Heat Exchanger Produced from Laminar Elements
AssigneeVacuum Process Engineering, Inc.
InventorCarl Schalansky
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Abstract
The present invention provides a heat exchanging device, formable into a three dimensional configuration. The heat exchanger device may be of the heat sink type, a dual fluid type, or virtually any other as may be desired. The heat exchanger device comprises a main body which is formable into a three dimensional shape and has a plurality of individual subunit elements adapted to form a plurality of stacked heat exchanging units. The individual subunits have surface configurations which are adapted to allow fluid flow. The present invention also describes devices, methods of making a heat exchanging device and/or methods of attaching external components to the heat exchanging device without damaging internal structures.
Claims20
A method of preparing a heat exchanging device adapted to permit attachment of a manifold inlet and outlet port at a distance from internal structures of the heat exchanging device thereby minimizing damage to the internal structure comprising the steps of:
- providing a plurality of individual components which when stacked together form a shape, at least one of said plurality of individual components contain one or more surface configurations adapted to allow one of fluid flow or exchange of heat and one or more surface extensions adapted to provide at lest a portion of a heat resistance zone;
- stacking said individual components to form a heat exchanging unit having a main body and at least one side edge;
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- forming at least one heat resistance zone having at least one surface located at a distance from said main body.
A heat exchanging device comprising:
- a plurality of individual heat exchanging components which when stacked together form a main body;
- at least one of said plurality of individual heat exchanging components having at least a first surface configuration adapted to allow one of fluid flow or exchange of heat and one or more surface extensions which forms a portion of a heat resistance zone;
- a heat resistance zone having at least one welding surface located at a distance from said main body;
- an upper plate comprising at least one portion sized and shaped to extend away from said main body;
- said upper plate aligned with said main body to form an upper portion of said heat resistance zone;
- a lower plate comprising at least one portion sized and shaped to extend away from said main body, said lower plate aligned with said main body to form a lower portion of said heat resistance zone;
- and one or more end plates, said end plates having a manifold inlet or outlet port sized and shaped to engage a manifold adapter or tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.