Patent ID: 8092154

Claim:
A heat exchanger for cooling a liquid comprising: a housing having an axial inlet and an axial outlet; and an axial fan disposed within the housing to produce a flow of air along an axis of rotation of the axial fan, the flow of air entering the axial inlet and exiting the axial outlet, the housing further having: a fluid inlet; a plurality of blade-shaped static elements disposed in the path of the flow of air, arranged radially about the axis of rotation, and connected to the fluid inlet; and a fluid chamber connected to the blade-shaped static elements, each blade-shaped static element having a hollow construction and having an interior volume that provides a channel between the fluid inlet and the fluid chamber, wherein the blade-shaped static elements carries a fluid to be cooled from the fluid inlet to the fluid chamber, whereby heat is conducted from the fluid to be cooled as the flow of air passes across surfaces of the blade-shaped static elements.