Heat exchange inventions 05/07

20070119564 - Cooling module with heat exchangers in back-to-front relationship: A cooling module (1) comprises a first heat exchanger (3), which has a first pair of parallel manifolds (10, 11), and a second heat exchanger (4), which is in back-to-front relationship with the first heat exchanger (3) and has a second pair of parallel manifolds (7, 8) perpendicular to the... Agent: Valeo, Inc. Intellectual Property Dept.

20070119565 - Cooling device: A cooling device has a large number of closely spaced impinging jets, adjacent an impingement gap, with parallel return paths for supplying coolant flow for the impinging jets with the least possible pressure drop using an interdigitated, branched hierarchical manifold. Surface enhancement features spanning the impingement gap form U-shaped microchannels... Agent: Anne Vachon Dougherty

20070119566 - Heat dissipation device: A heat dissipation device includes a fin set including a plurality of fins assembled together and a fan located beside the fin set. Pluralities of air passages are defined between the fins. Each fin has two spaced flaps extending from a main body thereof and dividing the main body to... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070119567 - Heat dissipation device: A heat dissipation device includes a heat sink, a cooling fan having a frame arranged on the heat sink, and a fan holder disposed between the heat sink and the cooling fan. The fan holder includes a square shaped frame defining an opening therein. A pair of flexible fasteners extend... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070119571 - Electronic device cooling apparatus: An electronic device cooling apparatus is disclosed that includes a cooling unit that is thermally connected to an electronic device and is configured to induce heat generated from the electronic device to be conducted to a cooling medium that is channeled into the cooling unit; and a heat dissipating unit... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070119569 - Redundant assembly for a liquid and air cooled module: A redundant assembly for an air and liquid cooled module is provided. The redundant cooling assembly comprises an air and liquid cooled module having a cold plate in thermal communication with a side attached auxiliary drawer. The auxiliary drawer houses a heat exchanger, a liquid pump with piping such that... Agent: Lily Neff IBM Corporation

20070119573 - Synthetic jet ejector for the thermal management of pci cards: A method for constructing a thermal management system is provided herein. In accordance with the method, a fan (405) is provided which is adapted to provide a global flow of fluid through the device. A synthetic jet ejector (409) is also provided which is adapted to augment the global flow... Agent: Fortkort & Houston P.C.

20070119572 - System and method for boiling heat transfer using self-induced coolant transport and impingements: According to one embodiment of the invention, a cooling system for a heat-generating structure comprises a chamber and structure disposed within the chamber. The chamber has an inlet and an outlet. The inlet receives fluid coolant into the chamber substantially in the form of a liquid. The outlet dispenses the... Agent: Baker Botts LLP

20070119568 - System and method of enhanced boiling heat transfer using pin fins: According to one embodiment of the invention, a cooling system for a heat-generating structure comprises a channel having an inlet and an exit and a plurality of pin fins extending at least partially across the channel. The inlet is operable to receive a fluid coolant into the channel substantially in... Agent: Baker Botts LLP

20070119570 - Water-cooling heat dissipation system: A heat dissipation system including at least a water block, a pump, a water cooler and a plurality of hard tubes is provided. The water block is used to contact a heat source, and the pump is used to circulate the liquid coolant to remove heat generated by the heat... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070119574 - Flow distributing unit and cooling unit having bypass flow: A cooling unit for cooling in particular power semiconductors contains a distributor for guiding liquid across a surface to be cooled. The distributor comprises an inlet manifold (8) and outlet manifold (9), whereby the inlet and outlet manifolds are connected through a flow cell, which has a main flow channel... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070119575 - Synthetic jet heat pipe thermal management system: A thermal management system (201) is provided which comprises a first heat spreader (205) comprising a heat pipe material, a plurality of fins (217) disposed on said first heat spreader, and a synthetic jet actuator (209) adapted to direct a synthetic jet between at least a pair of said plurality... Agent: Fortkort & Houston P.C.

20070119576 - Heat exchanger with modified tube surface feature: A heat exchanger includes a shell that has an inner chamber defined by an inside wall surface. A tube stack disposed within the inner chamber and includes a plurality of flat elongated tubes that define a first fluid flow path. The tubes each include a wire that is wound around... Agent: Honeywell Turbo Technologies

20070119577 - Radiant syngas cooler: A radiant syngas cooler used to contain and cool the synthesis gas produced by coal gasification processes employs radiant and convection surfaces in a specific arrangement to achieve a cost-effective, compact design.... Agent: The Babcock & Wilcox Company

20070119578 - Hot water supply heat exchanger: A hot water supply heat exchanger includes a water pipe (1) including a water pipe (W) and a refrigerant pipe (2) forming a refrigerant passage (R) and heats water flowing through the water passage (W) by a refrigerant flowing through the refrigerant passage (R). An inlet part (A) of the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070119579 - Heat exchanger and plate used in a heat exchanger: The aim of the invention is to provide a heat exchanger, in particular a stacked-plate cooler for a vehicle, which increases the heat transfer, thus maximising the utilisation of the heat transfer surface. To achieve this, the inventive heat exchanger (1) is equipped with several tray-shaped plates (2a to 2z).... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070119580 - Heat exchanger: The invention is directed to a heat exchanger (10) having a block (2) which includes a plurality of tubes (11) for conducting a fluid therethrough. The heat exchanger also includes a collector (5) having a tube base (4). The tubes have tube end sections (11) and the tubes are inserted... Agent: Walter Ottesen

20070119581 - Heat exchanger tube: In a heat exchanger tube, a brazing material, which is required for brazing tops (310) of inner fins (300) which are a flow passage dividing body and the inner surface of a tube body portion (200), not clad to a first material which constitutes the tube body portion but clad... Agent: Kazunao Kubotera Takeuchi & Kubotera

20070119582 - Thermal interface apparatus, systems, and methods: An apparatus and system, as well as fabrication methods therefor, may include a thermal interface material comprised of an array of carbon nanotubes and a buffer layer disposed between the thermal interface material and one of a die or a heat spreader. In some embodiments the carbon nanotubes may be... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070119583 - Heat sink for distributing a thermal load: A heat sink for distributing a thermal load is disclosed that includes a bottom plate, a top plate, a right plate, and a left plate, the plates connected along edges so as to define a space generally cubical in shape with four closed sides and two open ends; heat-dissipating fins... Agent: Ibm (rps-blf) C/o Biggers & Ohanian, LLP

20070119585 - Device and method for temperature control in an aircraft cabin: Device and method for temperature control in an aircraft cabin (104) wherein is controlled with a first supply control arrangement the supply of heated air from a first source into a first temperature area (106) of the aircraft cabin (104) depending upon a specified first temperature for the first temperature... Agent: Thomas J Burger Wood Herron & Evans

20070119584 - Device and process for temperature regulation of sections of the interior of an aircraft: A process for temperature regulation of sections of the interior of an aircraft with the following steps: recording of the respective actual temperatures and the respective nominal temperatures in the individual sections; mixing of engine bleed air and air which is cooler than the engine bleed air in order to... Agent: Thomas J Burger Wood Herron & Evans

20070119586 - Ventilating apparatus and controlling method of the same: Disclosed related to a ventilating apparatus according to the present invention comprising an outer air suction duct having an outer air inlet opening; an inner air suction duct having an inner air inlet opening; a heat transferring exchanger heat exchanging the outer air and the inner air inhaled through the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070114004 - Heat exchanger package with split charge air cooler: A combined radiator and charge air cooler package comprises a radiator for cooling engine coolant, and a charge air cooler for cooling charge air having upper and lower portions. The upper charge air cooler portion is disposed in overlapping relationship and adjacent to the upper end of the radiator, and... Agent: Law Office Of Delio & Peterson, LLC.

20070114003 - Modular heating system for large vehicles: A modular heating system for large vehicles. At least one elongated heating element module is suitable for horizontal mounting along an interior wall and near the floor of the vehicle. The heating element module includes a convector including at least one essentially longitudinally extending pipe arranged to conduct a heating... Agent: Venable LLP

20070114005 - Heat exchanger assembly for fuel cell and method of cooling outlet stream of fuel cell using the same: Provided are a heat exchanger assembly and a method of cooling the outlet stream of a fuel cell using the heat exchanger assembly, which increase the efficiency of heat exchange in fuel cell systems. The heat exchanging assembly for fuel cell systems comprising a heat exchanger and a ventilation unit... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070114006 - Heat-dissipating fin assembly for heat sink: A heat-dissipating fin assembly (1) includes a plurality of individual fin plates (10) arranged side by side. Each of the fin plates includes a main body (14) and a pair of flanges extending perpendicularly from opposite top and bottom sides of the main body. Each flange comprises a first plane... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070114007 - Heat exchanger: The invention relates to an exhaust-gas thermal conductor, comprising a tube array with exhaust gas flowing therethrough and cooling medium flowing around the same. The tube array is welded to a tube base, connected to the housing. As a result of varying temperature effects on the tubes and on the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070114008 - Heat pipe: A heat pipe includes a metal casing (10) filled with a working fluid therein, a capillary wick (20) provided inside of the metal casing and a tube (30) contacting with a surface of the capillary wick. The metal casing includes an evaporating section (40), a condensing section (60) and an... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070114009 - Heat dissipation device: A heat dissipation device for an electronic unit includes a heat sink (10), a pair of first heat pipes (20) and a pair of second heat pipes (30). The heat sink includes a base (12) for contacting with the electronic unit (42), a plate (14) spaced from the base, and... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070114010 - Liquid cooling for backlit displays: The present invention provides a cooling system for a backlit device. The cooling system has a first heat collector that comprises a micro tube. The first heat collector is for maintaining contact with the backlit device. The cooling system also has a first radiator, a first pump, an interconnecting tubing,... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20070114011 - Heat exchanger: The invention relates to a heat exchanger, particularly an evaporator for air conditioners in motor vehicles, having a number of heat transfer surfaces made of metal, in particular, aluminum or aluminum compounds. The aim of the invention is to provide this heat exchanger with a surface coating that is improved... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070114012 - Heat exchanger: In order to achieve a uniform temperature distribution with a high level of efficiency while minimizing any increase in production cost, a heat exchanger adopts a four-pass structure, comprising a plurality of tubes disposed so as to distribute a coolant along a top-bottom direction over two rows to the front... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070114013 - Charge-air cooler for motor vehicles: The invention relates to a heat exchanger for motor vehicles, especially for utility vehicles. Said heat exchanger comprises a heat exchanger unit (2), constituted of tubes (5) having tube ends and ribs (6) disposed between said tubes (5), and collecting tanks (3, 4), disposed on both ends and produced by... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070114014 - Heat exchanger with header and flow guide: A plate heat exchanger includes a heat exchanger block having a plurality of heat exchange passages. On the heat exchanger block, a header is mounted that extends over at least one part of one side of the heat exchanger block and establishes a flow connection between part of the heat... Agent: Cahn & Samuels LLP

20070107870 - Performance testing apparatus for heat pipes: A performance testing apparatus for a heat pipe includes an immovable portion having a cooling structure defined therein for cooling a heat pipe needing to be tested. A movable portion is capable of moving relative to the immovable portion. A receiving structure is defined between the immovable portion and the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070107871 - Heat sink: A heat sink for dissipating heat from an electronic component comprises a heat spreader and a plurality of first fins and second fins provided thereon. The first and second fins are parallel to each other and arranged in alternating order so as to define a plurality of air passages. The... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070107872 - Heat sink with increased cooling capacity and semiconductor device comprising the hear sink: A heat sink for a semiconductor device comprises a base which has a first surface on which a plurality of heat-radiating fins are arranged, and a second surface which contacts the semiconductor device directly. A heat spreader is provided on the second surface of the base so that the heat... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070107874 - Water cooling type heat dissipation apparatus with parallel runners: A water cooling type heat dissipation apparatus includes a heat dissipation stage having an upper cover and a lower cover. A first passageway and a second passageway extend from two ends of the upper cover. The upper cover includes a concave on inner side thereof. The lower cover includes a... Agent: Hdsl

20070107873 - Water-cooling head and method for making the same: A water-cooling head and a method for making the same. A first cover and a second cover form a water-cooling head. An intake pipe and a drainpipe extend from both ends of the first cover. A plurality of heat-conducting particles is fixedly provided inside of the second cover and irregularly... Agent: Hdsl

20070107875 - Flat plate heat transfer device: Disclosed is a flat plate heat transfer device, which includes a thermally conductive flat case installed between a heat source and a heat emitting unit and containing a working fluid evaporated with absorbing heat from the heat source and condensed with emitting heat to the heat emitting unit; and a... Agent: Jones Day

20070107878 - Heat pipe with a tube therein: A heat pipe includes a metal casing (100) filled with a working fluid therein, a capillary wick (200) provided inside of the metal casing and a tube (300) contacting with a surface of the capillary wick. The capillary wick extends in an axial direction of the casing and has a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070107877 - Heat pipe with multiple vapor-passages: A heat pipe includes a metal casing (100) filled with a working fluid therein, a capillary wick (200) provided inside of the metal casing and a tube (300) contacting with a surface of the capillary wick. The capillary wick extends in an axial direction of the casing. A plurality of... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070107876 - Heat sink with heat pipes: A heat sink includes a base (10) and heat pipes (20). The base includes a bottom surface contacting with a heat-generating electronic component (100), an upper surface defining grooves (12) receiving the heat pipes therein. Evaporating sections (22) of the heat pipes are located near a first end portion (10a)... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070107879 - Liquid evaporator: A liquid evaporator includes a liquid reservoir (3) with a liquid to be evaporated, a heater (9) and an evaporator tube (12). The evaporator tube (12) has a first porous element (1) having a first porosity and with an area in contact with the liquid in the liquid reservoir (3)... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20070107880 - Heat sink structure: The invention relates to a heat sink structure, which includes a central heat conducting body having a plurality of cooling fins extending from the periphery of the central heat conducting body, a through hole therein penetrating both sides thereof, and a cover plate and a bottom plate enclosing both openings... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070107881 - Dispenser device: This invention provides a user with a simple means to manually or electronically cool or warm up a liquid in a container. The user is able to pump air into the container holding the liquid to force the air into a holding well where the user can treat a small... Agent: Dwayne L. Bentley Law Office Of Dwayne L. Bentley

20070107882 - Flow channel for a heat exchanger, and heat exchanger comprising such flow channels: The invention relates to a flow channel of a heat exchanger with two parallel heat transfer areas that are arranged at a distance corresponding to a channel height 11. Each heat transfer area (F1, F2) is provided with a structure that is formed by a plurality of structural elements which... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070107883 - Colored and textured heat dissipating device: A colored heat dissipating device comprises at least one heat conductive tube; a plurality of fins combined with the heat dissipating device; each fin being formed with a colored protection film by anodizing processing. Furthermore, a colored heat dissipating device comprises at least one seat; a plurality of fins combined... Agent: Shyh Ming Chen

20070107884 - Polymeric hollow fiber heat exchange systems: Heat exchange systems are provided that include one or more polymeric hollow fibers. Exemplary hollow fibers are asymmetric and include a microporous wall and a dense skin formed thereon, thereby preventing liquid transmission and/or contamination through the wall of the hollow fiber while simultaneously enhancing heat transfer based on the... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP Attn.: Basam E. Nabulsi

20070107885 - Heat exchanger with integral shell and tube plates: A heat exchanger comprises a shell formed from two joined-together shell members. Each shell member includes a tube plate that is integral with each respective shell member and that defines an axial end of the shell member. The shell members are joined along respective open ends. A plurality of tubes... Agent: Honeywell Turbo Technologies

20070107886 - Evaporator for a refrigeration system: An evaporator for a refrigeration system includes a baffle plate extending over a portion of a tube bundle assembly, the baffle plate assisting in directing a fluid flow from a tube first portion to a tube second portion. A method of forming an evaporator is further included.... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070107887 - Internal heat exchanger: In an internal heat exchanger, when a corresponding diameter of a high pressure passage 5a is Ψh, a passage length Lh of the high pressure passage (5a) is so set as to satisfy the relation 9.16/{LN(4.5−Ψh+1.03)}<Lh<46/{LN(4.5−Ψh+1.03)}, and when a corresponding diameter of a low pressure passage 5c is ΨI, a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070107888 - Compact heat exchanger made of ceramics having corrosion resistance at high temperature: Ceramic materials that are highly resistant to strong acids such as concentrated sulfuric acid and halides such as hydrogen iodide are employed to make block elements through which a large number of circular ingress channels extend in perpendicular directions and which are joined and piled in the heat exchanging medium... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070107889 - Core assembly with deformation preventing features: A heat exchanger assembly includes a core assembly having air passages that are closed off on at least one side by a closure bar. A reinforcing bar is received within a channel of the closure bar to create an interface with substantially no gaps that may accumulate moisture within the... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070107890 - Heat exchanger and method for the production thereof: The invention relates to a heat exchanger which is especially used as an oil cooler in vehicles, and a method for the production thereof. A heat exchanger which is especially used as an oil cooler in the motor vehicle industry consists of interconnected plates. Outwardly closed cavities are embodied between... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070107891 - Utility vehicle cooling system: A system for cooling an occupant of a vehicle comprises a mechanical refrigeration unit carried by the vehicle. The refrigeration unit is capable of generating a mechanically cooled fluid. The system includes at least one fan for directing the mechanically cooled fluid to a designated area. A control switch may... Agent: Indianapolis Office 27879 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070107892 - Vehicular air conditioner: A vehicular air conditioner in which a defroster opening, a front seat vent opening and a foot opening are provided at locations opposed to an air mix area in an air conditioner case, a defroster door which opens and closes the defroster opening is provided, and a vent foot switching... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070102138 - Cooling device and method of manufacturing the same: A cooling device has a case defining a first space through which a first fluid flows and a second space through which a second fluid having the temperature lower than that of the first fluid flows. A first heat exchanger is disposed in the first space for performing heat exchange... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070102139 - Heat exchanger for centrifugal compressor gas sealing: Heat exchanger device for a gas seal (1) for centrifugal compressors equipped with a fluid heat exchanger (3) positioned between the gas seal (1) and the housing wall of the seal to keep the temperature of the seal (1) low in the case of high temperatures of the wall and/or... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20070102141 - Diversion component: A diversion component connecting to a fixing base for heat sink at least includes a deformable piece and locating portions provided on the piece for connecting the diversion component to the fixing base for heat sink, wherein when the diversion component is connected to the fixing base for heat sink,... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070102143 - Heat dissipation module and heat pipe thereof: A heat dissipation module includes a heat pipe and a plurality of fins disposed around the heat pipe. The heat pipe includes a main body, a base, a first wick, a second wick and a working fluid. The main body has a top portion and a sidewall portion disposed around... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070102142 - Heat spreaders with vias: Constructions for and methods of manufacturing graphite heat spreaders having thermal vias placed therethrough are provided. Thermal vias having one or two flanges are disclosed, as are flush thermal vias. Graphite heat spreaders having surface layers covering the graphite material are provided. Graphite heat spreaders having a layer of cladding... Agent: Waddey & Patterson, P.C.

20070102144 - Radiating module and the manufacturing method thereof: A method for manufacturing a radiating module consisting of a plurality of radiating fins, at least one heat-transfer tube, and a seat includes the steps of forming through holes on the radiating fins, extending the heat-transfer tube through the through holes on the radiating fins, and positioning a seat in... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070102140 - Structured thermal transfer article: Structured thermal transfer article comprising a plurality of metal bodies and a plurality of interstitial elements disposed between and connecting the plurality of metal bodies to one another. The metal bodies comprise an inner portion comprising a first metal and an outer portion comprising an alloy comprising the first metal... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070102145 - System for air-conditioning an environment, in particular the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle: The air-conditioning system comprises at least one sensor of the thermal comfort of the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, and an apparatus having at least one pair of heat-exchanger units, each designed to increase and reduce said temperature at alternating intervals under the control of the sensor. Each heat-exchanger... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070102146 - Cooling device for electronic components: A fluid heat exchanger includes: a base, a heat pipe including an evaporator portion thermally coupled to the base and a condenser portion; a coolant block portion thermally coupled to the condenser portion of the heat pipe, the coolant block portion including a liquid tight passage extending from a passage... Agent: Bennett Jones C/o Ms Roseann Caldwell

20070102148 - Food preparation and storage device: A food storage and preparation device (10, 50, 100) is provided for more rapidly cooling or heating a mass of food or other product contained within a storage pan. The device includes a plurality of air contact fins (20) which rapidly convey heat to and from the ambient surrounding air... Agent: William R. Gustavson

20070102147 - Heat dissipation apparatus and method for manufacturing the same: An exemplary heat dissipation apparatus includes a base member and a number of cooling fins. Each of the cooling fins includes a main part and a foot part embedded in the base member, the foot part includes a first portion extending from the main part in the extension direction of... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070102149 - Electronically-controlled register vent for zone heating and cooling: An Electronically-Controlled Register vent (ECRV) that can be easily installed by a homeowner or general handyman is disclosed. The ECRV can be used to convert a non-zoned HVAC system into a zoned system. The ECRV can also be used in connection with a conventional zoned HVAC system to provide additional... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070095503 - High density corrosive resistant gas to air heat exchanger: A gas to air heat exchanger includes corrosive resistant tubes made from or internally coated with one material, and high thermal conductivity air fins made from another material. This construction allows for meeting heat transfer requirements in a spatially constrained application, such as over the road trucks, where a mixture... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell & Mcneil Attorneys PC

20070095502 - Instantaneous air-heating unit: It consists of a bell housing (1) for collecting hot air (2), semi-attached to the exhaust fume output manifolds (3) of the engine (4) of the vehicle, preferably during starting, linked by an air hose (5) to a small turbine (6) or an extractor which forces the air into the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070095504 - Radiator for a work machine: A radiator may have a first cooler that may be connected to a lower end portion of the radiator. The first cooler may comprise a bottom compartment. The bottom compartment may have a front wall, a rear wall, first and second spaced apart side walls, a bottom wall and a... Agent: Caterpillar Inc. 100 N.e. Adams Street

20070095505 - Starter controller coolant outlet flow kit: The starter controller coolant outlet flow kit includes a hollow metallic reservoir pipe having a proximal end and a distal end. A side radial hole near the proximal end is provided for a soldered connection to a header. The header is provided with a soldered end cap and a plurality... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20070095506 - Heat pipe and method for making the same: A heat pipe includes a casing (100) receiving working fluid therein, and a wick structure (200) formed at an inner wall of the casing. The casing includes an evaporating section (120) and a condensing section (140). The wick structure at the evaporating section has a thickness larger than that of... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070095507 - Silicon mems based two-phase heat transfer device: The present invention is a MEMS-based two-phase LHP (loop heat pipe) and CPL (capillary pumped loop) using semiconductor grade silicon and microlithographic/anisotrophic etching techniques to achieve a planar configuration. The principal working material is silicon (and compatible borosilicate glass where necessary), particularly compatible with the cooling needs for electronic and... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd. Jeffrey W. Salmon, Esq.

20070095508 - Heat dissipation device having louvered heat-dissipating fins: A heat dissipation device includes a base and a fin set arranged on the base. The fin set includes a plurality of spaced fins, a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. Pluralities of passages are defined between the fins and extending from the first end... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070095509 - Heat dissipation having a heat pipe: A heat dissipation device includes a heat sink (10) and a heat pipe (20). The heat sink includes a base (12), a fins group (16) extending from the base, and a cover (14) contacting with the fins group. The heat pipe surrounds top and bottom and two opposite sides of... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070095510 - Heat-pipe type heat sink: A heat-pipe type heat sink (10) includes a plurality of fins (140) each defining at least a through hole (143) therein, at least a heat pipe (16) extending through the through holes of the fins, and soldering material filled in spaces formed between the heat pipe and the fins. A... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070095511 - Universal fan for motor vehicle heat exchanger: A cooling system assembly for a vehicle includes a heat exchanger with a plurality of fins for the transfer of heat to air passing therebetween. The heat exchanger has a pre-selected length, width, and thickness such that the heat exchanger fits adjacent an engine of the vehicle. A plurality of... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20070095512 - Shell and tube evaporator: An evaporator for a refrigeration system wherein a water makes a plurality of passes therethrough, includes a tube bundle assembly having a known tube bundle portion associated with each of a plurality of passes of water therethrough, each of a plurality of tubes of a tube bundle portion associated with... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070095513 - Heat exchanger: A known heat exchanger has a lower rate of blocking the movement of moisture through the joint as compared to a joint bonded with a moisture impermeable adhesive because the corrugated and flat substrates are bonded with thermoplastic fibers by performing heating and pressurizing treatments, but has insufficient moisture permeability... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070095514 - Tube for heat exchanger and method of manufacturing the same: A tube for a heat exchanger has a tube member and a fin inserted in the tube member. The tube member has a first wall having a first end portion and a second wall having a second end portion. The second end portion of the second wall is folded over... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070095515 - Inner fin with cutout window for heat exchanger: An inner fin (1) of a heat exchanger has, on front and rear faces thereof, protruding ridges (2, 3) protruding in opposite directions to each other. Grooves (4, 5) to serve as passages of a heat exchange medium are formed between the adjacent protruding ridges (2, 3). In wall portions... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070095516 - Temperature control device: In a temperature control device, a plurality of screening cylinders each having a different diameter are concentrically arranged within a liquid tank to concentrically form a plurality of layered channels which are communicated to define a circulation passage through which constant-temperature fluid flows. A heat transfer tube through which liquid... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070095517 - Multi-zone air conditioning system for a motor vehicle: The invention relates to an air conditioning system (1) for a motor vehicle comprising several zones, an air-flow compensation device (12) being located between at least two of the individual zones and to a method for regulating a multi-zone air conditioning system comprising an air-flow compensation device.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070095518 - System and method for zone heating and cooling: An Electronically-Controlled Register vent (ECRV) that can be easily installed by a homeowner or general handyman is disclosed. The ECRV can be used to convert a non-zoned HVAC system into a zoned system. The ECRV can also be used in connection with a conventional zoned HVAC system to provide additional... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070095519 - Method and device for recovering energy: Existing energy recovery systems are used in the fields of air conditioning and ventilation for recovering energy from the outgoing air or external air. Subsequent to an energy recovery system (10), additional thermal energy is extracted from a used air volume flow AB, which is coming from an air-conditioned room,... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070095520 - Controller for two-stage heat source usable with single and two stage thermostats: A controller for a two-stage heat source is provide, which may be connected to either a single stage or a two-stage thermostat to provide low stage heating for a variable time period before switching to high stage heating. The controller includes at least a first terminal for receiving a signal... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20070095521 - Cooling system and method for expelling heat from a heat source located in the interior of an aircraft: With a cooling system for expelling heat from a heat source (30) located in the interior of an aircraft to a heat reducer (32), with a piping system (10) sealed against the surrounding atmosphere which is thermally coupled to a heat intake section (14) with the heat source (38) and... Agent: Thomas J Burger Wood Herron & Evans

20070095522 - Method of cleaning dust using a cooling fan of a computer and related dust-cleaning device: A dust-cleaning device for a computer and a method using the same that utilizes a computer fan are disclosed. The computer is a laptop computer, a desktop computer, or a server. The method comprises: determining if a temperature of an electronic component is higher than a specific temperature; and if... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070095523 - Ventilation system: The invention relates to a ventilation system for exchanging the air in a room with outside air, which system comprises: A fine wire heat exchanger having a first channel and a second channel, which channels are in heat-exchanging contact with each other, and wherein the first channel has an inlet... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.