Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7828047 | Cooling unit A cooling unit has a heat receiving unit that receives heat from a body radiating heat; a radiator disposed at a distance from the heat receiving unit and radiating recovered heat; a liquid coolant transporting heat generated at the heat receiving unit to the radiat... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7405930 | Electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus has a housing which is formed with a suction port and an exhaust port. The interior of the housing is partitioned with a first chamber and a second chamber by a partition wall. The first chamber accommodates a CPU generating heat. The suction... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7380584 | Pump-free water-cooling system A pump-free water-cooling system is provided wherein external power supply is not involved; heat can be transported in any direction; and high reliability and low thermal resistance are ensured. The pump-free water-cooling system includes: a heat-exchange cir... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7352580 | CPU cooler A CPU cooler includes a heat-conducting unit and a heat-dissipating unit. The heat-conducting unit consists of a heat-conducting block, a heat-conducting piping, an inflow pipe and an outflow pipe. The heat-conducting block is closely positioned on the CPU and the h... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7337829 | Cooling unit A cooling unit has a heat receiving unit that receives heat from a body radiating heat; a radiator disposed at a distance from the heat receiving unit and radiating recovered heat; a liquid coolant transporting heat generated at the heat receiving unit to the radiat... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7329959 | Micro power generator and apparatus for producing reciprocating movement There is provided a micro power generator enhanced in efficiency and power generation output, and having an increased temperature range for operation. The micro power generator comprises: a high-temperature heat source; a low-temperature heat source; an enclosed bod... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7261144 | Bubble generator A heat transfer assembly for transferring heat from a heat generating device to a circulating fluid, said heat transfer assembly comprising an evaporator device having at least one microchannel formed therein, in thermally conducti... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7225861 | Bubble cycling heat exchanger A bubble cycling heat exchanger includes a closed fluid loop in contact with a heat absorbing source through a heat conducting block. The loop has a bubble generator. An expanding area for generating bubbles is installed at the loop. The loop is also formed with a r... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7213391 | Cooling systems Apparatus for maintaining the temperature of a component of a gas turbine engine below a predetermined maximum working temperature comprises a reservoir for a cooling fluid having a boiling point below the working temperature and in which the component is immersed o... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7201215 | Vapor-lift pump heat transport apparatus A vapor-lift pump heat transport apparatus having a small heat resistance and a large heat transport capacity. A heat exchange circulating solution container has a first space and a second space communicating with the first space through a communication opening and ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7150312 | Stacked low profile cooling system and method for making same A stacked array of low profile heat pipes each with a plurality of micro tubes extended therethrough. The stacked low profile heat pipes are placed into thermal connection with heat producing components. A heat transfer fluid is contained in the micro tubes of the l... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7059391 | Multiple evaporator heat pipe assisted heat sink A heat sink includes a base plate which is fitted against a component to be cooled, and a heat pipe formed as a loop having a condenser portion upstanding from the base plate and a pair of ends which form a pair of evaporator portions received in parallel channels i... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6945315 | Heatsink with active liquid base A device for the transfer of heat away from a heat source comprising a base having first and second surfaces a plurality of fins extending adjacent to the second surface of the base. The base further including a chamber disposed between the first surface and the sec... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6943467 | Electric machine with heat pipes An electric machine includes a stator and a rotor which is spaced from the stator at formation of an air gap therebetween. In order to cool down heat-generating components of the stator and the rotor, the electric machine is provided with a cooling system which incl... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6931834 | Cooling systems Apparatus for maintaining the temperature of a component of a gas turbine engine below a predetermined maximum working temperature comprises a reservoir for a cooling fluid having a boiling point below the working temperature and in which the component is immersed o... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6820683 | Bubble cycling heat exchanger A bubble cycling heat exchanger comprises a sealing fluid loop, a heat absorbing source, a bubble generator, an expanding area for generating bubbles to be transferred to a fluid loop and a radiator. As one end of the seal loop is connected to the heat absorbing sou... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6789611 | Bubble cycling heat exchanger A bubble cycling heat exchanger is disclosed. A closed fluid loop is in contact with a heat absorbing source through a heat conducting block; the loop has a bubble generator, an expanding area for generating bubbles is installed at loop; the loop is also formed with... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6564861 | Cooling unit A cooling unit has a heat receiving unit that receives heat from a body radiating heat; a radiator disposed at a distance from the heat receiving unit and radiating recovered heat; a liquid coolant transporting heat generated at the heat receiving unit to... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6178293 | Method and an apparatus for improving heat transfer In a method for improving heat transfer in a heat exchanger, in which a heating medium passes through heat exchange elements 1,8 which transfer their heat to a liquid with which they are in contact and which is located in the jacket region 3 of the heat e... | 01/23/2001 |
| 5845702 | Serpentine heat pipe and dehumidification application in air conditioning systems A heat pipe heat exchanger is provided in the form of a serpentine heat pipe that does not have the ends of the individual tubes manifolded to one another via a straight pipe or via any other common connector. Instead, it has been discovered that heat pip... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5587880 | Computer cooling system operable under the force of gravity in first orientation and against the force of gravity in second orientation A two-phase liquid cooling system utilizes and evaporator unit for vaporizing a liquid coolant and a condenser unit for condensing the coolant vapor. The unit is capable of operating in at least two orientations: in one orientation, the condenser is locat... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5441103 | Two-phase flow heat exchange A heat exchange process and apparatus are especially suited for use in heat recovery applications, especially in a run-around heat exchanger. The run-around heat recovery system has two liquid to gas heat exchangers, one for heat transfer with stale air b... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5394936 | High efficiency heat removal system for electric devices and the like A heat removal system employing fluid circulation and vaporization for transferring heat from a primary heat sink to a secondary heat sink where the heat is dissipated into the surrounding air is disclosed. The present invention comprises a primary heat s... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5351488 | Solar energy generator A system for coupling a plurality of solar powered bubble pumps in series is described. By controlling the boiling temperature of the circulating fluid contained in the system, the flow of liquid between the units of the series can be balanced and the pre... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5289869 | Closed loop feedback control variable conductance heat pipe A variable conductance heat pipe includes an electronic component mounting plate serving as the evaporator of the heat pipe. The evaporator is connected to an air cooled condenser which condenses vapor flowing from the evaporator. The evaporator has a sum... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5219020 | Structure of micro-heat pipe A structure of a heat pipe applicable to a heat transportation device is disclosed in which an elongate metallic capillary tube is formed having an inner diaeter sufficiently small to enable movement of a bi-phase compressible working fluid having a prede... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5203399 | Heat transfer apparatus A cooling apparatus as one embodiment of a heat transfer apparatus of the present invention comprises a closing loop pipe line means enclosing a predetermined amount of liquid heating medium inside, a heat receiving section receiving heat from an object t... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5190098 | Thermosyphon with evaporator having rising and falling sections A thermosyphon for removing heat from a permafrost foundation is composed of a sealed container containing an easily vaporizable liquid. The container has a condenser part, which is exposed to temperatures below the condensation temperature of the liquid,... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5036908 | High inlet artery for thermosyphons There is disclosed a high inlet internal artery for use with thermosyphon tubes having condenser and evaporator sections. The high inlet internal artery allows such thermosyphons to operate above previously known maximum power throughput limits by drawing... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4930570 | Electronic equipment cooling device An electronic equipment cooling device having: a first cyclic flow passage which includes the equipments to be cooled, a radiator or a cooling exchanger, and two stopper valves for making the direction of flow one way, and a second cyclic flow passage whi... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4921041 | Structure of a heat pipe A structure of a loop-type heat pipe is disclosed in which a heat carrying fluid, preferably a bi-phase non-condensative fluid, circulates in a loop form in itself under its own vapor pressure at a high speed within an elongate pipe so as to repeat vapori... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4881593 | Heat conducting device A heat conducting device having dream pipes for spatially transporting heat without circulation of liquid by repeating heat accumulation and radiation in a boundary layers formed on wall surfaces of flow passages by forward and rearward movement of liquid... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4741385 | Gas jet impingement means and method A means and method for cooling enhancement of microelectric devices tested at high power levels in a liquid bath by gas jet impingement, the means including a substrate means for positioning a microelectric device within a liquid cooling bath and means fo... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4653579 | Boiling cooling apparatus The boiling cooling apparatus is comprised of a heat generating device which is completely immersed in a liquid coolant which partially fills a sealed container. At least one vertically extending passage is provided through the heat producing device where... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4625790 | Heat transport apparatus A heat transport apparatus comprises a closed circuit including a heating block and a radiator, the heating block being provided with a recess for producing a small bubble. The bubble is grown by heating the heating block, whereby working fluid is displac... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4611654 | Passive system for heat transfer A passive heat transfer system is provided wherein the vapor generated by the boiling of a working fluid is harnessed to transport the working fluid from a heat source to a heat sink below the heat source. A passive circulation unit is installed in a heat... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4573525 | Thermally actuated heat exchange method and system An improved heat actuated heat exchange system having conduit in a primary heating zone, a boiler in a second heating zone, and an accumulator in a third heating zone operatively connected by other conduits to a condenser, two check valves, and a heat rej... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4572286 | Boiling cooling apparatus The boiling cooling apparatus is comprised of a heat generating device which is completely immersed in a liquid coolant which partially fills a sealed container. At least one vertically extending passage is provided through the heat producing device where... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4552208 | Heat actuated system for circulating heat transfer fluids An apparatus and method for circulating a heat transfer liquid from a heat collector, which is generally but not essentially a solar collector, to a heat exchanger or heat storage means which is located at a level below that of the heat collector without ... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4458747 | Direct-contact closed-loop heat exchanger A high temperature heat exchanger with a closed loop and a heat transfer liquid within the loop, the closed loop having a first horizontal channel with inlet and outlet means for providing direct contact of a first fluid at a first temperature with the he... | 07/10/1984 |
