Heat exchange inventions

20080105402 - Combined thermal protection and surface temperature control system: The invention relates to a combined thermal protection and surface temperature control apparatus. In one embodiment, a combined thermal protection and surface temperature control apparatus comprises a porous member having an entrance side, and a separate exit side. One or more coolant entrance channels extend through the entrance side, extend... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP And The Boeing Company

20080105403 - Pressurized vapor cycle liquid distillation: Embodiments of the invention are directed toward a novel pressurized vapor cycle for distilling liquids. In some embodiments of the invention, a liquid purification system is revealed, including the elements of an input for receiving untreated liquid, a vaporizer coupled to the input for transforming the liquid to vapor, a... Agent: Michelle Saquet Temple

20080105404 - Heat dissipating system having a heat dissipating cavity body: A heat dissipating system includes a heat dissipating cavity body defining a receiving space and having a bottom wall adapted to contact a heat source, a working fluid disposed in the receiving space and adapted to absorb heat generated by the heat source, and a heat exchange unit for exchanging... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080105405 - Heat pipe multilayer capillary wick support structure: A heat pipe multilayer capillary wick support structure includes a hollow pipe body, a first capillary wick and a second capillary wick in the pipe body, and an auxiliary transmission structure attached between the first and second capillary wicks; wherein the auxiliary transmission structure is composed of a plurality of... Agent: Hdsl

20080105406 - Heat pipe with variable grooved-wick structure and method for manufacturing the same: A heat pipe (10) includes a casing (11), a plurality of grooves (12, 13) defined in the casing, and working fluid contained in the casing. The casing includes a first portion (14) and a second portion (15) having a smaller diameter than the first portion. The grooves (12) at the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080105407 - Integrated heat dissipating assembly: An integrated heat dissipating assembly includes two heat sinks, a heat dissipating fan mounted between the two sinks and a body provided below the two heat sinks and the heat dissipating fan. The body is composed of a hollow body, a pump received inside the hollow body and a base... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates, LLC

20080105412 - Continuous cooling capacity regulation using supplemental heating: A method of providing variable cooling includes operating a cooling element to cool an air flow by a first cooling capacity, operating a heating element to heat the air flow by a first heating capacity that adjusts the first cooling capacity towards a first desired total cooling capacity, determining a... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20080105410 - Heat dissipation apparatus: A heat dissipation apparatus (10) includes a heat-dissipating fan (14) and a fin assembly (12). The heat-dissipating fan includes a casing (141) and a plurality of blades (142) rotatably received in the casing. The casing defines an air outlet (148) through which an airflow generated by the blades flows. The... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080105409 - Heat dissipation device with heat pipes: A heat dissipation device includes a base for absorbing heat from a heat generating device and a first fin set disposed on the base. Two second fin sets are located on two sides of the first fin set and extend beyond the base. At least a heat pipe includes a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080105411 - Heat dissipation device with heat pipes: A heat dissipation device includes a first base plate (10), a fin group (30) arranged on the first base plate, a first heat pipe (50) attached on the first base plate and the fin group and a second heat pipe (60) attached on the first base plate and extending across... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080105408 - Heat-pipe type heat sink: A heat-pipe type heat sink (100) includes a plurality of fins (10), at least a heat pipe (20) extending through the fins, and soldering material (40) disposed between the heat pipe and the fins. Each of the fins defines therein a through hole (12) and a cutout (13) adjacent to... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080105413 - Manufacturing method of water block: A porous microchannel structure adopts a first casing and a second casing to form a water block. Water inlet and outlet pipes are extended from both ends of the first casing respectively. The second casing has a porous microchannel structure made by sintering a heat conducting powder and formed on... Agent: Hdsl

20080105414 - Low-temperature coolant cooler: The invention relates to a low-temperature coolant cooler, for the indirect charge-air cooling on an internal combustion engine, with a number of flat tubes, through which 700 to 1,800 litres per hour of coolant flow during operation, which open out in coolant collectors (4,8) and air guide devices, in particular,... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080105415 - Chamber for holding a fluid for a heat exchanger, heat exchanger, more particularly for a heat exchange unit, and a heat exchange unit, in particular in the form of a monoblock: The invention relates to a chamber (110) for holding a fluid for a heat exchanger, comprising a base (111) with one or more receiving openings (113) for pipes. The one or more openings (113) is or are arranged substantially in a pipe-base plane. The chamber (110) also has a cover... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20080105416 - Cooling heat exchanger: A cooling heat exchanger has first and second heat transfer plates joined to each other. Each of the first and second heat transfer plates has protrusions protruding from a base portion thereof for defining internal fluid passages, a fin portion projecting from the base portion in the same direction as... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080105417 - Reverse flow parallel thermal transfer unit: A parallel flow thermal transfer unit is disclosed having high efficiency and a constant gradient along the length of the flow. The thermal transfer unit includes flow control elements within the path of the flow to produce desired flow characteristics.... Agent: Myers & Kaplan Intellectual Property Law, L.L.C.

20080105418 - Heat exchange element and heat exchange ventilator including the same: A heat exchange element in which heat is exchanged between two flows respectively passing through spaces 4 and 5 for air supply and exhaust, partitioned with a plurality of members 2 and 3. The members 2 and 3 are bonded with a bonding agent which contains a volatile organic compound... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080105419 - Heat exchanger: The present invention relates to a heat exchanger, which restricts a gap between a tube insertion hole formed on a header pipe for allowing both ends of a tube to inserted and combined thereto and the tube within a proper range, thereby making the manufacturing of the header pipes and... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20080105420 - Parallel flow heat exchanger with crimped channel entrance: A parallel flow (minichannel or microchannel) evaporator includes channels which are crimped at or adjacent to their entrance location which provides for a refrigerant expansion and pressure drop control resulting in the elimination of refrigerant maldistribution in the evaporator and prevention of potential compressor flooding. Progressive crimping to counter-balance factors... Agent: Marjama Muldoon Blasiak & Sullivan LLP

20080105421 - Heat exchanger and process for devolatilizing polymer using same: Disclosed is a process for devolatilizing a polymer comprising passing the polymer through a devolatizer comprising a plate heat exchanger wherein the plates of the plate heat exchanger are heated by a plurality of heating tubes and wherein the heating tube comprises a return tube nested inside of a supply... Agent: Fina Technology Inc

20080099181 - Method to cool a bake plate using an actively chilled transfer shuttle: A method of performing a temperature set point change for a bake plate of a track lithography tool includes positioning a cooling surface of an actively chilled transfer shuttle adjacent a process surface of the bake plate. The actively chilled transfer shuttle includes the cooling surface and a transfer surface... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080099182 - Self-heating or self-cooling containers: A self-heating or self-cooling container for food or drink comprises inner and outer vessels defining a reaction cell between their mutually facing walls is provided. The reaction cell is divided into first and second chambers by a rupturable membrane. A liquid chemical reagent is filled into the second chamber which... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20080099183 - Aluminum clad steel composite for heat exchanger tubes and manifolds: A brazable composite metal material for a heat exchanger tube or manifold, a method of making the tube or manifold, and a heat exchanger made therefrom. The composite metal suitable for making the heat exchanger tube or manifold has one of an aluminized carbon steel, galvanized carbon steel, or steel... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080099184 - Heater core and air conditioner for an automomile equipped with same: The amount of cooling water supplied to an automobile air conditioner heater core is adjusted based on a user set temperature. The heater core has two tanks spaced from each other by a predetermined distance. Cooling water is introduced and discharged into the first or second tank via inlet and... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080099186 - Flexible heat pipe: A flexible heat pipe (10) includes a casing (12), a wick structure (20) arranged in the casing, and a working medium saturated in the wick structure. The casing includes an evaporation section (122), a condensation section (126), and a flexible adiabatic section (124) connecting the evaporation section with the condensation... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang J

20080099185 - Method and equipment for heat recovery: The present invention relates to a method and equipment for recovering heat from exhaust gas removed from an industrial process, such as an electrolysis process for the production of aluminium. Heat is recovered by means of an extraction/suction system, where the exhaust gas contains dust and/or particles. The heat is... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080099187 - Method and apparatus for absorbing thermal energy: The subject invention pertains to a method and apparatus for storing thermal energy. The subject thermal energy storage apparatus can function as a heat absorber in a cooling system. A cooling system can incorporate a cooling cycle that utilizes thermal energy storage and has two coolant loops. The primary cooling... Agent: James S. Parker Saliwanchik, Lloyd & Saliwanchik

20080099188 - Perforated heat pipes: This invention enables broad commercial use of heat pipe technology in designs ranging from traditional outdoor apparel to high-end sport garments and special tasks garments. Heat pipes of popular mesh or velvet patterns provides integrated heat sink functionality that decreases weight, size and cost of thermal designs. Products of the... Agent: Igor V Touzov

20080099189 - Self-pumped cooling device: A vapor conduit having a first cross sectional area is connected to an evaporator for refrigerant exiting the evaporator. The evaporator is connected to a reservoir by a filling conduit having a second cross sectional area. A first liquid plug is disposed in the vapor conduit and a second liquid... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080099190 - Heat transfer methods using heat transfer compositions containing trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene: Disclosed are methods of transferring heat to or from a fluid or body comprising causing heat to be transferred to or from a composition comprising at least trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluorpropene.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080099191 - Parallel flow heat exchangers incorporating porous inserts: A parallel flow (minichannel or microchannel) evaporator includes a porous member inserted at the entrance of the evaporator channels which provides refrigerant expansion and pressure drop controls resulting in the elimination of refrigerant maldistribution and prevention of potential compressor flooding.... Agent: Marjama Muldoon Blasiak & Sullivan LLP

20080099192 - Rotating mechanism for solid-solid direct-heating reaction disc: The present invention discloses a rotating mechanism for rotationally driving a solid-solid direct-heating reaction disc, comprising a fixed hollow shaft, a rotating sleeve assembly and a signal commutator, wherein the fixed hollow shaft is -fixed, the rotating sleeve assembly rotatably surrounds the fixed hollow shaft, the reaction disc is supported... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080099193 - Self-regulated cooling mechanism: Regulating the temperature of a heat-generating device within a desired range using shape memory materials disposed on a heat sink. According to one embodiment, cooling fins are placed upon a heat-generating device. Fluid flows through the cooling fins to remove heat from the device. A shape memory material is placed... Agent: Ibm Corporation (ss/nc) C/o Streets & Steele

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.