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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8141624 | Apparatus for heating a restaurant kitchen, dining room, and hot water supply An apparatus for recovering heat from exhaust air received from a restaurant kitchen. Rotating backwards inclined fan blades draw exhaust air from the kitchen along a flow path and impel it against walls of a housing, such that grease is removed from the exhaust air... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8047275 | Ground water restoration type terrestrial heat exchanger using auto temperature bypass apparatus A pipe well; a ground water outlet pipe inserted into the pipe well; a submerged pump installed at the ground water outlet pipe; a heat exchanger in which the ground water is circulated and terrestrial heat of the ground water is heat-exchanged; a collection pipe co... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7854256 | Plug bypass valves and heat exchangers A bypass valve for a heat exchanger including a plurality of parallel tubular members comprises a housing having a hollow plug portion adjacent to an actuator portion. The actuator comprises a reciprocating plunger extending into the plug portion and a solenoid havi... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7832467 | Oil cooler An oil cooler for a motor vehicle includes a fluid inlet tank and a fluid outlet tank. A plurality of heat transfer tubes provides constant fluid communication between the inlet tank and the outlet tank. A bypass arrangement provides additional fluid communication b... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7735546 | Heat exchanger bypass valve having temperature insensitive pressure bypass function A by-pass valve for a heat exchanger circuit includes a chamber, a fixed surface secured against movement relative to the chamber, a by-pass port including a valve seat located in the chamber, an actuator located in the chamber and that moves relative to the valve s... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7490662 | Integrated thermal bypass valve A heat exchanger including an inlet port, an outlet port, a header, a plurality of cooling tubes, and a thermal bypass valve integrated therein. The thermal bypass valve is located in the header and is configured to restrict the flow of fluid through the cooling tub... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7487826 | Plug bypass valves and heat exchangers Bypass valves and heat exchangers employing same are provided where the bypass valves cause the flow through the heat exchangers to be short-circuited under certain temperature conditions. The heat exchangers are formed of stacked plate pairs or tubes having enlarge... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7373969 | Personal cooling or warming system using closed loop fluid flow A garment for a personal cooling or warming system, the garment comprising a carrier formed in the shape of the garment, and a bladder comprising at least two channel segments, wherein the channel segments have a substantially flat configuration so as to improve the... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7353865 | Method for controlling a valve for an exhaust system An exhaust gas heat exchanger system of a combustion engine has a bypass duct and a heat exchanger duct with a heat exchanger. A valve is controlled by determining when heat is to be transferred from exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust system to the heat exchang... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7322399 | Heat exchange unit for a motor vehicle and system comprising said unit The heat exchange module, intended for a motor vehicle with internal combustion engine fitted with a high temperature cooling system and a low temperature cooling system, comprises at least one row of heat exchange tubes (102) connected to at least one inlet ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7306030 | Snap-in baffle insert for fluid devices An insert snaps into position in a manifold of a fluid device to perform a baffling function. The insert includes a cradle having a base portion and opposed spring fingers for retaining the insert in position. The base portion can be completely closed to prevent flo... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7288192 | Wastewater treatment station in shipping container A standard 20 ft or 40 ft sea-freight shipping container is configured as a septic tank, or as an aerobic trickle filter station. The shipping-container is lined with a watertight shell or liner. The liner may be a preferabricated separate structure inserted into th... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287575 | Component for supporting a filter member, a device including a tubular filter member and said component, a plate heat exchanger including a tubular filter member and said component The invention relates to a component (20) for supporting a tubular filter member (15) in a portable channel (2) in a plate heat exchanger (1). The invention also relates to a device including the component (20) and the filter membe... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7270174 | Method, system and program product for automatically checking coolant loops of a cooling system for a computing environment Method, system and program product are provided for facilitating operation of a cooling system designed to provide system coolant to one or more electronics subsystems of a computing environment. The technique includes automatically checking at least one coolant loo... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7255096 | Gas heat exchanger There is provided a gas heat exchanger 101 comprising a coolant conduit 102 having a coolant inlet 103 and a coolant outlet 104, a gas cooling conduit 201, and a gas bypass conduit 203. At least a portion of the gas cooling ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7246487 | Exhaust-heat recovery system for engine An exhaust-heat recovery system includes a catalytic converter, an exhaust heat exchanger, an air conditioner and an engine controller. The catalytic converter is such that exhaust discharged from an engine passes therethrough and combustible components in the exhau... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243707 | Flat tube exhaust heat exchanger with bypass A heat exchanger including flat tubes having cooling passages for a gas and a bypass for the gas separate from the cooling passages, and coolant channels defined between every two flat tubes adjacent the tube passages and spaced from the bypass of the tubes. The tub... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7234512 | Heat exchanger with internal baffle and an external bypass for the baffle A shell and tube heat exchanger has at least one baffle to support the tubes within the casing of the heat exchanger, wherein the baffle intersects the inner casing wall along a substantial portion of the arc. The baffle has a bypass through which flows at least a p... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7222667 | Vehicular air-conditioning apparatus A vehicular air-conditioning apparatus includes a hot-water heater and an electric heater provided downstream of the hot-water heater. The apparatus also includes a bypass passage for allowing air-conditioning air flowing past the hot-water heater to bypass the elec... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7211104 | Contrast therapy system and method A contrast therapy system. According to one aspect of the invention, the contrast therapy system includes a hot reservoir for holding a relatively hot fluid and a cold reservoir for holding a relatively cold fluid. The system also includes a mixing valve for receivi... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7205533 | Cooling apparatus A cooling apparatus (10) for cooling a detector (52), the cooling apparatus including an inner and an outer countercurrent heat exchanger (12 and 14, respectively) for a first and a second gas in a thermally insulating housing (16)... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7143724 | Power supply device for vehicle A power supply device for a vehicle, for driving a motor which is mounted on a vehicle and makes the vehicle travel. The power supply device for a vehicle includes: a battery unit having a plurality of secondary batteries; a battery temperature sensor for detecting ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7073576 | System for the circulation of the coolant of the oil cooler for the automatic transmission of a motor vehicle Circulation system for the coolant in an oil cooler (13) adapted to cool down the oil of the automatic transmission (2) of a motor vehicle in which the drain conduit (15) for the coolant from the oil cooler (13) of the transmission (2 | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070116 | Constructive arrangement applied to an integrated thermostatic valve device A constructive arrangement applied to an integrated thermostatic valve device has a tubular hollowed-out body (1), which allows it to have a chamber (2) and a flange (3) with holes (4) for screws for fixing to the engine housing and havin... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7069976 | Method and arrangement for controlling the temperature of the outstream flow from a heat exchanger and measuring produced heat Process and device for controlling the temperature of an outbound secondary flow in a secondary circuit from a heat exchanger by a primary flow in a primary circuit, via a member that regulates the primary flow, influenced by a control unit. The enthalpy difference ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6997143 | Integrated heat exchange and fluid control device An integrated heat exchange and fluid control device is provided having an inlet, a valve, a heat exchange section in fluid connection with the valve, a bypass section in fluid connection with the valve, and an outlet section in fluid communication with the bypass s... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994784 | Liquid filter/heat exchanger unit A liquid filter/heat exchanger unit including a liquid filter and a heat exchanger, the liquid filter having a filter element in a filter housing. To bypass the heat exchanger, there is a bypass connecting the heat exchanger inlet directly to the unfiltered side of ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6981545 | Disconnectable heat exchanger A heating exchanger (10) between a cooling conduit and an exhaust-gas line of an internal combustion engine includes a coolant inflow (26) and a coolant return (28) for coolant ducts (14), as well as an exhaust-gas inlet (30) and a... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6957697 | Personal cooling or warming system using closed loop fluid flow A garment for a personal cooling or warming system, the garment comprising a carrier formed in the shape of the garment, and a bladder comprising at least two channel segments, wherein the channel segments have a substantially flat configuration so as to improve the... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6949065 | Left ventricular assist system A fully implantable left ventricular assist system comprising a pumping means connectable via adapter elements to the ventricle includes two compressible chambers in the form of sacs (5, 5′) and a compressing means (4) to alternatingly fill and disch... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6871703 | Method and device for controlling the operating temperature of a hydraulic operating medium of a drive unit of a vehicle In a method for controlling the operating temperature of a hydraulic operating medium for a drive unit of a vehicle in a selected range, the operating temperature is controlled by controlling the volume flow of the operating medium for a heat exchange between the op... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6854514 | Temperature control apparatus and method with recirculated coolant A temperature control and process for adjusting the temperature of a workstation and a work medium at a workstation to a predetermined temperature. The temperature control comprises a cooling vehicle such as a heat exchanger, a coolant temperature sensor and control... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6823935 | Heating or air-conditioning system A heating or air-conditioning system for vehicles, having a heat exchanger through which a heating medium flows and which is arranged in an air duct through which air can flow, at least one air mixing chamber which has a warm-air inflow opening and a cold-air inflow... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6799631 | Heat exchanger with integrated flow control valve A U flow radiator 10 with a header tank 12 split into inlet and outlet sides I and O by a lengthwise divider wall 18 has a coolant inlet consisting of a cylindrical pipe 22. A hollow cylindrical barrel 24 co extensive and coaxial w... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6796375 | Cooling circuit A coolant circuit (10) includes at least one heat source (12), a radiator (14), and a bypass line (22), which connects a radiator inlet (18) to a radiator return (20) and whose junction (24) has a control valve (26... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6749016 | Brine temperature control apparatus using a three-way proportional valve In a brine temperature control apparatus, the temperature of brine in a tank disposed in a brine fluid circulating passage is controlled using a three-way proportional valve. The three-way proportional valve does not open and close in an abrupt ON/OFF fashion, but r... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6718956 | Cooler of an exhaust gas recirculation system and exhaust gas recirculation system including one such cooler A cooler of an exhaust gas recirculating system comprises a housing including coolant inflow and outflow ports and at least one bypass pipe arranged within said housing. ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6575707 | Air compressor having thermal valve A compressor system includes a fluid system having a cooler and a valve. The valve includes a housing and a spool disposed within the housing. The spool has a temperature sensitive wax cartridge, and is movable between an actuated position and a non-actua... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6527046 | Heat exchanger, particularly oil cooler A heat exchanger has a core provided with passages for a liquid to keep cool and passages for a cooling medium, a first collection tank for supplying the liquid, a second collection tank for withdrawing the liquid, at least one third collection tank, the ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6389825 | Evaporator coil with multiple orifices A vapor compression system including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device, and an evaporator. The evaporator includes a main distributor having an inlet, a first outlet, and a second outlet, a coil, the coil having an inlet connected with the fi... | 05/21/2002 |
