Abstract: A transport refrigeration system includes a single frame for containing both a refrigeration condenser coil and an engine coolant radiator arranged in serial airflow relationship within a framework. Either one or the other may be removed and replaced without replacing the other.

Abstract: An evaporative cooler including a unique supporting structure is described herein. The evaporative cooler comprises a frame member including a base portion for coupling with a water reservoir and an elevated portion extending upwardly from the base portion. Panels of the cooler housing are formed separately from the frame. Media is mounted to an elevated portion of the frame member or to at least one of the cooler housing panels. A blower is mounted to and supported at least partially by the elevated portion of the frame member. The blower is positioned to receive air entering through an inlet opening defined by cooler housing and exhaust cooled air toward an outlet opening defined by the cooler housing.

Abstract: An icemaker control module for controlling an icemaker making ice bodies in a freezer has a base with snap fit components including an insert molded circuit board, a motor assembly, an ice level sensing system using a bail arm or a paddle, and a water fill system. Lance features in the circuit board connect switch and motor leads. The thermostat, ground wire, and heater of the icemaker electrically couple to the insert molded circuit board when the ice maker control module is joined to the ice maker. Energy may be conserved by pausing rotation and turning off the heater. There is a method for manufacturing the insert molded circuit board in a cell.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system are described for an ionic wind generator. The ionic wind generator may have a first electrode that is elevated off a surface of a device that the ionic wind generator is intended to cool. A first surface of the first electrode is in contact with a first surface of a first post that elevates the first electrode off the surface of the device that the ionic wind generator is intended to cool. The ionic wind generator causes a generation of ions that are then drawn through an interstitial atmosphere from the first electrode to a second electrode to affect a velocity of local flow over the surface of the device between the first electrode and the second electrode. The flow from a forced flow device also affects the velocity of local flow over the surface of the device between the first electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: A cooling element (1) for cooling of products such as foodstuffs, said cooling element having essentially panel shape with a cooling side (2), a backside (3), a pair of transversal edge sides (4,4?) and a pair of longitudinal edge sides (5,5?), and having an inlet (9) and an outlet (8) for cooling medium to be transmitted through cooling channel means (20), is distinguished by the cooling element (1) being provided with means (6,7), for fastening it together with another similar cooling element (1?) at least on one transversal edge side. The invention also relates to a method for the production of a cooling element and a system for cooling.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention are found in a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes a fluid inlet manifold, a fluid outlet manifold, a plurality of heat transfer channels configured to communicate with the fluid inlet manifold and the fluid outlet manifold, and packing located within the fluid inlet manifold. Further aspects of the invention are found in a refrigeration system. The refrigeration system includes a compressor and at least one heat exchanger coupled to the compressor. The at least one heat exchanger includes a header, packing located in the header, and a heat transfer channel. The heat transfer channel is configured to receive fluid passing through the header and the packing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an outer door for a refrigerator and a method of manufacturing the same. An outer door of the present invention comprises a base plate 51 with a certain pattern 51 a formed on a front surface thereof, a back surface coating layer 53 provided on a back surface of the base plate 51, a back surface painting layer 55 provided on a surface of the back surface coating layer, and a front surface painting layer 57 provided on the front surface of the base plate 51. According to the present invention, more various designs can be implemented on a front surface of a door of a refrigerator so as to satisfy a variety of esthetic feelings of users.

Abstract: An apparatus for storing food therein and method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. Space utilization efficiency can be enhanced by configuring a single-body duct diverging to different storage rooms. The present invention includes a first storage room and a second storage room to store food, and a duct unit includes a first duct to guide cold air into the first storage room, and a second duct to guide cold air into the second storage room. A scroll from which the first duct and the second duct diverge is located between the first and second ducts.

Abstract: Method of designing a customer station adapted to receive a cryogenic liquid, store the cryogenic liquid, discharge the cryogenic liquid after storage, and either provide the cryogenic liquid as a liquid product to a user or vaporize the cryogenic liquid to provide a gas product to a user. The method comprises selecting design parameters including product type, range of product flow rates, and required pipe diameters and piping types. Standardized piping skids are designed for one or more of the combinations of product type, pipe size, and pipe type. The product requirements of a user are defined, the type of cryogenic liquid storage tank is determined, and a piping skid design for the required service is selected from the standardized piping skid designs. The customer station then is designed using the selected standardized piping skid design and the selected type of cryogenic storage tank.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of making a magnetic regenerator for an active magnetic refrigerator, the method comprising: forming a magnetic regenerator from a slurry or a paste containing a magnetocaloric material the magnetic regenerator being formed to have plural paths therethrough for the flow of a heat transfer fluid; and varying the composition of the magnetocaloric material so that the magnetic transition temperature of the magnetic regenerator varies along the paths.

Abstract: A semiconductor package is provided with a low thermal conductivity plate that covers an entire upper surface of a heat dissipating component, by which heat dissipation from the heat dissipating component can be inhibited during a reflow process. Accordingly, sufficient heat can be transmitted to solder balls, so as to heat the solder balls up to a desired temperature. As a result, the semiconductor package and a substrate can be fully bonded via the solder balls, and thereby an excellent mounting performance is achieved.

Abstract: Air conditioning units, methods of manufacturing, inventories, and buildings wherein certain heat exchanger modules are combined to make air conditioning units. In some embodiments, different combinations of different size modules are used to produce air conditioning units having different capacities wherein some identical modules are used in different size units. Various heat exchanger assemblies include spacers between modules, bends formed after modules are assembled into heat exchanger assemblies, attachment rails at the ends of the modules, inactive multi-tubes at the top and bottom of the modules, copper tubing between aluminum modules to facilitate field replacement of individual modules, name plates that attach between modules, attachment clips or spacers that snap attach to the modules, or a combination thereof, as examples.

Abstract: A cooling jacket for an electric motor includes a plurality of jacket portions that are attached to each other to surround a motor stator. Each jacket portion is an extruded component that includes an outer peripheral wall and an inner peripheral wall spaced inwardly from the outer peripheral wall to form a cooling space between the inner and the outer peripheral walls. A plurality of connecting walls extends between the inner and the outer peripheral walls. The connecting walls cooperate with each other to define a plurality of discrete cooling passages within the cooling space of each jacket portion. First and second end caps are mounted to the plurality of jacket portions to enclose the plurality of discrete cooling passages such that a continuous cooling loop is provided through the plurality of jacket portions and the first and second end caps.

Abstract: Apparatus for protecting a feed injector and methods of assembly are provided. In one aspect, a method of assembling a feed injector cooling apparatus includes coupling a coolant source in flow communication with a mounting flange, coupling the mounting flange to a first end of a sheath, wherein the sheath circumscribes a feed injector barrel, and coupling a cap to a second end of the sheath, wherein the cap includes a center port through which a feed injector tip projects into a gasifier.

Abstract: A cold and/or heat accumulator with a plurality of carrier elements (10) which are charged with a cold or heat storage medium, and with a heat exchanger (12) which is designed to have a heat transfer medium flow through it in order to cause heat exchange between the cold or heat storage medium and the heat transfer medium. The heat exchanger (12) has at least one serpentine hollow section (14), and at least at least one carrier element (10) is provided between the legs of at least some of the loops of the serpentine hollow section. In a process for producing the cold and/or heat accumulator, the height of the carrier elements is coordinated to a distance between the legs of the at least one loop such that, after a force-fit connection is formed between the serpentine hollow section and the carrier elements.

Abstract: A side-by-side refrigerator includes a cabinet defining fresh food and freezer compartments, each having upper and lower sections which vary in width and volume along with corresponding fresh food and freezer doors that vary in width. The fresh food and freezer compartments are spaced by an offset mullion assembly against which the doors seal. The offset mullion assembly includes a first longitudinal member, a second longitudinal member, a brace having first and second legs and a laterally extending portion and a cosmetic cover. The offset mullion assembly provides strength to the cabinet while providing an aesthetically pleasing and uniform sealing surface for the fresh food and freezer doors.

Abstract: An oil cooler for an internal combustion engine, including a housing having at least one channel for receiving oil from an engine's oil reservoir and for returning the oil to the reservoir, and means for facilitating heat dissipation from the circulated oil to the environment. The oil cooler further includes a coupling for connecting the housing to a receiver for an oil filter cover so that the coupling replaces the oil filter cover and exchanges oil with the engine's reservoir.

Abstract: An air-conditioning system provides a primary drain pan built in beneath an evaporator coil with primary drain lines. An auxiliary drain pan is built into the air conditioning system to receive overflow condensate from the primary drain pan and drains through auxiliary drain lines. The built-in auxiliary drain pan and primary drain pan are plumb with respect to each other. The assembly construction thereby provides reduced time and costs associated with storing, transporting, installing, leveling, and plumbing individual components.

Abstract: A low eddy current cryogen circuit for superconducting magnets including at least a first cooling coil made of an electrically conducting material and having at least one electrical isolator incorporated in the first cooling coil. The electrical isolator is located to inhibit induced eddy current loops due to inductive coupling of the first cooling coil with eddy current inducing field sources.

Abstract: A battery pack thermal management system for use in an electric car. The battery pack thermal management system includes a plurality of thermistors connected to a plurality of cells of a battery pack. A battery monitor board is connected to the thermistors. The system also includes a manifold and a plurality of cooling tubes connected to the manifold. A tube seal plug is arranged over an end of the cooling tube and an end fitting is arranged on an end of the cooling tube. The thermal management system will cool the battery pack to predetermined temperatures to increase the longevity of the battery pack within the electric vehicle.

Abstract: A refrigerator and a method for manufacturing the same. The refrigerator includes a main body which has a specified space and a open front surface, and a plate having a specified thickness, in which the plate is inserted into the main body through one side of the open front surface of the main body to sectionalize the space provided in the main body.

Abstract: A cooling element with a sorption agent (11, 33) that, under vacuum, can sorb a vapor working agent, which evaporates from a liquid amount of working agent in an evaporator region (16, 22), and with a shutoff device, which, before initiating the cooling process, keeps the working agent vapor from being able to flow to the sorption agent (11, 33), and where the sorption agent (11, 33) and the evaporator region (16, 22) are surrounded by a multilayer film (1, 6, 31, 32) and the evaporator region (16, 22) contains a nonwoven (5, 36) and a flexible structural material (2, 35), which together can take on a flat flexible shape under vacuum, that can be pressed onto the containers (14, 24) that are to be cooled, and the structural material (2, 35), after the start of the cooling element, can conduct the working agent vapor up to the sorption agent (11, 33) and keep a flow cross section of at least 1 square centimeter (cm2) open for the working agent vapor.

Abstract: A complete refrigeration system (CRS) including at least one heat exchanger which is designed to occupy an irregular volume to reduce the overall profile of the CRS. The heat exchanger may be a condenser or an evaporator, and includes a substantially solid body made of a thermally conductive metal, plastic, or other material. A plurality of fluid and refrigerant passageways are defined substantially within the solid body for conducing fluid and refrigerant, respectively, through the solid body and facilitating the transfer of heat between the fluid and refrigerant. Also disclosed is a method wherein the spatial orientation of each passageway is optimized with respect to all of the other passageways and the walls of the solid body by determining the relative distance of each passageway from all of the other passageways and the walls of the solid body at a plurality of points along each passageway, followed by adjusting the spatial orientation of the passageway accordingly.

Abstract: A battery unit (10) includes a plurality of trays (14) connected to one another and positioned on top of one another to define sides (16, 18, 20, 22) and top (24) and a bottom of the battery unit (10). A plurality of cells (12) are adjacent one and the other and connected with one another in overlapping relationship with each of the cells (12) extending over spaced openings (50) defined in the trays (14). A controller (54) is connected to the tray operably communicating with each of the cells (12).

Abstract: To improve the heat transfer performance of a heat exchanger and achieve an air conditioner having high energy efficiency. The heat exchanger 15 includes a plurality of fins 1 that is arranged in parallel with each other with a predetermined spacing along the rotational axis direction of a blower 5; heat exchanger tubes 2 that are substantially perpendicularly inserted into the fins 1 so as to form a plurality of rows along the longitudinal direction of the fins 1 connected to each other along the airflow direction, to thereby form refrigerant channels; and a branch portion that is provided to connection portions of the heat exchanger tubes 2, and that partially increases or decrease the number of paths in the refrigerant channels.

Abstract: A refrigerator and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. A refrigerator according to the present includes a refrigerator body (10); a refrigerator dooe (20) for opening/closing the body; an opening (30) formed in front of the refrigerator door; a home bar dooe (50) rotatably coupled to the refrigerator door (20) for opening/closing the opening; a securing unit (80) for selectively securing the home bar door for close up the home bar door tight; and a damping member (90) provided at the refrigerator door (20) or the home bar door (50) for dampening the rotation of home bar door (50). According to the present invention, convenience for a user as well as for smooth opening/closing of home bar door may be improved. Also, damage and noise due to the user opening/closing a home bar door (50) may be reduced.

Abstract: Thermoelectric devices are provided. In one embodiment, a thermoelectric device may include a glass wafer defined by conductive vias, a second wafer, and a plurality of metal film disposed between the glass wafer and the second wafer and against solid, conductive, integral, end surfaces of the conductive vias. A nanogap may be disposed between the metal film and the second wafer. The nanogap may have been created by applying a voltage extending between the conductive vias and the second wafer. Methods of forming the devices, along with methods of using the devices to transform heat energy to electricity, and for refrigeration, are also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid cooling system for an electric machine including a frame heat conductively attachable to a stator of an electric machine. The liquid cooling system further includes a cover mechanically attached to the frame and fluidly sealed to the frame, the cover and frame defining a cavity therebetween. The cover includes at least one protrusion extending substantially a distance between the cover and the frame. A method for constructing a liquid is also provided. The method includes forming at least one protrusion in the cover and structurally affixing the cover to the frame. The cover is fluidly sealed to the frame.

Abstract: An exhaust gas re-circulation cooler device comprises at least one cooling plate, said cooling plate comprising an upper plate wall and a lower plate wall; said upper and lower plate walls defining a plurality of gas passages which have a gas inlet at a first end of cooling plate and a gas outlet at said first end of said cooling plate; each said passage directing a gas flow between said inlet and said outlet and along a length of said plate; and said plate being sealed so as to be gas tight along a length of said plate, and at a second end of said plate.

Abstract: A cooling jacket of an electric motor or generator includes a cylindrical inner sleeve, a cylindrical outer sleeve coaxially surrounding the inner sleeve and forming a circular space between the outer sleeve and the inner sleeve, and a passageway extending within the circular space between the outer sleeve and the inner sleeve. The passageway may be a continuous winding path that may extend axially back and forth along the circumference of said inner sleeve. An embodiment of the present invention provides a cooling jacket that is suitable for, but not limited to, applications in the aircraft and aerospace industries, for example in air-conditioning systems. The cooling jacket as in one embodiment of the present invention may be leak proof and water tight, has a compact design, and may be easily assembled and integrated into an electrically driven machine, such as an electrically driven compressor.

Abstract: A transmission fluid cooler for cooling the automatic transmission fluid of a motor vehicle equipped with an automatic transmission, and associated method. The transmission fluid cooler can include a fluid inlet tank, a fluid outlet tank, and a plurality of extruded aluminum heat transfer tubes connecting the inlet tank to the outlet tank. Each tube can include first and second substantially flat sidewalls, a plurality of internal webs extending between the first and second sidewalls, and a plurality of dimples and convolutions to cause turbulation and stirring of the transmission fluid in order to increase heat transfer.

Abstract: A substrate mounting table includes a plate shaped member provided with a mounting surface for mounting a substrate thereon, a plurality of gas injection openings opened on the mounting surface to supply a gas toward the mounting surface, and a gas supply channel for supplying the gas through the gas injection openings; and a thermally sprayed ceramic layer covering the mounting surface. At least inner wall portions of the gas supply channel are formed in curved surface shapes, the inner wall portions facing the gas injection openings.

Abstract: This invention relates to a radiator and its preparation method, and especially refers to a fin-pipe shaped radiator specially applied to semiconductor chilling unit and its preparation method. This radiator consists of vertical pipe and upper & lower horizontal pipe (both ends are blocked) welded into the heat radiation chamber, and the evaporator connected through pipeline with axially extending fins distributed on the external surface of the horizontal pipe and the vertical pipe in an angle “?” at the joint within the range of 0°<??90°. The main components are manufactured into sections by extruding, punching or other machining techniques and then soldered into a radiator. It has overcome the disadvantages of various and numerous welding points, complicated techniques and so on in existing manufactures, and has realized an industrialized batch production upon simple and reliable techniques.

Abstract: An insulated icemaking compartment is provided in the fresh food compartment of a bottom mount refrigerator. The icemaking compartment may be integrally formed with the liner of the fresh food compartment, or alternatively, may be modular for installation anywhere in the fresh food compartment. A removable bin assembly with a front cover normally seals the icemaking compartment to maintain the temperature in the compartment. A cold air duct formed in the rear wall of the refrigerator supplies cold air from the freezer compartment to the icemaking compartment. A return air duct directs a portion of the air from the icemaking compartment back to the freezer compartment. An air vent in the icemaking compartment directs another portion of air into the fresh food compartment. A control system provides for controlling refrigerator functions in a manner that promotes energy efficiency.

Abstract: A deep-drawn inner coating or an inner door of a cooling equipment. An insertion element is maintained by form-closure in a recess of a wall. In order to facilitate the accurate fixing of the position of a component incorporated in the insertion element, the insertion element extends at least up to a plane flush with a surface of the wall surrounding the recess.

Abstract: A cooling system assembly method including: providing a support fixture having a multi-level support surface and multiple positioning dowels extending therefrom; positioning multiple liquid-cooled cold plates on the support surface employing the multiple dowels, the dowels providing relative positioning and alignment of the cold plates for facilitating subsequent coupling thereof to electronic components to be cooled; sealing multiple coolant-carrying tubes in fluid communication with the cold plates; and sealing a header subassembly to the coolant-carrying tubes to provide an assembled liquid-based cooling system. In operation, the support fixture facilitates shipping of the assembled cooling system by maintaining the components in fixed relation. A transfer fixture is employed in removing the cooling system from the support fixture and placing the cooling system in engagement with the electronics system.

Abstract: As conventional heat exchange modules, adsorptive agents of an inorganic type such as silica gel, zeolite, active alumina, active carbon and molecular sieve have been used. While these adsorptive agents have characteristics of high moisture absorptive ability and easy handling, they have problems of durability, regenerating temperature and generation of bacteria or fungi. An object of the present invention is to solve these problems which are noted in the inorganic adsorptive agents and to provide a heat exchanger module of a energy conservation type having a high heat exchange efficiency and a method for the manufacture thereof. The present invention is a heat exchange module of a sorptive type, characterized in that, a moisture absorptive layer in which a sorptive agent of an organic polymer type comprising organic polymer having hydrophilic polar group and cross-linking structure in a molecule is an essential component, saturated moisture absorbing rates at 20° C.

Abstract: A heat exchanger device includes an extruded body that includes one or more layers of channels for coolant flow therethrough, the channels generally having inner diameters of between about 50 microns to about 2000 microns. The device is formed of a material having a high thermal conductivity to facilitate transfer of heat from the heating components present in the subject cooling application to the coolant passing through the heat exchanger and to be compatible with materials of the heating components. The device material is selected from the group consisting of ceramic oxides, ceramic carbides, ceramic nitrides, ceramic borides, ceramic silicides, metals, and intermetallics, and combinations thereof. The heat exchanger device is formed from an extruded filament that is arranged to give the desired channel configuration. The filament includes a central, removable material and an outer material that forms the channel walls upon removal of the central material.

Abstract: A thermal interface structure includes a carbon nanotube layer, in which the carbon nanotubes are oriented parallel to the direction of thermal transmission and metal layers provided on two edge surfaces of the carbon nanotube layer, the edge surfaces being perpendicular to the direction of the thermal transmission and located substantially parallel to the orientation direction at which edges of the carbon nanotubes are oriented.

Abstract: A method for producing a heat exchanger, a) a coolant pipe and a blank are provided; b) a bead that is made of a plastic adhesive is placed between the coolant pipe and the blank so as to extend in a manner that is adapted to the shape of the coolant pipe; and c) the bead located between the coolant pipe and the blank is compressed.

Abstract: A heat exchange laminate comprises a formable carrier layer at least partially covered with a flexible liquid retaining layer having an open structure. By forming such a laminate of two layers, desired properties such as the spatial distribution of the liquid retaining layer, can be imparted to the heat exchange laminate prior to forming. The laminate may then be conveniently formed into any desired shape by known manufacturing procedures for incorporation into a heat exchanger. The laminate may be used to cool a first fluid by evaporation of a liquid into a second fluid operating at or near its saturation point.

Abstract: A electronic device and method for extracting heat from a heat producing component having front and back sides, the front side is disposed across from the back side, and the front side is attached to a substrate including multiple holes. A thermal interface material is disposed over the back side of the heat producing component. A heat sink including multiple pins corresponding to the multiple holes in the substrate is disposed over the thermal interface material such that the pins are disposed through the holes. The thermal interface material melts and wets to form a thermal coupling between the back side and the heat sink when passed over pre-heaters of a wave soldering machine. Further, the pins are soldered to form solder joints between the respective pins and the substrate when passed over a solder wave in the wave soldering machine to lock-in the thermal coupling formed during the preheating of the thermal interface material to provide a low-cost thermal solution.

Abstract: An adsorption type heat exchanger includes a heat exchange part, in which a thermal medium circulates, and adsorbents made of particles. The adsorbents are fixed on an outer surface of the heat exchange part, to adsorb refrigerant vapor when a temperature of the thermal medium is low, and to desorb the adsorbed refrigerant vapor when the temperature of the thermal medium is high. In addition, percents of the adsorbents having particle sizes about in a range from 0 to 42 ?m are about 90% and over of the whole adsorbents.

Abstract: A cooling jacket assembly is made for an electric motor or generator. A hollow cylindrical housing is cast with an outer peripheral surface and an annular axially facing end surface, a plurality of grooves formed in the outer peripheral surface and a radial lip at one end. The outer peripheral surface is machined into a smooth surface having a uniform diameter. Inlet and outlet ports are drilled through the end surface to communicate with the grooves. A pair of sealing recesses are formed in the outer peripheral surface on opposite sides of the grooves, and an O-ring seal is placed in each recess. A cylindrical sleeve is slid over the outer peripheral surface of the housing until it engages the lip and so that the sleeve slidably engages the outer peripheral surface and sealing engages the seals.

Abstract: A refrigerator housing comprising a door and a base body which comprises lateral walls, a rear wall, a cover and a base. The thickness of the isolation layer of the lateral walls is smaller than that of the rear wall, the base or the cover, and an additional isolation layers is mounted on the lateral walls. An additional isolation layer can be, in particular, a plate or a lateral wall of an adjacent base body.

Abstract: A cabinet for an air handling unit includes a cabinet assembly being formed framelessly of a plurality of panel assemblies, each panel assembly being formed of two spaced apart metallic panels embracing an intermediate core and wherein the plurality of panel assemblies provides the structural strength of the cabinet assembly. A method of forming a cabinet for an air handling unit is further included.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a heat sink for use in a heat sink fan is provided. A heat-sink base portion defining a central axis and a circumferential surface is formed. A plurality of heat-radiating fins is formed on the circumferential surface of the base portion. Each of the heat radiating fins extends away from the central axis and defines at least one radially distal edge. After the base portion and the heat-radiating fins are formed, a distal-edge protrusion or a recess is formed on or in at least one of the heat radiating fins by a machining process, so as to form partially along the envelope of the heat sink at least one discrete engagement feature.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for cooling semiconductor devices. A cooling system for semiconductor devices is disclosed and includes a semiconductor substrate, horizontal channels and a cooling medium. Specifically, the semiconductor substrate is incorporated into a die. Also, one or more horizontal channels are formed in a backside of the semiconductor substrate of the die. The horizontal channels collect thermal energy that is generated by electrical components located on a front side of the semiconductor substrate. A cooling medium circulates within the one or more horizontal channels for transferring the thermal energy away from the die.

Abstract: This invention provides a cooler having an excellent cooling performance, which is capable of being downsized and low-profiled, an electronic apparatus and a method for fabricating the cooler. The cooler (1) comprises lower board member (10) and upper complex board members. The lower board member (10) is made from plastic material and has a cavity portion (11) for allowing water or vapor to be circulated therein. The upper complex board members comprise board member (20) for a condenser part, upper board member (30), and board member (40) for a wick part. The board members (20) and (40) for the condenser part and the wick part, respectively, are made from metallic material having higher thermal conductivity such as copper and nickel. Each of the members has a groove for allowing them to be served as the condenser and the wick.

Abstract: An improved apparatus and method of having a pair of end caps on a rotor assembly of a multi-pole high-speed generator is provided for use with a turbine engine. The rotor assembly provides improved balancing and/or cooling during generator operation. The rotor assembly includes a plurality of poles and at least one support wedge positioned between each of the poles. The rotor assembly is mounted on a shaft. An annular flange of the end caps restrains the support wedges in the rotor assembly for improved balancing and maintaining concentricity. The end caps may also include a manifold for circulating a cooling medium through the shaft to and from the support wedges to cool the generator.