Heat exchange inventions 09/07

20070221360 - Temperature control apparatus for vehicle: A temperature control apparatus for radiating heat from a side door to a vehicle interior is disclosed. A heat source is disposed within a peripheral edge part of an opening in a vehicle body. A heat pipe is provided to the side door. When the opening is closed by the... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070221363 - Mounting apparatus: A mounting apparatus includes a surface plate; a temperature control unit integrated with the surface plate; and a bottom plate integrated with the temperature control unit via a heat insulation ring, wherein a temperature of a target object held on the surface plate is capable of being controlled and the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070221361 - Absorber for a pipe construction or sewer construction and pipe or sewer configuration provided with the absorber: An absorber for a pipe or sewer structure has at least one feed connection and at least one return connection. One or more absorber channels connect a feed to a return stub. The absorber channels of the absorber are combined in an absorber channel mat to form a physical unit,... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070221362 - Disinfection system: Apparatus for disinfecting fluid, the apparatus including a preheat heat exchanger (4) and a disinfection tank (5). The preheat exchanger heats the fluid to a first temperature and includes a first inlet for receiving the fluid (2), a first outlet for supplying preheated fluid at the first temperature, a second... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070221364 - Liquid-cooling heat sink: A liquid-cooling heat sink includes a base (10), a heat exchanger (30), a housing (20), an inlet (26) and an outlet (27). The heat exchanger (30) has a hollow (33) formed therein, and is thermally coupled to the base (10). The housing (20) has a chamber (24) formed therein, and... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070221365 - U-shaped heat exchanger tube with a concavity formed into its return bend: A heat exchanger tube includes a tube body that forms a hollow passageway and has a U-shaped tube section defining a return bend and a pair of straight tube sections. Respective ones of the straight tube sections are connected to the U-shaped section at respective connection locations and extend generally... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070221366 - Heat exchanger: A heat exchanger with reduced pressure loss, and improved productivity and strength. The heat exchanger is made by laminating first heat conduction plates and second heat conduction plates alternately. A first heat conduction plate and a second heat conduction plate are integrally molded of one sheet. The sheet includes air... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070221367 - Acoustic heater and acoustic heating system: In order that an object can be warmed through the use of thermoacoustic effect, the acoustic heating apparatus includes a first stack 3a sandwiched between a high-temperature-side heat exchanger 4 and a low-temperature input-side heat exchanger 5 in a first tube portion 2a and a second stack 3b sandwiched between... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070221368 - Heat exchanger for motorcycle use and manufacturing method thereof: A heat exchanger, for motorcycle use and mounted on a motorcycle and in which heat is exchanged between air and a heating medium flowing inside the heat exchanger, is characterized in that: the heat exchanger is fixed to a motorcycle body via a bracket 8; the bracket 8 includes a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070221369 - Composite heat sink with metal base and graphite fins: A composite heat sink apparatus includes a metal base which has a thermal conductivity of at least about 150 W/m°K. The metal base is preferably constructed either of copper of aluminum. The heat sink apparatus further includes a plurality of fins attached to the base, the fins being constructed of... Agent: Waddey & Patterson, P.C.

20070221370 - Power supply system for a vehicle climate control unit: A truck includes an alternator having a direct current electrical power output. The truck also includes an inverter having an alternating current electrical power output, and a battery. The truck further includes a day cab forming an interior space and a climate control unit for conditioning the interior space of... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070221371 - Vehicle air conditioner: A vehicle air conditioner includes an air-conditioning ECU. The air-conditioning ECU performs a cooling mode operation in which air is cooled by an interior heat exchanger in a cooling refrigeration cycle. The air-conditioning ECU performs a heating mode operation, in which air is heated by the interior heat exchanger in... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070215317 - Movable multi-functional air-conditioner and its method of use: A movable multi-functional air-conditioner equipped with wheels for high mobility is disclosed having a front chamber with an air inlet and an air outlet, an evaporator and a fan mounted in the front chamber, a rear chamber with an air inlet and an air outlet, a heater and a condenser... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20070215321 - Heat dissipation device: A heat dissipation device includes a first base plate having a flat top surface, a plurality of flattened heat pipes, a fin assembly located above the heat pipes and a thermally conductive layer formed between the heat pipes and the fin assembly. The thermally conductive layer has a flat surface... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070215316 - Semiconductor device: A semiconductor device in which the lifetime of mounted components can be prolonged. A cooling system for controlling the temperature of a refrigerant through a heating section (1) and a radiator (2) is provided. The semiconductor device (100) is connected to the cooling system and is cooled. A variation width... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070215318 - Heat dissipating device: A heat dissipating device comprises a plurality of fins. Each of an upper side and a lower side of the fin is folded as a vertical folding sheet. An unfolded portion of the fin is cut to form four cutting hole. Each hole is formed with a buckling sheet. An... Agent: Li-wei Fan Chiang

20070215322 - Heat dissipating device: A heat dissipating device comprises a plurality of fins. An upper side and a lower side of each fin is folded with folding sheets. Each of two sides of each sheet is protruded with a buckling ear. The buckling ear is formed by a triangular sheet and a support plate.... Agent: Li-wei Fan Chiang

20070215319 - Heat dissipation device having a bracket: A heat dissipation device (10) includes a first heat sink (20), a second heat sink (30) and a heat pipe (40) transferring heat from the first heat sink to the second heat sink. A bracket (50) includes a first end (51) attached to the first heat sink and a second... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070215320 - Heat sink with combined fins: A heat sink (10) for removing heat from heat-generating devices includes a plurality of fins (12) interconnected together by a fastener (20) extending therethrough. Each fin comprises a main body (14) and a flange (16) bent from an edge of the body. The main body has a thickness and defines... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070215323 - Heat-dissipating structure: A heat-dissipating structure is proposed, which can be attached to a heating member for dissipating heat energy produced by the heating member. The heat-dissipating structure includes a base and a plurality of heat-dissipating fins. The base is attached to the heating member. The plurality of heat-dissipating fins, configured as a... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070215325 - Double sided heat sink with microchannel cooling: An apparatus for cooling at least two heated surfaces includes a base plate defining multiple upper and lower supply manifolds and upper and lower exhaust manifolds. The upper and lower supply (exhaust) manifolds receive (exhaust) coolant, and the upper (lower) supply and exhaust manifolds are interleaved. The apparatus further includes... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070215324 - Liquid-cooled heat dissipater: A liquid-cooled heat dissipater is composed of a fin, a substrate, and a plurality of screwing members. One or more than one interconnected grooves are concaved on a surface at one side of the fin, and are connected to a liquid inlet junction and a liquid outlet junction on the... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070215326 - Air-oil heat exchanger: A heat exchange system for use in fluid operated equipment to provide air and working fluid heat exchanges to cool the working fluid in airstreams on a stream side of a wall. An actuator is mounted to be substantially located on a side of the wall opposite the stream side... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070215328 - Coated heat sink: A coated heat sink includes: a copper base seat, an aluminum heat-dissipating seat, a plurality of heat pipes, a solder, a heat-conducting adhesive glue, and a plurality of heat-dissipating fins. The aluminum heat-dissipating seat disposes on top of the copper base seat. The heat pipes dispose on the top of... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070215327 - Heat dissipation device: A heat dissipation device includes a heat sink (30) and a heat pipe (40) thermally attached to the heat sink. The heat sink includes a base (32) with an opening (3262) defined therethrough, and a plurality of fins (36) mounted on the base. The heat pipe comprises an evaporating portion... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070215329 - Electric device with improved cooling and casing therefor: The casing of a power supply includes a bottom and a cover. Both of them have a U-like shape. Since the cover is slightly wider than the bottom two air ducts are provided between the side plates of the bottom and the corresponding side plates of the cover respectively. A... Agent: Thomas D Macblain Gallagher & Kennedy

20070215330 - Heat exchanger: A heat exchanger for exchanging heat with gas made to flow in a flow direction is disclosed. The heat exchanger is provided with: a plurality of plates each having a first side and a second side; a plurality of tubes configured to conduct a thermal medium, the tubes penetrating the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070215331 - Semifinished joint plate, joint plate, process for fabricating joint plate and heat exchanger: A semifinished joint plate 60 has a refrigerant inlet portion 45 and a refrigerant outlet portion 46 spaced apart in the front-rear direction. The semifinished plate 60 has an upwardly or downwardly extending slit 61 formed between the inlet portion 45 and the outlet portion 46, and slit width adjusting... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070215332 - Fluid cooling system: The invention provides a fluid cooling system comprising a heat exchanger with an outer wall forming a chamber with an inlet and an outlet for circulating a heat exchange medium in the chamber. The chamber has an opening towards the component which is to be cooled, and to protect the... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070215333 - Heat exchanger: The first tube (107, 507, 607) is constructed from steel alloy which has alloyed components to reduce the hardness of the steel to facilitate tube bending within a heat transfer system, thereby allowing the first tube to be constructed from the steel within the heat transfer system, in preference to... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (rockford Office)

20070215334 - Heat exchanger tank: A heat exchanger is disclosed having a pair of tanks, the tanks including a center wall, a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a pair of baffles, and a cover, wherein the center wall, the first sidewall, and the second sidewall are integrally formed to minimize a complexity of manufacture and... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20070215338 - Active liquid metal thermal spreader: The present invention is a method and apparatus for cooling a semiconductor heat source. In one embodiment a thermal spreader is provided and includes a substrate for supporting the semiconductor heat source and a heat sink coupled to the substrate. A channel is disposed between the heat sink and substrate.... Agent: Moser, Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070215335 - Heat sink: A heat sink includes a base and a plurality of column-shaped fins. The base defines an array of blind holes therein. The fins threadedly engage in the base at the blind holes by self-tapping so that the fins are interferentially and intimately engaged with the base. The fins each include... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070215337 - Heat sink material, manufacturing method for the same, and semiconductor laser device: Provided are a heat sink material made of an alloy or a composite material including two or more types of elements which has an end surface that makes possible formation of an edge portion on which at least a laser element is mounted, a manufacturing method for the same, and... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070215336 - Mesh-type heat dissipating structure: A mesh-type heat dissipating structure includes a base and a plurality of heat dissipating fins disposed at intervals on the base, each of the heat dissipating fins having a plurality of meshes to increase the heat dissipating area of the heat dissipating structure, such that the mesh-type heat dissipating structure... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070215339 - Vehicle air conditioning system having non-contacting temperature sensors: When a front-passenger seat occupant detecting sensor indicates absence of an occupant in a front-passenger seat, an air conditioning control ECU adjusts a temperature measurement measured with a non-contacting temperature sensor for measuring a surface temperature of the occupant in the front-passenger seat and controls air conditioning state around the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070215340 - Boiler control unit: The invention relates to a boiler control unit (20) for controlling a burner (2) in a heating boiler (1) controlled by a thermal relay (6). The control unit (20) includes a delayed cycle controller (21) which overrides the thermal relay (6) control and thus delays the activating of the boiler.... Agent: Christian D. Abel

20070215341 - Device, cooling function monitoring apparatus, and fan deterioration monitoring program storing medium: A relationship between an operating rate and a temperature of a metal part when a fan is in a normal state is stored in advance, a temperature of a heat-generating part and a temperature of a reference point are actually measured in an operation to designate a temperature of the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070209779 - Vehicle air-conditioning related technique having refrigeration cycle of supercritical refrigerant: A vehicle air-conditioning apparatus in which supercritical refrigerant passing through a refrigerant heat releasing passage of a heat releasing device exchanges heat with refrigerant cooling air introduced from an air introduction surface of a heat releasing device to be cooled, and the cooled refrigerant exchanges heat with air to be... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070209780 - Combined fluid-air evaporator and novel switching concept for a heat pump in a ventilating apparatus: A combined fluid-air evaporator having at least two separate duct systems is described, through which separate material flows may be conducted, at least one of the two duct systems having a free surface which may be brought into thermal contact with an air flow, and the at least two duct... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070209781 - Heat exchanger easy mount system: A heat exchange easy mount system is presented. A number of embodiments are presented. The easy mount system includes one or more tabs or appendages extending from the heat exchange unit and locking into holes or cavities in surfaces of an electronic system housing. Another embodiment of the easy mount... Agent: Arthur W. Fisher Patent Dominion Partnership, Lp

20070209782 - System and method for cooling a server-based data center with sub-ambient cooling: According to one embodiment of the invention, a cooling system for heat-generating structures comprises a plurality of heat exchangers, a structure which directs flow of the fluid coolant substantially in the form of a liquid to each of the plurality of heat exchangers, and a structure which reduces a pressure... Agent: Baker Botts LLP

20070209783 - Heat exchanger with tube core, in particular for a supercharged internal combustion engine: A heat exchanger including at least a first manifold and a second manifold connected by a bundle of horizontal tubes. An air flow circulates to be cooled by a cooling air flow. The bundle includes at least: a first portion including a first series of tubes with turbulators of passage... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070209784 - Water-cooling heat dissipation device and water block for the same: A water-cooling heat dissipation device includes a water block and a pump communicated with the water block and having cooling liquid therein. The water-cooling includes a casing and a metal panel, where the casing includes a hollow and closed cavity, a water inlet and a water outlet outside the casing... Agent: Hdsl

20070209785 - Cooler block, especially for a charge air cooler/coolant cooler: The invention relates to a soldered cooler block, especially for a charge air cooler/coolant cooler, which is constructed in a packet-type manner. Cooling channels (2) for a liquid coolant are arranged in said cooler block in a crossways manner in first layers and gas channels (1) for a gas which... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070209786 - Heat exchanger and heat transferring member with symmetrical angle portions: A plurality of angle portions 2c of the fins on an upstream side and those on a downstream side of an air flow are provided so as to be substantially symmetrical with each other. Due to this, bending forces are continuously exerted on a thin plate-like fin material in a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070209787 - Heat exchanger: A heat exchanger including a tube unit in which a plurality of tubes (2) which are disposed in a stacked state, a one side header tank part (4) which is provided at one end side of the tube unit and in which a returning tank chamber (12) is formed, an... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070209788 - Heat exchanging tube with spiral groove: The present invention relates to a heat transfer tube with spiral groove, comprising a stainless steel tube body with inward convex spiral groove on surface, wherein the stainless steel tube body possesses unequal height and width in the cross sectional view. In the EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) cooling system for... Agent: J.c. Patents

20070209789 - Air-conditioning system: An air-conditioning system preventing the vented air temperature of a rear seat evaporator from not being able to be adjusted, wherein an electronic control system judges that the surface of the rear seat evaporator is frosting up when a target blowing rate of the rear seat blower is lower than... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070209790 - Isolating tube for a cooling element which can be loaded with high voltage: An isolating tube is disclosed having a mechanically load-bearing plastic tube composed of a fiber-reinforced polymer for use in a cooling element which can be loaded with high voltage, during whose operation the isolating tube forms an electrical isolation gap and in the tube interior carries an agent which flows... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070204972 - Method and apparatus for dissipating heat: A heat dissipation device, comprises a base, a base element positioned within the base, and at least one heat exchange component mounted on the base. The at least one heat exchange component comprises at least one porous foam component (e.g., a metallized foam or a carbon foam), at least one... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070204973 - System and apparatus for non-powered cleaning of tubular heat exchange systems: In the present invention, a dual hull cyclone is incorporated into a non-powered cleaning system using balls for tubular heat exchange systems. The dual hull cyclone separates balls which are smaller than a predetermined diameter so that they can be disposed of and replaced. The dual hull cyclone also serves... Agent: Intellectual Property Law Group LLP

20070204974 - Heat pipe with controlled fluid charge:

20070204975 - Heat pipe and method for manufacturing the same: A heat pipe includes a pipe containing phase changeable working media therein. A wick structure is located on an inner face of the pipe. A space is surrounded by the wick structure in the pipe. At least one muzzle with an inlet and an outlet is positioned inside the pipe;... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070204976 - Heat sink with a centrifugal fan: A heat sink with a centrifugal fan comprising: a cover of a prescribed shape including an air intake port and an air discharge port; a heat receiving block thermally connected to a heat generating part to be cooled; a bottom portion which is excellent in heat transferability, thermally connected to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070204977 - Heat exchanger for stationary air conditioning system with improved water condensate drainage: A heat exchanger in a cabinet space for use in a stationary air conditioning system, wherein the heat exchanger has a pair of substantially horizontal manifold tanks engaged to a plurality of substantially vertically oriented flow tubes bent into substantially an L shape having a bend angle sufficiently steep that... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070204978 - Heat exchanger unit: A heat exchanger unit includes a support assembly having a support surface extending in a first plane and a heat exchanger coupled to the support surface and fixed relative to the first plane. The heat exchanger includes a first manifold and a second manifold extending in spaced relationship with one... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070204979 - Heat exchanger: The difference in linear thermal expansion coefficient between the fins (57) and the adsorbent layer (58) is made smaller than the difference in the linear thermal expansion coefficient between the fins (57) and the adsorbent.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070204980 - Heat exchanger for common use for boiler and hot water supply: A heat exchanger for common use for both a boiler and a hot water supply is provided, which includes a plurality of inner plate members (110) having inner plate member grooves formed on either side of the upper end thereof, and a burner provided on the bottom surface thereof, to... Agent: Devine, Millimet & Branch, P.A.

20070204982 - Manifolds and manifold connections for heat exchangers: Manifolds and manifold connections for heat exchangers are disclosed. One embodiment includes an elongate tubular body with a central cavity. The body has an elongate retainer formed therealong. An attachment member is received by the retainer and an insert is retained between the tubular body and the attachment. The insert... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070204981 - Modular manifolds for heat exchangers: Modular manifolds for heat exchangers are disclosed with a primary tube disposed alongside a heat exchanger with a port disposed adjacent to ports of the heat exchanger. A manifold block is provided with a port mounted to the primary tube for fluid communication with the primary tube. The manifold block... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070204983 - Heat exchanger: A heat-exchanger header tank of a gas cooler includes a tank formation member, a tube-connecting plate joined to the tank formation member outer surface, and a partition disposed within and joined to the tank formation member to divide the tank formation member interior into plural refrigerant channels extending in the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070204984 - Coolant circuit and method of cooling a fuel cell stack: A coolant circuit for cooling a fuel cell stack for a motor vehicle includes a heating device for raising the temperature of the coolant and a cooling device for lowering the temperature of the coolant. The cooling device and the heating device are fluidically connected in series in the coolant... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070204985 - Vehicle air conditioner with rotary door: A rotary door for a vehicle air conditioner includes a rotation shaft, a door surface that is spaced from an axial line of the rotation shaft radially outside and is rotated integrally with the rotation shaft, and a seal portion provided at a peripheral end portion of the door surface.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C