130168038
    Abstract: An air conditioner control device controls a plurality of air conditioners installed at different positions in a predetermined living room space. A memory unit manages presence and absence data on people who are in a room air-conditioned by each of the air conditioners. Based on the managed presence and absence data, a number-of-people-in-the-room calculation unit calculates, on a per-air-conditioner basis, the number of people who are in the room air-conditioned by each of the air conditioners. A control time determination unit increases or decreases the control time during which an energy saving control of each of the air conditioners is executed, depending on the calculated number of people in the room. A control execution unit repeatedly executes the energy saving control of each of the air conditioners, according to the determined control time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Taichi Ishizaka
  • Publication number: 20130168039
    Abstract: An air guide structure of a radiator built into a straddle vehicle which exchanges heat between a cooling medium of a driving power source and ram air to release heat from the cooling medium. The air guide structure includes an electric fan provided at a core of the radiator such that it is disposed in close proximity to the core at a downstream side in a flow direction of the ram air, and a shroud provided to cover the electric fan from the downstream side and cover the electric fan from above and from both lateral sides, the shroud being open in a downward direction. The core of the radiator is provided with a ram air passage region outside of a portion of the core which is covered with the shroud when viewed in the flow direction of the ram air travelling through the ram air passage region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Publication number: 20130168040
    Abstract: A ceiling or wall element for fixing to a ceiling or a wall is provided with a frame that has a base plate which can be fixed to the ceiling and/or to the wall. A heating or cooling register is arranged in or on the frame. A non-woven fabric and a perforated graphite film are disposed between the base plate of the frame and the heating or cooling register.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: SGL CARBON SE
    Inventors: WERNER GUCKERT, CHRISTIAN KIPFELSBERGER, SIEGFRIED RAUCH, THOMAS HEINDL, ROBERT MICHELS
  • Publication number: 20130168041
    Abstract: An HVAC duct or utilicore for substantially containing air flowing longitudinally therethrough has at least one wall comprised of a poured high thermal mass material with at least one pipe embedded therein during a pouring process, the at least one pipe for circulating a fluid throughout the at least one wall at a temperature that is different from an ambient temperature of the air flowing through the utilicore, for effecting heat transfer through the at least one wall between the fluid in the at least one conduit and the air flowing through the utilicore. A side wall of an elongate monolithic poured concrete building construction module, having a substantially planar main wall and at least one side wall extending substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis, having a pipe embedded therewithin, may form at least a portion of an element that defines the utilicore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: URBANETICS INC.
    Inventor: William Teron
  • Publication number: 20130168042
    Abstract: A heat exchanger having at least one corrugated sheet and a method of creating the heat exchanger are provided. The method includes providing at least one corrugated sheet. The at least one corrugated sheet has at least one joining portion and at least one groove portion. The method includes providing a joining surface for the at least one corrugated sheet. The method also includes joining the at least one corrugated sheet at the least one joining portion with the joining surface. The joining surface cooperates with the at least one groove portion of the at least one corrugated sheet to create at least one passageway. The at least one passageway is configured for the passage of fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventor: Praveen Kumar Garlapati
  • Publication number: 20130168043
    Abstract: A radiator frame (10) for a cooling module of an internal combustion engine, having a fastening element (100) for fastening the cooling module to/on/in a radiator of the internal combustion engine, the fastening element (100) having a retaining face (123), by which the cooling module (1) can be locked in a translational and optionally a rotational direction, and an individual fastening element (100) has at least two retaining faces (123) in such a way that said fastening element (100) can be seated on mating faces at/on/in the radiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
  • Publication number: 20130168044
    Abstract: A heat transmitter, in particular a tube heat transmitter, for contaminated media such as, e.g., waste gas, having a gas entry opening and a gas exit opening with an entry opening for the tempering medium and an exit opening for the tempering medium as well as a cleaning device, wherein there is arranged in a circular gap of the heat transmitter, through which the contaminated waste gas passes, a rotatable cleaning spiral of the cleaning device, the external edge of which contacts at least in one section the external transmitter surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventor: Erwin Schiefer
  • Publication number: 20130168045
    Abstract: A ram air channel arrangement includes a ram air channel adapted to be flown through with ram air, a heat exchanger disposed in the ram air channel and including a ram air inlet for feeding the ram air flowing through the ram air channel into the heat exchanger and a ram air outlet for removing the ram air from the heat exchanger, and at least one flow control device having a cross section widening in the direction of the ram air inlet and positioned in the ram air channel upstream of the ram air inlet such that it guides the ram air flowing through the ram air channel in the direction of the ram air inlet and/or and at least one flow to control device having a cross section widening in the direction of the ram air outlet and positioned in the ram air channel downstream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventor: Martin SCHMID
  • Publication number: 20130168046
    Abstract: A double flow-circuit heat exchange device for periodic positive and reverse directional pumping having at least two bi-directional fluid pumps. The bi-directional fluid pumps produce positive pressure or negative pressure at fluid ports on two sides of the bi-directional heat exchange device to periodically pump the fluid in positive and reverse flowing directions. During operation of the periodically positive and reverse pumping, the directional flow of the fluid in first and second flow fluid circuits are maintained in different flowing directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventor: Tai-Her YANG
  • Publication number: 20130168047
    Abstract: A heat dissipation module includes a fan, a heat sink and a heat pipe. The fan defines an air outlet at one side thereof. The duct extends from the fan and away from the air outlet. The duct includes a first open end communicating with the fan and a second open end adjacent to a heat generating component. The located is located at the air outlet of the fan. The heat pipe thermally interconnects the heat sink and the heat generating component. The duct guides a part of airflow generated by the fan to the heat generating component during operation of the fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YU-HSUAN WANG, CHUNG-KAI HSU, CHIA-YANG LIU
  • Publication number: 20130168048
    Abstract: A heat exchanger may include a plurality of layers arranged on top of each other, each of the layers having a first cavity for the passage of a medium and a second cavity for the passage of a coolant. Each layer may define a through hole for the passage of the medium and each layer may include a frame in which a turbulence insert may be inserted. Each frame may have an end region configured to define at least one channel closure and the through holds for the passage of the medium. The frame may have a guide opening for receiving an assembly aid and the guide opening may be formed between the through holes and the channel closure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Velte, Wilhelm Grauer
  • Publication number: 20130168049
    Abstract: A process for transferring heat comprising the following steps: (1) transferring heat from a body to a first heat transfer system by means of a secondary loop passageway comprising a heat transfer fluid and, optionally, (2) transferring heat from a second heat transfer system to said body by means of said secondary loop passageway comprising said heat transfer fluid, wherein: said second heat transfer system being the same as or different from said first heat transfer system, said secondary loop passageway comprises at least one polymer sealant selected from a rubber seal and a plastic pipe; and said heat transfer fluid comprises one or more linear perfluoropolyethers having formula RF—(OCF2)n(OCF2CF2)m(OCF2(CF2)zCF2)p—ORF (I), wherein RF, equal or different at each occurrence, is a C1-C3 perfluoroalkyl group, m, n and p, equal to or different from each other, are integers comprised between 0 and 100, the sum m+n being higher than 0, and z is equal to 1 or 2, and wherein said heat transfer fluid is circulat
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS ITALY S.P.A.
    Inventors: Pier Antonio Guarda, Gianfranco Spataro, Vincent Pierre Meunier
  • Publication number: 20130168050
    Abstract: A heat exchange assembly for use in cooling an electrical component is described herein. The heat assembly includes a casing that includes an evaporator section, a condenser section, and a transport section extending between the evaporator section and the condenser section along a longitudinal axis. The casing is configured to bend along a bending axis oriented with respect to the transport section. The casing also includes at least one sidewall that includes at least one fluid chamber extending between the evaporator section and the condenser section to channel a working fluid between the evaporator section and the condenser section. A plurality of fluid channels are defined within the inner surface to channel liquid fluid from the condenser section to the evaporator section. At least one vapor channel is defined within the inner surface to channel gaseous fluid from the evaporator section to the condenser section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: Shakti Singh Chauhan, Stanton Earl Weaver, JR., Tao Deng, Christopher Michael Eastman, Wenwu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130168051
    Abstract: A heat dissipating apparatus includes a base, a first fin assembly, a second fin assembly, a first heat pipe, and a second heat pipe. The first fin assembly and the second fin assembly are disposed on the top surface of the base. The first fin assembly defines a first through hole. The second fin assembly defines a second through hole. The second fin assembly is a structural mirror image of the first fin assembly. The first heat pipe includes a first contacting portion in contact with the base and a second contacting portion received in the first through hole of the first fin assembly. The second heat pipe includes a third contacting portion in contact with the base and a fourth contacting portion received in the second through hole of the second fin assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventor: SHUANG FU
  • Publication number: 20130168052
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat pipe and a composition of a capillary wick thereof. The heat pipe includes a main body, a capillary wick and a working fluid. The main body has an inner wall surface. The capillary wick is combined on the inner wall surface. The capillary wick includes a first capillary powder of 30 weight percent and a second capillary powder of 70 weight percent. The size of particles of the first capillary powder is smaller than that of the second capillary powder. The working fluid is filled in the main body of the heat pipe. The first capillary powder and the second capillary powder are mixed to each other uniformly to be sintered on the inner wall surface of the heat pipe. By this arrangement, the heat pipe can achieve the maximum performance to remove the heat generated by an electronic element rapidly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: George Anthony Meyer, IV, Chien-Hung Sun, Chieh-Ping Chen, Ming-Kuei Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20130168053
    Abstract: A thin heat pipe structure includes a pipe body and at least one wick structure. The pipe body has a vaporizing end internally defining a first chamber, and a condensing end internally defining a second chamber communicating with the first chamber. A space in the first chamber is smaller than that in the second chamber. The wick structure is provided in the first and the second chamber, such that at least one channel is defined in the pipe body by the wick structure and the first and second chambers. With the above arrangements, the pressure resistance in the pipe body at the condensing end is reduced to thereby enable upgraded vapor-liquid circulation efficiency of the working fluid in the pipe body and accordingly upgraded heat dissipation effect of the thin heat pipe structure. A method of forming the thin heat pipe structure is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chun-Ming Wu
  • Publication number: 20130168054
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat pipe and a method for manufacturing the same. The heat pipe includes a main body having a chamber. The chamber has at least one wick region and at least one flowing channel region. The wick region is positioned adjacent to the flowing channel region and both of them axially extend in the chamber. The wick region is provided on an inner wall of the chamber. An area occupied by the wick region is smaller than a half of the circumference of the inner wall of the chamber. A wick structure in the heat pipe can be prevented from suffering damage during its production and the yield of production is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hsiu-Wei Yang
  • Publication number: 20130168055
    Abstract: A thermal module includes a heat sink and a heat pipe. The heat sink has a heat absorption section and a heat dissipation section. The heat dissipation section has multiple radiating fins. The heat absorption section is formed with at least one receiving groove. The heat pipe is received in the receiving groove. The heat pipe has a first end, a second end, a middle section and at least one conduction section. The first and second ends and the middle section are arranged in adjacency to each other to together define a first section. The conduction section winds around the first section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chun-Ming Wu
  • Publication number: 20130168056
    Abstract: A heat-dissipating device includes a base and a heat pipe. One side of the base is provided with an accommodating trough for accommodating the heat pipe. The heat pipe has a first heat-absorbing section, a second heat-absorbing section, a third heat-absorbing section provided between the first heat-absorbing section and the second heat-absorbing section, a first heat transfer section, and a second heat transfer section. The first, second and third heat-absorbing sections conduct the heat to the first and second heat transfer sections, and thus the heat-dissipating effect of the present invention is improved greatly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chun-Ming Wu
  • Publication number: 20130168057
    Abstract: A modular heat shield and heat spreader (“MHS”) includes top and bottom panels, and a plurality of thermally conductive pillars located between the panels and which support the top panel. A continuous pool of liquid between the panels surrounds some portion of the pillars. Heat to which the top panel is exposed is conducted through the top panel and at least some of the pillars. The heat changes the phase of some of the liquid to a vapor, which spreads the heat to an area larger than that of the heat source and thereby dissipates the heat away from the source at a lower heat flux than that associated with the flux from the source. The MHS preferably includes wicking material on some of the pillars and on the underside of the top panel, such that the wicking material is saturated with the liquid and heated by the conducted heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC
    Inventor: Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC
  • Publication number: 20130168058
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods for effective cooling of electronic devices are presented herein. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention comprise one or more heat pipes thermally coupled to electronic components and to a first heat sink and a second heat sink. The heat pipes are constructed to transfer heat generated at the one or more electronic components to the first heat sink and to the second heat sink. The first heat sink is operable to transfer heat energy to the ambient air using dissipation or advection. The second heat sink is able to transfer heat energy to the ambient air using dissipation. A controller is operable to switch between a passive mode of operation and an active mode of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS, LP
    Inventor: DELL PRODUCTS, LP
  • Publication number: 20130168059
    Abstract: A pumped refrigerant cooling system having cooling units with associated pumping units for providing working fluid to the cooling unit to enable cooling of a space. The pumped refrigerant cooling system also includes a redundant pumping unit which is activated when a primary pumping unit associated with a cooling unit becomes inactive. The primary pumping unit is deactivated in favor of the redundant pumping unit. Once the primary pumping unit is placed in a condition suitable for reactivation, the redundant pumping unit is deactivated, and the primary pumping unit is reactivated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: Liebert Corporation
    Inventor: Liebert Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130168060
    Abstract: A thermal module includes a heat radiating unit, a heat transfer unit, and at least one cross-flow fan. The heat radiating unit has an air inlet and an air outlet that communicate with each other. The heat transfer unit has a heat absorbing section attached to a heat source and a heat dissipating section extended from the heat absorbing section to connect to the heat radiating unit. The cross-flow fan is arranged opposite to the heat radiating unit with an air-out side of the cross-flow fan located adjoining to the air inlet of the heat radiating unit. With the above arrangements, the thermal module occupies a largely reduced area while providing largely upgraded heat dissipation effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: Bor-Haw Chang, Chin-Sung Pan, Liang-ji Chang
  • Publication number: 20130168061
    Abstract: A heat dissipation assembly includes a base, two heat pipes, a first heat sink, and a fan. The first heat sink includes a first fin assembly installed to one of the heat pipe, and a second fin assembly installed to the other heat pipe. The fan is installed to the first fin assembly opposite to the second fin assembly. The first fin assembly includes a plurality of first fins spaced from and parallel to one another. The second fin assembly includes a plurality of second fins spaced from and parallel to one another. The first fins are misaligned with the second fins. Each heat pipe is mounted to the base, and extends through the first or second fins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: JING-YA HE
  • Publication number: 20130168062
    Abstract: A wind shielding device for a heat dissipating device of an electronic device includes a case defining an air outlet communicating with an exhaust hole of a blower, a plurality of blades rotatably received in the case, a retainer base fixed in the case, and a retainer element mounted on the retainer base. When wind blowing outwards from the exhaust hole spins the blades, the blades knock the retainer element out of the way, the retainer element is rotated and allows the blades to continuously rotate. When air from the outside attempts to enter the exhaust hole, the blades are spun to contact the other side of the retainer element, and the retainer element prevents further rotation in that direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventor: YAO-TING CHANG
  • Publication number: 20130168063
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a chassis, a cooler, and a fan assembly. The chassis includes a bottom plate and defines an air inlet and an air outlet. The cooler is secured to the bottom plate. The fan assembly is secured to the bottom plate and defines a case and a roller received in the case. The roller includes a shaft and a number of blades secured to the shaft. An area of the air inlet is greater than an area of the air outlet. The fan assembly is capable of drawing in air into the roller. The air flows into the air inlet along a first direction. The air flows out of the air outlet along a second direction. The first direction is substantially parallel to the second direction. The first direction is substantially perpendicular to the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHIA-HUNG HUNG, TE-YAO YEH, KENG-CHIH LIN, CHIA-HSIEN CHANG
  • Publication number: 20130168064
    Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes a casing having an air inlet and an air outlet and having therein an air passage, and a heat exchanger and an air-sending fan which are arranged in the air passage in the casing. The air passage is divided into a plurality of air passage sections by, for example, a partition. The air-conditioning apparatus can reduce pressure loss in an indoor unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Akiyoshi, Satoshi Michihata, Shoji Yamada, Tomoya Fukui
  • Publication number: 20130168065
    Abstract: A fixing device for fixing a fan includes a support and a number of fastening members. The fan includes two opposite sidewalls each defining a number of fixing holes. The support includes a fixing plate defining a vent area and a number of slots located around the vent area. Each fastening member includes a sleeve member and an inserting member. The sleeve member is inserted into the corresponding slot of the fixing plate and extended through the corresponding fixing hole of one of the sidewalls of the fan. The inserting member is extended through the corresponding fixing hole of the other sidewall of the fan, to engage with the sleeve. A first block protrudes from the sleeve to abut against the fixing plate. A second block protrudes from the inserting pole to abut against the other sidewall of the fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: ZHENG-HENG SUN
  • Publication number: 20130168066
    Abstract: An enclosure includes a chassis and an airflow guiding duct. The chassis includes a bottom plate and a rear plate connected to the bottom plate. The bottom plate defines two cutouts providing a pivot point. Two latch pieces with holes are located on the rear plate. The airflow guiding duct pivots on the bottom plate cutouts. Resilient pieces extend from each sidewall of the guiding duct. Each of the two resilient pieces is engaged in the latch holes, to secure the airflow guiding duct to the chassis. Each of the two resilient pieces is deformable to allow quick disengagement from the latch hole, to release the airflow guiding duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: LIANG-CHIN WANG, YU-MING XIAO, ZAN LI, ZHI-JUN FU
  • Publication number: 20130168067
    Abstract: A HVAC system includes a cabinet configured as a duct, a coil assembly disposed within the cabinet, and at least one barrier configured to substantially segregate a low pressure zone associated with a downstream side of a heat exchanger of the coil assembly from a high pressure zone, wherein a leakage path is provided between the high pressure zone and the low pressure zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: Trane International Inc.
    Inventor: Trane International Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130168068
    Abstract: A cold plate comprises a cold plate body having a base for thermally engaging a heat-generating device, a plurality of internal channels extending through the cold plate body for the passage of a liquid coolant, a first region between the base and the plurality of internal channels, and a second region between the plurality of internal channels and a top that is generally opposite the base from the plurality of internal channels. The cold plate body is made from a first thermally conductive material. The cold plate also comprises at least one thermally conductive member extending around the plurality of channels from the first region below the plurality of channels to the second region above the plurality of channels. The at least one thermally conductive member has a greater thermal conductivity than the first thermally conductive material to move heat from the first region to the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Zhen Huang, Vinod Kamath, Howard V. Mahaney, JR., Chunjian Ni, Mark E. Steinke, Jamil A. Wakil
  • Publication number: 20130168069
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a plurality of tubes extending between two tank bodies. At least one tank body includes a crown portion. At least one groove is formed in the crown portion. In order to avoid the creation of a thinner wall section in the crown portion, the inner and outer surfaces that form the groove are offset from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: DENSO INTERNATIONAL AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Eric Ranes, Dwayne Robert Taylor, Christopher Lashay Zuber
  • Publication number: 20130168070
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly having an insertable distributor tube retainer tab configured to position and retain a distributor tube disposed within a first manifold extending along an axis Amanifold. The first manifold includes a manifold wall having an interior surface defining an interior chamber, an exterior surface opposite of the interior surface, and a retainer slot connecting the interior surface and the exterior surface. The retainer slot extends substantially transverse to the manifold axis Amanifold. The retainer tab is inserted through the retainer slot and includes a first tab portion disposed within the interior chamber and a second tab portion 104 engaged to the wall of the first manifold, and may also include a third tab portion engaged to a width surface of the retainer slot. The retainer tab includes a tab opening configured to engage and maintain the distributor tube within the predetermined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Delphi Technologies, Inc
  • Publication number: 20130168071
    Abstract: 3D porous material comprises at least one machined side. The machined side has a solid percentage Ps being (1?Po), said Po is the porosity of the bulk of said 3D porous material and said Ps is within the 99.5% confidence interval. The present invention provides the method of manufacturing such 3D porous material. Preferably, the 3D porous material is open cell metal foam. The present invention also provides use of such open cell metal foam in a heat exchanger. The present invention further provides a heat exchanger comprising open cell metal foam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: Johan Hugelier, Peter De Jaeger, Johan Priem
  • Publication number: 20130168072
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to constructing a heat exchanger using nanoink as a thermal bond interface between portions of the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger may comprise fins and at least one base. A nanoink may be applied to at least a portion of the fins. The pieces of the heat exchanger may be sintered such that the nanoink melts and forms a bond between the pieces of the heat exchanger. Some embodiments include a second base. Some embodiments incorporate dissimilar materials within the heat exchanger construction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: DAVID L. VOS, Stephen Schober
  • Publication number: 20130168073
    Abstract: A fluid heating system for a work vehicle including a pressurized fluid circuit, a pump, and a fan for cooling fluid of the fluid circuit. Pressurized fluid of the fluid circuit provided to the fan results in fan operation. A speed of the fan corresponds to a flow rate of pressurized fluid of the fluid circuit provided to the fan. A control device is in fluid communication with the fluid circuit, the control device operable between a first position and a second position. The first position of the control device results in substantially all of the fluid of the fluid circuit being provided to the fan. The second position of the control device results in at least a portion of the fluid of the fluid circuit bypassing the fan, thereby reducing the speed of the fan while increasing a pressure magnitude and increasing a temperature of the fluid system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: CNH AMERICA LLC
    Inventor: CNH AMERICA LLC
  • Publication number: 20130168074
    Abstract: A method of controlling the temperature of a liquid held within a reaction container in a chamber of a thermal cycling apparatus, the method including determining a sensed chamber temperature from a temperature sensor in the chamber, determining an air temperature using the sensed chamber temperature, determining a liquid temperature using the air temperature and selectively heating or cooling air in the chamber in accordance with the liquid temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: CORBETT RESEARCH PTY LTD.
    Inventors: Steven N. Higginbotham, Warren Ludcke, Jason Austin
  • Publication number: 20130168075
    Abstract: A shear blade attached to a ram block. At least one bolt passage is formed at an angle at the top of the ram block. A bolt passage is formed in the shear blade that corresponds with the bolt passage on the tam block. A bolt introduced into the bolt passage of the ram block and also the bolt passage in the shear blade attaches the shear blade to the ram block. By using this technique for attaching the shear blade to the ram block, surface area of a front face of the shear blade is not further reduced. Therefore, the strength of the shear blade is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: HYDRIL USA MANUFACTURING LLC
    Inventors: Viral Shah, William L. Carbaugh, Leonard G. Childers
  • Publication number: 20130168076
    Abstract: A milling tool for enlarging portions of a wellbore. The milling tool includes a housing that defines a central bore along its length. A piston is moveably disposed within the central bore, and axial movement of the piston moves support arms radially outwardly from the housing. The support arms carry milling blades for enlarging portions of a wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventor: John P. Davis
  • Publication number: 20130168077
    Abstract: A hydraulically-actuated propellant stimulation downhole tool for hydrocarbon wells. According to one embodiment of the invention, the tool comprises a first section having an internal sidewall defining at least a portion of a flowpath, and a ported outer sidewall and a propellant volume having at least a portion within said first section. An annular portion has at least one chamber having an end positioned adjacent to the propellant volume and an inlet providing a communication path to said flowpath. A detonator assembly is located within each chamber proximal to the propellant volume such that detonation of the assembly causes detonation of the propellant volume. A firing pin is propelled toward the detonation assembly by providing communication between the chamber and the flow path, causing a pressure differential between the pressure isolated ends of the firing pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: Summit Downhole Dynamics, Ltd.
    Inventor: Summit Downhole Dynamics, Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20130168078
    Abstract: A release assembly (200) for releasing a portion of a tool string in a wellbore. The release assembly (200) includes an outer housing (202) having a fishing receptacle (206) disposed therein. The fishing receptacle (206) includes a fishing neck (208). A support assembly (214) is disposed within the housing (202). The support assembly (214) has a first position wherein the support assembly (214) engages the fishing neck (208) to prevent separation of the fishing receptacle (206) from the housing (202) and a second position wherein the support assembly (214) is disengaged from the fishing neck (208) no longer preventing separation of the fishing receptacle (206) from the housing (202). An actuator (224), disposed within the housing (202), maintains the support assembly (214) in the first position until actuation thereof allows the support assembly (214) to shift to the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130168079
    Abstract: A pipe choke for use in drilling and mining operations comprising a body including a first end and a second end configured to couple to a pipe, an opening extending through the body from the first end to the second end, and wherein the body includes a first phase comprising recrystallized silicon carbide and a second phase comprising silicon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: Christopher J. Reilly, Edmund A. Cortellini, Robin M. Harrington
  • Publication number: 20130168080
    Abstract: A downhole assembly able to generate a vibrational output reliant upon a fluid feed drive to cause relative rotation extending magnetic arrays and thereby a relative longitudinal vibration causing reciprocation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: Flexidrill Limited
    Inventors: Peter Evan Powell, Roland Greenwood, Danny Sisson