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This subclass is indented under the class definition.  Apparatus having (1) means dependent on vehicle motion, (2) a defined vehicle traction feature, or (3) a defined vehicle body feature other than that merely forming the structure enclosing a space to be heated or cooled or supporting a heating or cooling means.

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202+,and 271, for control means responsive to vehicle motion.
234+,where the vehicle is an aircraft having means to compensate for variations in ambient pressure.

 
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3934642 Vehicle air conditioning system Jan-27-1976
A vehicle air conditioning system comprises an intake, refrigerant evaporator, heater, heat by-pass conduit temperature and air flow regulating means and ducting leading to the vehicle interior. Control means operate to maintain the air conditioning system de-energised engine start up until the vehicle...     
3964458 Service vehicle for manhole operation Jun-22-1976
A wheeled service vehicle for manhole operation adopted for towing and comprising a chassis frame mounting a variety of equipment, the vehicle and equipment all being self-contained and including a prime mover with several pieces of equipment driven thereby. A housing for the vehicle is independently...     
3965971 Cooling system for semiconductors Jun-29-1976
An SCR which controls the speed of a battery powered vehicle is liquid cooled by a closed circuit cooling system utilizing an oscillating pump, a heat exchanging reservoir, and an SCR mounting block. The SCR mounting block forms a fluid chamber when the SCR is mounted thereto. The heat exchanging reservoir...     
4004126 Windshield heating device Jan-18-1977
A windshield heating device for a motor vehicle having a windshield with an upper portion normally within the driver's field of vision and a lower portion normally not within the driver's field of vision is disclosed. A plurality of electrically conductive grid lines are deposited on the lower portion...     
4022272 Transmission fluid heat radiator May-10-1977
The heat radiator takes the form of an extruded member defining parallel fins on its bottom surface and having a flat top surface arranged to be cemented directly to the bottom surface of a transmission fluid pan in an automobile. A special cement having high thermal conductivity is used and the extruded...     
4022599 Air conditioning system May-10-1977
The present invention shows an air conditioning system for use on an automobile. The compressor and condenser are located under the hood of the automobile with an evaporator being located inside of a console shaped assembly within the interior of the automobile. Intake louvers are located between the...     
4057104 Temperature controlled airborne electronic assembly Nov-8-1977
A streamlined electronic-component-containing pod is mounted on the exterior of a military aircraft in subjection to the airflow past the aircraft during flight. An evaporator in the pod is close coupled thermally to the electronic components for cooling. The outer skin of the pod acts as a condenser...     
4087047 Heating unit for automotive vehicles May-2-1978
A heating system for motor vehicles with a heat-exchanger that is connected to the cooling system of the internal combustion engine; at least one heat conductor adapted to be acted upon by the exhaust system terminates in the flow path of the cooling water upstream of the heat-exchanger for the heating...     
4117794 Ice melting system and method Oct-3-1978
A heat transfer method for melting thick layers of ice advancing toward an object facing the ice is disclosed. Elongated grooves or corrugations are disposed in the exterior surface of the object facing the ice. A heating fluid is circulated in intimate contact with the inside of the grooved surface,...     
4160806 Mobile catalyst treatment unit Jul-10-1979
A mobile catalyst treatment unit and process of operating same involves a closed gas processing loop supported on a normally mobile carrier such as a flat truck bed or trailer which is connectable with the inlet and outlet of a catalytic reactor. The normal process gas is cut off from the catalytic reactor...     
4171729 Coolant circulating system for motorcycle Oct-23-1979
A coolant circulating system for a motorcycle having a liquid cooled engine. The system includes a radiator mounted to the front fork, an engine mounted to the frame, pipes from the engine, pipes from the radiator, and a fluid conducting, two-channel swivel connector on the steering shaft to enable the...     
4249375 Heat exchanger Feb-10-1981
A heat exchanger for use with two media, one of which is to be heated up and the other of which is to be cooled down. The heat exchanger has an inlet and an outlet for the medium which is to be cooled down, as well as a plurality of parallel conduits which are connected between the inlet and outlet so...     
4254821 Heat pipe deicing apparatus Mar-10-1981
A heat pipe deicing system is disclosed for preventing accumulation of ice on portions of structures such as the deck, handrails, and ladders of a fishing vessel operating in very cold oceans. The heat pipe includes an evaporator in contact with a source of heat such as exhaust gases of an engine, one...     
4267880 Air distribution device May-19-1981
A distribution device in the passenger space of a motor vehicle for the air arriving from an inlet opening of a chamber towards two ducts extending from said chamber and reaching air outlet nozzles, usually upper and lower, which comprises a flap rotatably mounted, for the distribution, about an axis...     
4295520 Heat transfer system Oct-20-1981
A heat transfer system for transferring heat between a heat-emitting zone or heat source and a heat-consuming zone or heat sink in accordance with a heat pipe principle in cases where a limited relative movement takes place between the heat source and the heat sink. A bundle of small tubes extending...     
4296796 Heat transfer system Oct-27-1981
A heat transfer system disposed between a heat-emitting zone or heat source and a heat-consuming zone or heat sink in accordance with the heat pipe principle. A vacuum-tight hose conduit is arranged between the heat-emitting zone and the heat-consuming zone at least along a partial region of a heat transfer...     
4304294 Thermal energy switch Dec-8-1981
A solid state temperature gradient cooling system in which thermal energy is, under a first condition, carried from a heat source to a heat storage device and under a second condition is carried from the heat source and storage device to a heat dissipator. The change in conditions is responsive to changes...     
4343338 Tire cooling system and method Aug-10-1982
A tire cooling system (10) for a vehicle having a wheel (12) with a tire (14) mounted on a rim (16). A heat transfer device (22) is positioned in a central cavity (18) defined by said rim (16) and tire (14). A first fluid (20) is contained in said central cavity (18) while a second fluid (25) is circulated...     
4350247 Covers for cassette boxes Sep-21-1982
A cover for a box comprising a base and a pivotal lid, e.g. a box for a tape cassette, comprises a base panel for overlying the base of the box, a cover panel for overlying the cover of the box and connected to the base panel by a spine panel for overlying a side wall of the box. The cover is made from...     
4350287 Remote control car heater Sep-21-1982
A remote transmitter is operative to start an electrical heater disposed in an automobile. The electrical heater operates off a separate electrical system from that normally found in the automobile. Once the automobile engine is started and the heating system of the automobile is operative, a thermostatic...     
4367786 Hydrostatic bladder-type storage means Jan-11-1983
A hydrostatic bladder-type storage means for storing mechanical energy by a compressible media in a pressure bottle. An interior of the pressure bottle contains an elastically resilient bladder accommodating the medium. The pressurized medium is introduced into the bladder from one side of the bottle,...     
4381026 Tire cooling structure Apr-26-1983
The present invention relates to a novel means placed internally of a tubeless type pneumatic tire, placed upon the drop center rim to effectively transfer heat from the crown and shoulder portions to the sidewalls and the mounting rim during rotational operation thereof by affecting puffs or forcing...     
4387290 Anti-freezing system for a windshield-wiper Jun-7-1983
An anti-freezing system for a windshield-wiper of a vehicle including a cut off device, which may be a relay, responsive to a temperature sensor which senses the ambient temperature. The cut off device energizes a heater to heat the windshield-wiper when and only when the ambient temperature as sensed...     
4393922 Engine unit with lubricant cooling Jul-19-1983
An engine unit adapted to be lubricated by a liquid lubricant with a lubricant reservoir as well as a lubricant cooling. The cooling takes place by way of at least one heat pipe, with the heat pipe having a heat absorbing portion adapted to be exposed to the lubricant and a heat transmitting portion...     
4397348 Radiator baffle Aug-9-1983
A vehicle heat exchanger system having air stream suppressing baffles detachably mounted in top and lateral and bottom clearance spaces formed by transverse top and lateral vertical sides of an air plenum and a draped enclosure structure and by a transverse bottom side of the plenum and a transverse...     
4420035 Thermal control system Dec-13-1983
A variable, thermal control system (10) for regulating the temperature of an exothermic process plant carried aboard an earth orbiting spacecraft is made with a plurality of curved radiator panels (14) arcuately positioned in a circular arrangement to form an open receptacle. A module (12) containing...     
4428451 Cooling system for a motorcycle Jan-31-1984
Several embodiments of water cooled motorcycles incorporating an improved compact arrangement wherein the components do not interfere with each other or the rider's stance. In each embodiment the engine cooling system includes a heat exchanger that is positioned on one side of the frame adjacent the...     
4461366 Frame for motorcycles Jul-24-1984
In a motorcycle equipped with a water-cooled engine, part of the frame, on which the engine is supported, is used as a passage for engine cooling water. The above part of the frame may be formed of a hollow tubular member which can be separated from the frame body. The hollow tubular member may be disjoinably...     
4478306 Radiator mounting mechanism Oct-23-1984
A radiator mounting mechanism for a motorcycle provided with a water-cooled engine. A pair of radiators are positioned below a fuel tank and are movably supported to a frame by means of the radiator mounting mechanism. The mechanism includes a guide means for guiding the movement of the radiators, and...     
4480370 Heated railroad tank car Nov-6-1984
A method of converting a tank such as a railway tank car into a heated tank to facilitate dispensing a congealable stored medium, wherein at least one end portion of the tank is removed and an elongated heat exchanger is inserted into the tank through the opened end. The heat exchanger is secured within...     
4480669 Tire cooling structure Nov-6-1984
The present invention relates to a novel means placed internally of a tubeless type pneumatic tire, placed upon the drop center rim to effectively transfer heat from the crown and shoulder portions to the sidewalls and the mounting rim during rotational operation thereof by affecting puffs or forcing...     
4482009 Automobile air conditioning system Nov-13-1984
An automobile air-conditioning system in which a single ventilation unit for supplying the conditioned air to a compartment is divided into two parts, and the air passing through each part is adapted to be controlled respectively. The compartment is divided into at least three air-conditioning zones...     
4494597 Ventilating device for automotive vehicle Jan-22-1985
A ventilating device for an automotive vehicle mounted in a rear portion of the vehicle comprises an atmospheric air passageway for introducing atmospheric air from the outside of the vehicle into a vehicle compartment, and an internal air passageway provided in a manner to cross the atmospheric air...     
4505124 Heat management system for aircraft Mar-19-1985
A novel heat management system for aircraft is provided which is based on the aircraft fuel as the heat exchange medium and comprises a dedicated thermal reserve fuel tank for containing refrigerated aircraft fuel (or other expendable liquid) which is cooled by heat exchange with the primary aircraft...     
4519467 Lower radiator mount May-28-1985
An easily adjustable lower radiator mount for a cab-over-engine truck, for adjusting the clearance between the radiator and a tunnel through the tilt cab. The mount lies behind a front bumper. The radiator bottom member has a pair of vertical, upwardly extending blind threaded openings, while the truck...     
4519473 Cooling system for a motorcycle May-28-1985
A motorcycle having a liquid-cooled engine with a liquid cooling system. The system includes a radiator, a water jacket about the engine and connecting feed and return lines. The radiator is located in the forward part of the motorcycle while the engine is located in the rear. The cooling lines pass...     
4527619 Exoatmospheric calibration sphere Jul-9-1985
A sphere which provides a high emissivity, uniform, isothermal calibration ource which is fully instrumented for surface temperature and range measurements. The characteristics are achieved by using high thermal conductivity copper hemispheres disposed in spaced, concentric relation and containing a...     
4530288 Heated railway tank car Jul-23-1985
A sloped heat exchange element is sealingly mounted above the bottom of the tank of a railway tank car adjacent each end of the tank. Each heating element is thermally isolated from the tank cradles and bolsters, which detrimentally act as heat sinks in conventional heated tank cars. The sloped heat...     
4542785 Agricultural harvester heat exchanger Sep-24-1985
The agricultural harvester 10 cooling system includes a heat exchanger 38 for cooling an internal combustion engine 32 and a heat exchanger air cleaner assembly 36. The heat exchanger air cleaner assembly has a fixed screen 62 adjacent the heat exchanger 32 which forms one wall of a large box 45. Channel...     
4550774 Surface heating body for vehicles Nov-5-1985
A surface heat-exchanger body for vehicles, aircrafts or ships, with an interconnected heat pipe-channel system which is hermetically closed and arranged distributed over an area; as a result of a separate line-shaped heat source which extends along the heat-exchanger body and which may be formed by...     
4557319 Marine keel cooler Dec-10-1985
Fore and aft headers are parallely spaced apart and connected by a plurality of tubes or pipes extending normal thereto and forming therewith a grid type heat exchanger. The headers are streamlined and fixed to the bottom of a marine vessel with the tubes spaced outwardly from the vessel's bottom and...     
4559994 Passenger vehicle heat exchanger arrangement Dec-24-1985
A motor vehicle heat exchanger for independently heating different passenger areas comprising first and second tube/fin block units for transferring heat from coolant flowing through tubes thereof to air flowing therethrough to first and second passenger areas, respectively. Common upper and lower coolant...     
4572285 Magnetically focused liquid drop radiator Feb-25-1986
A magnetically focused liquid drop radiator for application in rejecting rgy from a spacecraft, characterized by a magnetizable liquid or slurry disposed in operative relationship within the liquid droplet generator and its fluid delivery system, in combination with magnetic means disposed in operative...     
4574051 Thermochemical energy storage Mar-4-1986
A thermal energy storage medium comprising a hydrophilic polysaccharide supporting an inorganic salt that is capable of transforming from one phase to a less hydrated phase absorbing latent heat, and releasing this latent heat upon the reverse transformation. The polysaccharide, preferably Xanthan Gum,...     
4583587 Multi-leg heat pipe evaporator Apr-22-1986
A monogroove high capacity heat pipe has compact evaporator section 30 formed of a plurality of parallel legs 32 which are in fluid communication with a manifold 36 which is in fluid communication with the condensor section 40 encased in a heat radiating fin 42.
4589512 Motorcycle radiator May-20-1986
A radiator circular or conical in shape for a motorcycle which may be advantageously located in a position adjacent the motorcycle in an arrangement similar to that of a muffler. The radiator includes a core of ring-shaped cross section with an inlet tank and an outlet tank. The inlet and outlet tanks...     
4598554 Cryogenic pressure building system Jul-8-1986
A pressure building system for cryogenic material for use on a mobile cryogenic tank such as a railroad car utilizing an elongated conduit which includes at least one fin bonded to the outer wall of the conduit along the length of the same. The conduit and bonded fin are constructed of heat conductive...     
4603730 Multiple module furnace system Aug-5-1986
There is disclosed a multiple module furnace and system for aerospace application useful for conducting high temperature experiments and treatments of materials, particularly for alloying of metals. The furnace comprises a frame having a plurality of receptacles to receive a like plurality of furnace...     
4603731 Graphite fiber thermal radiator Aug-5-1986
A thermal radiating system particularly suited for use in space applications is provided with a high ratio of heat transfer to weight and a thin and light weight construction. The radiator includes heat pipes that are spaced to minimize damage from micrometeorites and through which a heat transfer medium...     
4603732 Heat management system for spacecraft Aug-5-1986
A heat management system especially adapted for spacecraft including a first heat exchanger in heat exchange relation with a sink having a widely varying temperature and a second heat exchanger in heat exchange relation with a variable heat load. An equilibrator is provided to maintain respective bodies...     
4603733 Heated railroad tank car Aug-5-1986
A heated tank such as in a railroad tank car has a heat exchanger spaced from the bottom of the car to define a dead air space to insulate the heat exchanger from the bottom. The heat exchanger extends substantially longitudinally and transversely across the entire bottom of the car to provide a large...     
4632206 Water-cooled engine cooler for vehicle Dec-30-1986
A water-cooled engine cooler of the divided type for such vehicles as autobikes, autotricycles, four wheel buggy, etc., is disclosed. The cooler has two radiators for cooling the water-cooled engine, these radiators being inclined with respect to the direction of progress of the vehicle such that their...     
4633965 Motorcycle Jan-6-1987
A motorcycle comprising an engine, a radiator mounted in front of the engine and a seat cowl mounted on the rear portion of the motorcycle, a guide member extends from the radiator to the seat cowl for guiding air from the rear of the radiator to the seat cowl. In one embodiment of the present invention,...     
4640340 Heated or cooled steering wheel Feb-3-1987
Apparatus for heating and cooling a steering wheel includes a skin layer coupled to the outside surface of the steering wheel, a heat conductive plate coupled to an inside surface of the skin layer, a thermal storage core extending along a central portion of the steering wheel, and at least one thermoelectric...     
4645264 Motorized dumping vehicle Feb-24-1987
A motorized dump-type vehicle is provided having a chassis frame, a gasoline engine mounted on said frame, a dump container pivotally mounted on the front of said frame and a hydraulic system enabling said container to be raised and lowered by a hydraulic cylinder and said vehicle to be driven in either...     
4660624 Motorcycle radiator Apr-28-1987
A radiator for a motorcycle having a core with an arcuate front surface. The radiator tanks remain parallel. The radiator is retained by means of a pin and fastener means nonconcentrically arranged to insure proper mounting under heavy load road conditions. The tubes of the core may be arranged in either...     
4662435 Heat exchanger comprising nested containers May-5-1987
Heat exchanger, especially a combined cooling water filter device and oil cooler for sea-water cooled boat motors, in which the cover of the filter container is built together with a container extending down into the filter container and having an inlet and an outlet for the oil to be cooled. A bowl-shaped...     
4671348 Transverse flow edge heat pipe Jun-9-1987
An edge situated in high speed flow of medium is cooled by a tubular heat pipe having a longitudinal axis situated parallel to the edge. The exterior surface of the evaporator section of the heat pipe forms the edge. The heat pipe contains a working fluid existing in both gaseous and liquefied states....     
4673030 Rechargeable thermal control system Jun-16-1987
A unidirectional heat pipe (22) acting as a thermal diode or a heat switch, enables heat to be removed from electronic equipment (14) when temperatures outside of a missile envelope (12) are lower than those of the electronic equipment. When the temperature exterior to the missile envelope is greater...     
4676300 Heat radiation control device Jun-30-1987
A heat radiation control device in accordance with the present invention has a construction that includes a heat transmitting part which receives heat transfer from the heat source side, a freely expansible and contractible bellows case installed between the heat transmitting part and the frame, having...     
4687048 Monogroove cold plate Aug-18-1987
The coolant fluid evaporated in a compact heat absorbing panel (12) utilizing monogroove heat pipes in a pumped two-phase system is replenished through a liquid inlet control valve (35) under the control of an ultrasonic liquid presence detector (40) which is connected to the panel (10). The detector...     
4702309 Collector for liquid droplet radiator Oct-27-1987
A collector for a liquid drop radiator for cooling at least one fluid droplet stream. The collector has a housing with at least one inlet for the at least one fluid droplet stream and one outlet and lies in a plane, and a pump disposed in the housing and which has a low pressure side and lies in a plane...     
4705100 Fuel/auxiliary oil thermal management system Nov-10-1987
An arrangement that uses aircraft fuel as a heat sink for aircraft auxiliary oil systems for an aircraft having at least one engine operated by fuel and having an engine interface limit and including a fuel/oil heat exchanger for removing heat from the aircraft auxiliary oil systems and having a fuel...     
4727932 Expandable pulse power spacecraft radiator Mar-1-1988
An expandable heat rejection system for radiating heat generated by a source of heat on a spacecraft or like vehicle is described and comprises a fluid heat exchange medium in operative heat exchange contact with the source for absorbing heat by evaporation of the liquid phase of the medium, a thin flexible...     
4738304 Direct condensation radiator for spacecraft Apr-19-1988
Cost and weight of a heat transfer structure for a space vehicle can be reduced by an arrangement of redundant channels for the flow of coolant to heat radiating panels, micrometeroid resisting bumpers located adjacent the channels for preventing penetration by all but the most energetic micrometeroids,...     
4739823 Heat exchanger structure Apr-26-1988
Avionics systems are cooled by circulating the heated air through an onboard closed loop system which includes a heat transfer envelope comprised of a liner and the fuselage of the flight vehicle. The liner keeps a constant, thermodynamically optimal passage height between the liner and the fuselage,...     
4744411 Mounting arrangement of an intercooler May-17-1988
A mounting for a charging air intercooler which is arranged in a space that is separated from the space surrounding the internal combustion engine. A supporting arrangement serves for the mounting of the charging air cooler which is detachably attached at a wall of the body and is formed by pipe sections...     
4750543 Pumped two-phase heat transfer loop Jun-14-1988
A pumped loop two-phase heat transfer system, operating at a nearly constant temperature throughout, includes a plurality of independently operating grooved capillary heat exchanger plates supplied with working fluid through independent flow modulation valves connected to a liquid supply line, a vapor...     
4757858 Vehicle fan and radiator assembly Jul-19-1988
An industrial loader includes a fan and radiator assembly mounted above the engine thereof. The assembly comprises a housing mounted on the loader main frame. A pair of radiator cores are located in opposite sides of the housing. A pair of fore-and-aft aligned, hydraulically driven fans are mounted in...     
4770232 Gas particle radiator Sep-13-1988
A gas particle radiator adapted to operate in a microgravity space environment having a transparent boundary which transmits energy in the infrared spectrum, and a gas particle mixture that yields high absorption and emittances.
4771942 Vehicle crossflow heat exchanger Sep-20-1988
In order to bring about, in the case of a crossflow heat exchanger with two heating sections which can be individually regulated through the heat transfer medium, a pipe routing adapted to the particular installation conditions in a motor vehicle, with minimum possible connections, the partition wall...     
4784215 Thermal insulating shades Nov-15-1988
A thermal insulating shade is made up of a plurality of panels, spaced apart and defining a serpentine air flow path between them. A blower connected to the air flow path ventilates the shade to augment its insulating effect. As least one of the panels has a highly reflective surface to reflect heat....     
4789023 Vibration isolating heat sink Dec-6-1988
Methods and apparatus for transporting a heat-generating load through an environment affected by vibrations and pressure variations, employ a capillary structure for advancing that working fluid, when in a liquid state, from a condenser section at a heat-conducting supporting structure spaced from the...     
4802405 Automotive air-conditioner Feb-7-1989
An automotive air-conditioner has a motor-driven centrifugal fan and a casing accommodating the fan and having first and second wall portions adjacent to axially opposite open ends of the fan, respectively. A fresh-air inlet and a first recirculated-air inlet are formed in the first wall portion, while...     
4809771 Lih thermal storage capsule/heat exchanger Mar-7-1989
A thermal storage apparatus for use with space-based burst power supplies. Lithium hydride is encapsulated within spherical hollow capsules. Each capsule is made of a three layer hollow shell. The inner layer of each shell is molybdemum, the middle layer silicon carbide, and the outer layer molybedum....     
4811709 Fuel injection pump Mar-14-1989
A fuel injection pump, for use with a supercharged internal combustion engine, is provided with a full-load stop that is adjustable by means of a stepper motor in dependence upon operating parameters such as engine speed and manifold pressure. An electrical control device for the stepper motor is housed...     
4813476 Expandable pulse power spacecraft radiator Mar-21-1989
An expandable heat rejection system for radiating heat generated by a source of heat on a spacecraft or like vehicle is described and comprises a fluid heat exchange medium in operative heat exchange contact with the source for absorbing heat by evaporation of the liquid phase of the medium, a thin flexible...     
4815525 Deployable space radiator with condenser Mar-28-1989
A deployable radiator panel system for use in spacecraft or the like for rejecting power when exposed to space. A plurality of panels are mounted in stacked juxtaposition in stored condition for rotation from the stored condition about a common axis in a fan-type manner to fully operative angular positions...     
4819720 Skin heat exchanger Apr-11-1989
Avionics systems are cooled by circulating the heated air through an onboard closed loop system which includes a heat transfer envelope comprised of a liner and the fuselage of the flight vehicle. The liner keeps a constant, thermodynamically optimal passage height between the liner and the fuselage,...     
4828017 Cooling device for off-road vehicle May-9-1989
A cooling device is mounted on an off-road vehicle including a vehicle frame having a pair of main pipe members spaced from each other transversely of the vehicle and extending longitudinally of the vehicle, the main pipe members having rear portions joined to each other, a central roll bar mounted on...     
4830096 Removable thermal control system May-16-1989
An environmental control system for affording quick attachment and disconnection of a thermal control unit with respect to an aircraft pod or other like vehicular substructure. A complementary interengaging mechanism is provided between the thermal control unit and the aircraft pod for properly positioning...     
4830097 Space vehicle thermal rejection system May-16-1989
A space vehicle thermal heat rejection system 10 utilizing separate optimized heat pipe components for the functions of heat acquisition, heat transport, and heat rejection. A honeycomb panel heat pipe evaporator section 20 performs the function of heat acquisition, and forms a closed thermodynamic system...     
4832113 Survivable pulse power space radiator May-23-1989
A thermal radiator system is described for use on an outer space vehicle, which must survive a long period of nonuse and then radiate large amounts of heat for a limited period of time. The radiator includes groups of radiator panels that are pivotally connected in tandem, so that they can be moved to...     
4842045 Expandable radiator Jun-27-1989
An expandable heat rejection system for radiating heat from a source of heat on a spacecraft or like vehicle is described and comprises a fluid heat exchange medium in operative circulating heat exchange relationship with the source for absorbing heat by evaporation of a liquid phase or the medium, an...     
4842046 Slim-line van heater/air conditoner unit Jun-27-1989
A vehicle heater/air conditioner which includes heating and cooling coils enclosed within a housing and in flow communication with a blower member which pushes air through the housing. The housing containing the heating and cooling coils is positioned generally between the inner and outer vehicle side...     
4842050 Heat transfer apparatus and method Jun-27-1989
A heat transfer apparatus and method wherein an expansible heat transfer member is disposed between a heat source member removably disposed within a cavity defined by a heat receiver member. The heat receiver is configured as a heat exchanger transferring received heat to an external system for utilization....     
4846258 Non-ram cooling system Jul-11-1989
A cooling system for a vehicle having an engine mounted transversely to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, a transmission mounted substantially parallel to the engine, comprising a power takeoff coupled to the engine, and a first shaft adapted to be driven by the engine and a transmission shaft, a...     
4846260 Cooling system Jul-11-1989
This invention relates to a cooling system for industrial equipment such as, for example, controlled start transmission gear reducer. The cooling system comprises a fan disposed on the rotatable shaft of the equipment for rotation in either direction and a fan shroud disposed about the fan for directing...     
4847468 Automotive pre-heater Jul-11-1989
An automotive pre-heater is set forth for use in cold climates for warming the interior and selective portions of an automobile prior to starting and operation. A compact housing secured by conventional bracketry to the interior of an automobile is provided. Fan means operated by a programmable timing...     
4848445 Heat transfer apparatus and method Jul-18-1989
A heat transfer apparatus and method wherein an expansible heat transfer member is disposed between a heat source member removably disposed within a cavity defined by a heat receiver member. The heat receiver is configured as a heat exchanger transferring received heat to an external system for utilization....     
4862955 Heat exchanger Sep-5-1989
A heat exchanger for an internal combustion engine includes a first conduit, a second conduit positioned outside of the first conduit, a third conduit positioned inside of the first conduit, a first annular passage formed between the first and second conduits, and a second annular passage formed between...     
4870828 Cooling system in motor vehicle Oct-3-1989
Herein disclosed is a cooling system for use with an internal combustion engine which is operated on evaporable fuel supplied from a fuel tank. The cooling system comprises a tube extending from the fuel tank to a venturi throat portion of an air induction passage of the engine, an expansion valve connected...     
4871012 Variable conductance thermal insulation blanket Oct-3-1989
A variable conductance thermal insulation blanket regulates the temperature of a component (20) on the surface (32) of a spacecraft. The blanket comprises a sealed container (2) and a pressurized gas tank (10). When gas is introduced from the tank (10) into the sealed container (20), heat is conducted...     
4880050 Thermal management system Nov-14-1989
A thermal management system for a spacecraft includes a plurality of T-shaped pallets each having a radiator panel and mounting panel. The radiator panels are connected end to end to enclose an interior space including the mounting panels. The mounting panels have electronic equipment mounted thereon....     
4881456 Onboard air discharge system Nov-21-1989
An onboard air discharge system includes a first electrode mounted on each of a plurality of onboard seats of a vehicle. A second electrode is disposed in relation to each of the first electrodes such that at least part of a personnel who is seated upon a seat on which the first electrode is mounted...     
4883116 Ceramic heat pipe wick Nov-28-1989
A wick for use in a capillary loop pump heat pipe. The wick material is an essentially uniformly porous, permeable, open-cell, silicon dioxide/aluminum oxide inorganic ceramic foam having a silica fiber to alumina fiber ratio, by weight, of about 78 to 22, respectively, a density of 6 lbs/ft.sup.3, and...     
4884627 Omni-directional heat pipe Dec-5-1989
An omni-directional heat pipe for cooling a local heat area, such as in electronic circuitry, including a sealed cavity for containment of multiple capillary-like coolant paths which may be inter-connectable or otherwise disposed in order to facilitate wide angle heat transfer dispersion. Said sealed...     
4909311 Engine cooler Mar-20-1990
A cylindrically-shaped engine cooler for automobiles comprises a pair of water tanks or main coolant tubes, a plurality of water tubes connecting the water tanks or main coolant tubes, a plurality of cooling fins and at least one cooling fans. The cylindrical engine cooler is disposed in a vehicle so...     
4913225 Liquid sheet radiator apparatus Apr-3-1990
An external flow, liquid sheet radiator apparatus adapted for space applications has as its radiating surface a thin stable liquid sheet formed by fluid flow through a very narrow slit affixed to the sheet generator.
4917173 Monogroove liquid heat exchanger Apr-17-1990
A liquid supply control is disclosed for a heat transfer system which transports heat by liquid-vapor phase change of a working fluid. An assembly (10) of monogroove heat pipe legs (15) can be operated automatically as either heat acquisition devices or heat discharge sources. The liquid channels (27)...     
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