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7581585 Variable position cooling apparatus  
A device for cooling a heat-dissipating component, including an expansion chamber that is expandable between a first volume and a second volume. The expansion chamber adjusts its surface exposure...
7520917 Devices with extended area structures for mass transfer processing of fluids  
A microchannel device includes several mass transfer microchannels to receive a fluid media for processing at least one heat transfer microchannel in fluid communication with a heat transfer fluid...
7440852 Stochastic analytical solution to quantify the earth's subsurface heat flow  
An analytical closed form solution to mean and variance in heat flow is obtained by solving the stochastic heat conduction equation incorporating randomness in the thermal conductivity. The method...
7411792 Thermal switch, methods of use and manufacturing methods for same  
The present disclosure concerns embodiments of a thermal switch used to control the transfer of heat from a heat source to a heat sink. According to one aspect, the thermal switch can be activated,...
7347060 Systems for regulating the temperature of a heating or cooling device using non-electric controllers and non-electric controllers therefor  
Described here are systems for regulating the temperature of a heating or cooling device without adjusting the input power. In general, the systems described here comprise a heating or cooling...
7191823 Optoelectronic module and a thermal switch therefor  
A laser located within a casing of an optoelectronic module is operated by heating the laser to an operating temperature at or above the maximum specified, operating temperature of the module...
7154369 Passive thermal switch  
A thermal switch selectively couples a heat source to a pair of heat sinks. The thermal switch includes a shunt that is thermally coupled to the heat source. The shunt has a pair of posts. End...
7077776 Transmission fluid heating using engine exhaust  
A heat exchanger integrated into the transmission oil pan transfers heat from post-catalyst exhaust gases to the transmission oil. Inlet and outlet ducts route exhaust gas between the heat...
6564796 Thermal panel for passive temperature control  
A thermal panel ( 10 ) for passive temperature control includes a cell ( 28 ) having a transparent side ( 14 ) and a base side ( 24 ). The cell ( 28 ) has a heatable plate ( 12 ) contained therein....
6443225 Thermally controlled active heat switch system  
The present invention discloses a heat transfer changeover switch capable of effecting or cutting off positively heat transfer. The switch requires no contact or separation of a solid contact of a...
6330155 Method and apparatus for temperature control of electrical devices mounted on circuit boards  
An enclosure for electronic equipment is constructed to orient a plurality of circuit boards in series of parallel slots with air-flow channels therebetween. Cooling air is delivered at constant...
6276144 Cryogenic thermal switch employing materials having differing coefficients of thermal expansion  
A cryogenic thermal switch operates based on the principle of differential coefficients of thermal expansion of differing materials. A small gap is either closed or opened, dependant upon the...
6247524 Thermal switches and methods for improving their performance  
The invention provides a thermal switch, including a frame made of electrically insulating material, defining the perimeter of a cell fillable with liquid crystal (LC); first and second...
5984004 Method and an arrangement for cooling or heating a machine casing  
For cooling and/or heating a machine casing, a method and an arrangement is disclosed in which the machine casing is provided with cooling channels in which pipes are received. Between the pipes...
5813454 Variably insulating portable heater/cooler  
A compact vacuum insulation panel comprising a chamber enclosed by two sheets of metal, glass-like spaces disposed in the chamber between the sidewalls, and a high-grade vacuum in the chamber...
5769159 Apparatus for opening/closing a radiating section by using a shape memory alloy  
A radiating section opening/closing apparatus in an apparatus including a housing having a radiating section while enclosing a heat generating section has at least one heat transmitting section...
5562154 Material-controlled dynamic vacuum insulation  
A compact vacuum insulation panel comprising a chamber enclosed by two sheets of metal, glass-like spaces disposed in the chamber between the sidewalls, and a high-grade vacuum in the chamber...
5322114 Method and device for limiting the temperature of a body  
An apparatus for limiting the temperature of a body associated with a heating system in which the heat exchange between a first heated body comprising a part of the heating system and a second...
5188171 Liquid-crystal heat valve controlled with multiple electrode pairs  
A liquid-crystal heat valve is constructed to be controlled with multiple ectrode pairs. So constructed, it is controllable by alternating electric potentials in different phases applied to...
5156087 Variable heat conduction device to be placed between a heating platen and a cooling platen of a machine such as a press  
In a machine such as a press having at least one heating platen and one cooling platen, it is proposed to place between the said platens a variable heat conduction device (22a), when the operation...
5070933 Temperature regulating system  
A temperature regulating system that includes an enclosure having at least one temperature regulator including a container coupled to the ceiling of the enclosure and having an upper wall, a lower...
4971137 Air-to-air heat exchanger with frost preventing means  
A plate-type air-to-air heat exchanger is provided with a control device disposed directly adjacent the corner of the heat exchanger located between the cold air inlet and the warm air outlet. The...
4951740 Bellows heat pipe for thermal control of electronic components  
A bellows type heat pipe which conducts heat away from an electronic device to a heat sink. The heat pipe is a sealed bellows type container which has an evaporator section at one end and a...
4921043 Shelter device for the production and thermal conditioning of apparatus, in particular electronic apparatus generating heat  
A container device for the protection and thermal conditioning of electronic apparatus generating heat consisting of two heat exchangers each consisting of a plurality of ring form, closed...
4921039 Device for the protection and thermal conditioning of apparatus in particular electronic apparatus generating heat  
A device for the protection and thermal conditioning of electronic apparatus generating heat consisting of a plurality of conduits in which a thermal carrying fluid flows, disposed in a spiral...
4907644 Method and container device for the protection and thermal conditioning of apparatus, in particular electronic apparatus generating heat  
For the thermal conditioning of electronic apparatus generating heat, located in a container including one heat exchanger communicating between the outside and inside of the container, a length of...
4798238 Shelter for thermally conditioning electronic appliances  
This invention relates to a shelter for thermally conditioning in particular electronic appliances which generate heat. The shelter comprises a closed box-like structure with thermoinsulating walls...
4772777 Temperature regulated hot plate for an electric coffee maker  
A fixedly positioned hot plate, particularly for use with a coffee maker, has an upper surface for receiving a container of liquid to be maintained at a constant temperature. An electric heating...
4676300 Heat radiation control device  
A heat radiation control device in accordance with the present invention has a construction that includes a heat transmitting part which receives heat transfer from the heat source side, a freely...
4402358 Heat pipe thermal switch  
A thermal switch for controlling the dissipation of heat between a body (20), acting as a heat source, and a heat sink (22). The thermal switch is comprised of a flexible bellows (12) defining an...
4306613 Passive cooling system  
A cold bank tank in an enclosure for storing thermal energy in a very small area contains a liquid heat transfer fluid and has a top which is the top of the enclosure and a spaced opposite bottom....
4219072 Phase change material heat exchanger  
A phase change material heat exchanger wherein the latent heat of a substance as its physical state changes from solid to liquid, and vice versa, is utilized as a heat storage medium. Structure is...
4193441 Variable capacity thermal storage system employing thermal switching  
A thermal storage system comprising a contained fluid and a fusible material in thermal communication therewith for cooperatively controlling the elevated temperature of the contained fluid. The...
4192290 Combined solar collector and energy storage system  
A combined solar energy collector, fluid chiller and energy storage system. A movable interior insulated panel in a storage tank is positionable flush against the storage tank wall to insulate the...
4149589 Self-insulating water wall  
A self-insulating water wall designed to modify the temperature of a region. Each water wall module is a single container that uses solar energy or the night environment to create convection...
4109706 Thermally conductive ceramic attachment  
Copper backings brazed to ceramic parts exposed to high-temperature oxidizing high-velocity gases must be secured, for mounting purposes, to water-cooled fixed support, with high thermal...
4095645 Linear uniform heat wrap control  
A heat wrap control for a preheater in a paperboard corrugator adjusts the amount of wrap of a moving web about a heated drum as a linear function of web speed to effect uniform heat transfer to...
4088182 Temperature control system for a J-module heat exchanger  
The level of primary fluid is controlled to change the effective heat transfer area of a heat exchanger utilized in a liquid metal nuclear power plant to eliminate the need for liquid metal control...
4085999 Transparent thermal insulating system  
A transparent thermal insulating system having controllable transmissivity to visible radiation comprising a first layer generally transparent to visible radiation, a second layer generally...
4057104 Temperature controlled airborne electronic assembly  
A streamlined electronic-component-containing pod is mounted on the exterior of a military aircraft in subjection to the airflow past the aircraft during flight. An evaporator in the pod is close...
4051890 Directional heat transfer unit  
A heat transfer apparatus having a heat collector on one side of a wall and such collector contains an expandable fluid medium which communicates with a heat dissipating member and causes such...
4050508 Controllable heat transmission panels  
A controllable heat-transmission device, herein called a thermic device or panel, uses temperature changes to modulate heat flow between two regions. A fluid, in thermal contact with both regions,...
3965970 Control of two-phase thermosyphons  
A two-phase thermosyphon having an evaporator where heat can be absorbed ompanied by the vapourisation of liquid contained therein, a condenser where heat can be given up by condensation of vapour...
3957107 Thermal switch  
A sealed extensible bellows containing freon and a flexible wick provide a heat pipe, and fixed end of which is attached to a heat sink (a cold body), the other movable end of the bellows carries a...
3908901 Snow load removal  
Means to remove snow loads from a roof includes a roof structure for a building and treating means within the building. The roof structure is characterized by flexibility and relatively high...
3763928 ELECTROSTATICALLY CONTROLLED HEAT SHUTTER  
A heat transfer assembly for conducting thermal energy includes a hermetically sealed container enclosing a quantity of inert gas such as nitrogen. Two opposed walls of the container have high...
3749156 THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A SPACECRAFT MODULAR HOUSING  
This disclosure includes a thermal control system for a spacecraft module wherein certain wall structures of said module are constructed of superinsulation and others of thermally conductive...
3489203 CONTROLLED HEAT PIPE  
3463224 THERMAL HEAT SWITCH  
3399717 Thermal switch  
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