Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
165170000 | Opposed plates or shells | 87 |
20080202736 | Multi-channel heat exchanger - A combustion gas furnace includes a plurality of primary heat exchangers for passage of combustion gases therethrough. A plurality of secondary heat exchangers receive the combustion gases from the primary heat exchanger. Each of the secondary heat exchangers includes a heat conductive element defining a plurality of elongate passageways for the flow of combustion gas therethrough. The passageways include aligned ports at either end thereof. The passageways are generally aligned and separated by longitudinal walls extending between the ends. The walls are positioned for heat conductive contact with the combustion gases flowing through passageways. | 08-28-2008 |
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 another fluid to a second series of passages wherein at least one passage contains organized exchanging structures ( | 09-04-2008 |
20080251243 | HEAT-EXCHANGE ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A heat-exchange element has a substrate plate having a face and a channel formed by fused deposited powder fixed to the face and forming with the face a laterally closed passage. The channel is made by applying powder to the face of the substrate plate and fusing successive layers of the powder to the face to form the channel fixed on and open toward the face. | 10-16-2008 |
20080277106 | Heat Exchanger - Heat exchanger which mainly consists of a housing with a bottom, an upper wall and side walls, whereby onto two pairs of opposite side walls, the front wall and the back wall respectively, are connected a supply and a discharge for the gas to be cooled, and whereby channels are provided in the housing, according two cross directions, characterized in that, between the above-mentioned channels and the above-mentioned back wall, means are provided for separating condensate from the cooled gas. | 11-13-2008 |
20090020275 | HEAT EXCHANGER - The invention relates to a heat exchanger, especially for cooling exhaust gases. Said heat exchanger comprises at least one first flow channel for a first medium, at least one second flow channel for a second medium, at least one bottom that can be connected to the housing, said bottom having at least one expansion element. | 01-22-2009 |
20090084532 | HEAT EXCHANGER WITH DIVIDED COOLANT CHAMBER - A heat exchanger has a shell and tube stack disposed within a shell inner chamber. A coolant chamber extends from a shell end, accommodates a portion of the tube stack, and has a sidewall that extends outwardly from the tube stack. A divider is disposed within the coolant chamber between the sidewall and tube stack, and extends axially along the chamber to the end of the shell splitting the coolant chamber into inlet and outlet coolant passages. For example, a pair of dividers are disposed within the coolant chamber and are attached to a respective sidewall surfaces. A coolant inlet and outlet is in fluid flow communication with respective inlet and outlet coolant passages. A cooling medium within the heat exchanger flows longitudinally within the inlet coolant passage along the tube stack in a direction opposite from the coolant flow path within the outlet coolant passage. | 04-02-2009 |
20090133861 | Heat Exchanger of Condensing Boiler for Heating and Hot-Water Supply - Disclosed is a heat exchanger for a condensing boiler supplying both heating water and hot water, which can use a double pipe as a sensible heat exchanger, instead of the use of an indirect heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes: a sensible heat exchanger; and a latent heat exchanger made by connecting a plurality of unit heat exchangers to define exhaust gas pathway, each unit heat exchanger being manufactured in such a manner that three plates having a convexo-concave shape are stacked on one another to define a heating water pathway and a hot water pathway to be adjacent to each other in order to increase a heat transfer area. | 05-28-2009 |
20090159251 | Plate And Gasket For Plate Heat Exchanger - The invention relates to a heat exchanger plate for a plate heat exchanger, which plate has a number of ports, a distribution region, a heat transfer region, a first adiabatic region, a second adiabatic region and an edge area that extends outside the ports and the regions, which plate has a first gasket groove extending in the edge area outside the regions and around the ports, and a second gasket groove extending between the adiabatic region and the adjacent distribution region, whereby the gasket grooves are connected together to accommodate a gasket for sealing abutment against an adjacent heat exchanger plate in the plate heat exchanger. The invention further relates to a gasket for a heat exchanger plate and a plate heat exchanger having a package of heat exchanger plates and gaskets. | 06-25-2009 |
20090183862 | Heat exchanger and related exchange module - A heat exchanger, includes modules defining a first path for a first fluid, each having two metal sheets forming between them a network of channels which are located in parallel with each other from the fluidic point of view, each channel interposed between two neighbouring channels of the network being, over the whole of its developed length, adjacent to these two neighbouring channels from which it is isolated by two respective weld lines connecting the two metal sheets; a second path for a second fluid is defined between the modules; and an overall variation in the passage cross-section over the length of at least one of the paths with continuity of profiles of the channels. | 07-23-2009 |
20090183863 | Connecting Structure for Connecting Heat Radiation Fins - A connecting structure for connecting heat-radiation fins comprises a plurality of heat-radiation fins each having a heat conductive portion with both edges folded into wing portions. The wing portions of the respective heat-radiation fins are different in width, and the heat-radiation fins are classified into narrow and wide heat-radiation fins, between each narrow heat-radiation fin and wide heat-radiation fin is connected a connecting fin, each wing portion of the respective heat-radiation fins and the connecting fins is defined with receiving apertures, an outer portion of the respective receiving apertures extends outward to form a connecting portion to be received in a corresponding receiving aperture of a neighboring fin. The connecting fins are provided with receiving apertures and connecting portions which are sized corresponding to that of neighboring narrow and wide heat-radiation fins. | 07-23-2009 |
20090242182 | Heat Exchanger Plate - The present invention relates to a flat tube plate ( | 10-01-2009 |
20090260785 | HEAT PLATE WITH CAPILLARY SUPPORTING STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - In a heat plate having a hollow plate and capillary supporting structures, the plate body includes a capillary tissue attached on an internal wall of the plate body, and each of the capillary supporting structures is erected, supported and distributed in the plate body. Each capillary supporting structure is in a cylindrical shape and has a capillary object made of sintered powder and disposed on the circumferential surface of the cylindrical capillary supporting structure and contacted with the capillary tissue to form a continuous capillary channel and provide a capillary action to the capillary supporting structures in the heat plate. | 10-22-2009 |
20090260786 | U-FLOW HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger that comprises (a) a plurality of stacked tubular members defining a first set of flow passages for a first fluid through the tubular members and a second set of flow passages for a second fluid between adjacent tubular members, and (b) a tank connected to a first end of the stacked tubular members, the tank defining inlet and outlet manifolds in communication with inlet and outlet openings, respectively of the first set of flow passages for distributing the first fluid to and collecting the first fluid from the first set of flow passages, the tank defining a plurality of wall portions each having a first side facing at least one of the inlet and outlet manifolds and an opposite side facing a respective one of the second set of flow passages such that the wall portions provide heat exchanger interfaces between the first and second fluids. | 10-22-2009 |
20100006275 | PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER - A plate heat exchanger ( | 01-14-2010 |
20100044021 | HEAT EXCHANGER WITH PLATES - A heat exchanger comprises a set of plates defining between them circuits for a fluid flowing alternately via seals mounted between each pair of two adjacent plates. Each plate including at least one guiding cut formed at least at one of the ends thereof for guiding each plate inside a frame. The exchanger also includes between each pair of two adjacent plates, and in proximity to the guiding cut, at least one strut to be compressed and in contact with the two adjacent plates. Each strut has, before compression, a thickness at least equal to that of the seal. | 02-25-2010 |
20100181055 | PLATE LAMINATE TYPE HEAT EXCHANGER - Problem to be Solved A plate laminate type heat exchanger having high heat exchange efficiency is provided. | 07-22-2010 |
20100181056 | POROUS MEDIA COLD PLATE - A heat exchanger for cooling a heat generating device including a base having a recess with a base coolant inlet opening and a base coolant outlet opening. A porous core is positioned within the recess of the base, and has a core coolant inlet opening and a core coolant outlet opening that are arranged in corresponding relation with base coolant inlet opening and a base coolant outlet opening so as to be in fluid communication. A porous gasket is pinched between the porous core and the base. | 07-22-2010 |
20100218923 | COOLING / HEATING PANEL - A cooling/heating panel, which is capable of uniformly radiating heat, to achieve an enhancement in a cooling or heating efficiency, is disclosed. The disclosed cooling/heating panel includes a radiator including a plurality of corrugated plates stacked such that the adjacent corrugated plates extend orthogonally to each other. Each corrugated plate has a closed periphery. A corrugated diffusion passage is defined between the adjacent corrugated plates. The cooling/heating panel also includes a fluid supply/discharge unit for supplying a fluid to the cooling/heating panel such that the supplied fluid flows through each corrugated diffusion passage in a diffused manner, and discharging the fluid from the cooling/heating panel. | 09-02-2010 |
20100224347 | Heat Exchanger - A heat exchanger that includes a plurality of stacked frames. Between adjacent frames is sheet material that may be moisture pervious or impervious. Each frame has a plurality of baffles between which there is located a plurality of passages. The passages of adjacent frames are inclined by approximately 90°. | 09-09-2010 |
20100263846 | Plate Heat Exchanger Having Profiles - The invention describes a plate heat exchanger and a method for producing a plate heat exchanger. The plate heat exchanger consists of a multiplicity of passages | 10-21-2010 |
20100314088 | HEAT EXCHANGER HAVING MICRO-CHANNELS - Disclosed is a heat exchanger configured by laminating layers having micro-channels by adapting a micromachining, wherein the micro-channels having uniform length and cross section are constructed within a heat exchanger body in a curved outer shape, thereby minimizing deviation for each channel and improving heat transfer efficiency. | 12-16-2010 |
20100319892 | Heat exchanging structure - Provided are heat exchanging structures | 12-23-2010 |
20100319893 | HEAT EXCHANGE DEVICE - In a heat exchange device, a plate-shaped tube ( | 12-23-2010 |
20110036549 | Plate Heat Exchanger - A plate heat exchanger comprises a plurality of heat exchanger plates ( | 02-17-2011 |
20110083834 | COOLING JACKET, ESPECIALLY FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINES AND METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF - The invention relates to cooling jackets and/or heat exchangers, which are to be placed in contact with solid products that are to be cooled, especially with electrical machines with a rotor rotating inside or outside a stator, or in contact with reactors or containers. Said jackets and/or heat exchangers have an inner wall and an outer wall which form the boundary of a flow cavity that is provided with inlet and outlet means for a cooling medium and conducting means in order to form and/or limit at least one flow path for the cooling medium between the inner wall and the outer wall from the inlet means to the outlet means. According to the invention, opposing individual flat places or flat sections of the inner wall and the outer wall are in contact with one another within the confines of said walls and passages for the cooling medium remain between the contacting flat places of flat sections. One or more elevations and depressions alternate on one or more external sides or an outer casing of the inner or outer wall, wherein adjoining flat places or flat sections are permanently connected over individual joints and/or elongated joint sections. | 04-14-2011 |
20110088882 | DOUBLE PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER - A plate heat exchanger ( | 04-21-2011 |
20110108258 | Plate-Type Heat Exchanger, Particularly For Motor Vehicles - A heat exchanger ( | 05-12-2011 |
20110120685 | HIGH EFFICIENCY HEAT EXCHANGER AND DEHUMIDIFIER - A heat exchanger ( | 05-26-2011 |
20110139418 | Plate Cooler for Fluids - A plate cooler for fluids, in particular hydraulic oil, having a parallelepiped-shaped package of plate bodies forming spaced-apart fluid channels, the air channels being interposed between adjacent plate bodies and the plate bodies communicate on their ends with fluid channels in a distributor box and a collection box, which are provided with inlet and outlet lines. The distributor box and the collection box are each embodied as an extruded aluminum profile and include a continuous channel, forming the fluid channel, and a ribbed body, which has lateral ribs with continuous guide grooves for mounting elements and receiving slots for the extruded plate body profile. The fluid channels formed by the plate bodies, via the receiving slots, discharge into a collection chamber, communicating with the continuous channel, of the ribbed body, which is in communication with the continuous channel. The continuous receiving slots for the plate bodies in the distributor box and in the collection box are configured in circular and conical form, and the inserted plate bodies are connected thereto in fluid-tight fashion in a low-temperature adhesive bonding process. | 06-16-2011 |
20110139419 | Heat Exchanger - The invention refers to a plate heat exchanger where the heat exchanger comprises a first flow channel between a first plate and a second plate, and where the flow channel comprises a first distribution passage, a heat transfer passage and a second distribution passage, where the heat transfer passage is vertically divided in a lower and an upper heat transfer passage and where the lower heat transfer passage is horizontally divided in a plurality of adjacent heat transfer zones, where the intermediate angle between the ridges and grooves in any of the heat transfer zones of the lower heat transfer passage is at least 30° larger than the intermediate angle of the upper heat transfer passage. The advantage of the invention is that an improved heat exchanger is provided, having an increased thermal performance and an improved evaporation capacity. | 06-16-2011 |
20110146961 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TOTAL HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENT AND TOTAL HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENT - A total heat exchange element includes a sheet-like partitioning member and space holding members on both sides of the partitioning member to form air paths and performs a heat exchange via the partitioning member between an air flow flowing through an air path formed on one side of the partitioning member and an air flow flowing through an air path formed on other side of the partitioning member. The partitioning member and the space holding members are bonded by a water-solvent adhesive in which a water-soluble moisture-absorbing agent is dissolved. | 06-23-2011 |
20110168371 | Plate Heat Exchanger - The invention refers to a plate heat exchanger comprising a first end plate ( | 07-14-2011 |
20110259562 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger, having a circular housing having a first and a second end plate ( | 10-27-2011 |
20110277974 | Condensing Heat Exchanger for Gas Furnaces - A condensing heat exchanger ( | 11-17-2011 |
20110290461 | REINFORCED HEAT EXCHANGER - A brazed heat exchanger comprises a number of heat exchanger plates ( | 12-01-2011 |
20110290462 | PORT OPENING OF BRAZED HEAT EXCHANGER - A brazed heat exchanger ( | 12-01-2011 |
20110308779 | PORT OPENING OF HEAT EXCHANGER - A brazed heat exchanger ( | 12-22-2011 |
20120006519 | VENTED, GAS-FIRED AIR HEATER - A vented, gas-fired air heater especially designed for temporary heating applications includes an improved burner design providing effective air and gas mixing and efficient burning in the combustion chamber. Highly efficient heat exchanger including corrugated heat exchanger panels provides enhanced heat transfer characteristics. | 01-12-2012 |
20120018134 | Heat Exchange Panel - A heat exchange panel ( | 01-26-2012 |
20120031597 | IMPROVED HEAT EXCHANGER - Heat exchanger for exchanging heat between at least two fluids which are guided through chambers of the heat exchanger ( | 02-09-2012 |
20120031598 | PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER - A plate heat exchanger capable of increasing the fluidity of a fluid and realizing improved heat exchange efficiency, wherein each of stacked heat exchange elements are formed by assembling upper and lower plates, with first and second flow channels for first and second fluids respectively defined in each element and between the elements, inlet and outlet ports formed in opposite ends of the element, upper and lower flanges formed on the respective upper and lower plates, and upper and lower flow grooves diagonally extending on the lower surface of the upper plate and on the upper surface of the lower plate and intersecting with each other to define the first flow channel, wherein a flow guide structure for guiding the first fluid in at least two flow directions is provided on each of the areas around the inlet and outlet ports of the upper and lower plates. | 02-09-2012 |
20120037349 | HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENT - A heat exchange element includes a first flow passage and a second flow passage extending orthogonal thereto. The first flow passage is an undulating flow passage that has a rectangular cross section and is formed by positioning, a first wave-form plate member and a second wave-form plate member on top of each other and with a predetermined interval therebetween, and further causing spacers to hermetically close two lateral portions with respect to the traveling direction of the fluid. The second flow passage is a straight flow passage that has a substantially triangular cross section and is formed between a flat-plate-like member and one of the first and the second wave-form plate members, when the flat-plate-like member is positioned on the wave-like form of the one of the first and the second wave-form plate members so as to be in close contact therewith. | 02-16-2012 |
20120055659 | DEVICE FOR EXCHANGING HEAT COMPRISING A PLATE STACK AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID DEVICE - A device for exchanging heat has a plate stack of at least a first, a second, and a third plate. The three or more plates are stacked one on top of the other and have recesses which are arranged in a regular pattern on a plane of the respective plates. The first and the second plates as well as the second and the third plates are stacked in such a manner that each adjacent plate forms at least one common cooling channel, which is accessible to a fluid, running in a direction on the plane of plates. The two or more cooling channels are formed by way of recesses, which partially but not entirely overlap, in the adjacent plates. The one or more cooling channels of the first and second plates are entirely spatially separated from at least one cooling channel of the second and third plates. | 03-08-2012 |
20120073793 | Heat exchanger - A heat exchanger, in particular for fluid cooling devices, having a package of plane-parallel plates ( | 03-29-2012 |
20120090822 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BUNDLE OF PLATES FOR A HEAT EXCHANGER - A method is provided for manufacturing a bundle of plates for a heat exchanger made up of a stack of plates. The method includes reducing by machining the initial thickness of each plate by making at least at the periphery of the plate, at least one connecting shoe having a height greater than the thickness of the machined plate, forming on the central portion of the plate, corrugations, to be superposed pairwise on the plates, connecting the shoes in contact with the plates of each pair through a weld bead, superposing the pairs of plates and connecting the shoes in contact with the pairs of plates through a sealed weld bead by arranging a superposition of open or closed ends for alternate inflow or outflow of said fluid. | 04-19-2012 |
20120118546 | HIGH PRESSURE PORT PENINSULA - A brazed plate heal exchanger ( | 05-17-2012 |
20120125582 | HEAT EXCHANGER OF THE PLATE TYPE - A heat exchanger of a structurally self-supporting plate type and provided with an internal flow passage constrained between a first and a second plate and extending between an inlet and an outlet; The flow passage is subdivided in multiple generally parallelly directed longitudinally extending channels with the longitudinally extending channels having continuous joints formed by the two plates; The longitudinally extending channels have an arch-shaped cross-section and the arch-shape of the plates of the channels is in the same face direction orthogonal to the plates; The parallel running longitudinally extending channels include several laterally directed arches relative to their main axis in their longitudinal extension. | 05-24-2012 |
20120125583 | HEAT EXCHANGER - The invention relates to a plate heat exchanger ( | 05-24-2012 |
20120125584 | HEAT EXCHANGE CIRCUIT - The invention relates to a circuit for promoting heat exchange to/from a fluid. The circuit comprises two walls sealed to form a duct able to contain a flow of fluid. Each wall comprises, during use, a pattern of corrugations having, at least along sections, a preferential direction. The pattern of corrugations of one wall is positioned to be superimposed at least partially on the one of the other wall so as to form an angle γ between the preferential directions, γ ranging between 70° and 110°. At least one wall is designed to transfer heat to/from the liquid. The invention relates moreover to a device for use with the heat exchange circuit. The device comprises two plates, at least one of which is thermally active and which are shaped to obtain intimate contact with the walls of the circuit, at least in the zones with the corrugations. | 05-24-2012 |
20120138281 | Heat Exchanger for Electronic Assemblies - A liquid-cooled heat exchanger for electronic assemblies and a method of making the heat exchanger. The exchanger has a solid metal body in the form of an elongated flat plate to which the electronic assembly can be mounted, or a number of such plates formed in an L- or U-shaped configuration to enclose two or more sides of the assembly. The elongated body is formed by extrusion, with parallel enclosed longitudinal passages formed along a length of the body during the extrusion process. Transverse passages are drilled to intersect the extruded longitudinal passages. The longitudinal passages and transverse passages are plugged on at least one of their outside ends, and optionally at points along their lengths, to create desired patterns of liquid flow through the heat exchanger. | 06-07-2012 |
20120175094 | Liquid Cooling System Cold Plate Assembly - A cold plate assembly consisting of a thermally conductive base component with an insert having a high thermal transfer characteristic adapted for contacting the surface of a heat source on one side. The surface of the base component opposite from the insert is surrounding by a housing defining an enclosed volume through with a flow of liquid coolant is directed. Inlet baffles adjacent to a fluid inlet in the housing direct the incoming flow of liquid coolant towards the surface of the base component in proximity to the insert, facilitating an efficient transfer of thermal energy from the heat source to the liquid coolant through the insert and base component. Optional extensions or fins extending into the liquid coolant contained in the enclosed volume from the surface of the base component further facilitate the transfer of thermal energy from the heat source. | 07-12-2012 |
20120186795 | Plate Cooler for Fluids - A plate cooler for fluids, in particular hydraulic oil, having a parallelepiped packet of spaced-apart plate elements ( | 07-26-2012 |
20120211207 | HEAT TRANSPORTING UNIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A heat transporting unit comprises an upper plate, a lower plate opposing the upper plate, an internal space formed by the upper plate and the lower plate and operable to enter a refrigerant, a plurality of paths dividing the internal space in a first direction, and a plurality of grooves being provided at a bottom surface of the internal space. The plurality of the paths and the plurality of the grooves are connected by capillary channels in a region, and are divided by sidewalls in another region. | 08-23-2012 |
20120222847 | HEAT EXCHANGERS THE CORE OF WHICH IS PRODUCED FROM A THREE-DIMENSIONAL HOLLOW LAMINATED PANEL - The Invention relates to an exchanger comprising a network of channels extending between two parallel faces, in order to allow the circulation of a heat transfer fluid in the channels and the heat exchange between this heat transfer fluid and the outside through at least one of the faces. The network of channels is formed by a three-dimensional hollow laminated panel based on fibres hardened by the impregnation of a resin, comprising two two-dimensional woven layers which are impervious and stiff forming the parallel faces, and a stiff weaving of orthogonal fibres, connecting the two layers together by providing a hollow intercalated space by forming rows of parallel walls between them defining the channels. | 09-06-2012 |
20120247741 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND METHOD OF JOINING HEAT EXCHANGER PIPE - A heat exchanger comprises a first plate and a second plate. A coolant flow passage is formed by brazing the first plate and the second plate by use of a first brazing filler metal. A pipe is brazed between a first groove portion provided in the first plate and a second groove portion provided in the second plate by use of a second brazing filler metal. A pair of first flanges provided contiguously with the first groove portion. Each of the first flanges includes an inner surface. A pair of second flanges provided contiguously with the second groove portion. Each of the second flanges includes an inner surface. At least one of the inner surfaces of the first flanges and the inner surfaces of the second flanges is covered with the second brazing filler metal. The first and second flanges are held by jigs upon brazing of the pipe. | 10-04-2012 |
20120267084 | DOUBLE-WALL VENTED BRAZED HEAT EXCHANGER - A double-wall heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat exchange plate pairs. Each heat exchange plate pair forms a double-wall structure including two heat exchange plates that are at least partially separated by a leak space. At least one weep hole is disposed through the plurality of heat exchange plate pairs and intersects the leak spaces of the plurality of plate pairs to channel leaking fluid from the leak spaces to a location outside of the heat exchanger. The at least one weep hole is positioned on a surface of the heat exchanger at a location that is spaced from a side boundary of the heat exchanger thereby enabling an operator of the heat exchanger to observe a leakage on the surface of the heat exchanger. | 10-25-2012 |
20120312515 | APPARATUS FOR HEAT DISSIPATION OF TRANSFORMING RADIATORS - In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a panel for a transformer radiator includes a pair of substantially-rectangular panel sheets joined together to form a plurality of internal fluid channels, each fluid channel including an inlet and an outlet, and a plurality of pin fins disposed on at least a portion of at least one external surface of the panel sheets. | 12-13-2012 |
20120325447 | COOLING SYSTEM - In one aspect of the present invention, a cooling system includes a cooling plate having a first surface and an opposite, second surface, a body portion defined between the first surface and the second surface, at least one channel formed in the body portion for a cooling fluid to flow therethrough, an inlet and an outlet in flow communications with the at least one channel for the cooling fluid to enter and exit the at least one channel, respectively. The inlet and the outlet are spatially separated by a distance. The at least one channel defines a flow path of the cooling fluid flowing from the inlet to the outlet through the at least one channel. The flow path has a path length substantially greater than the distance between the inlet and the outlet. | 12-27-2012 |
20130032319 | SIDE ENTRY FITTING - A heat exchanger system containing a heat exchanger coupled to a fitting. The fitting contains a tube having a heat exchanger attachment end and an opposing end. The fitting further having a sleeve, having a sleeve body connecting a first end of the sleeve to an overlapping end. The first end of the sleeve being coupled to an outer surface of the tube and the sleeve body and the second end of the sleeve being spaced from the outer surface of the tube defining a space for receiving a conduit and adapted for coupling the fitting to the conduit. Also described is a fitting that can be attached to a conduit. | 02-07-2013 |
20130056188 | COOLING STRUCTURE - A panel for forming a heat exchanger structure includes a first end; a second end; a first side to connect to another adjacent panel; a second side to connect to an adjacent panel; a first surface between the first and second ends and the first and second sides; a second surface between the first and second ends and the first and second sides; and a circular flow passage extending from the first end to the second end, wherein the panel is an extruded monolithic structure. | 03-07-2013 |
20130068433 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger for controlling temperature of electrical or electronic components has at least one flat tube with an inlet port and outlet port. A coolant entering through the inlet port passes through multiple heat sinks located within the flat tube before exiting through the outlet port. The heat exchanger has a first heat sink coupled to the flat plate with multiple fins arranged based on a first fin configuration, a second heat sink coupled to the flat plate with multiple fins arranged based on a second fin configuration, and at least one coupling device. The heat sinks are arranged based on a position of one or more components mounted on the flat tube such that the number of heat sink fins is proportional to heating characteristics of the components mounted on the tube. | 03-21-2013 |
20130068434 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - In a heat exchanger, fins are simply and accurately positioned in place and heat is efficiently exchanged without increasing manufacture cost, and the plurality of corrugated plate-like fins are disposed in the flow direction of a coolant in a housing. The heat exchanger has: connecting parts, which connect together the adjacent fins among the fins; protrusions ormed on the connecting parts; and positioning holes for positioning the fins formed in the housing. The adjacent fins are disposed at predetermined intervals in the coolant flow direction with a predetermined offset amount in the direction that orthogonally intersects the coolant flow direction by fitting the protrusions in the positioning holes. | 03-21-2013 |
20130112383 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PLATE WITH PASSAGE, PLATE WITH PASSAGE, TEMPERATURE ADJUSTMENT PLATE, COLD PLATE, AND SHOWER PLATE - A plate with a passage and the like capable of shortening a process time than a previous one and of suppressing leakage from or contamination to the passage are provided. The plate with the passage is a plate in which the passage for causing a fluid to circulate therein is formed, and includes a body plate formed of a metal or an alloy and in which a groove serving as the passage is provided, a cover plate that covers the groove, and a deposition layer that is formed such that metal or alloy powder is accelerated with a gas and is sprayed on the body plate and the cover plate in a solid phase, and covers the cover plate. | 05-09-2013 |
20130126139 | HEAT TRANSPORTING UNIT, ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT BOARD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The heat transporting unit according to the Present Disclosure comprises: an upper plate; a lower plate that faces the upper plate; an interior space that is formed by the upper plate and the lower plate and wherein a refrigerant can be sealed; a first region, that is a region that is part of the interior space and that is provided with a first column portion that forms a plurality of first ducts that extend in the X-axis direction; and a second region that is provided with a second column portion that forms a plurality of second ducts that extend in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction, that is a region that is other than the first region within the interior space; wherein: the first ducts and second ducts connect at a boundary between the first region and the second region. | 05-23-2013 |
20130192807 | METHOD FOR COOLING A LITHIUM-ION BATTERY PACK - Systems are disclosed for battery modules with cooling systems. In accordance with disclosed embodiments, the cooling system may be disposed against an external surface of a housing of the battery module. The cooling system may utilize a coolant to remove heat generated by cells within the battery module, to prevent the cells from aging prematurely. Embodiments of the cooling system may include cold plates, tubes, fins, and plates, or a combination thereof, which may route the coolant along the surface of the battery module housing. Such features may create a large effective cooling surface against the battery module housing to promote a high heat transfer rate from the cells to the coolant. | 08-01-2013 |
20130206375 | COOLER - A cooler is provided which comprises a heat discharging unit in which a plurality of heat discharge fins are placed in a line and a coolant flows in a passage between the heat discharge fins, an inflow-side coolant reservoir provided extending in a lined direction of the heat discharge fins and connected to a side of one end of the passage between the heat discharge fins through a first diaphragm portion, and an outflow-side coolant reservoir provided extending in the lined direction of the heat discharge fins and connected to a side of the other end of the passage between the heat discharge fins through a second diaphragm portion. An inflow-side fin is formed on a surface of the inflow-side coolant reservoir opposing the first diaphragm portion, and a circulation cross-sectional area of the inflow-side coolant reservoir is set smaller than a circulation cross-sectional area of the outflow-side coolant reservoir. | 08-15-2013 |
20130213623 | MULTI-CHANNEL TUBE FOR HEAT EXCHANGERS, MADE OF FOLDED METAL SHEET - A tube for a heat exchanger comprises a plate provided with a plurality of parallel flow ports, wherein the plate is formed by a single folded-up metal sheet and consists of an envelope formed by a first portion of the metal sheet, and of a partition structure formed by a second portion of the metal sheet, which extends in an corrugated manner within the envelope so as to define said flow ports therewith, and wherein the partition structure has a substantially polygonal profile having connection segments interconnecting opposite walls of the envelope and being interposed between adjacent flow ports. The connection segments are slanted relative to the opposite walls of the envelope, thereby defining an angle a>0° relative to the normal to said walls. | 08-22-2013 |
20130228319 | COOLING DEVICE - A cooling device includes a main body, a pipe, and a resin portion. The main body includes a first shell plate and a second shell plate each having a peripheral portion. The first shell plate and the second shell plate are integrated together by brazing the peripheral portions, and the main body includes a coolant passage and a port. The pipe is coupled to the main body and allows for circulation of coolant in the coolant passage through the port. The resin portion is molded on an outer surface of the main body at where the pipe is coupled to the main body to fix the pipe to the main body. | 09-05-2013 |
20130240190 | HEAT SINK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An exemplary method for manufacturing a heat sink includes steps: providing a base with a plurality of spaced protrusions formed thereon; providing a plurality of fins and bending a distal end of each fin to form a connecting end; fitting each fin between two adjacent protrusions correspondingly and attaching the connecting end of each fin to the base; and deforming each protrusion to press the connecting ends of two adjacent fins. | 09-19-2013 |
20140090824 | APPARATUS FOR CONDUCTING A FLUID - The invention relates to an apparatus for conducting a fluid, in particular a cooling fluid for cooling components to be cooled, in particular for cooling electronics components and/or battery cells and/or battery modules, having a first covering plate and a second covering plate and having a structural mesh between the two covering plates for defining a spatial region, through which flow can pass, a division being provided by reshaping of the structural mesh and/or by introduction of a sealant for at least partially sealing the spatial region with respect to an outer space and/or for dividing the spatial region into definable flow channels. | 04-03-2014 |
20140090825 | LIQUID-COOLED HEAT DISSIPATING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A liquid-cooled heat dissipating device includes a chamber-confining body confining a liquid chamber adapted to receive a liquid coolant, and having a surrounding wall that surrounds the liquid chamber, a cover plate covering the liquid chamber and sinter-bonded to the surrounding wall, a liquid inlet spatially communicating with the liquid chamber, and a liquid outlet spatially communicating with the liquid chamber. A method of making the liquid-cooled heat dissipating device is also disclosed. | 04-03-2014 |
20140138072 | COLD TRACK FOR REFRIGERATION PIPING - A cold track plate which both secures the refrigeration coils to the exterior of the tray well and helps to distribute cooling (or absorb heat) more efficiently solves the problem of inconsistent heat transfer and other inefficiencies in pan cooler assemblies. | 05-22-2014 |
20140144612 | BOP HEATING METHODS AND SYSTEMS AND HEAT EXCHANGE UNITS - A BOP heating method includes operating a coiled tubing unit (CTU) using hydraulic fluid. The fluid is supplied from the CTU to an exchange tube and returned from the exchange tube to the CTU. The method includes transmitting heat from the fluid to an inner plate. Heat is transmitted from the inner plate to a BOP on which the inner plate is temporarily mounted. A BOP heating system includes a CTU configured to use hydraulic fluid, a supply tube configured to supply fluid from the CTU to an exchange tube, and a return tube configured to return fluid from the exchange tube to the CTU. A BOP heat exchange unit includes an outer plate and an inner plate, an exchange tube between the outer plate and the inner plate, and a heat spreading material between the exchange tube and the inner plate. The exchange unit lacks any electrical component. | 05-29-2014 |
20140158330 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger has a clad thin sheet material, a clad thick sheet material that is disposed so as to define a passage between the clad thick sheet material and the clad thin sheet material, and that has a sheet thickness greater than that of the clad thin sheet material, and an inner fin held between the clad materials. The clad thick sheet material and the clad thin sheet material have Zn-containing brazing filler metal layers on their passage sides, respectively, and the post-brazing surface Zn amounts are set so as to satisfy specific conditions. Further, certain conditions concerning the compositions of each of the layers that constitute the clad materials, and the inner fin are set. | 06-12-2014 |
20140345838 | Heat Exchanger And Corresponding Flat Tube And Plate - A heat exchanger for cooling charge air comprises at least one flat tube for circulation of a fluid. The flat tube is formed by assembling a pair of plates ( | 11-27-2014 |
20140360708 | MOISTURE SEPARATOR CONFIGURATION - Moisture separator configuration for separating water droplets from steam of a flow having a mixture of steam and water droplets, such that the cited flow travels through the moisture separator configuration so that this separation is achieved. The moisture separator configuration includes a plurality of plates oriented in line with the flow. The plurality of plates form channels through which the flow travels. The channels have progressive cross section variation along the flow direction, in order to collect progressively the water droplets separated from the steam in the flow. | 12-11-2014 |
20150034288 | Flat Plate Cooling Device and Method for Using the Same - In a cooling device using an ebullient cooling system, a cooling device becomes larger when a degree of freedom of the arrangement in installing it in electronic equipment is increased, and that it is impossible to obtain a sufficient degree of freedom of the arrangement, therefore, a flat plate cooling device according to an exemplary aspect of the invention includes a plate-like container including a first flat plate and a second flat plate opposite to the first flat plate; a refrigerant enclosed in the plate-like container; and a guiding wall unit connecting the first flat plate to the second flat plate and controlling a flow of the refrigerant in the plate-like container; wherein the plate-like container includes a heat receiving area which is thermally connected to a heating element disposed on at least one of the first flat plate and the second flat plate; and the guiding wall unit includes a pair of guiding walls, and the guiding walls are disposed on opposite sides of the heat receiving area. | 02-05-2015 |
20150083380 | HEAT EXCHANGER ELEMENT OF LARGE SURFACE - Large surface heat exchanger element composed of two metal plates provided with half spheroidal cavities, juxtaposed and united as to conform a sealed space in such way that the so conformed space provides resistance to internal or external pressure similar to a set of interconnected spherical wessels. | 03-26-2015 |
20150083381 | BONDED FLUID HEAT EXCHANGING APPARATUS - A heat exchanging apparatus has a flow path with air tightness formed by joining a second sheet to a first sheet formed by bending the first sheet by stamping and fluid introduced into the flow path impinges on a wall of the flow path to perform heat exchange. A material constituting the flow path may be a metal sheet or an electrically-conductive plastic, and a small-sized and light-weight heat exchanging apparatus can be manufactured at a low cost. | 03-26-2015 |
20150101785 | HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A heat dissipation device includes a first copper sheet and a second copper sheet. The first copper sheet includes a number of first recesses and the second copper sheet includes a number of corresponding second recesses. The second copper sheet is fixed on the first copper sheet and an airtight receiving cavity is formed by each first recess and each the second recess, a working fluid in the airtight receiving cavity carries unwanted heat away. | 04-16-2015 |
20150129185 | Head Condenser - A head condenser is provided with a plate heat exchanger which has first and second channels through which media can flow and which, for the first medium, form tubes between individual plates that are connected to each other to form a pair of plates and, for the second medium, form waves between pairs of plates that are connected to each other to form a stack of plates. A condenser housing is provided in which the plate heat exchanger is arranged, wherein the condenser housing provides pressure chambers which extend over the large outer surfaces of the plate heat exchanger and are in fluidic connection with the channels for the first or second medium. The pressure chambers are traversed by fluid lines which are in fluidic connection with the respectively other first or second medium. | 05-14-2015 |
20150136372 | COLD PLATE FOR ELECTRONICS COOLING - A fluid cooled cold plate can comprise a fluid output port connected near a thermally conductive base plate having a coupled heat source device, a fluid input port connected to a top surface of the cold plate, and multiple extended surface areas connected to the base plate and extending normal to the base plate. The cold plate can be configured for generally uniform fluid flow across the multiple extended surface areas. Furthermore, the multiple extended surface areas can create more resistance near a top surface of the multiple extended surface areas and less resistance near the base plate. For example, the plurality of extended surface areas can be wires that are wound near the base plate and fanned out near the top surface. An advantage of the disclosed cold plate design is the increase in heat transfer area and efficiency. | 05-21-2015 |
20150354906 | THROUGH-PLATE MICROCHANNEL TRANSFER DEVICES - The present disclosure concerns embodiments of a microfluidic transfer device. The device mitigates risk of cross contamination between working fluids and is amenable to high-volume, low-cost manufacturing techniques. The device may be configured for mass transfer, heat transfer, or both. For instance, certain disclosed embodiments incorporate semi-permeable membranes to transfer target substances from one fluid to another. Moreover, the device may incorporate both heat and mass transfer components. | 12-10-2015 |
20160032766 | COMPONENTS WITH MICRO COOLED LASER DEPOSITED MATERIAL LAYER AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - A method of manufacture is provided. The manufacturing method includes using a laser deposition process to apply a laser deposited material on an outer surface of a substrate to form one or more grooves on the outer surface of a substrate. Each groove has a base and an opening and extends at least partially along the outer surface of the substrate, where the substrate has an inner surface that defines at least one hollow, interior space. The manufacturing method further includes disposing an additional material over the laser deposited material, to define one or more channels for cooling the component. The additional material may include additional laser deposited material layers or a coating. Other manufacturing methods and a component are also provided. | 02-04-2016 |
20160033209 | REDUCED THERMAL EXPANSION MICROCHANNEL COOLERS - Disclosed are microchannel coolers having a cooling surface with a Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (CTE) designed to match (or reduce the mismatch) a CTE of a heat generating device. Such coolers are formed of foils or plates that are laminated together to form a cooling structure. The foils are formed of differing materials and these foils alternate in the laminated structure to tailor the CTE of the cooling surface of the cooler to between the CTEs of the different foils forming the cooler. | 02-04-2016 |
20160102924 | MULTI-SEGMENTED TUBE SHEET - A heat exchanger that is constructed with a heat exchanger shell having inlet and outlet plenums and fluid inlet and outlet ports, and a tube sheet construction disposed in the heat exchanger shell. The tube sheet construction includes at least two separate tube sheets and a plurality of tubes that extend between the separate tube sheets. Each tube sheet includes at least two planar tube sheet segments and an interstitial layer disposed between the at least two tube sheet segments, and at least one sensor element supported by each of the interstitial layers. A control monitor controls flow through the shell by a feedback control from the sensor to an inlet control valve and/or a stimulus device excites the media layer. | 04-14-2016 |
20160109190 | A FLOW DISTRIBUTION MODULE WITH A PATTERNED COVER PLATE - A flow distribution module ( | 04-21-2016 |