Baffles for thermal transfer devices
AssigneeRheem Manufacturing Company
InventorsAmin Monfared, Bruce Hotton, Lee Chambers, Babak Bagheri
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Abstract
A baffle for a fluid collection portion of a thermal transfer device can include a body having an inner perimeter, an outer perimeter, and an asymmetric feature, where the asymmetric feature is configured to create a pressure drop within the fluid collection portion of the thermal transfer device. The inner perimeter can be configured to be at least as large as an inner surface of a first wall that forms the fluid collection portion of the thermal transfer device. The outer perimeter can be configured to be no larger than an outer surface of a second wall that forms the fluid collection portion of the thermal transfer device.
Claims21
A baffle for a fluid collection portion of a thermal transfer device, wherein the baffle comprises:
- a body comprising an inner perimeter, an outer perimeter, and an asymmetric feature, wherein the asymmetric feature is configured to create a pressure drop within the fluid collection portion of the thermal transfer device,
- wherein the inner perimeter is configured to be at least as large as an outer surface of a first wall that forms the fluid collection portion of the thermal transfer device,
- wherein the outer perimeter is configured to be no larger than an inner surface of a second wall that forms the fluid collection portion of the thermal transfer device, and
- wherein the asymmetric feature comprises a difference in a distance between the inner perimeter and the outer perimeter.
5-9. (canceled)
A fluid collection portion of a thermal transfer device, wherein the fluid collection portion comprises:
- a first wall having an outer surface;
- a second wall having an inner surface;
- an outlet;
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- a first baffle disposed between the first wall and the second wall, wherein the first baffle comprises a first baffle body having a first inner perimeter, a first outer perimeter, and a first asymmetric feature, wherein the first asymmetric feature is configured to create a pressure drop within the fluid collection portion of the thermal transfer device, wherein the pressure drop forces fluid proximate to the first baffle to traverse toward the outlet,
- wherein the first inner perimeter is configured to be at least as large as the outer surface of the first wall that forms the fluid collection portion of the thermal transfer device, and
- wherein the first outer perimeter is configured to be no larger than the inner surface of the second wall that forms the fluid collection portion of the thermal transfer device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.