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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181695 | Reinforcement for dish plate heat exchangers A reinforcing element for a heat exchanger of the type having nested dish plates with inclined, peripheral, overlapping walls, where at least one of the nested dish plates is attached to a mounting plate, the mounting plate extending beyond the outer periphery of th... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8171986 | Foam metal heat exchanger system An apparatus includes a foam metal panel heat exchanger core positioned in a duct, an inlet flow passage for directing a first fluid to the heat exchanger core, and an exit flow passage for directing the first fluid from the heat exchanger core, wherein the inlet fl... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8091619 | Heat exchanger with indentation pattern The invention relates to a heat exchanger with an indentation pattern, and specifically a heat exchanger with heat exchanger plates (1) provided with a special pattern instead of the traditional herringbone pattern. The pattern comprises at least one section ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8047273 | Micro heat exchanger and its use as cooler for electronic components In a micro heat exchanger for the transfer of high area-specific amounts of heat from a heat source to a heat transfer medium, including a heat transfer structure with an inlet- and an outlet duct structure between which a plurality of passages extend through the he... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7992628 | Multi-passing liquid cooled charge air cooler with coolant bypass ports for improved flow distribution A liquid cooled charge air cooler includes a plurality of pairs of adjacent separator plates supported in parallel spaced relation. The pairs alternatingly define a first set of adjacent pairs in fluid communication with a charge air inlet and a charge air outlet, a... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7984753 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger includes first tubes and a second tube in a casing. The first tubes and the second tube are arranged in layers such that first spaces are provided between the adjacent first tubes and a second space is defined on a periphery of the second tube. Ends... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7866379 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger with reduced pressure loss, and improved productivity and strength. The heat exchanger is made by laminating first heat conduction plates and second heat conduction plates alternately. A first heat conduction plate and a second heat conduction plate... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7854255 | Heat exchanger In a heat exchanger in which the number of parts is small, assembling is easy, bonded portions between each part are fewer and reliability of brazing is improved, a core body is constituted by turning up and bending a strip-shaped metal plate in a fanfold manner, an... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7836943 | Normal-flow heat exchanger A heat exchanger includes a heat transfer surface to transfer heat to or from a working fluid, a manifold region with a plurality of internal walls defining a plurality of inlet and outlet passages, and a heat transfer region disposed between the manifold region and... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7789128 | Plate-type heat exchanger for drying a gaseous medium The invention relates to a plate-type heat exchanger for drying a gaseous medium, especially air, comprising a stack of plates which are interconnected to define flow spaces between the plates, a gas-gas heat exchanger being formed in one portion of the stack, with ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7779899 | Plate-fin heat exchanger having application to air separation A plate-fin heat exchanger having alternating layers for exchanging heat between fluids to be warmed against fluids to be cooled. One or both of the layers is subdivided into flow passages to allow for the flow of two or more fluids flowing through one of the layers... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7681629 | Exhaust gas heat exchanger A heat exchange core has a plurality of flat tubes laminated in a thickness direction, each flat tube defining an exhaust gas passage in which the exhaust gas flows. A plurality of coolant flow pass holes are formed in each of the flat tubes, wherein each of the coo... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7677300 | Method for making brazed heat exchanger and apparatus Disclosed is a heat exchanger comprising a boiling passage and cooling passage defined by opposite sides of metal walls. Layers of brazing material between the metal walls and a spacer member bond components of the heat exchanger together. An enhanced boiling layer ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7631688 | Flat tube heat exchanger with housing A heat exchanger including a stack of flat tubes for gas and a housing for the stack of flat tubes, with the housing enclosing only part of the periphery of the flat tube stack. The tubes have wide and narrow sides and are spaced to form channels therebetween for fl... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7624790 | Heat exchange panel Desalination apparatus based on porous restraint panels fabricated from a number of different layers of metal, thermoplastic, or other substances are used as sophisticated heat exchangers to control the growth of gas hydrate. The gas hydrate is produced after infusi... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7427336 | Blade heat exchanger A blade heat exchanger includes blades that extend axially with respect to an axis of rotation and are elongated in the radial direction. The blades are arranged about the axis such that, when they are disposed in a housing, they form composite condensation and evap... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426957 | Stacked plate-type heat exchanger The invention relates to a stacked panel-shaped heat transmitter comprising a plurality of interstacked trough-shaped panels (23,24) of a first and second type forming therebetween flow channels (25,26) for a first medium at a first height h and for a ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7415764 | 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... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7416570 | Hydrogen generator and fuel cell power generation system A body of a hydrogen generator includes a reformer configured to generate a reformed gas mainly containing hydrogen, a material passage configured to supply a reforming material, which is a material for a reforming reaction, to the reformer, a shifter configured to ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7406998 | Heat storing device A heat storing device for exchanging heat energy between a heat storing material and a fluid. The heat storing device has a heat storing module having heat storing material spaces filled with a heat storing material and fluid passages for a fluid to flow through adj... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7389814 | Heat exchange compressor An apparatus and process for simultaneously compressing liquids and gases and exchanging the heat of compression with fluids which may be the same liquids and gasses compressed. An apparatus and process for heating maintenance fluids using heat generated when the li... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7380544 | EGR cooler with dual coolant loop An integrated exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooler with dual coolant loops comprises an exhaust gas inlet and an exhaust gas outlet for recirculating exhaust gas. An exhaust gas flow path extends between the exhaust gas inlet and the exhaust gas outlet to direct r... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7370691 | Heat exchanger and heating or air conditioning unit of a motor vehicle containing said heat exchanger The invention relates to a heat exchanger of a plate-type construction having first flow channels for a first medium, each formed by a pair of plates, and having corrugated ribs, around which a second medium flows, arranged between neighboring plate pairs. In order ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367292 | Fuel cooler with lamellar inner structures for connecting to an air-conditioning system of a vehicle A fuel cooler with lamellar inner structures for connecting to an air-conditioning system of a vehicle includes an outer housing having outer connections connected to an outer supply pipe and an outer discharge pipe for a first fluid with the outer connections being... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368039 | Distiller employing cyclical evaporation-surface wetting A distillation unit (10) employs a rotary heat exchanger (32) forming a multiplicity of evaporation chambers (56) into which a liquid to be purified is sprayed for evaporation. Spray arms (58) spray at a steady rate into all of the evapor... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364141 | Fluid cooler with evaporative heat exchanger A cooling tower and/or a fan drive system are provided which enhance cooling performance, are able to reduce lateral temperature gradients at least to some degree, provide for easy removable of debris and/or provide for easy fan adjustment. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357830 | Device for dehumidifying room air A device for dehumidifying room air has a chamber consisting of at least one first cavity (1) and at least one second cavity (2). The cavities are separated by at least one water-permeable and/or water-vapor-permeable structure (3), these struct... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353864 | Apparatus for reducing thermal fatigue in heat exchanger cores A heat exchanger uses a skeleton forming of a lattice of first and second bars to provide a box-like structure. Blocking bars are arranged between gaps in the first and second bars to provide a blocking surface to divert airflow around a portion of the heat exchange... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347254 | Heat exchanger for motor vehicles The invention relates to a heat exchanger for motor vehicles, having a large number of flat tubes through which a liquid cooling medium can flow, and having corrugated fins which are associated with these flat tubes and to which environmental air or other media can ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343965 | Brazed plate high pressure heat exchanger A brazed plate heat exchanger (30) is provided for transferring heat between a first fluid (32) and a second fluid (34), with the first fluid (32) being pressurized to a relatively high pressure. The heat exchanger includes plate pairs ( | 03/18/2008 |
| 7334627 | Enhanced heat transfer device with electrodes An enhanced heat transfer device with electrodes is provided, which is applied to a heat exchanger with a plurality of fluid channels and includes a plurality of electrodes mounted in the fluid channels of the heat exchanger; a plurality of sensor units mounted in t... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334631 | Heat exchanger To reduce pressure loss on a heat-exchanger fluid while downsizing a heat exchange and reducing the production cost of the heat exchanger without impairment of the heat transfer performance of the heat exchanger by forming a fluid channel in surfaces of thin metal p... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334629 | Ventilating system, heat exchanger and methods The ventilating system includes evaporative cooling of the exhaust air before it enters a heat exchanger to cool incoming fresh outside air. A suction fan pulls exhaust air through the heat exchanger and, in combination with a flow restrictor, reduces the pressure o... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331376 | Stackable energy transfer core spacer A stackable spacer element for use in a energy recovery core formed by stacking a plurality of relatively thin energy transfer media (e.g. sheets, panels, or plates (un-perforated exchanger sheets) so as to define a plurality of stacked energy transfer stages provid... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333337 | Electric junction box A heat sink in an electric junction box has thermal diffusion portions having one of convex and concave shapes on the surface. The structure enlarges a surface area of the heat sink compared to a configuration in which a surface has no concavity or convexity, thereb... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331381 | Hybrid heat exchangers A light weight hybrid heat exchanger core possessing low density and improved thermal conductivity is disclosed. The hybrid core is comprised of a plurality of parting sheets and interposed by a plurality of high thermal conductivity, light weight bridging elements ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332058 | Heat exchanger and process for devolatilizing polymers using same Disclosed is a process for devolatilizing a polymer including passing the polymer through a devolatizer including a plate heat exchanger wherein the plates of the plate heat exchanger are heated by a plurality of heating tubes and wherein the heating tube including ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332139 | Process and device for carrying out reactions in reactor with slot-shaped reaction spaces Reactions between at least two fluid reactants are performed in a reactor comprising wall elements (1), slot-shaped reaction spaces (3) and cavities (5) for conducting a fluid heat-carrier through. Depending on the process and throughput, a modu... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328886 | Air-to-air atmospheric heat exchanger for condensing cooling tower effluent A sheet for use in a heat exchange apparatus. The sheet includes a first vertical rib that extends in a first direction generally parallel to the vertical axis of the heat exchange apparatus, wherein said first vertical rib protrudes in a second direction out of the... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325593 | Radiating fin and radiating method using the radiating fin It is an object of the present invention to provide an inexpensive heat radiating fin having a high cooling effect. A coating metal layer consisting of a metallic material with an ionization tendency larger than that of silver is coated on a surface of a heat radiat... | 02/05/2008 |
