Heat exchanger including furcating unit cells
Granted 15 May 2018 · 2 office actions
Assignee: General Electric
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Inventors: Daniel Jason Erno, William Dwight Gerstler · Examiner: T. Chase Nelson · AU 2914 · TC 2900
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1 parts›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…
FIG. 1 is a front view of a heat exchanger showing our new design;
FIG. 2 is a side view of the heat exchanger shown in FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the heat exchanger shown in FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of a portion of the heat exchanger shown in FIG. 3 ;
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the heat exchanger shown in FIG. 1 with a portion removed to show the interior; and,
FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of a portion of the heat exchanger shown in FIG. 1 .
In these drawings, the broken lines illustrate unclaimed environmental features and form no part of the claimed design. In particular, broken lines are used in FIGS. 3-6 to illustrate the interior of the heat exchanger and form no part of the claimed design. In addition, broken lines are used in FIGS. 1 and 2 to illustrate portions of the exterior of the heat exchanger and form no part of the claimed design.
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20 members · 5 offices›IP5 & PCT — 17 members
| Office | Publication | Kind | Published | Filed | Status | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US-2016202003-A1 | A1 | 14 Jul 2016 | 22 Mar 2016 | published | Heat exchanger including furcating unit cells |
| US | US-2017248372-A1 | A1 | 31 Aug 2017 | 6 Oct 2015 | published | Multi-branch furcating flow heat exchanger |
| USthis patent | US-D818093-S | S1 | 15 May 2018 | 22 Mar 2016 | granted | Heat exchanger including furcating unit cells |
| US | US-10739077-B2 | B2 | 11 Aug 2020 | 22 Mar 2016 | granted | Heat exchanger including furcating unit cells |
| US | US-10995996-B2 | B2 | 4 May 2021 | 6 Oct 2015 | granted | Multi-branch furcating flow heat exchanger |
| US | US-2021239401-A1 | A1 | 5 Aug 2021 | 6 Apr 2021 | published | Multi-branch furcating flow heat exchanger |
| US | US-11802735-B2 | B2 | 31 Oct 2023 | 6 Apr 2021 | granted | Multi-branch furcating flow heat exchanger |
| EP | EP-3204708-A1 | A1 | 16 Aug 2017 | 6 Oct 2015 | published | Échangeur de chaleur à courant se ramifiant dans plusieurs branchesfr |
| EP | EP-3249336-A2 | A2 | 29 Nov 2017 | 22 Mar 2017 | published | Wärmetauscher mit gespaltenen einheitszellende |
| EP | EP-3249336-A3 | A3 | 11 Apr 2018 | 22 Mar 2017 | published | Heat exchanger including furcating unit cells |
| EP | EP-3204708-B1 | B1 | 25 Nov 2020 | 6 Oct 2015 | granted | Échangeur de chaleur à courant se ramifiant dans plusieurs branchesfr |
| EP | EP-3249336-B1 | B1 | 7 Aug 2024 | 22 Mar 2017 | granted | Heat exchanger including furcating unit cells |
| JP | JP-2017172957-A | A | 28 Sep 2017 | 15 Mar 2017 | published | 分岐する単位セルを含む熱交換器ja |
| JP | JP-2017538086-A | A | 21 Dec 2017 | 6 Oct 2015 | published | マルチブランチ分岐流熱交換器ja |
| JP | JP-6462026-B2 | B2 | 30 Jan 2019 | 15 Mar 2017 | granted | 分岐する単位セルを含む熱交換器ja |
| JP | JP-6657199-B2 | B2 | 4 Mar 2020 | 6 Oct 2015 | granted | マルチブランチ分岐流熱交換器ja |
| WO | WO-2016057443-A1 | A1 | 14 Apr 2016 | 6 Oct 2015 | published | Multi-branch furcating flow heat exchanger |
›Other offices — 3 members
| Office | Publication | Kind | Published | Filed | Status | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | CA-2962484-A1 | A1 | 14 Apr 2016 | 6 Oct 2015 | published | Echangeur de chaleur a courant se ramifiant dans plusieurs branchesfr |
| CA | CA-2960353-A1 | A1 | 22 Sep 2017 | 9 Mar 2017 | published | Heat exchanger including furcating unit cells |
| CA | CA-2960353-C | C | 4 Dec 2018 | 9 Mar 2017 | granted | Heat exchanger including furcating unit cells |
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