Patents Assigned to Thermal Management, Inc.
  • Method and apparatus for maintaining electrically operating device temperatures
    Patent number: 5119021
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for maintaining an electrically operating device at a desired temperature includes immersing the device in a bath of an inert liquid having a boiling point less than the desired device temperature. The device generates heat during electrical operation which is transferred to the bath by nucleate boiling of the liquid. The device temperature is monitored until it stabilizes at a temperature between the boiling point of the liquid and the desired device temperature. An inert liquid having a boiling point greater than the desired device temperature is slowly added to the bath to modify the rate of nucleate boiling of the lower-boiling liquid, while the device temperature is simultaneously monitored, until the case temperature reaches the desired device temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1992
    Assignee: Thermal Management, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Taraci, Brian Taraci, Imre Gorgenyi
  • Method and apparatus for maintaining electrically operating device temperatures
    Patent number: 5099908
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for maintaining an electrically operating device at a desired temperature during burn-in testing of the device includes immersing the device in a bath of an inert liquid having a boiling point less than the desired case temperature. The device generates heat during electrical operation which is transferred to the bath by nucleate boiling of the liquid. The device temperature is monitored until it stabilizes at a temperature between the boiling point of the liquid and the desired device temperature. An inert liquid having a boiling point greater than the desired device temperature is slowly added to the bath to modify the rate of nucleate boiling of the lower-boiling liquid, while the device temperature is simultaneously monitored, until the case temperature reaches the desired device temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1992
    Assignee: Thermal Management, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Taraci, Brian Taraci, Imre Gorgenyi
  • Method and apparatus for maintaining electrically operating device temperatures
    Patent number: 5004973
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for maintaining an electrically operating device at a desired temperature includes immersing the device in a bath of an inert liquid having a boiling point less than the desired device temperature. The device generates heat during electrical operation which is transferred to the bath by nucleate boiling of the liquid. The device temperature is monitored until it stabilizes at a temperature between the boiling point of the liquid and the desired device temperature. An inert liquid having a boiling point greater than the desired device temperature is slowly added to the bath to modify the rate of nucleate boiling of the lower-boiling liquid, while the device temperature is simultaneously monitored, until it reaches the desired device temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1991
    Assignee: Thermal Management, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Taraci, Brian Taraci, Imre Gorgenyi