Heat exchange inventions 03/08

20080073054 - Method and device for assessing the risk of fluid leakage in a heat exchanger with sensor: A method and device, for a heat exchanger which is provided with gaskets, for assessing and detecting the risk of fluid leakage in the heat exchanger due to worn-out gaskets. In the heat exchanger, a heat transfer plate (5) with gasket (6) is provided with a pressure sensor (15) which... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080073056 - Air conditioner for vehicle: In an air amount control for controlling an air amount to be blown into a vehicle compartment, a water temperature control map in which the air amount is set based on a water temperature of cooling water for the vehicle is stored, and the air amount is determined based on... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080073057 - Air conditioner for vehicle and controlling method thereof: An air conditioner for a vehicle includes an air-conditioning unit for supplying conditioned air into a vehicle, an information acquiring unit for acquiring state information indicating a state of the vehicle, a control information modifying unit having at least one probabilistic model for calculating the probability that a passenger will... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080073058 - Double-pipe geothermal water circulating apparatus: A double-pipe geothermal water circulating apparatus including an outer pipe having a geothermal water supplying strainer for infiltrating geothermal water from an aquifer and a geothermal water returning strainer for returning used geothermal water to the aquifer, a thermal insulation inner pipe composed of a thermal insulator that forms a... Agent: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges. LLP Koda/androlia

20080073060 - Heat sink: A heat sink is disclosed. The heat sink comprises a ring, an air inlet, a securing portion and a fan. The ring comprises an air inlet side and an air outlet side, wherein the air outlet side corresponds to at least one heating element. The air inlet vertically protrudes outwards... Agent: Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd.

20080073061 - Variable depth microchannels: A channel heat exchanger and cooling system with plan-wise variable rate of cooling that corresponds, in part, to a plan-wise variable heat flux and a method of manufacturing and using same.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080073065 - Method and apparatus to transfer heat to automatic transmission fluid using engine exhaust gas feed stream: Transmission fluid is heated through a heat exchanger effective to transfer heat between transmission fluid of a transmission assembly and an exhaust gas feed stream of an engine.... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20080073055 - Split access fan shroud: A fan shroud for a mobile vehicle having an opening therein for the easy removal of the cooling fan therethrough. A removable shroud section is provided in various embodiments, exemplifying efficient modes of manufacture for said removable shroud section and its attachment to said fan shroud.... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20080073059 - Heat exchanger: The heat exchanger is for cooling air by using water, particularly for use as an intercooler in an internal combustion engine. The heat exchanger has an elongate core assembly housed within a shell. The core assembly has a plurality of spaced apart tubes extending between an air inlet and an... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20080073062 - Sealed self-contained fluidic cooling device: A cooling system and method for cooling electronic components, including IC dies. The cooling system employs a cooling device that includes a composite structure having first and second plates arranged substantially in parallel and bonded together to define a sealed cavity therebetween. The first plate has a surface that defines... Agent: Hartman & Hartman, P.C.

20080073063 - Reduction of fouling in heat exchangers: A method for reducing the formation of deposits on the inner walls of a tubular heat exchanger through which a petroleum-based liquid is flowing comprises applying one of fluid pressure pulsations to the liquid flowing through the tubes of the exchanger and vibration to the heat exchanger to effect a... Agent: Exxonmobil Research & Engineering Company

20080073064 - Deformable exchanger: A heat exchanger includes two mutually isolated fluid circuits in close thermal contact, a first fluid circuit, or bundle (3), consisting of a helical winding of two walls and the second circuit consisting of a chamber containing the bundle (3), each circuit including its own fluid input and output elements.... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080073066 - Pulsating heat pipe with flexible artery mesh: A pulsating heat pipe (10) includes an elongate capillary tube (11), a working fluid (15) disposed within the elongate tube and an artery mesh (13) disposed in the elongate tube. The capillary tube includes a plurality of heat receiving portions (112) located on a first predetermined part of the elongate... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080073067 - Noise elimination apparatus for radiator: A noise elimination apparatus for a radiator allows an elastic cushion to shield a plurality of screw holes on a upper cover to enable air flow driven by a fan not to be expelled out through the screw holes; an elastic blocking plate is combined with the radiator at an... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20080073068 - Radiator: The present invention relates to a radiator which can facilely detect an erroneous assembly of a gasket interposed between a radiator header and a tank. The radiator, comprises inlet and outlet headers 10 in which a plurality of tube inserting holes 11 are parallely formed at predetermined intervals; inlet and... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080073069 - Heat sink: A heat sink is provided to include a base (10) and a plurality of fins (20) mounted on the base. Each fin includes a heat dissipating portion (21). A plurality of notches (111) is defined in the base. A plurality of tabs (23) is protruded down from a bottom of... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080073070 - Highly efficient heat dissipating composite material and a heat dissipating device made of such material: A heat dissipating device made of highly efficient heat dissipating composite material consists of an aluminum heat dissipating member, and a copper heat conducting member; the aluminum heat dissipating member has many fins on one side; both the aluminum heat dissipating member and the copper heat conducting member are joined... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080073071 - Cableless air conditioner control system and method: A cableless control system for an automobile air conditioner includes a slide pot potentiometer assembly for connection to an actuator arm on the back of a dashboard mounted control assembly. The position of the slide pot potentiometer assembly creates an electrical resistance signal which governs the position of the devices... Agent: Strasburger & Price, LLP

20080066888 - Heat sink: A heat sink comprises a base panel having a top surface and a bottom surface. A plurality of pin fins extend outwardly from the top surface and each fin has a cross-sectional configuration with two radiuses, a first radius and a second radius, wherein the first radius is larger than... Agent: Holland & Hart, LLP

20080066886 - Vehicle body mounting structure for exhaust system heat exchanger: A vehicle body mounting structure for an exhaust system heat exchanger is provided that enables good protection of an exhaust system heat exchanger disposed below a vehicle body floor. In the vehicle exhaust system mounting structure 10 there is an exhaust system heat exchanger 14, carrying out heat exchange between... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080066887 - Pressure tank: A pressure tank includes a liner separated into a cap and a main body. A shell covers the outer surface of the liner. The shell is formed of a fiber reinforced plastic. A heat exchanger is arranged in the liner. A header is connected to the heat exchanger. The heat... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080066889 - Heat exchanging fluid return manifold for a liquid cooling system: The present invention is a two-phase liquid cooling system that cools a plurality of electronic components connected in parallel. A pump delivers a cooling fluid, as a liquid, to a supply manifold wherein it splits into distinct branch lines. Preferably, the branch lines feed coolant to individual spray modules. The... Agent: Neustel Law Offices, Ltd.

20080066890 - Apparatus and method for passive phase change thermal management: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a phase change material, a plurality of particles intermixed with the phase change material, and a conductive structure encapsulating the phase change material. The conductive structure includes a cavity including a cone shape. In one embodiment, a method includes forming a conductive structure having... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080066891 - Flexible heat pipe: A flexible metal heat pipe coated or covered with a layer of plastic material to provide the heat pipe the flexibility required in a process to bend the heat pipe without damaging the heat pipe due to over-concentrated stress at a particular section of the heat pipe.... Agent: Hdsl

20080066892 - Passive fluid recovery system: A fluid recovery system is adapted for use with a cooling system, such as for use in electronic applications. In one example, an enclosure is configured to contain fluid in both gas and liquid states, wherein the fluid is adapted for use in spray cooling electronic components. A plurality of... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20080066893 - Plate for heat exchanger: The present invention relates to a plate for a heat exchanger, which has beads of refrigerant distributing sections formed asymmetrically and streamlined beads arranged in the same number on flow channels in the form of a zigzag so that refrigerant flowing inside a tank is distributed and introduced to tubes... Agent: Philip R. Warn Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Lalone, P.C.

20080066894 - Normal-flow heat exchanger: A normal-flow heat exchanger (NFHX) (120) utilizing a working fluid and having a high heat flux transfer capacity. The NFHX comprises a core (130) having a heat-transfer surface (128), a length and a width. An inlet plenum (124) is located at one end of the length, and an outlet plenum... Agent: Bainwood Huang & Associates LLC

20080066895 - Stacked plate heat exchanger for use as charge air cooler: The invention relates to a stacked-plate heat exchanger for cooling charge air, having at least one first flow duct (21) for at least a first medium LL to flow through, and at least a second flow duct (22) for at least a second medium (KM) to flow through in order... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080066896 - Heat exchanger with reinforced neck: e

20080066897 - Heat exchange manifold connector: A manifold kit for a solar heat exchanger of the type having a mat of tubes connected to inlet and outlet manifolds. Each manifold has at least one, preferably 5, groups of spigots tubes with three spigots in each group. Each group of spigots comprise a base fitted to the... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080066898 - Heat dissipation device: A heat dissipation device includes a heat conducting core having a heat receiver and a column extending from the heat receiver. A first fin unit includes a plurality of first fins radially extending from the core. The first fins curve along an anticlockwise direction. A plurality of first passages is... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080066899 - Tape-like heat sink: A tape-like heat sink is disclosed. The heat sink is characterized in that a base section which is flexural is mounted to the heat sink, and the base is matrix distribution of protrusions for heat dissipation, and each of the protrusions is provided with a thin layer, thereby the thin... Agent: Leong C Lei

20080060785 - Climate cup: A unit comprising of inlet heating hose 1, shutoff valve 2, pressure sensitive switch 3, vessel heating apparatus 4, shutoff valve 5, vacuum switch 6, solenoid 7, outlet heating hose 8, with or without a cigarette adapter 9, on/off heating and cooling converter switch 10, inlet cooling hose 11, E... Agent: Mark D. Friend

20080060786 - Collector for connection to a heat pump: The invention relates to a collector (1), designed to be connected to a heat pump, which includes a number of tubes (2), which are at least mainly parallel to each other, which in a meander-like way in pairs are connected to each other by 180° bends (3), alternately located at... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080060788 - Heat exchanger for a cooling system: A heat exchanger for a cooling system, suitable for a compact heat exchanging system having a compressor and a radiator by minimizing an occupied volume of the heat exchanger, including a piping structure simplified by integrating a cooling medium injection pipe and a cooling medium exhaust pipe into a single... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080060789 - Heat transfer plate with retainer assembly: A heat transfer plate adapted for direct contact with heat-generating electronic devices on a circuit board and including a pair of retainer assemblies adapted to releasably retain the plate within an electronic enclosure structure in a relationship wherein the edges of the plate are positioned in a direct, compressive, surface-to-surface... Agent: Daniel J. Deneufbourg Cts Corporation

20080060790 - Server rack service utilities for a data center in a shipping container: A movable data center comprising a portable enclosure in which a data processing module is operatively disposed. The data processing module is assembled onto a rack located in the enclosure that is movable between and operative position and a service position. A heat exchange module is arranged in the enclosure... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Sun / Stk

20080060791 - Cooling apparatus for electronics: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a monolithically formed thermal conducting body that includes a passageway that extends from a first end to a second end of the body. At least one of the first end or the second end of the body is configured to couple the body to... Agent: Neugeboren Law Firm PC

20080060787 - Heat exchange system for bodies of water: A heat exchange system is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the heat exchange system includes at least one tube having an input end associated and an output end, each associated with a body of water. A portion of the tube has an oval cross-section, and is disposed in a roof... Agent: Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP Attn:IPDepartment Docket Clerk

20080060792 - High performance integrated mlc cooling device for high power density ics and method for manufacturing: A manifold apparatus, system and method for thermally controlling a substrate whereby a manifold body having a microjet array and a drain array traversing there-through in a direction orthogonal to a substrate surface and parallel to each other is attached to the substrate surface for heating or cooling thereof. A... Agent: Law Office Of Delio & Peterson, LLC.

20080060793 - Cooler device: A cooler device includes a metal base member and a plurality of metal radiation fins. The metal base member has parallel locating grooves; the metal radiation fins are fastened to one another in a stack by respective hooked portions thereof or by means of closed-end heat tubes, the metal radiation... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20080060794 - Heat sink device generating an ionic wind: A heat sink device has a metal body connected with a voltage source, multiple sharp teeth formed on one side of the metal body, and a metal grounded member provided separately from the metal body. When the metal body is electrified, the sharp teeth are in a strong electrical field... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080060795 - Heat exchanging apparatus and superheated steam generating apparatus using the same: A heat exchange flow passage 21 comprises a plurality of annular flow passages arranged in parallel to each other and also communicated to each other in the circumferential direction, a plurality of inflow ports and a plurality of outflow ports provided in the annular flow passage 24 at positions displaced... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080060796 - Heat exchange device for hot water of shower and bath: The present invention is to provide a heat exchange device for hot water of shower and bath, which comprises a trough base, a metal heat exchanging plate and a diversion plate, wherein, said trough base of hollow cuboid with a top opening on the upper side has a water inlet... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080060797 - Heat exchanger: A fin (6) is provided with a rib (15) extending generally parallel to an outer edge (25) of the fin (6) and insertion holes (22) placed in staggered arrangement for receiving heat exchange tubes. The insertion holes (22) and the rib (15) are formed such that when an inside diameter... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080060798 - Low profile hvac system: There is a need for a compact and high capacity HVAC system for a vehicle cab. This need is met by a roof enclosed HVAC system. The system includes a roof upper panel, a roof lower panel, a fresh air duct communicated with a fresh air inlet exposed to an... Agent: Deere & Company

20080053639 - Fan and frame thereof: A fan has a fan frame for accommodating a first circuit board and a second circuit board. A fan frame includes a housing, a base, and at least one supporting element. The base is disposed in the housing, and the base includes a bottom portion and a tube portion, which... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080053640 - Compliant vapor chamber chip packaging: An arrangement for improving the cooling efficiency of semiconductor chips. One embodiment is to construct a vapor chamber with one compliant surface for improving the efficiency of transferring heat from a semiconductor chip to the vapor chamber, and another embodiment is to construct a vapor chamber with the chip substrate... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080053641 - Miniature liquid cooling device having an integral pump: A miniature liquid cooling device includes a casing (10) having a base (16) attached on a heat-generating electronic component for absorbing heat generated by the electronic component. The casing includes an outer wall (12) mounted on the base and a top cover (15) mounted on the outer wall. A receiving... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080053642 - Thermal module having a housing integrally formed with a roll cage of an electronic product: A thermal module includes a roll cage mounted to an enclosure of an electronic product, a centrifugal blower, and a fin assembly. The centrifugal blower is disposed in the roll cage and includes a housing integrally formed with the roll cage and defining an air outlet therein, a cover attached... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080053643 - Heat exchanger: A surface polyaniline layer comprising a polyaniline and/or a derivative thereof capable of generating active oxygen or hydrogen peroxide upon the reaction with the water component in external air that comes in contact therewith, is formed on at least a portion of the outermost surface of a base body constituting... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080053644 - Heat exchanger unit: The present invention relates to a heat transfer unit, in particular a charge air cooler, having a housing in which first flow channels for a gas to be cooled, and second flow channels for a cooling medium are situated separately therefrom. It is essential to the invention here that the... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080053645 - Heat exchanger and manufacture method for the same: A heat exchanger and a manufacture method thereof are provided. Before a tank body and a core plate of a header tank of the heat exchanger are fastened to each other, a gel seal material or a liquid seal material is applied to at least one of a seal surface... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080053646 - Thermal expansion feature for an exhaust gas cooler: An exhaust gas cooler and a method of manufacturing an exhaust gas cooler comprising providing a shell, disposing within the shell a tube bundle/core through which exhaust gas passes, and situating a seal or gasket assembly providing a liquid-tight seal between the shell and the tube bundle/core and between each... Agent: Honeywell Turbo Technologies

20080053647 - Method of reducing temperature difference between a pair of substrates and fluid reaction device using the same: A method of reducing a temperature difference between a high-temperature and a low-temperature substrate includes interposing a heat transfer facilitating layer which has a higher thermal conductivity than air and can hold particles between the substrates, and maintaining close contact between the high-temperature substrate, the heat transfer facilitating layer, and... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080053648 - Structure for cooling a surface: An apparatus for cooling a surface having a metal structure made of a material with high thermal conductivity, and designed to provide efficient cooling of the surface while minimizing mechanical stress between the metal structure and the surface.... Agent: Wan Yee Cheung Intellectual Property Law Dept.

20080053649 - Heat exchange apparatus: A heat exchange apparatus comprises an evaporation unit 1 for exchanging heat between a working fluid and a high-temperature fluid to thereby evaporate the working fluid, a condenser unit for exchanging heat between the working fluid and a low-temperature fluid to thereby condense the working fluid, an evaporation-side communication unit... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C