US 11,752,453 B1
Deaeration device for thermal system
Paul D. Yeomans, Morgan Hill, CA (US); Vincent G. Johnston, Half Moon Bay, CA (US); and John M. Kearney, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Paul D. Yeomans, Morgan Hill, CA (US); Vincent G. Johnston, Half Moon Bay, CA (US); and John M. Kearney, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/577,901.
Application 17/577,901 is a continuation of application No. 16/120,569, filed on Sep. 4, 2018, granted, now 11,260,320.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/647,979, filed on Mar. 26, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/571,909, filed on Oct. 13, 2017.
Int. Cl. B01D 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 19/0047 (2013.01) [B01D 19/0063 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A deaeration device for a fluid, comprising:
a reservoir that contains a portion of the fluid;
a conduit that carries a portion of the fluid through the reservoir, the conduit having a first curve and a second curve that are curved in opposite directions along a fluid flow path;
a fluid exit defined by the conduit, wherein the first curve and the second curve create a high-pressure region in the conduit at the fluid exit that causes some of the fluid to pass out of the conduit at the fluid exit and join the fluid in the reservoir; and
a fluid entrance defined by the conduit, wherein the first curve and the second curve create a low-pressure region in the conduit at the fluid entrance that causes some of the fluid from the reservoir to pass into the conduit at the fluid entrance.