Chinese Inventors Develop Portable Computer Heat Sink

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 24, 2008 ;     244 words ......heat sink. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat sink for a portable computer includes a plurality of fins located external to the portable computer, a conducting plate extending into an inner space of the portable computer for absorbing...

Three-Dimensional Analysis of Finlet Kinematics in the Chub Mackerel...

The Biological Bulletin;  February 1, 2001 ;   NAUEN, JENNIFER C. LAUDER, GEORGE V.;   787 words ...JENNIFER C. NAUEN [*] Abstract. Finlets, which are small non-retractable fins located on the body margins between the second dorsal and anal fins and the caudal fin of scombrid fishes, have been hypothesized to improve...

jugular

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      68 words ......xB7;u·lar / ˈjəgyələr / • adj. 1. of the neck or throat. 2. Zoology (of fish's pelvic fins) located in front of the pectoral fins. • n. short for jugular vein . PHRASES: go for the jugular be aggressive or unrestrained...

New York Inventor Develops Compact Cooling Device

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 28, 2006 ;     246 words ......exhaust is through the adjacent vertical walls of the computer housing. Separate heat pipes go directly from the chip to fins located at the outlet at the wall." The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. 7,079,394 on July 18. The patent has been assigned to...

Enhanced exchangers: innovations boost heat transfer efficiency.(COOLING...

Appliance Design;  April 1, 2008 ;   Adams, Larry;   787 words ......utilize aluminum construction and brazing technology. They transfer heat through multiple flat, fluid-filled tubes that have fins located between alternating layers of the tubes. Separator plates segment the coil assembly into a desuperheating and condensing...

MODERN SHIPS HAVE ALL THE CONVENIENCES OF HOME.(Travel)

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  October 8, 2000 ;     346 words ......up the west coast of Mexico to Acapulco. We rarely felt that we were in motion, perhaps because two retractable stabilizer fins located amidships neutralized the effects of the ocean swells. Our mini city on the ocean had to feed, house and entertain some 1...

Fall bullhead fishing. (in New York)(Wild in New York)(Brief Article)

New York State Conservationist;  August 1, 1998 ;     349 words ......three sharp spines located on their bodies: one on the front of the dorsal, or back fin; and one on each of the two pectoral fins located just behind the head on the side of the belly. These spines can be locked into position perpendicular to the fish's body...

Raytheon divers film elusive oarfish.(The Providence Journal)

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  June 22, 2001 ;   O'Brien, Jerry;   639 words ......rapidly. One of very few sea creatures that swims vertically, the oarfish _ Regalecus glesne _ gets its name from two long fins, located under its head, that end in blade-shaped swellings resembling oars. It's a highly specialized member of a primitive group...

The service man cometh ... unless you prevent ice-maker breakdown with...

Restaurants & Institutions;  May 15, 1994 ;   Lorenzini, Beth;   787 words ......That's a sure sign that the condenser fins, which exchange heat, are clogged from dirty, grease-laden air passing through. The fins, located in back of the condenser fan, should be inspected every three months, and probably cleaned every six months. Any local refrigerator...