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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7351940 | Product with multiple functions, such as on board technology, eg panel or pipe with enhanced systems within The invention relates to a product, which may take a wide variety of forms but which is exemplified by a pipe or a panel. The product has a first function, such as that normally expected of a pipe or a panel, and a second function different from the first. The secon... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347060 | Systems for regulating the temperature of a heating or cooling device using non-electric controllers and non-electric controllers therefor Described here are systems for regulating the temperature of a heating or cooling device without adjusting the input power. In general, the systems described here comprise a heating or cooling device and a controller. The heating or cooling device typically comprise... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7325772 | Aircraft heat sink and electronics enclosure An aircraft component including a first section adapted to be attached at an exterior surface of an aircraft to close an access opening through the exterior surface; and a second section extending outward from the first section and forming heat transfer surfaces to ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7310954 | Cryogenic system A cryogenic system includes a space formed between a cooling stage of a cryocooler unit and an element to be cooled, and a thermal joint placed in the space, wherein the thermal joint is composed of a substance that has a melting point higher than the cooling temper... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7061104 | Apparatus for conditioning power and managing thermal energy in an electronic device In one aspect, the present invention is a technique of, and a system for conditioning power for a consuming device. In this regard, a power conditioning module, affixed to an integrated circuit device, conditions power to be applied to the integrated circuit device.... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7036323 | Cryogenic tank for storing cryogenic fuel in a motor vehicle and method for using same A tank for storing a cryo fuel in a vehicle with an internal storage container, an external container enveloping the internal container, and an electromagnetically switch selectable thermal bridge element which can produce or interrupt a heat conducting connection b... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6899170 | Electrostatic switched radiator for space based thermal control A thermal control device for controlling the temperature of a craft/spacecraft is an electrostatic switch causing a large change in apparent emissivity. A flexible covering has a high emissivity and makes close contact with the surface of the spacecraft when electro... | 05/31/2005 |
| 5966941 | Thermoelectric cooling with dynamic switching to isolate heat transport mechanisms Apparatus and method for sub-ambient cooling using thermoelectric element dynamics in conjunction with pulsed electrical power and selectively enabled thermal coupling to the cold sink. In one form, Peltier devices are dynamically enabled using pulses of ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5960868 | Adiabatic apparatus In the adiabatic apparatus of the present invention, a vessel includes an adiabatic layer in which an object is taken. A plurality of thermal shield plates are located in the adiabatic layer. Each thermal shield plate concentrically surrounds the object. ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5535815 | Package-interface thermal switch The package-interface thermal switch (PITS) is an active temperature cont device for modulating the flow of thermal energy from satellite equipment, such as electronic modules or batteries, to the satellite mounting deck which serves as a heat sink. PITS... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5131456 | Bimetallic insert fin for high conduction cooling structure A high conduction cooling structure useful for dissipating heat from integrated circuit devices includes a cooling base (10), a bulk heat transfer element (18), adjacent spaced apart cooling fins (14 and 16), and a bimetallic strip (22). The cooling base ... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5082049 | Heat generator for use with an absorption airconditioning system for automobiles A heat generating apparatus and system for an automobile and incorporating the use of an absorption air conditioning system including temperature control means is disclosed. Heat transfer from the catalytic converter by means of a circulating heating flui... | 01/21/1992 |
| 4676300 | Heat radiation control device A heat radiation control device in accordance with the present invention has a construction that includes a heat transmitting part which receives heat transfer from the heat source side, a freely expansible and contractible bellows case installed between ... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4388965 | Automatic thermal switch An automatic thermal switch to control heat flow includes a first thermally conductive plate 2, a second thermally conductive plate 25 and a thermally conductive switch saddle 1 pivotally mounted to the first plate 2. A flexible heat carrier 27 is connect... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4304294 | Thermal energy switch A solid state temperature gradient cooling system in which thermal energy is, under a first condition, carried from a heat source to a heat storage device and under a second condition is carried from the heat source and storage device to a heat dissipator... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4281708 | Automatic thermal switch An automatic thermal switch to control heat flow includes a first thermally conductive plate, a second thermally conductive plate and a thermal transfer plate pivotally mounted between the first and second plates. A phase-change power unit, including a pl... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4273183 | Mechanical heat transfer device A unidirectional heat transfer device for use between an electronic assembly on an aircraft and the skin and/or pod on the aircraft. The device includes a thermal decoupler mechanism which operates to disengage a retractable interface heat transfer surfac... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4224980 | Thermally stressed heat-conducting structural part or corresponding structure part cross section A thermally stressed heat-conducting structural part with a temperature gradient that forms during operation, in which at least one layer of metal hydride is embedded in a hydrogen-impervious and heat-conducting manner transversely to the temperature grad... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4212346 | Variable heat transfer device A thermal switch having relatively high gain for stabilizing the temperature of a heat source or a heat sink, especially useful in vacuum applications. A strip of heat conducting material is disposed to conduct heat from one heat station to another heat s... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4109706 | Thermally conductive ceramic attachment Copper backings brazed to ceramic parts exposed to high-temperature oxidizing high-velocity gases must be secured, for mounting purposes, to water-cooled fixed support, with high thermal conductance between backing and support. Prior art practice of brazi... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4095645 | Linear uniform heat wrap control A heat wrap control for a preheater in a paperboard corrugator adjusts the amount of wrap of a moving web about a heated drum as a linear function of web speed to effect uniform heat transfer to the web.... | 06/20/1978 |
