Patents Examined by Amir A Jalali
  • Patent number: 11791235
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first area, a bending area, and a second area, and comprising a plurality of pixels disposed in the first area, a driving chip disposed on an upper surface of the second area of the display panel and electrically connected to the plurality of pixels, a support layer disposed on a lower surface of the first area of the display panel, and a spacer disposed on the lower surface of the first area and overlapping the support layer in a plan view, wherein the spacer comprises an upper layer, a lower layer, and a base layer having a thermal conductivity greater than a thermal conductivity of the upper layer and a thermal conductivity of the lower layer, and in case that the bending area of the display panel is folded, the spacer overlaps the driving chip in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Munsik Ham, Yunjae Kim, Jin Yong Sim, Bugyoon Yoo, Joonhyuk Jang
  • Patent number: 11791237
    Abstract: Microelectronic assemblies, and related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. For example, in some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a package substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface; a die having a first surface and an opposing second surface, wherein the first surface of the die is coupled to the second surface of the package substrate; a cooling apparatus thermally coupled to the second surface of the die; and a thermal interface material (TIM) between the second surface of the die and the cooling apparatus, wherein the TIM includes an indium alloy having a liquidus temperature equal to or greater than about 245 degrees Celsius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Peng Li, Sergio Antonio Chan Arguedas, Yongmei Liu, Deepak Goyal, Ken Hackenberg
  • Patent number: 11785704
    Abstract: Provided is a cover for pressing a printed circuit board on a heat sink, the cover comprising a metal sheet and one or more domes arranged in the metal sheet, wherein each dome is associated with one or more slits in the shape of ring segments in the metal sheet, the ring segment-shaped slits being provided in the metal sheet side by side and spaced apart from each other, the ring segment-shaped slits surrounding the dome they are associated with. At least at one end of each ring segment-shaped slit a slit extension may be provided in the metal sheet, the slit extension at least in part pointing away from the dome the ring segment-shaped slit is associated with. Further provided is an electronic appliance that includes such a cover, a heat sink and an electronic circuit board sandwiched there between.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GMBH
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Regl, Alexander Mieslinger
  • Patent number: 11785736
    Abstract: An electrical conveyance assembly includes a substrate that may include an electrically insulating material. The electrical conveyance assembly may include a plurality of electrical conductors connected to the substrate via additive manufacturing. The substrate may include an internal lattice structure formed via additive manufacturing. The substrate may include an internal fluid channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventor: Christopher T. Cantrell
  • Patent number: 11777377
    Abstract: An electric working machine includes: a motor; a semiconductor element that is provided in a current path to the motor and completes or interrupts the current path; a circuit board on which the semiconductor element is mounted, a control circuit that turns on and off the semiconductor element to control energization to the motor being assembled to the circuit board; and a heat sink for dissipating heat from the semiconductor element. The semiconductor element is attached to the heat sink via a metal-based board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiro Nakamoto
  • Patent number: 11778725
    Abstract: A Thermal Interface Material (TIM) for chip warpage may be provided. A system may comprise an Integrated Circuit (IC) chip, a Thermal Interface Material (TIM) layer disposed on the IC chip, and a heatsink disposed on the TIM layer. The heatsink may comprise, a plate, a plurality of fins, and at least one TIM storage chamber disposed in the plate between two of the plurality of fins. The at least one TIM storage chamber may be filled with a TIM that is solid at a lower temperature end of a thermal cycle of the IC chip and that is liquid at a higher temperature end of the thermal cycle of the IC chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yongguo Chen, Yaotsan Tsai, Vic Hong Chia, Hua Yang
  • Patent number: 11778785
    Abstract: An electronic system is described that comprises a first board and a first processing unit, wherein the first processing unit comprises a first semiconductor chip arranged on a first surface of the first board; a first cooling unit facing the first surface of the first board and configured to cool the first semiconductor chip; at least one further board and a second processing unit, wherein the second processing unit comprises a further semiconductor chip arranged on a first surface of the at least one further board; and a second cooling unit facing the first surface of the at least one further board and configured to cool the further semiconductor chip. The first board and the at least one further board are spaced apart from each other. The first cooling unit is a passive cooling unit, and the second cooling unit is an active cooling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Jochen Suck, Volker Klink, Peter Reinhold, Falk Rademacher
  • Patent number: 11776874
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for clamping a heat generating device such as a thyristor in place. The use of spring washers in various configurations is described. A spring washing washer may be used to apply force to a pad which in turn applies the force to a plate above a heat generating device. The plate above the heat generating device may apply downward pressure, which may force the heat generating device against a lower surface. Related systems, apparatuses, and methods are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Solaredge Technologies Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomer Kugman
  • Patent number: 11778779
    Abstract: In an electronic component cooling device, a cooler cools an electronic component, a coolant temperature acquisition unit acquires a temperature of a coolant, a coolant flow rate acquisition unit acquires the flow rate of the coolant, a heat loss estimation unit estimates a heat loss from the electronic component, and a loss threshold calculation unit calculates an upper limit threshold of the heat loss from the electronic component based on the coolant temperature and the coolant flow rate. A coolant flow rate control unit controls the flow rate of the coolant and is configured to, in response to an estimated heat loss which is the heat loss from the electronic component that has been estimated by the heat loss estimation unit exceeding the upper limit threshold, increase the flow rate of the coolant circulating through the cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaolin Guo, Koji Asagara, Kazuya Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11778729
    Abstract: A temperature rise due to thermal interference between electronic components is suppressed. Electronic components (11a, 11b) are adjacently mounted on a circuit board (12). The circuit board (12) is fixed to a base (13). A rectangular convex portion (21) is provided on the base (13). The rectangular convex portion (21) is disposed so as to be located below the electronic components (11a, 11b) when the circuit board (12) is assembled to a housing (10). The rectangular convex portion (21) includes N concave portions (21a). The concave portions (21a) are arranged on a surface (21b) facing the region between the electronic components (11a, 11b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tsuyuki, Toshiaki Ishii, Yoshio Kawai
  • Patent number: 11778780
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a cooling assembly includes a heat-generating device, a metal inverse opal (MIO) layer, a shared coolant reservoir, a passive heat exchange circuit, and an active heat exchange circuit. The MIO layer is bonded to the heat-generating device. The shared coolant reservoir contains a coolant fluid. The passive heat exchange circuit directs coolant fluid from the shared coolant reservoir through the MIO layer and back to the shared coolant reservoir. The active heat exchange circuit includes a pump and a heat exchanger, wherein the active heat exchange circuit draws the coolant fluid from the shared coolant reservoir through the heat exchanger and returns the coolant fluid to the shared coolant reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Shailesh N. Joshi, Danny J. Lohan
  • Patent number: 11778726
    Abstract: A heat dissipation structure and an electronic apparatus having the heat dissipation structure are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a printed circuit board, a high thermal-resisting housing, a thermal pad and a metal bracket. Heat is transferred between the thermal pad and an electronic component mounted on the printed circuit board. The high thermal-resisting housing defines an inner space for accommodating the printed circuit board. A columnar space is formed in the high thermal-resisting housing, and a metal layer is arranged outside the columnar space. The thermal conductivity of the high thermal-resisting housing is not greater than 1 W/m·K. The metal bracket and the printed circuit board are disposed at two opposite sides of the high thermal-resisting housing, respectively. A fastening member penetrates through the metal bracket and is inserted into the columnar space to urge the metal bracket to be in contact with the metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ALPHA NETWORKS INC.
    Inventors: Fu-Hung Hsu, Hsin-Hong Chen
  • Patent number: 11778724
    Abstract: A first busbar includes a first electrical connection portion that is electrically connected to a main relay, a first heat transfer connection portion that is thermally connected to the insulating plate, and a first detour portion that connects the first electrical connection portion and the first heat transfer connection portion to each other. A second busbar includes a second electrical connection portion that is electrically connected to the main relay, a second heat transfer connection portion that is thermally connected to the insulating plate, and a lateral detour portion and a lower detour portion that connect the second electrical connection portion and the second heat transfer connection portion to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuki Fujimura
  • Patent number: 11776875
    Abstract: Embedded cooling systems and methods of forming the same are disclosed. A system may include a PCB stack comprising a first major substrate opposite a second major substrate, a pre-preg layer disposed between the first and second major substrates, a power device stack embedded within the PCB stack and comprising a substrate, a power device coupled to the substrate of the power device stack, and a vapor chamber embedded within at least the pre-preg layer of the PCB stack and the power device stack being coupled to the vapor chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Feng Zhou, Shohei Nagai, Hiroshi Ukegawa
  • Patent number: 11778728
    Abstract: An assembly configured to dissipate heat in a gateway, the assembly including: a bracket, the bracket including one or more openings extending from a front side to a back side of the vertically oriented bracket; and a plurality of heat sink fins attached to a base member, and wherein the base member is configured to be attachable to a front side of the bracket and the plurality of heat sink fins extend through the one or more openings to a back side of the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventor: Colin Fuller
  • Patent number: 11778788
    Abstract: A data center having a hot aisle, a cold aisle, a row of server rack cabinets located between the cold aisle and the hot aisle, and a self-expanding gap filler located in a gap between adjacent elements in the data center is provided. The self-expanding gap filler includes a compressible material and an outer layer having an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface defining an inner space, the outer layer encapsulating the compressible material within the inner space. The compressible material is configured to expand from a compressed state within the inner space of the outer layer to an expanded state within the inner space of the outer layer in response to a seal being at least partially released within the outer layer to allow air to flow into the inner space of the outer layer, whereby the self-expanding gap filler at least partially fills the gap between the adjacent elements in the data center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: BLUEMAMBA, INC.
    Inventors: Brian T. Fanning, Alfred B. Cook
  • Patent number: 11776876
    Abstract: A heatsink for distributing heatsink load across a processor module with separable input/output (I/O) connectors, comprising: a thermal conductor; and one or more pistons aligned with one or more separable interconnects of the processor module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jason R. Eagle, Scott R. Lapree
  • Patent number: 11776872
    Abstract: A heat sink includes a first flange, a second flange, and an accordion-shaped medial portion continuous between the first flange and the second flange. The first flange and the second flange are configured to be attached to a circuit board. The accordion-shaped medial portion includes troughs on a proximal side of the accordion-shaped medial portion and crests on a distal side of the accordion-shaped medial portion such that the heat sink is configured to disperse heat away from the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventor: Ryan Baker
  • Patent number: 11778793
    Abstract: A system includes a power device unit coupled to a substrate. An upper cooling assembly is thermally coupled to an upper side of the substrate. A lower cooling assembly is thermally coupled to a lower side of the substrate. A gate driver unit is coupled to the upper cooling assembly. At least one upper via is formed through the upper cooling electrically coupling the gate driver unit to the power device unit. A capacitor unit is coupled to the lower cooling assembly. At least one lower via formed through the lower cooling assembly electrically coupling the capacitor unit to the power device unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Fujioka, Shailesh N. Joshi
  • Patent number: 11776878
    Abstract: A power electronics system has a switching device and a liquid cooling device. A switching device has a plate element, and power semiconductor devices are arranged on conductor tracks and connected by means of a connecting device, wherein the liquid cooling device has a first partial body having an inlet volume region and an outlet volume region and a second partial body. A cooling volume region is formed between the two partial bodies, wherein heat transfer bodies protrude into the cooling volume region from the second partial body. The second partial body is arranged in a recess of the first partial body and the two partial bodies are connected to each other and have a common plane surface which forms a first main surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Marco Lederer, Christian Zeiler