Patents by Inventor Kip Coonley

Kip Coonley has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Trans-thermoelectric device
    Publication number: 20060225773
    Abstract: A thermoelectric device having at least one unipolar couple element (22) including two legs (22a) of a same electrical conductivity type. A first-temperature stage (24) is connected to one of the two legs. A second-temperature stage (28) is connected across the legs of the at least one unipolar couple element. A third-temperature stage (30) is connected to the other of the two legs. Methods for cooling an object and for thermoelectric power conversion utilize the at least one unipolar couple element to respectively cool an object and produce electrical power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Rama Venkatasubramanian, Kip Coonley, Edward Siivola, Michael Puchan, Randall Alley, Pratima Addepalli, Brooks O'Quinn, Thomas Colpitts, Mary Napier
  • Thin film thermoelectric devices for hot-spot thermal management in microprocessors and other electronics
    Publication number: 20060086118
    Abstract: A structure, system and method for controlling a temperature of a heat generating device in a solid medium, wherein heat is extracted from the medium into at least one heat extraction device, the heat extraction device dissipates heat into an environment apart from the medium by a heat sink thermally coupled to the heat extraction device; and heat from the medium is dissipated into the heat sink by a first thermal interface material thermally coupling the heat sink to the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Applicant: Research Triangle Insitute
    Inventors: Rama Venkatasubramanian, Randall Alley, Pratima Addepalli, Anil Reddy, Edward Siivola, Brooks O'Quinn, Kip Coonley, John Posthill, Thomas Colpitts