Patent ID: 11950509
Assignee: TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS, INC.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  F | IPC F  H

Claim 0:
1. A heat exchanger comprising:
a) one or more flexible carbon fiber sheets, each of the one or more flexible carbon fiber sheets having a first end and a second end and comprising a plurality of carbon fibers oriented in a direction extending from the first end to the second end, wherein the one or more flexible carbon fiber sheets are thermally anisotropic in the direction extending from the first end to the second end, wherein the one or more flexible carbon fiber sheets have a bend radius less than or equal to 10 inches; and
b) a support structure comprising one or more holding regions, wherein the one or more flexible carbon fiber sheets are connected to the support structure at the one or more holding regions,
wherein the one or more flexible carbon fiber sheets are held in a flat form by fiberglass thread, and wherein the plurality of carbon fibers are held in place with the fiberglass thread such that the plurality of carbon fibers are oriented in a single direction extending from the first end of the flexible carbon fiber sheet to the second end of the carbon fiber sheet, and the fiberglass thread forms a cross-thread.