Three Non-communicating Fluids Patents (Class 165/140)
  • Patent number: 11904653
    Abstract: Provided is an integrated radiator assembly, and belongs to the field of vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG JIZHI NEW ENERGY AUTOMOBILE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Lanbao Cao, Zhonggang Liu, Xiujuan Xu, Lin Lei, Shitong Hu, Yanlin Liu
  • Patent number: 11761715
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for a motor vehicle may include a tube block and a flange. The tube block may multiple first medium channels and multiple second medium channels. The first and the second medium channels may extend from an inlet of the tube block to an outlet of the tube block. A medium to be cooled may flow through the first medium channels. A cooling medium may flow through the second medium channels. The flange may be configured to receive the tube block about the outlet in a fluid-tight manner. The flange may be plate-like and may have a surrounding bolting region that may be formed about the tube block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventors: Chi-Duc Nguyen, Nicolas Ferrand
  • Patent number: 11698227
    Abstract: An eddy fluid heat exchange device comprises a compound tube assembly mounted with an eddy guiding structure. The compound tube assembly comprises an outer tube mounted with an inner tube. The outer tube and the inner tube have an eddy passage along an axis of the inner tube formed therebetween. The outer tube has a guiding exit at one end of the eddy passage. The eddy guiding structure is mounted at another end of the eddy passage, having a guiding entrance. Entering from the guiding entrance, high pressure fluid forms eddies surrounding the inner tube when flowing through the eddy guiding structure. A flowing path of the high pressure fluid in the eddy passage extends, simplifying structures and lowering costs of production and maintenance. Besides, increasing a heat transfer area between the high pressure fluid and the outer tube or the inner tube improves the heat transfer efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Inventors: Hung-Sen Chang, Yu-Chieh Chang
  • Patent number: 11692727
    Abstract: A cooling system includes a cooling device having a first cooling coil and a second cooling coil, a first heat transfer fluid in fluid communication with the first cooling coil, a second heat transfer fluid in fluid communication with the second cooling coil, a first heat exchanger in fluid communication with the first heat transfer fluid and the second heat transfer fluid, a second heat exchanger in fluid communication with the second heat transfer fluid and a source of external air, a system of fluid control devices in fluid communication with the second heat transfer fluid and configured to minimize a change in a total pressure drop of the second heat transfer fluid when the cooling system switches between operating modes, and a controller configured to selectively control the cooling device and the system of fluid control devices to operate the cooling system in each of the operating modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: UNIFLAIR S.p.A.
    Inventor: Matteo Lazzari
  • Patent number: 11603058
    Abstract: A vehicle may include: a front grille including an air intake; a radiator arranged behind the front grille; an air duct configured to guide air from the air intake to the radiator, the air duct widening upward from the air intake to the radiator; and a horn arranged in front of the air duct at a position higher than the air intake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Tokuyama, Yoshihiro Itoh, Dan Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11572028
    Abstract: A vehicle may include: a front grille including an air intake; a radiator arranged behind the front grille; an air duct configured to guide air from the air intake to the radiator, the air duct widening upward from the air intake to the radiator; and a horn arranged in front of the air duct at a position higher than the air intake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Tokuyama, Yoshihiro Itoh, Dan Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11447918
    Abstract: A milling unit for an earth working machine including a milling drum and a milling drum housing; the milling unit comprising a closed operating-medium circuit that includes an operating-medium pump that is embodied to drive the operating medium to circulate in the operating-medium circuit; the operating-medium circuit including a heat exchanger through which operating medium flows during circulating flow of the operating medium; the heat exchanger being arranged on the milling drum housing. Provision is made that the heat exchanger is configured for flow impingement by a cooling gas separate from the operating medium; and that a cooling fan, which is embodied to drive the cooling gas for flow impingement onto the heat exchanger, is arranged on the milling drum housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventors: Tobias Stinner, Christian Berning, Sebastian Bötzius
  • Patent number: 11402156
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a plurality of conduits that extend between a first endplate and a second endplate. A first manifold is coupled to the first endplate to couple the first manifold to first ends of the plurality of conduits. An inlet is coupled to the first manifold to direct a first fluid into the first manifold and at least one baffle is disposed within the first manifold to form a first cavity and a second cavity. The at least one baffle of the first manifold is configured to direct the first fluid from the inlet to a first conduit of the plurality of conduits. A second manifold is coupled to the second endplate to couple the second manifold to second ends of the plurality of conduits and at least one baffle is disposed within the second manifold to form a fourth cavity and a fifth cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Robert B. Uselton
  • Patent number: 11391518
    Abstract: A method of operating a heat exchanger involves conveying a first fluid having a first temperature along spaced apart first passages of the heat exchanger and conveying a second fluid along spaced apart second passages of the heat exchanger while the first fluid is being conveyed along the first passages to transfer heat from the second fluid to the first fluid. The method also includes conveying a fluid along the third passages when the temperature of the second fluid in at least some of the second passages is below a predetermined temperature to transfer heat from the fluid being conveyed along the third passages to the second fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Alfa Laval Corhex Ltd.
    Inventor: Young-Jong Choi
  • Patent number: 11333453
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle heat exchanger including a plurality of tubes through which a fluid flows, a plurality of cooling fins interposed between adjacent tubes, and a graphene material attached to a surface of each tube and/or a surface of each cooling fin. The graphene material may include a first graphene layer and a second graphene layer stacked on the first graphene layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yong Min Park
  • Patent number: 11326506
    Abstract: Systems are provided for a vehicle fan shroud with integrated structural support. In one example, a fan shroud includes an opening adapted to house a fan impeller, and an upper extension and a lower foot adapted to couple the fan shroud to a vehicle in an angled position. The upper extension and lower foot provide structural support to the fan shroud to enable vehicle components such as a heat exchanger and condenser to be mounted to the fan shroud and maintained in position by the fan shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeff James Cremering, Kenneth James Hayes, Garrett Michael O'Donohue, Erin Gibb, Yi Zhang, Michael Brett Sovine
  • Patent number: 11300359
    Abstract: A block style heat exchanger for a heat pipe reactor having a plurality of heat pipes extending from a reactor core. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of primary channels, each for receiving heat transferred from the core via one of the heat pipes. The primary channels extending within a block of one or more materials. The heat exchanger also includes a plurality of secondary channels defined within the block for transmitting a flow of the secondary heat transfer medium through the heat exchanger from an inlet to an outlet. The block is formed from one or both of: a plurality of plates bonded together, with each plate defining at least a portion of one or more of the plurality of primary channels and/or the plurality of secondary channels, and/or a unitary piece of material formed from an additive manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
    Inventors: Clinton B. Armstrong, Yasir Arafat, Jurie J. Van Wyk, Matthew R. Heisel
  • Patent number: 11300327
    Abstract: A refrigerated transport system (20) comprises: an engine (30). A vapor compression system (50) comprises: a compressor (40) for compressing a flow of a refrigerant; a first heat exchanger (60) along a refrigerant flowpath (52) of the refrigerant; and a second heat exchanger (66) along the refrigerant flowpath of the refrigerant. A heat recovery system (56) has: a first heat exchanger (110) for transferring heat from the engine to a heat recovery fluid along a heat recovery flowpath (58); and a second heat exchanger (112; 63) along the heat recovery flowpath. The heat recovery system second heat exchanger and the vapor compression system first heat exchanger are respective portions of a shared tube/fin package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Abdelrahman I. Elsherbini, Parmesh Verma, Frederick J. Cogswell
  • Patent number: 11252839
    Abstract: A computer liquid cooling system includes a radiator having a built-in fluid tank, at least one heat exchanger pump and a plurality of fluid conduits. The radiator includes at least one first flow port and at least one second flow port for attachment of the plurality of fluid conduits thereto for actively moving a cooling fluid to and from the at least one heat exchanger pump. Heat generated from a heat generating device is transferred to cooling fluid flowing through the at least one heat exchanger pump, and then output to the radiator. The heated cooling fluid flows through the radiator having the built-in fluid tank, cooling along a plurality of heat exchanger fins. The cooling fluid flows to the heat exchanger pump to once again begin the cooling loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: VAST GLORY ELECTRONICS & HARDWARE & PLASTIC(HUI ZHOU) LTD.
    Inventor: Yuan Wu
  • Patent number: 11097610
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooling module for a vehicle, and more particularly, to a cooling module for a vehicle including a condenser, a first radiator through which coolant for an engine flow, a second radiator through which coolant for electrical components flows, and an intercooler, and capable of evenly distributing air resistance of the front surface of the first radiator to secure an overall balance of an air volume distribution by disposing the condenser, the second radiator, and the first radiator in a flow direction of air or disposing the second radiator, the condenser, and the first radiator in this order, and disposing the intercooler on lower sides of the condenser and the second radiator, and capable of minimizing a gap of each heat exchange period by disposing the condenser C and the first radiator R to be in closely contact with the second radiator L.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Ji Hun Han, Gwang Ok Ko, Hyun Keun Shin, Seok Jong Yoo
  • Patent number: 11047625
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a climate management system that includes a heat exchanger having a first set of microchannel coils fluidly coupled to a first circuit of the climate management system and a second set of microchannel coils fluidly coupled to a second circuit of the climate management system, where the first circuit and the second circuit are fluidly separate from one another, and where the first set of microchannel coils and the second set of microchannel coils are disposed in an alternating arrangement along a length of the heat exchanger such that the first set of microchannel coils and the second set of microchannel coils are interlaced in the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Zhiwei Huang, Neelkanth S. Gupte
  • Patent number: 11014440
    Abstract: A structural cooling assembly for a vehicle includes a housing defining a first pocket between a front face and a back face. The housing comprising a single integrated part including a fluid reservoir portion, a vane portion, a fan shroud portion, a bolster portion, and at least one mounting portion mountable to a frame of a vehicle. A condenser is mounted within the first pocket, a charge air cooler is mounted in a second lower packet, a fan assembly is mounted within the fan shroud portion and a radiator is mounted to the back face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Brian Glickman, Sean Terence Coghlan, James Alan Acre, Darshan Arun Nayak
  • Patent number: 10989480
    Abstract: A counter-flow heat exchanger is provided that includes: a first fluid path having a first supply tube connected to a first transition area separating the first fluid path into a first array of first passageways, with the first array of first passageways merging at a first converging area into a first discharge tube; and a second fluid path having a second supply tube connected to a second transition area separating the second fluid path into a second array of second passageways, with the second array of second passageways merge at a second converging area into a second discharge tube. The first passageways and the second passageways have a substantially helical path around the centerline of the counter-flow heat exchanger. Additionally, the first array and the second array are arranged together such that each first passageway is adjacent to at least one second passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Peter Joseph Rock, Jr., Matthew Goldenberg, Lauren Ashley Henning, Jeffrey Miles McMillen Prescott, Kevin Robert Shannon
  • Patent number: 10989451
    Abstract: A heat-exchanger including a device for separating oil from a coolant-oil mixture and cooling the oil and cooling and/or liquefying the coolant. The heat exchanger features a first area cooling and/or liquefying the coolant, and a second area cooling the oil. The heat exchanger further features at least two manifolds. The first area of the heat exchanger features flow channels guiding the coolant, and the second area of the heat exchanger features flow channels guiding the oil. The flow channels extend between the manifolds. Each of the flow channels has a respective outside flooded by a heat-absorbing fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Navid Durrani, Toni Spies, Daniel Zens, Roberto Della Rovere, Herr René Junker, Christoph Bara, Martin Hötzel, Martina Paduch, Marc Graaf, Peter Heyl
  • Patent number: 10953455
    Abstract: In a method for producing a series of at least a first and a second plate and fin heat exchanger, each having at least one fluid distribution tank capping at least some of the openings of the matrix unit and which is connected to a pipe, the tank is partitioned into several compartments using at least one partition, so as to distribute the number of openings assigned to a first fluid and to a second fluid, the partition being designed to divide the tank into several compartments which are each connected to a pipe for the passage of the first fluid or of the second fluid and which each communicate with a number of openings that varies according to the configuration adopted by the at least one partition, for the exchanger of the series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Nicolas Chantant, Natacha Haik, Daniel Machon Diez De Baldeon
  • Patent number: 10950877
    Abstract: A moisture exchanger (10) for transferring moisture between two gases, including a plurality of hollow fiber membranes (12). The moisture exchanger (10) includes at least one partition (34) between the hollow fiber membranes (12) and in that the plurality of hollow fiber membranes (12) is subdivided, at least in a section (36) of the length thereof, into zones (38) that are connected in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventor: Rune Staeck
  • Patent number: 10871330
    Abstract: A plate heat exchanger includes heat exchanger plates forming first, second and third plate interspaces. The plates extend between a top plane and a bottom plane. First inlet and outlet ports communicate with the first plate interspaces. Second inlet and outlet ports communicate with the second plate interspaces. Third inlet and outlet ports communicate with the third plate interspaces. A porthole of the second and third ports is surrounded by an outer flat area surrounded by an inner flat area. The outer flat area is located at one of the top and bottom planes. The inner flat areas of the second ports of the plates, enclosing the second plate interspaces, are located at a distance from each other. The inner flat areas of the second ports of the plates, enclosing the third plate interspaces, adjoin each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB
    Inventor: Jens Romlund
  • Patent number: 10859153
    Abstract: A vehicle thermal management system includes a radiator receiving a liquid coolant in a coolant supply line and discharging the coolant into a coolant pump supply line. A coolant pump receives the coolant from the coolant pump supply line and discharges the coolant into multiple engine components. A transmission oil heat exchanger defining a first transmission oil heat exchanger receives the coolant after being discharged from the multiple engine components. An air-to-coolant sub-cooling heat exchanger defines a second transmission oil heat exchanger. The sub-cooling heat exchanger receives a portion of the coolant bypassing the multiple engine components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Eugene V. Gonze, John W. Myers, Daniel J. Shepard, Michael J. Paratore, Jr., Richard J. Lopez
  • Patent number: 10760490
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a novel modular cooling system for cooling an air injection system where the cooling system is configured to conform generally to the foot print of the air injection system. The cooling system utilizes a plurality of coolers through which coolant from the air injection system passes prior to being recirculated back to the air injection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: PowerPHASE LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Kraft, Scott Auerbach, Matthew Kraft
  • Patent number: 10730362
    Abstract: A radiator assembly in a vehicle comprises a first coolant tank; a second coolant tank spaced apart from the first coolant tank; a plurality of moveable blades; a linkage coupled to the plurality of blades; and an actuator coupled to the linkage to adjust positions of the blades. Each of the plurality of blades has a first end pivotally coupled to the first coolant tank, a second end pivotally coupled to the second coolant tank and has a hollow body portion extending between the first end and the second end, and each of the blades is fluidly communicated with the first and second coolant tanks to form a coolant passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Robert John Tilbury
  • Patent number: 10662823
    Abstract: A power generation system having a combustion engine with a Rankine bottoming cycle, the system including a first flow path for a process fluid and a second flow path for a working fluid, and a heat exchanger arranged along both the first and the second flow paths to transfer waste heat from the process fluid to the working fluid. The heat exchanger includes a first flow conduit being bounded by a first wall section and configured to convey the process fluid, a second flow conduit to convey the working fluid, the second flow conduit being bounded by a second wall section spaced apart from the first wall section to define a gap therebetween, and a thermally conductive structure arranged within the gap and joined to the first and second wall sections to transfer heat therebetween, the gap being fluidly isolated from both the process fluid and the working fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignees: MODINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, CUMMINS INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Gerald Hughes, Michael J. Reinke, Tony Rousseau, Timothy C. Ernst, James Zigan, Christopher Nelson
  • Patent number: 10625572
    Abstract: A heating/cooling module having a condenser region, an evaporator region, and at least one fluid distribution region. The condenser region has a first flow section which can be flowed through by a refrigerant and a second flow section which can be flowed through by a coolant. The evaporator region has a third flow section which can be flowed through by a refrigerant and a fourth flow section which can be flowed through by a coolant. The flow sections are formed by a plurality of flow ducts which are configured between the individual disc elements which form the heating/cooling module. A first fluid inlet and a first fluid outlet are provided, via which the condenser region can be flowed through with a coolant. A second inlet and a second outlet are provided, via which the evaporator region can be flowed through with a coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Gottfried Duerr, Herbert Hofmann, Joachim Michael Haug
  • Patent number: 10626868
    Abstract: An oil-injected screw air compressor includes a first stage compression chamber, an air buffering chamber, a second stage compression chamber, an oil cooler, a plurality of sensors, and a controller. The air buffering chamber is coupled to the first stage compression chamber. The second stare compression chamber is coupled to the air buffering chamber. The oil cooler cools the lubricating oil for the first stage compression chamber, the air buffering chamber and the second stage compression chamber. The sensors are respectively located at outlets of the first stage compression chamber, the air buffering chamber and the second stage compression chamber. The controller respectively and dynamically controls flow rates of the lubricating oil entering into the first stare compression chamber, the air buffering chamber and the second stage compression chamber according to temperature and pressure data measured by the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: ALMIG KOMPRESSOREN GMBH, FUSHENG INDUSTRIAL (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ming-Te Lu, Viktor Weber, Sheng-Kun Chen, Feng-Yung Lin
  • Patent number: 10605149
    Abstract: Integrated cooling systems including a frame configured for mounting to a vehicle chassis in a path of ram air entering an engine compartment of a vehicle, a radiator connected to the frame in the ram air path, a waste heat recovery (WHR) condenser, a recouperator connected to the frame above a ram air path and coupled to the WHR condenser, and a coolant boiler connected to the frame below the ram air path and coupled to the radiator and recouperator are disclosed. Cooling systems configured for use in a WHR system, including an inlet header fixedly disposed on a first end of a condenser, the inlet header fluidly coupled to a heat exchanger to receive the working fluid, and a receiver fixedly disposed on a second end of the condenser opposite the first end, the receiver configured to receive the working fluid from the condenser are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Jithin Benjamin, Timothy C. Ernst, James A. Zigan, Kevin C. Augustin, Sr., David E. Koeberlein, Nimish Bagayatkar
  • Patent number: 10593611
    Abstract: A liquid cooling system includes a liquid cooling head, a support frame, two positioning members and a radiator. The support frame is disposed on the liquid cooling head. The support frame has two side plates opposite to each other. Each of the positioning members is disposed on one of the two side plates. Each of the positioning members has at least two positioning recesses. The radiator is disposed between and pivotally connected to the two side plates. Opposite sides of the radiator have a positioning protrusion. The positioning protrusion is engaged with one of the at least two positioning recesses, such that the radiator is capable of rotating with respect to the liquid cooling head between at least two different positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Cooler Master Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shui-Fa Tsai, Hsin-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 10551087
    Abstract: A heat exchanger and a method of manufacturing a heat exchanger having an internal conduit for conducting a fluid, and a heat dissipating body for dissipating heat of the fluid. The heat dissipating body has a cavity extending in a longitudinal direction. An end piece of the internal conduit extends inside of the cavity and has an orifice facing a bottom surface of the cavity for feeding the fluid into a bottom area of the cavity. An inner shell of the heat dissipating body includes a first portion and a second portion, each portion having at least two ribs transversally displaced in relation to each other. At least one rib of one of the first and the second portion is transversally displaced in relation to each rib of the other of the first and the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Webasto SE
    Inventors: Peter Neidenberger, Tobias Pfannenstiel, Björn Smigiel, Achim Holzwarth, Florian Larisch
  • Patent number: 10495384
    Abstract: A counter-flow heat exchanger is provided that includes: a first fluid path having a first supply tube connected to a first transition area separating the first fluid path into a first array of first passageways, with the first array of first passageways merging at a first converging area into a first discharge tube; and a second fluid path having a second supply tube connected to a second transition area separating the second fluid path into a second array of second passageways, with the second array of second passageways merge at a second converging area into a second discharge tube. The first passageways and the second passageways have a substantially helical path around the centerline of the counter-flow heat exchanger. Additionally, the first array and the second array are arranged together such that each first passageway is adjacent to at least one second passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Peter Joseph Rock, Jr., Matthew Goldenberg, Lauren Ashley Henning, Jeffrey Miles McMillen Prescott, Kevin Robert Shannon
  • Patent number: 10488104
    Abstract: A heat exchanger system includes a core-in-shell heat exchanger and a liquid/gas separator. The liquid/gas separator is configured to receive a liquid/gas mixture and to separate the gas from the liquid. The liquid/gas separator is connected to the core-in-shell heat exchanger via a first line for transmitting gas from the liquid/gas separator to a first region in the core-in-shell heat exchanger and connected to the core-in-shell heat exchanger via a second line for transmitting liquid from the liquid/gas separator to a second region of the core-in-shell heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul R. Davies, James L. Harris
  • Patent number: 10456741
    Abstract: A drying system for compressed gas includes a fluid conduit, a cooler, and a precooler. The fluid conduit receives a flow of compressed gas to be cooled by the cooler and precooled by the precooler. The precooler has a gas-to-gas heat exchange section and a gas-to-liquid heat exchange section. A liquid-gas separator is coupled with the fluid conduit, and with a gas line and a liquid line. The gas line conveys gas to the gas-to-gas heat exchange section and the liquid line conveys liquid condensate to the gas-to-liquid heat exchange section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Company
    Inventors: Jeetendra Singh, Lalitkumar Jamnadas Vaishnav
  • Patent number: 10451360
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a plurality of first and second fluid passages. The first fluid passages are defined by a pair of opposing first fluid passage walls and a plurality of first fluid diverters disposed between the first fluid passages walls. The second fluid passages are defined by a pair of opposing second fluid passage walls and a plurality of second fluid diverters disposed between the second fluid passage walls. The second fluid diverters include a body portion and a leading edge portion. The first fluid passage walls form a first fluid leading edge that extends upstream of the leading edge portion of the second fluid diverters. The second fluid passages extend in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the first fluid passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Zager, Michael Doe
  • Patent number: 10396409
    Abstract: A heat sink and power battery system are provided. The heat sink includes a heat dissipation plate and a cover plate. The heat dissipation plate includes a bottom plate and a plurality of fins arranged on the bottom plate in a comb-like pattern. The cover plate is fixedly connected to the heat dissipation plate. The fins of the heat dissipation plate are disposed between the bottom plate and the cover plate, and an air duct is formed among the bottom plate, the fins, and the cover plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhiwei Tong, Qing Lai, Jianhua Zhu
  • Patent number: 10378831
    Abstract: A counter-flow fin plate heat exchanger for gas-to-gas heat exchange includes several outer channel fins, an outer channel bending plate, an inner channel fin and an inner channel bending plate. The outer channel bending plate is a flat plate with two sides bending upward vertically. The inner channel bending plate is a cuboid box without a cap on the top, and the top of the inner channel bending plate is hermetically fixed with the bottom of the outer channel bending plate. The several outer channel fins are arranged in parallel inside the outer channel bending plate. The inner channel fins are arranged inside the inner channel bending plate. Ends of a side surface corresponding to two long sides of the inner channel bending plate are respectively provided with an opening, and the two openings are respectively disposed at different ends of the two side surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xiang Ling, Yu Yang, Hao Peng, Rui Li
  • Patent number: 10365045
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a 3-d channel gas heat exchanger. The 3-D channel gas heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat exchange plates configured to have heating surface units for exchanging heat formed on one sides of the heat exchange plates and a plurality of passages and that are formed in between the plurality of heat exchange plates and wherein the plurality of passages comprise, first passages configured to convey a first fluid having a first temperature through the first passages, second passages configured to convey a second fluid through the second passages for transferring heat to the first fluid having the first temperature and third passages configured to prevent freezing in the second passages by transferring heat to at least some of the second passages when a temperature (T) of the second fluid is below a predetermined temperature value (Tref).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: ALFA LAVAL CORHEX LTD.
    Inventor: Young-Jong Choi
  • Patent number: 10363533
    Abstract: A tubular reactor that produces maleic anhydride from a gas mixture containing n-butane and oxygen includes a first reaction zone including an inlet for the gas mixture and a second reaction zone including an outlet for a reaction gas mixture, a plurality of tubes extending in an axial direction through the first and second reaction zones, a temperature control system, configured for controlling a reaction temperature in each of the reaction zones independently, includes a heat transfer system for each of the reaction zones configured for controlling the temperature of a liquid coolant flowing through one of the reaction zones, and a circulation pumping system configured for controlling flow conditions of the liquid coolant flowing through the reactor and one of the heat transfer systems, and a preheating arrangement configured for preheating the gas mixture such that the gas mixture enters the first reaction zone at a predefined inlet temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Technobell d.o.o. Koper
    Inventor: Gabor Toth
  • Patent number: 10359218
    Abstract: A system and method for a multistage condenser is described that reduces problems associated with temperature and pressure differential strains on tubes above and below a dead tube. Instead of connecting the dead tube to the I/O manifold, a physical separation is created. The physical separation can be created by shortening the dead tube, coring a portion of the I/O manifold where the dead tube is received, independent I/O manifolds, or other means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Tate Byers, Aylan Him, Gregory Ruhlander, Claudia A. Morales, David Mackey
  • Patent number: 10359235
    Abstract: An industrial production plant including at least one reactor for producing a flue gas and including a heat exchanger system having a first heat exchanger section for heat exchange between the flue gas and a fluid and a second heat exchanger section for heat exchange between the flue gas and reaction air for the reactor, which can be preheated by the second heat exchanger section. The first heat exchanger section is configured as a double-tube heat exchanger with first tubes each arranged one-way in a respective first jacket tube, and the second heat exchanger section is configured as a tube bundle heat exchanger with a tube bundle of second tubes arranged in a second jacket tube and each arranged one-way in the jacket tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: ARVOS GMBH
    Inventors: Silke Jagusch, Jürgen Lauer, Gregory Gene Homoki, James Francis Geisler
  • Patent number: 10337762
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for hot water supply (21) is comprised of: a first heat exchanging unit (21) a that heats the water, which is supplied from a second communication section x1 to the hollow portions of hollow plates P1 to P5 and reaches a first communication section y, by a combustion exhaust gas that circulates through the gaps among the hollow plates P1 to P5; and a second heat exchanging unit (21b) that heats the water, which is supplied from the first communication section y to the hollow portions of the hollow plates P6 to P8 below the hollow plates P1 to P5 and reaches a third communication section x2, by a heat medium that circulates through the gaps among the hollow plates P6 to P8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: RINNAI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Christiaan Hendrik Hertgers
  • Patent number: 10337799
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a first tube bank having at least a first and a second flattened tube segments extending longitudinally in spaced parallel relationship. A second tube bank includes at least a first group of flattened tube segments and a second group of flattened tube segments extending longitudinally in spaced parallel relationship. The second tube bank is disposed behind the first tube bank with a leading edge of the second tube bank spaced from a trailing edge of the first tube bank. The first group of flattened tube segments is configured to receive a first fluid. The second group of flattened tube segments is configured to receive a second fluid. A fan provides an airflow across the first tube bunk and the second tube bank sequentially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michael F. Taras
  • Patent number: 10330391
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger assembly having two exchangers, each comprising a stack of parallel plates defining a first connection surface and a second connection surface that are adjacent to each other. The heat exchanger assembly can also include an enclosure between the first connection surface and the second connection surface, primary compartments in the enclosure configured to channel primary fluid through the first connection surface and the second connection surface, and a secondary compartment in the enclosure for channeling secondary fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Tranier, Marc Wagner
  • Patent number: 10317112
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a refrigeration system that includes an evaporator disposed along an evaporator line, a compressor system disposed along a compressor line, a condenser disposed along a condenser line and configured to condense the refrigerant compressed by the compressor system to heat a second fluid stream, and an outdoor coil disposed along a coil line and configured to receive the refrigerant from the condenser or from a discharge line, to selectively transfer heat to or from the refrigerant, and to selectively transfer the refrigerant to the evaporator or to a suction line. The refrigeration system includes two valves and three expansion valves disposed along the different refrigerant flow lines, and a controller configured to determine a simultaneous heating/cooling operating mode of the refrigeration system and to control the valves and expansion valves to operate the refrigeration system in the desired mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventor: William L. Kopko
  • Patent number: 10317144
    Abstract: A heat exchanger from a stack of plate pairs having fins which are disposed between the plate pairs, and having ducts which vertically extend through the stack, for conveying in and/or conveying out a medium which flows through the plate pairs and which exchanges heat with another medium which flows through the fins, wherein the ducts are formed from openings in the plates and have moldings which extend around opening peripheries, and having a plate, having corresponding openings, which finishes off the stack, wherein a thermally decoupling element, which is inserted either in an integrated or a separate manner and which is incorporated into the vertical duct formation, is disposed between the finishing-off plate and the stack. Such a heat exchanger displays improved resilience to alternating temperature loadings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: MODINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: Rainer Glück, Klaus Kalbacher, Michael Daniel
  • Patent number: 10295275
    Abstract: A flat tube for a heat exchanger may include a longitudinal-end inlet for letting a fluid into the flat tube, and a longitudinal-end outlet spaced apart from the inlet in a longitudinal direction for letting the fluid out from the flat tube. The flat tube may also include flow elements around at least a portion of which the fluid may be flowable around the flow elements in such a manner that the fluid may have a flow direction component perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The outlet and the inlet each may be delimited on a partial cross-sectional area of the flat tube and arranged diagonally opposite one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventor: Gunther Hentschel
  • Patent number: 10286774
    Abstract: A radiator according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a first zone that includes a first fan coverage area and a second zone that includes a second fan coverage area that is different from the first fan coverage area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Suriyaprakash Ayyangar Janarthanam, Neil Robert Burrows, Bhaskara Boddakayala
  • Patent number: 10247487
    Abstract: A heat exchange unit (214) arranged to be used to recover energy from exhaust gas, the heat exchange unit (214) comprising a gas inlet duct (222) to which a heat exchange duct (216) is connected, wherein a heat exchange array (752, 754) of a heat exchange system is situated within the heat exchange duct (216) surrounding a maintenance duct and wherein the maintenance duct (226) is arranged to allow access for inspection and/or maintenance of at least part of the heat exchange system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Heat Recovery Solutions Limited
    Inventor: Mark Wickham
  • Patent number: 10220673
    Abstract: Provided is a cold-storage heat exchanger. The cold-storage heat exchanger includes a pair of header tanks, and tubes which are arranged in three rows with respect to the direction of the flow of air and connected at opposite sides thereof to the header tanks. A cold-storage medium is stored in the tubes that are disposed in a middle row, and refrigerant circulates through the tubes that are disposed in front and rear rows. Therefore, the cold-storage medium can effectively store cold-energy transferred from the refrigerant. When the engine of a vehicle is stopping, the cold-storage heat exchanger can discharge the cold-energy that has been stored into the passenger compartment of the vehicle, thus preventing the temperature in the passenger compartment from rapidly increasing, thereby creating pleasant air-conditioned conditions for a user, and minimizing the energy and time required to re-cool the passenger compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Hong-Young Lim, Kwang Hun Oh, Yong Jun Jee, Young-Ha Jeon, Jin Hyuck Kim, Duck-Ho Lee, Jun Young Song