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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8118082 | Heat exchanger in particular for exhaust coolers on internal combustion engines The invention relates to a heat exchanger (10), in particular, for exhaust coolers on internal combustion engines. The aim of the invention is to provide a separation of the carrier medium flow into two partial flows as leak free as possible, by suitable embo... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7823669 | Hybrid vehicle An electric motor radiator (34), a feeding mechanism (30), and a cooling oil circulation path (32) constitute a cooling mechanism that cools the electric motor (6) via an electric motor cooling oil that is a cooling medium. The electric m... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7721792 | Exhaust gas heat exchanger The invention relates to an exhaust gas heat exchanger comprising a bundle of pipes which consists of exhaust gas pipes and a bypass channel, and a housing which can be cross-flown by an aqueous cooling agent. The bundle of pipes and the bypass channel joins in a co... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7610949 | Heat exchanger with bypass A heat exchanger with an external bypass is formed by a core portion including a plurality of stacked tubular members and a corrugated bypass tube positioned substantially parallel to the core portion. A first set of flow passages is defined within the tubular membe... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7575044 | Ventilating system Ventilating system including a case in communication with a room, an air supply passage in the case for drawing outdoor air into the room, an air discharge passage in the case for discharging room air to an outside of the room, and a fan both in the air supply flow ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7461687 | Heat exchanger The present invention relates to a heat exchanger which can suitably regulate the quantity, the feeding position or the feeding order of heat exchange medium fed into tubes to adjust heat exchange performance according to cooling and heating load. The heat exchanger... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7438062 | Flow passage switching valve A flow passage switching valve provided with a swing arm type valve element comprises a housing formed with a first passage communicated with an inlet port, a second passage communicated with an outlet port, a bypass passage for providing communication between the f... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7355851 | Power adapter with fan assembly and control circuit A power converter with a fan assembly cools down a temperature of the power converter. The power converter with a fan assembly includes a housing, a plate, and a second plate. The housing includes a fan assembly (which is integral to the housing) to draw in air. The... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7337833 | Circuit element for heat exchanger, in particular for motor vehicle, and resulting heat exchanger The invention relates to a hydraulic circuit element (20) for heat exchange between a first fluid and a second fluid, which defines a path for the first fluid and comprises at least one tube (22) having two ends and at least one tip (24) at one ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7305016 | Laser diode package with an internal fluid cooling channel A laser diode assembly has a laser diode. The laser diode has an emitting surface and a reflective surface opposing the emitting surface. The laser diode has first and second side surfaces between the emitting and reflective surfaces. A first electrically-insulating... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7287575 | Component for supporting a filter member, a device including a tubular filter member and said component, a plate heat exchanger including a tubular filter member and said component The invention relates to a component (20) for supporting a tubular filter member (15) in a portable channel (2) in a plate heat exchanger (1). The invention also relates to a device including the component (20) and the filter membe... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289320 | Electronic device with waterproof and heat-dissipating structure An electronic device includes a housing, a spacing structure, a printed circuit board and a fan. The housing has first and second openings. The spacing structure is arranged within the housing for partitioning a space within the housing into an air channel and a rec... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284544 | Exhaust gas recirculation apparatus An exhaust gas recirculation device includes: an exhaust gas recirculation passage of an engine; an EGR cooler provided within this exhaust gas recirculation passage; a bypass passage connected between the upstream and the downstream sides of the EGR cooler in the e... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284595 | Heat exchanger for air conditioner A heat source fluid inlet pipe of a heat exchanger main body 150 comprises a rotation side inlet pipe 27 and a fixed side inlet pipe 23 that are integrated with the heat exchanger main body 150. A heat source fluid outlet pipe comprises a... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286356 | Thermally insulated cabinet and method for inhibiting heat transfer One embodiment of an cabinet according to the present invention comprises an inner cabinet having a plurality of inner walls that form an enclosure. A phase change material covers at least some of the plurality of inner walls. An outer cabinet is positioned around t... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7275586 | Heating or air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle The invention relates to a heating or air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle, by which individual zones of the vehicle interior can be supplied with separately temperature-controlled air. An improved heating or air-conditioning system, which requires just a sma... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7264040 | Exhaust gas heat exchanger and bypass assembly An exhaust gas heat exchanger and bypass has an intake manifold, an outlet manifold, a duct for a heat exchanger, and a bypass duct. The heat exchanger duct and the bypass duct run in parallel between the intake manifold and the outlet manifold and are sealingly con... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265973 | Power adapter with fan assembly A power converter with a fan assembly cools down a temperature of the power converter. The power converter with a fan assembly includes a housing, a plate, and a second plate. The housing includes a fan assembly (which is integral to the housing) to draw in air. The... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261151 | Suction line heat exchanger for COcooling system A heat exchanger including a suction line for gaseous or two phase refrigerant output from an evaporator and a capillary tube carrying cooled refrigerant to the evaporator. The suction line includes first and second substantially parallel straight cylindrical portio... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255096 | Gas heat exchanger There is provided a gas heat exchanger 101 comprising a coolant conduit 102 having a coolant inlet 103 and a coolant outlet 104, a gas cooling conduit 201, and a gas bypass conduit 203. At least a portion of the gas cooling ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7243707 | Flat tube exhaust heat exchanger with bypass A heat exchanger including flat tubes having cooling passages for a gas and a bypass for the gas separate from the cooling passages, and coolant channels defined between every two flat tubes adjacent the tube passages and spaced from the bypass of the tubes. The tub... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240723 | Tube bundle heat exchanger comprising tubes with expanded sections A heat exchanger useful for high temperature applications such as EGR cooling and fuel reformer applications comprises a tube bundle made up of a plurality of tubes, each having at least one end expanded to an enlarged polygonal cross-section, and having central por... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234512 | Heat exchanger with internal baffle and an external bypass for the baffle A shell and tube heat exchanger has at least one baffle to support the tubes within the casing of the heat exchanger, wherein the baffle intersects the inner casing wall along a substantial portion of the arc. The baffle has a bypass through which flows at least a p... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234516 | Air conditioner for vehicle use When it is assumed that a vehicle is stopped or parked after its engine was stopped and a predetermined period of time has passed, a cold wind side air mixing door, hot wind side air mixing door, cold wind door and rear cold wind side air mixing door are totally clo... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231962 | Heat exchanger The present invention relates to a heat exchanger, in which the flow of a heat exchange medium flowing through tubes is selectively controlled, and opened and closed in order to control heat exchange capability according to cooling and heating loads. More specifical... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7198037 | Bypass for exhaust gas cooler An exhaust gas recirculation cooler, typically of the drawn cup design, with a bypass and control valve is disclosed. The control valve can direct a proportion of the exhaust gas to the cooler and a proportion to bypass the cooler depending on the input temperature ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7185698 | Thermal shield for heat exchangers An improved heat exchanger that reduces the thermal stress in components thereof especially tube plates or tube sheets so as to enable greater temperature differences across adjacent components while reducing the temperature gradient and thus extending the life of t... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7178584 | Plasma polymerization enhancement of surface of metal for use in refrigerating and air conditioning According to the present invention, there is provided a plasma polymerization surface modification of a metal for enhancing its applicability for use in refrigerating and air conditioning such as in constructing heat exchanges, by using a DC discharge plasma, compri... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168419 | Exhaust gas heat exchanger The invention relates to an exhaust gas heat exchanger comprising a bundle of pipes consisting of exhaust gas pipes and a bypass channel in a common housing. The pipe bundle is arranged in a first chamber that is crossflown by a liquid coolant and the bypass channel... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7147050 | Recuperator construction for a gas turbine engine A counter-flow recuperator formed from annular arrays of recuperator core segments. The recuperator core segments are formed from two opposing sheets of fin fold material coined to form a primary surface zone disposed between two flattened manifold zones. Each prima... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7142423 | Power adapter with fan assembly A power converter with a fan assembly cools down a temperature of the power converter. The power converter with a fan assembly includes a housing, a plate, and a second plate. The housing includes a fan assembly (which is integral to the housing) to draw in air. The... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7096925 | Modular electric HVAC systems for vehicles Components for HVAC systems used in hybrid and fuel cell vehicles are mounted in modular configuration on a frame with air conditioning components connected to one another by metal pipes welded to the components. An alternating current motor, integral with a compres... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090000 | Heat recovery ventilator A heat recovery ventilator is provided which includes a heat exchanger having discrete inlet and exhaust passageways extending therethrough for providing heat transfer between respective fluids flowing along the inlet and the exhaust passages. The inlet passageway p... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086239 | Condenser The present invention relates to a condenser for an air-based climate control system, having an inlet and an outlet for the air to be cooled, an inlet and an outlet for the cool air, a heat exchange unit for heat transfer between the air to be cooled and the cool ai... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7065873 | Recuperator assembly and procedures A construction of recuperator core segments is provided which insures proper assembly of the components of the recuperator core segment, and of a plurality of recuperator core segments. Each recuperator core segment must be constructed so as to prevent nesting of fi... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7046513 | Cooling structure for electronic devices A cooling structure for electronic devices includes a plurality of electronic device accommodating boxes, in which electronic devices are accommodated, disposed in a casing in multiple stages. A vent portion which allows ventilation between the inside and the outsid... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7044200 | Two-phase refrigerant distribution system for multiple pass evaporator coils A multiple pass, parallel tube heat exchanger with a collection header extending along the length of each of a first and second pass, is provided with a bypass tube which fluidly interconnects the downstream end of the collection header to a midpoint thereof, near t... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7036565 | Exhaust heat exchanger A housingless heat exchanger including a stack of flat tubes with at least two being cooling tubes and at least one being a bypass tube. Collecting tanks are on the tube ends and diffuse gas streaming in the tube flow paths. The flat tubes each comprise a connected ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7032577 | Exhaust gas heat exchanger The invention relates to an exhaust gas heat exchanger (2) comprising a bundle of pipes (21) consisting of exhaust gas pipes (22) and a bypass channel (23) in a common housing. The pipe bundle is arranged in a first chamber that is crossf... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7017659 | Vehicle air-conditioning system A vehicle air-conditioning system adjusts the temperature at an outlet by a combined amount of air flowing through a first bypass passage adjusted by an air mixing door and air flowing through a second bypass passage adjusted by a cool air adjusting door independent... | 03/28/2006 |
