Wall Forms Enclosure Patents (Class 165/169)
  • Patent number: 11963334
    Abstract: A radar device is provided. The radar device includes an antenna and a housing having an exterior wall. The radar device also includes an electronics module having a heat source contained within the housing. Additionally, the radar device includes a heat pipe having a first end and a second end. The first end is positioned proximate to the heat source, and the heat pipe is configured to transfer heat from the first end of the heat pipe to the second end of the heat pipe to reduce an amount of heat at the heat source. The heat pipe may be an evaporator-condenser heat pipe. The second end of the heat pipe may be positioned proximate to a first dissipating feature. The heat source may be a power amplifier, waveguide assembly, printed circuit board, or other electronics, and the first dissipating feature may be the exterior wall of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Navico, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael John Cann, Simone Giachi, Jonathan Andrew George Lambert
  • Patent number: 11952309
    Abstract: A glass substrate chemical strengthening furnace apparatus includes a bottom portion and a side wall extending from an edge of the bottom portion, where the bottom portion and the side wall define a reaction space; and a plurality of heaters providing heat to the reaction space. The bottom portion includes an inclined portion located at a center and a collection portion disposed between the inclined portion and the side wall, the collection portion is in a groove shape in which an upper surface thereof is further recessed than the inclined portion, and the plurality of heaters includes a bottom heater disposed in the bottom portion or adjacent to the bottom portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hoi Kwan Lee
  • Patent number: 11940180
    Abstract: Provided is a hot water supply tank including: a case forming an appearance of the hot water supply tank; a heating container accommodating a fluid and having an inner side treated with anticorrosive; a heater installed on an outer side of the heating container and transferring heat to the fluid; and a heat insulator interposed between the case and the heater, wherein in a predetermined volume of the heating container, a ratio at which a performance of the heater to transfer heat (hereinafter, heat transfer performance) is maximized (hereinafter, optimum ratio) among the ratios of side height to bottom diameter of the heating container (hereinafter, aspect ratios) is determined by whether the heater is installed on the bottom as well as side of the heating container, and determined based on an area of the heating container occupied by the heater (hereinafter, heat transfer area).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Heewoong Park, Jeongseob Shin
  • Patent number: 11846419
    Abstract: A dome-deflector assembly for a gas turbine includes a dome, a deflector, and at least one dome-deflector connecting assembly that includes a connecting member connecting the dome and the deflector together with a cavity being defined between the dome and the deflector. The connecting member extends through the deflector and has a first end arranged at a hot surface side of the deflector and a second end arranged to connect with the dome. The dome-deflector connecting assembly is configured to provide a flow of cooling air from the cavity to the hot surface side of the deflector to cool the first end of the connecting member on the hot surface side of the deflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Saket Singh, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Hiranya Nath, Perumallu Vukanti, Ajoy Patra, Karthikeyan Sampath, Pradeep Naik, Rimple Rangrej, Veera Venkata Amarnath Manem
  • Patent number: 11796261
    Abstract: An intermediate product for the production of a surface heat exchanger, in particular for building room air conditioning, including a support plate, on one side of which a tube system for conducting a medium is attached and on the other side of which a prefabricated adhesive tape having a manually removable outer protective layer is arranged, wherein the adhesive tape is free of any support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SCHMÖLE GMBH
    Inventor: Till Neumann
  • Patent number: 11740033
    Abstract: A plate heat exchanger and methods of construction and use which allow the plate assemblies used in the exchanger to be easily cleaned and maintained and which allow the plate assemblies to be individually and separately removed from the exchanger for cleaning or maintenance while the exchanger remains online and while the other plate assemblies in the plate heat exchanger continue to operate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Inventor: Lane Lawless
  • Patent number: 11725537
    Abstract: An air-jet cooling device for a casing of a turbomachine, in particular a turbine casing, including a cooling air housing having a wall, and a tube having a first end mounted on the wall of the housing so as to put the tube into fluid communication with the housing, orifices being formed in a wall of the tube in order to eject the cooling air coming from the housing on the casing. The tube has a section at the first end with a gradual variation that defines a boss. The boss has a curved surface to be immersed in the cooling air so as to avoid a detachment of a boundary layer of the cooling air at an interface between the first end of the tube and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Nicolas Contini, Laurent Claude Descamps, Rémy Miled Michel Haynau, Maria Goossens, Benoit Guillaume Silet
  • Patent number: 11701457
    Abstract: Systems and methods include a heat transfer body with opposing major surfaces formed from a thermally conductive substrate in intimate thermal interaction with an alumina exterior surface that extends across the major surfaces of the body. In an illustrative example, the heat source may be a substantially planar, silicone-based heater source (P-SBHS). The heat transfer body may be configured to thermally interact, for example, heat from a heat source proximate a first of the major surfaces to a second of the major surfaces. A temperature sensor module may be located, for example, proximate to the first major surface such that a temperature sensor thermally interacts with the first major surface. The temperature sensor module may, for example, insulate the temperature sensor from the P-SBHS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Senthilkumar Mk, George Whyte, John Stopforth, Claudia Acosta, Marco Barron, Anton Jeysing
  • Patent number: 11666994
    Abstract: A heat exchanger header includes a primary fluid duct extending between a fluid port and a first branched region, a plurality of secondary fluid ducts fluidly connected to the primary fluid duct at the first branched region, wherein an overhang region is formed laterally between adjacent ones of the plurality of secondary fluid ducts, and wherein each of the plurality of secondary fluid ducts extends between the first branched region and a second branched region, a plurality of tertiary fluid ducts fluidly connected to each of the plurality of secondary fluid ducts at the second branched regions, a primary horn integrally formed with and extending from the overhang region, an at least one secondary horn integrally formed with and extending from one of the plurality of tertiary fluid ducts, and a sacrificial support structure extending between the primary horn and the at least one secondary horn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Joshua M. Norman
  • Patent number: 11643996
    Abstract: A combustion chamber suitable in particular for use in an engine comprises a combustion space, a combustion space wall delimiting the combustion space, and a plurality of cooling channel webs extending from a surface of the combustion space wall which faces away from the combustion space and separating mutually adjacent cooling channels from one another. The cooling channel webs are each provided with a projection extending from an end face of the cooling channel webs which faces away from the combustion space. Furthermore, the combustion chamber comprises a plurality of cover elements, wherein each cover element extends along a longitudinal axis of a cooling channel delimited by two mutually adjacent cooling channel webs between the projections of the mutually adjacent cooling channel webs and is form-fittingly connected to the projections of the two mutually adjacent cooling channel webs in order to cover the cooling channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: ArianeGroup GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Winter, Martin Malisz
  • Patent number: 11639877
    Abstract: A calorimeter for measuring a heat flux of a sample comprises a container, a first heat sink and a second heat sink whereby the sample is arranged in the container. The first heat sink and the second heat sink are arranged at a distance from each other on the container. The first heat sink comprises a first heat transducer element and the second heat sink comprises a second heat transducer element. Each of the first and second heat transducer elements comprise a heat receiving surface and a heat absorbing surface for generating an electromotive force equivalent to the heat flux to or from the respective heat sink to be sent to a detecting unit for obtaining an electrical potential representing the heat flux leaving or traversing the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Calbact AG
    Inventors: Beat Göpfert, Vinzenz von Tscharner
  • Patent number: 11577013
    Abstract: Dialysis systems and methods for operating dialysis machines (e.g., peritoneal dialysis machines) for conducting dialysis treatments are disclosed. The dialysis system may include a dialysis machine for transferring dialysate to a patient from a dialysate source. The dialysate may flow from the dialysate source through a cartridge or cassette (e.g., a disposable cartridge or cassette) positionable within the dialysis machine. The cassette includes a fluid flow channel. The dialysis machine includes a heating chamber for in-line heating of the dialysate in the fluid flow channel. The fluid flow channel is arranged and configured to provide turbulent flow of the dialysate through the fluid flow channel to provide increased heat transfer from the heating chamber to the dialysate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Bert D. Egley, Jon F. Moss
  • Patent number: 11559636
    Abstract: Provided is a warming device which can efficiently warm a blood product and inhibit a liquid in a warming flow path from exceeding an upper limit temperature thereof when liquid delivery of the blood product is stopped. The warming device includes the warming flow path in which the blood product flows and a heat plate which is in contact with the warming flow path to supply heat to the warming flow path. On the heat plate, a heater in a predetermined pattern corresponding to the warming flow path is disposed. The heater is disposed such that an amount of heat generation toward the warming flow path decreases in stages from an upstream side toward a downstream side in the warming flow path and that a decrease rate of the amount of heat generation at each of the stages decreases from the upstream side toward the downstream side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: MED-TECH INC.
    Inventors: Noriaki Yoshioka, Taisuke Funamoto
  • Patent number: 11484042
    Abstract: A machine for making liquid or semi-liquid food products includes: a first processing container for processing a liquid or semi-liquid base product and defining a processing chamber; a stirrer for mixing the product in the first processing container; a thermal system including a heat exchanger, associated with the first processing container, wherein the heat exchanger includes a hollow element extending along an axis and provided externally with grooves defining a path extending along the axis and at least one duct disposed inside the grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: ALI GROUP S.R.L.—CARPIGIANI
    Inventors: Andrea Cocchi, Roberto Lazzarini
  • Patent number: 11467637
    Abstract: A modular cooling system can include thermal bridges for separate modules of a computer system that passively transfer heat away from heat sources of the modules. The thermal bridges can be thermally connected to a cold plate having a fluid path for liquid coolant. The cold plate can be positioned in, or linked to, a cooling dock having a pump and at least one cooling element such as a radiator or fan system. Heat from separate modules can be passively transferred via thermal bridges to cold plates, where liquid pumped through the cold plates can transfer the heat to the cooling elements of the cooling dock to be dissipated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Wuxi Kalannipu Thermal Management Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Peng Cheng, Dai Ying Wu, Zhe Wen
  • Patent number: 11454137
    Abstract: An inner shroud block component for a gas turbine. The inner shroud block has a surface with a plurality of wells formed therein. An array of protuberances extend away from a base surface of each of the wells. The array of protuberances produces convective cooling of the inner shroud block, resulting in increased cooling of the inner shroud block and better part life. The increased cooling capacity also allows the turbine to operate at higher temperatures, which results in additional power generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: DOOSAN HEAVY INDUSTRIES & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD
    Inventors: Gene Chong, Jae Bin Lee, Yunchang Jang, Haneul Kim, David Ohlschwager
  • Patent number: 11420172
    Abstract: A jacketed vessel for temperature control of contents within the vessel is provided. The vessel has a shell and an external jacket through which heating or cooling fluid is circulated. The jacket is formed by a length of conduit arranged in a spiral orientation around the vessel shell. The conduit has a center portion having a concave inner surface and has opposing side portions having convex inner surfaces. Edge sections of each side portion are welded to the exterior surface of the shell to form the jacket. Edge sections of adjacent arcs of conduit may be simultaneously welded to the shell in a single weld pass. The shape of the conduit provides improved heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics, as well as improvements in the vessel manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Hargrove and Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Benjamin Turner
  • Patent number: 11359866
    Abstract: A heat exchanger including more than one fluid conductor, each of the fluid conductors is configured to receive a distinct flow of fluid and heat from only one heat source, wherein the coils are configured to be interleaved to form a structure of a single-sized lumen in which the heat source is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Intellihot, Inc.
    Inventors: Sridhar Deivasigamani, Sivaprasad Akasam
  • Patent number: 11353270
    Abstract: An apparatus for dissipating thermal energy including a baseplate including a first body having a first groove and a second groove intersecting one another, the first groove and the second groove formed in and only accessible from a first side of the baseplate. The apparatus including a first heat pipe and a second heat pipe arranged and disposed to provide both an overlapping arrangement and a nonoverlapping arrangement within the first groove and the second groove of the baseplate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: ADVANCED COOLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Fritch, Jared Tower, Jens Weyant, William G Anderson
  • Patent number: 11205636
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a redistribution structure, at least one semiconductor device, a heat dissipation component, and an encapsulating material. The at least one semiconductor device is disposed on and electrically connected to the redistribution structure. The heat dissipation component is disposed on the redistribution structure and includes a concave portion for receiving the at least one semiconductor device and an extending portion connected to the concave portion and contacting the redistribution structure, wherein the concave portion contacts the at least one semiconductor device. The encapsulating material is disposed over the redistribution structure, wherein the encapsulating material fills the concave portion and encapsulates the at least one semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Wei Chen, Chih-Hua Chen, Hsin-Yu Pan, Hao-Yi Tsai, Lipu Kris Chuang, Tin-Hao Kuo
  • Patent number: 11204169
    Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine includes a liner enclosing a combustion chamber and defining air passages through the liner, a fuel nozzle fluidly connected to the combustion chamber, and a louver disposed inside the combustion chamber over the air passages. The louver extends circumferentially along the liner and is connected to the liner by a fastener. The fastener spacing at least one of axial edges of the louver from the liner to define an air outlet between the at least one of the axial edges and the liner. A method of manufacturing a combustor of an aircraft engine is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventor: Robert Sze
  • Patent number: 11181115
    Abstract: A subsea assembly comprising an electric subsea machine having an electric motor driving an operator, and a coolant circuit at least partially located in thermal contact with the electric motor, the coolant circuit including a cooling assembly located externally from the subsea machine, the cooling assembly comprising at least a heat transfer element, the subsea machine and the cooling assembly being supported by a common supporting frame; at least a part of the heat transfer element is integrated in the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: NUOVO PIGNONE TECNOLOGIE SRL
    Inventors: Luciano Mei, Manuele Bigi, Giacomo Ragni
  • Patent number: 11154683
    Abstract: A humidifier is for an airway pressure support system for delivering a humidified flow of breathing gas to an airway of a patient. The humidifier includes a water chamber, a conduit, a nozzle, a heater plate, and a number of heating elements. The nozzle is fluidly connected to the water chamber and has an outlet configured to produce a water droplet from water received from the water chamber. The heater plate is coupled to a wall portion of the conduit and is exposed to an interior pathway of the conduit. The heater plate has a first side facing the nozzle and an opposite second side facing away from the nozzle. The first side is positioned to receive the water droplet from the nozzle. The number of heating elements are coupled to the second side of the heater plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Christopher James McCracken, Christian Colaizzi
  • Patent number: 11133538
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of batteries of new energy vehicle, and in particular to a heat exchanger for cooling battery. The present invention aims to solve the problem that existing heat exchangers in the prior art have low heat exchange efficiency and lack of expandability. For this purpose, the heat exchanger for cooling battery according to the present invention comprises a first liquid collection unit, a second liquid collection unit and at least one cooling plate unit provided between the first liquid collection unit and the second liquid collection unit, the first liquid collection unit at least comprising a first liquid collection area, the second liquid collection unit at least comprising a second liquid collection area, and the cooling plate unit comprising a plurality of flow guide elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: NIO (ANHUI) HOLDING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zengfang Ge, Qi Zhang, James Deng, Li Ma
  • Patent number: 10999955
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic power system (1) comprising at least one electronic power module (2). The electronic power module (2) comprises a base plate (3) and at least one heat generating component arranged on a first side of the base plate (3). The electronic power module (2) comprises a cooling structure (4) transporting heat away from the electronic power module (2) via a coolant that is guided by the cooling structure (4). The cooling structure (4) is arranged on a second side (5) of the base plate (3) opposite to the first side. Task of the invention is to provide an electronic power system (1) with an improved cooling. According to the present invention this task is solved in that the cooling structure (4) is integrally formed with the base plate (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Danfoss Silicon Power GMBH
    Inventors: Georg Wecker, Ole Mühlfeld, Lars Paulsen, Henning Ströbel-Maier, Holger Beer, Christopher Klaehr, Klaus Olesen
  • Patent number: 10969106
    Abstract: The present subject matter is directed to an axial retention assembly for combustor components of a gas turbine engine. The axial retention assembly may include a combustor having include a liner defining a liner aperture extending therethrough. Additionally, the combustor may further include a sleeve defining a sleeve aperture extending therethrough, with the sleeve positioned radially outward from and at least partially circumferentially positioned around the liner. Furthermore, the axial retention assembly may include a frame having a mounting projection positioned within the sleeve aperture. Moreover, the axial retention assembly may include a clamp plate adjustably coupled to the frame. In addition, the axial retention assembly may include a clamp plate adjustment rod extending through the liner aperture and threadingly engaging the clamp plate such that relative movement between the liner and the sleeve along the axial centerline is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Stuart Craig Hanson, Thomas Alan Mogle, II
  • Patent number: 10934030
    Abstract: A rocket fueling system includes an insulated jacket configured to removably couple to at least a portion of a rocket and form an enclosed space between the insulated jacket and the at least the portion of the rocket. The rocket fueling system also includes a cryogen inlet in the insulated jacket. The cryogen inlet is configured to receive a cryogen into an interior chamber of the insulated jacket. The rocket fueling system further includes a cryogen outlet in the insulated jacket. The cryogen outlet is configured to provide the cryogen from the interior chamber in the insulated jacket to the at least the portion of the rocket in the enclosed space. The rocket fueling system still further includes a gas outlet in the insulated jacket configured to exhaust the cryogen from the enclosed space, and a flammable gas sensor configured to detect a flammable gas at the gas outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Daniel A. Watts, David S. Jenkins
  • Patent number: 10935321
    Abstract: An energy transfer system that includes a tank comprising an outer wall having a circumference. A first fluid pathway surrounds a portion of the circumference of the tank. A second fluid pathway seals the portion of the circumference of the tank and the first fluid pathway from the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: KILR-CHILR, LLC
    Inventor: David D. Rule
  • Patent number: 10837713
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a device and a process for the storage and restitution of heat which comprises at least two concentric heat storage volumes (TES1, TES2, TES3). The walls (2) delimiting these storage volumes are configured in a manner such that the thickness of the wall delimiting the central storage volume is greater than the thickness of the wall delimiting the peripheral storage volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Florence Richard, David Teixeira, Fabrice Deleau
  • Patent number: 10830433
    Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine including a non-linear axial edge between the forward edge and the aft edge. A combustor for a gas turbine engine including a multiple of forward liner panels circumferentially mounted within the support shell via a multiple of studs, each of the multiple of forward liner panels having a non-linear axial edge therebetween to define a forward non-linear interface between each adjacent pair of the multiple of forward liner panels and a multiple of aft liner panels circumferentially mounted within the support shell via a multiple of studs aft of the multiple of forward liner panels, each of the multiple of aft liner panels having an aft non-linear axial edge therebetween to define a non-linear interface between each adjacent pair of the multiple of aft liner panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Steven W. Burd
  • Patent number: 10830182
    Abstract: A combustion chamber structure, particularly for a rocket engine, which comprises a liner surrounding a combustion chamber with an outer surface facing away from the combustion chamber on which coolant channels extending in a longitudinal direction of the liner are formed. The liner forms, at one longitudinal end, a coolant chamber extending in the circumferential direction of the liner for collecting and/or distributing a coolant. The combustion chamber structure further comprises a connecting structure that fluidly connects the coolant chamber to the coolant channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: ARIANEGROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Marc Geyer, Andreas Goetz, Torben Birck
  • Patent number: 10724799
    Abstract: A heat pump apparatus includes: a compressor including a cylindrical shell, the compressor being configured to compress a refrigerant; and a shell heat exchanger including a helical conduit wound around the outer circumference of the shell, the shell heat exchanger being configured to transfer heat of the shell to a heating medium flowing through the conduit. The shell heat exchanger includes: a plurality of segments; and joining portions configured to connect end portions of adjacent segments to each other. The segments each at least partially have an arc-like shape along the outer circumference of the shell when viewed from the axial direction of the shell. The segments are removable in the radial direction of the shell when the joining portions are separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Shuji Motegi
  • Patent number: 10655853
    Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine including a forward liner panel mounted to a support shell via a multiple of studs, the forward liner panel including an aft non-linear circumferential edge and an aft liner panel mounted to the support shell via a multiple of studs, the aft liner panel including a forward non-linear circumferential edge that is complementary to the aft non-linear circumferential edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Steven W. Burd
  • Patent number: 10537676
    Abstract: A fluid sensing system (30) including a fluid channel (32) with an inlet (34) and an outlet (36). A thermal device (38) is operably coupled thereto at a first position whereby thermal energy is transferable with fluid in the channel. A section of the fluid channel downstream of the first position has a predefined cross section and flow path. A thermal imaging device (46) is positioned to capture a thermal image of at least a portion of the downstream section. A processor (48) coupled with the thermal imaging device is configured to determine at least one output value representative of a property of the fluid medication or fluid flow using the thermal image. The output value may be the flow volume. In some embodiments, the fluid channel also defines a section upstream of the first position with the thermal imaging device capturing an image that includes at least portions of both the upstream and downstream sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Phillip W. Barth, Mateusz B. Bryning, Leslie A. Field
  • Patent number: 10461607
    Abstract: A system for liquid cooling for a motor for a pump is provided. The system includes a motor configured to be coupled to a pump to move a liquid from an inlet side of the pump associated with a first pressure to an outlet side of the pump associated with a second pressure that is greater than the first pressure. The system additionally includes a heat transfer tube adjacent to at least a portion of the motor. The heat transfer tube is configured to receive at least a portion of the liquid from the outlet side of the pump and transfer heat away from said motor using the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Thomas English, Marc C. McKinzie, Steven Michael Kruzel
  • Patent number: 10288361
    Abstract: A heating and cooling unit includes a panel, a heating assembly configured to heat the panel as part of a heating operation, and a cooling assembly configured to cool the panel as part of a cooling operation. The heating assembly includes a first plate disposed along a first side of the panel, the first plate having a body that defines a slot. The heating assembly further includes a heating element disposed within the slot. The cooling assembly includes a second plate coupled to the first plate and a cooling element coupled to the second plate. The panel, the heating assembly, and the cooling assembly are arranged in a stacked configuration with the heating assembly between the panel and the cooling assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Hatco Corporation
    Inventor: Gerhard Wenzel
  • Patent number: 10239165
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an eyebrow coil jacket, a heat control apparatus of a reactor using the eyebrow coil jacket, and a method for manufacturing the heat control apparatus of the reactor. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an eyebrow coil jacket that is capable of increasing the heat control area of the reactor even when applied to a large-sized reactor so that a heat control amount of the heat control apparatus is improved 20% more than when a half pipe coil is used, a heat control apparatus of a reactor using the eyebrow coil jacket, and a method for manufacturing the heat control apparatus of the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Kyou Ha, Suk Soo Lim, Tae Jung Kim, Jin Kee Lim, Kyung Hyun Kim, Kyung Won Ryu, Joong Chul Lom
  • Patent number: 10240842
    Abstract: An ice maker apparatus is provided that may include a casing, an extruder die, an auger, a heat exchange body, and a fin portion. The casing may define a chamber about a central axis and extend along the central axis between a top portion and a bottom portion. The extruder die may be mounted to the casing at the top portion of the casing. The auger may be disposed within the chamber. The heat exchange body may be disposed in thermal engagement with the chamber. The heat exchange body may include a base wall extending along a portion of the casing and a sidewall extending outward from the base wall. The heat exchange body may also define an air duct across the base wall and sidewall. The fin portion may include a fin extending outward from the base wall. The fin may define a plurality of subchannels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Benjamin Miller
  • Patent number: 10113129
    Abstract: During hydrothermal carbonization, the carbonization reaction takes place in a reaction tank, at high pressure and high temperature, and with steam feed. Because reactor charging takes place using a batch method, the biomass should be kept on hand in a pulper beforehand, and heated there. Slurry that leaves the reactor, in contrast, subsequently should be cooled in a buffer tank. For this purpose, cooling of the slurry and pre-heating of the biomass are linked. For this purpose, a heat exchanger in the pulper and a further heat exchanger in the buffer tank, which are connected to form a heat circuit, are supposed to be kept on hand. In this way, the slurry to be cooled can give off its heat to the biomass to be heated up, with the effect that significantly less energy leaves the system and has to be supplied to it again at a different location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: AVA Green Chemistry Development GmbH
    Inventor: Stepan Nicolja Kusche
  • Patent number: 10087772
    Abstract: The turbomachine includes a rotatable member defining an axis of rotation and an inner annular casing extending circumferentially over at least a portion of the rotatable member. The inner annular casing includes a radially outer surface. The turbomachine further includes an outer annular casing extending over at least a portion of the inner annular casing. The inner annular casing and the outer annular casing define a plurality of cavities therebetween. The clearance control system includes a manifold system including a plurality of conduits extending circumferentially about the inner annular casing and disposed within the cavities. The clearance control system also includes an impingement system extending circumferentially about the inner annular casing and disposed within the cavities. The conduits are configured to channel a flow of cooling fluid to the impingement system which is configured to channel the cooling fluid to the radially outer surface of the inner annular casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Changjie Sun, Yu Xie Mukherjee, Bhaskar Nanda Mondal, Atanu Saha, Marcia Boyle Johnson, Wenfeng Lu
  • Patent number: 10058124
    Abstract: Vaporizer devices and apparatuses are provided. In some implementations, a vaporizer device comprises a cartridge and a device body. The cartridge comprises a cartridge body having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, a first pair of heater contacts comprising a first plate coupled to the first side and a second plate coupled to the second side, and a heater comprising a wick, a resistive heating element in contact with the wick, the first plate, and the second plate. The wick and resistive heating element are suspended between the first plate and the second plate. The device body comprises a cartridge receptacle for receiving the cartridge and a second pair of heater contacts positioned to couple with the first pair of heater contacts when the cartridge is inserted into the device body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: JUUL Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: James Monsees, Nicholas Jay Hatton, Steven Christensen, Ariel Atkins
  • Patent number: 10054335
    Abstract: Disclosed is a solar light heat receiver having a heat receiving tube which allows a heat medium to flow through the inside thereof and which transmits the heat of irradiated solar light to the heat medium, the solar light heat receiver being provided with a partition member which divides the inside of the heat receiving tube into a first passage on the light receiving surface side to be irradiated with solar light, and a second passage on the non-light receiving surface side opposite to the first passage in the irradiation direction of solar light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiromi Nakatani
  • Patent number: 10045567
    Abstract: Vaporizer devices and apparatuses are provided. In some implementations, a cartridge comprises a storage compartment holding a vaporizable material, a wick in contact with the vaporizable material, a heating element in contact with the wick, a first plate positioned proximate to a first side of the cartridge and coupled to the heating element, and a second plate positioned proximate to a second side of the cartridge and coupled to the heating element, the first side opposite the second side. The heating element is configured to heat the vaporizable material to generate an aerosol comprising particles having diameters of an average size of about one micron or less. The first plate and the second plate define a volume therebetween, and at least a portion of the heating element is positioned within the volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: JUUL Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: James Monsees, Adam Bowen, Steven Christensen, Joshua Morenstein, Christopher Nicholas HibmaCronan
  • Patent number: 10001325
    Abstract: A heat exchanger (80) includes a plurality of heat exchange layers (95) stacked in a stackwise direction. Each of the layers includes a first plate (110) and a second plate (115), each of the first plate and the second plate includes a portion of a first enclosed header (120), a second enclosed header (125) and at least one flow channel (130) that extends between the first enclosed header and the second enclosed header. The first plate and the second plate are fixedly attached to one another to completely define the first enclosed header, the second enclosed header, and the at least one flow channel. An inlet header (85) is in fluid communication with the first enclosed header of each of the plurality of heat exchange layers (95) to direct a flow of fluid to the heat exchange layers. An outlet header is in fluid communication with the second enclosed header of each of the plurality of heat exchange layers to direct the flow of fluid from the heat exchange layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Company
    Inventor: Charles J. Bergh
  • Patent number: 9963754
    Abstract: The campaign lives are extended and the risks of process gas leaks past seals are reduced by improved stave coolers that each hang together inside steel shelled furnaces by a single neck extended out through a steel jacketed collar. All the coolant circuits inside the stave cooler are collected and grouped together to pass inside through the one collar. The steel in the collar is matched to the steel used in the containment shell, and a matching steel weld seals them together. Thermal stresses are thereby prevented from accumulating over separation distances as a consequent of the steel's coefficient of expansion. A single point of penetration has no separation distance to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Inventor: Allan J. MacRae
  • Patent number: 9903585
    Abstract: A catalytic burner comprising a burner chamber and a utilization chamber, the burner chamber functionally divided into a fuel-oxidant mixing zone and a catalytic combustion zone. The burner chamber occupies a space disposed between outer and inner tubular walls of the burner. The utilization chamber, which is a space bounded by the inner tubular wall, remains hollow for secondary useful purposes, for example, connection to a heat sink of a Stirling engine and/or incorporation of a second heat source (e.g., solar or geothermal heat source). Auxiliary system components can also be packaged into the utilization chamber. The burner can function in hybrid flame and/or flameless modes, and can further include a recuperator to capture heat by-passing the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC.
    Inventors: Bruce Crowder, Subir Roychoudhury, Richard Mastanduno
  • Patent number: 9896986
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for operating an internal combustion engine, in particular for commercial vehicles, having a fuel/air feed device and a downstream exhaust system, wherein, to achieve improved efficiency, the exhaust gas enthalpy in the exhaust gas flow of the internal combustion engine is used to operate a heat engine, in particular a Stirling engine, which produces mechanical energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: MAN TRUCK & BUS AG
    Inventor: Alexander Schydlo
  • Patent number: 9869204
    Abstract: A mid-turbine frame for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a first frame case, a flange coupled to the first frame case, and a heat shield adjacent to the flange and between adjacent spokes. A method of cooling a portion of a gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joshua Daniel Winn, Anthony P. Cherolis, Steven D. Porter, Christopher Treat, Kevin Zacchera
  • Patent number: 9845704
    Abstract: A cooled flange connection of a gas-turbine engine is annular and includes a first flange of a first component, at least a second and central flange of a second component, and a third flange of a third component. At the contact area between the first and the second flange a first circumferential duct is provided that extends over at least part of the circumference. At the contact area between the second and the third flange a second circumferential duct is provided that extends over at least part of the circumference. The first and second circumferential ducts are connected to one another by axial connecting recesses. The first flange is provided with at least one inflow recess connected to the first circumferential duct. The third flange is provided with at least one outflow recess connected to the circumferential duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventors: Ivo Szarvasy, Friedrich Lohmann
  • Patent number: 9790810
    Abstract: In a gas turbine for aeronautic engines, a stator body delimited by an outer lateral surface is cooled by an air cooling device having a plurality of circumferential tubes for distributing air on the outer lateral surface; each circumferential tube having a plurality of outlets for guiding respective cooling airflows towards the outer lateral surface and into a respective circumferential channel obtained between two groups of circumferential channels adjacent to each other and lapped by the flow of air leaving the circumferential channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: GE AVIO S.R.L.
    Inventors: Daniele Coutandin, Stefano Zecchi