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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7431074 | Radiator structure A radiator structure used with a hot fluid and cooling fluid having a carbon fiber tube. The carbon fiber tube includes a wall portion having an inner surface and an outer surface. A passageway through the tube is used to conduct hot fluids. A second tube of similar... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7407714 | Process by producing an aluminium alloy brazing sheet, aluminium alloy brazing sheet Disclosed is a process for producing an Al—Mn alloy sheet with improved liquid film migration resistance when used as core alloy in brazing sheet, including the steps of: casting an ingot having a composition comprising (in weight percent): 0.5 | 08/05/2008 |
| 7374827 | Recovered high strength multi-layer aluminum brazing sheet products A metallurgical product consists essentially of a core aluminum alloy, purposefully tailored through chemistry and processing route to resist recrystallization during the brazing cycle to intentionally exploit the higher strengths immediately after brazing of a defo... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7370689 | Thermo chromic heat storing/releasing device A thermal chromic heat storing/releasing device includes a bag having an enclosed space for containing a heat storing/releasing material, and the heat storing/releasing material is a material that can store and release heat and the heat storing/releasing material is... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7349210 | Grease cover for heat dissipating apparatus A grease cover (50) for protecting grease spread on a bottom surface of a heat sink (20) includes a base wall (51), a plurality of sidewalls (52a, 52b, 52c, 52d), a protecting space (53 | 03/25/2008 |
| 7331381 | Hybrid heat exchangers A light weight hybrid heat exchanger core possessing low density and improved thermal conductivity is disclosed. The hybrid core is comprised of a plurality of parting sheets and interposed by a plurality of high thermal conductivity, light weight bridging elements ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7308932 | Exchange apparatus An exchange apparatus comprised of hollow thermoplastic tubes infusion bonded into a thermoplastic material is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment the hollow tubes are shaped by plaiting the tubes into cords and then thermally annealing the cords to set the crests ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7264044 | Heat exchange structure A heat exchange structure includes at least three wave-shaped non-woven cloth layers. Each wave-shaped non-woven cloth layer has a plurality of crest tops and trough bottoms. Adjacent wave-shaped non-woven cloth layers are interconnected at intersections of crest to... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258160 | Heat transfer element, cooling device and electronic device having the element A heat transfer element includes a container having a heat input section for receiving heat generated by a heating element and a heat output section for radiating the heat outside, and condensable working fluid that is vacuum-sealed in the container to transfer the ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255932 | Ultra-longlife, high formability brazing sheet The present invention relates to multiple layer aluminum brazing sheet having a core, a braze cladding, and an interliner therebetween that, when fabricated in the fully annealed condition (O-temper), forms a continuous and dense dispersoid band in the core in addit... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250223 | Aluminum heat exchanger excellent in corrosion resistance The present invention provides a heat exchanger which is assembled by brazing an aluminum fin material to the outer surface of an aluminum tube material formed by bending a sheet material, in particular, an aluminum heat exchanger which can be suitably used as an au... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247392 | Aluminum alloy heat exchanger and method of producing the same An aluminum alloy heat exchanger having a tube composed of a thin aluminum alloy clad material, wherein, in the clad material, one face of an aluminum alloy core material containing Si 0.05–1.0 mass % is clad with an Al—Si-series filler material containing Si 5â... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243703 | Flexible heat exchanger The invention generally relates to a flexible heal exchanger comprising a pair of flexible multilayer thermoplastic polyimide films each of which comprises an aromatic polyimide substrate film showing no glass transition temperature or a glass transition temperature... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7226669 | High strength aluminium alloy brazing sheet, brazed assembly and method for producing same The present invention a high strength aluminium alloy brazing sheet, comprising an Al—Zn core layer and at least one clad layer, the core layer including the following composition (in weight percent): ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222423 | Method of manufacturing a finned heat sink A method of manufacturing a finned heat sink included obtaining a fin core, wherein the fin core is constructed of a conductive structural graphite-epoxy material. A fin cover is secured to the fin core using one of heat and pressure to define a heat sink fin, where... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220365 | Devices using a medium having a high heat transfer rate Disclosed is a heat transfer medium having high heat transfer rate, being useful in even wider fields, simple in structure, easy to made, environmentally sound, and capable of rapidly conducting heat and preserving heat in a highly efficient manner. Further disclose... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7188666 | Heat exchanger of ventilating system A heat exchanger of a ventilating system includes: heat exchange plates having first air passage through which indoor air being discharged to outside of a building passes and a second air passage through which outdoor air being introduced to the interior of the buil... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7179540 | Plate type heat exchanger and method for manufacture thereof A plate type heat exchanger wherein contacting portions of laminated plural plates and fins or contacting portions of laminated plural plates are brazed to form a heat exchange area, characterized in that at least the surface of a plate or fin contacting with a flui... | 02/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7161809 | Integral heat spreader A thermal solution for equipment containing a heat-generating component, which is positioned between the heat-generating component and an external surface of the equipment, where the thermal solution facilitates heat dissipation from the heat-generating component wh... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7152670 | Plate-type heat exchanger Existing plate-type heat exchangers typically include plates that are constructed of metal or paper, which are only capable of transferring a limited amount of moisture, if any, from one side of the plate to the other side. The present invention is a plate-type heat... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7108055 | Optimized heat sink using high thermal conducting base and low thermal conducting fins An optimized design for a composite heat sink is provided utilizing a high thermal conducting base and low thermal conducting fins. The base preferably is constructed from anisotropic graphite material, and the fins are preferably constructed from a thermally conduc... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7069978 | Chemically compatible, lightweight heat pipe The present invention provides an apparatus including a magnesium alloy vessel that is substantially free of aluminum and zinc, but including magnesium in combination with a gettering metal. The magnesium alloy vessel has a hollow interior cavity containing a workin... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7056597 | Brazing sheet product and method of its manufacture Disclosed is a brazing sheet product comprising a core metal sheet, on at least one side of the core sheet a clad layer of an aluminium brazing alloy comprising silicon in an amount in the range of 4 to 14% by weight, and further comprising on at least one outersurf... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7036573 | Polymer with solder pre-coated fillers for thermal interface materials A thermal interface material made of a binder material and a fusible filler. ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7028754 | High surface area heat sink A heat sink is built including a three dimensional array of cylindrical openings for air to flow through instead of fins. By having a larger surface area than heat sinks with fins, this high surface area heat sink results in increased heat transfer to the surroundin... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7018722 | Aluminum alloy fin material for heat exchangers and heat exchanger including the fin material The present invention provides an aluminum alloy fin material for heat exchangers which has a thickness of 80 μm (0.08 mm) or less and excels in joinability to a tube material and in intergranular corrosion resistance. The aluminum alloy fin material is an aluminum... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7004238 | Electrode design for electrohydrodynamic induction pumping thermal energy transfer system An electrode configuration for use in association with a heat transfer member provided in a thermal energy transfer system. Separate multiple electrical conductors are each received on a respective first surface alteration. Each of the multiple conductors is connect... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7002795 | Low noise heatsink A thermal management device includes a thermally conductive core, a thermally conductive frame positioned around the core, the frame defining at least one opening, and at least one thermally conductive insert disposed in the opening in the frame. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6988531 | Micro-chimney and thermosiphon die-level cooling A method and arrangement for dissipating heat from a localized area within a semiconductor die is presented. A semiconductor die is constructed and arranged to have at least one conduit portion therein. At least a portion of the conduit portion is proximate to the l... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6983789 | System and method for providing cooling systems with heat exchangers A cooling system is provided with a heat exchanger that has a thermally conductive tube over-molded with a plurality of thermally conductive fins. To form the heat exchanger, a thermally conductive tube is provided. Insert molding, over molding or injection molding ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6976532 | Anisotropic thermal applications of composites of ceramics and carbon nanotubes Ceramic materials are converted to materials with anisotropic thermal properties by forming the ceramics into composites with carbon nanotubes dispersed therein and uniaxially compressing the composites in a direction in which a lower thermal conductivity is desired... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6971438 | Vehicle radiator device A vehicle radiator device having a radiator with a first tank and a second tank coupled through a heat radiation core. The radiator is mounted onto an engine in a power unit supported by a vehicle body frame. The first and second tanks of the radiator are made of sy... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6959753 | Construction of phase change material embedded electronic circuit boards and electronic circuit board assemblies using porous and fibrous media A heat sink which comprises an enclosure having a highly thermally conductive surface region and defining an enclosed cavity. A porous, highly thermally conductive material is disposed in the cavity, preferably homogeneously therein, and is thermally coupled to the ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6926070 | System and method for providing cooling systems with heat exchangers A cooling system is provided with a heat exchanger that has a thermally conductive tube over-molded with a plurality of thermally conductive fins. To form the heat exchanger, a thermally conductive tube is provided. Insert molding, over molding or injection molding ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6921584 | Brazing sheet The invention relates to a series of extra strong and durable aluminium alloy brazing sheets with enhanced corrosion resistance for brazed heat exchangers. The alloy sheets are based on recycled materials and are suitable for manufacturing of fins, welded tubes, hea... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6918438 | Finned heat sink A finned heat sink including a plurality of heat sink fins, wherein each of the plurality of heat sink fins includes a fin cover and a fin core, wherein the fin core is constructed of a conductive structural graphite-epoxy material and wherein the fin cover is const... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6915841 | Flexible size air conditioner A room air conditioner is provided which includes a compressor, a condenser coil, an evaporator coil, a wall positioned between the condenser coil and the evaporator coil, a chassis for supporting said compressor, condenser coil and wall, with the evaporator coil be... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6913075 | Dendritic fiber material A thermal interface includes nanofibrils. The nanofibrils may be attached to a flat base or membrane, or may be attached to the tip portions of larger diameter fibers. The nanofibrils have a diameter of less than about 1 micron, and may advantageously be formed from... | 07/05/2005 |
