Heat exchange inventions 12/08

20080314550 - Periodic regenerative heat exchanger: A regenerative heat exchanger includes a pair of heat exchangers, an inlet valve assembly and an outlet valve assembly. Each valve assembly includes two corresponding pairs of valve ports and two poppet discs each being movable between said corresponding pairs of valve ports. The poppet discs have rods extending to... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080314551 - Steering wheel: A steering wheel having a central hub connected by at least one spoke to a rim. The steering wheel comprises at least one heat pipe within the rim. The heat pipe is thermally isolated from any external cooling arrangement and is configured to transfer heat from a first region of... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080314552 - Heating and cooling system: A building element of the walls or ceiling or floor has panels made of a thermally conducting material with the panels having pipes located therein. The pipes can selectively be connected to a source of high or low temperature so that the panels adopt a temperature different from ambient temperature... Agent: Edwin D. Schindler

20080314553 - Retainer and thermal displacement apparatus for electronic components, methods of production and applications thereof: Retainers are described that comprise at least one center body component comprising a plurality of center body troughs, and at least one compatible component comprising a plurality of compatible troughs, wherein at least part of the plurality of the compatible troughs couple with at least part of the plurality of... Agent: Buchalter Nemer

20080314555 - Heat dissipation device: A heat dissipation device includes a base, a first fin group located above the base, at least one heat pipe connecting the base and the first fin group and first and second fans located at two opposite sides of the first fin group. Each of the first and second fans... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080314556 - Heat dissipation device having a fan for dissipating heat generated by at least two electronic components: A heat dissipation device for at least two heat-generating electronic components, includes a base, a fin set and a plurality of heat pipes. The base includes a supporting frame and at least two plates attached to a bottom of the frame for contacting with the at least two heat-generating electronic... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080314554 - Heat dissipation device with a heat pipe: A heat dissipation device with a heat pipe includes a base for thermally engaging with an electronic device, a first fin assembly and a second fin assembly arranged on the base, and a heat pipe thermally connecting the first and second fin assemblies with the base. The first fin assembly... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080314558 - System and method for using a flexible composite surface for pressure-drop free heat transfer enhancement and flow drag reduction: A flexible composite sheet (FCS) comprising a membrane, a substrate coupled to the membrane, and a plurality of ridges coupled between the membrane and the substrate, wherein a vibratory motion is induced from the flow to at least one segment of a membrane spanning a distance s, wherein the vibratory... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080314557 - Thermoelectric device and heat sink assembly with reduced edge heat loss: An assembly that includes one or more thermoelectric devices and a heat sink and that corrects the problem of an uneven heating effect across the area occupied by the devices due to a lateral heat loss at the edges of the devices or other anomalies among the devices is constructed... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080314559 - Heat exchange structure and heat dissipating apparatus having the same: A heat exchange structure is connected to a dual water cooling system and a heat dissipating apparatus has the heat exchange structure. The heat exchange structure includes a box as a main body, and the box includes a first cavity and a second cavity. The first cavity and the second... Agent: Hdsl

20080314560 - Mechanically actuated thermal switch: Methods and apparatuses for causing thermal transfer between two structures on command including responding, by a thermal switch, to a command signal by moving a first set of one or more thermally conductive members into a position adjacent to a second set of one or more thermally conductive members, the... Agent: NovatechIPLaw

20080314561 - Integrated heat exchange system: The invention provides a method and apparatus for integrating the tube side streams in a plurality of plate fin and tube or finned tube exchangers to accomplish more efficient heat transfer or a more compact design.... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080314562 - Water-cooled air compressor: Provided is a water-cooled air compressor which is capable of restraining lowering of the performance of a plate type compressor for heat-exchanging compressed air from a compressor body, with cooling water due to clogging of gaps between plates in the heat-exchanger by dust or the like, incorporating a first solenoid... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080314563 - Method for controlling the temperature of exothermic chemical reactions: A method for controlling the temperature of an exothermic reaction with simultaneous production of steam is based on the use of heat exchangers (5a) crossed by a recirculation liquid along an inner path extended between the inlet opening for the recirculation liquid and an outlet opening (5f), the recirculation liquid... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080314564 - Temperature control device: A temperature control device controls the temperature of a controlled object by circulating a fluid in a temperature adjustment unit arranged near the controlled object. The temperature control device comprises a heating pathway that heats and circulates the fluid in the temperature adjustment unit, a cooling pathway that cools and... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP

20080314565 - Method and apparatus for chip cooling: In one embodiment, the invention is a method and apparatus for chip cooling. One embodiment of a system for cooling a heat-generating device, such as a semiconductor chip, includes a vaporization chamber for at least partially vaporizing a stream of liquid in a stream of a gas to produce a... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20080314566 - Ventilation method and ventilation system for a magnetic resonance imaging system: This invention discloses a ventilation system for an MRI system, including: a hydrodynamic rotating device, a primary coolant water pipe, a secondary coolant water pipe, a fan and air outlet; the water outlet of the primary coolant water pipe is connected to the water inlet of the hydrodynamic rotating device,... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080314567 - Heat exchanger mixing systen: The present invention relates to a heat exchanger mixing system comprising at least one heat exchanger zone, at least one connection plate having one or more mixing units, at least four corners per connection plate, wherein each corner being either blind passage corner, a through-passage corner, a single passage corner,... Agent: Michaud-duffy Group LLP

20080314568 - Anisotropic thermal and electrical applications of composites of ceramics and carbon nanotubes: Ceramic materials are converted to materials with anisotropic thermal properties, electrical properties, or both, by forming the ceramics into composites with carbon nanotubes dispersed therein and uniaxially compressing the composites in a direction in which a lower thermal or electrical conductivity is desired.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080314569 - Egr cooler: To provide an EGR cooler which has a small number of parts and achieves compact design with low cost. A plurality of flat tubes, each having a bottom to close an end thereof, is arranged in parallel. An opening of each of the flat tubes penetrates through a tube plate.... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080314570 - Heat exchanger apparatus for accommodating thermal and/or pressure transients: A heat exchanger apparatus for accommodating thermal and pressure transients. In one embodiment, the heat exchanger apparatus comprises: a first outer shell having an open end and an end wall; an inner shell having a cavity, the inner shell extending through the end wall of the first outer shell; a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080314571 - Annular baffle: A baffle assembly for an etching apparatus is disclosed. The baffle assembly comprises a ring and a lower baffle portion having a curved wall extending between a flange portion and a lower frame portion. A heating assembly may be present within the lower frame portion to control the temperature of... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - - Appm/tx

20080314573 - Aircraft combination engines thermal management system: An engine combination for generating forces with a gas turbine engine generating force that utilizes an engine lubricant for lubricating moving components in the turbofan engine, and an internal combustion engine provided in the combination as an intermittent combustion engine generating force that utilizes a coolant for transporting heat generated... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20080314572 - Lubrication system and oil cooler with bypass: An oil cooler for an engine or other lubricated mechanism includes a connector through which the oil cooler is connected to an oil supply passage and a return oil passage in an engine crankcase or other supply source. The connector includes a seal face to which inlet and outlet passages... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080314574 - Method for the production of a plate type heat exchanger and related heat exchanger: A method for the production of heat exchangers (10, 110, 210) of the so-called plate type, comprising the operative steps of: —juxtaposing a couple of substantially identical metal plates (12, 14), —fixing together said juxtaposed plates (12, 14) to one another by means of welding performed at respective perimetric sides... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080314575 - Parallel flow evaporator: A parallel flow evaporator comprises a transitional plate. A left side plate and a right side plate are connected with two side edges of the transitional plate respectively. A first liquid inlet manifold is secured to an upper side edge of a forward side surface of said transitional plate, a... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080314576 - Thermal module with porous type heat dissipater: A thermal module (100) includes a centrifugal blower (20), a heat dissipater (10) and a plurality of heat transfer plates (34). The centrifugal blower includes a casing (22), a stator accommodated in the casing, and a rotor (24) rotatably disposed around the stator. The casing includes a base wall (224)... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080308253 - System for cooling residential structures such as garages and attics: The present invention relates generally to a system for cooling residential spaces, such as a garage. The preferred embodiment of the invention comprises a steel security door modified with evaporative media to cool incoming air, a water supply and re-circulating subsystem and a large fan to move fresh air through... Agent: Venable, Campillo, Logan & Meaney, P.C.

20080308254 - Micro-electromechanical system based switching in heating-ventilation-air-conditioning systems: HVAC systems implementing micro-electromechanical system based switching devices. Exemplary embodiments include a HVAC system, including a load motor, a main breaker micro electromechanical system (MEMS) switch, and a variable frequency drive (VFD) disposed between and electrically coupled to the load motor and the main breaker MEMS switch.... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080308255 - Internal warming-up method and sheet post-processing apparatus including warming-up device: A sheet post-processing apparatus includes a warming-up device including a first duct connected to a fan to lead warm exhaust air sucked from an image forming apparatus into an apparatus, a second duct provided to lead the warm exhaust air discharged by a fan or ambient Air in a housing... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080308256 - Microwave cable cooling: A cable cooling apparatus, for dissipating heat generated by a cable, includes a housing configured for attachment to at least a portion of cable, the housing being configured to retain a meltable material in a first state and the meltable material configured to dissipate thermal energy from the cable during... Agent: Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20080308257 - Heat dissipating assembly: A heat dissipating assembly for dissipating heat of a heat source is provided. The heat dissipating assembly includes a body, at least one circulation pipe, and a working fluid. The body has a chamber defined therein and least one pipeline formed in a wall of the body. The body further... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080308258 - Micro-channel heat sink: A micro-channel heat sink comprises an upper cover layer and a cooling layer. The cooling layer comprises at least one inlet fluid tank, a plurality of micro-channels, and at least one outlet fluid tank. The inlet fluid tank can store and deliver the working fluids, and the outlet fluid tank... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080308259 - Multiple temperature sensitive devices using two heat pipes: A heat pipe assembly comprises a first heat pipe having a condenser and a working fluid. A reservoir communicates with the condenser of the first heat pipe and contains a non-condensable gas which variably permits access of the working fluid to the condenser of the first heat pipe, depending on... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080308260 - Cold plate stability: A cold plate assembly includes a cold plate with at least two plumbing ports. The cold plate assembly further includes a spring plate assembly, which applies an actuation load to the cold plate. The spring plate assembly includes a spring plate and a spring pin moveable in a slot of... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Rochester Division

20080308261 - Fan system, heat exchanger module, method for manufacturing a fan system and/or a heat exchanger module: Fan system, in particular for a heat exchanger, which fan system has at least one receptacle for a fan drive unit, at least one housing wall, and at least one strut, in particular a number of struts which connect the receptacle to the housing wall, wherein the struts are arranged... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080308262 - Humidity and/or heat-exchange device: The invention relates to a humidity- and/or heat-exchange device, for example a plate heat exchanger a sorption rotor, an adsorption dehumidifying rotor or the similar, provided with humidity- and/or heat exchange surfaces which make it possible to introduce humidity and/or heat into a fluid flow and/or to remove them therefrom... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20080308263 - Heat exchanger manifold sealing system: A heat exchanger manifold with improved sealing between the tank and header. The manifold includes a plastic heat exchanger tank having an opening for mating with a header and a lip extending substantially around a periphery of the opening. The lip has an outer surface and an upper surface extending... Agent: Law Office Of Delio & Peterson, LLC.

20080308264 - Multiple flow heat exchanger: The invention relates to a multiple flow heat exchanger (1), especially a gas cooler, comprising at least two flows (2, 3) passable by a fluid (13) in opposite directions and which respectively comprise a group of parallel channels (4) provided with lamellae (5) positioned between the channels (4) in a... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20080302504 - Station side cooling for refueling vehicle storage tanks with high pressure fuel: Reduction of fuel tank heating during the refueling process is effected by a coolant exchange between the station and the vehicle whereby an on board heat exchanger internal to the tank is interconnected through a heat exchanger external to the tank with a station side cooler that cools the refill... Agent: Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080302505 - Evaporative cooling system: The evaporative cooling system comprises: evaporative cooling modules, a liquid supply system which comprises a liquid supply pump and a tube, and which supplies a refrigerant liquid to the evaporative cooling modules; an air supply system which comprises air supply tubes, and which supplies warm air to the evaporative cooling... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith Hazel & Thomas LLP

20080302507 - Adjustable cooling apparatus: An adjustable cooling apparatus to disperse heat generated by an electronic device mainly includes a heat transfer portion attached to the electronic device to transfer heat generated by the electronic device and a heat dispersing portion to receive the heat from the heat transfer portion and disperse the heat. The... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20080302506 - Heat sink: A heat sink includes first and second fin sets. The first fin set includes a plurality of fins each having a flange extending perpendicularly from an edge thereof and oriented in a same first direction. The flanges engage with each other in succession through locking parts formed thereon. The second... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080302509 - Heat sink and modular heat sink: A modular heat sink including a first heat sink and a second heat sink is disclosed. The first heat sink includes a first base having a female connecting part and a first fin assembly disposed on the first base. The second heat sink is connected to the first heat sink... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080302508 - Heat-dissipating device with high heat-dissipating efficiency: A heat-dissipating device includes a planar plate, a cap-like cover, a finned structure, and a discharge pipe. The cap-like cover includes a base wall, and a surrounding wall that interconnects the planar plate and the base wall, that cooperates with the planar plate and the base wall to define an... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080302510 - Plasma-driven cooling heat sink: A plasma-driven cooling device generates and drives a plasma-driven gas flow to cool down electronic devices. The plasma-driven cooling device comprises electrodes, dielectric pieces, and heat sink fins. The voltages applied on the electrodes coupled with dielectric pieces and heat sink fins induce the gas flow, which is used to... Agent: Bo-in Lin

20080302511 - Heat exchanger vessel with means for recirculating cleaning particles: A heat exchanger vessel (1) comprises a tubular outer shell (2) in which a bundle of heat exchanging tubes (7) is arranged, which bundle of heat exchanger tubes is coupled to an inlet (9) and outlet (10) for a first fluid, such as high-pressure natural gas, and the tubular outer... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20080302512 - Thermal dissipating device: A thermal dissipating device includes a base, at least a heat pipe, a plurality of fins and a fan. The heat pipe is fixed on the base and has an end extending outwards. The fins are fitted to the heat pipe. The fan has an airflow entering side and an... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080302513 - Method and device for tempering a substrate: The invention concerns a device and a method for tempering a substrate (S), as well as a method for making such a device, which comprises the following elements: a first subelements (10) provided with a support surface (20) to be pressed against the substrate (S) and with a first connecting... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080302514 - Plasma cooling heat sink: One embodiment of the present invention uses plasma-driven gas flow to cool down electronic devices. The cooling device comprises heat sink fin assembly, plasma actuator assembly, and magnetic circuit assembly. The plasma actuator assembly comprises electrodes and dielectric pieces. Voltages are applied to electrodes to drive the plasma gas flow.... Agent: Bo-in Lin

20080302515 - Fan: A fan includes an impeller, a motor and a frame. The impeller has a hub and a plurality of blades disposed around the hub. The motor connects to the impeller and drives it to rotate. The frame accommodates the impeller and the motor therein. The material of the impeller, the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080302516 - Compressor cooling system and method of use: A compressor cooling system for an air compressor includes an air compressor including an external surface; an enclosure for enclosing the air compressor inside the enclosure; an air passage formed on the inside of the enclosure between the enclosure and the external surface of the air compressor; multiple holes in... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20080302517 - Heat exchange member and heat exchange apparatus: A heat exchange member comprising a liquid layer and a solid layer capable of conducting a heat exchange reaction with the liquid layer upon their solid-liquid contact at an interface between the solid layer and the solid layer, wherein the solid layer further comprises on a surface thereof which is... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080302518 - Flat tube heat exchanger: A flat tube heat exchanger is provided including a first flat side and a second flat side opposite the first flat side joined together by two opposing sides. At least one internal partition defines a flow duct within the interior of the heat exchanger. A bend is provided in the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Nbc Tower

20080302519 - Method and apparatus for heating a circulating fluid in an indirect heat exchanger: A quench column heater and a method for heating a circulating liquid in a gas-to-liquid heat exchanger and an indirect heat exchanger to produce a hot liquid stream for use for heat exchange in a selected process to supply heat to the process. One particularly useful application of the present... Agent: F. Lindsey Scott Law Office Of F. Lindsey Scott

20080302520 - Heat exchanger: A heat exchanger suitable for long term use in the unfiltered hot exhaust gas of an aluminum smelter is disclosed. In one embodiment, the heat exchanger comprises fluid carrying tubes connected together with web members to form a cylindrical shell. A header located at each end of the cylindrical shell... Agent: Intellectual Property

20080302521 - Header for heat exchanger having filler metal groove: The present invention provides a pipe for a heat exchanger. The header includes a tube insertion hole for insertion of a tube, a filler metal groove formed in a length direction on one side or both sides at a point separated from the tube insertion hole, and a filler metal... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080295992 - Air conditioning apparatus for vehicle: An air conditioning apparatus has a blower, a unit case, a cooling heat exchanger and a heating heat exchanger. The heat exchangers are disposed in the unit case such that ends thereof are adjacent to the blower. The unit case has a side opening on its side wall and a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080295993 - Heat dissipation apparatus with heat pipes: A heat dissipation apparatus adapted for removing heat from a heat-generating electronic component, includes a conducting core, a plurality of conducting arms, a plurality of fins and a heat pipe assembly. The conducting core comprises a heat-absorbing portion contacting with the heat-generating electronic component. The conducting arms extend radially and... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080295995 - Heat sink and manufacturing method thereof: A heat sink includes a plurality of heat dissipation fins. Each of the heat dissipation fins includes a sheet body, at least one bent part, and at least one first combined part. The bent part is formed from a terminal end of the sheet body. The first combined part protrudes... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20080295994 - Heat-dissipating fin assembly and assembling method thereof: A heat-dissipating fin assembly including a first fin and a second fin is provided. Each of the first fin and the second fin respectively includes a body, a bending part and a connecting part. The bending part is bent from an end of the body to form a turning portion... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080295996 - Stable cavity-induced two-phase heat transfer in silicon microchannels: The stable cavity-induced two-phase heat transfer in silicon microchannels mitigates the flow of instabilities associated with two-phase (liquid/vapor) flow in microchannels. This is accomplished by etching microscopic cavities in the base of each microchannel using photolithography techniques. Each cavity is used to promote controlled nucleation activity. The microchannels with cavities... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080295997 - Synthetic jet ejector with viewing window and temporal aliasing: A device (103) is provided which comprises (a) a housing (115) equipped with a viewing window (253); (b) a diaphragm (301), visible through said viewing window; (c) an actuator (126) adapted to vibrate said diaphragm at an operating frequency; and (d) a strobe light (121).... Agent: Fortkort & Houston P.C.

20080295998 - Integrated water current connection for motor drive: A system for cooling a multi-cell power supply, the system including a water pump, a water-to-air heat exchanger in fluid communication with the water pump, and a supply water manifold in fluid connection with the water-to-air-heat exchanger. The system further includes a plurality of power cells in fluid communication with... Agent: Elsa Keller

20080296000 - Cooling device for computer: A cooling device (1003) with a housing (1004) having an upper wall (1414b), lower wall (1414d), and two sidewalls, forming a duct with a cross-sectional area for allowing air flow from a first end (1411) to a second (1412), and an air drive disposed within the housing to draw air... Agent: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. C/o Vedder Price P.C.

20080295999 - Cooling mechanism: A cooling mechanism for cooling an object includes a duct that leads a fluid for cooling, multiple fans that are placed on a channel in the duct and send forth the fluid for cooling, and a bypass channel that detours at least one of the multiple fans.... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20080296001 - Cooling device for cpu: A cooling device includes a base connected on a CPU and a pipe unit 2 includes a plurality of absorbing pipes which are engaged with the base. A plurality of cooling pipes are connected to two ends of the absorbing pipes and extend upward in V-shape. Two cooling units are... Agent: Chen, Wei-hau

20080296002 - Heat exchanger core, heat exchanger, and evaporator of refrigeration cycle apparatus: A heat exchanger core includes a first tube, a second tube, a first fin, a second fin, and a connection member. The second tube is provided upstream of the first tube in a direction of air flow. The first fin is coupled to an outer surface of the first tube... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080296003 - Heat exchanger: A heat exchanger used as an evaporator includes a refrigerant inlet header section having a refrigerant inlet at a right end portion, and a plurality of heat exchange tubes connected to the refrigerant inlet header section. The interior of the refrigerant inlet header section is divided by a partition plate... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080296004 - Wound heat exchanger with anti-drumming walls: A wound heat exchanger is disclosed. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of tubes which are wound in several concentric tube layers about a central tube, and a container cover which defines an external chamber about the tube. A first anti-drumming wall is shaped as a cylinder cover or a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080296005 - Parallel flow heat exchanger for heat pump applications: A parallel flow heat exchanger system (10, 50, 100, 200) for heat pump applications in which single and multiple paths of variable length are established via flow control systems which also allow for refrigerant flow reversal within the parallel flow heat exchanger system (10, 50, 100, 200), while switching between... Agent: Marjama Muldoon Blasiak & Sullivan LLP

20080296006 - Adjustable heat exchange apparatus and method of use: A pipe-within-a-pipe and method of use are provided. The pipe-within-a-pipe comprises a first tube overlaying a second tube. The first tube and the second tube have different structures in some respect.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080296007 - Low profile heater core connector: A low profile heater core connector is disclosed which facilitates installation in a plurality of positions, wherein a size, a weight, and a cost of production of the heater core connector is minimized.... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20080296008 - Heat transfer fin for heat exchanger: A heat transfer fin (13) is provided on a heat transfer tube (1) wherein a fluid for exchanging heat with air flows. The heat transfer fin which transfers heat by having contact with air is composed of a metal foam having a pore density of 20 PIP or more.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080296009 - Computer systems and related methods for cooling such systems: Methods for cooling computer systems are provided, in which the computer system has a processor and a fan. An exemplary method comprises: determining a temperature threshold for operating the fan at greater than low speed; determining a temperature of the computer system; and throttling the processor if the temperature corresponds... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080296010 - Method and device for determining the capacity of a heat exchanger: A method and arrangement for determining the capacity of a heat exchanger is provided. The effective heat transfer coefficient for the heat exchanger is calculated from the measured inlet and outlet temperatures of the product and the measured inlet and outlet temperatures of the auxiliary medium. By means of the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department