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US 8,770,269 B2Granted
Three phase fin surface cooler
AssigneeHs Marston Aerospace Limited
InventorDavid Russell Scott
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Abstract
A surface cooler is provided and includes an oil layer, through which oil flows, a separating plate disposed in heat transfer communication with the oil and fins extending into an air flow pathway and being disposed in heat transfer communication with the separating plate, the fins being arranged with varied configurations at each of two or more sections sequentially defined along a predominant direction of air flow along the air flow pathway.
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A surface cooler, comprising:
- an oil layer, through which oil flows;
- a separating plate disposed in heat transfer communication with the oil;
- and
- fins extending into an air flow pathway and being disposed in heat transfer communication with the separating plate, the fins being arranged with varied configurations at each of two or more sections sequentially defined along a predominant direction of air flow along the air flow pathway,
- the two or more sections comprising a leading section, a rear section and an intermediate section interposed between the leading and rear sections,
- the fins at the leading and rear sections comprising sloped leading and trailing ends, respectively, the sloped leading and trailing ends including slopes transverse to a plane of the separating plate that begin to protrude from and terminate at the plane of the separating plate, respectively, wherein the fins at the leading section are thicker than the fins at the rear section.
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A surface cooler, comprising:
- an oil layer, through which oil flows;
- a separating plate disposed in heat transfer communication with the oil;
- and
- fins extending into an air flow pathway and being disposed in heat transfer communication with the separating plate, the fins being arranged with varied configurations at each of two or more sections sequentially defined along a predominant direction of air flow along the air flow pathway,
- wherein the two or more sections comprise a leading section, a rear section and an intermediate section interposed between the leading and rear sections, and
- wherein the fins at the leading section are thicker than the fins at the rear section.
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A surface cooler, comprising:
- an oil layer, through which oil flows;
- a separating plate disposed in heat transfer communication with the oil;
- and
- fins extending into an air flow pathway and being disposed in heat transfer communication with the separating plate,
- a leading section of the fins having a first thickness, being substantially straight and being arranged with a sloped leading end,
- a rear section of the fins having a second thickness, which is thinner than the first thickness, being substantially straight and being arranged with a sloped rear end, and
- an intermediate section of the fins being arranged between the leading and rear sections with a repeating pattern of high thermal performance shapes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.