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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7921904 | Heat exchanger and method A heat exchanger including a tube having inlet ends and outlet ends and defining a flow path therebetween. The tube can have a first section and a second section arranged at an angle with respect to the first section. Each of the first section and the second section... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7779898 | Heat transfer tube assembly with serpentine circuits A method and apparatus are provided for cooling fluids entering a closed circuit cooling tower. A triple circuit assembly is used to cool the fluid in the closed loop. The triple circuit assembly design allows a heat transfer tube bundle to maintain a relatively low... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7571760 | Condenser of refrigerator A condenser for a refrigerator includes an inline arrangement in which a refrigerant tube is arranged such that refrigerant tube parts are arranged in lines in the forward and backward direction, and a staggered arrangement in which the refrigerant tube parts are ar... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7398819 | Minichannel heat exchanger with restrictive inserts A comb-like insert having a body and plurality of tapered fingers is installed with its fingers disposed within respective minichannels. The fingers and their respective minichannels are so sized as to restrict the channels and frictionally hold the insert in place ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7370489 | Casing assembly suitable for use in a heat exchange assembly A casing assembly suitable for use in a heat exchange assembly includes a first cover, and a second cover adjacent to the first cover. A sealing mechanism positioned between the first and second covers provides a substantially airtight seam between the first and sec... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372698 | Electronics equipment heat exchanger system An electronics equipment heat exchanger system for thermally managing the electronic devices of a computer server and the exhaust air emitted from the computer server. The electronics equipment heat exchanger system generally includes a heat exchanger attached near ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367388 | Evaporator for carbon dioxide air-conditioner A core includes heat-exchange tubes and radiation fins are alternately stacked on each other. The heat-exchange tubes define refrigerant passages. A header tank is connected to the heat-exchange tubes. A partition separates the header tank into first and second head... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7347063 | Device for heat exchange A device for exchanging heat is disclosed herein. This device may be used in motor vehicle air-conditioning installations which include at least one distribution or collection chamber for a fluid, at least one flow device which is provided with at least one first fl... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341050 | Charge air cooler having refrigerant coils and method for cooling charge air An apparatus and a method for cooling charge air, comprising the steps of cooling at least one cooling agent conduit with a cooling agent (Step 401), flowing thermally charged air through a plurality of charge air conduits positioned in proximity to the at le... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337769 | Charge air cooler having refrigerant coils and method for cooling charge air An apparatus and a method for cooling charge air, comprising the steps of introducing a cooling agent into at least one cooling agent conduit whereby the at least one cooling agent conduit is cooled (Step 401), flowing thermally charged air through a pluralit... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331379 | Heat dissipation device with heat pipe A heat dissipation device includes a fin set, a sinuous heat pipe transferring heat to different parts of the fin set, and a base thermally contacting the heat pipe. The heat pipe has a middle U-shaped portion and two L-shaped portions at two sides of the U-shaped p... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7320178 | Standoff for cold plate and cold plate made with the standoff A standoff for a cold plate and a cold plate using the standoff are characterized by a coil pack consisting of a plurality of individual fluid conveying tubes formed into a coil pack having a desired configuration and held in place by a plurality of retaining wires.... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318470 | Device for exchanging heat The invention relates to a device for exchanging heat, particularly for use in motor vehicle air-conditioning systems, comprising at least one coolant, at least one coolant inlet (3), and at least one coolant outlet (4), which lead into at least one he... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316266 | Liquid-cooled pipe A liquid-cooled pipe for use in a liquid-cooled heat sink kit is disclosed to include a pipe body, which has a close end, an open end, an axial passage extending from the close end to the open end, and a longitudinal series of through holes in the peripheral wall, a... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7309931 | Electric motor with cooling coil The invention relates to a motor part of a linear motor, i.e. the primary part or secondary part of an asynchronous or synchronous linear motor. According to the invention, it is proposed to configure a cooling coil (K), which has a meandering flat structure, from p... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7296620 | Heat exchanger apparatus incorporating elliptically-shaped serpentine tube bodies A heat exchanger apparatus includes an inlet header, an inlet connection connected to the inlet header, an outlet header, an outlet connection connected to the outlet header and a plurality of serpentine tube bodies. The plurality of serpentine tube bodies interconn... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7290597 | Heat exchanger An object of the present invention is to provide a specific relationship to be achieved by numerical values selected to sustain a desired level of coolant distributability as well as miniaturization and weight reduction for tanks in a heat exchanger adopting a struc... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7281387 | Foul-resistant condenser using microchannel tubing A condenser coil for a refrigerated beverage and food service merchandiser includes a plurality of parallel fins or V-shaped fins between adjacent tubes. In order to reduce the likelihood of fouling by the bridging of fibers therebetween, the spacing of the fins is ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277282 | Integrated circuit cooling system including heat pipes and external heat sink An apparatus includes an integrated circuit (IC) package and a heat sink having a base and a plurality of fins extending from the base. The apparatus further includes a plurality of heat pipes. Each heat pipe has a first end and a second end. The first ends of the h... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273092 | Modularized cooler A modularized cooler includes the at least two heat radiator modules arranged in a stack, each heat radiator module having a set of radiation fins, heat-exchange tubes arranged in parallel and surrounded by the radiation fins, two locating plates holding the heat-ex... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7228711 | Tubes with elongated cross-section for flooded evaporators and condensers In a shell-and-tube heat exchanger with the tubes disposed within the shell for conducting the flow of a fluid to be in heat transfer interaction with a refrigerant contained in the volume formed by the heat exchanger shell and the external surfaces of the tube bund... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7165326 | Heat exchanger and process for fabricating same A heat exchanger for use as an evaporator, for example, in refrigerators wherein a hydrocarbon refrigerant is used. The heat exchanger comprises a finned zigzag tube 1 comprising a zigzag tube member 2 formed by bending a pipe having no welded seams, t... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7156162 | Unit-type heat exchanger A unit-type heat exchanger for use as a condenser in motor vehicle air conditioners and an oil cooler for various oils use in motor vehicles. An oil cooler 1 and a condenser 2 are arranged one above the other and assembled into a unit. Each of these co... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156163 | Composite heat exchanger A composite heat exchanger having functions of air cooling and spray cooling, includes two base plates, a fin group between the base plates, and a flow conduit. The fin group includes a plurality of fins. Each fin is defined with a plurality of receiving holes. The ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152669 | End cap with an integral flow diverter An end cap closes the open end of the tank. The end cap is comprised of an inlet diverter wall and tube diverter wall. The inlet diverter wall extends into the tank across the inlet axis for redirecting fluid from the inlet and longitudinally into the tank along the... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147047 | Heat exchanger The invention relates to a heat exchanger (1), especially for motor vehicles, which comprises flat pipes (2) through whose interior a first fluid (FL1) flows and that can be impinged upon externally by a second fluid (FL2). The flat pipes... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7115159 | Solid filling tank In a hydrogen storing tank (solid filling tank) in which a hydrogen absorbing alloy (solid) is filled, a heat exchanger for executing heat exchange with the hydrogen absorbing alloy is constructed by laminating alternately first heat-transferring fins formed in corr... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7111670 | Plate fin for heat exchanger and heat exchanger core A plate type heat exchanger employing flat tubes, which can be manufactured easily and which have a high heat exchange performance includes a thin strip-shaped metal plate cut in the width direction and having remaining small connected portions and many cut portions... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7104314 | Multi-pass heat exchanger A heat exchanger is provided for transferring heat between a first fluid flow and a second fluid flow. The heat exchanger includes a first fluid flow path having a major dimension and a minor dimension and a second fluid flow including at least two flat tubes each h... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7069980 | Serpentine, multiple paths heat exchanger A serpentine, multiple pass heat exchanger includes at least one flattened, multiple port tube in serpentine configuration with a plurality of general parallel runs defining at least three hydraulically separate flow paths fins. Fins extend between and are in therma... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7059394 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger comprising a plurality of refrigerant pipes bent many times for passing a refrigerant for heat exchange; and cooling fins arranged at an outer circumference surface of the refrigerant pipes for expanding a contact area of air which passes through th... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7047755 | Refrigerated merchandiser with foul-resistant condenser A refrigerated cold beverage merchandiser (10) includes an enclosure defining an insulated, refrigerated display cabinet (25) and a compartment (30) heat insulated therefrom wherein a compressor (40) a condenser (50) and a condense... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7028764 | Refrigeration evaporator An evaporator for disposition along an air flow for cooling the air. The evaporator comprises a continuous serpentine tube having an inlet and an outlet and a plurality of inner fins attached to the serpentine tube. The serpentine tube including at least one column ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7013961 | End plate for heat exchangers, heat exchanger having the same, and manufacturing method thereof An end plate for heat exchangers, includes a plurality of bodies and a connecting part. Each of the plurality of bodies has a plurality of holes to allow a refrigerant pipe to pass through the plurality of bodies. The connecting part connects the plurality of bodies... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7000415 | Foul-resistant condenser using microchannel tubing A condenser coil for a refrigerated beverage and food service merchandiser includes a plurality of parallel fins between adjacent tubes. In order to reduce the likelihood of fouling by the bridging of fibers therebetween, the spacing of the fins is maintained at a d... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997247 | Multiple-pass heat exchanger with gaps between fins of adjacent tube segments In a liquid loop cooling device, a heat exchanger includes a tube arranged in a multiple-pass configuration including a plurality of substantially parallel tube segments. The heat exchanger further includes a plurality of fins coupled to the tube segments. The fins ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6997011 | Sliding rail for a wire-tube evaporator, evaporator assembly, and refrigeration unit with the evaporator assembly A sliding rail for a wire-tube evaporator has an elongated rail body to be mounted on the evaporator and to protect the latter against abrasion caused by a frozen product container that slides above or on the evaporator. The sliding rail includes at least a tubular ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994155 | Heat transfer A heat transfer assembly is disclosed which comprises at least one wall (1, 2, 3) which is adapted to separate a first fluid at a first temperature from a second fluid at a second temperature, and at least one fiber member (6, 7, 8, 9) or plurality of ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6983789 | System and method for providing cooling systems with heat exchangers A cooling system is provided with a heat exchanger that has a thermally conductive tube over-molded with a plurality of thermally conductive fins. To form the heat exchanger, a thermally conductive tube is provided. Insert molding, over molding or injection molding ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6978909 | Condensate drain pan for air conditioning system A drain pan for capturing condensate from a cooling coil in an air conditioning system is configured to facilitate condensate drainage from the pan and to inhibit accumulation of condensate therein. The pan includes troughs for collecting condensate and for channeli... | 12/27/2005 |
