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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157001 | Integrated liquid to air conduction module An integrated cooling system includes a first layer having a contact area configured for coupling to a heat source, wherein the first layer has a fluid path passes adjacent to the contact area where the heat source is in thermal contact with first layer. Coupled to ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 7886816 | Intelligent cooling method combining passive and active cooling components A method for cooling a semiconductor including passive cooling including transferring heat via passive cooling components; active cooling including transferring heat via active cooling components; and controlling the active cooling based on temperature of the semico... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7748442 | Plate heat exchanger A plate heat exchanger for cooling a first fluid by a second fluid, including a plurality of stacked heat exchanger plates forming separate flow channels therebetween with a cover plate on one side and a base plate on the other side of the stacked plates. The plates... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7455103 | Electronic equipment provided with cooling system An electronic equipment is provided, which comprises a liquid-cooling system and a cooling fan as a cooling system, efficiently cools the liquid-cooling system, and reduces fan noise. The electronic equipment is provided with a liquid-cooling system, in which heat g... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7365973 | Cooling system and method A system for cooling a data center includes a plurality of cooling racks, with each cooling rack including a housing and cooling system components supported by the housing. The system further includes a fluid communication system coupled to the cooling system compon... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7290600 | Air-to-air heat pump defrost bypass loop A system for defrosting an air-to-air heat pump system is disclosed. A bypass loop transfers refrigerant at a higher temperature and pressure than is normally cycled through the outdoor unit to an outdoor coil to defrost ice on the outdoor coil. The bypass loop incl... | 11/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7273122 | Hybrid hydraulic drive system with engine integrated hydraulic machine A hybrid hydraulic drive system for a vehicle comprises a prime mover, a transmission connecting the prime mover to drive wheels, a fluid energy storage accumulator, and a reversible hydraulic machine in fluid communication with the energy storage accumulator and dr... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7259963 | Rack height cooling A data center includes an electronic equipment rack having a front face and a back face and a cooling unit positioned adjacent to the rack, the cooling unit having a front face and a back face, the cooling unit being configured to exhaust cooled air from the front f... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254022 | Cooling system for equipment and network cabinets and method for cooling equipment and network cabinets The invention relates to a cooling system for equipment and network cabinets and to a method for cooling such cabinets, together with the electronic modules located therein. In order to achieve with extremely simple means and particularly low capital and oper... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7228696 | Hybrid heating and cooling system A heat and cooling system having an indoor air coil subcircuit, an outdoor air coil subcircuit, a geothermal subcircuit, and a control system for selectively operating the system in air-to-air heating, air-to-air cooling, geothermal heating, air-to-air defrost (opti... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222496 | Heat pump type air conditioner having an improved defrosting structure and defrosting method for the same A heat pump type air conditioner having an improved defrosting structure and a defrosting method for the same. When frost is not excessively accumulated on piping of an outdoor heat exchanger, a solenoid valve is controlled such that warm refrigerant from a compress... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7216697 | Method of operating a cooling and heating circuit of a motor vehicle In a method for operating a cooling and heating circuit of a motor vehicle driven by an internal combustion engine, a first cooling medium path is provided through a bypass conduit, a second cooling medium path is provided through a main cooler of the internal combu... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7214354 | Autoclave The invention relates to an autoclave for medical appliances and instruments with a chamber (13) in which the appliances to be sterilized are located, with a steam generator (5) and a condensate collector (11), whereby the steam generator is con... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7204298 | Techniques for microchannel cooling Techniques for heat transfer are provided. In one aspect of the invention, a heat-transfer device is provided. The heat-transfer device comprises one or more microchannels suitable for containing a heat-transfer fluid, one or more of the microchannels having protrud... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7195799 | Polymer composition for traction on ice The present invention provides a composition comprising a polymer and methods of using the composition to increase the traction of an article of manufacture on an icy surface. The polymer can be a silicate polymer, a plancheite-derived polymer, a pinacol polymer, an... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7177148 | Outdoor-installed power conditioner device An enclosure is formed of an outer case and a lid. The outer case includes a first projecting strip portion provided on a top face side of the outer case and on an outer peripheral portion defining an opening, and extending to project outwardly from the outer case, ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7171955 | Flowing fluid conditioner A method and system for temperature conditioning of engine intake air by use of controllable intercooler which consists of an active thermoelectric device and a controllable valve system which optimally directs the path of airflow through a plurality of chambers in ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172016 | Internally mounted radial flow, high pressure, intercooler for a rotary compressor machine A header construction intended for use in a heat exchanger (36) employed in a relatively high pressure application includes an array of generally parallel tube runs (84) with fins (82) extending between adjacent ones of the tube runs. At least o... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7174239 | Retrieving diagnostic information from an HVAC component A control is provided for controlling the operation of a climate control system, which includes a processor that is capable of receiving power from a low voltage power supply adapted to be connected to an external alternating current power source, or a second extern... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7163053 | Heat exchanger A method for adjusting temperature of a machining liquid, e.g., slurry, etching liquid, by passing the machining liquid through a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger, which adjusts the temperature of the machining liquid, includes a ceramic heat exchanging tube which... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7155917 | Apparatus and methods for converting a cryogenic fluid into gas Method and apparatus for vaporizing cryogenic fluids in which an intermediate heat transfer fluid is first heated across a heat transfer surface with ambient air, and then the heat transfer surface provides heat to vaporize the cryogenic fluid. ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152663 | Plate heat exchanger The invention refers to a plate heat exchanger, which includes a sensor device and a plate package of heat transfer plates (1). The heat transfer plates form between the plates (1) first passages (3) for a first fluid and second passages (4 | 12/26/2006 |
| 7107782 | Evaporative heat exchanger and method The heat exchange apparatus and method is provided with an indirect evaporative heat exchange section and a direct evaporative heat exchange section. An evaporative liquid is sprayed downwardly into the direct evaporative section to directly exchange heat from the e... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7096828 | Self cleaning boiler and steam generator A steam generator boiler for generating steam is connected to a supply conduit for supplying water to the boiler with a supply valve for controlling the supply of water through the supply conduit. A heater supplies heat to the boiler for generating steam with a disc... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7080505 | Vehicular atmosphere cleansing method A vehicular atmosphere cleansing system utilizes a regenerative wheel having flow channels extending through the wheel coated with an adsorbant. An atmosphere stream passes through a first position dependent portion of the wheel where VOC's including HC's are adsorb... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7073342 | Constant temperature liquid circulating apparatus The whole main tank for housing the constant temperature liquid the temperature of which is adjusted by a temperature adjusting device is supported in a sub tank with a gap as a heat insulating layer around the main tank. A liquid level regulating mechanism supplies... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070119 | Vehicle heater control apparatus and method for controlling the same In a heater control apparatus for a vehicle and a method for controlling the same, an engine control part controls a cooling water conduit control part so that the opening of a cooling water bypass is variably regulated in proportion to an interior temperature there... | 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 |
| 7061763 | Cabinet cooling A novel electronics cooling method and system is disclosed. A very flexible and efficient operation of an electronics cooling system (10) is achieved by controlling circulation of a cooling medium in a closed system (40) containing an evaporator (13... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7051802 | Method and apparatus for cooling electronic enclosures A cooling apparatus and method, and more particularly, an apparatus and method for cooling the air exiting an electronics enclosure, are disclosed. Air is taken into the enclosure and heated by the electronic equipment. The air is then expelled through a heat exchan... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7044213 | Constant temperature refrigeration system for extensive temperature range application and control method thereof A constant temperature refrigeration system for extensive temperature range application comprising a refrigerator, a low-temperature heat exchanger, a medium-temperature heat exchanger, a high-temperature heat exchanger, a pump, a first solenoid valve, a second sole... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7044214 | Aircraft ground support air conditioning unit with cooling air flow control doors A system and method of supplying conditioned air to an aircraft environmental control system during ground support operations that uses at least one flow control door to control the flow of cooling air through a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger removes heat from a... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7036634 | Transmission lubricant cooling system A vehicle transmission lubrication communication system including a pump, a torque converter, an oil cooler, a shifting control assembly, a sump, a main shaft, a counter shaft, and a secondary shaft. The pump withdraws lubricating oil from the sump and pumps the lub... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7004246 | Air-to-air heat pump defrost bypass loop An improvement in defrosting an air-to-air heat pump system when in the heating mode. A bypass loop transfers refrigerant at a higher temperature and pressure than is normally cycled through the outdoor unit to an outdoor coil to defrost ice on the outdoor coil, The... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6965815 | Spa control system An improved spa control system is disclosed. The invention describes a spa control system which calculates the time required to heat the water in the spa system to a desired temperature. From that information, the heating rate of the spa system can be determined, an... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6945324 | Controlling method for the discharge of coolant medium in the heat exchange wind box The invention relates to a controlling method of the discharge of coolant medium, and more particularly to a controlling method of the discharge of coolant medium in the heat exchange wind box. By mainly controlling the discharge of coolant medium in the heat exchan... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6910529 | Vehicle rooftop engine cooling system A horizontal rooftop engine cooling system includes one or more radiator units horizontally mountable to the rooftop of a bus and including a radiator interconnected to one or more passages of an engine of the bus to allow coolant to flow between the engine and the ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6911631 | Plate heat exchanger The device concerns among other things a plate heat exchanger having at least one pile of plate elements, each of which plate elements has a central heat transferring part and an edge part (15) surrounding this part, the heat transferring parts of the plate e... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6909606 | Electronic device cooling system and method of use An electronic device cooling system includes a heat exchange unit; at least one cooling interface disposed at a heat-transfer interface of an electronic device, where the cooling interface is thermally coupled to the heat exchange unit; and a heat exhaust that is th... | 06/21/2005 |
