Patents Assigned to Asetek A/S
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Publication number: 20140246178Abstract: A method of cooling a computer server that includes a plurality of server modules, and is positioned in an enclosed room, includes transferring heat generated by a server module of the plurality of server modules to a hot plate of a liquid cooling system. The liquid cooling system may be positioned within the server module, and the hot plate may have a surface exposed to the enclosed room. The method may also include positioning a cold plate of a room-level cooling system in thermal contact with the hot plate. The method may also include directing a cooling medium through the room-level cooling system to transfer heat from the hot plate to a cooling unit positioned outside the room.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2014Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: Asetek A/SInventor: Steven B. Branton
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Publication number: 20140168889Abstract: A method of cooling a computer server that includes a plurality of server modules, and is positioned in an enclosed room, includes transferring heat generated by a server module of the plurality of server modules to a hot plate of a liquid cooling system. The liquid cooling system may be positioned within the server module, and the hot plate may have a surface exposed to the enclosed room. The method may also include positioning a cold plate of a room-level cooling system in thermal contact with the hot plate. The method may also include directing a cooling medium through the room-level cooling system to transfer heat from the hot plate to a cooling unit positioned outside the room.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2014Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: Asetek A/SInventor: Steven B. Branton
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Patent number: 8755179Abstract: A thermal interposer for a heat-generating electronic component located on an adapter card of a computer includes a thermally conducting planar body. The thermally conducting planar body may be configured to be coupled to the adapter card such that a first surface of the planar body is in thermal contact with a surface of the electronic component. The thermal interposer may also include a cold plate assembly removably coupled to a second surface of the planar body opposite the first surface. The cold plate assembly may include an inlet adapted to receive a cooling liquid into the cold plate assembly and an outlet adapted to discharge the cooling liquid from the cold plate assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2012Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Asetek A/SInventors: Monem H. Alyaser, Jeremy A. Rice
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Patent number: 8749968Abstract: A method of cooling a computer server that includes a plurality of server modules, and is positioned in an enclosed room, includes transferring heat generated by a server module of the plurality of server modules to a hot plate of a liquid cooling system. The liquid cooling system may be positioned within the server module, and the hot plate may have a surface exposed to the enclosed room. The method may also include positioning a cold plate of a room-level cooling system in thermal contact with the hot plate. The method may also include directing a cooling medium through the room-level cooling system to transfer heat from the hot plate to a cooling unit positioned outside the room.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2014Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Asetek A/SInventor: Steven B. Branton
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Patent number: 8724315Abstract: A method of cooling a computer server that includes a plurality of server modules, and is positioned in an enclosed room, includes transferring heat generated by a server module of the plurality of server modules to a hot plate of a liquid cooling system. The liquid cooling system may be positioned within the server module, and the hot plate may have a surface exposed to the enclosed room. The method may also include positioning a cold plate of a room-level cooling system in thermal contact with the hot plate. The method may also include directing a cooling medium through the room-level cooling system to transfer heat from the hot plate to a cooling unit positioned outside the room.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Asetek A/SInventor: Steven B. Branton
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Publication number: 20140002980Abstract: A system to aid in cooling an in-line memory module may include a heat spreader including a channel to accommodate the in-line memory module, thermal interface material, and a liquid-cooler block including a heat-conducting cold plate and an internal liquid channel filled with circulating cooling liquid. Also disclosed are systems employing tubes to convey cooling fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: ASETEK A/SInventors: Todd Berk, Andre S. Eriksen
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Publication number: 20130312854Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure may include a fluid connector. The fluid connector may include a holding portion including a housing defining a channel, a sleeve disposed in the channel and defining a passage, an adapter disposed in the passage of the sleeve, and a filter configured to prevent the flow of contaminants into the channel of the housing. The fluid connector may also include an insert portion configured to be inserted into the channel of the housing and secured to the holding portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: Asetek A/SInventors: Andre Sloth ERIKSEN, Mikael Krog, Jan Hunskjaer
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Publication number: 20130220582Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling system for a computer system, said computer system comprising at least one unit such as a central processing unit (CPU) generating thermal energy and said cooling system intended for cooling the at least one processing unit and comprising a reservoir having an amount of cooling liquid, said cooling liquid intended for accumulating and transferring of thermal energy dissipated from the processing unit to the cooling liquid. The cooling system has a heat exchanging interface for providing thermal contact between the processing unit and the cooling liquid for dissipating heat from the processing unit to the cooling liquid, Different embodiments of the heat exchanging system as well as means for establishing and controlling a flow of cooling liquid and a cooling strategy constitutes the invention of the cooling system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2013Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: ASETEK A/SInventor: ASETEK A/S
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Patent number: 8432691Abstract: A liquid cooling system for an electronic system includes a plurality of cooling modules that are adapted to circulate a liquid coolant therethrough. Each cooling module is configured to be coupled to a circuit board of the electronic system and placed in thermal contact with one of a plurality of heat-generating electronic components on the circuit board. The cooling system also includes a plurality of heat exchangers that are configured to dissipate heat from the liquid coolant to air. Each heat exchanger of the plurality of heat exchangers is fluidly coupled between two cooling modules of the plurality of cooling modules in a flow path of the liquid. The cooling system also includes a plurality of conduits that fluidly couple the plurality of cooling modules to the plurality of heat exchangers.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2010Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Asetek A/SInventors: Mikkel Block Toftloekke, Peter Lykke, Poul Hove Kristensen
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Patent number: 8358505Abstract: A liquid cooling system includes a monolith that is configured to be coupled to a motherboard of the computer. The monolith may be monolithic planar body having a first surface and an opposite second surface, and may include a heat absorption region and a heat dissipation region. The heat absorption region may be at least one location on the monolith that is configured to be in thermal contact with a heat generating component of the motherboard, and the heat dissipation region may be at least one location on the monolith where a liquid-to-air heat exchanger is attached to the monolith. The liquid cooling system may also include a channel extending on the second surface of the monolith and a pump that is configured to circulate the liquid coolant through the channel. The channel may be a trench on the second surface of the monolith that is configured to circulate a liquid coolant between the heat absorption region and the heat dissipation region.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2010Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: Asetek A/SInventors: Mikkel Block Toftloekke, Christopher Ratliff, Peter Lykke, Todd Berk, André Sloth Eriksen
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Patent number: 8274787Abstract: A thermal interposer for a heat-generating electronic component includes a thermally conducting body that is configured to be thermally coupled to the electronic component. The thermally conducting body may include a first region that is located on a first face of the thermally conducting body. The first region may be adapted to be in thermal contact with a surface of the electronic component. The thermally conducting body may also include a second region located on a second face that is opposite the first face of the thermally conducting body. The thermal interposer may also include a cold plate assembly that is removably coupled to the thermally conducting body. The cold plate assembly may be in thermal contact with the second region of the thermally conducting body. The cold plate assembly may include an inlet adapted to receive a cooling liquid into the cold plate assembly and an outlet adapted to discharge the cooling liquid from the cold plate assembly.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2010Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Asetek A/SInventors: Monem H. Alyaser, Jeremy A. Rice
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Patent number: 8245764Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling system for a computer system, said computer system comprising at least one unit such as a central processing unit (CPU) generating thermal energy and said cooling system intended for cooling the at least one processing unit and comprising a reservoir having an amount of cooling liquid, said cooling liquid intended for accumulating and transferring of thermal energy dissipated from the processing unit to the cooling liquid. The cooling system has a heat exchanging interface for providing thermal contact between the processing unit and the cooling liquid for dissipating heat from the processing unit to the cooling liquid, Different embodiments of the heat exchanging system as well as means for establishing and controlling a flow of cooling liquid and a cooling strategy constitutes the invention of the cooling system.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2011Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Asetek A/SInventor: André Sloth Eriksen
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Patent number: 8240362Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling system for a computer system, said computer system comprising at least one unit such as a central processing unit (CPU) generating thermal energy and said cooling system intended for cooling the at least one processing unit and comprising a reservoir having an amount of cooling liquid, said cooling liquid intended for accumulating and transferring of thermal energy dissipated from the processing unit to the cooling liquid. The cooling system has a heat exchanging interface for providing thermal contact between the processing unit and the cooling liquid for dissipating heat from the processing unit to the cooling liquid. Different embodiments of the heat exchanging system as well as means for establishing and controlling a flow of cooling liquid and a cooling strategy constitutes the invention of the cooling system.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2010Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Asetek A/SInventor: André Sloth Eriksen
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Publication number: 20120175094Abstract: A cold plate assembly consisting of a thermally conductive base component with an insert having a high thermal transfer characteristic adapted for contacting the surface of a heat source on one side. The surface of the base component opposite from the insert is surrounding by a housing defining an enclosed volume through with a flow of liquid coolant is directed. Inlet baffles adjacent to a fluid inlet in the housing direct the incoming flow of liquid coolant towards the surface of the base component in proximity to the insert, facilitating an efficient transfer of thermal energy from the heat source to the liquid coolant through the insert and base component. Optional extensions or fins extending into the liquid coolant contained in the enclosed volume from the surface of the base component further facilitate the transfer of thermal energy from the heat source.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2011Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: ASETEK A/SInventor: Jeremy A. Rice
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Publication number: 20120012282Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly for use in hybrid liquid-air cooling system adapted to provide a liquid cooling mechanism for components in a personal computer system. The heat exchanger assembly consists of a heat exchanger chamber, though which the thermal transfer liquid flows. An air pump injects air bubbles into the heat exchanger chamber through a porous material. The air bubbles rise up through the thermal transfer liquid and exit at the top of the heat exchanger chamber through a semi-permeable membrane which inhibits loss of the thermal transfer fluid. As the air bubbles pass through the thermal transfer liquid, heat is exchanged directly between the thermal transfer liquid and the contained air. The heat is then removed from the system as the heated air is expelled from the heat exchanger chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2011Publication date: January 19, 2012Applicant: ASETEK A/SInventors: Christian Blicher Terp, Claus Nygaard Rasmussen, Christian Christiansen
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Patent number: 7971632Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling system for a computer system, said computer system comprising at least one unit such as a central processing unit (CPU) generating thermal energy and said cooling system intended for cooling the at least one processing unit and comprising a reservoir having an amount of cooling liquid, said cooling liquid intended for accumulating and transferring of thermal energy dissipated from the processing unit to the cooling liquid. The cooling system has a heat exchanging interface for providing thermal contact between the processing unit and the cooling liquid for dissipating heat from the processing unit to the cooling liquid. Different embodiments of the heat exchanging system as well as means for establishing and controlling a flow of cooling liquid and a cooling strategy constitutes the invention of the cooling system.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2004Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Asetek A/SInventor: André Sloth Eriksen
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Patent number: 7926553Abstract: The invention concerns a cooling system for electronic devices, especially computers, comprising an evaporator (1), a vapor-distribution and condensate-collection element (3) and a condenser (2) with a plurality of condenser pipes (6) and a block of fins (5) connecting the condenser pipes (6), wherein the condenser pipes (6) are arranged parallel to each other and extend upwards from the vapor-distribution and condensate-collection element (3) and are closed at their upper ends.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2006Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Asetek A/SInventors: Thomas Dautert, Eberhard Gunther
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Publication number: 20080247137Abstract: The invention concerns a cooling system for electronic devices, especially computers, comprising an evaporator (1), a vapor-distribution and condensate-collection element (3) and a condenser (2) with a plurality of condenser pipes (6) and a block of fins (5) connecting the condenser pipes (6), wherein the condenser pipes (6) are arranged parallel to each other and extend upwards from the vapor-distribution and condensate-collection element (3) and are closed at their upper ends.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2006Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: ASETEK A/SInventors: Thomas Dautert, Eberhard Gunther
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Patent number: D711382Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2012Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Asetek A/SInventor: Andre Sloth Eriksen