Three Non-communicating Fluids Patents (Class 165/140)
  • Patent number: 10215496
    Abstract: The heat exchanger includes a cool conduit (2,3), a hot conduit (4) and a heat exchanging element (1) arranged between the cool conduit (2,3) and the hot conduit (4). The heat exchanger also includes at least one further conduit (3,2) arranged next to the cool conduit (2,3) or to the hot conduit (4) on a same side of the heat exchanging element (1) as said respective cool or hot conduit. The further conduit is separated from the respective cool or hot conduit by a separator (5) that includes two separating elements (51,52) arranged at a distance to each other and forming a cavity (53) between the two separating elements (51,52). The separator restricts a fluid flow into or in the cavity (53) such as to limit a heat exchange between the further conduit (3,2) and the respective cool or hot conduit on the same side of the heat exchanging element (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Bosal Emission Control Systems NV
    Inventors: Yves De Vos, Freddy Wollants, Jean-Paul Hubert Janssens
  • Patent number: 10190831
    Abstract: A radiating fin with a bent radiating portion and an electrothermal oil heater using the same are provided. The radiating fin comprises a main body with an oil guide groove formed therein, connecting sleeves extending in a horizontal direction being provided at an upper end and a lower end of the main body; a bent radiating portion is formed within a region, a certain distance away from the middle, of an edge of at least one end of the main body; and an upper end and a lower end of the bent radiating portion are located in different vertical planes, or the upper end and the lower end of the bent radiating portion are located in a same vertical plane, and at least one portion between the upper end and the lower end is bent to form a side-raised structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Ningbo Singfun Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guoning Yao, Jialei Mao
  • Patent number: 10145294
    Abstract: A charge air cooler shroud mounting system is provided. The charge air cooler shroud has a body having a four point attachment system including a mounting aperture, a first lug, a second lug and a third lug. The mounting aperture provides a fixed point of attachment while the lugs provide a plurality of floating points of attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Brett Sovine, Jeff James Cremering
  • Patent number: 10124916
    Abstract: This invention serves as the fundamental design for a space-based, nuclear-powered spacecraft for deep space journeys. Nuclear energy is used as the motive power for the propulsion. The spacecraft propellant is a gas (such as helium or hydrogen), which is also the coolant for the onboard nuclear reactor. Nuclear energy is converted to thermal energy in the reactor, which heats up the propellant gas. That superheated gas then expands through the spacecraft nozzle and creates the thrust. The nuclear fuel consists of high enriched uranium. The amount of fuel is mission dependent, and requires declaration of payload, and desired speed, which is limited to sub-light for the first generation of this invention. The spacecraft will be assembled in, and launched from low earth orbit. The spacecraft final assembly consists of modular components delivered to low earth orbit from earth by conventional chemical rockets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Inventor: Homi Nasrollah Amirmokri
  • Patent number: 10124452
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for an aircraft includes a hot fluid inlet, a hot fluid outlet, a cold fluid inlet, a cold fluid outlet, and a header connected to the hot fluid outlet. The header includes a housing defining a header volume and a baffle separating the header volume into a first volume and a second volume, wherein the first volume and the second volume are in fluid communication with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Donald E. Army, Louis J. Bruno, Erin G. Kline, Anthony DeLugan
  • Patent number: 10113785
    Abstract: An evaporator includes a refrigerant conduit sandwiched between front and rear plates. The front plate has inner flat portions, each of which is spaced from a respective inner flat portion of the rear plate to define a respective spaced portion. The front and rear plates further include a set of first protrusions and a set of second protrusions. Each first protrusion on the front plate faces a respective first protrusion on the rear plate to define a respective active cavity. Each second protrusion on the front plate faces a respective second protrusion on the rear plate to define a respective passive cavity. The refrigerant conduit extends through each of the active cavities but does not extend through any of the passive cavities. The location of the active and passive cavities are interspersed and separated by respective inner flat portions so as to define a plurality of ice forming sites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Hoshizaki America, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn O'Neal Melton, Gregg M. Wolf, David Anglin Sellers, Jeffrey B. Tatum, Robert Amalfitano, Yasuki Mizutani, Jeffrey Bion Boggs, Milaim Hoti
  • Patent number: 10113756
    Abstract: An outdoor unit includes: a lower heat exchanger having a first heat-transfer tube; an upper heat exchanger provided above the lower heat exchanger, including a first-row heat-exchanger core and a second-row heat-exchanger core, and a second heat-transfer tube; and a reinforcing member supporting the upper heat exchanger, wherein the reinforcing member includes a first supporting tab supporting the bottom of the second-row heat-exchanger core; a second supporting tab supporting the lower side surface of the second-row heat-exchanger core and formed integrally with the first supporting tab; a third supporting tab providing a gap between the first-row heat-exchanger core and the second-row heat-exchanger core and formed integrally with the first supporting tab; an engaging tab holding the first heat-transfer tubes and formed integrally with the third supporting tab; and an engaging tab holding the second heat-transfer tubes and formed integrally with the third supporting tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuudai Morikawa, Tomoki Inagaki
  • Patent number: 10107305
    Abstract: An air-cooling system for fluidic machine includes a base frame, a first intercooler arranged above the base frame and in which a fluid for heat exchange flows, an oil cooler arranged adjacent to the first intercooler and in which oil flows, a second intercooler arranged above the base frame to face one of the first intercooler and the oil cooler and in which the fluid for heat exchange flows, an aftercooler arranged adjacent to the second intercooler to face the other of the first intercooler and the oil cooler and in which the fluid for heat exchange flows, and a blower supplying cooling air to a space between the first intercooler and the oil cooler, and the second intercooler and the aftercooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Hanwha Power Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ho Youl Park
  • Patent number: 10107567
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly can include a support structure, a heat exchanger, and an air guide. The heat exchanger can be mounted to the support structure. The heat exchanger and the support structure can cooperate to define a gap. The air guide can block the gap to guide an airflow toward a core of the heat exchanger. The air guide can include a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end can be coupled to the support structure. The distal end can extend a first distance from the proximal end in a first condition and can extend a second distance from the proximal end in a second condition. The second distance can be less than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Tucker, Jeremy Koscielny
  • Patent number: 10088239
    Abstract: A heat exchanger has a first flow path communicating fluid into a turning flow path at a first mitered interface. The turning flow path has a second mitered interface for communicating fluid from the turning flow path into a return flow path. The first flow path extends in a nominal direction toward the turning flow path. First flow passages within the first flow path and return flow passages in the return flow path are provided by walls having alternating sections which extend in opposed angular directions relative to nominal directions. Sizes of a portion of passages at the interfaces are different such that some passages are larger than other openings into other passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Leo J. Veilleux, Jr., Lubomir A. Ribarov
  • Patent number: 10018102
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a plurality of plates that is stacked together to constitute first flow passages, second flow passage, third flow passage, fourth flow passage and fifth flow passage. An engine coolant flows through the first flow passages. An engine oil flows through the second flow passages and fourth flow passages. A transmission oil flows through the third flow passages and fifth flow passages. Triple-flow-passage arrangement layers in each of which each first, second, and third flow passages are disposed, and dual-flow-passage arrangement layers in each of which each fourth and fifth flow passages are disposed are alternately arranged such that flow passages of each same type are not overlaid with one another in a stacking direction of the plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Tokozakura, Kazuya Arakawa, Takahiro Shiina
  • Patent number: 10015913
    Abstract: A power converter, including a heat generating element, and a cooler that includes a heat receiving plate, a plurality of cooling fins and a baffle plate. The heat generating element and the plurality of cooling fins are respectively mounted on two different surfaces of the heat receiving plate. Each cooling fin is a plate of a rectangular shape, and the plurality of cooling fins are arranged in parallel to one another, surfaces of any adjacent two of the cooling fins defining a course for cooling air to flow therethrough. The baffle plate is provided across the plurality of cooling fins, and has a substantially rectangular surface in a direction perpendicular to a direction of the courses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kimihisa Kaneko, Misato Shibata, Yoshihisa Uehara
  • Patent number: 9989317
    Abstract: In a heat exchanger, an outside air passage, through which outside air flows, is provided between adjacent tubes of the refrigerant tube and the coolant tubes. Disposed in the outside air passage is an outer fin joined to at least one of the refrigerant tube and the coolant tube and configured to accelerate heat transfer between the fluids. A dimension of the refrigerant tube in a flow direction of the outside air is different from a dimension of the coolant tube in the flow direction of the outside air. Hence, with respect to the outer fin joined to both of the refrigerant tube and the coolant tube, an area of a joint surface between the refrigerant tube and the outer fin is different from an area of a joint surface between the coolant tube and the outer fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshiki Katoh
  • Patent number: 9982586
    Abstract: An integrated air shroud assembly is provided for a motor vehicle. That air shroud assembly includes a body having a radiator opening, a charge air cooler opening and a cooling fan opening. The charge air cooler opening is offset from the radiator opening and the radiator opening and the charge air cooler opening are in parallel communication with the cooling fan opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Michael Brett Sovine, Erin Gibb, Erik M. Weber, Michael Thomas Kramer, Mohammad Olfatnia, Andrew Murphy
  • Patent number: 9976821
    Abstract: The application relates to a pipe connection having a pipe end arranged in a connection piece. The pipe connection has an outwardly projecting at least sectionally circumferential bead configured on a pipe end. The connection piece has a radially deformable first connection piece portion creating a first radially deformable connection piece portion. The pipe end is held and secured in the connection piece using the first radially deformable connection piece portion. The application further relates to a heat exchanger with a pipe connection of this kind and a connection method for producing a pipe connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventor: Walter Wolf
  • Patent number: 9897389
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger for carrying out a thermal exchange between a first fluid and a second fluid. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of chambers stacked in a longitudinal direction to form a thermal exchange bundle. At least one first chamber suitable for containing the first fluid is defined by a pair of first plates, and at least one second chamber suitable for containing the second fluid is defined by a pair of second plates. The second plates including openings in communication with the second chamber The first plates each include at least two primary openings and at least two secondary openings The two primary openings being in communication with the first chamber, and the two secondary openings being in communication with the openings of the second plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Christophe Denoual, Alain Pourmarin
  • Patent number: 9885275
    Abstract: Provided is a compact boiling cooling system for an internal combustion engine that can operate in a stable manner. A lower end (4c) of a water jacket (4) of an engine (1) is connected to a lower tank (7c) of a radiator (7), and an upper end (4d) of a water jacket is connected to an upper part (7a) of the radiator. A substantially entire part of the radiator is located above the upper end of the coolant jacket so that the boiling cooling water is forwarded from the upper end of the water jacket to the upper part of the radiator, and the cooling water condensed in the radiator is forwarded from the lower end of the radiator to the lower end of the water jacket under the gravitational force without requiring a pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO, LTD.
    Inventor: Mashu Kurata
  • Patent number: 9885432
    Abstract: A device (4) is for connection between a component (2) of an air-conditioning loop (1) and a heat exchanger (3), including at least one channel (6.1, 6.2) through which a fluid (9.1, 9.2) can flow. The device includes an inner part (11) having at least one collar (12.1, 12.2) at least partially defining a channel (10.1, 10.2) and capable of engaging with an opening (6.1, 6.2) of the exchanger (3), and an outer part (15) mounted against the inner part (11), having at least one end piece (16.1, 16.2) at least partially defining the channel (10.1, 10.2) and capable of engaging with an opening of the component (2). The invention also relates to a heat exchanger provided with the connection device (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Jimmy Lemee, Christophe Denoual, Alain Pourmarin
  • Patent number: 9823027
    Abstract: A cooling module includes a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, and a plurality of coupling devices. The first heat exchanger includes a plurality of first brackets. A pair of the first brackets is disposed on each opposing end of the first heat exchanger. The second heat exchanger includes a plurality second brackets. A pair of the second brackets is disposed on each opposing end of the second heat exchanger. Each of the plurality of the coupling devices includes a first opening and a second opening formed therein. One of the coupling devices is positioned on each of the plurality of the first brackets, wherein each of the first brackets is received in one of the first openings of the one of the coupling devices. The second brackets of the second heat exchanger are inserted into respective ones of the second openings of the coupling devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Richard Steven Armsden, Nigel Seeds, Thomas James Francis Kelham
  • Patent number: 9804607
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a fluid transfer system comprises one or more fluid transfer components and one or more fluid input couplers or fluid output couplers. In one embodiment, the fluid transfer system delivers fluid to an active region, receives fluid from an active region, or passes a fluid through an active region using a fluid transfer component. In another embodiment, the fluid transfer component comprises film-based fluid channels converted from a first spatial arrangement geometry to a second spatial arrangement geometry different from the first spatial arrangement geometry. In another embodiment, the fluid transfer component comprises at least one of a fluid input coupler and fluid output coupler comprising a fluid channel geometry converter comprising re-arranged extended segments of a film comprising the active region fluid channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Inventor: Zane Coleman
  • Patent number: 9766023
    Abstract: A heat exchanger including a stack of tubes, a cover plate, and a housing in which the stack of tubes is arranged. The housing includes first, second, and third adjacent housing sides having a respective first, second, and third housing openings each having a edge around the respective housing opening. The second housing opening is closed by the edge of the cover plate on the edge of the second housing opening. The housing further includes first and second exposed struts. The first exposed strut is positioned between the first and the second housing openings and the second exposed strut is positioned between the second and the third housing openings, and a first side of an edge of the cover plate is fastened to the first exposed strut and a second side of the edge of the cover plate is fasted to the second exposed strut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Wolfgang Schatz-Knecht
  • Patent number: 9752837
    Abstract: The invention relates to a manifold (10) for a heat exchanger (1), comprising a cover (31), an intermediary plate (41), and a collector plate (51), said manifold (10) being intended to collect and distribute a fluid. According to the invention, the intermediary plate (41) defines a first fluid chamber (11) with the cover (31) and a second fluid chamber (12) with the collector plate (51), said second chamber being independent of the first (11). The invention also relates to a heat exchanger (1) comprising such a manifold (10) and to a method for producing such a manifold (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Sylvain Moreau, Francois Busson, Alain Pourmarin, Philippe Doucet, Mohamed Ibrahimi
  • Patent number: 9746245
    Abstract: Provided are a heat exchanger equipped with a cold reserving part and a manufacturing method thereof, equipped with a cold reserving part, in which since a cold reserving material charging part is formed at a portion at which an inlet and outlet member is formed, an additionally protruding part to inject the cold reserving material is not required, such that the heat exchanger may be miniaturized and may more rapidly and effectively absorb cold air to increase a cold reserving effect, and a manufacturing method of a heat exchanger equipped with a cold reserving part which forms the cold reserving material charging part to charge the cold reserving material after coating the heat exchanger to block a coating solution from introducing into the heat exchanger, thereby preventing the heat exchanger from corroding due to the coating solution to increase durability and more increase manufacturing performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Young-Ha Jeon, Kwang Hun Oh, Hong-Young Lim, Jun Young Song, Yong Sung Kwon, Jung Sam Gu
  • Patent number: 9638470
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a heat exchanger in a vehicle including a supply manifold which supplies fluid introduced from the outside while distributing the fluid to first and second cooling units. The first and second cooling units cool the fluid supplied from the supply manifold by heat exchange action. A first return manifold collects and discharges the fluid discharged from the first cooling unit and a second return manifold collects and discharges the fluid discharged from the second cooling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Orest Alexandru Dziubinschi, Kastriot Shaska, Brian James Cardwell
  • Patent number: 9581235
    Abstract: A cooling device for cooling lubrication oil which circulates in a vehicle transmission is provided with a first oil circulating circuit through which a clutch oil for lubricating a first and second clutch of the transmission circulates, a second oil circulating circuit through which a gear oil circulates to lubricate mechanisms other than the first and the second clutches, and a cooling water circulating circuit through which a cooling water circulates to cool an engine and a motor. Also provided is a first heat exchanger exchanging heat between the first lubrication oil and the second lubrication oil, and a second heat exchanger exchanging heat between the first lubrication oil and the cooling water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuichi Hidaka, Akio Muto, Masashi Eto
  • Patent number: 9556782
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for a vehicle includes a heat radiating portion provided with first, second and third connecting lines receiving first, second and third operating fluids, respectively, which heat-exchange with each other while passing through the first, second and third connecting lines, a bifurcating portion adapted for one of the operating fluids to bypass the heat radiating portion according to a temperature of the one operating fluid, and a valve unit mounted at an inflow hole forming the bifurcating portion, selectively opening or closing one of the connecting lines, wherein a plurality of inflow holes and a plurality of exhaust holes for the first, second and third operating fluid are formed in the heat radiating portion and the bifurcating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Jae Yeon Kim
  • Patent number: 9534849
    Abstract: A cooling module for a vehicle may include a radiator with a first header tank receiving coolant, a second header tank at a predetermined distance from the first header tank to exhaust coolant, and a plurality of tubes that connects the first header tank with the second header tank, and a radiating fin is formed therebetween and at a front side of a vehicle, a water cooled condenser that receives refrigerant through a refrigerant pipe in the second header tank formed by laminating a plurality of plates, which condenses refrigerant by exchanging heat with cooled coolant flowing the second header tank, and an air-cooled condenser connected to the water cooled condenser through the refrigerant pipe, receives first-condensed refrigerant from the water cooled condenser, and is disposed at a front side of the radiator to further condense the refrigerant by exchanging heat with outside air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Doowon Climate Control Co., Ltd., Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp.
    Inventors: Jae Yeon Kim, Wan Je Cho, Sang-Ok Lee, Byoung Hoon An, Yoon Sung Kim, Soon-Jong Lee, Jun-Young Choi, Yong-Nam Ahn
  • Patent number: 9488373
    Abstract: The present invention materially enhances the quality of the environment and mankind by contributing to the restoration or maintenance of the basic life-sustaining natural elements. The present invention reduces the amount of carbon monoxide introduced to the atmosphere of a combustion system. This is achieved by furnishing a systems approach to optimize the amount of oxygen to be chemically combined with fuel upon ignition of both allowing the correct amount of carbon to combine with the correct amount of oxygen thus fully release the thermal energy stored therein. By so furnishing the level of oxygen with carbon of the fuel, more carbon dioxide is produced thus proportionally reduces the amount of carbon monoxide released to the atmosphere. The present invention provides a heating system that surpasses the net and gross efficiency performance of a natural gas burner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: ProGreen Labs, LLC
    Inventors: James H Lau, Luis Murillo
  • Patent number: 9464851
    Abstract: A flooded heat exchanger of is described. The flooded heat exchanger has a primary tube bundle inside which a first operating fluid flows, a skirt surrounding the primary tube bundle and receiving a second operating fluid which flows over the primary tube bundle, and one or more extractable units, each in turn having a secondary tube bundle which receives an auxiliary operating fluid, and a secondary tube plate for performing a removable connection to the flooded heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: PROVIDES METALMECCANICA S.R.L.
    Inventor: Franco Provenziani
  • Patent number: 9458752
    Abstract: A heat exchange device having a first media channel for a first medium and a second media channel for a second medium is further refined in that, in at least one section of the heat exchange device, a third media channel for a transfer medium is arranged between the first media channel and the second media channel, so that the heat transfer from the first medium to the second medium takes place via the transfer medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Asmus Carstensen, Artur Semke, Thomas Schulenburg, Andreas Herr, Jörg Fritzsche, Marcus Dallmann, Christoph Käppner, Jörg Volkmann, Thomas Maischik
  • Patent number: 9433910
    Abstract: A module for a solid/heat-transfer gas reactor, including a plurality of diffusers each including a top portion supporting the solid reagent, and a portion for diffusing reactive/heat-transfer gas, situated under the top portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives
    Inventors: Joel Wyttenbach, Philippe Papillon, Gwennyn Tanguy
  • Patent number: 9417012
    Abstract: A heat exchanger and a method are provided to vaporize a working fluid using a heat sourcing fluid. The heat exchanger includes a first section, a second section, and a third section. A first portion of the heat sourcing fluid passes through the first section, in counter-flow with the working fluid. A second portion of the heat sourcing fluid passes through the second section, in co-flow with the working fluid. Both the first and second portions pass through the third section, in overall counter-flow with the working fluid. The working fluid passes sequentially through the third section, the first section, and the second section. The heat exchanger and/or the method may be used in a Rankine cycle for waste heat recovery or in a refrigerant cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Reinke, Gregory A. Mross
  • Patent number: 9400141
    Abstract: The invention refers to a plate heat exchanger comprising a first end plate (1), a second end plate (2) and a number of heat exchanger plates (3), forming first plate interspaces (I) and second plate interspaces (II), in alternating order. The heat exchanger plates comprise a first outermost plate pair (5), a second outermost plate pair (6) and intermediate plate pairs (7). The first end plate and the heat exchanger plates comprise first porthole areas (11, 12) for first porthole channels (13, 14) for the formation of inlet and outlet for a first medium to and from the first plate interspaces, and second porthole areas (21, 22) for the formation of second porthole channels (23, 24) for inlet and outlet for a second medium to and from the second plate interspaces. The first porthole areas of the heat exchanger plates of the second outermost plate pair form portholes and the second porthole areas of these heat exchanger plates are closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB
    Inventors: Helén Gustafsson, Tomas Kovacs
  • Patent number: 9395107
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a housing, two high-temperature-side refrigeration circuits and two low-temperature-side refrigeration circuits. Each of the high-temperature-side refrigeration circuits is configured to exchange heat with both of the two low-temperature-side refrigeration circuits by cascade heat exchangers. A hot-water pipe letting water or hot water through water-refrigerant heat exchangers of the high-temperature-side refrigeration circuits is provided. When the low-temperature-side refrigeration circuit conducts a defrosting operation of the evaporator, the low-temperature-side refrigeration circuits are controlled in such a way that the low-temperature-side refrigerant circuit releases heat in the cascade heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: TOSHIBA CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shun Asari, Takahiro Zushi, Takahisa Endo
  • Patent number: 9321538
    Abstract: This invention relates to a superconducting electrical network, comprising: an electrical system including a plurality of superconducting electrical equipment; a cryogenic system including one or more refrigeration units for providing coolant to the plurality of superconducting electrical equipment; a controller configured to control the flow of coolant to the plurality of superconducting electrical equipment, wherein the controller is configured to isolate the supply of refrigerant to one or more of the plurality of electrical equipment upon demand and increase the flow of coolant to one or more of the non-isolated plurality of electrical equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventor: Huw Llewelyn Edwards
  • Patent number: 9316450
    Abstract: A heat exchanger is provided having a tube block having a plurality of essentially parallel tubes for carrying a temperature control fluid, wherein at least the ends of the tubes are connected to one another. In addition, the heat exchanger comprises at least one header box that is designed to receive a temperature control fluid from the tubes, wherein the at least one header box has an inside height that corresponds within a tolerance range to the height of the ends of the tubes and wherein the header box is placed over the ends of the tubes and is joined thereto in a material-to-material fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Engelhardt, Stefan Hirsch, Lars Ludwig, Florin Moldovan
  • Patent number: 9291396
    Abstract: A header tank for a heat exchanger for supplying a heat exchange fluid to a core unit in which a plurality of tubes are provided side by side includes an inlet part for introducing the heat exchange fluid into the header tank, and a plurality of ribs projecting into the header tank, extending in directions intersecting with a central axis direction of the inlet part, arranged side by side in the central axis direction and configured to cause the heat exchange fluid to flow into the tubes. The plurality of ribs project more into the header tank with increasing distance from the inlet part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Kato, Takashi Kaneda
  • Patent number: 9249029
    Abstract: The invention relates to an improved process for vaporizing organic compounds and the further conversion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ralf Boehling, Michael Schipper, Stefan Birnbach, Peter Petersen, Achim Gritsch, Alois Wellisch, Hermann Luyken, Albert Steiner, Peter Zehner
  • Patent number: 9109513
    Abstract: A loss of heat that can be recovered in a heat recovery steam generator is eliminated, whereby a combined cycle electric power generation plant with high heat recovery efficiency is provided. A combined cycle electric power generation plant is adopted that includes a heat recovery steam generator 30 that generates steam for driving a steam turbine 20 using heat of exhaust gas of a gas turbine 10, a cooling air cooler 71 that causes high-pressure feed water supplied from a low-pressure economizer 37 of the heat recovery steam generator 30 and compressed air for turbine cooling extracted from a compressor 11 of the gas turbine 10 to perform heat exchange to heat the high-pressure feed water to thereby cool the compressed air, and a fuel gas heater 72 that causes the compressed air cooled in the cooling air cooler 71 and a fuel gas of the gas turbine 10 to perform heat exchange to further cool the compressed air to thereby heat the fuel gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Issaku Fujita, Toru Osone, Kazuki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9103598
    Abstract: A heat exchanger (10) includes at least one header box (12, 14) delimiting a first chamber (42) for a first fluid (F1) and a second chamber (44) for a second fluid (F2), as well as a beam of tubes (16) ending into the header box (12, 14) and comprising at least one first tube (18) communicating with the first chamber (42) of the collecting box (12, 14) and at least one second tube (20) communicating with the second chamber (44) of the collecting box, the first tube (18) being coupled with the second tube (20) to constitute a module (22) allowing a heat transfer between the first tube (18) and the second tube (20). The ends (32) of the first tube (18) is off-set with respect to the ends (30) of the first tube (18), so that such ends (30, 32) can be received in an alternate way in insertion holes (34) of the header box (2, 14), said holes (34) being spaced with a constant step (P).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Aurelie Bellenfant, Claude Besombes, Yannig Travert
  • Patent number: 9038607
    Abstract: An air cooler line is provided. The air cooler lines includes a first air cooler having a plurality of air flow conduits, each of the air flow conduits including an inlet, and a first air flow deflector extending across peripheral portions of the inlets and fixedly coupled to the air flow conduits and a second air cooler having a plurality of air flow conduits, each of the air flow conduits including an inlet, and a second air flow deflector extending across peripheral portions of the inlets and fixedly coupled to the air flow conduits, the second air flow deflector differing in at least one of size and geometry than the first air flow deflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kristofor Robert Norman, Shuya Shark Yamada, Jim Raymond Palm, John R. Ladd, Michael Thomas Kramer, Jim Tyler
  • Patent number: 9016355
    Abstract: In a compound type heat exchanger, a first heat exchanger includes a pair of tanks arranged a certain distance apart from each other and a core part having tubes and fins that are alternately piled up between the pair of tanks. One of the pair of tanks is composed of a plurality of divided bodies that are connected along a longitudinal direction of the one of the pair of tanks. One of the plurality of divided bodies is provided with an accommodation portion that projects outwardly to communicate with the one of the plurality of divided bodies. A second heat exchanger is arranged in the accommodation portion through an opening portion of the accommodation portion, which is provided with an input port. Heat is exchanged between an intake air of the first heat exchanger that flows in the accommodation portion and a coolant of the second heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
    Inventor: Tadahiro Hirai
  • Patent number: 8944154
    Abstract: A heat exchanger has partitioning means for dividing a header tank such that a first space and a second space of a tank main body are arranged in a longitudinal direction of the header tank. An annular outer peripheral seal surface is provided around a tube bonding surface of a core plate of the header tank over an entire perimeter thereof and is provided with a gasket. A partitioning seal surface is provided to the tube bonding surface at a position corresponding to the partitioning means, and is provided with the gasket. The gasket seals between the core plate and the partitioning means. The partitioning seal surface is positioned on a plane identical with a plane of the outer peripheral seal surface. A part of the gasket, which is held by the core plate and the tank main body therebetween, has a uniform thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Eizou Takahashi, Mitsuru Kimata, Akira Yamanaka, Masaya Nakamura, Yasuhiro Mizuno
  • Patent number: 8943854
    Abstract: Disclosed is a heat exchanger of a plate type comprising an evaporator having at least one inlet and at least one outlet allowing a first medium to enter into and exit from the evaporator. The evaporator comprises a plurality of interconnected evaporation chambers disposed in parallel, having at least one common inlet and at least one common outlet allowing the first medium to enter into and exit from the evaporation chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Danfoss Qinbao (Hangzhou) Plate Heat Exchanger Company Limited
    Inventor: Lars Persson
  • Publication number: 20150013335
    Abstract: A heat exchange device having a first media channel for a first medium and a second media channel for a second medium is further refined in that, in at least one section of the heat exchange device, a third media channel for a transfer medium is arranged between the first media channel and the second media channel, so that the heat transfer from the first medium to the second medium takes place via the transfer medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Asmus CARSTENSEN, Artur SEMKE, Thomas SCHULENBURG, Andreas HERR, Jörg FRITZSCHE, Marcus DALLMANN, Christoph KÄPPNER, Jörg VOLKMANN, Thomas MAISCHIK
  • Patent number: 8910704
    Abstract: An outer peripheral sealing surface of an inner surface of a core plate of a header tank is configured into a loop and extends along an outer peripheral edge portion of the core plate and clamps a packing in cooperation with an outer peripheral end portion of a tank main body of the header tank. A transition section of the outer peripheral sealing surface connects between a primary section and a secondary section, which are located in two different planes, respectively, and the plane of the secondary section is the same as a plane of a boundary portion sealing surface held between two tube connecting surfaces in the core plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Mizuno, Ryutaro Nozaki, Hiroshi Yamasaki, Hirotaka Ishikawa, Ryuji Shirakawa, Shuhei Yamazaki, Syunji Itou
  • Publication number: 20140360705
    Abstract: A vehicle radiator may include a first header tank partitioned through a first barrier rib that is integrally formed at the inside to store a coolant to form a first chamber and a second chamber inside the first header tank, a second header tank disposed apart by a predetermined gap from the first header tank and partitioned through a second barrier rib that is integrally formed therein to correspond to the first barrier rib to form a third chamber and a fourth chamber, a plurality of first and second tubes that are mounted in a vertical direction at each separated position of each inside surface of the first header tank and the second header tank, heat diffusion fins, each of which are formed between the first tubes and the second tubes; and a condenser that is provided at the inside of the fourth chamber in the second header tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp., Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Yeon Kim, Ji Hun Han, Hyun Keun Shin
  • Publication number: 20140360703
    Abstract: A cooling module for a vehicle may include a radiator with a first header tank receiving coolant, a second header tank at a predetermined distance from the first header tank to exhaust coolant, and a plurality of tubes that connects the first header tank with the second header tank, and a radiating fin is formed therebetween and at a front side of a vehicle, a water cooled condenser that receives refrigerant through a refrigerant pipe in the second header tank formed by laminating a plurality of plates, which condenses refrigerant by exchanging heat with cooled coolant flowing the second header tank, and an air-cooled condenser connected to the water cooled condenser through the refrigerant pipe, receives first-condensed refrigerant from the water cooled condenser, and is disposed at a front side of the radiator to further condense the refrigerant by exchanging heat with outside air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp., Doowon Climate Control Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Yeon KIM, Wan Je Cho, Sang-Ok Lee, Byoung Hoon An, Yoon Sung Kim, Soon-Jong Lee, Jun-Young Choi, Yong-Nam Ahn
  • Publication number: 20140360704
    Abstract: A radiator apparatus for a vehicle may include a main radiator supplying cooled cooling water to an engine through heat exchange with outdoor air, and a subordinate radiator disposed in parallel in front of the main radiator and supplying the cooled cooling water to an intercooler or an electronic unit through heat exchange with the outdoor air, wherein, in the main radiator, respective header tanks have different sizes and an oil cooler is incorporated in the header tank having the larger size among the respective header tanks and cools a transmission oil, wherein in the subordinate radiator, respective header tanks have different sizes and a condenser is incorporated in the header tank having the larger size among the respective header tanks and condenses refrigerant, and wherein the header tanks of the main radiator and the subordinate radiator are disposed to be opposite to each other according to the sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Jae Yeon KIM
  • Patent number: 8904771
    Abstract: An exhaust heat recovery apparatus for a vehicle, may include a case having an inlet and an outlet, a heat exchange part mounted in the case, the heat exchange part, a bypass tube connecting the inlet and the outlet of the case in the case, having an inflow opening for the inflow of the exhaust gas to the heat exchange part, and allowing an exhaust gas to bypass the heat exchange part, and a variable valve installed in the bypass tube to selectively block flow of the exhaust gas through the bypass tube and induce the exhaust gas to the heat exchange part, wherein the heat exchange part includes a coolant distribution member having a plurality of coolant paths connected to and spaced apart from each other between the bypass tube and the case, and a lubricant distribution member installed in one of the coolant paths and in which the lubricant flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Sejong Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Seung Won, Jongho Seon, Jaesan Kim, Sung Soo Chae, Jin-Yong Park, Jong-Yun Moon, Jin-Yong Kim