Patents by Inventor Richard A. Matonis

Richard A. Matonis 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).

  • Plenumless air cooled avionics rack
    Patent number: 6278611
    Abstract: A rack (70) for a plurality of electronics modules (36) that does not include inlet and outlet air cooling plenums. The rack (70) includes a heat exchanger (72) including three separate sections (78, 80, 82), where each section (78, 80, 82) include spaced-apart parallel fins (84, 86, 88). First and second end sections (80, 82) of the heat exchanger (72) include cooling fins (86, 88) that extend parallel to each other in a front-to-back direction relative to the direction the modules (36) are slid into the rack (70). The first and second end sections (80, 82) are positioned at opposite ends of a center section (78), where the fins (84) of the center section (78) extend in a direction transverse to the direction the modules (36) are slid into the rack (70). The channels between the fins (86, 88) in the first and second end sections (80, 82) are aligned with inlet and outlet ports (94, 98) extending through a back panel (52) of the rack (70).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: TRW Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Arena, David M. Smith, Richard A. Matonis
  • Avionics rack with external electronics module
    Patent number: 6272016
    Abstract: A rack (70) for a plurality of internal electronics modules that includes a mechanism for mounting external electronics modules (69). The rack (70) includes a heat exchanger (63) disposed between the rack (70) and the external electronics module (69). The external electronics module (69) includes a heat coupling surface for efficiently using the heat exchanger (63) for dissipating heat of the external electronics module (69).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Inventors: Richard A. Matonis, David M. Smith, John J. Arena
  • Plenumless air cooled avionics rack
    Patent number: 6169658
    Abstract: A rack (70) for a plurality of electronics modules (36) that does not include inlet and outlet air cooling plenums. The rack (70) includes a heat exchanger (72) including three separate sections (78, 80, 82), where each section (78, 80, 82) include spaced-apart parallel fins (84, 86, 88). First and second end sections (80, 82) of the heat exchanger (72) include cooling fins (86, 88) that extend parallel to each other in a front-to-back direction relative to the direction the modules (36) are slid into the rack (70). The first and second end sections (80, 82) are positioned at opposite ends of a center section (78), where the fins (84) of the center section (78) extend in a direction transverse to the direction the modules (36) are slid into the rack (70). The channels between the fins (86, 88) in the first and second end sections (80, 82) are aligned with inlet and outlet ports (94, 98) extending through a back panel (52) of the rack (70).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: TRW Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Arena, David M. Smith, Richard A. Matonis