An apparatus includes a heat exchanger configured to be positioned around and coupled to a multi-axis gimbal. The heat exchanger includes an inlet configured to receive fluid containing heat generated by an equipment package carried by the gimbal. The heat exchanger also includes multiple heat rejection interfaces configured to reject the heat from the fluid into surrounding air in order to cool the fluid. The heat exchanger further includes an outlet configured to provide the cooled fluid from the heat exchanger. The heat rejection interfaces of the heat exchanger extend around the heat exchanger and are configured to reject the heat from the fluid regardless of a direction in which the gimbal is pointing the equipment package.


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    Title :

    Heat exchangers for multi-axis gimbal pointing or targeting systems


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    Publication date :

    2021-10-19


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    F28D Wärmetauscher, soweit in keiner anderen Unterklasse vorgesehen, in denen die Wärmetauschmittel nicht in direkte Berührung miteinander kommen , HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT / F16M Rahmen, Gehäuse oder Grundplatten von Kraftmaschinen oder anderen Maschinen oder von Apparaten, nicht auf eine besondere Art von Maschine oder Apparat eingeschränkt, die anderweitig vorgesehen ist , FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS, OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE / F28F Einzelheiten von Wärmetauschern oder Wärmeübertragungsvorrichtungen für allgemeine Verwendung , DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE OR HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION



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