US 12,129,868 B2
Convectors
Pedro Arnulfo Sarmiento, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by Pedro Arnulfo Sarmiento, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/987,492.
Application 17/987,492 is a continuation of application No. 17/171,851, filed on Feb. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,525,459.
Application 17/171,851 is a continuation of application No. 15/238,678, filed on Aug. 16, 2016, granted, now 10,947,992.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/205,883, filed on Aug. 17, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0071337 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F04D 29/58 (2006.01); F04D 5/00 (2006.01); F04D 23/00 (2006.01); F04D 29/24 (2006.01); F04D 29/42 (2006.01); F28F 5/00 (2006.01); H01L 23/467 (2006.01); H01L 23/473 (2006.01)
CPC F04D 29/58 (2013.01) [F04D 5/001 (2013.01); F04D 23/00 (2013.01); F04D 29/24 (2013.01); F04D 29/42 (2013.01); F28F 5/00 (2013.01); H01L 23/467 (2013.01); F05B 2240/12 (2013.01); F05B 2240/14 (2013.01); F05B 2240/20 (2013.01); F05B 2240/61 (2013.01); F05B 2260/20 (2013.01); F28F 2250/08 (2013.01); H01L 23/473 (2013.01); Y02T 50/60 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A convector, comprising:
a volute-shaped housing having a radially outer casing defining a single exit port for guiding a fluid out of the housing,
the volute-shaped housing including a front plate at a front end, a rear plate at a rear end, and a base plate at a bottom end thereof,
the radially outer casing coupled to the front plate, the rear plate, and the base plate;
a stator having a plurality of plates disposed inside the radially outer casing of the housing and configured to conduct heat;
and a rotor having a shaft and plurality of discs, the shaft extending longitudinally through a front aperture defined by the front plate of the housing, along an axis from the front plate of the housing to the rear plate of the housing, and through a rear aperture defined by the rear plate,
the plurality of discs disposed inside the radially outer casing along the shaft, interleaved with the plurality of plates of the stator, and rotatable with the shaft about the axis,
wherein the plurality of plates of the stator, the plurality of discs of the rotor, and at least one of the front plate or the rear plate of the housing together define a plurality of axially aligned holes radially outward of the shaft for guiding an intake fluid into the convector to a plurality of chambers between the plurality of plates and the plurality of discs,
and wherein the housing, the stator, and the rotor together define a flow path through the volute-shaped housing to the single exit port for guiding the fluid out of the convector.