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US 11,029,103 B2Granted
Dual seated by-pass valve for surface coolers
AssigneeUnison Industries, LLC
InventorsMichael Ralph Storage, Dennis Alan McQueen
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Abstract
A heat exchanger circuit can include a heat exchanger having a body with a plurality of cooling fins for the heat exchanger, a plurality of core cooling channels within the body, a plurality of de-congealing channels in fluid communication with the plurality of core cooling channels, and a by-pass valve in fluid communication with the plurality of core cooling channels and the plurality of de-congealing channels.
Claims20
A heat exchanger circuit, comprising:
- a heat exchanger having a body comprising:
- a plurality of cooling fins for the heat exchanger;
- a plurality of core cooling channels within the body;
- a plurality of de-congealing channels in fluid communication with the plurality of core cooling channels;
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- a by-pass valve in fluid communication with the plurality of core cooling channels and the plurality of de-congealing channels, the by-pass valve further comprising:
- a valve body;
- a power element extending through the valve body;
- a de-congealing flow path passing through the valve body;
- a core cooling flow path passing through the valve body;
- a de-congealing poppet in fluid communication with the de-congealing flow path and operably connected to the power element, the de-congealing poppet being movable between a closed position and an open position that allows for fluid flow to the plurality of de-congealing channels;
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- a core cooling poppet in fluid communication with the core cooling flow path and operably connected to the power element, the core cooling poppet being movable between a closed position and an open position that allows for fluid flow to the plurality of core cooling channels.
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A heat exchanger circuit, comprising:
- a heat exchanger having a body comprising:
- a plurality of cooling fins for the heat exchanger;
- a plurality of core cooling channels within the body arranged closer to the plurality of cooling fins, with the plurality of core cooling channels having a cooling inlet connection and a cooling outlet connection;
- a plurality of de-congealing channels in fluid communication with the cooling inlet connection and the cooling outlet connection, the de-congealing channels having a de-congealing inlet and a de-congealing outlet;
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- a by-pass valve in fluid communication with the cooling inlet connection, the cooling outlet connection, the de-congealing inlet, and the de-congealing outlet, and configured to selectively channel fluid through the plurality of core cooling channels during a first mode of operation and through the plurality of de-congealing channels during a second mode of operation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.