Opposed Plates Or Shells Patents (Class 165/170)
  • Patent number: 8622116
    Abstract: A heat absorbing or dissipating device having a multi-pipe arrangement for flowing of thermal conductive fluids having a temperature difference. The thermal conductive fluids are reversely transported by a first fluid piping and second fluid piping in parallel or substantially parallel arrangements on a same end side of the heat dissipation or absorption receiving article or space. This configuration is configured to allow the heat transference, i.e., heat absorption or heat dissipation, between the thermal conductive fluid and the heat absorbing or dissipating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Inventor: Tai-Her Yang
  • Publication number: 20130333444
    Abstract: Provided is a plate-type column which allows the temperature of its inner passage to be rapidly increased or decreased while ensuring the correctness of an analysis or other operations. A plate-type column 10 includes: a plate-shaped main body 11; projecting portions 12 and 13 protruding from a circumferential edge of the main body 11; and a fluid-flow passage 14 extending in the main body 11 and the projecting portions 12 and 13. An intermediate portion of the passage 14 is provided in the main body 11, while each of the end portions of the passage 14 extends from the main body 11 through the projecting portion 12 or 13, with each of the end portions being open to the outside at the tip of the projecting portion 12 or 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki KANAI, Takahiro NISHIMOTO, Masanori NISHINO, Satoshi MATSUOKA
  • Publication number: 20130319036
    Abstract: A water-cooled heat rejection heat exchanger is provided and includes a housing having first and second opposing end plates and sidewalls extending between the end plates to form an enclosure, at least the first end plate including first and second inlet/outlet pairs for first and second fluids, respectively, a plurality of plates disposed within the enclosure between the first and second end plates to define a first fluid pathway disposed in fluid communication with the first inlet/outlet pair and a second fluid pathway disposed in fluid communication with the second inlet/outlet pair and a plurality of brazed formations disposed between adjacent ones of the first end plate, the plurality of plates and the second end plate to isolate the first fluid pathway from the second fluid pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael F. Taras, Mark J. Perkovich, Mel Woldesemayat
  • Patent number: 8584741
    Abstract: A heat exchanger has a plurality of chamber units. The chamber units include an inlet orifice, an outlet orifice, and a plurality of walls defining a chamber interior. The inlet receives a heat exchange medium flowing in a first flow direction in an initial line of flow. Disposed within the chamber interior is a medium directing member, having an inclined surface, which diverts the heat exchange medium from the initial flow direction so that it disperses within the chamber interior in at least two distinct flow patterns. Directional flow of the medium may be facilitated by two medium directing channels disposed within one or more of the chamber walls. Protrusion members on one or more chamber walls enhance dispersion of the heat exchange medium, causing a turbulent flow pattern within the chamber interior. The heat exchange medium exits the chamber, via the outlet, in the initial line of flow. The chambers are interconnected to form assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Mikutay Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Nitta, Takeyoshi Nitta
  • Patent number: 8561601
    Abstract: A clamshell heat exchanger includes a first clamshell half and a second clamshell half. The first and second clamshell halves each include a through-hole therein. The first and second clamshell halves form a passageway, with a seal region located between portions of the passageway. A fastener is located within the first and second through-holes within the seal region. The fastener is configured to rigidly join the first clamshell half to the second clamshell half while allowing relative lateral motion between said first and said second clamshell halves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Schneberger, Raymond J. Wojcieson
  • Patent number: 8555954
    Abstract: An inexpensive heat exchanger is disclosed, wherein the heat exchanger is made up of a plurality of plates and each plate has at least one channel defined in the plate. The plates are stacked and bonded together to form a block having conduits for carrying at least one fluid and where the exchanger includes an expansion device enclosed within the unit. The plates include construction to thermally insulate the sections of the heat exchanger to control the heat flow within the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Phillip F. Daly, Kurt M. Vanden Bussche
  • Publication number: 20130264701
    Abstract: A cold plate has a base plate connected to a cover to form an enclosure, with an inlet and outlet nozzle penetrating the enclosure for coolant flow. The base plate includes a top surface opposite a bottom surface, Where the top surface includes enhancements positioned within the enclosure under the cover. The base plate has an inlet trough and an outlet trough that serve as headers, so the inlet nozzle connects to the inlet trough, and coolant from the inlet trough can flow through the enhanced surface, collect in the outlet trough, and then exit the cold plate through the outlet nozzle. The enhanced surface includes enhancements that begin at a point in between the bottom surface and the top surface, and the enhancements extend to a point above the top surface. In another embodiment, electronic components can be soldered on a cold plate. The electronic component can be positioned in contact with the cold plate, and solid solder can be positioned at a contact point on the electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Wolverine Tube, Inc.
    Inventors: Sy-Jenq Loong, Donald Lynn Smith, Matthew Reeves, Peter Beucher
  • Patent number: 8550154
    Abstract: In a resin heat exchanger unit, a resin pipe having straight portions and curved portions and a plurality of resin fins are integrally molded and there can be realized high reliability, high heat exchange efficiency, and a simple manufacturing process. The resin heat exchanger unit includes a resin pipe (1), which has straight portions (2) and curved portions (3) provided alternatively and continuously, and a plurality of resin fins (4) connected to the pipe (1), the pipe (1) and the fins (4) being integrally injection-molded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: RP Topla Limited
    Inventors: Minoru Ojiro, Yaushiko Hata, Hiroyuki Minezaki, Tomoyoshi Sakamoto, Hiroki Katagiri
  • Publication number: 20130258596
    Abstract: A coldplate for use with an inverter in an electric vehicle (EV) or a hybrid-electric vehicle (HEV). The inverter includes a direct current (DC) link capacitor comprising multiple film capacitors configured in a stack. The coldplate includes a first portion configured for attachment to at least one electronic component, the first portion having a perimeter and for dissipating heat generated by the electronic component. The coldplate includes a second portion oriented along the perimeter of the first portion and forming a conduit, the conduit having a chamber extending from the perimeter of the first portion and between two of the plurality of film capacitors of the DC link capacitor. The conduit has an inlet and an outlet to facilitate circulation of a coolant through the chamber of the conduit for dissipating heat generated by the DC link capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: LEAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nadir Sharaf, Slobodan Pavlovic, Dilip Daftuar, Juan Lopez
  • Publication number: 20130240190
    Abstract: An exemplary method for manufacturing a heat sink includes steps: providing a base with a plurality of spaced protrusions formed thereon; providing a plurality of fins and bending a distal end of each fin to form a connecting end; fitting each fin between two adjacent protrusions correspondingly and attaching the connecting end of each fin to the base; and deforming each protrusion to press the connecting ends of two adjacent fins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: QIAO-LONG CHEN, MENG FU, ZI-FU YANG, CHUN-CHI CHEN
  • Publication number: 20130228319
    Abstract: A cooling device includes a main body, a pipe, and a resin portion. The main body includes a first shell plate and a second shell plate each having a peripheral portion. The first shell plate and the second shell plate are integrated together by brazing the peripheral portions, and the main body includes a coolant passage and a port. The pipe is coupled to the main body and allows for circulation of coolant in the coolant passage through the port. The resin portion is molded on an outer surface of the main body at where the pipe is coupled to the main body to fix the pipe to the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Shinsuke NISHI, Shogo MORI
  • Publication number: 20130220987
    Abstract: Provided are a layered heat exchanger that can prevent deterioration of sealing property due to deformation of sealing portions of inlet and outlet header sections when a PTC heater is sandwiched between flat heat exchanger tubes, and is pressed to be brought into close contact with the flat heat exchanger tubes, and a heat medium heating apparatus and a vehicle air-conditioning apparatus using the layered heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL...
    Inventors: Takamitsu Himeno, Satoshi Kominami, Yasunobu Zyoubouji, Isao Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20130213623
    Abstract: A tube for a heat exchanger comprises a plate provided with a plurality of parallel flow ports, wherein the plate is formed by a single folded-up metal sheet and consists of an envelope formed by a first portion of the metal sheet, and of a partition structure formed by a second portion of the metal sheet, which extends in an corrugated manner within the envelope so as to define said flow ports therewith, and wherein the partition structure has a substantially polygonal profile having connection segments interconnecting opposite walls of the envelope and being interposed between adjacent flow ports. The connection segments are slanted relative to the opposite walls of the envelope, thereby defining an angle a>0° relative to the normal to said walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventors: Davide Perocchio, Giandomenico Cappello, Giuseppe Tiziano
  • Publication number: 20130206375
    Abstract: A cooler is provided which comprises a heat discharging unit in which a plurality of heat discharge fins are placed in a line and a coolant flows in a passage between the heat discharge fins, an inflow-side coolant reservoir provided extending in a lined direction of the heat discharge fins and connected to a side of one end of the passage between the heat discharge fins through a first diaphragm portion, and an outflow-side coolant reservoir provided extending in the lined direction of the heat discharge fins and connected to a side of the other end of the passage between the heat discharge fins through a second diaphragm portion. An inflow-side fin is formed on a surface of the inflow-side coolant reservoir opposing the first diaphragm portion, and a circulation cross-sectional area of the inflow-side coolant reservoir is set smaller than a circulation cross-sectional area of the outflow-side coolant reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2010
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tadafumi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20130192807
    Abstract: Systems are disclosed for battery modules with cooling systems. In accordance with disclosed embodiments, the cooling system may be disposed against an external surface of a housing of the battery module. The cooling system may utilize a coolant to remove heat generated by cells within the battery module, to prevent the cells from aging prematurely. Embodiments of the cooling system may include cold plates, tubes, fins, and plates, or a combination thereof, which may route the coolant along the surface of the battery module housing. Such features may create a large effective cooling surface against the battery module housing to promote a high heat transfer rate from the cells to the coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
    Inventor: Johnson Controls Technology Company
  • Patent number: 8490678
    Abstract: A thermal energy transfer device attached to an object to dissipate thermal energy from the object is provided. The thermal energy transfer device includes a non-metal base plate and a first non-metal fin structure. The base plate has a first primary surface and a second primary surface opposite the first primary surface, and includes at least one groove on the first primary surface. The fin structure has a first primary surface, a second primary surface opposite the first primary surface, and a plurality of edges that are between the first and the second primary surfaces including a first edge. The first fin structure is attached to the base plate with the first edge received in a first groove of the at least one groove of the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Inventor: Gerald Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 8480463
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flat element (1) for thermally adjusting indoor air, especially for cooling indoor air. Said flat element (1) comprises an air guiding chamber (2) and an active cover surface (3) having microholes (4). The air guiding chamber (2) has an upper side (5), a plurality of sidewalls (6a, 6b), at least one opening (7) for letting air in and at least one opening (8) for discharging air. The active cover surface (3) closes the air guiding chamber (2) towards its open bottom side. The upper side (5) of the air guiding chamber (2) is shaped so as to have at least one baffle (10) having at least one air guiding edge (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: LK Luftqualität AG
    Inventor: Werner Fleischer
  • Publication number: 20130168042
    Abstract: A heat exchanger having at least one corrugated sheet and a method of creating the heat exchanger are provided. The method includes providing at least one corrugated sheet. The at least one corrugated sheet has at least one joining portion and at least one groove portion. The method includes providing a joining surface for the at least one corrugated sheet. The method also includes joining the at least one corrugated sheet at the least one joining portion with the joining surface. The joining surface cooperates with the at least one groove portion of the at least one corrugated sheet to create at least one passageway. The at least one passageway is configured for the passage of fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventor: Praveen Kumar Garlapati
  • Publication number: 20130126139
    Abstract: The heat transporting unit according to the Present Disclosure comprises: an upper plate; a lower plate that faces the upper plate; an interior space that is formed by the upper plate and the lower plate and wherein a refrigerant can be sealed; a first region, that is a region that is part of the interior space and that is provided with a first column portion that forms a plurality of first ducts that extend in the X-axis direction; and a second region that is provided with a second column portion that forms a plurality of second ducts that extend in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction, that is a region that is other than the first region within the interior space; wherein: the first ducts and second ducts connect at a boundary between the first region and the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: MOLEX INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Katsuya Tsuruta, Kenji Ohsawa, Rinkou Fukunaga
  • Patent number: 8441794
    Abstract: A liquid cooler including a heat sink. A hollow body is produced by extrusion having at least one flat outer surface between a first and a second end. At least one elongated cavity passes through the body from the first to the second end. The hollow body includes a plurality of parallel fins directed into and along the at least one cavity. An insert housed in the at least one cavity connects the tops of the fins in a fluid-tight manner thereby forming liquid channels for a coolant liquid between the insert and the hollow body. A lid is attached at both ends of the hollow body for forming a liquid cooling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: SAPA Profiles (Shanghai) Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Hou, Henrik Nyström, Seppo Tuovinen, David Littler, Yamin Wang
  • Publication number: 20130112383
    Abstract: A plate with a passage and the like capable of shortening a process time than a previous one and of suppressing leakage from or contamination to the passage are provided. The plate with the passage is a plate in which the passage for causing a fluid to circulate therein is formed, and includes a body plate formed of a metal or an alloy and in which a groove serving as the passage is provided, a cover plate that covers the groove, and a deposition layer that is formed such that metal or alloy powder is accelerated with a gas and is sprayed on the body plate and the cover plate in a solid phase, and covers the cover plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshihiko Hanamachi
  • Publication number: 20130082377
    Abstract: Embodiments discussed herein are directed to a power semiconductor packaging that removes heat from a semiconductor package through one or more cooling zones that are located in a laterally oriented position with respect to the semiconductor package. Additional embodiments are directed to circuit elements that are constructed from one or more modular power semiconductor packages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin BENNION, Jason LUSTBADER
  • Publication number: 20130077245
    Abstract: A cooling module including a condenser, a power module including the cooling module and a method for cooling electric and/or electronic components are provided. The condenser of the cooling module includes at least one panel for cooling electric and/or electronic components. Two sheets of the panel are attached to one another by a process involving roll-bonding such that a conduit is formed between the two sheets. The conduit extends in a direction of a plane formed by the sheets. Cooling may be provided by evaporating coolant in the conduit at an evaporation section of the panel and by condensing the coolant at a condensing section of the panel. A heat load may be transferred from a heat source to a heat receiving unit. The heat receiving unit is adapted to transfer the heat load to the panel which transfers the heat load to an ambient environment by a thermal carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: ABB RESEARCH LTD
    Inventors: Thomas Gradinger, Berk Yesin, Francesco Agostini
  • Patent number: 8403032
    Abstract: A structure of heat plate includes a hollow portion formed adjacent to a side edge of a plate body or in a corner of the plate body. A seal tube is received in the hollow portion so that the plate body provides complete protection to the seal tube against deformation or damage of the seal tube caused by external impact or hit and offers the advantages of simple structure, excellent durability, being easy to practice, and flexibility of arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Kunshan Jue-Choung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Po Huang, Tung-Jung Kuo
  • Patent number: 8404188
    Abstract: Plate heat exchange unit (12) for isothermal or pseudo-isothermal chemical reactors, for the heat exchange between a fluid circulating inside the plates and an outer flow of reactant gases, wherein the walls (14, 15), of the plates (13) have notches (14s, 15s) surrounded by suitable joining lines (105), obtaining openings (104) passing through the plates (13) themselves, the plates resulting substantially permeable in the transversal direction to the reactant gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Methanol Casale S.A.
    Inventors: Agostino Barbieri, Nicola Sorlini
  • Publication number: 20130068434
    Abstract: In a heat exchanger, fins are simply and accurately positioned in place and heat is efficiently exchanged without increasing manufacture cost, and the plurality of corrugated plate-like fins are disposed in the flow direction of a coolant in a housing. The heat exchanger has: connecting parts, which connect together the adjacent fins among the fins; protrusions ormed on the connecting parts; and positioning holes for positioning the fins formed in the housing. The adjacent fins are disposed at predetermined intervals in the coolant flow direction with a predetermined offset amount in the direction that orthogonally intersects the coolant flow direction by fitting the protrusions in the positioning holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Yuya Takano, Yasuji Taketsuna, Eisaku Kakiuchi, Katsuhiko Tatebe, Masahiro Morino, Tomohiro Takenaga
  • Publication number: 20130068433
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for controlling temperature of electrical or electronic components has at least one flat tube with an inlet port and outlet port. A coolant entering through the inlet port passes through multiple heat sinks located within the flat tube before exiting through the outlet port. The heat exchanger has a first heat sink coupled to the flat plate with multiple fins arranged based on a first fin configuration, a second heat sink coupled to the flat plate with multiple fins arranged based on a second fin configuration, and at least one coupling device. The heat sinks are arranged based on a position of one or more components mounted on the flat tube such that the number of heat sink fins is proportional to heating characteristics of the components mounted on the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Shreekanth Murthy Muthigi, Nishad Poovankavil
  • Patent number: 8393385
    Abstract: A heat exchanging device includes first and second disk members coupled together to form a disk unit having a chamber. The first disk member has an inlet and the second disk member has an outlet. At least one of the disk members has first and second connecting members coupled to the other disk member. The connecting members are arranged on opposite sides of a line extending axially through the inlet and outlet to define therebetween an inlet flow path above the line and outlet flow path below the line. A medium directing member is disposed within the disk unit. The medium directing member, the first and second connecting members and the chamber are arranged such that heat exchange media is directed to flow from the inlet, through the inlet flow path, through the chamber, through the outlet flow path, and into the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Mikutay Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Nitta, Takeyoshi Nitta
  • Patent number: 8393384
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stacked-plate heat exchanger, in particular a charge-air cooler, having a plurality of elongate plates (1-3;21-23;51-53) which are stacked on top of one another and are connected, in particular soldered, to one another, which plates (1-3;21-23;51-53) delimit a cavity (55-57) for conducting a medium to be cooled, for example charge air, in the longitudinal direction of the plates, and a further cavity (63-65) for conducting a coolant, wherein the plates (1-3;21-23;51-53) have in each case one inlet port and one outlet port for the medium which is to be cooled. In order to provide a stacked-plate heat exchanger which can be produced cost-effectively and has a long service life even at high temperatures, according to the invention, at least one coolant port (14-16) extends partially around a port (12) for the medium to be cooled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Behr Industry GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Volker Velte, Horst Rothenhöfer
  • Publication number: 20130056188
    Abstract: A panel for forming a heat exchanger structure includes a first end; a second end; a first side to connect to another adjacent panel; a second side to connect to an adjacent panel; a first surface between the first and second ends and the first and second sides; a second surface between the first and second ends and the first and second sides; and a circular flow passage extending from the first end to the second end, wherein the panel is an extruded monolithic structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International Inc.
    Inventors: Leo Gard, Marcelo Bromberg, Cheng-Yi Lu, Micahel Mowry, Timothy Welch
  • Publication number: 20130058038
    Abstract: A thermal interposer for a heat-generating electronic component located on an adapter card of a computer includes a thermally conducting planar body. The thermally conducting planar body may be configured to be coupled to the adapter card such that a first surface of the planar body is in thermal contact with a surface of the electronic component. The thermal interposer may also include a cold plate assembly removably coupled to a second surface of the planar body opposite the first surface. The cold plate assembly may include an inlet adapted to receive a cooling liquid into the cold plate assembly and an outlet adapted to discharge the cooling liquid from the cold plate assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Monem H. Alyaser, Jeremy A. Rice
  • Patent number: 8387893
    Abstract: A structure of a dry heating system, and a method for constructing the same are disclosed. An upper board stacked on a heat radiator has a double-layer structure comprising first upper board elements and second upper board elements in order to prevent steps from being formed at seaming portions formed on the upper portion of the dry heating system, thereby maintaining flatness of the upper board, and reducing any bending of the upper board, in which the first upper board elements constitute a lower portion of the double-layer structure, and serve to protect the heat radiator while supporting a weight load, and the second upper board elements constitute an upper portion of the double-layer structure, and serve to maintain the flatness of the upper board by removing the steps, thereby ensuring excellent quality in construction of the dry heating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung-Myoung Chae, Sung-Seock Hwang, Se-Chang Kang, Dong-Sik Jang, Seung-Chul Hwang, Suk Jang
  • Publication number: 20130042996
    Abstract: Heat exchangers can include heat exchange plates with: front and back exterior surfaces exposed to a non-working fluid; an interior working fluid flow channel between the front and back exterior surfaces, comprising a first plurality of parallel flow paths in a first direction and a second plurality of parallel flow paths in a second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Yunho Hwang, Jan Muehlbaurer, Hoseong Lee, Laurence Jay Shapiro, Barry R. Cole
  • Patent number: 8371288
    Abstract: A solar collector/heat exchanger includes a first panel of corrugated heat conductive material, a second panel of corrugated heat conductive material, and a third panel of corrugated material. A mounting structure mounts the first and second panels with the third panel sandwiched between the first and second panels. The mounting structure further defines an air flow path across the first and second panels. The corrugations of the first and second panels extend parallel to the air flow path and the corrugations of the third panel extend perpendicular to the air flow path so as to cause turbulence in air passing between the first and second panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Inventor: Louis T. King
  • Publication number: 20130032319
    Abstract: A heat exchanger system containing a heat exchanger coupled to a fitting. The fitting contains a tube having a heat exchanger attachment end and an opposing end. The fitting further having a sleeve, having a sleeve body connecting a first end of the sleeve to an overlapping end. The first end of the sleeve being coupled to an outer surface of the tube and the sleeve body and the second end of the sleeve being spaced from the outer surface of the tube defining a space for receiving a conduit and adapted for coupling the fitting to the conduit. Also described is a fitting that can be attached to a conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: Dana Canada Corporation
    Inventors: Lee M. Kinder, Nikolas Stewart, Doug Waller
  • Publication number: 20130020062
    Abstract: A plate heat exchanger comprises a stack of heat transfer plates each extending in a general plane and provided with a main heat transfer portion with a corrugation pattern. Each heat transfer plate comprises an outer peripheral portion extending outside the main heat transfer portion and along a periphery. The outer peripheral portion comprises outer and inner edge portions. In the stack the heat transfer plates in their outer peripheral portions abut against each other alternately along the outer and inner edge portions, and are welded together alternately along the outer and inner edge portions. The heat transfer plates in the stack are welded together by melting material of the heat transfer plates closest to abutting faces of the edge portions by supplying welding energy in a direction substantially parallel to the general plane to produce weld joints between the heat transfer plates in the outer and inner edge portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB
    Inventor: Ralf Blomgren
  • Patent number: 8348100
    Abstract: A device and a method for delivering a fluid, in particular hot-melt adhesive. The device includes a base member having an inlet opening for receiving the fluid from a fluid source and an outlet opening for delivering the fluid to a nozzle arrangement. The nozzle arrangement has a discharge passage with a discharge opening for delivery of the fluid. A heat transfer member heats or cools the fluid and includes a heat transfer passage through which the fluid can flow. The heat transfer passage is of a flow cross-section which changes in the flow direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: Hubert Kufner, Thomas Burmester
  • Publication number: 20120325447
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention, a cooling system includes a cooling plate having a first surface and an opposite, second surface, a body portion defined between the first surface and the second surface, at least one channel formed in the body portion for a cooling fluid to flow therethrough, an inlet and an outlet in flow communications with the at least one channel for the cooling fluid to enter and exit the at least one channel, respectively. The inlet and the outlet are spatially separated by a distance. The at least one channel defines a flow path of the cooling fluid flowing from the inlet to the outlet through the at least one channel. The flow path has a path length substantially greater than the distance between the inlet and the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: DELTA ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peiai You, Gang Liu, Jinfa Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120312515
    Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a panel for a transformer radiator includes a pair of substantially-rectangular panel sheets joined together to form a plurality of internal fluid channels, each fluid channel including an inlet and an outlet, and a plurality of pin fins disposed on at least a portion of at least one external surface of the panel sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: WAUKESHA ELECTRIC SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Nemec, Shirish Mehta, Padma Varanasi
  • Publication number: 20120305217
    Abstract: Heat transfer sheets (70) for a rotary regenerative heat exchanger (10) have a alternating first and second undulation surfaces (71,81). The first and second undulation surfaces (71,81) are composed of parallel ridges (75,85) angled in alternating directions. When the heat transfer sheets (70) are stacked, they create passageways (79) between them that direct air/gas through them. The ridges (75,85) redirect the air flow near the surface of the heat transfer sheet (70) imparting turbulence reducing laminar flow to improve heat transfer. The heat transfer sheets (80) employ curved ridges (95) having valleys (97) between them that define passageways (99) that constantly redirect the air/gas flow minimizing turbulence, creating efficient heat transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventors: Lawrence G. Cowburn, Scott R. Duffney, Dennis R. Grantier, Jeffery E. Yowell
  • Publication number: 20120267084
    Abstract: A double-wall heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat exchange plate pairs. Each heat exchange plate pair forms a double-wall structure including two heat exchange plates that are at least partially separated by a leak space. At least one weep hole is disposed through the plurality of heat exchange plate pairs and intersects the leak spaces of the plurality of plate pairs to channel leaking fluid from the leak spaces to a location outside of the heat exchanger. The at least one weep hole is positioned on a surface of the heat exchanger at a location that is spaced from a side boundary of the heat exchanger thereby enabling an operator of the heat exchanger to observe a leakage on the surface of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary A. Crawford
  • Patent number: 8291892
    Abstract: A heat exchanger suitable for cooling exhaust gases and a method of making same are disclosed. The heat exchanger includes an outer casting member having first and second ends and forming a housing and a plurality of channel members forming alternating first and second flow channels for the flow of an exhaust gas through the first flow channels and coolant through the second flow channels. The channel members form a core having first and second ends, this core being mounted in the casting member. A first flange is fixedly attached to a first end of the core so as to form a sealed joint. A second flange is fixedly attached to the second end of the core so as to form another sealed joint. The first and second flanges are each coupled by fasteners to their respective ends of the casting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Dana Canada Corporation
    Inventors: Herve Palanchon, Hans Katzmaier, Bruno Chapoutol
  • Publication number: 20120261097
    Abstract: A structural cold plate assembly includes cold plates mounted to opposing sides of a panel and in fluid communication through fluid passages that extend through the panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventor: Mark A. Zaffetti
  • Publication number: 20120247741
    Abstract: A heat exchanger comprises a first plate and a second plate. A coolant flow passage is formed by brazing the first plate and the second plate by use of a first brazing filler metal. A pipe is brazed between a first groove portion provided in the first plate and a second groove portion provided in the second plate by use of a second brazing filler metal. A pair of first flanges provided contiguously with the first groove portion. Each of the first flanges includes an inner surface. A pair of second flanges provided contiguously with the second groove portion. Each of the second flanges includes an inner surface. At least one of the inner surfaces of the first flanges and the inner surfaces of the second flanges is covered with the second brazing filler metal. The first and second flanges are held by jigs upon brazing of the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicants: SHOWA DENKO K.K., KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Takashi OKAMOTO, Tomoya HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20120222847
    Abstract: The Invention relates to an exchanger comprising a network of channels extending between two parallel faces, in order to allow the circulation of a heat transfer fluid in the channels and the heat exchange between this heat transfer fluid and the outside through at least one of the faces. The network of channels is formed by a three-dimensional hollow laminated panel based on fibres hardened by the impregnation of a resin, comprising two two-dimensional woven layers which are impervious and stiff forming the parallel faces, and a stiff weaving of orthogonal fibres, connecting the two layers together by providing a hollow intercalated space by forming rows of parallel walls between them defining the channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: MARINE TECHNIQUE MEDITERRANNEE
    Inventor: M. Stuart FORD
  • Publication number: 20120217826
    Abstract: A cooling device includes an inner sleeve with an outer surface, an outer sleeve surrounding the inner sleeve, and two end portions extending between the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve at the ends. The inner sleeve, the outer sleeve and the end portions define a peripheral space. A flow guiding structure defines N channels in the peripheral space for coolant to flow, where N is an integer equal to or greater than 1. Each channel has at least two branches, and N pairs of inlet and outlet corresponding to the N channels. The branches of each channel are in fluid communication with a respective pair of inlet and outlet. Each branch extends over a half circumferential part of the outer surface of the inner sleeve. An electric motor incorporating the cooling device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Mao Xiong Jiang, Yu Li, Gang Li, Yong Wang, Hai Hui Xiang
  • Publication number: 20120211207
    Abstract: A heat transporting unit comprises an upper plate, a lower plate opposing the upper plate, an internal space formed by the upper plate and the lower plate and operable to enter a refrigerant, a plurality of paths dividing the internal space in a first direction, and a plurality of grooves being provided at a bottom surface of the internal space. The plurality of the paths and the plurality of the grooves are connected by capillary channels in a region, and are divided by sidewalls in another region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: MOLEX INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kenji Ohsawa, Katsuya Tsuruta
  • Patent number: 8240361
    Abstract: The invention relates to a combined thermal protection and surface temperature control apparatus. In one embodiment, a combined thermal protection and surface temperature control apparatus comprises a porous member having an entrance side, and a separate exit side. One or more coolant entrance channels extend through the entrance side, extend part-way through the porous member, and end within the porous member before reaching the exit side. Conversely, one or more coolant exit channels begin within the porous member, extend through a portion of the porous member, and extend through the exit side. The coolant entrance and exit channels may be parallel and may alternate. The channels may only extend across a portion of the thickness of the porous member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: William W. Behrens, Andrew R. Tucker
  • Patent number: 8235098
    Abstract: A flat tube for a heat exchanger having a stack of such flat tubes. The flat tube has a plurality of spaced-apart dimples formed on each of its opposite faces. At least some of the dimples on each face have an elongate plan shape, at least some of the elongate dimples being obliquely oriented such that their major axes form oblique angles with a longitudinal axis of the tube. The obliquely oriented elongate dimples are positioned such that when two of the tubes are stacked, the obliquely oriented elongate dimples on opposing faces of the tubes contact one another and the major axes of each contacting pair of elongate dimples are non-parallel to each other. Each contacting pair of elongate dimples of adjacent tubes thus forms a “cross” or “X”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: Keith Agee
  • Publication number: 20120186795
    Abstract: A plate cooler for fluids, in particular hydraulic oil, having a parallelepiped packet of spaced-apart plate elements (1), which include vertical fluid channels (2) and air channels (3) disposed between the fluid channels and which at their ends communicate with a distributor box (4) disposed at their upper boundary and with a collection box (4?) disposed at their lower boundary, wherein the distributor box (4) can be made to communicate with at least one feed line leading away, and the collection box (4?) can be made to communicate with at least one discharge line leading away, and both boxes (4, 4?) are each embodied as a hollow extruded profile section of aluminum having a horizontal fluid channel (5) and have guide grooves (6), open toward the outside and T-shaped in cross section, for attaching connecting elements, and wherein the distributor box (4) and the collection box (4?) are closed off on both ends and have at least one upward- and downward-pointing horizontal opening (7) each, at which a respecti
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Philipp Pustelnik, Thomas Euler-Rolle