| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 029726000 | Heat exchanger | 25 |
| 20090300903 | MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR HEAT SINK - A mounting apparatus is used for mounting a heat sink on a main board. The mounting apparatus includes a base, a load-supporting unit mounted on the base, a rack mounted on the base, and a pressing means movably mounted on the rack. The load-supporting unit includes a supporting means for supporting the main board, a first positioning means for positioning the main board, and a second positioning means for positioning the heat sink. The pressing means is used for pressing the heat sink. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100236057 | HEAT SINK INSTALLING DEVICE - A heat sink installing device includes a base, a pair of guiding poles, a slidable cover, a pair of latches and a number of auxiliary wings. The pair of guiding poles is perpendicularly mounted on the base and separated from each other. The slidable cover is slidably fitted on the pair of guiding poles and defines a pair of through holes running through two opposite side surfaces of the slidable cover. Each of the latches is mounted on the slidable cover and latched on one of the guiding poles correspondingly. The plurality of auxiliary wings are correspondingly attached on a side surface of the slidable cover around the through hole and inclined towards the center of the through hole by a distal end thereof away from the slidable cover. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100299915 | System for Installing a Seal in a Syngas Cooler - A system, comprising a seal segment including a cable fastener. The system also includes a syngas cooler component that includes a cable guide, where the cable guide may route a cable coupled to the cable fastener to enable the cable to pull the seal segment into a mounting position. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110283528 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DIRECTING HEAT - There is set forth herein a method including providing an apparatus adapted for reflection of heat, the providing including providing the apparatus to include a reflective assembly having a material member defining a front face, the material member being light transmissive and heat resistant, wherein the providing includes providing the reflective assembly to carry first indicia, the first indicia being viewable by viewing a front face of the reflective assembly, disposing the reflective assembly in an interior of a fireplace rearward of where there is to be initiated a fire in such manner that when a fire is initiated the reflective assembly directs heat and light from the interior of the fireplace to an exterior of the fireplace. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20130152385 | CLAMPER AND IN-CHANNEL-HEAD OPERATION DEVICE - A clamper ( | 06-20-2013 |
| 20140007420 | TUBE FINNING MACHINE - This invention relates to a tube finning machine, i.e. to a machine adapted to fit one or more fins onto one or more tubes. The tube finning machine has a base with a primary axis and a mounting part upon which a plurality of tubes can be mounted in a desired array. The tubes are aligned with the primary axis. A carrier locates a number of fins and a drive means, suitably hydraulic, moves the carrier relative to the mounting part in the direction of the primary axis in order to drive the fins onto the tubes. The machine can be adjusted to fit a variable number of fins to a variable array of tubes. The mounting part and the carrier are both movable relative to the base in the direction of the primary axis, and the mounting part is movable relative to the base between a number of predetermined mounting positions. The length of the tubes to which fins can be fitted is therefore also variable, and may for example be up to 12 metres. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140053394 | COOLING CIRCUIT FOR REDUCING THERMAL GROWTH DIFFERENTIAL OF TURBINE ROTOR AND SHELL SUPPORTS - A standard for supporting a turbine rotor and a turbine shell includes a bearing block including a housing enclosing bearing surfaces engageable by the turbine rotor. Turbine shell-arm supports are located on opposite sides of the housing, the turbine shell-arm supports each having a horizontal and one or more vertical surfaces adapted to be engaged by support arms of a turbine shell enclosing at least a portion of the turbine. An internal cooling/heating circuit is arranged to simultaneously cool or heat the bearing block and the turbine shell-arm supports to thereby reduce differential thermal growth characteristics of the turbine rotor and turbine shell. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140090238 | STACKING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR FLATTENED TUBE FINS - A stacking apparatus capable of stacking flattened tube fins efficiently is provided. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140090239 | INSTRUMENT FOR FABRICATING A HEAT PIPE - The disclosure provides a method for fabricating a heat pipe, and an instrument of the method. The method for fabricating a heat pipe includes providing a hollow tube, wherein the hollow tube has an open end and a closed end; disposing a mandril into the hollow tube from the open end, wherein the inside wall of the hollow tube is separated from the mandril by a space, and wherein the mandril comprises a first portion and a second portion and the first portion has a thermal expansion coefficient larger than that of the second portion; filling up the space between the mandril and the hollow tube with a powder; performing a sintering process to the hollow tube, forming a first agglomeration region and a second agglomeration region; removing the mandril; injecting a working fluid into the hollow tube; and sealing the open end of the hollow tube. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140259645 | MODULAR INSTALLATION AND CONVERSION KIT FOR ELECTRONIC SIGN STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF USING SAME - An out of the box signage kit facilitates in field conversion of a static billboard having an anchored planar mounting structure into a large format billboard type electronic sign that includes a plurality of interchangeable weatherized display modules; a plurality of hand mountable interchangeable structural frames for supporting the plurality of weatherized display modules, each structural frame having a back portion for mounting to a frontside of the anchored planar mounting structure and a front portion defining a plurality of bay members for receiving corresponding ones of said plurality of weatherized display modules; and a plurality of interchangeable wire harnesses, each individual wire harness including a first end for coupling to a power source mounted on a backside of the anchored planar mounting structure, each individual wire harness having a plurality of power extensions for coupling the power source to at least one of the display modules. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140345122 | Invention is an adapter device that with little effort or mechanical skill stops vehicle a/c leaks on R134a Freon non-serviceable hoses - An adapter device with TEFLON gasket that stops vehicle a/c system leaks on most R134a Freon non-serviceable a/c hoses. The adapter device with TEFLON gasket makes the hose “serviceable” by replacing the damaged “non-serviceable” service port with a new “serviceable” service port and valve. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20150033550 | OVERMOLDED DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE COOLING STRUCTURE - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for forming an overmolded dual in-line memory module (DIMM) cooling structure are provided. Embodiments include identifying, by a tagging module, contextual information indicating circumstances in which the photograph was taken; based on the contextual information, selecting, by the tagging module, candidate profiles from a plurality of friend profiles associated with a profile of a user; and suggesting, by the tagging module to the user, the selected candidate profiles as potential friends to tag in the photograph. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150367461 | HEAT EXCHANGER TUBE INSERTING APPARATUS - A heat exchanger tube inserting apparatus includes a roller conveyor section and a pushing section. The roller conveyor section includes a roller that advances the heat exchanger tube to thereby insert the heat exchanger tube into the insertion holes of the fins and to a first position by rotation of the roller. The pushing section pushes the heat exchanger tube, which has been moved to the first position by the roller conveyor section, to a second position located further inside than the first position. | 12-24-2015 |
| 029726500 | Including means to manipulate heat exchanger tube bundle | 1 |
| 20120055014 | PURGE APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING TUBE AND FIN HEAT EXCHANGER - According to the preferred embodiment, an improved method and apparatus for the manufacturing of an aluminum tube and aluminum fin heat exchanger that includes steps for pneumatic cleaning, thermal cleaning, and uncontrolled-atmosphere open-flame autobrazing of hairpins to return bend fittings. The method uses a tube lubrication system that is adjustable to control amount of lubrication applied to the tube prior to final expansion. The method uses a pneumatic coil cleaning station that is adjusted to reduce the residual oil particulate from the expansion process required to be thermally cleaned. | 03-08-2012 |
| 029727000 | Including deforming means | 11 |
| 20090019689 | FLAT TUBE, FLAT TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A number of flat tubes, flat tube heat exchangers, and methods of manufacturing both are described and illustrated. The flat tubes can be constructed of one, two, or more pieces of sheet material. A profiled insert integral with the flat tube or constructed from another sheet of material can be used to define multiple flow channels through the flat tube. The flat tubes can be constructed of relatively thin material, and can be reinforced with folds of the flat tube material and/or of an insert in areas subject to higher pressure and thermal stresses. Also, the relatively thin flat tube material can have a corrosion layer enabling the material to resist failure due to corrosion. Heat exchangers having such flat tubes connected to collection tubes are also disclosed, as are manners in which such tubes can be provided with fins. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090307898 | Hairpin Expander Machine for Manufacturing Tube and Fin Heat Exchangers with Reduced Tube Diameter - An improved hairpin expander machine equipped with a closed-loop-controlled hydraulically positioned bolster plate and a heat exchanger-holding fixture characterized by a full-length, continuous front plate, back plate, and side rails. The hairpin expander includes a novel heat exchanger bottom end plate clamping mechanism as part of the fixture. These features enable the hairpin expander to provide larger expansion ratios and exert greater forces with tighter control, which is required for producing heat exchangers with reduced diameter hairpin tubes according to a preferred embodiment of the invention. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100263202 | TUBE EXPANDING APPARATUS - In a state where the expanded protruding portion of the heat-exchanging tube, which has been expanded inside a grip portion of a chucking sleeve whose diameter has been reduced by a clamp bushing, is gripped by the grip portion, a tube expanding billet is inserted into a yet-unexpanded part of the heat-exchanging tube to cause tube expansion. When doing so, a guide portion, which is formed on a flare punch and has the same diameter as the maximum outer diameter of the tube expanding billet, is inserted inside the expanded protruding portion of the heat-exchanging tube gripped by the grip portion. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110005067 | ROD HOLDER FOR THE ASSEMBLY OF HEAT EXCHANGERS - One aspect of this disclosure provides an expansion rod holder for the assembly of fin and tube heat exchangers. The expansion rod holder includes a first plate having a first aperture therethrough and a ring located in the first aperture and that has a second aperture therethrough. The first and second apertures are configured to receive a tapered end of an expansion rod having an annular groove proximate the tapered end. A biasing member is located in the first aperture between the ring and a wall of the first aperture. The biasing member is configured to bias the ring in a first direction toward an opposite wall of the first aperture and into the annular groove. A method of manufacturing the expansion rod holder is also disclosed, as well as a tube expander system used to manufacture heat exchangers. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20120222293 | MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR FLATTENED TUBE FINS - A manufacturing apparatus manufactures flattened tube fins in which cutaway portions for inserting flattened tubes for heat exchanging are formed. The manufacturing apparatus includes: a press apparatus with a mold apparatus that forms the cutaway portions in an unmachined metal thin plate to produce a metal strip; an inter-row slit apparatus cutting the metal strip with the formed cutaway portions into predetermined widths to form metal strips of product width arranged in the width direction; and a cutoff apparatus cutting each metal strip of the product width formed by the inter-row slit apparatus into predetermined lengths. A plurality of box-like magazines whose upper surfaces are open are arranged in the width direction downstream of the cutoff apparatus to stack the flattened tube fins formed by the cutoff apparatus cutting into lengths. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20130232776 | MANIFOLD BENDING SUPPORT - A bending support having a planar bracing member with a length (L) that is substantially equal to that of the inner diameter (I.D.) of the manifold header that the bending support is ultimately inserted in. Extending perpendicularly from a surface of the bracing member is a pair of bracketing members. The pair of bracketing member and the portion of the planar bracing member therebetween defines a refrigerant conduit clip. The interior surface of the refrigerant conduit clip includes a skived pattern defining a plurality of teeth or protrusions that aids in the attachment of the refrigerant conduit clip onto an internal refrigerant conduit. An aperture located on the planar bracing member between the pair of bracketing member provides an unobstructed path for refrigerant flow to the refrigerant conduit. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20140115881 | MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR FLATTENED TUBE FINS - A flattened tube fin manufacturing apparatus includes: a press apparatus; an inter-row slit apparatus forming metal strips of a product width that are arranged in the width direction; a first feeding apparatus feeding the metal strips cut by the inter-row slit apparatus downstream; a cutoff apparatus that cuts the metal strips formed by the inter-row slit apparatus into predetermined lengths to form flattened tube fins; and a second feeding apparatus that feeds the flattened tube fins downstream. The plurality of metal strips outputted from the inter-row slit apparatus advance into the cutoff apparatus after entering a downwardly sagging state. The flattened tube fin manufacturing apparatus further includes a control unit controlling a feeding amount of the second feeding apparatus based on a feeding amount of the first feeding apparatus. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140123480 | MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR HEAT EXCHANGER FINS - A manufacturing apparatus for heat exchanger fins is provided that can prevent deformation of a metal strip when the metal strip is conveyed by a feeding pin. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20150040383 | SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING A HEAT EXCHANGER - A method for manufacturing a heat exchanger includes joining a first conductive sheet to a second conductive sheet to define a plurality of separate volumes in a blank envelope, creating an aperture in each separate volume in the blank envelope, and heating the blank envelope. The method further includes pressurizing each separate volume through the apertures, hot plastic forming the blank envelope into a formed envelope, and assembling a plurality of formed envelopes into a heat exchanger core, wherein the heat exchanger core includes a fluid passage outside of the formed envelopes, wherein the fluid passage is defined by adjacent formed envelopes, and wherein the fluid passage extends across a dimension of the heat exchanger core. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20160082556 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING A HELICAL TUBE BUNDLE - Apparatus and method for forming a plurality of elongate members into a helical bundle. The apparatus has a plurality of bending die heads that are mounted in a circular array within a rigid housing. The bending die heads each have a pair of grooved rollers that engage the sides of the tubes to apply a bending force while allowing the tubes to move longitudinally through the bending die stock. The bending die heads can be rotated about their longitudinal axes to impart a helical twist to the tubes as they pass through the bending die stock. The apparatus also has a collet stock assembly, which consists of a collet that has a plurality of apertures equal to the number of tubes in the bundle to be formed. The collet stock is mounted to a housing that is secured to a carriage. The carriage is driven by motor and lead screw to move linearly along a track toward and away from the bending die stock while the collet is rotated at a predetermined speed to form a helical bundle. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20190143394 | MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR HEAT EXCHANGER FINS | 05-16-2019 |
