Heat exchange inventions 09/08

20080230203 - Latent heat storage material and process for manufacture of the latent heat storage material: The invention relates to a latent heat storage material comprising a first phase change material, at least one second phase change material different from the first phase change material, and an expanded graphite material wherein the first phase change material and the at least one second phase change material are... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080230204 - Air conditioning unit for vehicles: The invention relates to an air conditioning unit provided with means for cooling and heating air, including a casing with a plurality of air outlets. At least one heating heat exchanger is provided that in its vertical extension has at least one cold air passage whereby, the one cold air... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20080230205 - Process of control of the storage of thermal energy in the ground and associated system: A process of control of a thermal energy storage unit in the ground includes heat exchangers buried in the ground, each of the exchangers allowing a calorific energy exchange between a heat-conveying fluid traversing it and the ground, the energy storage unit being at the interface between a source and... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080230206 - Energy recovery and humidity control: A system and method for energy recovery and humidity control comprises an enclosure (12) with a plurality of ports (86,90,92,94,86) connected to a plurality of ducts (14,16,18,20,22) The system has an enthalpy exchange core (136) exchanging heat and humidity between first air stream (35) and a second air stream (37),... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20080230207 - Wall assembly, hot-water supply system and architecture: A wall assembly comprises a front plate having a window provided therein for accommodating the display screen of a display module of a thin, large-screen television receiver, a holding unit for holding a housing in which the display module is installed, a cooling jacket disposed in contact with a heat... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20080230208 - Liquid cooling system cold plate assembly: A cold plate assembly (100) consisting of a base structure (102) having a high thermal transfer characteristic, which is adapted for contacting the surface of a heat source (10) on one side. A fluid transfer component (104), having a different thermal transfer characteristic is secured to the base (102) opposite... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20080230209 - Spot cooler for heat generating electronic components: A cooler for heat generating electronic components comprising a heat exchange plate configured for heat exchange communication with one or more heat generating electronic components includes a fin stack having a plurality of heat exchange fins and one or more heat pipes and/or thermosyphon tubes in heat exchange communication with... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080230210 - Thermosiphon boiler plate: A thermosiphon boiler plate assembly (20) for dissipating heat generated by an electronic device includes a plurality of widthwise ribs (38) disposed on a top surface (26) of a base (24) extending parallel to a latitudinal axis (Ax) of the base (24) in spaced relationship to each other. A plurality... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080230211 - Heat exchangers: A heat exchanger 11 for use as a cross flow radiator for an engine cooling system has a heat exchanger matrix 12, header tanks 13, 14 and a side plate 16 arranged at the upper of a pair of opposite side edges 16, 17 of the matrix 12. The matrix... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20080230212 - Fin for heat exchanger and heat exchanger equipped with such fins: The invention concerns a fin defining a general corrugated direction (D1), comprising a plurality of corrugations (123) alternately linked by a corrugation top (121) and a corrugation base (122). The fins are formed exclusively from sintered metal particles. The invention is applicable to plate heat exchangers of a unit for... Agent: Air Liquide Intellectual Property

20080230213 - Fully-metal heat exchanger and method for its production: The invention relates to a fully-metal heat exchanger comprising flat tubes (1), which have two narrow sides and two wide sides (2, 3), and comprising fins (4) which form a block together with the flat tubes, and comprising either at least one tube plate (5) and one collecting tank (6),... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080230214 - Heat exchanger and method of manufacturing the same: A heat exchanger includes a connector for connecting a header tank to an exterior pipe. The connector includes a first member configured to define a communication path through which a tank open portion of the header tank communicates with an interior of the exterior pipe, and a second member to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080230215 - Heat exchanger with ventilation: The invention relates to a heat exchanger, in particular for a stationary UT heating body (1) of a motor vehicle heater. According to the invention, said heat exchanger comprises a ventilation device which is embodied as a ventilation bore (22, 36) which is, in particular, embodied in the separating wall... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080223545 - Apparatus for exchanging energy and mass between fluid streams: A regenerative energy and/or mass exchange assembly having an exchange media, a central housing, a first end housing with fluid stream diverting chambers to provide a fluid flow passage from a first inlet of the first end housing to the exchange media, and provide a fluid flow passage from the... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080223546 - Air conditioner for vehicles having two layer air flow installed therein: An air conditioner for vehicles having a two layer air flow structure which uses one temp door adjusting temperature and serving as a partition wall for the two-layer air flow structure.... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20080223547 - Air cooling and air dehumidifying module comprising capillary tube mats and method of using it: The invention relates to an air cooling and air dehumidifying module comprising plastic capillary tube mats, which are formed by folding and/or winding into a compact assembly with a virtually cuboidal outer shape, which cools and dehumidifies the air stream passed through the mat assembly when cold water is conducted... Agent: Mcglinchey Stafford, PLLC

20080223548 - Air conditioning system for a vehicle: The invention relates to an air conditioning system for a vehicle, comprising a heat exchanger (10) which can be penetrated by air and is connected to a first air duct (12) and to at least one second air duct (14) extending into zones (18, 20) that are to be air-conditioned.... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080223549 - Air-conditioning device, in particular for a motor vehicle: The invention relates to an air-conditioning device (10) which is used to air-condition an area, in particular the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, comprising a heat exchanger which can be cross-flown by air, which is to be air-conditioned, and which is arranged inside an air guiding channel (12), wherein... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080223550 - Fastening and joining element for heat exchangers, and heat exchanger assembly in a motor vehicle: The invention relates to a fastening and joining element (4) for fixing and connecting heat exchangers of a heat exchanger assembly in a motor vehicle. Said fastening and joining element (4) comprises at least one hole (4b) for positively accommodating a heat exchanger as well as a fastening part (4a)... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080223551 - Manufacturing method of fin unit: In a manufacturing method of a fin unit for a heat sink for dissipating a heat from a heat source, the fin unit includes a plurality of fins radially arranged about its center axis, and a fin supporting portion connecting inner ends of the fins and supporting the fins. First,... Agent: Nidec Corporation C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080223552 - Liquid cooling system: A liquid cooling system includes a heat-radiating sheet having a pair of heat-conductive metal plates that are superimposed on each other, and having a circulating flow passage between the pair of heat-conductive metal plates; a plurality of heat-receiving areas partitioned on the heat-radiating sheet; a plurality of heat-generating elements installed... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080223553 - Collector tank for a multi-row heat exchanger: The invention relates to a collector tank (2), especially for a heat exchanger (1) of an automotive cooling system. Said collectors tank comprises a tank element (3) which is constituted of at least two integral and fluid receiving collector areas (4), and a bottom (5) said collector areas (4) of... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080223554 - Fan: A fan includes a fan blade wheel and a fan frame. A fan wheel seat is disposed at the center of the air outlet of the fan frame and the air outlet faces a heat generating component. An air inlet of the fan frame is disposed opposite to the air... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20080223555 - Method and apparatus for controlling temperature: One embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus useful to control temperature of a device that includes: (a) a heat transfer apparatus; (b) a combined path to the heat transfer apparatus; (c) a first path maintained at a first temperature and connected to the combined path; (d) a second... Agent: Michael B. Einschlag, Esq.

20080223556 - Pump-free water-cooling system: The pump-free water-cooling system includes: a heat-exchange circulating solution container in which a heat-exchange circulating solution and vapor of the circulating solution are contained; a heat radiator provided on the outer wall of the container; a solution outlet for discharging from the container the heat-exchange circulating solution in the container;... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080223557 - Liquid cooling system of an electric machine: Disclosed is a liquid cooling system for an electric machine including a frame heat conductively attachable to a stator of an electric machine. The liquid cooling system further includes a cover mechanically attached to the frame and fluidly sealed to the frame, the cover and frame defining a cavity therebetween.... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080223558 - Cooling device: A cooling device includes a fan, a heat sink, and an attaching portion arranged to attach the fan to the heat sink. The fan includes an impeller rotating about a center axis, a motor arranged to rotate the impeller, and a base portion supporting the motor. The attaching portion includes... Agent: Nidec Corporation C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080223559 - Heat exchanger: A heat exchanger has a first heat exchanger with a first heat radiating area receiving a first cooling body, a second heat exchanger with a second heat radiating area receiving a second cooling body and a third heat radiating area receiving a third cooling body. In use, the difference in... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080223560 - Heat exchanger: A heat exchanger of the single circuit type, to be coupled to a fluid circulation circuit and comprising: an upper tubular head element and a lower tubular head element horizontally arranged and which are each provided with a nozzle and through slots provided in an inner longitudinal wall portion; and... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080223561 - Heat exchangers and headers therefor: In a first aspect of the present invention, a header for a heat exchanger is disclosed that has an inflow side, an outflow side, a bypass port therebetween, and a pressure-sensitive flapper valve proximal the bypass port. As pressure increases at the inflow side of the header, the flapper valve... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP

20080223562 - Heat exchanger, in particular charge-air cooler or exhaust gas cooler for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle: The invention relates to a heat exchanger, in particular a charge-air cooler or exhaust gas cooler for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, having a first tank (2), having a second tank which is arranged at a distance from said first tank (2), and having a plurality of... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080223563 - U shaped cooler: An exhaust gas re-circulation cooler device comprises at least one cooling plate, said cooling plate comprising an upper plate wall and a lower plate wall; said upper and lower plate walls defining a plurality of gas passages which have a gas inlet at a first end of cooling plate and... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080223564 - Heat exchanger plate and a plate package: The invention refers to a heat exchanger plate (1) and a plate package for a plate heat exchanger. The heat exchanger plate extends between a primary edge zone (11a) and a secondary edge zone (12a). A centre axis (x) divides the heat exchanger plate in a primary part (11) and... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080223565 - Flow distributor for heat transfer device: A heat transfer device includes a receptacle having a number of partitions disposed for forming a number of fluid flowing passages within the receptacle, an inlet and a path formed in one side and communicating with the inlet and the fluid flowing passages of the receptacle, and a distributor having... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20080223566 - Heat exchanger: A heat exchanger used as an evaporator is configured such that two heat exchange tube groups, each composed of a plurality of heat exchange tubes, are provided between a pair of header tanks, while being separated from each other in a front-rear direction. Each of the header tanks includes two... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080223567 - Heat dissipating device: A heat dissipating device includes a heat sink having a base with an upper surface and a lower surface, and a plurality of heat dissipating elements disposed on the upper surface of the base; a clip having a frame matching with a contour of the base, wherein the frame has... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080216986 - Solar heating systems: Solar heating systems are provided which utilize an integrated fixture for transferring heat from a solar collector to a lower-temperature loop, e.g. a domestic hot water system or radiant heating system. The fixture provides a heat exchanger for transferring heat from the solar collector to the lower temperature loop. The... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080216988 - Heat absorbing device usable to cool hot beverages: A heat absorbing device usable to cool hot beverages includes a support rim for supporting the device on a brim of a container and a heat absorbing element extending away from the support rim in a first direction. The heat absorbing element includes a thermally conductive material for absorbing heat... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, Llc

20080216987 - Heat exchanger with intermediate plate: The present invention relates to a heat exchanger, in particular, an oil cooler for motor vehicles, constructed from trough-shaped heat exchanger plates which are stacked into one another and from turbulence inserts, having two openings for one medium and two further openings for another medium in order to form collecting... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080216989 - Weld bead reinforcement of charge air cooler headers and method of making same: A fracture-resistant charge air cooler header is provided. The internal side of the header includes, at select locations most likely to sustain a fracture, a reinforcing weld bead or “nugget” of sufficient height to create a section modulus change. The weld bead is preferably formed from a highly ductile alloy,... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080216991 - Cooling device for information equipment: A cooling device for an information equipment, comprises a heat receiving member composed of a base member thermally connected to a heat generating element, and a casing member, which are defined therebetween a closes space in which a coolant can flow, the base member is integrally incorporated with fins in... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080216992 - Heat dissipating device: A heat dissipating comprising: a plurality of fins; an upper side and a lower side of each fin being folded with folding sheets; each of two sides of each sheet being protruded with a buckling ear; the buckling ear having a T shape; a hole being formed on the folding... Agent: Li-wei Fan Chiang

20080216993 - Heat dissipating device: A heat dissipating device comprises a plurality of fins; an upper side and a lower side of each fin being folded with folding sheets; each of two sides of each sheet being protruded with a buckling ear; the buckling ear being formed by a round sheet and a support plate;... Agent: Li-wei Fan Chiang

20080216990 - Heat dissipation device with a heat pipe: A heat dissipation device comprises at least two heat pipes (10) and a plurality of fins (20) thermally connected with the heat pipes (10). Each of the heat pipes (10) comprises a flattened evaporating portion (12) and a condensing portion (14). The evaporating portions (12) are closely connected with each... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080216994 - Vapor-augmented heat spreader device: A vapor-augmented heat spreader device includes a lower sheet in communication with an upper sheet. The lower sheet includes condensate grooves formed into the upper surface and the upper sheet includes a series of vapor grooves formed therein. The dimensions of the condensate grooves differ from the dimensions of the... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, Llc

20080216995 - Arrangement in a heat exchanger: In the arrangement in a heat exchanger in accordance with the invention, the heat exchanger comprises a shell and tubes. The tubes are placed inside the shell. The first medium entering the heat exchanger can be conducted into the tubes and the second medium between the inner shell surface and... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080216996 - Inlet arrangement: An inlet arrangement (1) for use in plate heat exchangers (2) is disclosed. The arrangement comprises an element with a dispersion opening (6) for arrangement in an inlet (5) in a plate exchanger. The inlet arrangement (1) is arranged to form a mainly fitting cylinder wall when introduced in the... Agent: Ronald R. Santucci Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080216997 - Heat plate construction and attachment for dismounting heat plate: A heat plate construction is provided, which is applicable for being fixed on a circuit board and contacting with a chip to perform a heat exchange. The heat plate construction includes a heat plate body and at least one buffer element. The heat plate body has a plurality of fixing... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, Pc

20080216998 - Thermostat and testing machine provided with the same: A thermostat includes a plate body, a heat insulator, and an electric heater. The plate body defines a cavity therewithin. The plate body has on its bottom two openings, which communicate with the cavity and function as a cooling medium inlet and a cooling medium outlet, respectively. The outer periphery... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20080210402 - Method of incrasing the rate of heat energy transfer between a heat exchanging subsystem above the surface of the earth and material therebeneath using a coaxial-flow heat exchanging structure generating turbulence along the outer flow channel thereof: A method of transferring heat energy between a heat exchanging subsystem installed above the surface of the Earth, and material beneath the surface of the Earth, by installing one or more coaxial-flow heat exchanging structures in the material beneath the surface of the Earth. Each coaxial-flow heat exchanging structure has... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., P.C.

20080210403 - Condensation plant: A condensation plant includes heat exchanger elements (10) which are mounted on a support structure (8) in particular in a roof-shaped manner and to which cooling air (K) is supplied via fans (11). The heat exchanger elements (10) are surrounded by a wind shielding wall (13), with the bottom edge... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC Henry M Feiereisen

20080210404 - Cooling device with ringed fins: A cooling device includes a heat-conducting base, two fin sets, and a heat pipe. The two fin sets are respectively constructed by a metallic stripe that is periodically folded and is arranged as a ring type. The heat pipe has a heated section that is thermally connected to the heat-conducting... Agent: Hdsl

20080210405 - Fabrication of high surface to volume ratio structures and their integration in microheat exchangers for liquid cooling systems: An structure and method of manufacturing a microstructure for use in a heat exchanger is disclosed. The heat exchanger comprises a manifold layer and an microstructured region. The manifold layer comprises a structure to deliver fluid to the microstructured region. The microstructured region is formed from multiple windowed layers formed... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20080210406 - Method and apparatus for high heat flux heat transfer: The subject invention pertains to a method and apparatus for high heat flux heat transfer. The subject invention can be utilized to transfer heat from a heat source to a coolant such that the transferred heat can be effectively transported to another location. Examples of heat sources from which heat... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080210407 - Heat transfer device and manufacturing method thereof using hydrophilic wick: Provided is a flat panel type heat transfer device for effectively dissipating heat generated from a heat source in contact with a casing, comprising the casing sealed and having a certain shape, a coolant loaded in the casing and undergoing phase transition, one or more flat panel type hydrophilic wick... Agent: Hyun Jong Park

20080210408 - Dispensing of carbonated liquids: The invention relates to dispensing of a carbonised fluid. In particular the invention relates to a fluid cooling system comprising a cooling tank (2) filled with a heat transfer medium and comprising an evaporator conduit (8) positioned within the cooling tank (2) for withdrawing heat from the heat transfer medium.... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080210409 - Liquid cooling system fan assembly: A fan assembly configured for use with a radiator assembly in a cooling system. The fan assembly comprises a plurality of fan blades mounted about a central hub, and an annular ring member circumferentially coupled to the radially outboard end of each fan blade, coaxial with the central hub. The... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20080210410 - Heat exchanger, in particular oil cooler: The present invention provides a heat exchanger including a flow duct for a coolant and a flow duct for a medium to be cooled, a cover on one side of the heat exchanger, and a thermostat valve operable to regulate temperature-dependent throughflow in one of the flow ducts, arranged on... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080210412 - Heat exchanger: A heat exchanger for realizing a high degree of humidity exchange efficiency at a low cost. The heat exchanger in which partition members respectively separated from each other by a spacing maintained by one of spacing members facilitate circulation of two different air flows, with total enthalpy heat exchange occurring... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080210411 - Plate-type heat exchanger for drying a gaseous medium: A plate-type heat exchanger for drying a gaseous medium. The invention relates to a plate-type heat exchanger (1) for drying a gaseous medium, especially air, comprising a stack (2) of plates (3) which are interconnected to define flow spaces (4) between the plates (3), a gas-gas heat exchanger (6) being... Agent: Merchant & Gould P.C.

20080210413 - Heat exchanger: A heat exchanger may be manufactured using a number of different methods, each having their own benefits and deficiencies. A method of making a monolithic heat exchanger having a plurality of conduits passing through it is provided and comprises the steps of: providing a plurality of successive layers of a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080210414 - Heat exchanger plate, a pair of two heat exchanger plates, and plate package for a plate heat exchanger: The invention refers to a heat exchanger plate (11), a pair of heat exchanger plates, and a plate package for a plate heat exchanger. Each heat exchanger plate includes a heat transfer area (33) and a distribution area (34) which adjoins the heat transfer area along a borderline (35). The... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080210415 - Plate heat exchanger with exchanging structure forming several channels in a passage: The invention concerns a heat exchanger with brazed plates comprising a stack of parallel plates defining a plurality of generally flat fluid circulating passages, closure bars which delimit said passages and distributing means for distributing a fluid to each passage of a first series of passages and means for conveying... Agent: Air Liquide Intellectual Property