Back to results
US 2019/0113292 A1Published application
Net shape moldable thermally conductive materials
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsScott Alan Eastman, Steven W. Gronda, Abbas A. Alahyari, Jack Leon Esformes
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method of making a heat exchanger with a net shape moldable highly thermally conductive polymer composite includes mixing a polymer and a thermally conductive filler material and molding the polymer composite into heat exchanger components. The heat exchanger can be tailored to varying heating and cooling needs with moldable geometries.
Claims20
A heat exchanger comprising:
- a first end plate;
- a plurality of middle plates attached to the first end plate, each middle plate made of a polymer composite comprising a polymer and a filler wherein the filler is between 50 percent and 95 percent by weight, and the thermal conductivity of each of the plurality of middle plates is at least 20 W/mK in one direction;
- and
- a second end plate attached to the plurality of fin layers opposite the first end plate.
1 more element
A method of making a heat exchanger comprising:
- mixing a polymer and a filler material to create a polymer composite, the filler material having particles with diameters of no more than 500 micrometers;
- forming the polymer composite into at least one heat exchanger component;
- and
- assembling a heat exchanger from the at least one heat exchanger component.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.