Lanchao Lin

Title: Lanchao Lin: Thermal Management and Heat-Exchange Innovations

Introduction

Lanchao Lin is an inventor associated with Beavercreek, Ohio, and the United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force. His patent work includes technologies for thermal management and heat exchange. The supplied information lists 3 patents.

Latest Patents

Lin’s listed patents include “Passive Thermal Spreader and Method,” which describes a heat-transfer plate made from laminated plates with a sealed thermosyphon formed between them. The preferred design uses two thermosyphons within three stacked plates. Channels arranged in a back-and-forth pattern guide the working fluid, while channel dividers help improve its transport and the spreader’s thermal performance.

His “Finned Heat Exchanger” patent describes a unitary fin array containing multiple banks of raised, folded fins. Looped expansion turns retain the fin banks, which are mounted on a dielectric substrate. Adding a cap creates a closed channel that directs coolant through the exchanger.

Career Highlights

The listed inventions address practical approaches to moving heat through passive thermal spreaders and coolant-based heat exchangers. Their designs combine carefully arranged channels, fins, and layered structures to support heat transfer.

Collaborations

The supplied information identifies John E. Leland and Richard Harris as Lin’s coworkers. Their names are associated here as collaborators, without further details about their specific contributions.

Conclusion

Lanchao Lin’s listed patents reflect a focus on thermal-management engineering, with designs for spreading heat through laminated thermosyphons and transferring it through finned, coolant-cooled structures.