Diverse Materials Patents (Class 165/180)
  • Patent number: 11655530
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a copper alloy tube for a heat exchanger having excellent breaking strength and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly, to a Cu alloy tube having excellent breaking strength and thermal conductivity and suitable for use in a heat exchanger, and a method of manufacturing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: LS METAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho Rim Chung, Chang Ho Oh, Dae Kyong Kim, Do Young Chung, Do Youl Lee, Dong Jun Kwak
  • Patent number: 11566827
    Abstract: A system for condensing and phase separating a refrigerant fluid includes a condenser inlet header configured to receive a stream of refrigerant vapor. A condenser is in fluid communication with the condenser header and is configured to receive vapor and produce a mixed phase fluid stream. An elongated manifold separator including multiple mixed phase inlets is configured to separate mixed phase fluid received from the condenser. Resulting vapor and liquid streams exit vapor and liquid outlets of the manifold separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Chart Energy & Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter J. Turner
  • Patent number: 11421895
    Abstract: A radiant panel having a U-shaped channel or groove with substantially parallel vertical sides. Because varied diameter tubing pressed into curved channels of varying radius will change their shape from round to oval by different amounts, channel width will be reduced at curved channel areas as appropriate, based on tubing size and channel radius. This reduction in curved channel width compared to straight channel width allows for a consistent friction force to be developed upon pressing the tubing into a channel. The depth of groove may be varied to allow for the increased vertical dimension of tubing which is deformed from round to oval by bending forces, so that tubing can be installed consistently flush with the surface of the radiant panel. Varying width and depth will also tend to maximize the contact area of tube to conductive surface, thereby improving the flow of heat from tube to radiant panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Warmboard, Inc.
    Inventor: Terry Wayne Alsberg
  • Patent number: 11346609
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: flat pipes arranged such that flat surfaces of the flat pipes are opposed to one another; and fins each including insertion parts that extend in an insertion direction that crosses a direction in which the flat pipes are disposed and a longitudinal direction of the flat pipes. At least part of each of the flat pipes is inserted into a corresponding one of the insertion parts. Each of the fins includes a cut-and-raised part that is cut and raised in a thickness direction between the insertion parts, and a rib disposed between the insertion part and the cut-and-raised part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Satou, Kouju Yamada, Masanori Jindou, Yoshio Oritani
  • Patent number: 11047596
    Abstract: Embodiments of a high temperature fluid generator are adapted to heat a fluid to a high temperature using a heat source. The generator employs a forced circulation counter flow design including a furnace section, a convection section and a pair of L-shaped headers connected to tubes in the furnace and convection sections. In various embodiments, the headers are positioned on diagonally opposite corners and convection tubes are positioned at least partially outside of a flue path for the combustion gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Superior Boiler, LLC
    Inventor: Sundeep Bodapati
  • Patent number: 10527293
    Abstract: A radiant panel having a channel or groove is manufactured using, for example, a simple U shaped channel with substantially parallel vertical sides is one embodiment. Because varied diameter tubing pressed into curved channels of varying radius will change their shape from round to oval by different amounts, channel width will be reduced at curved channel areas as appropriate, in light of tubing size and channel radius. This reduction in curved channel width compared to straight channel width will allow for a consistent friction force to be developed upon pressing the tubing into a channel, for retention purposes, regardless of whether the channel is straight or curved. In other embodiments the depth of groove may be varied as well to allow for the increased vertical dimension of tubing which is deformed from round to oval by bending forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: WarmBoard, Inc.
    Inventor: Terry Wayne Alsberg
  • Patent number: 10427934
    Abstract: A cooling structure for a heat source, where the cooling structure includes a beam having a first end and a second end and a length disposed therebetween. The beam is formed at least in part of a first material having a first thermal coefficient of expansion and a second material having a second thermal coefficient of expansion, where the first thermal coefficient of expansion is different from the second thermal coefficient of expansion. The first end of the beam is thermally connected to the heat source, such that heat generated by the heat source is conducted along the length of the beam to the second end of the beam. The heat conducted through the beam causes the beam to deflect as the first and second materials expand differently due to the difference in the first and second thermal coefficients of expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Ronald A Coutu, Jr., Robert S LaFleur, John P. K. Walton, LaVern A Starman
  • Patent number: 10386134
    Abstract: A heat transfer tube includes: a tube body made of an extruded material of an aluminum alloy having a composition including: 0.3 mass % or more and less than 0.8 mass % of Mn; more than 0.1 mass % and less than 0.32 mass % of Si; 0.3 mass % or less of Fe; 0.06 mass % or more and 0.3 mass % or less of Ti; and Al balance including inevitable impurities, a ratio of a Mn content to a Si content, Mn %/Si %, exceeding 2.5; and a Zn-containing layer provided to an outer surface of the tube body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Furumura, Yasunori Hyogo
  • Patent number: 10060653
    Abstract: Method and installation for refrigerating the same application by means of several refrigerators/liquefiers disposed in parallel, the refrigerators/liquefiers in parallel using a working gas of the same nature having a low molar mass, that is to say having a mean total molar mass of less than 10 g/mol such as pure gaseous helium, each refrigerator/liquefier comprising a station for compressing the working gas, a cold box intended to cool the working gas at the output from the compression station, the working gas cooled by each of the respective cold boxes of the refrigerators/liquefiers being put in thermal exchange with the application with a view to supplying cold to the latter, in which a single compression station compresses the working gas for each of the respective separate cold boxes of the refrigerators/liquefiers disposed in parallel, the single compression station comprising only compression machines of the lubricated-screw type and systems for removing oil from the working fluid output from the com
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Bernhardt, Cindy Deschildre, Eric Fauve, David Grillot
  • Patent number: 10054373
    Abstract: A thermal heat capture, storage, and exchange arrangement, includes at least one thermal exchange and storage (TXES) array, with each TXES array including one or more TXES elements that receive a fluid flow of a heat source fluid and a working fluid, with the TXES elements providing for a transfer of thermal energy between the heat source fluid and the TXES elements. A manifold system provides the working fluid to an input of the TXES elements and receives the working fluid from an output of the TXES elements. At least one heat engine operable with the TXES array extracts heat from the TXES array and converts it to mechanical energy, with the heat engine being selectively connected to the manifold system of a TXES array to pass the working fluid through the TXES elements, such that a transfer of thermal energy between the working fluid and the TXES elements occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Bright Energy Storage Technolgies, LLP
    Inventors: Scott Raymond Frazier, Jennifer Fon Tuey, Miles L. Abarr, Brendan R. Geels, Karl Ginter, Alex Lau
  • Patent number: 10006648
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for air conditioning, capturing combustion contaminants, desalination, and other processes using liquid desiccants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: 7AC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter F. Vandermeulen, Jack I. Hanoka
  • Patent number: 9982661
    Abstract: A thermal management system includes a first substrate having a first conductive inner surface. A second substrate has a second conductive inner surface. A connecting structure is attached to the first and second substrates to space apart the first and second inner surfaces defining an insulating space for a single architecture. One or more passively-acting elements are attached to the inner surface of at least one substrate and including a shape memory material such as a shape memory alloy (SMA). The SMA passively reacts to the temperature of the first substrate by thermally contacting or separating from the second inner surface of the second substrate for the control of the conduction of heat energy in either direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of NASA
    Inventors: Steven Trigwell, James E. Fesmire, Tracy L. Gibson, Martha K. Williams
  • Patent number: 9884490
    Abstract: A drying device includes a drying section to dry a recording medium; a cooling section to cool the recording medium conveyed from the drying section; and a duct to expel air inside the drying section to outside the drying device. The duct includes a joint section where the air from the drying section meets air from the cooling section meet. The air from the drying section containing moisture and solvent medium is cooled in the duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Ohba
  • Patent number: 9493906
    Abstract: A heating element and a method of manufacturing the heating element including an aluminum substrate, an electrically insulating layer based on a sol-gel precursor, and an electrically resistive layer with a thickness smaller than 2 ?m. The features of this heating element solve the problem of the crack formation due to a mismatch of thermal expansion coefficient of the aluminum substrate and the resistive layer. Also an electrical domestic appliance including the heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Pieter Johannes Werkman, Roel Rethmeier
  • Patent number: 9475156
    Abstract: A heat-dissipation unit includes a base and a plurality of radiating fins. The base has a plurality of grooves formed thereon, and each of the grooves has an open top and closed bottom. The radiating fins respectively have a heat-radiating zone and a bent zone. When a pressure is applied onto the bent zones, the bent zones respectively form an assembling section in the grooves to tightly fit therein. With the above arrangements, the radiating fins can be firmly locked to the base without the need of welding, so that the manufacturing cost is reduced and the problem of a damaged base due to assembling can be avoided. A method of manufacturing the above-described heat-dissipation unit is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sheng-Huang Lin
  • Patent number: 9463583
    Abstract: A building mold for producing shaped composite materials contains at least one first surface section, which is provided for shaping the composite material, and a second surface section, which is located substantially opposite the first section and is not provided for shaping the composite material. A heating device is arranged between the two sections. At least one planar metal structure, which is in thermal contact with the first surface section, is arranged between the first surface section and the second surface section or is on the first surface section and is configured to distribute the heat given off by the heating device in a planar manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Carbon Rotec GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Helge Saeger, Marcus Drewes
  • Patent number: 9377207
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for air conditioning, capturing combustion contaminants, desalination, and other processes using liquid desiccants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: 7AC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter F. Vandermeulen, Jack I. Hanoka, Chaim Hanoka
  • Patent number: 9086223
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for air conditioning, capturing combustion contaminants, desalination, and other processes using liquid desiccants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: 7AC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter F. Vandermeulen, Chaim Hanoka
  • Publication number: 20150136361
    Abstract: Heat transfer between a fluid-bearing flexible tube and a heat-conducting surface is improved by fixing a flexible heat-conducting sheath to the flexible tube and by compressive fixing that distorts the tube and deforms the sheath and/or the surface. The tube can be made of cross-linked polythene (PEX). The sheath can be spirally wound high-purity aluminum wire. The sheath enables efficient heat transfer between the outer surface of the tube and the heat-conducting surface. Applications include radiant heating and cooling. Tube layout can be customized and variable tube spacing is possible, for example by using a castellated layer to support the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventor: Bruce Gregory
  • Patent number: 9028571
    Abstract: A process and system for cooling syngas provides effective syngas cooling and results in reduced levels of fouling in syngas cooling equipment. A process for cooling syngas includes blending syngas with cooled recycled syngas in an amount effective for providing a blended syngas with a temperature at an inlet of a syngas cooler of about 600° F. to about 1400° F. The blended syngas changes direction of flow at least once prior to the inlet of the syngas cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Ineos Bio SA
    Inventors: Peter S. Bell, Nicolas Vanhecke, Bernard Descales
  • Publication number: 20150060035
    Abstract: A heat transfer tube includes: a tube body made of an extruded material of an aluminum alloy having a composition including: 0.3 mass % or more and less than 0.8 mass % of Mn; more than 0.1 mass % and less than 0.32 mass % of Si; 0.3 mass % or less of Fe; 0.06 mass % or more and 0.3 mass % or less of Ti; and Al balance including inevitable impurities, a ratio of a Mn content to a Si content, Mn %/Si %, exceeding 2.5; and a Zn-containing layer provided to an outer surface of the tube body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Furumura, Yasunori Hyogo
  • Publication number: 20150041112
    Abstract: Provided is an aluminum alloy tube with superior corrosion resistance and a joining layer for brazing. In addition, a heat exchanger using a fin which utilizes a bare material of low cost and higher availability, rather than a clad material, is provided. A manufacturing method of an aluminum alloy tube, including the steps of forming a sacrificial anticorrosion layer comprising Zn, by ark spraying Zn with purity of 95% or more, onto a surface of aluminum alloy tube with a spraying amount of 3 to 10 g/m2 and a spraying speed of 150×103 to 350×103 mm/sec; and forming a joining layer for brazing by applying a joining material for brazing comprising a mixture obtained by mixing Si powder with purity of 95% or more and flux, onto a surface of the sacrificial anticorrosion layer, so that the amount of the Si powder is 1.2 to 3.0 g/m2, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: UACJ CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kensuke Mori
  • Publication number: 20140332191
    Abstract: The heat exchanger (10) includes a ceramic matrix composite (12) (stable at temperatures up to 1,650° C.) surrounding and defining a hot fluid conduit (14). A hardenable material (18) having a high thermal conductivity is formed into a heat transfer layer (16) surrounding the ceramic matrix composite (12). A metal pipe (20) is coextensive with the heat transfer layer (16) and defines at least a portion (22) of at least one cool fluid passage (24, 34, 54) defined adjacent to and in heat exchange relationship with the heat transfer layer (16) so that a fluid passing through the cool fluid passage (24, 34, 54) absorbs heat passing through the heat transfer layer (16) from the hot fluid passing through the hot fluid conduit (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: David C. JARMON
  • Patent number: 8771790
    Abstract: A method of reducing magnetite formation in the bore of a pipe including the steps of selecting a pipe with a pre-existing oxide layer on its inner bore surface and coating the pre-existing oxide layer with an oxidation resistant metal to thereby reduce magnetite formation in the bore of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Inventor: Michael John de Vink
  • Patent number: 8678789
    Abstract: A refrigeration compressor includes a housing having a suction gases inlet and a compressed gases outlet. A linear compressor is supported for operation within the housing. A compressed gases discharge conduit extends from the linear compressor to the housing to connect with the outlet. The conduit is formed of a material of lower heat conductivity than the housing. The conduit passes through the wall of the housing at the compressed gases outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Appliances Limited
    Inventors: Timothy James Hamlet Orum, Adrian Chaplin Jaan Hills
  • Patent number: 8662149
    Abstract: A cryogenic fluid vaporizer using ambient air comprising a conduit through which the fluid is passed having an outer finned tubular sleeve which includes a thermal insulation barrier between the conduit and the outer finned tubular sleeve. A fan may be included to provide an increased rate of heat transfer from the air to the outer surface of the fins of the tubular sleeve. The combination of the externally finned area and the insulating thermal barrier prevents the information of ice or frost on the exterior surface of the fins during the transfer of heat from the ambient air to the cryogenic fluid providing a frost-free cryogenic ambient air vaporizer for continuous operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Inventors: Robert E. Bernert, Jr., Robert E. Bernert, Sr.
  • Publication number: 20140048239
    Abstract: An extrudable aluminum alloy composition includes, in weight percent, between 0.60 and 0.90 manganese, between 0.45 and 0.75 copper, between 0.05 and 0.24 magnesium, less than 0.30 iron, less than 0.30 silicon, less than 0.05 titanium, less than 0.05 vanadium, and a Cu/Mg ratio higher or equal to 3. It also relates to aluminum alloy heat exchanger extruded or drawn tube and extruded or drawn aluminum alloy tubing having the above-described aluminum alloy composition. It also relates to a heat exchanger comprising a plurality of extruded or drawn tube sections having the above-described aluminum alloy composition and a process for manufacturing same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Rio Tinto Alcan International Ltd.
    Inventor: Nicholas Charles Parson
  • Publication number: 20130118421
    Abstract: In order to protect heat exchanger pipes (1) in steam boiler systems, special casing elements (2) made of fiber-reinforced ceramic are proposed. The casing elements prevent or reduce the formation of films and corrosion on the heat exchanger pipes and thus enable higher steam parameters of the boiler system and a correspondingly increased thermal efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicants: SGL CARBON SE, MARTIN GMBH FUER UMWELT- UND ENERGIETECHNIK
    Inventors: Johannes Martin, Toralf Weber, Thomas Putz, Andreas Kienzle
  • Publication number: 20120312518
    Abstract: A body contains an open-pore silicon carbide which is at least partially impregnated with a resin. A method produces such a body and includes the steps of a) providing an open-pore silicon carbide, b) at least partially impregnating the open-pore silicon carbide with the resin and c) curing the resin. The body can be used as a pipe in a heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: SGL CARBON SE
    Inventors: MARCUS FRANZ, OSWIN ÖETTINGER
  • Publication number: 20120309630
    Abstract: A penetration assembly for a cryostat is presented. The penetration assembly includes a wall member having a first end and a second end and configured to alter an effective thermal length of the wall member, where a first end of the wall member is communicatively coupled to a high temperature region and the second end of the wall member is communicatively coupled to a cryogen disposed within a cryogen vessel of the cryostat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ernst Wolfgang Stautner, Kathleen Melanie Amm, Robbi Lynn McDonald, Anthony Mantone, John Scaturro, JR., Longzhi Jiang, Weijun Shen
  • Publication number: 20120279694
    Abstract: Problem To provide an aluminum alloy brazing sheet, featuring a good brazing property that prevents diffusion of molten filler material in a core material of the aluminum alloy brazing sheet during a brazing process and exhibiting a superior corrosion resistance to an exhaust gas condensate water after the brazing process, a method of manufacturing the aluminum alloy brazing sheet, and a high corrosion-resistant heat exchanger using the aluminum alloy brazing sheet. Resolving Means A high corrosion-resistant aluminum alloy brazing sheet comprises a core material composed of an aluminum alloy, a sacrificial anode material cladded on one surface of the core material, and a filler material composed of an Al/Si-based alloy and cladded on another surface of said core material, and is characterized in that the sacrificial anode material is composed of an aluminum alloy which contains Si falling within a range of 2.5-7.0 mass %, Zn falling a range of 1.0-5.5 mass %, Fe falling within a range of 0.05-1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sadayuki Kamiya, Masaki Harada, Masafumi Saito, Taketoshi Toyoma, Makoto Ando, Yoshiyuki Oya, Akio Niikura, Yoichi Kojima
  • Patent number: 8297074
    Abstract: A coiled heat exchanger having a plurality of tubes which are wound around a core tube is disclosed. The coiled heat exchanger having a casing which delimits an outer space around the tubes, and wherein a first and a second component of the coiled heat exchanger are composed of different materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Linde Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Juergen Spreemann, Manfred Schoenberger, Christoph Seeholzer, Eberhard Kaupp, Stefan Bauer
  • Patent number: 8272431
    Abstract: A heat exchanger is disclosed. The heat exchanger may have an inlet configured to receive a first fluid and an outlet configured to discharge the first fluid. The heat exchanger may further have at least one passageway configured to conduct the first fluid from the inlet to the outlet. The at least one passageway may be composed of a graphite foam and a layer of graphite material on the exterior of the graphite foam. The layer of graphite material may form at least a partial barrier between the first fluid and a second fluid external to the at least one passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Campagna, James John Callas
  • Publication number: 20120186797
    Abstract: A motor water-cooling structure and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The motor water-cooling structure includes a motor case having a wall portion and a tube. The tube is embedded in the wall portion to serve as a flow passage. To manufacture the motor water-cooling structure, the tube is positioned in a mold cavity of a mold, and the motor case is formed in the mold by pour molding to embed the tube therein, so that the motor case and the tube form an integral body. With the manufacturing method, the motor water-cooling structure can be formed with reduced material, labor and time to save the manufacturing costs, and the risk of water leakage can be avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung-Wei Lee
  • Publication number: 20120058044
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a flue providing improved heat transfer comprising an inner layer and an outer layer, wherein the inner layer comprises a high thermal conductivity ceramic having a thermal conductivity of at least 91 W/m-K (@300K) and a Moh's hardness of at least 6.5, and comprises a plurality of protuberances 13, depressions 14 or both; and wherein the inner layer 12 and the outer layer 11 are in substantially continuous, thermally conductive contact. Titanium dioxide particles having improved particle size, gloss, undertone, tinting strength and hiding power are famed using the above described flue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: Charles David Musick
  • Publication number: 20110303403
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention comprises a method for constructing a heat exchanger for cooling one or more semiconductor components. The method comprises the step of providing first and second planar sheets of specified thermally conductive metal foil, wherein each of the sheets has and exterior side and an interior side. The method further comprises forming one or more thermal contact nodes (TCNs) in the first sheet, wherein each TCN extends outward from the exterior side of the first sheet, and comprises a planar contact member and one or more side sections, the side sections respectively including resilient components that enable the contact member of the TCN to move toward and away from the exterior side of the first sheet, and the side sections and contact member of a TCN collectively forming a coolant chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maurice F. Holahan, Eric V. Kline, Paul N. Krystek, Michael R. Rasmussen, Arvind K. Sinha, Stephen M. Zins
  • Publication number: 20110303404
    Abstract: A conformal, multilayer micro-channel structure having a wear-resistant interior micro-channel surface coating of an ALD deposited conformal alumina (Al2O3) ceramic of about 1000 ? in thickness and a titanium nitride (TiN) of about 300 ? to about 1000 ? in thickness. The Al2O3/TiN multilayer structure is resistant to erosion and to electro-chemical corrosion as is found in prior art micro-channel coolers and structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: Irvine Sensors Corporation
    Inventor: Nim Tea
  • Patent number: 8062764
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aluminum alloy brazing sheet (1) for a heat exchanger improved in a life including a fatigue in a plastic area and an aluminum alloy heat exchanger tube (11) using the brazing sheet, which is composed of: a core material (2) of an Al—Mn series alloy; a skin material (3) of any one of an Al—Zn series alloy, an Al—Zn—Mg series alloy, an Al—Si—Mn—Zn series alloy, and an Al—Si—Mn—Mg—Zn series alloy clad on one side of the core material; and a brazing material (4) of an Al—Si series alloy clad on the other side of the core material, and is adapted so that an X-ray diffraction intensity ratio of the aluminum alloy brazing sheet satisfies a relational expression of I200/(I111+I200+I220+I311)?0.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Toshiki Ueda, Akihiro Tsuruno, Fumihiro Koshigoe
  • Publication number: 20110267775
    Abstract: A cooling device for rack mount equipment comprises an extensible side duct, open on its inner and rear-facing sides which redirects warm exhaust air exiting vents in the side of a chassis towards the rear of an enclosure holding the chassis. An apparatus incorporating the cooling device may be installed in a rack with the extensible side duct in a retracted position. The extensible side duct may extend under the influence of air pressure, forming a plenum in fluid communication with the interior of a chassis on which it is mounted such that warm air exiting the chassis is collected in the plenum formed by the extensible side duct and directed out towards the rear of the chassis. Use of the apparatus permits conventional front-to-back cooling airflow patterns to be maintained even with chassis having side exhaust vents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Siebe VanDerVeen, Daniel Kiernan Kikenny
  • Publication number: 20110257455
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present techniques include a heat exchange apparatus including: a) a body comprising an interior cavity, the body including: a first surface and a second surface defining at least a portion of the body and the first surface positioned exterior with respect to the second surface and the interior cavity, and the second surface positioned exterior with respect to the interior cavity and interior with respect to the first surface; b) a first conduit for conveying a fluid to the body; c) a second conduit in fluid communication with the first conduit wherein the second conduit is positioned at least partially within the interior cavity of the body; and d) a joint between the first conduit and the second conduit, wherein the joint moves between a first location and a second location based on the temperature within the interior cavity, wherein at least one of said first location and said second location is positioned intermediate the first surface and the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: David B. Spicer, Jeffrey P. Jones
  • Patent number: 8024936
    Abstract: Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles, may operate to actively cool an electronic device using a first heat removing cooling element, and to induce a thermal gradient in a heat pipe by conducting heat from a hot side of the first heat removing cooling element to a cold side of a second heat removing cooling element using the heat pipe. The heat pipe may comprise a variable conductance heat pipe. The apparatus and system may operate in a downhole environment, including logging and drilling operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce H Storm, Dingding Chen, Haoshi Song
  • Publication number: 20110180244
    Abstract: Alloys comprising copper, iron, tin and, optionally, phosphorus or copper, zinc, tin and, optionally, phosphorus, which can be used in, for example, a copper alloy tube for heat exchangers that provides excellent fracture strength and processability for reducing the weight of the tube and for use in high pressure applications with cooling media such as carbon dioxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: M. Parker Finney, Larz Ignberg, Claes Anders Kamf, Timothy L. Goebel, Ying Gong, Edward G. Rottmann
  • Publication number: 20110155359
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of flexible hollow structure suitable to convey a refrigerant fluid and methods for their use. Disclosed hollow structures comprising a layer made of a resin composition comprising one or more semi-aromatic polyamides and one or more functionalized polyolefins show a balance of properties in terms of flexibility, permeation barrier against a refrigerant fluid and retention of properties upon heat and refrigerant fluid exposure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: Shailesh Ratilal Doshi
  • Patent number: 7927463
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel tritium distillation device, which includes a container, a radiator covered on top of the container with a protrusion at the bottom, a conduit penetrating the container with an inlet and an outlet, the inlet being arranged in correspondence with the protrusion, and a heating device fixed below the container. The method of operating the tritiated water distillation includes the steps of adding environmental tritiated water in the container, covering the radiator on top of the container closely, heating environmental tritiated water to cause tritiated water steam to be condensed to the bottom of the radiator, and collecting the tritiated water condensation dropped from the protrusion with conduit. The present invention uses a simple structure to ease assembly and reduce the cost of cooling water source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research
    Inventor: Hsin-Fa Fang
  • Patent number: 7895957
    Abstract: A heat exchanger tube 41 includes: a first cover layer 44 provided on an outer side of a tube main body 42 to partly or completely cover a tube main body 42; and a second cover layer 45 provided on an outer side of the first cover layer 44 to partly or completely cover the first cover layer 44. The first cover layer 44 is formed by overlay-welding a material higher in ductility than the second cover layer 45 to the tube main body 42. The second cover layer 45 is formed by overlay-welding a material higher in hardness than the first cover layer 44 to the first cover layer 44.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Dowa Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Inomata, Hiroshi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20110042050
    Abstract: A composite material can include a carrier material that is coated, at least over part of the surface, with a corrosion protection layer made of an aluminum alloy. The composite material can provide a defined, effective, durable corrosion protection and simultaneously have a high recycling potential. The aluminum alloy of the corrosion protection layer can have the following composition in % by weight: ? 0.8 ?Mn ? 1.8 Zn ? 0.05 Cu ? 0.05 Si ? 1.0 Cr ? 0.25 Zr ? 0.25 Mg ? 0.10 remainder aluminum and unavoidable impurities, individually a maximum of 0.05% by weight, in total a maximum of 0.15% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Mrotzek, Raimund Sicking
  • Patent number: 7882827
    Abstract: Disclosed is a heat exchanger for a combustion engine, comprising a first connection zone (1, 102) for delivering a fluid that is to be cooled, at least some of said fluid being composed of exhaust gas of the combustion engine, a second connection zone (3, 103) for discharging the fluid, and an exchanger zone (2, 101, 104, 105) which is arranged between the first and the second connection zone relative to a flow path of the fluid. A coolant can flow around the exchanger zone (2, 101, 104, 105) while at least part of the heat exchanger is made of ferritic steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: BEHR GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bernd Grünenwald, Wolfgang Knödler
  • Publication number: 20110024098
    Abstract: A sintered heat pipe, a manufacturing method thereof and a manufacturing method for a groove tube thereof are provided. The sintered heat pipe includes a groove tube, a sintered powder layer and a working fluid. The groove tube has a plurality of grooves and a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. Each groove extends along an axial direction of the groove tube. The first end and the second end are closed. The sintered powder layer is formed on an inside wall of the groove tube, and the groove tube is filled with the working fluid. The size of each powder in the sintered powder layer is greater than a width of each of the grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: Yeh-Chiang Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Ke-Chin LEE, Shu-Lung CHUNG
  • Patent number: 7878233
    Abstract: An air-to-air aftercooler may include at least one tube body configured to direct a flow of charged air, wherein the at least one tube body includes a first material. The air-to-air aftercooler may also include a header assembly coupled to ends of the at least one tube body. The header assembly may include a second different material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc
    Inventors: Kent C. Bates, Jiubo Ma, Rishabh Sinha
  • Publication number: 20110005708
    Abstract: In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first blower unit is connected by a connection duct to a side portion of a casing having respective air passages defined therein, and a second blower unit separate from the first blower unit is connected to a lower portion of the casing. In addition, air is supplied to the interior of the casing from the first blower unit and is cooled by a first cooling section of an evaporator, whereas air that is supplied from the second blower unit is cooled by passing through a second cooling section in the evaporator, which is separated from the first cooling section by a pair of first and second partitioning members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Seto, Takesi Habasita