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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7331377 | Diamond foam spray cooling system A diamond foam spray cooling system for improving the thermal management of a heat producing device. The diamond foam spray cooling system includes a thermal management unit including a spray assembly, a chamber, a heat spreader and at least one diamond foam section... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7191825 | Separately air-conditionable vehicle air conditioning unit A vehicle air conditioning unit includes an air duct, through which air is blown into a passenger compartment, and a partition board, which partitions the air duct in its inside into a first air passage and a second air passage. Temperature of air in the first air p... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7028753 | Apparatus to enhance cooling of electronic device An electronic device has at least one component that is capable of generating a quantity of heat. The electronic device further has an air-moving device and an air duct. The air moving device is capable of creating a flow of air that removes a portion of the quantit... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6957689 | Heat exchanger arrangement particularly for motor vehicle A heat exchange arrangement for a vehicle has at least two heat exchangers exposed to the action of ambient air. One of the heat exchanger is coolant cooler and the other one is a charge-air coolant. Each of these coolers has tubes through which liquid or gas flows ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6880620 | Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning module having an improved heater core configuration The subject invention includes a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) assembly having a housing with an inlet and at least one outlet for directing a flow of air into a passenger compartment. An evaporator core is disposed within the housing downstream ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6668915 | Optimized fins for convective heat transfer An arrangement of fins or other convective heat transfer surfaces which provides an improved value of heat transfer per unit pressure drop of the flowing fluid, for a defined geometric envelope. There are at least two flowpaths in parallel. Each flowpath ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6619379 | Heat exchanger arrangement particularly for motor vehicle A heat exchange arrangement for a vehicle has at least two heat exchangers exposed to the action of ambient air. One of the heat exchanger is coolant cooler and the other one is a charge-air coolant. Each of these coolers has tubes through which liquid or... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6474409 | Apparatus to enhance cooling of electronic device An electronic device has at least one component that is capable of generating a quantity of heat. The electronic device further has an air-moving device and an air duct. The air moving device is capable of creating a flow of air that removes a portion of ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6435267 | Apparatus to enhance cooling of electronic device An electronic device has at least one component that is capable of generating a quantity of heat. The electronic device further has an air-moving device and an air duct. The air moving device is capable of creating a flow of air that removes a portion of ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6420100 | Process for making deflection member using three-dimensional mask A process for making a deflection member comprises steps of: providing a coating of a liquid curable material supported by a forming surface; providing a source of curing radiation; providing a mask having a pattern of transparent regions and opaque regio... | 07/16/2002 |
| 5988263 | Mixing device for air conditioning system An air flow mixer structure for a vehicle air conditioning system has a first conduit for a first air flow, a second conduit for a second air flow, an opening between said first and second conduits for merging said first and second air flows in a merging ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5778970 | Heat dissipation apparatus A heat dissipation apparatus for dissipating heat of a semiconductor chip module is disclosed. The heat dissipation apparatus includes a base, a plurality of fins, and a heat transfer pipe. The heat transfer pipe has a first opening and a second opening. ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5551505 | Heat exchanger inlet duct with a center baffle An air inlet duct is provided for a heat exchanger of a vehicle. The heat exchanger having a top portion and a bottom portion for receiving air from an air inlet duct. The duct has an outer wall that fits against the heat exchanger and a center baffle for... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5435381 | Shear flow/jet fin condenser A compact, rugged and light weight condenser structure for a heat exchange system, preferably fabricated in layers and incorporating a jet fin structure for heat exchange with a single phase coolant fluid and tapered passages to maintain relatively consta... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5353602 | Non-steady-state self-regulating intermittent flow thermodynamic system A thermodynamic system, such as a vapor compression refrigeration system, in which a binary expansion valve allows pulsed high velocity flow to an evaporator through an isentropic flow nozzle wherein the valve is controlled in response to evaporator press... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5311931 | Mist supercooling of a heated surface A method for the efficient cooling of a cavity-bearing surface is disclosed. The method includes the provision of an extra-fine coolant mist to the surface to be cooled wherein the surface has at least two projections and at least one cavity therebetween.... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5296199 | Heat exchanger in an HF alkylation apparatus A shell-and-tube heat exchanger with a tube sheet having partition grooves used to form joints with partition plates contained within the exchanger head. The partition plates define chambers within the head of the exchanger which direct the fluid through ... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5289871 | Evaporation heat exchanger, especially for a spacecraft An evaporation heat exchanger having at least one active circulating circuit for a coolant liquid to be cooled, is constructed for removing heat in a spacecraft under a gravity-free operating condition and under different acceleration conditions. For this... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5287914 | System for substrate cooling in an evacuated environment A method and apparatus are disclosed using a combination of convection and conduction cooling to cool an article in an evacuated environment. A processing chamber is used which includes at least one heat sink. A flat surface of the article to be cooled is... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5269373 | Heat exchanger A condenser comprises a plurality of tubes arranged between a pair of header pipes, and a plurality of fins divided into a first group and a second group, the first group being arranged between the plurality of tubes, and two plates arranged between the p... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5255736 | Air flow enhancing stack An improved air flow enhancing stack for use with an air cooled heat exchanger designed for natural convection cooling. The stack includes a lower conical section having a larger end attached to the natural convection air exhaust from the heat exchanger a... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5238056 | Heat exchanger with oscillating flow Various heat exchange apparatuses are described in which an oscillating flow of primary coolant is used to dissipate an incident heat flux. The oscillating flow may be imparted by a reciprocating piston, a double action twin reciprocating piston, fluidic ... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5226474 | Plate evaporator In a plate heat exchanger for climbing film evaporating of a fluid, vertically arranged heat transfer plates (1, 2) delimit evaporating passages (4) and condensating passages (7) between themselves. Each evaporating passage (4) has a fluid inlet (5) at it... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5214938 | Spine fin refrigerator evaporator having generally oval spiral configuration A side by side refrigerator has a vertical evaporator formed from an elongated tube wrapped with a ribbon of material having spine fins extending substantially perpendicular from the elongated tube. The elongated tube has elongated straight runs joined by... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5205138 | Spine fin refrigerator evaporator A spine fin refrigerator evaporator is formed of lower and upper sections of elongated straight runs, which have fins thereon and have their ends connected to each other by return bent ends. The lower section is formed with two rows of the elongated strai... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5193359 | Spine fin refrigerator evaporator A refrigerator includes an evaporator formed from an elongated tube wrapped with a ribbon of material having spine fins extending perpendiculary from the tube. Elongated, horizontal passes of tube are arranged in vertically extending rows defining vertica... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5181556 | System for substrate cooling in an evacuated environment A method and apparatus are disclosed using a combination of convection and conduction cooling to cool an article in an evacuated environment. A processing chamber is used which includes at least one heat sink. A flat surface of the article to be cooled is... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5181554 | Radiator cooling apparatus for an automobile engine A radiator cooling apparatus for an automotive internal combustion engine is provided. The apparatus comprises an air suction duct or air injection duct connected to a closed-type blower. The suction duct draws ambient air through the core of the radiator... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5172759 | Plate-type refrigerant evaporator A plate-type heat exchanger comprises a stack of flat tubes each composed of a pair of confronting core plates jointed to each other and defining a fluid passage. A cross sectional area of the fluid passage is increased along the flowing direction of tbe ... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5163508 | Heat exchanger baffle system A plurality of baffles for adjacent finned tubes of a heat exchanger wherein a first fluid flows in the finned tubes and a second fluid of a different temperature flows past the finned tubes in heat transfer relationship therewith, include a baffle for ea... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5137082 | Plate-type refrigerant evaporator A plate-type heat exchanger comprises a stack of flat tubes each composed of a pair of confronting core plates jointed to each other and defining a fluid passage. A cross sectional area of the fluid passage is increased along the flowing direction of the ... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5095707 | Extraterrestrial planetary power supply and method A method for generating power and a power supply for use in the atmosphere on Mars that use the Martian atmosphere as a working fluid. The power supply has an open Brayton cycle combined turbocompressor and turbogenerator that use the Martian atmosphere f... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5046481 | Heating apparatus Heating apparatus for heating an environment comprises one or more heat exchange conduits (A, B, C, D, E, F, 6, 8) located in the flow path of primary heated fluid (F1-F2), and a device (4) for inducing a flow of air in each conduit, each conduit being ad... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5042576 | Louvered fin heat exchanger A finned tube heat exchanger having an improved flat louver fin configuration for increased heat transfer efficiency and low air pressure drop. The fins comprise generally planar sheet metal plates having a pattern of spaced apertures for receiving a grou... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5036907 | Crossflow recuperative heat exchanger In flat heat exchangers for ventilating dwellings, swimming pools, public premises, etc., which are used for air entering and leaving, problems arise when the air entering has low temperature. This results in a cold corner (A) appearing in the heat exchan... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5031692 | Heat exchanger for cooling cracked gas A heat exchanger for cooling cracked gas has a nest of heat-exchange tubes (1) that the gas flows through and that are secured at the ends in bases (2 and 3) and surrounded by a jacket (4) that demarcates in conjunction with the bases a chamber occupied b... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5009263 | Heat-exchanger utilizing pressure differential A heat exchanger including a perforated heat transmission element, a heat transmission enhancing device for producing a pressure difference between opposite surfaces of at least a portion of the perforated heat transmission element, and a main fluid flow ... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5000253 | Ventilating heat recovery system A ventilating heat recovery system is used for exchanging heat between fresh air introduced to a building and stale air exhausted from the building. The system is designed to provide a long, counterflow heat exchange path. The system includes a stack of r... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4995447 | Air ducting system for cooling air in the front end of a motor vehicle In an air ducting system for cooling air in an air duct in the front end of a motor vehicle, which is positioned with the air outlet at the underside of the front end in front of a capsule surrounding the engine compartment of the motor vehicle, a plurali... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4969511 | Substrate thermal interface employing helium gap A method and exemplary apparatus are disclosed for increasing the heat transfer capabilities between a nominally planar, but actually slightly concave, first surface (such as the substrate of a micropackage) and a planar second surface such as a heat sink... | 11/13/1990 |
