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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7624788 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger according to certain embodiments includes an outer portion formed of at least one inflatable cell and an inner portion. The inflatable cell has inner and outer surfaces that are separated from each other and at least partially support the outer port... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7278473 | Exhaust gas heat exchanger and method for the production thereof The invention relates to an exhaust gas heat exchanger for motor vehicles, comprising a cluster of exhaust pipes (10) which are soldered on the front surface thereof to pipe bottoms, and a housing jacket (3, 3b) which is welded to the pipe botto... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7269967 | Method and apparatus for removing moisture from evaporator coils A method and apparatus for removing excess moisture from the evaporator coils of an air-conditioning system in which the moisture is removed from the evaporator coils by vibrating the coils. The coils may be vibrated by mechanical or acoustic devices such as solenoi... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272000 | Heat dissipating structure of interface card A heat dissipating structure of an interface card is applied in an electronic device. The structure includes a heat dissipating apparatus attached to a circuit board of the electronic device, wherein the heat dissipating apparatus comprises a heat sink and a fan rec... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267160 | Heat exchanger In order to provide a heat exchanger with casing having a multiplicity of tubes through the interiors of which a high-temperature gas for heating flows, wherein the thermal stress is smoothly accommodated and wherein a fluid to be heated or a heating fluid flows uni... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7255158 | Heat exchanger A protruding portion protruding toward the outside a tank is formed on a core plate in a range corresponding to a straight portion of a flat tube inserted and joined to the core plate. Due to this structure, a joining portion of the tube to the core plate is three-d... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7237605 | Heat exchanger A projection portion (145) protruding from a bottom surface 8141a) on a core portion side towards the center of the core portion (130) is formed in a core plate (140). A bond portion (142a) between a tube (132)... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7231960 | Cooler for cooling both sides of semiconductor device An object of the present invention is to provide a cooler for cooling both sides (top and bottom surfaces) of a semiconductor device, wherein the variation of pressing force on flat cooling tubes holding a semiconductor device is reduced, thereby uniformly dissipati... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7210521 | Heat medium distributor for an air inlet system including multiple heat exchangers A heat medium distributor for an air inlet system having multiple heat exchangers includes a box-like housing, which is divided by a dividing wall into a first flow chamber, which is used as the forward collection pipe, and a second flow chamber, which is used as th... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7175914 | Base material having thereon polyaniline-containing film surface, and process for forming film surface on base material In a heat exchanger having tubes and fins, a polyaniline film made of polyaniline and/or a derivative thereof is formed on the surfaces of the tubes and the fins. This polyaniline film is imparted with at least one hydrophilic functional group selected from the clas... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7147050 | Recuperator construction for a gas turbine engine A counter-flow recuperator formed from annular arrays of recuperator core segments. The recuperator core segments are formed from two opposing sheets of fin fold material coined to form a primary surface zone disposed between two flattened manifold zones. Each prima... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7100389 | Apparatus and method having mechanical isolation arrangement for controlling the temperature of an electronic device under test An apparatus and method for controlling the temperature of an electronic device under test utilizes a thermal head spaced apart from a movable support structure by a mechanical isolation assembly. The support structure has a manifold configured to route refrigerant ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7100680 | Integrated circuit heat pipe heat spreader with through mounting holes The apparatus is a heat pipe with superior heat transfer between the heat pipe and the heat source and heat sink. The heat pipe is held tightly against the heat source by mounting holes which penetrate the structure of the heat pipe but are sealed off from the vapor... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7090748 | Dividing-wall column with feed in whole or in part in the vaporous state and/or side stream take off in whole or in part in the vaporous state A dividing-wall column having a dividing wall which is essentially disposed along the long direction of the column is proposed, which divides the column interior into a feed part, a take off part, an upper shared column part and a lower shared column part, with feed... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7082988 | Heat exchanger with heat deformation absorbing mechanism A heat exchange section (1) composed of a fuel supply part (7); core (5), and steam collecting part (9). A heat exchange section (1) composed of the fuel supply part (7), core (5) and steam collecting part (9) ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7077189 | Liquid cooled thermosiphon with flexible coolant tubes A fluid heat exchanger assembly cools an electronic device with a cooling fluid supplied from a heat extractor (R, F) to a plurality of tubes extending between header tanks in an upper portion of a housing. A refrigerant is disposed in the lower portion of the housi... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7065873 | 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... | 06/27/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7044123 | Highly efficient heat exchanger and combustion chamber assembly for boilers and heated air generators The present invention relates to a heat exchanger and condensation combustion chamber assembly, comprising a plurality of tubes and including a front plate and a rear plate connected to the combustion chamber with a drop pattern. Each of the heat exchanger tu... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7036563 | Tubesheet support arrangement for a FGTT (flue-gas-through-the-tubes)heat exchanger A tubesheet support arrangement 11 supports a tubesheet 10 within a vessel 12, the tubesheet 10 maintaining a plurality of tubes 22 at fixed radial spacings from one another with the tubes 22 extending from the tubesheet ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7036562 | Heat exchanger with core and support structure coupling for reduced thermal stress A heat exchanger with a core, a support structure and a mount. The core is variable in size and has a lower temperature fluid port and a higher temperature fluid port. The mount is positioned between the core and the support structure, adjacent to the higher tempera... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7028381 | Casting sheet composite body and method for producing the same A method for producing a cast/sheet-metal composite body, comprising the following steps: provide a casting mold (12), place at least one sheet-metal part (11) in the casting mold (12), produce a cast part (2) interconnected with the at l... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7017656 | Heat exchanger with manifold tubes for stiffening and load bearing An exemplary heat exchanger includes increased stiffness to prevent buckling of a core. In some examples, an exemplary heat exchanger includes a core and a shaft at least partially positioned therein to increase stiffness of the core and located to limit movement of... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7007745 | Core structure of heat exchanger In a core structure of a heat exchanger, tubes and corrugated fins are alternately arranged between seat plates arranged opposite to each other with a predetermined space interposed therebetween. End portions of the tubes are inserted into tube holes formed respecti... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6932152 | Core structure of heat exchanger In a core structure of a heat exchanger, tubes and corrugated fins are alternately arranged between seat plates arranged opposite to each other with a predetermined space interposed therebetween. Both end portions of the tubes are inserted into tube holes of connect... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6733231 | Vapor tube structure of gas turbine A vapor tube structure in a gas turbine comprises first connecting tubes fixed to a casing, second connecting tubes fixed to a blade ring, a recovery ring and a cooling recovery ring, a bellows tube of the flexible structure, springs, a tube and a piston rings provi... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6634420 | Intercooler In order to provide an intercooler assuming a simple structure that enables cooling of supercharging air and absorption of any expansion/contraction of the cooling water pipe and the casing attributable to the heat of the supercharging air, intake/outlet ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6060166 | Flexible graphite fiber thermal shunt A thermal shunt comprising flexible graphite fibers for removing heat from components coupled thereto and providing mechanical isolation. The thermal shunt comprises a plurality of stacked layers of graphite fibers secured together at opposite ends to for... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5785114 | Integral hydrogen cooler assembly for electric generators Hydrogen coolers are provided with a cooler frame; cooling tubes positioned within the cooler frame; a tube bundle: an inlet chamber adjacent to an inlet end of the tube bundle; a reverse chamber adjacent to the reverse end of the tube bundle; and a suppo... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5676200 | Heat exchanger, in particular a booster air radiator for a motor vehicle The heat exchanger of the invention comprises a header plate which has a wall in which there are holes suitable for receiving the ends of tubes in a bank, the wall of the header plate forming collars around holes and having a localised thinning (A) in a c... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5579828 | Flexible insert for heat pipe freeze protection A flexible, pressurized insert for insertion within the hot (evaporator) side of an inclined heat pipe that forms a part of a heat pipe heat exchanger. This insert is employed in order to prevent such heat pipe from rupturing in the event the working flui... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5518066 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger for use in applications with high temperatures and rapidly changing thermal gradients. The heat exchanger has a shell, a head, a tubesheet, a tubesheet skirt, and a tube bundle. The tubesheet has a peripheral diameter smaller than the inn... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5495714 | Condenser envelope made of concrete for a structurally independent low pressure module A structure comprising an LP module of a steam turbine supported by a concrete support-block carried by posts standing on a concrete raft, and an enclosure constituted by an exhaust box surrounding the LP module and connected thereto via elastic seals and... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5368095 | Gas turbine recuperator support A system for preheating air before it enters the combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine includes a recuperator which extends between, and is supported by, forward and rear headers. Cold air to be pre-heated by the recuperator flows through an entry pa... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5285843 | Mounting assembly for modular heat exchanger A demountable connector assembly for a modular heat exchanger permits individual modules to be removed and replaced without replacement of the entire heat exchanger core. As applied to heat exchanger modules of conventional tube and header construction, a... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5253703 | Waste heat exchanger A heat exchanger adapted to handle dusty hot waste gases including a vertically oriented shell through which the waste gases flow longitudinally downward. The shell contains a tube assembly of vertical tubes having external, longitudinal heat transfer fin... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5205354 | Vehicle radiator and method of making A radiator core is combined with upper and lower tanks which tanks are each a welded combination of tube walls and a header plate which receives the tubes of the radiator core.... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5143053 | Solar collector tube plate The present invention provides an improved liquid conduit for a device such as a solar collector. A tube of stretchable material carries the liquid. A rigid elongate channel has side walls in contact with and enclosing the tube about at least 50% but not ... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5094290 | Seal means for preventing flow of hot gases through a gap A seal for a gap between two components which are displaceable relative to each other through limited distances in three spatial directions, the seal being formed by at least two partially overlapping corrugated, bellows-like seal elements which are arran... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5091156 | Waterwalls in a fluidized bed reactor A fluidized bed reactor generating heat has in its bottom part a grid for introduction of fluidizing gas into the rector and walls being made as waterwalls in which vertical water tubes are combined by flat plate material. The waterwalls are refractory li... | 02/25/1992 |
