Guide Patents (Class 165/78)
  • Patent number: 7370692
    Abstract: A heat dissipating structure having different compactness assembled from a plurality of small heat dissipating fins, thereby forming heat dissipation areas having different spacing. The heat dissipating fins are stamp formed from single strips, and spacing of each of the heat dissipating fins is predetermined when assembling to constitute the structure. The heat dissipating fins are completed from a single stamping, and can be assembled to form heat dissipation areas of different spacing to accommodate a cool air flow being fanned from different oriented fans, thereby reducing obstruction and disturbance of the air flow and rapidly and smoothly guiding the air flow to other heat dissipating fins. Moreover, the heat dissipating structure enlarges area of heat circulation, thereby augmenting speed of heat diffusion, improving heat dissipation effect on heat emitting from computer electronic components, and enhancing functionality of the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Inventor: Wen-Chen Wei
  • Patent number: 7359195
    Abstract: Provided is a heatsink comprising: a plurality of sheet-shaped heat-dissipating plates stacked on one another, each heat dissipating plate including a heat-absorbing region that has a lower end contacting a heat source to absorb heat from the heat source and a heat-dissipating region that extends from both sides of the heat-absorbing region to absorb heat from the heat-absorbing region and outwardly dissipate the heat, wherein the heat-absorbing regions are tightly joined to one another by applying an external pressure to form a central portion and the heat-dissipating regions are radially spread out about the central portion, wherein each of the heat-dissipating regions includes a long heat-dissipating region and a short heat-dissipating region, which are asymmetric with respect to the central portion. Accordingly, the heatsink can efficiently dissipate heat generated from the heat source mounted on an edge of a narrow circuit board by efficiently utilizing a space over the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Zalman Tech Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Sang Cheol Lee
  • Patent number: 7304851
    Abstract: A heat sink is disclosed to include a plurality of metal plate members arranged in a stack, each metal plate member having a rectangular body, a first sidewall and a second sidewall at two sides of the rectangular body, a T-shaped mounting hole in the rectangular body adjacent to the first sidewall, and a lug downwardly extending from the first sidewall, the lug having a head and a neck connected between the head and the first sidewall. By inserting the lug of one first plate member into the T-shaped mounting hole of one second plate member and then deforming the first sidewall of the second plate member, the plate members are firmly secured together, forming the desired heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Yuh-Cheng Chemical Ltd.
    Inventor: Yen-Hsun Chou
  • Publication number: 20070240848
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heatsink and a heatsink-positioning system. The heatsink-positioning system comprises a heatsink and a positioning device. The heatsink comprises a circular top, a ring-shaped sidewall and a plurality of foot portions. The ring-shaped sidewall connects to the circular top and extends away from the circular top. The ring-shaped sidewall has at least one first positioning portion used for fixing the heatsink. The foot portions connect to the ring-shaped sidewall and extend away from the ring-shaped sidewall. Each foot portion has an opening. The positioning device has at least one second positioning portion corresponding to the first positioning portion and is used for fixing the first positioning portion. By utilizing the heatsink-positioning system of the invention, the problem of displacement of the heatsink can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Jun-Cheng Liu, Cheng-Cheng Liu
  • Patent number: 7258159
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a plurality of flat tubes. The flat tubes have a pair of tube sheets facing each other and joined together. The tube sheets have a flat part, a recess part, and a cylindrical tank. The tube sheet is one of a first tube sheet and a second tube sheet. The first tube sheet has a first type of tank. The second tube sheet has the first type of tank and a second type of tank. Identifiers are provided at each end of the second tube sheet. The identifiers distinguishing the second tube sheet from the first tube sheet when viewed from externally of the stacked flat tubes. A mark provided at one of the identifiers of the second tube sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Kume, Keiji Maezawa
  • Patent number: 7246654
    Abstract: A heat dissipating device includes multiple self-aligning, interconnecting fins linked together. Each self-aligning, interconnecting fin has a first side edge, a second side edge, an inside surface, an outside surface, multiple alignment arms, and multiple outer connecting tabs. The alignment arms perpendicularly extend respectively from the first side edge and the second side edge and have distal ends and multiple inclined edges. The inclined edges press respectively against inclined edges of corresponding alignment arms on an adjacent fin. Then the outer connecting tabs are bent inward against the inside surface of the adjacent fin to hold the fins together securely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Inventor: Yun-Chieh Chu
  • Patent number: 7213635
    Abstract: A heat exchanger including plates with a pattern of grooves and connections for inlets and outlets. The plates are placed in a pack and brazed so that separate channels for two media area are formed between alternating pair of plates. A set of holes is arranged in the plates around the connections, and a reinforcement mechanism is arranged through the holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: EP Technology AB
    Inventor: Lars Persson
  • Patent number: 7190588
    Abstract: A heat-dissipating fin assembly (1) includes a plurality of individual fin plates (12) arranged side by side. Each fin plate includes a main body (14). First and second flanges (16, 18) extend perpendicularly from opposite edges of the main body of each fin plate. A pair of spaced first bridge-shaped tabs (20) extends perpendicularly from the first flange toward the second flange. A pair of spaced second bridge-shaped tabs (24) extends perpendicularly from the second flange toward the first flange. Projections (28) are stamped from the main body opposing to the first and second bridge-shaped tabs. The tabs of each fin plate are interlocked with the projections of an adjacent fin plate. In this manner, all the fin plates are assembled together. The heat-dissipating fin assembly is thus formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsieh-Kun Lee, Wan-Lin Xia, Bao-Chun Chen, Neng-Bin Li
  • Patent number: 7165601
    Abstract: Each of fins is provided with an engage projection having a first width and a engage hole portion having a second width wider than the first width, and the fins are able to be slid while engaging with each other. Accordingly, in case of installing a heat sink to a case of a fan, it is possible to install the fins to the case so that the fins are arranged in a flowing direction of a refrigerant by the fan while engaging with each other. As the result, the refrigerant is able to flow smoothly when passing through the fins by arranging the fins at desired angle. Accordingly, it becomes possible to present a radiation fin, a cooling device and an electronic equipment having such cooling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Toshio Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 7147040
    Abstract: A heat exchanger is disclosed. A plurality of guides are integrally formed with the walls of a header tank and are used to position an oil cooler inside the tank to align a pair of fittings carried by the cooler with a pair of spaced openings in the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris A. Calhoun, Terry Joseph Hunt, David A. Southwick, Karl Paul Kroetsch, Krzysztof Wawrocki, Khalid El Moutamid, Yusuke Matsunaga, Laurent Art
  • Patent number: 7147039
    Abstract: An air routing device for a motor vehicle air conditioning and/or heating system, comprising an air routing housing on which a blower is arranged, wherein the air routing device is formed separately from the air routing housing and can be pushed into the air routing housing through alternate housing orifices located opposite one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Behr France S.A.R.L.
    Inventor: Claude Schlachter
  • Patent number: 7051788
    Abstract: An HVAC assembly includes an HVAC case having a first inlet adapted to accept air in a first configuration suitable for a right hand drive vehicle and a second inlet adapted to accept air in a second configuration suitable for a left hand drive vehicle. The HVAC case includes at least one outlet for delivering air to a vehicle cabin. A deflector plate is adapted to cooperate with the HVAC case in the first configuration whereby the deflector plate allows air to pass through the first inlet and inhibits air passage through the second inlet. The air deflector plate is adapted to cooperate with the HVAC case in the second configuration whereby the deflector plate allows air to pass through the second inlet and inhibits air passage through the first inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Denso International America, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn Crocker, Tim Roland
  • Patent number: 7024757
    Abstract: This invention relates to fabrication of tube bank style heat exchangers and similar assemblies. It provides a novel device and a method for presenting and feeding multiple relatively flexible tubes in a predetermined spaced apart manner, and subsequently threading them through corresponding holes in tube-sheets, baffles or similar components during fabrication of the core structure, for example a heat exchanger core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Cesaroni Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Gordon James Clarke, Michael Nicola Rozyle
  • Patent number: 7013952
    Abstract: A stack type heat exchanger includes a plurality of unit frames stacked on one another, each unit frame including a tube made by combining a pair of plates and forming a path for refrigerant and upper and lower tanks disposed at upper and lower ends of the tube, a radiation fin provided between the stacked tubes, an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe provided at one side of the unit frames through which refrigerant enters and is exhausted, a first burr formed in the lower tank to protrude in a direction opposite to a direction in which the refrigerant flows, and a second burr formed in the upper tank to protrude in the same direction as the direction in which the refrigerant flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Halla Climate Control Corporation
    Inventors: Tae Young Park, Chang-Ho Park, In Kap Kim
  • Patent number: 6997011
    Abstract: A sliding rail for a wire-tube evaporator has an elongated rail body to be mounted on the evaporator and to protect the latter against abrasion caused by a frozen product container that slides above or on the evaporator. The sliding rail includes at least a tubular clamp for fixing the rail body on a refrigerating pipe of the evaporator. The tubular clamp is mounted on an arm projecting laterally relative to the rail body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgaraete GmbH
    Inventors: Silvia Gerstner, Siegfried Grasy
  • Patent number: 6995981
    Abstract: A heat sink assembly includes a heat-conductive base (20), and a plurality of combined fins (30) uprightly attached onto the base. Each fin includes a main body (31), a bottom flange (32) extending from the main body, and two lower abutting plates (34) extending upwardly from the flange. A pair of first locking tabs (342) is formed from outer sides of the lower abutting plate, and extends into corresponding cutouts (36) of the main body of an adjacent fin. Two upper abutting plates (34?) are formed from a top edge of the main body. A second locking tab (40) extends from an outer side of each upper abutting plate, and into a corresponding notch (38) of the main body of the adjacent fin. Then, the first and second locking tabs are bent inwardly to abut against the main body of the adjacent fin. Thus, the fins are firmly combined together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Inc. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aimin Huang, Yeu-Lih Lin
  • Patent number: 6976531
    Abstract: A heat exchanger in which a heat exchanger core is disposed within a casing which includes a side wall formed by bending a plate into the form of a sleeve in which edges of the plate are in adjacent, confronting relationship with an inwardly projecting, transversely extending deformation, the deformation being disposed between a pair of press members with one of the press members being transversely inserted within the sleeve. The press members are moved together to remove the deformation with resultant pivoting of the edges into abutting contact or overlapping relationship. The heat exchanger core is formed of a plurality of stacked plate pairs each having a plate in inverted orientation. Outwardly projecting ribs of anticlastic form are so formed in each plate that the ribs on each plate of each plate pair are interengagingly intersect with the ribs on the adjacent plate of the adjacent plate pair accurately to align the plate pairs in the heat exchanger core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Dana Canada Corporation
    Inventors: Michael A. Martin, Cindy W. Storr, Alan Ka-Ming Wu, Allan K. So, B. Timothy Miller, Christina Spirou
  • Patent number: 6973960
    Abstract: A flat plate heat exchanger and heat exchange plate members for use therein, the heat exchanger having a support structure which includes one or more elongate support members; the plate members each having a generally flat plate portion formed of a heat conductive material, a recess formed in an edge portion thereof for accommodating an elongate support member, and a flexible arm formed in association with the recess and arranged for flexing in a direction which is in the plane of the plate member for snap coupling and decoupling with the elongate support member, such that the plate member is supported thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Inventor: Pessach Seidel
  • Patent number: 6962191
    Abstract: A device for fixing and sealing a replaceable heat-exchanger cassette in an air/air heat exchanger, wherein two spatially separated conducting areas are formed by separating strips and the heat exchanger cassette. In this case a releasable and satisfactory sealing support of the heat exchanger cassette is achieved because in the area of its separating strips the air/air heat exchanger has sealing receivers. The heat exchanger cassette rests against the sealing receivers by sealing faces. The air/air heat exchanger has at least one movable slide which maintains the heat exchanger cassette in the sealing receivers under prestress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Immel, Reiner Hartmann, Joachim Maul
  • Patent number: 6962195
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation and air conditioning system for a vehicle is constructed from two modules, one for the engine compartment and a second for the passenger compartment. The engine compartment module has a base formed for positioning on at least two locations on a dash panel, a outside air inlet, a secondary air inlet for communication with the passenger compartment, an air outlet and defining a air transport conduit connecting the outside air inlet or the secondary air inlet with the air outlet. Downstream from the engine compartment is a passenger compartment module having a slide slot for a heater core, an inlet for communication with the air outlet from the engine compartment module, an air manifold, a panel exhaust from the air manifold, a defrost exhaust from the air manifold, a compartment door providing access to the slide in friction slot, and an air channel from the inlet to the air manifold. The heater core is positioned in the slide in slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Smith, Carl B. Dalkert, Michelle R. Gehres, Gregory J. Kolodziej
  • Patent number: 6923020
    Abstract: An evaporator core includes a separable housing and a fin assembly. The housing is installed in such a manner that both sides of the housing are open, and a guide rail is installed on an upper surface and a bottom surface of the interior of the housing. A tank is integrally attached to an upper side of the housing and communicates with the housing. A fin assembly is installed in such a manner that the fin assembly slides along the guide rail of the housing for thereby being disengaged or engaged. A rain groove is formed in an upper and lower surface of the fin assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Jae Sik Choi
  • Patent number: 6899163
    Abstract: A plate heat exchanger includes first and second plates, a package of heat transfer plates arranged between the first and second plates, and a closure system. The closure system includes a plurality of tie bar assemblies. Each tie bar assembly includes a tie bar extending between the first and second plates, and a threaded member threadedly engaging the tie bar. The closure system and the first and second plates are relatively arranged and configured such that relative rotation between the tie bar and the threaded member of each tie bar assembly is operative to move the first plate towards and away from the second plate to close and open, respectively, the plate heat exchanger. The plate heat exchanger is arranged and configured such that the heat transfer plates can be removed from the plate heat exchanger without relocating any of the tie bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: APV North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek I Finch, Ranjieve Ariarasah
  • Patent number: 6883591
    Abstract: A stackable heat sink comprising a plurality numbers of metal heat dissipation plates, the heat dissipation plate further comprises a bottom plate, two side plates facing each other locates on both sides of the bottom plate, a bending area is bent from the top of the side plate, two standing plates stretches up from the bending area and facing another standing plate, two fastening plates each is formed on the proper location on the standing plate, the fastening plate is bendable and forms a bending line with the standing plate; two fastening crevices each is located on the junction of the bottom plate and the side plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Chi Yuan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chun-Hung Lai
  • Patent number: 6871695
    Abstract: In an air conditioner with an inside/outside air unit and an air conditioning unit, an attachment stay having an elongated hole is provided in the inside/outside air unit, and a pin is provided in the air conditioning unit to be fitted into the elongated hole of the attachment stay so that an attachment position between both units are determined. A hook portion is provided in the pin at a top end to form a recess portion between the hook portion and a wall surface of the air conditioning unit, and a plate portion of the attachment stay, defining the elongated hole, is disposed to be engaged with the recess portion after the pin is inserted into the elongated hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sato, Mitsutoshi Kato, Kazuo Kito, Takuya Natsume
  • Patent number: 6854509
    Abstract: In a regenerator for a regenerative cycle machine, regenerator foil is grooved on both sides, with intersections of grooves on opposite side forming holes at which separate flows of fluid interact to induce flows ancillary to the overall direction of flow in the regenerator, thereby enhancing heat transfer to and from the material of the regenerator and improving thermodynamic performance of the gas cycle machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Inventor: Matthew P. Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20040256084
    Abstract: A device for fixing and sealing a replaceable heat-exchanger cassette in an air/air heat exchanger, wherein two spatially separated conducting areas are formed by separating strips and the heat exchanger cassette. In this case a releasable and satisfactory sealing support of the heat exchanger cassette is achieved because in the area of its separating strips the air/air heat exchanger has sealing receivers. The heat exchanger cassette rests against the sealing receivers by sealing faces. The air/air heat exchanger has at least one movable slide which maintains the heat exchanger cassette in the sealing receivers under prestress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Manfred Immel, Reiner Hartmann, Joachim Maul
  • Patent number: 6827141
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation and air conditioning system for a vehicle is constructed from two modules, one for the engine compartment and a second for the passenger compartment. The engine compartment module has a base formed for positioning on at least two locations on a dash panel, a outside air inlet, a secondary air inlet for communication with the passenger compartment, an air outlet and defining a air transport conduit connecting the outside air inlet or the secondary air inlet with the air outlet. Downstream from the engine compartment is a passenger compartment module having a slide slot for a heater core, an inlet for communication with the air outlet from the engine compartment module, an air manifold, a panel exhaust from the air manifold, a defrost exhaust from the air manifold, a compartment door providing access to the slide in friction slot, and an air channel from the inlet to the air manifold. The heater core is positioned in the slide in slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Smith, Carl B. Dalkert, Michelle R. Gehres, Gregory J. Kolodziej
  • Publication number: 20040231827
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device (20) includes a plurality of individual fin plates (40) arranged side by side. Each fin plate includes a main body (42). First and second flanges (44, 46) extend perpendicularly from opposite edges of the main body of each fin plate. A pair of tongues (48) is stamped perpendicularly from the main body and is opposite to the first flange. A pair of projections (49) is stamped from the main body adjacent and opposite to the second flange. Protrusions (442) are formed at the first flange and holes (482) are defined in the tongues respectively. The tabs of a first fin plate are interlocked with the projections of an adjacent second fin plate. The protrusions of the first fin plate are received in the holes of the second fin plate. In similar fashion, all the fin plates are assembled together. The heat dissipation device is thus formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Xue Ding Fu, Yong Zhi Tang
  • Publication number: 20040206475
    Abstract: A heat sink assembly (20) includes a number of parallel first fins (40) and a number of parallel second fins (60) each having a main body (44, 64). A number of latch slots (46) is defined in the main body of each first fin. A number of latches (66) extends from the main body of each second fin in opposite directions. The first fins and the second fins are assembled together in interleaved fashion, so that the latches of each second fin engage in the latch slots of two adjacent first fins respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Hsieh Kun Lee, WanLin Xia, HeBen Liu
  • Publication number: 20040194922
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device (30) includes a base (50) and a plurality of individual fin plates (40) standing side by side on the base. Each fin plate includes a main body (41), a flange (43) and a pair of tabs (45) distal from the flange. Each tab defines a split (46) in a middle thereof where it adjoins the corresponding main body and thereby forms a tongue (47) surrounded on three sides by the split. The tongue is coplanar with the main body while the flange and the tabs are perpendicular to the main body. A slot (49) is defined in a distal end of each tab. The flanges of the fin plates are in alignment with each other and attached on the base. The slots of each fin plate receive the tongues of an adjoining preceding fin plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Hsieh Kun Lee, WanLin Xia, Jin Song Feng
  • Publication number: 20040188060
    Abstract: A plate heat exchanger includes first and second plates, a package of heat transfer plates arranged between the first and second plates, and a closure system. The closure system includes a plurality of tie bar assemblies. Each tie bar assembly includes a tie bar extending between the first and second plates, and a threaded member threadedly engaging the tie bar. The closure system and the first and second plates are relatively arranged and configured such that relative rotation between the tie bar and the threaded member of each tie bar assembly is operative to move the first plate towards and away from the second plate to close and open, respectively, the plate heat exchanger. The plate heat exchanger is arranged and configured such that the heat transfer plates can be removed from the plate heat exchanger without relocating any of the tie bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Derek I. Finch, Ranjieve Ariarasah
  • Publication number: 20040182541
    Abstract: A plate heat exchanger has two end plates, at least one of which is provided with a number of port openings (11) to allow inflow and outflow of a number of heat exchanging fluids, and a number of heat transfer plates located between the end plates. One of the end plates (1) has two individual segments (10) that are relatively displaceable in the plane of the end plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventor: Ralf Blomgren
  • Patent number: 6789609
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat sink assembly structure having at least a heat sink fastening member combined with at least a heat sink. Each heat sink fastening member has a V-shaped protrusion, a slot, and an elastic lock member. The elastic lock member has a V-shaped cross sectional structure. The V-shaped protrusion of a first heat sink is combined tightly in the slot of a second heat sink for assembling the heat sink and for forming a V-shaped slot. The assembled heat sink is fixed in a base by adding a solder into the V-shaped slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Datech Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ching-Feng Tsai, Ping-Tsang Ho
  • Patent number: 6772828
    Abstract: A cooling fin assembly includes a cooling fin in a U-shaped rectangular tank disposed with fastening lugs at the front and rear of the upper surface thereof; the sides of the U-shaped tank extended downward with notches provided at the front and rear of the inner edges thereof; skew protruding fastening flanges provided at the interior of the notches to correspond with the aforesaid fastening lugs at the upper surface of the U-shaped tank. During assembly, the fastening lugs of a cooling fin are fitted around the fastening flanges of another cooling fin, so as to display the outer edges of the cooling fin as even planes, thus forming larger areas for heat dissipation. In addition, the notches and the fastening flanges are hidden designs that enable a cooling fan disposed at the cooling fin to decrease air friction and increase air force, thereby obtaining an optimal cooling effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Inventor: Li-Chuan Chen
  • Patent number: 6766851
    Abstract: A heat sink fin assembly structure, suitable for various kinds of computer chip sets or processors, mainly has a plurality of heat sink fins assembled to form a plurality of upright and parallel heat sink fins on a base seat of the heat sink. The present invention is characterized that a lateral rim on a bottom portion of a piece-shaped main body of the heal sink fin extends to form a connection piece. A plurality of position holes are drilled on the connection piece and side rims thereof bend upwards from a plurality of position pieces and holding pieces. A second heat sink fin is assembled to the lateral sides of a first heat sink fin such that the heat sink fins fix and connect each other thereby eliminating the need of molding and extruding the heat sink so as to achieve the effect of cost saving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Hsiang Kang Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ruei-An Lo
  • Patent number: 6766852
    Abstract: A heatsink plate includes a bottom wall and two opposite side walls. Each of the two opposite side walls has a first side, a second side, and a concave shoulder located between the first side and the second side. The second side of each of the two opposite side walls has two opposite ends each formed with a positioning ear. Thus, by design of the positioning ear and the concave shoulder, the heatsink plates are closely combined with each other rigidly and stably without any gap being defined therebetween, so that the airflow passes through the combined heatsink plates more conveniently, so as to reduce the air shear force and increase the air flow rate of the ventilating fan, thereby enhancing the heat dissipation effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Inventor: Li-Chuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20040118550
    Abstract: A heat sink (100) for use with a heat generating device, that includes: a base member (110); a fixed set of adjacent heat dissipating surfaces (120) formed in the base member (110) for causing the heat sink (100) to have a predetermined low power dissipation level that is a function of the number of heat dissipating surfaces (120) in the fixed set; and at least one groove (130) formed in the base member (110) between each two adjacent heat dissipating surfaces (120) in the fixed set for enabling an additional heat dissipating surface to be securedly attached to the base member (110) in each groove (130) for enabling the heat sink to have a power dissipation level that is in excess of the predetermined low power dissipation level as a function of the number of additional heat dissipating surfaces attached to the base member (110).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: James Turocy, Robert Widmayer
  • Publication number: 20040118552
    Abstract: The invention discloses an annular heat-dissipating device formed by a plurality of fins combined together, all of which are arranged around a base, wherein one side of each of the plurality of fins is coupled to the base, respectively. The heat-dissipating device of the invention can greatly increase the heat-dissipating area so as to effectively dissipate heat generated from the electronic elements to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Wen-Shi Huang, Kuo-Cheng Lin, Li-Kuang Tan, Yu-Hung Huang
  • Publication number: 20040112569
    Abstract: A heat sink element coupling structure comprised of a “+” or a “+”-shaped horizontal offset disposed on the upper and lower or left and right two sides or a certain position on the lateral edge at the center portion of an L-shaped or a horizontally oriented U-shaped heat sink unit (element) plate. The structure includes inverted U-shaped or U-shaped appendages situated at the anterior section of the horizontal offsets as well as one or two wing-shaped lock tabs formed at the two sides or either the left or the right side of the inverted U-shaped or U-shaped appendages. Also included in the structure are one or two cutaways at the two sides or either the left or the right side of the horizontal offsets and a downward or upward lock tab at the two sides or the either left or right of the anterior edge of the horizontal offsets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventor: Lin You-Tien
  • Patent number: 6708757
    Abstract: A plate-like heat sink module with polygonal ground plan or shape has an upper side for securing a heat generating component and an underside comprises cooling ribs. The outside edges of the module have surface structure complementary with one another and with whose assistance a plurality of the identical heat sink modules can be joined in one plane, whereby the surface structures are fashioned so that a heat sink module can be joined to another heat sink module in only one orientation to form an arrangement of the heat sink modules. As a result of the arrangement of heat sink modules, a heat sink for the interconnection of a plurality of capacitors to form a capacitor bank can be produced in an especially flexible way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Rainer Hebel, Hartmut Michel
  • Patent number: 6684937
    Abstract: A description is given of a module carrier for various diverse heat exchangers for a motor vehicle engine, which comprises a supporting frame, to which the coolant/air cooler and at least one air-conditioning condenser is fitted. The supporting frame comprises a lower part with a crossmember 2 as base and two side parts 3, 4 projecting vertically therefrom, to define upwardly open compartments 6, 7, 6′, 7′ in the lower part for the insertion of at least the coolant/air cooler and the air-conditioning condenser 9. These upwardly open compartments are closed off by an upper support 5, which interconnects the free ends of the side parts 3, 4 to form the supporting frame and which secures the inserted heat exchangers 8, 9 in their positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignees: Behr GmbH & Co., Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
    Inventors: Werner Lenz, Anette Baumann-Kaiser, Oliver Braun, Martin Brielmair
  • Publication number: 20040011502
    Abstract: A heat exchanger such as a heater is inserted into an air-conditioner casing and fixed thereto. Projected fixing members are formed at an opening of the casing through which the heater is inserted. The fixing member resiliently deforms to allow the insertion of the heat exchanger and automatically recovers its original shape to keep the heat exchanger at an inserted position. The fixing member may be formed in a hook shape having a sloped surface which is straightened when the heat exchanger is inserted and automatically recovers its original slope after the heat exchanger is fully inserted. Thus, the heat exchanger is easily inserted into the casing and firmly held therein without using parts for fixing the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventor: Hisashi Sugano
  • Patent number: 6675884
    Abstract: An assembly of multiple heat sink fins is comprised of multiple fins overlapped on one another and penetrated through by a heat conducting tube, each fin being provided at where close to the edge of the fin with a hole in a diameter slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the conducting tube to receive insertion of the conducting tube; an opening connected through the hole being formed on the edge of the fin; and the fin allowing the conducting tube being compressed into the hole through the opening as a clamp ring to secure the fin to the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventor: Chi-Chang Shen
  • Patent number: 6622783
    Abstract: A self-fixturing fan shroud (12) for use with a heat exchanger assembly (13), the heat exchanger assembly (13) includes an upper horizontal surface (16), a lower, upwardly opening, horizontal channel (18), and at least one core (14 or 15) extending between the upper horizontal surface (16) and the channel (18). Each of the cores (14 and 15) has a front face (24), a back face (26), and air flow passages extending from the front face (24) to the back face (26). The fan shroud (12) comprises a covering portion (28) having an opening (30) disposed therethrough. The opening (30) is of a predetermined size sufficient to receive a fan. An upper horizontal flange (38) extends from the covering portion (28) to rest on the upper horizontal surface (16) of the heat exchanger assembly (13) to vertically locate the fan shroud (12) relative to the heat exchanger assembly (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Hitt, Gregg D. Olson
  • Patent number: 6619381
    Abstract: A modular heat dissipating device comprising multiple U-shaped fins connected to one another. Each fin includes an upper plate extending from an upper edge of the fin. At least one aperture is defined in the upper plate. A Y-shaped connector extends from the upper edge of the fin within the at least one aperture in the upper plate to engage with the at least one aperture in the upper edge of an adjacent fin. The Y-shaped connector has a leg connected to the upper edge of the fin and two wings extending beyond the edge of the upper plate. A lower plate extends from a lower edge of the fin and has at least one aperture defined in the lower plate. A Y-shaped connector extends from the lower edge of the fin within the at least one aperture in the lower plate to engage with the at least one aperture in the lower edge of an adjacent fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Inventor: Chien-Te Lee
  • Patent number: 6607023
    Abstract: A structure for assembling a heat sink assembly uses at least an interlocking device to assemble at lease a heat sink fin. The improvement in the interlocking devices comprises a female slot, a protruding hook, and an opening hole. Said protruding hook of each first heat sink fin wedges into said female slot of an adjacent first heat sink fin by the shape of said protruding hook corresponding to said female slot, and said protruding hook of each first heat sink fin having a barb portion for hooking into said opening hole of said adjacent first heat sink fin for interlocking completely in the vertical direction. Besides, the protruding hook further includes a protruding portion, said protruding portion having a T-shaped cross-section configuration is correspondingly equal to said female slot for interlocking completely in the horizontal direction. Therefore, the heat sink assembly provided by the present invention may be interlocked in both horizontal and vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Datech Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ping Tsang Ho, Tsai Ching Feng
  • Publication number: 20030131977
    Abstract: A boiler includes a cylindrical shell sealed at both ends. A working liquid, typically water, circulates inside the shell. A tube bundle is seated inside the shell. Hot combustion gases circulate inside the tube bundle, heating the water circulating inside the shell. The tube bundle includes a relatively large inlet tube that runs straight to a distal end, where hot combustion gases are turned 180° by a concave inner surface on the tube bundle header, which is not a part of the shell, and are returned by a plurality of smaller diameter return tubes and then to an exhaust stack. The tube bundle includes a front tube sheet and a distal end tube sheet that the tubes are welded to, but these tube sheets are not part of the shell. The entire tube bundle floats inside the shell without being fastened to the shell except at the front of the tube bundle, where a baffle is secured to the front opening of the shell. This allows the tube bundle to be removed from the shell as a single unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Applicant: CALLABRESI COMBUSTION SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: John W. West
  • Patent number: 6564859
    Abstract: A heat exchanger system for mobile platforms is provided. In one embodiment, a heat conductive block is coupled with an integrated circuit package. A first proximal end of a first section of heat conductive tube is coupled to the metal block, and a free end of the first section of heat conductive tube is configured to sealably couple with a second free end of a corresponding second portion of heat conductive tube. Additionally, a first portion of a wick is disposed within the first section of heat conductive tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Gideon Reisfeld
  • Patent number: 6470961
    Abstract: A condenser, radiator and fan assembly module for providing modular installation and simplified individual servicing of the components thereof. The module includes a condenser, a radiator, a fan assembly, and a module frame having a set of channels for respectively receiving therein each of the condenser, radiator and fan assembly. Each of the condenser, the radiator and the fan assembly are slidably received into its respective channel. A floor of the module frame may be disassembled to facilitate individual sliding removal of any of the condenser, radiator or fan assembly. To facilitate sliding installation and removal of the radiator, the coolant inlet fitting and the coolant outlet fitting are each threadably engaged into a respective threaded opening in the tank of the radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher J. Case
  • Patent number: 6401810
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a retaining structure of heat-radiating fins, wherein a heat-radiating part is formed by stacking a plurality of sheet type heat-radiating fins. Each of the heat-radiating fins has an upper bent portion and a lower bent portion. The two bent portions are used to form a gap, and can also be used as the joining portion between two adjacent fins. Through holes are disposed on each of the heat-radiating fins. At least a retaining tool is provided. Near two ends of the retaining tool are bent to form hook ends. The two hook ends of the retaining tool are retained in the through holes of corresponding fins to let the retaining tool straddle the bent portions of the fins. Grooves are respectively disposed at the upper and lower bent portions so that a body portion of the retaining tool can be embedded therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Chaun-Choung Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Dah-Chyi Kuo, Chen-Hsing Lee