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Assignee: Wolverine Tube, Inc.


Location: Huntsville, AL
No. of patents: 7

NumberTitleIssue Date
7861408Heat transfer surface for electronic cooling
A cooling surface for cooling an electronic component, the surface having two sets of fins, each set of fins defining a set of channels, and a number of passageways connecting the sets of channels. The cooling surface can be attached to an electronic component, such...
01/04/2011
7637012Method of forming protrusions on the inner surface of a tube
A method of forming a plurality of protrusions on the inner surface of a tube to reduce tube side resistance and improve overall heat transfer performance. The method includes cutting through ridges on the inner surface of the tube to create ridge layers and lifting...
12/29/2009
7509828Tool for making enhanced heat transfer surfaces
An improved tool assembly for enhancing the surface of a heat transfer tube is provided. The tool assembly includes rods having cutting tips and positioned in rod guides which are slidably positioned in shafts provided in a tool holder. In an equilibrium state, the ...
03/31/2009
7311137Heat transfer tube including enhanced heat transfer surfaces
The invention relates to enhanced heat transfer surfaces and methods and tools for making enhanced heat transfer surface. Certain embodiments include a boiling surface that include a plurality of primary grooves, protrusions and secondary grooves to form boiling cav...
12/25/2007
7254964Heat transfer tubes, including methods of fabrication and use thereof
An improved heat transfer tube, an improved method of formation and an improved use of such a heat transfer tube is disclosed. The heat transfer tube includes an outer surface with a plurality of radially outwardly extending helical fins, the fins being grooved to d...
08/14/2007
7178361Heat transfer tubes, including methods of fabrication and use thereof
The present invention discloses an improved heat transfer tube, an improved method of formation, and an improved use of such heat transfer tube. The present invention discloses a boiling tube for a refrigerant evaporator that provides at least one dual cavity nuclea...
02/20/2007
6883597Heat transfer tube with grooved inner surface
An improved heat transfer tube and a method of formation thereof. The inner surface of the tube has a primary set of fins and an intermediate sets of fins positioned in the areas between the primary fins and at an angle relative to the primary fins. While intermedia...
04/26/2005
 
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