| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 165046000 | FLEXIBLE ENVELOPE OR COVER TYPE | 22 |
| 20090084520 | Heat exchanger with conduit surrounded by metal foam - A heat exchanger is disclosed. The heat exchanger may have a conduit configured to conduct a fluid and at least one body of metal foam surrounding the conduit. The at least one body of metal foam may have a radially inner portion, a radially outer portion, and a radially intermediate portion between the radially inner portion and the radially outer portion. The at least one body of metal foam may have a lower percentage of void space at the radially outer portion as compared to the radially intermediate portion. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090120607 | COOLER FOR SPATIALLY CONFINED COOLING - A plurality of cooling units for cooling electrical components can be disposed in close proximity to one another in confined spaces with minimal space conflict, due to the design of the cooling units that allows for staggered position of connection fittings. Also, the cooling units can be selectively arranged in a plurality of configurations with respect to one another, while being fluidly connected. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090159238 | Cooling and warming device - A cooling and warming device includes a housing having a receiving space formed therein. The receiving space has a lower end mounted with a heat exchanger having a heating element therein, so that a cooling unit can be placed into the receiving space from an upper end of the receiving space to make the cooling unit contact with an upper surface of the heat exchanger. The housing further includes a liquid tank used to store a predetermined volume of a liquid, and a control circuit used to control the heating element or a pump for guiding the liquid in the liquid tank between the heat exchanger and a blanket, so as to form a heat exchange circulating pathway therebetween. Thus, a uniform heat exchange for cooling or warming the liquid in the liquid tank will be carried out by the cooling unit or the heating element through the heat exchanger. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20100025009 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A thermal management system for operating near a temperature T. The system includes a sheet-like spacer having a plurality of passageways. A degassed working fluid is disposed as a liquid within the passageways of the spacer. A flexible and substantially impermeable sheet-like envelope forms a sealed compartment enclosing the spacer and the degassed working fluid at an absolute pressure that is approximately equal to the vapor pressure of the working fluid at equilibrium with liquid phase of the working fluid at the temperature T. The spacer, the working fluid and the envelope form a sheet-like thermal management system. In some embodiments the spacer is a flexible spacer and the envelope is a flexible envelope and the sheet-like thermal management system is a flexible sheet-like management system. In some embodiments the envelope is a rigid structure. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100059199 | Combined beverage cooler and car seat cooler - The technology described herein provides a combination beverage cooler and car seat cooler for simultaneously cooling food, beverages, and the like and cooling an unoccupied car seat. The combined cooler includes an insulated container having a back panel and a front panel opposite one another, a left side panel and a right side panel opposite one another and extended between the back and front panels, the back, front, left, and right panels integrally formed with a bottom panel, thereby defining an interior cavity for receipt of an at least one item to cool, and a sealable lid being sealable with the back, front, left, and right panels and hingedly connected to the rear panel and an insulated cover for thermally protecting an unoccupied car seat, the cover having a flexible thermal barrier and being foldably attached to the insulated container to provide a combined beverage cooler and car seat cooler. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100084113 | METHOD FOR HEAT TRANSFER AND DEVICE THEREFOR - A heat transfer device comprising at least an aggregate of fibres or sheet of fibres ( | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100096102 | TEMPERATURE CONDITIONER - A temperature conditioner has a heat exchanger having a fluid bag. The fluid bag has at least two bag walls, an inner space and at least one partitioner. The inner space is defined within the at least two bag walls. The at least one partitioner is formed between two of the at least two bag walls and partitioning the inner space for guiding a fluid held in the inner space. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100108287 | STRUCTURE FOR COOLING - A structure for cooling having a cover and a water-retentive member, wherein the water-retentive member includes a bag and a water-absorptive material disposed inside the bag, wherein the water-retentive member is disposed inside the cover, wherein the first side of the cover having a moisture-permeability of 500 to 3,000 g/m | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100282433 | PATTERNED HEAT MANAGEMENT MATERIAL - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to body gear having designed performance characteristics, and in particular to methods and apparatuses that utilize an array of heat managing elements coupled to a base material to direct body heat while also maintaining the desired transfer properties of the base material. In some embodiments, the heat managing material elements include heat management elements that reflect heat or conduct heat, and may be directed towards the body of a user or away from the body of the user. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110048672 | THERMAL GROUND PLANE FOR COOLING A COMPUTER - A cooling device for cooling a computer includes: a flexible and conformal fluid heat-exchanger coupled to a surface of the computer; a liquid coolant material circulated through the fluid heat-exchanger to convey heat from the fluid to an external cooling apparatus; an enclosure defined when the fluid heat-exchanger is placed against the computer surface; and a vacuum applied to the enclosure, removably sealing the fluid heat-exchanger to the computer to provide a vapor seal for the enclosure. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110247781 | COOLING ENHANCEMENTS IN THIN FILMS USING FLEXIBLE COMPLEX SEAL DUE TO TEMPERATURE INCREASE OR THERMAL LOAD INCREASE - A cooling enhancement apparatus includes a first substrate and a second substrate, the first substrate having a face in contact with at least one hot medium and having another face in contact with a secondary gas. The second substrate includes a face in contact with the secondary gas and has the other face in contact with a main gas. The faces of the first and second substrates in contact with the secondary gas generally oppose each other. One or more flexible seals can be attached to the first substrate and to the second substrate to form one or more dosed enclosures including the secondary gas so that the second substrate moves relative to the first substrate when the secondary gas undergoes volumetric thermal expansion. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20130068419 | THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE REINFORCING SHEET, MOLDED ARTICLE AND REINFORCING METHOD THEREOF - A thermally conductive reinforcing sheet includes a reinforcing layer. After the thermally conductive reinforcing sheet is attached to an aluminum board having a thickness of 1.0 mm and is heated at 80° C. for 10 minutes, the bending strength at a displacement of 1 mm of the resulting sheet is 10 N or more and the thermal conductivity of the reinforcing layer is 0.25 W/m·K or more. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130133856 | COOLING FABRIC CONTAINING HYDROPHOBIC PEBA - A hydrophobic polyether-block-polyamide copolymer (PEBA) for the manufacture of a fabric material capable of cooling after the material has been brought into contact with an aqueous medium at a temperature lying in the range from 15° C. to T | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130146249 | BATTERY COOLING STRUCTURE - A battery cooling structure includes a cooling plate and a heat transfer sheet. The cooling plate is to cool a battery module including a plurality of battery cells arranged side by side. The heat transfer sheet is provided between the cooling plate and a cooling surface of the battery module to transfer heat from the cooling surface to the cooling plate. The heat transfer sheet is deformable by a pressure applied to the heat transfer sheet. The heat transfer sheet includes a positioning hole through which the cooling surface of the battery module is visible when the heat transfer sheet is assembled to the battery module. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130180683 | COOLER BAG AND WRAP - A cooler bag and wrap is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the cooler bag includes a pair of side panels and at least one pocket formed within each side panel. A plurality of fluid filled beads are contained within the pocket and are visible through an outside layer of the side panels to provide a distinctive appearance to the bag. In addition, the fluid within the beads is adapted to be frozen to keep contents of the bag cool. The bag may also include at least one baffle within the at least one pocket. The baffle helps to evenly disperse the beads and to prevent all the beads from collecting at the bottom of the bag. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130228304 | Cooling compress for cooling a detector - To cool detectors of level measuring devices, it is possible to use cooling compresses which are fastened to the detector housing. Such a cooling compress includes a cooling body which at least in part consists of a deformable material. The inner wall of the cooling body of the cooling compress is configured such that it moves towards a corresponding region of the outer surface of the detector to form a thermal contact with a corresponding region of the outer surface of the housing when a cooling fluid flows through the cooling body. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20140326431 | ATTACHMENT SYSTEM FOR THERMAL PROTECTION PANELS - A thermally protected attachment system is provided. A device including a cover hingeably coupled to a thermal blanket is provided. The thermal blanket and cover may be configured to insulate a cavity defined by the interior of the thermal blanket and the cover in response to the cover being in a closed position. The thermal blanket may be coupled to a thermal protection panel of an aircraft. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140374056 | STALL FLOOR HEAT EXCHANGER REDUCING HEAT STRESS AND LAMENESS - A heat-exchanging mat to cool livestock provides for elastic water conduction channels displaced toward an upper surface of the mat and provides for cushioning placed below those elastic channels. In this way, a high degree of cushioning may be obtained without sacrificing an efficient transfer of heat into the upper surface of the mat. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150075747 | FLEXIBLE HEAT AND MOISTURE TRANSFER SYSTEM - A heat and moisture transfer system may include a flexible heat and moisture exchanger in fluid communication with an environment control unit and an enclosed space. The flexible heat and moisture exchanger may include at least one flexible water vapor-permeable membrane, and may be configured to pass air streams simultaneously in different directions in adjacent subchannels formed by the membrane. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20160075508 | HEAT TRANSFER UNIT AND METHOD FOR PREFABRICATED VESSEL - Vessel assemblies, heat transfer units for prefabricated vessels, and methods for heat transfer prefabricated vessel are provided. A heat transfer unit includes a central rod, and a plurality of peripheral rods surrounding the central rod and connected to the central rod. The plurality of peripheral rods are movable between a first collapsed position and a second bowed position, wherein in the second bowed position a midpoint of each of the plurality of peripheral rods is spaced from the central rod relative to in the first position. The heat transfer unit further includes a heat transfer element connected to one of the plurality of peripheral rods. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160120257 | COOLING INSERT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A cooling apparatus is disclosed, and includes a body and a plurality of couplings spaced along the body. The body is formed of a flexible and absorbent polymer material, and is configured to absorb fluid. The plurality of couplings is spaced along the body of the cooling apparatus. A first set of couplings of the plurality of couplings is configured to releasably couple with a second set of couplings of the plurality of couplings. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160165748 | SYSTEM FOR EFFECTVELY TRANSFERING HEAT FROM ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME - A system for transferring heat by free convective flows of coolant inside a flexible container is disclosed. The flexible container is able to fully conform with the surface of base and heat sources, and the coolant filled inside the flexible container can easily create free convective flows in a narrow gap for continuously and efficiently remove the heat from the heat sources. A method for forming a heat transfer module is disclosed. The flexible container can be placed on the heat sources and then being inflated by the coolant to fully conform with the surface of base and heat sources. Alternatively, the inflated flexible container is being pressed to fully conform with the surface of base and heat sources during assembly of the heat transfer module. | 06-09-2016 |
