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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8166769 | Self-cooled vertical electronic component A self-cooled electronic component comprising a vertical monolithic circuit, in which the vertical monolithic circuit is electrically connected in series with a Peltier cooler so that the D.C. current flowing through the circuit supplies the cooler and in which the ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8151575 | Temperature variation apparatus The invention discloses a temperature variation apparatus for varying the temperature of a liquid. The temperature variation apparatus includes a metal tube, a power supply, a heat conductor, and a thermo-electric cooler (TEC). The liquid is poured into the metal tu... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8104294 | Integrated thermo-electric heat pump system for vehicle passenger temperature control A system for controlling the temperature of a passenger cabin has a tube for receiving a heat transfer fluid from an engine and a number of heating coils being thermally connected to the tube. The system also has a number of thermo-electric heat pumps connected to t... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8099965 | Cold probe for cooling liquids A chilled probe for quickly and conveniently cooling a liquid is positioned to permit a user to insert the probe into the liquid to be cooled. Feedback, in the form of an indication of a representative liquid temperature, is also provided to increase the value of th... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8096136 | Heat dissipation device A heat dissipation device includes a base, a fin group mounted on a top of the base, a fan mounted on a top of the fin group, a hollow fan duct mounted on the fan and a thermoelectric cooler secured on the fan duct. The thermoelectric cooler includes a cooling modul... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8074456 | Thermal management system having thermoelectric modules A thermal management system includes a first thermoelectric module, a second thermoelectric module, and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger has a pipe having a first section, a second section and an intermediate section arranged between the first section and the se... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8056347 | Auxiliary cooling device An auxiliary cooling device is used in another main cooling device, such as a refrigerator. The auxiliary cooling device includes a thermoelectric element, such as a Peltier element, which includes a heat source and a heat sink. The heat sink is used to directly or ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7958736 | Thermoelectric device and heat sink assembly with reduced edge heat loss An assembly that includes one or more thermoelectric devices and a heat sink and that corrects the problem of an uneven heating effect across the area occupied by the devices due to a lateral heat loss at the edges of the devices or other anomalies among the devices... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7954331 | Thermally-balanced solid state cooling Apparatus, systems, and methods provide for the cooling of a system on an aircraft or other platform. According to embodiments described herein, a first coolant is routed through a heat-producing system to absorb heat and maintain the system at a desired temperature... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7937952 | Thermoelectric cooler with multiple temperature zones The present application is directed to thermoelectric coolers that include multiple temperature zones. The thermoelectric cooler may include a first series of thermoelectric intermediate members interconnecting a second plate with a first section of a first plate, a... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7934384 | Portable cooled merchandizing unit with customer enticement features A portable cooled merchandising unit including a product container assembly, a door assembly, a cooling assembly, a customer enticement device, and a power unit. The product container assembly defines an interior region for containing products. The cooling assembly ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7926293 | Thermoelectrics utilizing convective heat flow An improved efficiency thermoelectric system is disclosed wherein convection is actively facilitated through a thermoelectric array. Thermoelectrics are commonly used for cooling and heating applications. Thermal power is convected through a thermoelectric array tow... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7921655 | Topping cycle for a sub-ambient cooling system According to one embodiment of the disclosure, a cooling system for a heat-generating structure comprises a heat exchanger, a first structure, a condenser heat exchanger, and a second condenser. The heat exchanger is in thermal communication with a heat-generating s... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7870745 | Thermoelectric device efficiency enhancement using dynamic feedback A cooling system is disclosed including a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, a means for regulating a flow of a fluid, and a thermoelectric device for cooling a fluid, wherein a difference in temperature between a hot side and a cold side of the thermoel... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7866163 | Radiographic detector docking station with dynamic environmental control A docking station for one or more x-ray detectors is disclosed and designed to secure an x-ray detector when not in use to limit exposure of an x-ray detector to drops, jars, and other potentially damaging incidents. The docking station may be equipped to regulate t... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7856831 | Auxiliary cooling device An auxiliary cooling device to be used in another cooling device, which auxiliary cooling device includes a thermoelectric element, such as a Peltier element, provided with a heat source and a heat sink connected in a circuit. The heat sink is used for directly or i... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7841188 | Super cooler for a heat producing device A super cooler device including a thermo electric cooler on a digital micro mirror device. ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7836704 | Compact thermal exchange unit of thermo-electric cooling mode using heat pipe The present invention relates to a thermal exchange device using heat pipes to effectively discharge heat from inside of an open-air communication system. The present invention provides a plurality of heat pipes directly inserted between the plates of the thermo-ele... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7823393 | Peltier cooling systems with high aspect ratio New Peltier semiconductor heat transfer systems are presented herein. In particular, Peltier heat transfer systems of Peltier semiconductor elements of highly unique shapes are arranged to bias the cooling side with respect to its size and consequently performance. ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7805950 | Thermal transfer device and system and method incorporating same A thermal transfer device having a first substrate layer, a second substrate layer and first and second electrodes disposed between the first substrate layer and the second substrate layer. The thermal transfer device also includes a release layer disposed between t... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7797949 | Device for moulding food substances A device for molding foodstuff masses comprises: one or more molds (14) provided with sockets (16) which define pouring cavities; inserts (22) made of thermally conductive material associated, ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7779638 | Localized microelectronic cooling apparatuses and associated methods and systems Apparatuses and associated methods and systems to provide localized cooling to a microelectronic device are generally described. In this regard, according to one example embodiment, a microelectronic cooling apparatus comprising a microelectronic device thermally co... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7770402 | Thermally efficient CCD camera housing A system and method of cooling a CCD camera may employ a composite material housing design that allows the cold side of a TEC to be mounted relatively close to the CCD and the hot side of the TEC to be isolated from the housing cavity in which the CCD resides. An ef... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7757496 | Thermoelectric device providing dual heat transfers for internal thermal zone in a hard disk drive The invention includes a thermoelectric device, preferably including an electrical contact pair providing enabling power for a first heat transfer from an internal heat transfer interface to the exterior heat transfer interface, and a second heat transfer from the e... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7739876 | Socket enabled current delivery to a thermoelectric cooler to cool an in-substrate voltage regulator An apparatus including a socket having a socket body and a cavity within the socket body. The apparatus further including a thermoelectric cooler coupled to an in-substrate voltage regulator positioned within the cavity. A method including coupling a thermoelectric ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7739877 | Method and system for redundant thermoelectric coolers for integrated DWDM transmitter/receiver A thermoelectric cooler apparatus for a fiber optic system includes a first plate coupled to the fiber optic system and a second plate for coupling to a heat sink. The apparatus includes a first plurality of thermoelectric units and a second plurality of thermoelect... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7735326 | Air re-cool for electronic equipment Embodiments include systems and methods for selectively cooling heat-generating electronic components in an enclosure. According to one embodiment, an enclosure houses a plurality of heat-generating electronic components. Air enters the enclosure at the front and is... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7703291 | Contained environmental control system for mobile event data recorder An environmental control system, or data pack, is provided in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. The system allows for audio and video recording on hard drive media in situations where temperature, vibration and humidity would otherwise have preve... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7681404 | Modular ice storage for uninterruptible chilled water A backup cooling storage system comprising at least one cooling and storage unit configured to cool a liquid supply using a quantity of cooled material when a main chiller of the liquid supply is not operational, and at least one chilling element configured to gener... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7669426 | Shared switching for multiple loads Circuits, methods, and systems are directed to controlling the amount and polarity of current to multiple loads with switches, where the loads share switching components. The loads may be thermoelectric elements, which heat or cool based on the state of the switches... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7621134 | Air re-cool for electronic equipment A method for selectively cooling one or more heat-generating electronic components in an enclosure. Air is passed through an enclosure that houses one or more heat-generating components. Heated air is separated into at least first and second parallel airstreams with... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7581404 | Method and apparatus for a system using at least one hard disk drive providing dual heat transfers for an internal thermal zone A system includes at least one hard disk drive (HDD) controlling the temperature of an internal thermal zone. The HDD preferably includes a thermal controller directing a thermoelectric device based upon a temperature measure of internal thermal zone. The thermoelec... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7475551 | System employing temporal integration of thermoelectric action Active cooling technologies such as thermoelectrics can be used to introduce thermal “gain” into a cooling system and, when employed in combination with forced flow cooling loops, can provide an attractive solution for cooling high heat flux density devices and/... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7454915 | Super cooler for a heat producing device A super cooler device including a thermo electric cooler on a digital micro mirror device. ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7431225 | Methods of operating a liquid vaporizer The present invention is generally directed to a vaporizer with positive liquid shut-off. In one illustrative embodiment, the vaporizer is comprised of a body, a liquid inlet and a carrier gas inlet coupled to the body, a nozzle positioned within the body, the nozzl... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430875 | Exhaust heat recovery system The exhaust heat recovery system of the invention includes: a thermoelectric conversion element that generates electric energy by thermoelectric conversion using heat of exhaust gas discharged from an engine; and a heat pump including a heat recovery unit that absor... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7423876 | System and method for heat dissipation in an information handling system A system and method is disclosed for dissipating heat within the interior of an information handling system. Heat from a heat source is directed to a heat sink and is also directed in parallel to a thermoelectric cooler. The thermoelectric cooler is oriented to dire... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421845 | Thermoelectrics utilizing convective heat flow An improved efficiency thermoelectric system is disclosed wherein convection is actively facilitated through a thermoelectric array. Thermoelectrics are commonly used for cooling and heating applications. Thermal power is convected through a thermoelectric array tow... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7406185 | Thermoelectric sensor for fingerprint thermal imaging The present invention provides a fingerprint sensing mechanism using a two-dimensional thermoelectric sensor array to capture the thermal image related to the ridges and valleys on the finger, wherein its fabricating method is totally compatible with integrated circ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403384 | Thermal docking station for electronics For transferring heat generated by an electronic device, a component heat exchanger is thermally coupled to the electronic device. A component-side thermal interface is thermally coupled to the component heat exchanger by a heat conductor. A rack-side thermal interf... | 07/22/2008 |
