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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162041 | Heat exchanger of plate fin and tube type A heat exchanger including plate fins stacked at respective intervals relative to one another, and heat exchanger tubes penetrating the fins in. The heat exchanger exchanges heat between first and second fluids flowing, respectively, inside and outside the heat exch... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8146651 | Heat exchanger with recessed fins A horizontally mounted heat exchanger with recessed fins is disclosed. The recessed fin configuration helps prevent damage to the fins that may occur when objects such as tools or soda cans are placed on the top surface of the heat exchanger. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8061415 | Plate fin with hybrid hole pattern A fin having a leading edge, a trailing edge opposing the leading edge, and a plurality of leading holes substantially centered along a leading axis. The fin further having a plurality of secondary holes substantially centered along a secondary axis, the secondary a... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7699095 | Bendable core unit A core unit for a heat exchanger comprises a pair of headers spaced from one another each defining a fluid space for receiving a fluid therein and each defining a plurality of apertures. A first region comprising a plurality of first tubes extends between the header... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7578339 | Heat exchanger of plate fin and tube type A heat exchanger including plate fins and, the tubes fins being stacked at respective intervals relative to one another, and heat exchanger tubes penetrating the fins in a fin-stacking direction. The heat exchanger exchanges heat between fluids flowing, respectively... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7552760 | Metal fin for air heat exchanger The invention concerns a metal fin for heat exchanger with tubes, comprising means for increasing heat transfers consisting of diverting conformations (10,11) each arranged upstream and downstream of an aperture (3) when considering the direction (F) o... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7475719 | High-frequency, low-amplitude corrugated fin for a heat exchanger coil assembly A high-frequency, low-amplitude corrugated fin for a heat exchanger assembly includes a plate member that extends horizontally and vertically to define a reference plane. The plate member has a plurality of conduit portions, a first and second series of corrugated s... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7434545 | Water heater and method of operating the same A gas water heater device includes a combustion chamber for providing a gas flow, a pipe assembly, and a heat exchanger disposed over the combustion chamber including a plurality of thermal conductors disposed in parallel with each other, each of the plurality of th... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7413002 | Corrugated fin and heat exchanger using the same In a corrugated fin which is formed and bent into a wave-form, a plurality of both-side-cut-louvers 8, which are laminated on each other and formed into a group, and one-side-cut-louvers 7, which are arranged at end portions of the group of both-side-c... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7370691 | Heat exchanger and heating or air conditioning unit of a motor vehicle containing said heat exchanger The invention relates to a heat exchanger of a plate-type construction having first flow channels for a first medium, each formed by a pair of plates, and having corrugated ribs, around which a second medium flows, arranged between neighboring plate pairs. In order ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7360585 | Heat exchanger cooling fin A heat exchanger cooling fin (401), for use in a fluid flow environment, comprising a fin plate (402) having a series of substantially mutually parallel louvres (403), each louvre (403) having a convex curved surface (404) facing i... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354465 | Device for cooling and humidifying reformate Devices for cooling and humidifying a reformate stream from a reforming reactor as well as related methods, modules and systems includes a heat exchanger and a sprayer. The heat exchanger has an inlet, an outlet, and a conduit between the inlet and the outlet. The h... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347254 | Heat exchanger for motor vehicles The invention relates to a heat exchanger for motor vehicles, having a large number of flat tubes through which a liquid cooling medium can flow, and having corrugated fins which are associated with these flat tubes and to which environmental air or other media can ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341050 | Charge air cooler having refrigerant coils and method for cooling charge air An apparatus and a method for cooling charge air, comprising the steps of cooling at least one cooling agent conduit with a cooling agent (Step 401), flowing thermally charged air through a plurality of charge air conduits positioned in proximity to the at le... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337831 | Heat transfer device A separation wake zone behind a heat transfer tube in a heat transfer device of a heat exchanger or the like is reduced, whereby a heat transfer action of the heat transfer device can be augmented and a pressure loss thereof can be reduced. The heat transfer device ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337769 | Charge air cooler having refrigerant coils and method for cooling charge air An apparatus and a method for cooling charge air, comprising the steps of introducing a cooling agent into at least one cooling agent conduit whereby the at least one cooling agent conduit is cooled (Step 401), flowing thermally charged air through a pluralit... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331379 | Heat dissipation device with heat pipe A heat dissipation device includes a fin set, a sinuous heat pipe transferring heat to different parts of the fin set, and a base thermally contacting the heat pipe. The heat pipe has a middle U-shaped portion and two L-shaped portions at two sides of the U-shaped p... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322405 | Multi-pipe heat exchanger apparatus and method of producing the same In a heat exchanger, a plurality of heat conductive pipes forming first passages are provided between an outer wall plate and an inner wall plate. Air flows through the first passages. Second passages are formed between the heat conductive pipes. An exhaust gas flow... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7304847 | Heat sink A heat sink includes a plurality of fins parallel to each other, and one heat pipe extending through these fins. A flow channel is formed between each pair of neighboring fins for channeling an airflow generated by an electric fan. A guiding member having a curved s... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299863 | Louver fin type heat exchanger having improved heat exchange efficiency by controlling water blockage Disclosed is a louver fin type heat exchanger positioned upright at a certain angle with respect to the ground, wherein lower end portions of louver fins close to the ground are bent toward lower end portions of adjacent louver fins, such that the air passage at the... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7287577 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger is provided that is capable of performing heat exchange more efficiently by using slits. The heat exchanger includes a refrigerant pipe for allowing a refrigerant to flow therethrough, at least one fin disposed such that the refrigerant pipe penetra... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7273092 | Modularized cooler A modularized cooler includes the at least two heat radiator modules arranged in a stack, each heat radiator module having a set of radiation fins, heat-exchange tubes arranged in parallel and surrounded by the radiation fins, two locating plates holding the heat-ex... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7273094 | Cooling fin unit A cooling fin unit includes a plurality of cooling fins and a heat guide pipe. Each of the cooling fins has a through hole at the main body thereof and the heat guide pipe passes through the through hole respectively. A recess part is provided to indent toward a sid... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267162 | Laminated evaporator with optimally configured plates to align incident flow The invention provides a heat exchanger having a plurality of plates stacked in alternating mirrored relation with one another. Each of the plurality of plates has a plate length extending along a plate longitudinal axis between first and second ends. Each of the pl... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267166 | Grooved tubes for heat exchangers that use a single-phase fluid Grooved metal tubes, with a groove-bottom thickness Tf and outside diameter De, internally grooved with N helical ribs having an apex angle α, height H, base width LN, and helix angle β, two consecutive ribs being separated by a groove, gener... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7261147 | Heat exchanger Disclosed is a heat exchanger including a plurality of tubes through which refrigerants flow, the tubes being spaced away from each other, and a plurality of fins through which the tubes are perpendicularly inserted, the fins being spaced away from each other at a p... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258939 | Cooling system for fuel cell vehicle and a cooling pipe thereof An integrated cooling system for a fuel cell vehicle according to this invention comprises a fuel gas flow field for supplying fuel gas to a fuel cell stack and exhausting the fuel gas from the fuel cell stack through a fuel gas accumulator, and an air flow field fo... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255845 | Process for conducting an equilibrium limited chemical reaction in a single stage process channel This invention relates to a process for conducting an equilibrium limited chemical reaction in a single stage process channel. A process for conducting a water shift reaction is disclosed. A multichannel reactor with cross flow heat exchange is disclosed. ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7249626 | Heat dissipation device A heat dissipation device includes a fin unit (50), and at least a heat pipe (30) including an evaporating section (32) and at least a condensing section (34) extending through the fin unit. The fin unit includes a plurality of fins stack... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7250223 | Aluminum heat exchanger excellent in corrosion resistance The present invention provides a heat exchanger which is assembled by brazing an aluminum fin material to the outer surface of an aluminum tube material formed by bending a sheet material, in particular, an aluminum heat exchanger which can be suitably used as an au... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247959 | Dynamoelectric machine with arcuate heat exchanger and related methods A dynamoelectric machine 30 includes a rotor 32 and a stator 34 surrounding the rotor. The dynamoelectric machine 30 further includes a generator housing 36 surrounding both the rotor 32 and the stator 34. Additionall... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7234511 | Modular heat exchanger having a brazed core and method for forming An improved modular heat exchanger suitable for automotive applications, and particularly radiators for heavy duty equipment, and methods for forming the modular heat exchanger. The modular heat exchanger construction incorporates a brazed core assembly composed of ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231965 | Heat exchanger and heat transferring member with symmetrical angle portions A plurality of angle portions 2c of the fins on an upstream side and those on a downstream side of an air flow are provided so as to be substantially symmetrical with each other. Due to this, bending forces are continuously exerted on a thin plate-like... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7220048 | Mixer/heat exchanger A combination static mixer and heat exchanger having heat exchanger tubes (1) which are provided over their circumference with fins (2a, 2b) which have a static mixing effect. ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219716 | Heat exchanger Disclosed is a heat exchanger including: a plurality of tubes through which refrigerants flow, the tubes being spaced away from one another; and a fin through which the tubes are perpendicularly inserted, and having a fin collar for supporting the inserted tube, a s... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7210521 | Heat medium distributor for an air inlet system including multiple heat exchangers A heat medium distributor for an air inlet system having multiple heat exchangers includes a box-like housing, which is divided by a dividing wall into a first flow chamber, which is used as the forward collection pipe, and a second flow chamber, which is used as th... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7181929 | Finned tube for heat exchangers, heat exchanger, apparatus for fabricating heat exchanger finned tube and process for fabricating heat exchanger finned tube A plurality of fin groups 12 each comprising parallel plate fins 14 are arranged on two straight tube portions 11a of a fin fixing hairpin tube 11 longitudinally of the tube portions at a spacing, by forming two tube inserting hole... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182127 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger includes a plurality of tubes through which refrigerants flow, the tubes being spaced apart from each other, and a plurality of fins spaced apart from each other at a predetermined distance. Each of the fins has fin collars through which the tubes a... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7172016 | Internally mounted radial flow, high pressure, intercooler for a rotary compressor machine A header construction intended for use in a heat exchanger (36) employed in a relatively high pressure application includes an array of generally parallel tube runs (84) with fins (82) extending between adjacent ones of the tube runs. At least o... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7165537 | Charge air cooler A charge air cooler with an integral precooler is disclosed which cools charge air by using both liquid coolant and air coolant. The charge air path is not affected by the use of the liquid coolant. The charge air cooler disclosed can cool particularly hot charge ai... | 01/23/2007 |
