For Active Solid State Devices Patents (Class 361/717)
  • Patent number: 8018722
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein may include example embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices, and/or systems for heat dissipation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Tanima Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas W. Lynch
  • Patent number: 8014152
    Abstract: This invention is to provide an electronic substrate device which is capable of reliably and stably transferring heat generated by a heat generating component to a base member serving as a heat dissipater without intermediation of an electronic substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitake Nishiuma, Koji Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20110194256
    Abstract: The invention relates to a power semiconductor device (100) cooling assembly for cooling a power semiconductor device (100), wherein the assembly comprises an actively cooled heat sink (102) and a controller (208; 300), wherein the controller (208; 300) is adapted for adjusting the cooling efficiency of the heat sink (102) depending on the temperature of the high current carrying semiconductor junction comprised in the power semiconductor device (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Alexander Christiaan De Rijck, Hendrik Huisman
  • Patent number: 7990727
    Abstract: The invention discloses a device comprising a stack of at least two layers, which may comprise active or passive discrete components, TSOP and/or ball grid array packages, flip chip or wire bonded bare die or the like, which layers are stacked and interconnected to define an integral module. A first and second layer comprise an electrically conductive trace with one or more electronic components in electrical connection therewith. The electrically conductive traces terminate at a lateral surface of each of the layers to define an access lead. An interposer structure is disposed between the layers and provides an interposer lateral surface upon which a conductive layer interconnect trace is defined to create an electrical connection between predetermined access leads on each of the layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Aprolase Development Co., LLC
    Inventor: Frank Mantz
  • Publication number: 20110182035
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a semiconductor device including an electrically conductive portion to be grounded, the semiconductor device being configured to be mounted on a circuit board; a heat sink configured to radiate heat generated by the semiconductor device; a fastener configured to fasten the heat sink to the circuit board; and a first spring member wound around the fastener to electrically connect the heat sink to the electrically conductive portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventor: Takashi Yajima
  • Patent number: 7982299
    Abstract: Included are a semiconductor package, a first bus bar, a second bus bar and a soldering control unit. The semiconductor package includes a power semiconductor element, a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate. The first bus bar is a conductive member which is soldered onto the main surface of the first electrode plate through a first solder member. The second bus bar is a conductive member which is soldered onto the main surface of the second electrode plate through a second solder member. The soldering control unit is provided on each of the main surface of the first bus bar to which the first electrode plate is soldered and the main surface of the second bus bar to which the second electrode plate is soldered, and controls the solder joint thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Naotake Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20110164386
    Abstract: A heat-release configuration includes a printed board on which a semiconductor component is mounted, a heat-release plate which is mounted on the semiconductor component, and configured to diffuse heat generated by the semiconductor component; and a supporting clamp which is mounted on the heat-release plate, and configured to fix the heat-release plate to the printed board via a hole provided in the printed board, the supporting clamp including a sectional L-shape in a horizontal direction having two flat surfaces substantially orthogonal to each other, the supporting clamp having on a lower side of each of the flat surfaces a leading end portion which is inserted into the hole of the printed board and a locking claw which is formed in the leading end portion and projects outside the L-shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Takahiko Hasegawa, Mineyo Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20110159815
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a wireless device, which includes a substrate and an antenna. The antenna includes a printed antenna element and a 3-dimensional antenna element. The printed antenna element is printed on the substrate, while the 3-dimensional antenna element is disposed on the substrate and coupled to the printed antenna element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Min-Chung Wu, Shao-Chin Lo
  • Publication number: 20110157834
    Abstract: A heat/electricity discrete metal core-chip on board Module includes a heat dissipation substrate, which has a surface that is recessed to form a carriage zone and a relatively elevated engagement section; a dielectric layer, which is formed of a compound that is formed on the heat dissipation substrate through conversion coating and covers the carriage zone of the heat dissipation substrate, the dielectric layer defining a window like heat conduction zone at a location corresponding to the engagement section of the heat dissipation substrate, so that the heat conduction zone corresponds exactly to the engagement section of the heat dissipation substrate; and an electrical connection layer, which is formed on the dielectric layer. A chip is set on the heat conduction zone and is connected to the electrical connection layer through wire bonding, whereby the paths for heat transfer and electricity transmission are separated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventor: HSIANG-HUA WANG
  • Patent number: 7969739
    Abstract: A portable electronic apparatus includes a first unit, a second unit, and a hinge unit. The first unit includes a first housing, a heat generating component inside the first housing, a first heat diffusing member disposed inside the first housing and diffusing heat from the heat generating component, and a heat dissipating part dissipating heat diffused by the first heat diffusing member to the outside of the first housing. The second unit includes a second housing, a second heat diffusing member disposed inside the second housing and diffusing heat inside the second housing, and a heat receiving part conducting heat from the heat dissipating part to the second heat diffusing member upon the heat receiving part being in contact with the heat dissipating part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yosuke Tsunoda, Masumi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7964958
    Abstract: A heatsink structure for solid-state image sensors includes a foil-like heatsink sheet made of a high heat conductivity material. The heatsink sheet has a first fixed portion fixed to a solid-state image sensor and a second fixed portion fixed to another member. The heatsink sheet also has a plurality of cutout portions formed along directions from the first fixed portion toward the second fixed portion. Thus, the heatsink structure can cool the solid-state image sensor while reducing any external-force loads applied to the solid-state image sensor with a relatively simple structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiro Iwata, Shinya Ogasawara, Miyoko Irikiin
  • Patent number: 7965516
    Abstract: A power semiconductor module that includes a substrate having at least one power semiconductor element; a heat sink for dissipation of heat from the at least one power semiconductor element and a housing having a cutout which is arranged on a lower face of the housing facing the heat sink and holds the substrate; and to a method for production of such power semiconductor modules. The power semiconductor module has at least one holding element, which engages in a recess, which is associated with the at least one holding element, on the lower face of the housing and is designed such that it limits any movement of the substrate in the direction of the lower face of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: SEMIKRON Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jürgen Steger, Marco Lederer
  • Patent number: 7961470
    Abstract: An RF power amplifier including a single piece heat sink and an RF power transistor die mounted directly onto the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Henrik Hoyer, Donald Fowlkes, Bradley Griswold
  • Publication number: 20110134609
    Abstract: A power electronic assembly includes a pair of thermally and electrically conductive plates, and semiconductor switching elements positioned between contact surfaces of the pair of conductive plates. A first of the semiconductor switching elements is positioned at a first region of the conductive plates, and a second of the semiconductor switching elements positioned at a second region of the conductive plates. At least one of the conductive plates includes an aperture positioned between the first region and the second region of the conductive plates, such that in a compressed state, a contact surface of the conductive plate associated with the first region is substantially parallel to and offset from that of the second region in a direction parallel to the direction of compression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: American Superconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Douglas C. Folts
  • Patent number: 7957147
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a circuit board comprising a first surface and a second surface, a heat sink positioned on the first surface, and a support positioned on the second surface to support the circuit board. The circuit board includes a pair of first locating holes extending through the first surface and the second surface. The heat sink includes a pair of second locating holes corresponding to the first locating holes. The support includes a pair of locating posts projecting from a pair of diagonal corners thereof and extending through the corresponding first and second locating holes to limit unwanted movement of the heat sink and a shim projecting from a center thereof to prevent the circuit board from flexing. Dimensions of the shim are contoured to provide compensation for bending of the support under an applied load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Liang-Chun Ma
  • Publication number: 20110103021
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heatsink for an electrical or electronic device, to E&E devices comprising a heat source and a heatsink as well as to processes for producing the heatsink. The comprising a plastic body made of a thermally conductive plastic material comprising of an expanded graphite in an amount of at least 20 wt. %, relative to the total weight of the thermally conductive plastic material and/or has an in-plane thermal conductivity ?// at least 7.5 W/m·K. The heat sink can be produced from the thermally conductive plastic material by interjection molding of the thermally conductive plastic material, optionally followed by applying a coating layer. In the E&E device the heatsink is assembled together with a heat source in heat conductive communication with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Robert Hendrik Catharina Janssen, Franciscus Van Vehmendahl
  • Publication number: 20110103022
    Abstract: Indium compositions including hydrogen suppressor compounds and methods of electrochemically depositing indium metal from the compositions onto substrates are disclosed. Articles made with the indium compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC
    Inventors: Edit Szocs, Felix J. Schwager, Thomas Gaethke, Nathaniel E. Brese, Michael P. Toben
  • Patent number: 7933126
    Abstract: A solid state relay having an internal heat sink for dissipating heat produced by a solid state switching device. The relay being enclosed within a nonmetallic housing and mountable on a DIN type rail system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Dipin Jain
  • Publication number: 20110090650
    Abstract: A thermal conductive member includes linear high thermal conductivity materials; a first solder layer provided at first end sides of the linear high thermal conductivity materials; and a second solder layer provided at second end sides of the linear high thermal conductivity materials; wherein at least one of the first end sides and the second end sides of the linear high thermal conductivity materials are connected to the first solder layer or the second solder layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takuya ODA
  • Patent number: 7929308
    Abstract: A power device package controls heat generation of a power device using a semi-permanent metal-insulator transition (MIT) device instead of a fuse, and emits heat generated by the power device through a small-sized heat sink provided only in one region on the power device, thereby ensuring excellent dissipation of heat. Therefore, the power device package can be usefully applied to any electric/electronic circuit that uses a power device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Sang Kuk Choi, Hyun Tak Kim, Byung Gyu Chae, Bong Jun Kim
  • Patent number: 7924569
    Abstract: By providing thermoelectric elements, such as Peltier elements, in a semiconductor device, the overall heat management may be increased. In some illustrative embodiments, the corresponding active cooling/heating systems may be used in a stacked chip configuration to establish an efficient thermally conductive path between temperature critical circuit portions and a heat sink of the stacked chip configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Tobias Letz
  • Publication number: 20110074511
    Abstract: A power transistor for use in an audio application is laid out to minimize hot spots. Hot spots are created by non-uniform power dissipation or overly concentrated current densities. The source and drain pads are disposed relative to each other to facilitate uniform power dissipation. Interleaving metal fingers and upper metal layers are connected directly to lower metal layers in the absence of vias to improve current density distribution. This layout improves some fail detection tests by 17%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS (SHENZHEN) R&D CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Guo Hua Zhong, Mei Yang
  • Patent number: 7911795
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic component device in which an electronic component and a heat dissipating member are connected by a heat conducting member, the method comprising forming one of a plate shape metallic member and a recessed metallic member on the electronic component by a selected one of vapor deposition processing and plating processing, forming the other of the plate shape metallic member and the recessed metallic member on the heat dissipating member by a selected one of vapor deposition processing and plating processing, and filling a liquid metal in the recessed part of the recessed metallic member thereby to form the liquid metal, the plate shape metallic member, and a part of the recessed metallic member into a solid solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Hideshi Tokuhira
  • Patent number: 7907408
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus with high strength and good heat radiation characteristics. In the cooling apparatus, a heat exchanger is joined to an evaporator disposed on the lower side in a face to face manner; a containing unit of the heat exchanger includes a heat exchanger high temperature liquid outlet, and a two-phase fluid inlet in a joint portion with the evaporator; an outlet header of the heat exchanger includes an intermediate liquid outlet at a joint portion with the evaporator; and the evaporator includes a two-phase fluid outlet in the joint portion with the heat exchanger in opposition to the two-phase fluid inlet of the containing unit, and including an intermediate liquid inlet at the joint portion with the heat exchanger in opposition to the intermediate liquid outlet of the outlet header.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Ippoushi, Tetsuya Takahashi, Kazuyoshi Toya, Fumiharu Yabunaka, Kunihiko Kaga
  • Publication number: 20110058337
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a smart junction box for a solar cell module, and provides a smart junction box for a solar cell module which enables an operator to easily connect and separate ribbon cables using the operation of the levers of pressing units, thereby being able to improve the contact stability of ribbon cables, and which has a heat sink structure, thereby effectively emitting the heat generated by the ribbon cables and the diodes to the outside. For this purpose, the smart junction box for a solar cell module of the present invention includes bus bars for transmitting electricity flowing from ribbon cables; and pressing units for selectively fastening and separating the ribbon cables located on contact portions of the bus bars depending on whether both ends of the lever projected by the manipulation of an operator are inserted into recesses formed in a body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicants: CONNEX ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yun Heui Han, Hee Chang Rho, Hun Ho Kim, Yong Soo Yoon
  • Patent number: 7898810
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a structure for electronic components includes a baseplate having a substantially planar shape. The baseplate defines one or more openings allowing air flow. The structure includes a frame coupled to the baseplate. The frame includes a planar support with a substantially planar shape that is substantially parallel to the baseplate. Then planar support and baseplate at least partially defines one or more plenums. The planar support is also configured to support one or more transmit/receive integrated microwave modules. The frame also includes a plurality of frame supports that define one or more channels for air flow. Each channel corresponds to one of the plenums. Additionally, the frame includes a ventilated panel with a surface defining a plurality of air inlets. The air inlets allow air into one of the one or more plenums. Also, the frame includes one or more thermal interfaces configured to dissipate heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: James S. Mason, Ronald J. Richardson, James S. Wilson, Erika Ramirez
  • Patent number: 7898809
    Abstract: A heat sink includes a base plate and a plurality of cylindrical pins extending upwardly from the base plate. The cylindrical pins each include an upper dissipating portion, a lower mounting portion, and an engaging portion between the dissipating portion and the mounting portion. The mounting portion is interferentially fitted in a lower part of a corresponding aperture of the base plate. The engaging portion has a diameter smaller than that of the mounting portion. The engaging portion is cramped by an interior wall of the base plate defining an upper part of the corresponding aperture of the base plate by punching an upper surface of the base plate downwardly at a rim of the corresponding aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi-Jiun Li, Peng Liu, Shi-Wen Zhou, Chun-Chi Chen
  • Publication number: 20110044007
    Abstract: A heat sink 109 is configured by a plate component having a combined structure composed of a recess and a projection formed thereon, wherein the recess is formed by allowing a part of the plate component to be set back from the surface level of the residual region, and the projection is formed on one surface of the plate component with the progress of formation of the recess, so as to be built up above the level of the residual region of the one surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: NEC Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Harumi Mizunashi
  • Publication number: 20110038123
    Abstract: A solid state data storage assembly includes thermal interface material that conducts heat away from electrical components of the assembly. In some examples, the thermal interface material is positioned between a printed circuit board assembly, which includes electrical components, and a cover of a housing of the data storage assembly. The thermal interface material may also provide shock protection for the data storage assembly by at least one of increasing a stiffness of the data storage assembly, absorbing some mechanical loads applied to the data storage assembly or distributing the applied loads. In addition, in some examples, the thermal interface material exhibits some tackiness, such that removal of a thermal interface material from a data storage assembly and subsequent repositioning of the thermal interface material within the data storage assembly may provide a visual indication of tampering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Peter R. Janik, Darren E. Johnston, Gordon A. Harwood
  • Publication number: 20110038124
    Abstract: A curable thermal interface material composition includes an epoxy polymeric adhesive matrix; a high conductivity filler; a low melting temperature solder material; and a matrix material modification agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Kikue S. Burnham, Lea Dankers, Martin William Weiser
  • Patent number: 7889502
    Abstract: A circuit assembly including a substrate which has a dielectric layer, a heat spreader layer located at a first surface of the substrate, a heat generating component located at a second surface of the substrate, and a thermal pathway in thermal connection between the heat spreader layer and the heat generating component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: GrafTech International Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley E. Reis, James R. Cartiglia
  • Publication number: 20100328896
    Abstract: An article and method of forming the article is disclosed. The article includes a heat source, a heat-sink, and a thermal interface element having a plurality of freestanding nanosprings, a top layer, and a bottom layer. The nanosprings, top layer, and the bottom layers of the article include at least one inorganic material. The article can be prepared using a number of methods including the methods such as GLAD and electrochemical deposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: David Mulford Shaddock, Deng Tao, Hendrik Pieter Jacobus De Bock, Dalong Zhong, Christopher Michael Eastman, Kevin Matthew Durocher, Stanton Earl Weaver, JR.
  • Patent number: 7854547
    Abstract: A tool is disclosed, for measuring the important thermal characteristics of a unit of electronic equipment, which obtains air flow and temperature readings at both air inlet and air outlet openings of the unit without disturbing cable or wiring connections or otherwise interrupting device operation. The tool pressure sensing element is rotatable between detented positions to permit the tool to be used at both air inlet and air outlet openings. The tool air duct portion may be formed of separate duct portions to enable a single duct portion including the sensing instrumentation to be used with multiple duct portions that conform to electronic device air inlet and outlet openings to impart added flexibility to the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alan Claassen, Dennis Hansen, Cary Huettner, Madhusudan Iyengar, Roger Schmidt, Kenneth Schneebeli, Gerard Weber, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20100309634
    Abstract: A package includes a thermal interface member which includes a bulk layer and a surface layer that is disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the bulk layer. The surface layer is highly thermally conductive, has a melting point exceeding a solder reflow temperature, and has a maximum cross-sectional thickness of less than about 10 microns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Radesh Jewram, Sanjay Misra
  • Patent number: 7848104
    Abstract: A power module includes a power device having a top electrode and a bottom electrode, an upper metal block connected to the top electrode, a lower metal block connected to the bottom electrode, a resin covering the power device, the upper metal block and the lower metal block so as to expose a upper surface of the upper metal block and a lower surface of the lower metal block, an upper terminal-cooling power-applying block connected to the upper metal block, a lower terminal-cooling power-applying block connected to the lower metal block, an upper terminal connected to the upper terminal-cooling power-applying block, a lower terminal connected to the lower terminal-cooling power-applying block, and a insulating case covering all elements so as to expose a part of the upper terminal and a part of the lower terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiaki Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20100302741
    Abstract: The invention relates to a power semiconductor module including a module housing and at least one substrate populated with at least one power semiconductor chip. The module housing has a bottom side and a top side spaced away from the bottom side in a positive vertical direction. In addition, the substrate has a bottom side facing away from an interior of the module housing. The substrate is arranged in an opening of the module housing configured in its bottom side and attached to the module housing by a resilient bonding agent for freedom of movement of the substrate parallel to the vertical direction in relation to the module housing. In the non-mounted condition of the power semiconductor module, the substrate assumes a resting position in relation to the module housing. To deflect the substrate from the resting position parallel to the vertical direction, a deflection force of 0.1 N to 100 N per mm is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Peter Kanschat, Olaf Hohlfeld, Thilo Stolze
  • Patent number: 7839641
    Abstract: A condenser for a power module combines a plurality of aluminum materials to form a casing equipped with a channel for coolant therein, thus making it possible to keep material costs low. Moreover, thanks to the excellent workability of the aluminum materials, it is possible to adopt a configuration with a complex concave-convex configuration for a superior heat radiation performance. A channel for coolant with high heat radiation performance can also be structured inside the casing. The relatively thick bottom plate secures the rigidity required by the casing, while the relatively thin top plate can have a rigidity intentionally structured lower. In this manner, stress generated on joining surfaces of the condenser and an insulative substrate can be mitigated due to active deformation of the top plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Youichiro Baba, Hideo Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7826227
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device is disposed in an electronic device and performs thermal exchange with an electronic component of the electronic device. The heat dissipation device includes a heat sink and a plurality of fluttering slices. The heat sink is attached on the electronic component to conduct the thermal energy of the electronic component. The fluttering slices are disposed on the heat sink, and the fluttering slices are actuated to generate an airflow when the electronic device is moved, so as to disturb the air inside the electronic device, thereby achieving the purpose of improving the thermal dissipation performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Feng-Ku Wang, Shaw-Fuu Wang, Ting-Chiang Huang, Sheng-Jie Syu
  • Publication number: 20100271785
    Abstract: A heat-dissipating and fixing mechanism of an electronic component includes a heat-dissipating element, a circuit board and a thermally-conductive adhesive interface. The circuit board has multiple insertion holes. The pins of the electronic component are inserted into corresponding insertion holes of the circuit board. The thermally-conductive adhesive interface has a first surface bonded with the heat-dissipating element and a second surface bonded with the electronic component. As a consequence, the electronic component is fixed on the heat-dissipating element through the thermally-conductive adhesive interface, and the heat generated by the electronic component is transmitted to the heat-dissipating element through the thermally-conductive adhesive interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Hung-Chang Hsieh, Chi-Sheng Chen, Ren-Shen Huang
  • Patent number: 7821123
    Abstract: A LED array cooling system including a LED array and a substrate attached to the LED array wherein the LED array includes a plurality of walls that at least in part define a plurality of passages through the LED array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Todd P. Oman
  • Publication number: 20100265665
    Abstract: The electronic device includes: a heat sink including a front surface having a concave portion; a heat conductive component placed in the concave portion, in contact with the heat sink; a semiconductor element placed in the concave portion, in contact with the heat conductive component; a flexible base plate electrically connected to the semiconductor element and placed on the surface of the heat sink; and a chassis member having a front surface on which the heat sink is fixed so as to come in contact with the heat sink at the back surface opposite to the front surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kozaka, Nobuyuki Koutani, Hiroyuki Imamura, Masanori Minamio
  • Patent number: 7813645
    Abstract: An infrared light emitting and receiving system (10) includes an infrared light emitting device (100), and an infrared light receiving device (200). The infrared light emitting device including a heat sink (102), at least a heat pipe (104), a metallic plate (106), and at least an infrared light source (108) in thermal connections with one other in that order. The infrared light receiving device receives infrared light beams (300) emitted from the infrared light emitting device, the infrared light receiving device comprising a lens barrel (202), at least one lens (204) received in the lens barrel, an infrared passband filter (220) formed on the at least one lens, a sensor housing (212) coupled to the lens barrel, and an image sensor (230) received in the sensor housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ga-Lane Chen
  • Patent number: 7808785
    Abstract: A semiconductor module has a housing, including a power semiconductor, a cooler bearing against the latter and serving for dissipating heat loss. In at least one embodiment, a spring element, which is supported between housing and cooler, is arranged on the side of the cooler remote from the power semiconductor and prestresses the cooler against the power semiconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Markus Meier
  • Publication number: 20100246138
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention include a thermal interface between a heat spreader and a die. The thermal interface may include a main layer of a single material or a combination of multiple materials. The thermal interface may include one or more additional layers covering one or more surfaces of the main layer. The thermal interface may be bonded to the die and the heat spreader at a low temperature, with flux or without flux. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Wei Shi, Daoqiang Lu, Edward A. Zarbock
  • Patent number: 7804689
    Abstract: A high-power thyristor module includes a housing configured with an inner receiving space, and a thyristor unit disposed in the inner receiving space in the housing and including a mounting frame, and a plurality of high-power thyristors mounted on the mounting frame. Each thyristor has a gate. The mounting frame includes a dielectric top plate disposed on a top side of the housing, and a plurality of electrodes mounted on the top plate so that the electrodes are exposed outwardly of the housing, and coupled respectively to the gates of the thyristors. Cooling oil is contained in the inner receiving space so that the thyristors are submerged thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignees: Kuen-Cheng Wang, The Department of Electrical Engineering National Chang-Hua University of Education
    Inventors: Kuen-Cheng Wang, Tsair-Rong Chen, Jeen-Sheen Row
  • Publication number: 20100238633
    Abstract: A power circuit (10) for activating a drive unit for a wiper system of a motor vehicle has a circuit breaker (14) for activating the drive unit. According to the invention a heat accumulator (16) for absorbing heat accumulating in the circuit breaker (14) when the drive unit is in the blocked state is thermally connected to the circuit breaker (14). In the event of sudden heat generation in the circuit breaker (14) a majority of the resulting heat can be discharged quickly to the heat accumulator (16) such that the circuit breaker (14) can be smaller in size and the power circuit (10) enables use of a higher-ohm circuit breaker (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Gebhard Michenfelder, Stephan Pauli
  • Patent number: 7800909
    Abstract: A lamp base having a heat sink is connected to a bulb having two electrodes. The lamp base includes a heat sink, a first electrically conductive piece, a second electrically conductive piece, and leads. The heat sink comprises a heat-dissipating base formed with a trough for accommodating the bulb therein. The first electrically conductive piece is fixed in the trough and is electrically connected to an electrode of the bulb. The second electrically conductive piece is fixed in the trough and is electrically connected to the other electrode of the bulb. The second electrically conductive piece is electrically insulated from the first electrically conductive piece. The leads are electrically connected to the first electrically conductive piece and the second electrically conductive piece respectively. With the heat sink dissipating the heat generated by the bulb, the lamp base has extended lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Edison Opto Corporation
    Inventor: Tsung-Ting Sun
  • Publication number: 20100208432
    Abstract: A thermal interface material includes a thermally conductive metal matrix and coarse polymeric particles dispersed therein. The composite can be used for both TIM1 and TIM2 applications in electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Dorab Bhagwagar, Donald Liles, Nick Shephard, Shengqing Xu, Zuchen Lin, G.M. Fazley Elahee
  • Publication number: 20100195286
    Abstract: A heat sink assembly having excellent heat dissipation for internally integrated inverter hub motor for light electric vehicles and comprising of a thermally conducive ring, the electronic board consisting of multiple inverter switches, a potential secondary electronic board and a heat sink base, where the thermally conductive one piece ring is pressed down on the inverter switches to affix the switches to the hub of the motor thereby creating a mechanism for heat dissipation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: RAKESH KUMAR DHAWAN, ERNIE SHIK KIM, JEREMY DOUGLAS BOYLE, MANSOUR PEYGHATEH, MOHAMMED ZIAUR RAHMAN, STEPHEN HOWARD SAYRE
  • Patent number: 7763796
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention can include an electric connection box including a housing, a circuit component positioned in the housing, a filler material in the housing enclosing the circuit component, a filling inlet configured to receive the filler material, the filling inlet positioned at an upper part of a wall portion of the housing, a filling cylindrical portion formed in the housing and connected to the filling inlet and extending in a direction to a bottom portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shigeki Yamane