Heat exchange inventions 04/08

20080093052 - Heat dissipation device with heat pipes: A heat dissipation device is used for removing heat from an electronic device. The heat dissipation device includes a base adapted for thermally engaging with the electronic device, the base having a top face and defining two juxtaposed, sinuous grooves in the same side as the top face, two flat... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080093053 - Systems and methods for providing two phase cooling: A heat sink includes a first housing adapted to receive a coolant in a first phase; one or more fins stacked on the first housing, the one or more fins having openings there-through to receive a second phase of the coolant; and a second housing coupled to the one or... Agent: Tran & Associates

20080093050 - Method for the operation of systems comprising media changing their state, device and use thereof: The invention relates to a method for operating systems comprising media that change their state, such as heat pumps, cooling systems, differential pressure drives in which the change/s of state occur/s in or on heat transfer media in a storage device and changes of state take place in a colder... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080093051 - Tube insert and bi-flow arrangement for a header of a heat pump: An inlet header (22) of a microchannel heat pump heat exchanger has a tube (34) disposed therein and extending substantially the length of the inlet header (22), with the tube (34) having a plurality of openings (36) therein. During cooling mode operation, refrigerant is caused to flow into an open... Agent: Marjama Muldoon Blasiak & Sullivan LLP

20080093054 - Manifold for a two-phase cooling system: A manifold for a two-phase cooling system for efficiently transferring coolant within a multi-phase cooling system. The manifold for a two-phase cooling system generally includes an extruded manifold having a supply chamber and a return chamber in thermal communication with one another to provide for efficient coolant transfer between a... Agent: Neustel Law Offices, Ltd.

20080093055 - Heat-dissipating structure: This present invention provides a heat-dissipating element for dissipating heat generated by a heat source in an electronic apparatus. The heat-dissipating element includes a contacting portion, an extending portion having one end connected with the contacting portion, and a chamber connected with the contacting portion and the extending portion. The... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080093056 - Thermal module: A thermal module (100) includes a centrifugal blower (10) including a base plate (142), a top cover (16) and a sidewall (144) disposed between the base plate and the top cover and defining two air outlets (148a, 148b) therein; two fin assemblies (20a, 20b) are disposed at the air outlets... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080093057 - Cooling apparatus having an auxiliary chiller, and an apparatus and method of fabricating a semiconductor device using the same: A cooling apparatus having an auxiliary chiller is provided. The apparatus can include a wafer chuck on which a wafer is mounted and in which a cooling cavity is formed. A main chiller having a main coolant reservoir can be spaced apart from the wafer chuck. The cooling cavity and... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20080093058 - Systems and methods for orientation and direction-free cooling of devices: A cooler includes a vessel enclosed with a body shell comprising a thermally conductive side; a liquid coolant at least partially filling the vessel; and an extended heat conducting structure having a boiling enhancement surface coupled to the thermally conductive side at a surface within the vessel.... Agent: Bao Tran Tran & Associates

20080093059 - Heat exchange module of a sorptive type and a method for the manufacture thereof: As conventional heat exchange modules, adsorptive agents of an inorganic type such as silica gel, zeolite, active alumina, active carbon and molecular sieve have been used. While these adsorptive agents have characteristics of high moisture absorptive ability and easy handling, they have problems of durability, regenerating temperature and generation of... Agent: Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, LLP

20080093060 - Heat exchanger for internal combustion engines: The invention relates to a heat exchanger for internal combustion engines, comprising a first elongated flow channel, for the passage of exhaust gases from the internal combustion engine, a second flow channel, arranged adjacent to the first flow channel, for passage of the exhaust gases, a line, separate from the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080093061 - Heat exchanger assemblies having hybrid tanks: Heat exchanger assemblies, and, in particular, heat exchanger assemblies that function in high pressure and/or temperature environmental conditions, are described. An essential feature of the heat exchanger assembly is the presence of an hybrid tank comprising both plastic or plastic like materials and metal or metal alloy materials, that provides... Agent: Julia Church Dierker Dierker & Associates, P.C.

20080093062 - Mini-channel heat exchanger header: A heat exchanger includes a plurality of multi-channel heat exchange tubes extending between spaced inlet and outlet headers. Each heat exchange tube has a plurality of flow channels defining discrete flow paths extending longitudinally in parallel relationship from its inlet end to its outlet end. The inlet header has a... Agent: Marjama Muldoon Blasiak & Sullivan LLP

20080093063 - Heat exchanger for an air heating device and method for producing a heat exchanger: The invention relates to a heat exchanger (10) for an air heating apparatus (12) for integration into a housing which guides air. The heat exchanger has a heat exchanger body (14) with a longitudinal axis. According to the invention, the heat exchanger body (14) has on its external surface (external... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080093064 - Corrosion-resistant bimetallic tube and its use in tube bundle equipment: A bimetallic tube consisting of at least one tubular element in a first metal resistant to the corrosive and/or erosive action of a process fluid with which it is put in contact, having at least one end, or an area close to an end, externally coated with a layer of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080093065 - Heat exchanger tube for heating system: The present invention discloses a heat exchanger tube for a heating system, which is suitable for any kinds of heating systems mounted in doors. The heat exchanger tube comprises a tube body, in which a plurality of lobes are formed on an outside surface of the tube body around the... Agent: J.c Patents

20080093066 - Heat exchanger bypass valve having temperature insensitive pressure bypass function: A by-pass valve for a heat exchanger circuit includes a chamber, a fixed surface secured against movement relative to the chamber, a by-pass port including a valve seat located in the chamber, an actuator located in the chamber and that moves relative to the valve seat in response to a... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20080087402 - Apparatus for cooling charge air for a combustion engine, system with an apparatus for cooling charge air: A device for charge-air cooling for an internal combustion engine (13) of a motor vehicle, having at least one first heat exchanger (9) for charge-air cooling with at least one first flow duct (7) for a throughflow of a first medium which is to be cooled, with at least one... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080087405 - Heat spreader with vapor chamber and method of manufacturing the same: A heat spreader (100) includes a metal casing (60) formed by electrodeposition and defining a vapor chamber (40) therein, and a mesh (12b) lining an inner surface of the metal casing. A method for manufacturing the heat spreader includes: providing a core (60a) having a mesh layer (12a) including a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080087403 - Liquid-gas circulation heat-dissipating unit: A liquid-gas circulation heat-dissipating unit includes a body having a hollow portion, a capillary structure evenly coated on an inner wall of the hollow portion and configured to soak up working fluid, and a regulating portion disposed in the body and communicating with the hollow portion. The hollow portion is... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080087404 - Thermal module: A thermal module includes an evaporator, a metal pipe, a main frame, a heat sink, a wick and a cooling liquid. The evaporator is in touch with a heat source and has a gas outlet and a liquid inlet. Two ends of the metal pipe connect separately with the gas... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080087406 - Cooling system and associated method for planar pulsating heat pipe: A cooling assembly, system, and method are provided. The cooling assembly includes a plate comprising a plurality of channels defined in a surface of the plate and at least one pulsating heat pipe comprising tubing. At least a portion of the tubing is positioned within the channels, and the tubing... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080087407 - Heat dissipation device: A heat dissipation device includes a heat dissipation fin module, a heat pipe and a centrifugal fan. The heat pipe is connected to the heat dissipation fin module at one end and connected to a heat generating source at an opposite end. The centrifugal fan includes a motor rotating a... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080087408 - Multi -channeled flat tube and heat exchanger: h

20080087410 - Heat exchanger: The invention relates to a heat exchanger in which a liquid coolant and a gaseous flow, for example compressed charge air, are involved in the exchange of heat, with at least two heat exchanger blocks being provided which can be traversed by the coolant and by the gaseous flow. The... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080087409 - Heat exchanger: This invention is structured by: forming a core body by turning-up a strip-shaped metal plate in fanfold manner to create a large number of flat flow passages; blocking the individual flow passages at both ends thereof using the respective comb teeth of a pair of comb-state members; and fitting the... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080087411 - Plate heat exchanger: The invention relates to a plate heat exchanger for a motor vehicle, comprising conducting devices (3, 4) in the form of elongate disks which are stacked on top of each other and soldered together. The disks are composed of two elongate half disks (41) that form a hollow space for... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20080087412 - Heat transport device: The invention relates to a heat transport device (10) which is used to cool or temper a device, which is to be operated at a defined operational temperature and which comprises a cooling and/or heat exchange device, comprising at least one flow channel (14) for a heat transport fluid, which... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080083527 - Combined backlighting and heat-dissipating module for flat panel display: A combined backlighting and heat-dissipating module for a flat panel display includes a heat-dissipating plate, a cover plate and a cross-flow fan system. The heat-dissipating plate has a rear surface to form a plurality of thermal-exchanging channels and heat-dissipating fins. Each of the thermal-exchanging channels is formed between any two... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080083526 - Method and system for evaluating fluid flow through a heat exchanger: A heat exchanger evaluation system (84) includes a refrigeration subsystem (126) and a platform (94) in communication with the subsystem (126) for attachment of a heat exchanger (32). The system (84) further includes a thermal imaging camera (168) and a monitor (100). A method (180) entails routing a fluid (38)... Agent: Meschkow & Gresham, P.L.C

20080083528 - Heat dissipation device having mounting brackets: A heat dissipation device (100) includes a heat sink (10) having a plurality of fins (14) and a plurality of mounting brackets (20) buckled with the fins of the heat sink. Each of the mounting brackets includes a mounting plate (22) mounted on a top of the heat sink and... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080078526 - Utility apparatus and utility method of substrate processing apparatus: A utility apparatus of a substrate processing apparatus includes an introducing mechanism to introduce a gas to a first space portion inside the utility apparatus, a cooling mechanism that cools the gas introduced to inside the utility apparatus to a predetermined temperature, and a second space portion disposed in a... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080078527 - Fan attachment method and apparatus for fan component assemblies: A fan attachment is provided to attach a fan assembly to a cap of a heat exchanger. The fan attachment includes a feature to manage wires going to the fan motor, a notch for a thermister to sense temperature, snap hooks to be engaged by receiving tabs of the cap,... Agent: Intel/blakely

20080078524 - Modular led units: A modular LED unit having a number of LED modules separately mounted on individual interconnected preferably-extruded heat sinks, each heat sink having: a base configured to engage and hold an LED module in place and, in preferred forms, to facilitate the ganging of heat-sink/LED modules; and a plurality of fins,... Agent: Jansson Shupe & Munger Ltd.

20080078525 - Tractor cooling system: A cooling system for a work vehicle is disclosed that includes first and second heat exchangers disposed one above the other to create two discrete flow paths. The upper heat exchanger is an engine water cooler and the lower heat exchanger may be an intercooler, an oil cooler or a... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20080078529 - Cooling of the power components of a frequency converter: Cooling arrangement for the power components (10) of a power transformer, in which is a cooler (12), which has a metal frame, to which the power components can be fitted, and cooling piping fitted inside the frame for removing thermal power from the power components by means of a flowing... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080078528 - Heat sink with heat pipes: A heat sink includes a first plate having a top portion and a bottom portion, a second plate projecting from the top portion of the first plate, and a plurality of fins thermally contacting the second plate. The second plate has a width larger than that of the first plate.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080078530 - Loop heat pipe with flexible artery mesh: A loop heat pipe (10) includes an evaporator (11) thermally connected with a heat generating electronic component and including a wick structure (112) disposed therein, a condenser (12) thermally connected with a heat dissipating component, a vapor line (13) and a liquid line (14) connecting the evaporator with the condenser... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080078531 - Heat pipe and manufacturing method thereof: A heat pipe includes a hollow annular body with two open ends and two bending portions. A wick structure is formed at an inner surface of the annular body. The bending portions are respectively disposed at the two open ends to form a sealed space within the hollow annular body.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080078532 - Adsorption module and method of manufacturing the same: An adsorption module has heat medium pipes through which a fluid flows, a porous heat transferring member, and adsorbent. The porous heat transferring member is a sintered body formed by sintering a metallic material that is in a form of one of powders, particles and fibers, and has pores for... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080078533 - Corrosion resistant, alloy-coated charge air cooler: A heat exchanger assembly for an automotive vehicle is provided. The heat exchanger includes at least one tube having a housing and at least one turbulator disposed inside the tube. The turbulator has an exposed surface. A corrosion resistant, thermally conductive, nonelectrolytic metallic alloy is deposited on the inner surface... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20080078534 - Heat exchanger tube with enhanced heat transfer co-efficient and related method: A method of enhancing the heat transfer coefficient of a tube flowing a fluid in the tube in heat exchange relation with a second fluid external to the tube includes forming a patterned array of grooves on the interior surface of the tube. Each tube has a depth-to-width ratio of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20080078535 - Heat exchanger tube with enhanced heat transfer co-efficient and related method: A method of enhancing the heat transfer coefficient of a tube flowing a fluid in the tube in heat exchange relation with a second fluid external to the tube includes applying metal particles to an interior surface of the tube to thereby create an increased wetted area for interaction with... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080078536 - Corrosion resistant bi-metal charge air cooler: A heat exchanger assembly for an automotive vehicle includes at least one tube having an internal layer and an external layer. The external layer is an aluminum based material, and the internal layer is a stainless steel based material. At least one turbulator is disposed inside the tube and is... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20080078537 - Multi-zone heat exchangers with separated manifolds: A multi-zone heat exchanger having multiple zones created by physical means in the same heat exchanger, is described. A separation means, such as a divider or baffle, is provided across and/or along the length of a heat exchanger tank or manifold to create different circulation environments of heat exchange or... Agent: Julia Church Dierker Dierker & Associates, P.C.

20080078539 - Air conditioner heat transfer water tank and manufacturing process thereof: A heat transfer water tank adapted to an air conditioner and a manufacturing process thereof includes a cabinet containing a chamber; the cabinet includes a casing containing the chamber and provided on both sides each an opening; a sealing plate is fixed to seal up each opening; a sealing plate... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20080078538 - Heat exchanger plate having integrated turbulation feature: A plate for a heat exchanger is disclosed, wherein surfaces of the plate have integrated turbulation features formed thereon.... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20080078540 - Heat exchanger, in particular a charge intercooler or coolant cooler for motor vehicles: The invention relates to a heat exchanger (1), in particular a charge intercooler or coolant cooler for motor vehicles, which comprises a soldered block which is made of pipes (4), ribs and at least one pipe base (2), in addition to at least one plastic box (3) which has a... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20080078541 - Roll formed manifold with integral distributor tube: A manifold for a heat exchanger includes a header radially surrounding and in spaced relationship to an axially extending distributor conduit. The distributor conduit is formed by bending the sheet along the leading edge, and the header is formed by bending a remainder of the sheet including a trailing edge... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080078542 - Thermal management methods: A thermal management system for a vehicle includes a heat exchanger having a thermal energy storage material provided therein, a first coolant loop thermally coupled to an electrochemical storage device located within the first coolant loop and to the heat exchanger, and a second coolant loop thermally coupled to the... Agent: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC