Radial Flow Through Annular Heating Or Cooling Means Patents (Class 165/125)
  • Patent number: 7367380
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a turn-fin condenser. The turn-fin condenser employs a turn-fin tube adhesively wound in a spiral shape around an outer surface of the tube in which refrigerant flows. The condenser comprises a coil type turn-fin tube 10 wound in a coil shape and fixed by inner and outer brackets 20 and 30 surrounding an outer peripheral surface of the coil type turn-fin tube, a motor 40 positioned in an inner space formed by the coil type turn-fin tube 10, a blowing fan 50 for taking ambient air in the coil type turn-fin tube 10 after being driven by the motor 40, and a tube wall 80 spirally wound with tube 11 extending out of the inner and outer brackets 20 and 30 at the rear side of the coil type turn-fin tube 10. The turn-fin condenser is easily manufactured and allows a greater quantity of air contact with turn-fins, thereby enhancing heat exchange efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Korea Bundy Corp.
    Inventors: Dong Ha Lee, Mun Jae Im
  • Patent number: 7331380
    Abstract: A heat sink removes heat from an electronic device and comprises a base, a lid. An inner ring of first fins extend radially outwardly first length from an inner circle and extend axially a first height from the top surface of the base, and an outer ring of second fins extend radially inwardly a second length from an outer periphery and extend axially a second height from the top surface of the base. A confining plate extends radially above the fins and is spaced below the bottom surface of the lid whereby coolant fluid flows from an inlet opening of the lid through the center opening of the confining plate and radially outwardly through the fins and upward around the outer edge of the confining plate and into the space above the confining plate to an outlet opening. A nozzle having a throat is disposed above the lid and extends below the lid to the confining plate. A flow diverter extends upwardly from the top surface of the base and into and through the throat of the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Debashis Ghosh, Mohinder Singh Bhatti, Ilya Reyzin, Mark Joseph Parisi
  • Patent number: 7322405
    Abstract: In a heat exchanger, a plurality of heat conductive pipes forming first passages are provided between an outer wall plate and an inner wall plate. Air flows through the first passages. Second passages are formed between the heat conductive pipes. An exhaust gas flows through the second passages. Each of the heat conductive pipes has opposite walls limiting the passage width of the first passage. The walls are formed along involute curves. The second passages are formed by providing adjacent heat conductive pipes along the involute curves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Ogawa
  • Patent number: 7299861
    Abstract: A water-cooling heat exchanger and a heat-dissipating device are mounted on a heat-generating element of a computer for rapidly guiding and dissipating the heat generated by the heat-generating element. A water-cooling head, a pump and a heat-dissipating fan are stacked up, and an annular heat exchanger is used to surround the above components, thereby to reduce the space of the whole construction to a lowest extent. With the heat-dissipating fan provided in the center of the annular heat exchanger, the airflow generated by the heat-dissipating fan can blow the heat exchanger in multiple directions, thereby to obtain the optimal effect of heat dissipation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Cooler Master Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Lieh-Feng Lo
  • Patent number: 7289330
    Abstract: A heat sink assembly (100) includes a heat sink (10) having a plurality of fins (14), a fan handle (24) buckled with the fins and a fan (30) mounted on the heat sink (10) via the fan handle. The fan handle includes a retaining body (26) clasping two adjacent fins having a space therebetween. A screw (22) is extended through the fan and into the space of the two adjacent fins. The retaining body includes a pair of opposite lateral walls (260) clamping opposite sides of the two adjacent fins, for preventing the two adjacent fins from being over expanded outwardly during the insertion of the screw into the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignees: Fu Shun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cui-Jun Lu, Ling-Bo Cao, Song-Shui Liu
  • Patent number: 7278472
    Abstract: An improved combustion air charger, such as a turbocharger or a supercharger, includes a housing (10) having a rotary shaft (18) journalled therein. At least one compressor wheel (20,22) is located on the shaft (18). The housing (10) includes an ambient inlet (30) as well as a compressed air outlet (32) and a heat exchanger (36) is located between at least one of the compressor wheels (20) and the outlet (32) and is arranged so that air flow through the heat exchanger (36) is generally in the radially inward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Steven P. Meshenky, Robert J. Barfknecht, James J. Hennes, Kenneth M. Cornell
  • Patent number: 7273091
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus for heat generating devices such as semiconductor chips comprises a parallel disk fan in the middle of a set of heat sink fins. The parallel disk fan has radial elements placed between the disks to efficiently create air flow without turbulence. Cooling efficiency is further enhanced when heat dissipation through the parallel disks of the fan is introduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Manish Bahl, Lawrence S. Mok
  • Patent number: 7225862
    Abstract: Provided is a high-performance heat exchanger. A porous material is formed on one side of the heat exchanger. The porous material exchanges heat with a coolant pipe and/or a fin. Pores formed in the porous material improve exchanging heat with the air, thereby improving a heat exchanging performance of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sim Won Chin, Dong Su Moon
  • Patent number: 7172016
    Abstract: A header construction intended for use in a heat exchanger (36) employed in a relatively high pressure application includes an array of generally parallel tube runs (84) with fins (82) extending between adjacent ones of the tube runs. At least one relatively flat header plate (86) has a plurality of tube slots (88) for receiving ends (90) of the tubes (84) and a tank (94) is mounted to and sealed to the header plate (86). Peripheral flanges (112) are located about tube slots (86) in the headers and a header reinforcing plate (114) is bonded to the header plate (86) oppositely of the tank (94). Stiffening beads in the form of flanges (120) are located on the header reinforcing plate (114) between openings (118) therein through which the tubes (84) pass and extend away from the header plate (86).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Steven P. Meshenky, Robert J. Barfknecht, B. Joseph Fietkiewicz, LeRoy Goines, Peter C. Kottal
  • Patent number: 7128135
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of constructing a semiconductor chip cooling device consists of multiple fans and heat sinks to provide redundant cooling capability. Heat coming from a semiconductor chip is first distributed to several heat sinks using multiple heat pipes. The heat sinks are placed around the fan outlet such that air is pulled in near the center of the fan and then pushed to across the heat sinks. Multiple fans and heat sinks are stacked up to form a complete cooling device. An external control circuitry is used to monitor and control the fans. In case of one fan fails, the other fans will be speeded up to make up the lost of air flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence S. Mok, Pablo D. Quinones
  • Patent number: 7121328
    Abstract: A refrigerator condenser includes a spiraled tube and wire member construction to form a substantially longitudinal and rounded passage between a first end and a second end. The second end of the condenser is closed, thereby preventing longitudinal airflow through the passage and producing airflow into the passage in a substantially perpendicular direction to the condenser surface. Heat transfer to the air is thereby maximized and efficiency of the condenser is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Neil Kent McDonald, Alexander Pinkus Rafalovich
  • Patent number: 7077113
    Abstract: A combined flame arrester and intercooler for cooling intake gas for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The intercooler comprises an elongated body having a longitudinal axis. The elongated body has a central passageway that extends substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis. An inlet opening is located on one end of the elongated body such that the intake gas enters the central passageway though the inlet opening. The intercooler further includes a plurality of cooling tubes forming at least a portion of the elongated body. The plurality of tubes substantially surround the central passageway. Each of the cooling tubes is spaced from an adjacent cooling tube such that an air flow path is formed there between. The intake gas is cooled by flowing past the cooling tubes. Preferably, the intake gas flows along the central passageway in the elongated body and radially outward therefrom through the air flow path between the cooling tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Bilek, Alois Wolfsgruber, Rudolf Tscherne, Jean-Charles Pouillard, Michael Sonnleitner
  • Patent number: 7059389
    Abstract: An integrated cooling unit configured to effect the removal of heat via a circulating liquid coolant includes a reservoir to contain the liquid coolant, a tubing arrangement disposed at an outer surface of the reservoir, a pump disposed within the reservoir, and a fan configured to provide a flow of air across the tubing arrangement to remove the heat. The tubing arrangement is fluidly communicable with a heat exchanging device, and the pump is configured to circulate the liquid coolant through the tubing arrangement to the heat exchanging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Robert E. Simons
  • Patent number: 7028753
    Abstract: An electronic device has at least one component that is capable of generating a quantity of heat. The electronic device further has an air-moving device and an air duct. The air moving device is capable of creating a flow of air that removes a portion of the quantity of heat. The flow of air enters the air duct. The air duct has a restriction chamber that includes a venturi vent in which the flow of air into the duct and through the restriction chamber creates a new flow of air into the venturi vent. The new flow of air into the venturi vent does not pass over the at least one component in the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: John R. Sterner
  • Patent number: 6973965
    Abstract: A heat-exchanger assembly, which can be advantageously employed as an intercooler for an air-charging system for an internal combustion engines includes a plurality of generally wedge-shaped coolant tubes through which coolant is directed for effecting cooling of compressed air flowing about the tubes. In order to promote efficient operation, each of the wedge-shaped cooling tubes includes a plurality of coolant passages of substantially identical hydraulic diameter or cross-sectional area, thereby promoting uniform flow of coolant through each coolant tube. Each coolant tube includes outer walls which may be of a substantially uniform thickness, or which may increase in thickness across the width of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Steven P. Meshenky
  • Patent number: 6948909
    Abstract: A compact rotary compressor unit within internal intercooling includes a rotary shaft (10) with at least one compressor wheel (14,16) mounted thereon for rotation therewith. The compressor wheel (14,16) has an inlet end (18) of relatively small diameter and a radial discharge end (20) of relatively large diameter. A nominally donut-shaped intercooling heat exchanger (42) is centered about the shaft (10) to receive compressed air from the compressor wheel and cool the same. Both the compressor wheel (14,16) and the heat exchanger (42) are confined in a housing (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Steven P. Meshenky, Robert J. Barfknecht, Kenneth M. Cornell, James J. Hennes, LeRoy Goines, Peter C. Kottal
  • Patent number: 6929056
    Abstract: A rotary compressor machine, such as a combustion air charger, includes a rotatable shaft (18) having at least one compressor wheel (20,22) thereon and disposed within a housing (12,14). A donut-shaped heat exchanger (36) is located within the housing (12,14) between the compressor wheel (22) and an outlet (32) from the housing and has radially inner and outer peripheries (40,42). The outer periphery (40) defines an inlet for the heat exchanger (36) for gas discharged by the compressor wheel (20). The heat exchanger is provided with radially inner and outer flow paths defined by tubes (92) and includes a combined manifold and tank (44) which is secured and sealed to a header plate (88) receiving the tubes (92). The combined manifold and tank (44) includes first, second and third axially spaced walls (96,98,100) with each having a central opening (110,112,114).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Steven P. Meshenky, LeRoy Goines
  • Patent number: 6886624
    Abstract: A compact cooling system includes a mounting panel adapted to receive a plurality of at least three cooling units, a cooling fan, and a fan drive mechanism. The mounting panel supports the fan and drive mechanism in a manner allowing rotation of the fan about the axis of rotation. A front side of the mounting panel is adapted for receiving and supporting the cooling units in a pattern defining a cantilevered, tubular polygonal solid disposed about the fan. The mounting panel includes a convex central region extending into the tubular polygonal solid and receiving the drive mechanism in operative connection to the fan. By virtue of this arrangement, a very compact cooling system is provided. The tubular polygonal shape of the cooling units, when mounted on the mounting panel, forms an air duct for directing a flow of cooling air induced by the fan through the cooling units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Werner Zobel, Michael Ehlers, Frank Vetter, Jörg Soldner
  • Patent number: 6883593
    Abstract: A heat sink for free convection cooling in horizontal applications is provided. Specifically, the heat sink includes a plurality of spaced apart cooling fins, which are supported by an angled base. The cooling fins are transversely attached to the base and extend in a substantially vertical direction. In addition, the cooling fins extend beyond an outer edge of the base so that air can flow horizontally beneath the base and then vertically through the spaced apart cooling fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Arthur Johnson, Randall Joseph Stutzman
  • Patent number: 6857468
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooler having means for directing a cooling medium, means for directing a medium to be cooled, and an essentially axially symmetrical housing. The means for directing the medium to be cooled is arranged in such a way that the medium to be cooled, in at least one first region, flows in an essentially axial direction, and the medium to be cooled, in at least one second region, flows in a direction having a radial component. The invention also relates to a method of cooling a medium and to various uses of a cooler according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Karsten Emrich
  • Patent number: 6832643
    Abstract: Optimization of the efficiency of a compact cooling system for air cooling of at least two different heat exchange fluids is obtained in a construction including three heat exchangers (10), (12), (14) arranged in a housing-like shape with an open center. A radial fan (44) is located within the housing and is rotatable about an axis (42). A front panel (36) having an air inlet (38) on the axis (44) abuts a corresponding one of the opposed sides (26), (62) of each of the heat exchangers while a rear panel abuts the other of the opposed sides (64) of each of the heat exchangers (10), (12), (14) and journals the fan (44) for rotation about the axis (44).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Werner Zobel, Michael Ehlers, Frank Vetter, Jörg Soldner
  • Patent number: 6816373
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device for dissipating heat from an electronic package (80) includes a heat sink (10) and a fan (30). The heat sink includes a base (12) and a plurality of fins (14). The base has a first surface (122) in thermal contact with the electronic package and a pair of sloped heat dissipation surfaces (126). The fins are perpendicularly attached on the heat dissipation surfaces. The fan is supported on the heat sink. During operation of the heat dissipation device, the cooling air is drawn into the heat sink by the fan and exits the heat sink along the heat dissipation surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsieh Kun Lee, Chun-Chi Chen, Chin Hsien Lan, Meng Fu
  • Patent number: 6779591
    Abstract: A heat exchanger including a first header having an inlet therein, a second header, an outlet in one of the first and second headers, and a plurality of flat tubes extending between the first and second headers for carrying a fluid between the first and second headers. A first connector is also provided for connecting a first exterior line to one of the first and second headers, the first connector being proximate and substantially parallel to an end of one of the flat tubes. In a compact cooling system, such heat exchangers may be disposed about a radial fan directing air flow outwardly away from the fan axis. One of a system inlet and a system outlet are connected via the first exterior lines to the first connectors of at least two of the heat exchangers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Michael Ehlers, Wolfgang Knecht, Daniela Fischer, Roland Strähle, Jörg Soldner, Werner Zobel, Mark G. Voss, Frank Vetter
  • Patent number: 6764279
    Abstract: Improved efficiency is obtained in a rotary machine having a rotary shaft (18) mounting a compressor wheel (20) that discharges into a heat exchanger (36) having a core (82) with a central opening (42) in surrounding relation to the shaft (18). The heat exchanger (36) includes a coolant tank (90) on one side of the core (82) and in fluid communication with the same which serves as one boundary of radially extending space (68) through which a gas is discharged by a compressor wheel (20). A deswirling vane structure (80) causes gas discharged by the compressor wheel (22) to move radially outward within the space (68) and is formed of a material of good thermal conductivity and thermally bridged to the tank (90) to conduct heat thereto to be rejected to coolant in the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Steven P. Meshenky
  • Publication number: 20040112576
    Abstract: A heat-exchanger assembly, which can be advantageously employed as an intercooler for an air-charging system for an internal combustion engines includes a plurality of generally wedge-shaped coolant tubes through which coolant is directed for effecting cooling of compressed air flowing about the tubes. In order to promote efficient operation, each of the wedge-shaped cooling tubes includes a plurality of coolant passages of substantially identical hydraulic diameter or cross-sectional area, thereby promoting uniform flow of coolant through each coolant tube. Each coolant tube includes outer walls which may be of a substantially uniform thickness, or which may increase in thickness across the width of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventor: Steven P. Meshenky
  • Patent number: 6749007
    Abstract: A compact cooling system including a radial fan directing air flow outwardly and a plurality of heat exchangers disposed around the radial fan. Each heat exchanger has a plurality of tubes extending between an inlet header and an outlet header, with the headers extending generally in the same direction as the fan axis. A system inlet is connected to the inlet headers and a system outlet is connected to the outlet headers, whereby the length of the connection between each heat exchanger and the system outlet and system inlet is generally the same for each heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Michael Ehlers, Wolfgang Knecht, Daniela Fischer, Roland Strähle, Jörg Soldner, Werner Zobel
  • Publication number: 20040099403
    Abstract: A heat exchanger system includes one or more nonmetallic finless heat exchanging tubes. The heat exchanging tubes are coiled around a central axis, and vehicle fluid flowing through the tubes is cooled or heated by airflow perpendicular to the central axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventor: Ronald L. Dupree
  • Publication number: 20040069465
    Abstract: Disclosed is a spiral heat exchanging device having an improved cooling efficiency in which a plurality of spiral pipes connected to an inlet pipe for introducing a coolant are formed to be spirally wound with a gradually increased diameter toward a blast fan and the coolant is discharged through a discharge pipe so that the wind generated from the blast fan is spread evenly on the spiral pipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Applicant: WiniaMando Inc.
    Inventor: Young-Gil Lee
  • Publication number: 20040065433
    Abstract: A header construction intended for use in a heat exchanger (36) employed in a relatively high pressure application includes an array of generally parallel tube runs (84) with fins (82) extending between adjacent ones of the tube runs. At least one relatively flat header plate (86) has a plurality of tube slots (88) for receiving ends (90) of the tubes (84) and a tank (94) is mounted to and sealed to the header plate (86). Peripheral flanges (112) are located about tube slots (86) in the headers and a header reinforcing plate (114) is bonded to the header plate (86) oppositely of the tank (94). Stiffening beads in the form of flanges (120) are located on the header reinforcing plate (114) between openings (118) therein through which the tubes (84) pass and extend away from the header plate (86).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Applicant: Modine Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: Steven P. Meshenky, Robert J. Barfknecht, B. Joseph Fietkiewicz, LeRoy Goines, Peter C. Kottal
  • Patent number: 6712130
    Abstract: A CPU cooling structure is constructed to include a heat sink adapted for mounting on a motherboard to absorb heat from a CPU of the motherboard, a fan provided above the heat sink and adapted for causing currents of air toward the heat sink to carry heat away from the heat sink, and a flow guide mounted on the heat sink to hold the fan above the heat sink, the flow guide having two flow guide holes and an air damper suspended in between the flow guide holes and adapted for guiding air from the fan toward the center area of the heat sink for enabling air to flow through air passages in the heat sink in reversed directions to carry heat away from the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Global WIN Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shih-Jen Lin
  • Publication number: 20040055740
    Abstract: An improved combustion air charger, such as a turbocharger or a supercharger, includes a housing (10) having a rotary shaft (18) journalled therein. At least one compressor wheel (20,22) is located on the shaft (18). The housing (10) includes an ambient inlet (30) as well as a compressed air outlet (32) and a heat exchanger (36) is located between at least one of the compressor wheels (20) and the outlet (32) and is arranged so that air flow through the heat exchanger (36) is generally in the radially inward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Steven P. Meshenky, Robert J. Barfknecht, James J. Hennes, Kenneth M. Cornell
  • Patent number: 6675879
    Abstract: A compact heat exchanger system including a radial fan directing air flow outwardly away from the fan axis and a plurality of heat exchangers disposed around the radial fan. At least two of the heat exchangers include headers with longitudinal walls extending generally in the same direction as the fan axis with one of the heat exchangers disposed with its outlet header longitudinal wall adjacent the longitudinal wall of the inlet header of a second of the heat exchangers. A flow opening is provided between the adjacent longitudinal walls of the outlet header of the one heat exchanger and the inlet header of the second heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Mark G. Voss
  • Publication number: 20040000395
    Abstract: A CPU cooling structure is constructed to include a heat sink adapted for mounting on a motherboard to absorb heat from a CPU of the motherboard, a fan provided above the heat sink and adapted for causing currents of air toward the heat sink to carry heat away from the heat sink, and a flow guide mounted on the heat sink to hold the fan above the heat sink, the flow guide having two flow guide holes and an air damper suspended in between the flow guide holes and adapted for guiding air from the fan toward the center area of the heat sink for enabling air to flow through air passages in the heat sink in reversed directions to carry heat away from the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventor: Shih-Jen Lin
  • Patent number: 6666261
    Abstract: A liquid cooler (1) includes a body (10) and a cover (20) attached on the body. The body includes a base (12) with a first cavity (126) accommodating liquid, a central hollow cylinder (16) having a passage (164) in communication with the first cavity, and a plurality of vertical tubes (18) in communication with the first cavity. A plurality of fins (162) extends outwardly from the hollow cylinder. The cover defines a second cavity (26) in communication with the passage and the tubes. The liquid within the first cavity is heated by a heat-generating electronic device and moved to the second cavity through the tubes. Heated liquid which has reached the second cavity flows down through the passage along an inner surface of the hollow cylinder and returns back to the first cavity. The heated liquid is cooled by the fins conducting heat away from the hollow cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Foxconn Precision Components Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Hao Yang, Timin Zhang
  • Patent number: 6637501
    Abstract: The present heat dissipation device is provided with a fan frame and a blade structure. The fan frame includes an air inlet, an air outlet, and a curved portion. The air inlet has a non-circular indentation in the vicinity of the curved portion corresponding to the airflow passage. This indentation effectively increases the airflow amount and static pressure of the airflow expelled from the heat dissipation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Delta Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Tsu-Liang Lin, Bor Haw Chang, Yu-Hung Huang, Wen-Shi Huang
  • Patent number: 6585035
    Abstract: A transmission drives a radial fan about a fan axis in a vehicle cooling unit including a plurality of heat exchangers arranged to surround the radial fan to receive a radial air flow therefrom. A driving pulley, a driven pulley, and a idler pulley of the heat exchangers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Werner Zobel, Michael Ehlers, Frank Vetter, Jorg Soldner, Roland Strähle, Wolfgang Knecht, Mark G. Voss, Andreas Willman
  • Patent number: 6564857
    Abstract: A compact cooling system includes a mounting panel adapted to receive a plurality of at least three cooling units, a cooling fan, and a fan drive mechanism. The mounting panel supports the fan and drive mechanism in a manner allowing rotation of the fan about the axis of rotation. A front side of the mounting panel is adapted for receiving and supporting the cooling units in a pattern defining a cantilevered, tubular polygonal solid disposed about the fan. The mounting panel includes a convex central region extending into the tubular polygonal solid and receiving the drive mechanism in operative connection to the fan. By virtue of this arrangement, a very compact cooling system is provided. The tubular polygonal shape of the cooling units, when mounted on the mounting panel, forms an air duct for directing a flow of cooling air induced by the fan through the cooling units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Werner Zobel, Michael Ehlers, Frank Vetter, Jörg Soldner
  • Patent number: 6546996
    Abstract: An oil cooler for an internal combustion engine includes an oil circuit and a cooling circuit arranged in a housing with inlet opening and outlet openings. The housing has a generally annular, C-shaped structure which forms a central, axial cylindrical bore and a radially extending slot. The housing is attached to an annular plate. The bore may receive engine components, such as shafts and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Scott A. Hudson, Gerald Werner
  • Patent number: 6543523
    Abstract: To reduce noise caused by exhausted cooling air as well as to maintain a necessary amount of cooling air of a cooling fan. A cooling fan is positioned behind a radiator. A shroud surrounds an impeller coupled to a motor and a rotating shaft. The shroud has an inlet and an outlet in the shape of a bell mouth. The bell mouth shaped inlet has its front edge spaced from the rear surface of the radiator by a clearance D, and forms a space around its front peripheral edge. A space is formed via the space, and opens around the periphery of the shroud. The ratio A:B is 1:3 to 5, preferably approximately 1:4, where A denotes a difference between maximum and minimum diameters of the bell mouth shaped outlet of the shroud, and B notes a length of the shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroaki Hasumi
  • Publication number: 20030034151
    Abstract: Heat exchange devices are provided for use in ventilation and air conditioning systems where the heat carriers do not mix with one another. According to one embodiment, a heat exchanger type fan includes a casing having two inlets and two outlets, and a double-sided centrifugal impeller. The casing is divided into two isolated chambers, and the chambers together with the impeller form two isolated centrifugal fans. The impeller is made of a solid dividing disk, with backward curved blades located on both sides of the dividing disk, and intermediate blades placed between the backward curved blades and located over a periphery of the dividing disk. A ratio of a length of the backward curved blades to a distance between the intermediate blades over a mid-radius of the impeller is at least 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Applicant: ADVANCED ROTARY SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Edward Lopatinsky, Lev A. Fedoseyev, Yuriy Igorevich Fedosov, Oleg Mikhailovich Gerasimov, Victor Nikitovich Popov
  • Publication number: 20030034153
    Abstract: A self-fixturing fan shroud (12) for use with a heat exchanger assembly (13), the heat exchanger assembly (13) includes an upper horizontal surface (16), a lower, upwardly opening, horizontal channel (18), and at least one core (14 or 15) extending between the upper horizontal surface (16) and the channel (18). Each of the cores (14 and 15) has a front face (24), a back face (26), and air flow passages extending from the front face (24) to the back face (26). The fan shroud (12) comprises a covering portion (28) having an opening (30) disposed therethrough. The opening (30) is of a predetermined size sufficient to receive a fan. An upper horizontal flange (38) extends from the covering portion (28) to rest on the upper horizontal surface (16) of the heat exchanger assembly (13) to vertically locate the fan shroud (12) relative to the heat exchanger assembly (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Hitt, Gregg D. Olson
  • Patent number: 6505680
    Abstract: A low-cost, fan assisted cooling device is disclosed. The cooling device includes a narrow bottom and broad top shape to optimize a material versus performance ratio. A plurality of vanes surround a central heat mass and an inside surface of the vanes define a chamber that surrounds the heat mass. A portion of each vane is split into a plurality of fins and both the vanes and the fins have a surface area that increase in a radially outward direction from an axis of the heat mass. The heat mass includes a boss that is surrounded by a groove. Both the boss and the grove have arcuate surface profiles. The vanes, the fins, the boss, and the groove efficiently dissipate heat when a fan or the like forces air into the chamber thereby producing air flows in three different directions. In a first direction, the air flows out of the chamber through the vanes. In a second direction, a low pressure region in the chamber induces air from outside the chamber to flow through the fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventor: Shankar Hegde
  • Patent number: 6460608
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat sink. More particularly, the present invention relates to a heat sink used for radiating heat from an integrated circuit package such as a micro-processor arranged in a portable type electronic apparatus such as a notebook type personal computer and also used for radiating heat from a hard disk unit used in an electronic apparatus. The heat sink comprises: a heat transmitting member for transmitting heat generated by a heating component; a holding section for holding the heat transmitting member; and a heat sink body having a space in which a cooling fan having at least blades and a drive motor is embedded, wherein a portion of the holding section for holding the heat transmitting member, the portion being located below the space, is cut out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Tadashi Katsui
  • Publication number: 20020139518
    Abstract: A fan holder (10) for attaching a fan (30) to a heat sink (40) includes a base (11) defining an opening (18) therethrough, two pairs of hooks (14), two pairs of posts (16) around the opening, a pair of positioning blocks (22), and two pairs of slots (15) defined in the base. The hooks depend from the base, and engage in grooves (46) defined through fins (42) of the heat sink. The posts extend upwardly from the base, and are received in corresponding holes (32) of the fan. Each post has a resilient engaging portion (24) and a notch (25), which allow the engaging portion to elastically compress and firmly attach the fan on the fan holder. The positioning blocks are formed under the base, on opposite sides of the opening. The slots are adjacent the hooks, and allow easy disassembly of the fan holder from the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Dongyun Lee, Hsieh Kun Lee
  • Patent number: 6435269
    Abstract: A double-row heat exchanger coil includes intertwined inner and outer loops. The loops are situated to allow one continuous coil to be wound in an uninterrupted coiling operation, and later cut at several locations to create several individual circuits that are readily connected to each other in a parallel flow relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Inventor: Stephen S. Hancock
  • Patent number: 6400563
    Abstract: A notebook computer base housing has operatively disposed therein a CD ROM drive, a hard disk drive and a floppy disk drive, an AC/DC electrical power converter, a modem, a PCMCIA card bay structure and a battery. This internal provision of three drive units in addition to the other equipment within the base housing is facilitated from a space standpoint by the vertical stacking of the hard disk drive atop the CD ROM drive within the base housing. To dissipate the operating heat from these components within the base housing, a heat spreader plate is interposed between the CD ROM drive and the overlying hard disk drive, and the high heat-generating components—namely, the modem, the AC/DC converter, the PCMCIA card bay structure, and the computer processor—are closely grouped together, with the AC/DC converter in thermal communication with a second heat spreader plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Compaq Computer Corporation
    Inventors: Pasha S. Mohi, Chris F. Felcman, Neil L. Condra, Gregory J. Mora, Stacy L. Wolff, Chi-Tsong Chu
  • Patent number: 6390180
    Abstract: In a space conditioning system, such as a central air conditioning or heat pump system, a unit of the system has a heat exchanger made of a predetermined first type of metal (e.g., aluminum) and a cabinet in which the heat exchanger is mounted, which is made of a second type of metal (e.g., steel). A device is provided for isolating the heat exchanger from the cabinet to prevent contact therebetween. The isolation device preferably includes plural snap-fit plastic members spaced along the top and bottom of the heat exchanger, plural mounting brackets made of the first type of metal on each end of the heat exchanger and a pair of plastic bushings operatively associated with each mounting bracket and extending through aligned holes in the corresponding mounting bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Inventor: Mark W. Olsen
  • Patent number: 6386276
    Abstract: A heat-dissipating device for dissipating internal heat generated from the heat-dissipating device is provided. The heat-dissipating device includes a motor having a rotator and a stator for causing the rotator to rotate, and a fan connected with the rotator and having a hub having a slot and a plurality of holes thereon for rotating and dissipating the heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chang Shun Chen, Kuo-Cheng Lin, Wen-Shi Huang
  • Patent number: 6382306
    Abstract: A geometrical streamline flow guiding and heat-dissipating structure is formed by a heat-transferring seat, a heat-dissipating device and a fan. The heat-transferring seat has at least one heat conductive surface for being connected to the heat source. The heat-transferring seat further has at least one heat-transferring seat for heat dissipation with the radiating surface. The radiating surface has a three dimensional form, i.e. one side of the radiating surface is higher than another side thereof so as to be beneficial to guide the airflow. The heat-transferring seat is covered with the heat-dissipating device having a shape matching with the bottom thereof. The heat-transferring seat is formed by many pieces or is formed by a continuous folded structure, or is formed integrally through die casting, forging or slitting. The heat-dissipating device is buckled to the heat source through a buckle; the heat-dissipating device is connected to the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Inventor: Hul Chun Hsu
  • Patent number: 6364004
    Abstract: A cooling fan, in particular a radiator fan for a motor vehicle, includes an electronically commutated electric motor and an electronics casing (21) with an electronic control for controlling the electric motor. The outer surface of the electronics casing (21) has cooling fins (25), the free ends of which project into the cold air flow produced by the impeller (9) of the fan. The free ends (27) of the cooling fins (25) projecting into the cold air flow have air diverting elements through which a part of the predominantly axial cold air flow produced by the impeller (9) is diverted in a radial direction relative to the impeller (9) and then in the longitudinal direction of other ends (29) of the cooling fins (25) arranged on the surface of the electronics casing (21). This provides effective cooling of the electronics casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignees: Temic Telefunken microelectronic GmbH, Temic Automotive Electric Motors GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Ehrmann, Dietrich von Knorre