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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7726024 | Manufacturing method for a heat exchanger In a heat exchanger, a core portion includes a plurality of plate fins each shaped like a flat plate and a plurality of tubes in which a fluid flows and each of which is inserted into each of the plate fins to be mechanically bonded thereto. Further, an end portion ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7673389 | Cold plate apparatus and method of fabrication thereof with a controlled heat transfer characteristic between a metallurgically bonded tube and heat sink for facilitating cooling of an electronics component Cold plate apparatuses and methods of fabrication are provided for facilitating cooling of an electronics component. The fabrication approach includes: forming a tube with a first metal and having first and second ends with a heat transfer region disposed therebetwe... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7587820 | Metal tubular body and manufacturing method thereof Side hole-bearing tubular bodies made of metal and having an inside diameter of up to 2 mm are manufactured by a method which includes punching from a metal sheet a sheet blank in the developed shape of a tubular body and punching in the sheet blank a hole which cor... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7299551 | Method of assembling a rocket engine with a transition zone between the combustion chamber and the coolant system An improved engine construction, such as a rocket engine construction is provided. The engine construction comprises a combustion chamber, a smooth wall nozzle, and a transition zone between the chamber and the smooth wall nozzle. The transition zone has a coolant s... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7278209 | Method for manufacturing heat sink for use in heat sink fan A method for manufacturing a heat sink for use in a heat sink fan is provided. A heat-sink base portion defining a central axis and a circumferential surface is formed. A plurality of heat-radiating fins is formed on the circumferential surface of the base portion. ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7266890 | Method for producing a heat exchanger A heat exchanger for a refrigerating appliance includes a plate, a conduit tubing, which is placed in thermo-conductive contact with the plate and is provided for transporting a coolant, and a holding material layer that adheres to the plate and to the conduit tubin... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7253374 | Sheet-to-tube welded structure and method Method of welding a metal sheet and metal tubing as well as a welded sheet-to-tube welded structure wherein the tube-to-sheet gage ratio may be reduced to permit use of metal tubing having a reduced wall thickness. One or more intermediate metal bridging members is/... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7165311 | Method for attaching filamentary members to a substrate An apparatus and a method for attaching filamentary members to a substrate are disclosed. The substrate includes a plastic layer and the apparatus includes an anvil, a needle and a swaging tool movable relatively to the anvil. The method includes the steps of penetr... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7140425 | Plate-tube type heat exchanger A plate-tube type heat exchanger not requiring maintenance is described, comprising: a plate with a plurality of channels running parallel along thereof; and, a plurality of tubes housed and secured to said channels, thus forming a circuit for the circulation of a h... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7131200 | Method for making a radiating appliance A radiating appliance consisting of a plurality of heat-transfer tubes, radiators, and a heat-transfer plate is processed in a method including the following steps: position the heat-transfer tubes in grooves formed in a recess on one radiator; position the heat-tra... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7089706 | Covering component for protecting outer surfaces of buildings from atmospheric agents, incorporating heat exchanger means, and system for the external covering of buildings using such a component A covering component for protecting outer surfaces of buildings from atmospheric agents comprises a metal sheet (7), an insulating mass (8) arranged below said sheet (7), and heat exchanging means (7–9, 11, 12) comprising at least a pas... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7040015 | Tube finning machine and method of use This invention relates to a tube finning machine (10), and in particular to a machine capable of fitting several fins (26) to one or more tubes (26) at the same time, the assembled finned tube being suitable for heat exchange applications. Accor... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7032313 | Method of fabricating a heat exchanger Heat exchange inefficiencies found in round tube plate fin heat exchangers are eliminated in an aluminum heat exchanger that includes first and second headers (20), (22) and at least one flattened tube (24), (70) extending between the hea... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7013565 | Removable collector for liquid cooled exhaust A removable collector for liquid cooled exhaust includes a retention member, a coolant transfer plate and a collector housing. The retention member fits between at least two exhaust jacket pipes and is attached thereto. Holes are formed through the coolant transfer ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7007504 | Condenser The present invention relates to a condenser for radiating heat of a high temperature and high pressure refrigerant discharged from a compressor to room temperature air and cooling water to condense and liquefy the refrigerant, and more particularly, to a condenser ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6918435 | Fluid to gas heat exchangers A fluid to gas heat exchanger comprising a plurality of fin-tube elements (6). Each fin-tube element is an integral extrusion and comprises tubes portions (61) for carrying heat exchange fluid and fin portions (62) for dissipating heat. The fin ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6864572 | Base for heat sink A heat sink base (10) includes a rectangular body (11) made of aluminum and a circular core (12) made of copper. The body defines a circular through opening (111). A diameter of the opening is slightly less than a diameter of the core. Th... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6745459 | Heat exchanging tube assembling apparatus for heat exchanger and assembling method thereof A heat exchanging tube assembling apparatus is adapted to a heat exchanger having an outer casing in which is arranged a partition plate formed with holes through which heat exchanging tubes, each having a U-shape in outer appearance, are inserted from an open end s... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6725517 | Method for plugging a hole and a cooling element manufactured by said method A method for plugging a hole, particularly a hole provided in a cooling element, in which method a hole formed in a piece essentially made of mainly copper, for instance in the housing element of a cooling element, there is arranged a plug mainly made of copper. Bet... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6536227 | Direct cooling type refrigerator A direct cooling type refrigerator includes an outer case, an inner case, a metal plate, an evaporator, an insulator, a first bonding means, and a second bonding means. The inner case is positioned inside the outer case, and the metal plate is positioned ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6430807 | Workpiece handling device As means for handling elongate and flat workpieces flowing in a manufacturing line, three handling devices are provided. First one is a workpiece transmitting device which functions to push down, one after another, the frontmost one of a mass of raised wo... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6389682 | Heat exchanging tube assembling apparatus for heat exchanger and assembling method thereof A heat exchanging tube assembling apparatus is adapted to a heat exchanger having an outer casing in which is arranged a partition plate formed with holes through which heat exchanging tubes, each having a U-shape in an outer appearance, are inserted from... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6155337 | Tubular heat exchanger for connection downstream of a thermal-cracking installation Described is a heat exchanger comprising a nest of heat-exchange tubes held between two end plates, the heat exchanger being designed for connection downstream of a thermal-cracking installation. In order to reduce erosion of the base plate, the plate at ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5992198 | Method and device for producing a tube in a tube plate In a hydraulic method, tubes (3) of an heat exchanger are rolled in in tube plates (1), and rounded tube inlet pieces are formed from the same tube (3) by means of the same device in the same work operation. For this purpose, the tubes (3) are inserted in... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5983995 | Radiator A structure of a heat receiving member of a radiator that includes a heat receiving member, a heat pipe, and a heat radiating member is characterized as follows. In such radiator, the heat receiving member has a heat pipe insertion groove for allowing one... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5906045 | Method of manufacturing a condenser for a refrigerator In a method of manufacturing a condenser for a refrigerator, a heat discharging tube is attached to a heat discharging plate made of ABS resin to improve a heat discharging effect of the condenser, while a back portion of the refrigerator is covered with ... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5829516 | Liquid cooled heat sink for cooling electronic components A liquid cooled heat sink for cooling heat generating components. The heat sink has a base member with open ended channels formed in at least one surface thereof. The open ends of the channels have a span less than a span across a lower portion of the cha... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5812623 | Self-aligning absorber tube for a control rod in a nuclear reactor A control rod assembly for a nuclear reactor, wherein a plurality of absorber tubes are arranged and welded in a side-by-side array, the improvement wherein each absorber tube is formed with an elongated slot extending substantially the entire length of t... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5575330 | Furnace heat exchanger seal and method of making same A heat exchanger assembly comprises a partition or mounting plate with an aperture therethrough and a heat exchanger wall with an opening therethrough where the plate and wall are assembled together with the plate aperture and wall opening adjoined and se... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5546656 | Fabrication of rocket thrust chambers A method of producing a rocket thrust chamber in which cooling tubes are positioned within a structural jacket to form a tube bundle, and a liner is positioned within the tube bundle thereby sandwiching the tubes between the jacket and the liner. The tube... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5533258 | Process for the manufacturing of a cooling unit A process for the manufacture of a cooling unit particularly for fusion reactors. The cooling unit consists of one or more parts made of heat-resistant material, preferably graphite, which are joined to at least one metallic coolant conduit, preferably ma... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5513432 | Heat exchanger and method for manufacturing the same A heat exchanger includes a first tank and a second tank, an inlet and an outlet each connected to either the first tank or the second tank, and a plurality of panel units provided between and connected to the first and second tanks. Each of the panel uni... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5467528 | Method of making a tubular thermal structure A method of producing a tubular thermal structure in which cooling tubes are sandwiched between first and second members which are in turn sandwiched between first and second fixtures which fix the relative relationship of the members. The tubes, members ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5386628 | Method of making a diffusion bonded rocket chamber A method of producing a rocket thrust chamber includes positioning cooling tubes within a structural jacket to form a tube bundle, and positioning a mandrel within the tube bundle thereby sandwiching the tubes between the jacket and the mandrel. The tubes... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5375325 | Method of making a rocket chamber construction A method of producing a rocket thrust chamber includes positioning sleeved cooling tubes within a structural jacket to form a tube bundle, and positioning a liner within the tube bundle thereby sandwiching the tubes between the jacket and the liner. The t... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5371945 | Method of making a tubular combustion chamber construction A method of producing a tubular structure, such as a rocket thrust chamber, includes positioning cooling tubes about an inner tooling fixture to form a tube bundle, and positioning a segmented outer tooling fixture about the tube bundle thereby sandwichin... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5205037 | Method of making a heat exchange element A heat exchange element employed in heat exchangers of air conditioning system includes a heat exchanging sheet member containing heat meltable synthetic resin fibers and a plurality of elongate rollable shaped spacers. The heat exchanging sheet member ha... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5048602 | Heat exchangers A heat exchanger includes a core and a pair of headers, the core including flat tubes and corrugated fins sandwiched between the tubes, the headers having holes in which the end portions of the tubes are inserted, wherein each tube comprises a stop means ... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4967468 | Apparatus for fixing boiler tubes during replacement of same Apparatus for facilitating removal of spent tubes from boilers or heat exchangers in environments where access to one side of the wall through which the tube extends is limited. The apparatus includes a jaw assembly that is movable between a retracted pos... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4870735 | Refrigeration cabinet construction A refrigerated appliance cabinet for a chest-type freezer is formed from prefinished materials. The side walls of the shell and the liner are formed as a single piece, with the evaporator and condenser coils assembled before bending and after a thermal ma... | 10/03/1989 |
