Patents by Inventor Manfred Ries

Manfred Ries 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).

  • Patent number: 9245820
    Abstract: A liquid cooling device comprises a heat spreader disposed along a plurality of memory modules on a dual in-line memory module (DIMM), a cold rail block extending along the heat spreader and a compressible thermal adapter interleaved between the cold rail block and the memory modules. The thermal adapter is compressible in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the DIMM board, thus allowing the components of the cooling device to be moved and adjusted relative to each other in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the DIMM. In a preferred embodiment, matching smooth surfaces of adjacent components within the cooling device are collated with a lubricant, thus permitting a low-friction gliding of these components relative to each other and allowing the DIMM to be easily removed from the cooling device and to be replaced without effort and without tooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gottfried Goldrian, Erika Goldrian, Manfred Ries
  • Patent number: 9209715
    Abstract: An apparatus and process are disclosed that relates to a thermoelectric converter for converting thermal energy into electric energy. The apparatus includes at least one magnetic circuit including magnetic flux; at least one electric coil coupled to the at least one magnetic circuit; a magnetic switch coupled to the at least one magnetic circuit which loads the at least one electric coil with magnetic flux of the at least one magnetic circuit depending on a temperature of the magnetic switch, wherein the magnetic switch has a ferromagnetic state below a critical temperature (Tc) and a paramagnetic state above the critical temperature (Tc).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Carsten Goettert, Harald Huels, Hans-Guenter Kraemer, Manfred Ries, Rolf Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20130027870
    Abstract: A liquid cooling device comprises a heat spreader disposed along a plurality of memory modules on a dual in-line memory module (DIMM), a cold rail block extending along the heat spreader and a compressible thermal adapter interleaved between the cold rail block and the memory modules. The thermal adapter is compressible in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the DIMM board, thus allowing the components of the cooling device to be moved and adjusted relative to each other in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the DIMM. In a preferred embodiment, matching smooth surfaces of adjacent components within the cooling device are collated with a lubricant, thus permitting a low-friction gliding of these components relative to each other and allowing the DIMM to be easily removed from the cooling device and to be replaced without effort and without tooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manfred Ries, Eríka Goldrìan
  • Publication number: 20120113594
    Abstract: An apparatus and process are disclosed that relates to a thermoelectric converter for converting thermal energy into electric energy. The apparatus includes at least one magnetic circuit including magnetic flux; at least one electric coil coupled to the at least one magnetic circuit; a magnetic switch coupled to the at least one magnetic circuit which loads the at least one electric coil with magnetic flux of the at least one magnetic circuit depending on a temperature of the magnetic switch, wherein the magnetic switch has a ferromagnetic state below a critical temperature (Tc) and a paramagnetic state above the critical temperature (Tc).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Carsten Goettert, Harald Huels, Hans-Guenter Kraemer, Manfred Ries, Rolf Schaefer
  • Patent number: 8111516
    Abstract: A system for cooling processor assembly is disclosed which comprises a printed circuit board (PCB) with a plurality of heat emitting electronic components and a housing for each PCB with a heat collector. The heat collector is constructed in one-piece material covering the plurality of heat emitting electronic components through heat collecting areas with different heights adapted to the different heights of the electronic components as regard to the PCB surface wherein the heat collecting areas being in thermal contact with the electronic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gottfried A. Goldrian, Manfred Ries
  • Patent number: 7961465
    Abstract: A system for cooling processor assembly is disclosed which comprises printed circuit boards (PCB) with a plurality of heat emitting electronic components, and a housing for each PCB with a heat sink covering at least partly the heat emitting electronic components. The housing comprises a base portion to which are transferred heat emitted by the electronic components. Furthermore, the system for cooling processor comprises a cooling plate on which are fixed in series the different PCBs by directly positioning the base portion of the housings onto the cooling plate. The housings for each PCB system include at their base portions clamps to be inserted into corresponding guiding holes of the cooling plate when a PCB together with its housing is positioned onto the cooling plate at a specific therefor dedicated place defined by the guiding holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gottfried A. Goldrian, Manfred Ries
  • Patent number: 7957144
    Abstract: A heat exchange system for blade server systems is disclosed, wherein said blade server system contains a plurality of server blades arranged in a blade center, wherein the heat exchange system comprises first heat sink associated to each of said plurality of server blades, and whereby the first heat sink are adapted to collect heat emitted from heat emitting devices on said associated server blade; means for transferring heat from the heat emitting devices to the first heat sink; and a liquid cooled second heat sink associated to said blade center, whereby said first heat sink are connected to said second heat sink by thermal coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Carsten Goettert, Harald Huels, Hans-Guenter Kraemer, Manfred Ries, Rolf Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20110013359
    Abstract: A system for cooling processor assembly is disclosed which comprises printed circuit boards (PCB) with a plurality of heat emitting electronic components, and a housing for each PCB with a heat sink covering at least partly the heat emitting electronic components. The housing comprises a base portion to which are transferred heat emitted by the electronic components. Furthermore, the system for cooling processor comprises a cooling plate on which are fixed in series the different PCBs by directly positioning the base portion of the housings onto the cooling plate. The housings for each PCB system include at their base portions clamps to be inserted into corresponding guiding holes of the cooling plate when a PCB together with its housing is positioned onto the cooling plate at a specific therefor dedicated place defined by the guiding holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gottfried A. Goldrian, Manfred Ries
  • Publication number: 20110013363
    Abstract: A system for cooling processor assembly is disclosed which comprises a printed circuit board (PCB) with a plurality of heat emitting electronic components and a housing for each PCB with a heat collector. The heat collector is constructed in one-piece material covering the plurality of heat emitting electronic components through heat collecting areas with different heights adapted to the different heights of the electronic components as regard to the PCB surface wherein the heat collecting areas being in thermal contact with the electronic components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gottfried A. Goldrian, Manfred Ries
  • Publication number: 20080225478
    Abstract: A heat exchange system for blade server systems is disclosed, wherein said blade server system contains a plurality of server blades arranged in a blade center, wherein the heat exchange system comprises first heat sinks associated to each of said plurality of server blades, and whereby the first heat sinks are adapted to collect heat emitted from heat emitting devices on said associated server blade; means for transferring heat from the heat emitting devices to the first heat sinks; and a liquid cooled second heat sink associated to said blade center, whereby said first heat sinks are connected to said second heat sink by thermal coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Carsten Goettert, Harald Huels, Hans-Guenter Kraemer, Manfred Ries, Rolf Schaefer
  • Patent number: 7242579
    Abstract: A three-dimensional computer infrastructure cooling system is provided. The three-dimensional computer infrastructure cooling system includes at least one compute, storage, or communications brick. In addition, the three-dimensional computer infrastructure cooling system includes at least one coldrail to facilitate the removal of heat from the at least one compute, storage, or communications brick. Also, the three-dimensional computer infrastructure includes a brick-internal carrier within the at least one compute, storage, communications brick, wherein the brick-internal carrier is attached to the at least one coldrail. Moreover, the three-dimensional computer infrastructure includes a power dissipating electronic element within the at-least-one compute, storage, or communications brick, wherein the power dissipating element is attached to the brick-internal carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth Richard Fernandez, Claudio Matthias Fleiner, Robert Barton Garner, Harald Huels, Manfred Ries, Winfried Wolfgang Wilcke
  • Publication number: 20050152114
    Abstract: A three-dimensional computer infrastructure cooling system is provided. The three-dimensional computer infrastructure cooling system includes at least one compute, storage, or communications brick. In addition, the three-dimensional computer infrastructure cooling system includes at least one coldrail to facilitate the removal of heat from the at least one compute, storage, or communications brick. Also, the three-dimensional computer infrastructure includes a brick-internal carrier within the at least one compute, storage, communications brick, wherein the brick-internal carrier is attached to the at least one coldrail. Moreover, the three-dimensional computer infrastructure includes a power dissipating electronic element within the at-least-one compute, storage, or communications brick, wherein the power dissipating element is attached to the brick-internal carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Inventors: Kenneth Fernandez, Claudio Fleiner, Robert Garner, Harald Huels, Manfred Ries, Winfried Wilcke