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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7290391 | Charge air cooler designed for tier 2 locomotive diesel engine A charge air cooler is composed of a framed heat exchange core which is sealably attached in a selectively removable manner with any suitably shaped inlet and outlet ducts, and is, at the other sides thereof provided with cover panels which collectively necessitate ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7284594 | Cooling system used for hybrid-powered automobile A radiator 9 for electric parts use, which cools an inverter and others relating to the control of an electric motor, and a condenser 12 for condensing refrigerant are arranged in parallel with each other with respect to the direction of an air flow on... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7264043 | Condenser for vehicles and integrated radiator-condenser body including said condenser A condenser (14) for vehicles, comprising: a pair of mutually parallel distributors (28,30), a plurality of mutually parallel tubes (32) positioned orthogonally to the distributors (28, 30 | 09/04/2007 |
| 7246940 | Method and apparatus for managing the temperature of thermal components A temperature management system for managing the temperature of a discrete, thermal component. The temperature management system comprises a heat exchanger thermally coupled with the thermal component. The system also comprises a fluid transfer device that circulate... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243710 | Vehicle heat exchanger A vehicle heat exchanger includes heat exchangers overlapped with each other in an airflow direction. The heat exchangers include heat exchanger tubes arranged side by side with each other. The heat exchangers include outer fins interposed between neighboring heat e... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7213412 | Condenser with integral receiver and capable of upflow operation A condenser for an air conditioning system includes a receiver integrally formed with a second, or return, header which is in fluid communication with a second, or sub-cooling, group of tubes. A conduit extends between entry and discharge ends both of which are comp... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7143605 | Flat-tube evaporator with micro-distributor A flat-tube evaporator and a refrigeration system including a flat-tube evaporator. The flat-tube evaporator can include an inlet manifold, an outlet manifold separated a distance from the inlet manifold, a distributor tube positioned within the inlet manifold and f... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7117640 | Radio frequency shielded and acoustically insulated door A door for a RF shielded and acoustically insulated room. The door includes a door panel and door frame adapted to electrically and pivotally contact the door panel. The door panel includes a noise absorbing material and a noise insulating gap disposed between outer... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7117685 | Drinking water cooler A cooler (100) for supplying cooled drinking water, particularly at remote outdoor locations, includes a reservoir (101) that supplies water to a conduit (119) for indirect cooling by a cooling medium, for example ice, contained in a container (... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7096929 | PCM (phase change material) system and method for shifting peak electrical load A PCM system and method of shifting peak electrical load is provided with a PCM system including a heat exchanger, a storage tank coupled to the heat exchanger for storing PCM slurry, a pump coupled to the heat exchanger, an air conditioning unit coupled to the heat... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096930 | Heat exchanger for refrigerant cycle In a condenser of a refrigerant cycle, a throttle portion is provided at a predetermined position in one of first and second header tanks to decompress refrigerant while refrigerant meanderingly flows within the one of the first and second header tanks. Therefore, r... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7073571 | Integrated condenser oil cooler with a receiver/dryer A heat exchanger for a vehicle is provided, where the heat exchanger includes core having first, and second sets of flow tubes extending between first and second headers and defining separate flow paths. One of the headers includes a first portion in fluid communica... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7059389 | Integrated cooling unit An integrated cooling unit configured to effect the removal of heat via a circulating liquid coolant includes a reservoir to contain the liquid coolant, a tubing arrangement disposed at an outer surface of the reservoir, a pump disposed within the reservoir, and a f... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7036336 | Soldered condenser The invention relates to a soldered condenser for a motor vehicle air conditioning unit, comprising a pipe/rib block, collector pipes which are arranged on both sides thereof and receive the ends of the pipes, and a collector which is arranged parallel to one of the... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7024884 | Condenser for an air conditioning system A condenser for an air conditioning system includes a core assembly having a header tank and a receiver/dehydrator member operably connected to the core assembly for condensing a refrigerant flowing internally. The receiver/dehydrator or receiver member includes two... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6935413 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger includes a pipe having an opening formed therein, and an insert positioned within the pipe. The heat exchanger also includes a cap member for sealing the opening, and a support member for resiliently supporting the insert. Specifically, the support ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6915659 | Refrigeration system and its condensing apparatus A heat exchanger with a receiver-tank includes a heat exchanger main body, a receiver-tank and a block flange. The flange includes a main body, an embedding portion to be attached to one of headers in an embedded state, an inlet flow passage with an inlet side end p... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6874569 | Downflow condenser Higher heat-exchange capacity and greater vapor-liquid throughflows are attained in a downflow condenser. The increased capacity is achieved by a new design in the manifold to encourage condensation and lessen entrainment of gas phase matter in subcooling flows of c... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6854513 | Vehicle air conditioning system with cold accumulator In a vehicle air conditioning system, a cold accumulator is disposed between a downstream air side of a cooling heat exchanger and an upstream air side of a heating heat exchanger to be cooled by cold air having passed through the cooling heat exchanger. Further, th... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6851468 | Heat exchanger The invention relates to a heat exchanger, in particular a refrigerant condenser, especially for a motor vehicle air-conditioning unit. The heat exchanger is comprised of a block of tubes and fins and of collecting tubes which are arranged on both sides and receive ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6837303 | Internal water tank solar heat exchanger A heat exchanger which is adapted to an existing water tank to allow it to be heated or cooled using a hot or cold toxic or non-toxic liquid. Solar collectors and heat pumps can provide hot or cold liquids. To transfer this heat cheaply and economically to an existi... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6789613 | Double heat exchanger for vehicle air conditioner A double heat exchanger for a vehicle air conditioner has a first radiator for cooling engine coolant, a second radiator for cooling electronic-parts coolant for cooling electronic parts of the vehicle and a condenser disposed at an upstream air side of the first an... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6691771 | Condenser A plurality of cooling tubes (7) are connected and communicated with one another in multisteps in a vertical direction bridging a pair of header pipes (3). One of the header pipes (3) is provided with a liquid tank (9) for storing a cooling medium in a li... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6679319 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger has a connector (7) for connecting a receiver tank (4) brazed to a header pipe (3) and the receiver tank (4) connected to the connector (7) by male screw parts, wherein the connector (7) is formed to have a brazing face (7a) against the h... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6427766 | Equalization vessel for vehicular compact cooling systems A compact cooling system for a vehicle includes an assembly of heat exchangers (10), (12), (14) and (16) connected to each other to provide a box-like configuration. Each heat exchanger (10), (12), (14), (16) includes a core with headers (20), (22) at eac... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6341647 | Separator-integrated condenser for vehicle air conditioner A separator-integrated condenser includes a core portion, a header tank and a separating unit integrally formed with the header tank for separating gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant into gas refrigerant and liquid refrigerant and storing the liquid refrige... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6301926 | Condenser, including a reservoir, mounted on a base in such a way as to be removable and watertight A reservoir is screwed axially into a base, itself brazed to a collecting compartment of the condenser. It is linked to the former by means of channels recessed into the base. The threads securing the reservoir are protected from any contact with the refr... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6269873 | Method for controlling heat exchange in a nuclear reactor A method for controlling heat exchange in a nuclear reactor. The reactor contains at least one thermal valve, at least one heat exchanger having a coolant flowing therein, with the heat exchanger being immersed in a pool containing a fluid. The heat excha... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6267173 | Collection box with an integrated reservoir for a heat exchanger, in particular for a refrigeration condenser A collection box with an integrated reservoir for a heat exchanger, has a cylindrical tubular wall and a separation wall, disposed inside the tubular wall to delimit a collection compartment and a reservoir compartment. The tubular wall is equipped with s... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6223556 | Integrated parallel flow condenser receiver assembly Ease of service is provided in an integrated condenser (20) and receiver (22) including two nonhorizontal headers (24), a plurality of tubes (28) extending between the headers (24) to establish a plurality of hydraulically parallel flow pads between the h... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6209349 | Air conditioning condenser comprising a reservoir mounted on a base The invention concerns an air conditioning condenser for a motor vehicle passenger compartment comprising a reservoir mounted on a base. The reservoir is axially screwed in the base, itself soldered on a manifold box of the condenser, communicating therew... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6158503 | Air conditioning condenser having a fluid tank with interchangeable cartridge In an air conditioning condenser having a fluid tank with interchangeable cartridge the tank is screwed axially into a connecting base which is in turn brazed to a header box of the condenser. It contains an interchangeable axial cartridge and is in commu... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6059965 | Process and device to sterilize a stream of water Installation for the sterilization of a body of water wherein the water is conveyed through a heat exchanger to a heat source, where it is heated up to the sterilization temperature. This stream of hot water transfers its heat to the incoming stream of wa... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6050329 | Cooling fin with reinforcing ripples A liquid-filled cooling fin generally includes two roughly rectangular opposing fin walls separated by a relatively thin liquid space or chamber. In this invention the fin walls have reinforcing ripples to increase fin wall rigidity and resistance to defo... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6044900 | Heat exchanger with a receiver There is provided a heat exchanger with a receiver which has a small diameter and compact size without a liquid refrigerant suction pipe. The interior of a header tube 2 is partitioned into three chambers A, C, and F by partition plates 8a and 8b. The chamber ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6038884 | Air-conditioning condenser provided with an exchangeable fluid reservoir An air-conditioning condenser has a reservoir screwed axially into a base which itself is brazed onto a header box of the condenser. The reservoir communicates with the header box through pipes formed in the base. The condenser is suitable for use in the ... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6024290 | Fluid tempering system A fluid tempering system for supplying tempered fluid to hot fluid distribution system, for example water at a constant temperature by controlling the amount of cold water from the cold water supply mixing with hot water from the water heater, to control ... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6000465 | Heat exchange with a receiver There is provided a heat exchanger with a receiver which has a small diameter and compact size without a liquid refrigerant suction pipe. The interior of a header tube 2 is partitioned into three chambers A, C, and F by partition plates 8a and 8b. The chamber ... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5979548 | Heat exchanger having heat exchange tubes with angled heat-exchange performance-improving indentations Disclosed is a heat exchange tube having angled heat-exchange performance-improving indentations on the tube. These angled performance-improving indentations increase the amount of heat transferred to a heat exchange liquid flowing through the tubes witho... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5971062 | Fan shroud with integrated reservoirs A fan shroud for use with a cooling fan adjacent to the radiator for a water cooled internal combustion engine includes a generally central opening for directing flow of air to or from a radiator. The fan shroud includes at least one integral chamber for ... | 10/26/1999 |
