A heat exchanger for cooling intake air with a coolant is provided with a shell and first and second front faces, wherein one of the front faces is an inlet and the other an outlet for intake air. The shell has at least one coupling element disposed along a circumferential line of the shell that is spaced apart from the first front face by a predetermined distance. The shell has a port as an inlet or outlet for the coolant. The port is arranged at a spacing from the first front face. The spacing is larger than the predetermined distance. The shell has an insertion section between first front face and circumferential line. The shell has an internal duct system connected to the port for guiding the coolant into the insertion section. The coupling element can fixedly couple with at least one corresponding coupling element of an air duct.

A three-dimensional vapor chamber device includes an upper cover, a bottom cover and a porous wick structure. The upper cover includes a tube and a base plate having a base cavity, an opening hole and an upper outer surface. The tube has a top end having a sealed structure and a tubular cavity, and is configured on the upper outer surface, located above the opening hole and extended outwardly. An airtight cavity is formed from the base cavity and the tubular cavity when the bottom cover is sealed to the upper cover. The porous wick structure is continuously disposed on a tubular internal surface, an upper internal surface and a bottom internal surface. Wherein, the sealed structure is formed by pre-setting a liquid injection port at the top end, injecting the working fluid into the airtight cavity through the liquid injection port, and then sealing the liquid injection port.

Devices configured to direct heat flow are disclosed, as well as methods of forming thereof. A device may include a self-assembling heat flow object. The self-assembling heat flow object may include a material having one or more self-assembling properties that cause the material to react to an environmental stimulus and one or more thermal pathways. An application of the environmental stimulus causes the self-assembling heat flow object to deploy and arrange the one or more thermal pathways for directing thermal energy to one or more locations.

A gas turbine engine heat exchange system includes a first microchannel heat exchanger (MCHX) configured to transfer heat between a first air stream and a working fluid. The first MCHX includes a plurality of air-passage layers. Each of the air-passage layers includes a plurality of etched air-passage microchannels that are configured to allow passage of the first air stream therethrough. The first MCHX also includes a plurality of working fluid layers. Each working fluid layer includes a plurality of etched working fluid microchannels that are configured to allow passage of the working fluid therethrough.

Devices configured to direct heat flow are disclosed, as well as methods of forming thereof. A device may include a self-assembling heat flow object. The self-assembling heat flow object may include a material having one or more self-assembling properties that cause the material to react to an environmental stimulus and one or more thermal pathways. An application of the environmental stimulus causes the self-assembling heat flow object to deploy and arrange the one or more thermal pathways for directing thermal energy to one or more locations.

A heat exchanger arrangement (2) comprises at least one heat exchanger (4) including at least one substantially horizontally oriented manifold (6a, 6b) forming an upper side of the at least one heat exchanger (4), the at least one manifold (6a, 6b) having lateral end portions (8); and a support structure (10) including a main portion comprising, at least partially, a metallic material, and manifold support portions (14) associated to respective lateral end portions (8) of the at least one manifold (6a, 6b). The manifold support portions (14) are made at least partially from a non-metallic material and configured to receive the lateral end portions (8) of the at least one manifold (6a, 6b) for preventing the at least one manifold (6a, 6b) from contacting any metallic portions of the support structure (10).

A method for producing a shrink-fitted member by arranging a hollow type pillar shaped ceramic body inside a metal pipe and shrink-fitting them, the hollow type pillar shaped ceramic body including: an outer peripheral surface and an inner peripheral surface in a direction substantially parallel to an axial direction; and a first end face and a second end face in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axial direction. The method includes arranging the hollow type pillar shaped ceramic body inside the metal pipe while gripping the hollow type pillar shaped ceramic body using a chuck mechanism.

A bracket for mounting a heat exchanger to a mounting structure. The bracket includes a heat exchanger engagement portion having a heat-shrink material configured to contract and shrink onto a portion of the heat exchanger when heated to secure the heat exchanger engagement portion to the heat exchanger. A mounting portion extends from the heat exchanger engagement portion and is configured to be affixed to the mounting structure to rigidly mount the heat exchanger.

The invention relates to a plate-type heat exchanger having at least a first and second heat-transfer block, wherein each block has multiple separating plates, which are arranged parallel to one another, which form a multiplicity of heat-transfer passages for fluids taking part in the heat transfer. The heat-transfer blocks are outwardly bounded by cover plates. A first cover plate of the first heat-transfer block is secured to an opposite second cover plate of the second heat-transfer block. At least one elongate first profile is secured to the first cover plate. At least one elongate second profile running parallel to the at least one first profile is secured to the second cover plate such that the two profiles are opposite one another in a direction parallel to the cover plates. Between the two profiles there is an interspace in which an elongate element is arranged in an interference fit with the two profiles, such that the two cover plates and thus the two heat-transfer blocks are secured to one another. The elongate element is designed as a hollow profile.

A thermal module includes a heat dissipation unit having a receiving space, a first radiating fin assembly and a second radiating fin assembly. The first and second radiating fin assembles are assembled and disposed in the receiving space. At least one protrusion section protrudes from one side of the first radiating fin assembly. The protrusion section is formed with a first slope and a second slope. The second radiating fin assembly is assembled with the first radiating fin assembly. At least one notch is formed on one side of the second radiating fin assembly corresponding to the protrusion section. The notch is formed with a third slope and a fourth slope. The third slope is in contact with the first slope. A gap is defined between the fourth and second slopes. An open space is defined between the first and second radiating fin assemblies in communication with the gap.