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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7759013 | Fuel delivery apparatus of direct liquid feed fuel cell A fuel delivery apparatus for a direct liquid feed fuel cell is provided. The fuel delivery apparatus includes a plate stack formed by a one or more double-sided plates positioned between opposing end plates. Both sides of the one or more double-sided plates, and th... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7347250 | Loop heat pipe A loop heat pipe includes an evaporator, a liquid seal container and a closed loop. The evaporator includes an evaporator body made of a heat conductive material. The evaporator body includes at least two retaining holes and at least a channel hole penetrating the r... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7281670 | Wick-based delivery system with wick made of different composite materials A wick-based delivery system includes a container for holding a liquid that has an opening therein. A porous wick is positioned in the container so that a lower region of the wick is in contact with the liquid in the container and an upper region of the wick is expo... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7252805 | Device for vaporising and diffusing oils A device which uses a heat source for heating and diffusing fragrant oils or insecticidal oils. The oil is contained in a reservoir remote from the heat source and the device comprises means for transferring the oil from a reservoir to a surface of a heat-absorbing ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7219628 | Vaporizer and methods relating to same An apparatus for vaporizing a liquid and heating the vaporized liquid to an elevated temperature. The apparatus has a heat transfer wall having an outer surface for receiving heat and transferring the heat to an inner surface. A wick material is disposed so that a p... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7111394 | Hybrid loop heat pipe A heat pipe assembly (100) has a combined reservoir (102) and evaporator (104), the evaporator (104) having ducts of a vapor manifold (106) that exhausts vapor toward the condenser (108) instead of opposing the flow of liqui... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7079391 | Cooling device for an electrical or electronic unit The invention refers to a cooling device for an electrical/electronic unit, comprising a heat-conductive base body, which has an envelope surface and which is suitable for being contacted with the unit to be cooled, further comprising a cooling profile body which is... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7013956 | Heat pipe evaporator with porous valve An evaporator includes an enclosure having a fluid inlet manifold and a vapor outlet manifold. At least one blind passageway is arranged within the enclosure so as to open into a portion of the vapor outlet manifold. The interior surface of the enclosure that define... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7007863 | Wick-based delivery system with wick made of different composite materials A composite wick for delivering two liquids with different properties to a surface includes a first section provided for delivering a first liquid to the surface of the wick and a second section provided for delivering a second liquid to the surface of the wick. Pre... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7004240 | Heat transport system A system includes a heat transfer system and a priming system coupled to the heat transfer system. The heat transfer system includes a main evaporator having a core, a primary wick, and a secondary wick, and a condenser coupled to the main evaporator by a liquid lin... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6996335 | Electrical evaporator with ratcheting wick adjuster An evaporator (10) includes a housing (100, 200), a bottle (400) containing a substance to be evaporated, a wick (500) protruding from the bottle (400), a rotatable plug deck (300) for providing electricity to the evaporator... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6931202 | Electrical evaporator with adjustable evaporation intensity An evaporator includes a housing, a bottle containing a substance to be evaporated, a wick having a lower portion disposed within the bottle and an upper portion protruding from the bottle, a heating device disposed within the housing at a position proximate to the ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6917754 | Multi-functional electrical vaporizer for a liquid substance and method of manufacturing such a vaporizer A multi-functional electrical vaporizer for a liquid substance includes a bottle for holding the liquid substance, a wick for drawing the liquid substance out of the bottle, an electrical heating device positioned proximate to an upper portion of the wick, an electr... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6827286 | Diffuser device for diffusing solutions A diffuser device (100) for diffusing solutions comprises a refill (6) containing the solution to be diffused, a wick (7) disposed partially inside the refill (6) to absorb the solution, a heater (1) coupled to the refill (6... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6766773 | Adapter for vaporizing devices An adapter system for vaporizing devices is provided. In general, the adapter system couples to a refill bottle unit or container and includes an attachment mechanism and a shape-altering mechanism. Essentially, a refill bottle unit that otherwise would not properly... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6622662 | Adapter for vaporizing devices An adapter system for vaporizing devices is provided. In general, the adapter system couples to a refill bottle unit or container and includes an attachment mechanism and a shape-altering mechanism. Essentially, a refill bottle unit that otherwise would n... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6450132 | Loop type heat pipe Inner peripheral grooves for transporting a liquid of a working fluid in the longitudinal direction of a first wick are provided along the first wick which transports the liquid contained in the evaporator to a heating portion in the evaporator by capilla... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6446583 | Evaporation device for volatile substances An evaporation device 2 is disclosed for the evaporation of volatile substances, in particular insecticides and aromatics, which includes a housing 13 which contains a heating element and a container 50 for a substance to be evaporated. This container 50 ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6426051 | Oil burning lamp adapted to disperse fragrance The present invention is directed to an oil lamp adapted to disperse fragrance. More specifically, the present invention provides a lamp having a container with one or more vent holes, through which fragrance molecules volatilized from scented fuel within... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6397936 | Freeze-tolerant condenser for a closed-loop heat-transfer system A freeze tolerant condenser (106) for a two-phase heat transfer system is disclosed. The condenser includes an enclosure (110) and a porous artery (112) located within and extending along the length of the enclosure. A vapor space (116) is defined between... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6333009 | Heating element for oil burning lamp A heat transfer system is provided, adapted to transfer heat from the flame of the oil lamp to fuel contained within the oil lamp. The heat transfer system has a heat absorbing region disposed near the flame, and a heat dissipating region disposed within ... | 12/25/2001 |
| 5771845 | Vaporization method device A liquid is vaporized by a device having at least one porous substrate exposed to a certain ambient pressure, means for supplying the substrate with liquid in order for it to be loaded with liquid starting from an upstream portion of the substrate, and at... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5725049 | Capillary pumped loop body heat exchanger A capillary pumped loop for transferring heat from one body part to another body part, the capillary pumped loop comprising a capillary evaporator for vaporizing a liquid refrigerant by absorbing heat from a warm body part, a condenser for turning a vapor... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5647911 | Gas diffuser plate assembly and RF electrode The apparatus includes a gas diffuser plate having an integral heat pipe for accurately controlling the temperature of the diffuser plate during CVD processing to prevent unwanted tungsten (or other material) deposition on the diffuser plate. The apparatu... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5555914 | Cryogenic heat pipe A ceramic composite is provided comprising ceramic fibers and microparticles bound together as a porous matrix with a ceramic binder. The ceramic composite is particularly useful for transporting cryogenic fluids.... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5360058 | Heat pipe for transferring heat A heat pipe has at least one liquid flow channel and one vapor flow channel for the movement of the heat carrier fluid from the evaporator end to the condenser end and vice versa. The liquid flow channel is so constructed that the capillary radius of its ... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5358033 | Heat pipe, with a cooled bubble trap A heat pipe structure, especially for cooling in a spacecraft, is equipped with a main heat pipe and at least one smaller diameter auxiliary heat pipe arranged so that the main and auxiliary pipes are in thermal contact with each other at the evaporator e... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5346000 | Heat pipe with a bubble trap A heat pipe is equipped with a bubble trap. Such bubble trap takes the form of a baffle that restricts the liquid flow in the liquid flow channel of the heat pipe to divide the two-phase flow in the liquid channel into a liquid flow and into a bubble and ... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5335720 | Heat pipe A heat pipe comprising a hermetic shell tube, a heat conveying fluid within the shell tube and a plurality of capillary circumferential or axial grooves provided entirely of an inner surface of the shell. A capillary axial channel structure which includes... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5314011 | Heat pipe A heat pipe is divided longitudinally by a divider wall into a vapor channel and into a liquid channel. The divider wall is provided, preferably at uniform axial spacings with bulges that form a restriction in the flow cross-sectional area of the vapor ch... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5309986 | Heat pipe A heat pipe includes an air tight elongated container and a heat carrier sealed in the container. The elongated container has a flat bottom wall serving as a heat receiving portion and a top wall serving as a heat dissipating portion. A liquid passage for... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5303768 | Capillary pump evaporator An improved capillary pumped loop evaporator includes circumferential grooves formed in the outer heat exchanger portion of the evaporator. The grooves open to the interface existing between the heat exchanger and a centrally positioned tubular wick. Axia... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5289871 | Evaporation heat exchanger, especially for a spacecraft An evaporation heat exchanger having at least one active circulating circuit for a coolant liquid to be cooled, is constructed for removing heat in a spacecraft under a gravity-free operating condition and under different acceleration conditions. For this... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5275232 | Dual manifold heat pipe evaporator An improved evaporator section for a dual manifold heat pipe. Both the upper and lower manifolds can have surfaces exposed to the heat source which evaporate the working fluid. The tubes in the tube bank between the manifolds have openings in their lower ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5267611 | Single phase porous layer heat exchanger The invention is a cooling structure for a high power density surface. Liquid is pumped along interconnected and continuous multiple channels on the backside of a sintered metal wick bonded to the cooled surface. The channels are located within a liquid d... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5219021 | Large capacity re-entrant groove heat pipe A re-entrant groove heat pipe provides capillary channel fin surfaces which are smooth, continuous, and offer a large radius of curvature upon which an extended thin film of working liquid may develop. Superior formation of thin films of the working fluid... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5076352 | High permeability heat pipe wick structure A high permeability wick structure for heat pipes. A thin capillary liquid transport structure is encased within relatively thick sections of a plastic bonded aluminum powder wick. The capillary structure is formed of two layers of fine mesh screen separa... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5046553 | Heat pipe In order to improve a heat pipe comprising a housing containing a heat-transporting medium, this housing having an evaporation region and a condensation region, such that the heat pipe operates in an optimum manner with respect to its transfer capacity, i... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5044429 | Heat pipe and method of manufacturing the same A wick layer is attached and fixed to one surface of a metal tape without forming a gap with the metal surface, and thereafter, the tape is rolled so that the surface having the wick layer serves as an inner surface, thus forming a pipe shape, then the pi... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5010951 | Graded-groove heat pipe A heat pipe and chemical etching technique is described for providing longitudinally extending capillary grooves of variable cross-sectional dimension on the interior surface of the heat pipe.... | 04/30/1991 |
