Patents Examined by Adam B Dravininkas
  • Patent number: 11792957
    Abstract: A system for cooling of computing components of an information handling system. The information handling system can include a computing card that is coupled to a computing card connector. The computing card connector can include mounting features for coupling of a thermal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Qinghong He, David Grunow, Michael Kotson
  • Patent number: 11791239
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a heatshield that can be actively cooled during a rework process. The heatshield may include a backer plate, a metal plate, and/or a package pedestal. The backer plate may include one or more air inlet ports configured to be connected to an air compressor. Air inlet ducts may extend from the air inlet ports through at least a portion of the backer plate. A plurality of vents may extend from the air inlet ducts to a top surface of the backer plate such that the plurality of vents directs cooling gas forced into the heatshield towards the metal plate and a first BGA. The cooling gas may maintain the solder joint temperature of the first BGA package below the reflow temperature and below the solidus temperature of the solder joints to prevent reflow-related solder joint defects from occurring in the first BGA package during rework of a second BGA package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Sue Yun Teng
  • Patent number: 11785744
    Abstract: This document describes a reinforced graphite heat-spreader for a surface of a housing component of an electronic device. The reinforced graphite heat-spreader includes a heat-spreader material stack having a layer of graphite material to spread heat. The reinforced graphite heat-spreader also includes an interface material stack that joins the heat-spreader material stack to the housing surface of an electronic device. The interface material stack, which may be formed using embossing techniques, includes protuberances that may be formed from an adhesive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ihab A. Ali, Duen Hsing Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11785740
    Abstract: An electronic module is provided with a housing with a base and walls extending transversely from the base. The housing comprises an inlet port and an outlet port formed through the walls. A circuit board assembly is supported by the housing and includes electronics that generate heat during operation. A cold plate is mounted to the walls of the housing to define a manifold. The housing and the cold plate are in thermal communication with the circuit board assembly for transferring heat generated by the electronics. A baffle is disposed within the manifold for directing coolant flow. Elastic material is disposed over a distal end of the baffle and adapted to engage a lower surface of the cold plate in an interference fit to block coolant leakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: LEAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Parminder Brar, Ajmal Ansari, Jared Pieknik, Michael Scott Duco, Kevin J. Foldvary
  • Patent number: 11782482
    Abstract: A display device includes: a flexible display panel having a display area and a non-display area disposed adjacent to the display area; a supporting member provided at a predetermined area of the flexible display panel adjacent to one side of the flexible display panel, wherein the non-display area of the flexible display panel contacts the supporting member and surrounds the supporting member while being bent at a bend angle, and the bend angle of the non-display area is variously adjusted by the supporting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tae Wook Kang
  • Patent number: 11778746
    Abstract: An assembly structure of a transformer and a circuit board includes: a circuit board, a packaging chip, a transformer, a first conductive plate, a second conductive plate and a first heat sink. The packaging chip is disposed on the circuit board. The transformer has at least one first output electrode and at least one second output electrode connected to the first output electrode. The first conductive plate is disposed on the transformer and connected to the at least one first output electrode. The second conductive plate is disposed on the transformer and connected to the at least one second output electrode and the circuit board. The first heat sink is connected to the packaging chip and the first conductive plate, is disposed on the circuit board, and is connected to the circuit board and the first conductive plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED, LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsung-Po Hsu, Yung-Chou Li, Yu-Jen Wei, Chih-Chun Yang
  • Patent number: 11778722
    Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to an autonomous vehicle computing device for an autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle computing device includes a printed circuit board, a heat sink, and a thermal interface material layer between the printed circuit board and the heat sink. The autonomous vehicle computing device further includes a barrier layer between the thermal interface material layer and the printed circuit board. The thermal interface material layer can be formed of a two-part thermal interface material that cures in place. The barrier layer between the thermal interface material layer and the printed circuit board enables separation of the printed circuit board from the thermal interface material layer if reworking or modification of the autonomous vehicle computing device is desired. The barrier layer can enable the printed circuit board to be separated from the thermal interface material layer in a manner that mitigates damage to the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Reza Azizian, Jameson Tai, Brian Schlotterbeck, Yung Chang Ko, Srinivasa Rao Damaraju, Zoran Stefanoski
  • Patent number: 11778784
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device with a function of communication includes a conductive substrate, a first conductive sidewall, a second conductive sidewall, a plurality of heat sink elements, and a feeding element. The heat sink elements have different lengths, and they are positioned between the first conductive sidewall and the second conductive sidewall. The first conductive sidewall, the heat sink elements, and the second conductive sidewall are respectively coupled to the conductive substrate. The feeding element is coupled to a signal source. An antenna structure is formed by the feeding element, the conductive substrate, and the heat sink elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ta-Chun Pu, Chun-Yih Wu
  • Patent number: 11770914
    Abstract: A cooling device for cooling electronic components mounted on a circuit board. The device comprises a hollow body defining a coolant transport circuit for circulating coolant fluid there thorough. The hollow body comprises a plurality of flattened regions linked by duct regions, wherein the flattened regions and duct regions are formed as continuous regions of the body. When the body is secured to the circuit board, each flattened region is configured to align with one or more electronic components for transferring heat away.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Frank H. Adam, Klaus Kaufmann
  • Patent number: 11755080
    Abstract: There is disclosed a computing apparatus, including: a first chassis including primary operational circuitry of the computing apparatus; a second chassis hingeably coupled to the second chassis, the second chassis having substantially less operational circuitry than the first chassis whereby the operational circuitry of the second chassis generates substantially less heat than the operational circuitry of the first chassis; and a heat spreader between the first chassis and second chassis and disposed to dissipate generated heat from the first chassis into the second chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Prakash Kurma Raju, Babu Triplicane Gopikrishnan, Bijendra Singh, Prasanna Pichumani, Raghavendra Doddi, Harish Jagadish, Gopinath Kandasamy, David Pidwerbecki
  • Patent number: 11751361
    Abstract: A thermal management system for cooling a computing device includes a cold aisle, a hot aisle, a radiator, and a plurality of source heat sinks thermally conductively connected to the radiator. The radiator connects the cold aisle to the hot aisle and flows a cooling fluid through an interior volume of the radiator. Each source heat sink is configured to connect to a heat-generating electronic component to thermally conductively connect the heat-generating component to a surface of the radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ashish Arvind Kulkarni, Prajakta Ashish Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 11733749
    Abstract: An electronic device that includes a first device portion, a second device portion coupled to the first device portion, and a uni-directional thermally conductive connector coupled to the first device portion and the second device portion. The first device portion comprises a region that includes a component configured to generate heat. The uni-directional thermally conductive connector is configured to dissipate heat away from the first device portion and towards the second device portion. The uni-directional thermally conductive connector includes a thermally conductive material that primarily dissipates heat along a first direction of the thermally conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Hung-Wen Lin, Sin-Shong Wang, Keith Wang, Ajit Kumar Vallabhaneni, Jen-Chun Chang
  • Patent number: 11737242
    Abstract: A heat dissipation apparatus includes a heat dissipation substrate, a heat dissipation component, and a plurality of heat dissipation fins disposed on a first side of the heat dissipation substrate. The heat dissipation fins are configured to dissipate heat on the heat dissipation substrate. A first surface of the heat dissipation component is fastened on a second side of the heat dissipation substrate. There is a gap between a side surface of the heat dissipation component and the heat dissipation substrate, and a second surface of the heat dissipation component is used to be attached to a first to-be-heat-dissipated component, to dissipate heat on the first to-be-heat-dissipated component. An area that is on the second side of the heat dissipation substrate is used to be attached to another to-be-heat-dissipated component. Heating power of the first to-be-heat-dissipated component is greater than heating power of the another to-be-heat-dissipated component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Cao, Shoubiao Xu, Shanjiu Chi
  • Patent number: 11729943
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to an electronic system providing thermal management of a removable device when connected to a host device of the electronic system including a receptacle, and a heat transfer device having first and second portions. The host device has a cooling component. The removable device having a heat spreader, is detachably coupled to the host device. The receptacle having spring fingers, is coupled to one of the cooling component or the heat spreader. The first portion is coupled to one of the cooling component or the heat spreader, and the second portion is protruded outwards. When the removable device is connected to the host device, the second portion extends through the receptacle such that the spring fingers establish direct thermal interface with the second portion to allow waste-heat to transfer between the heat transfer device and one of the cooling component or the heat spreader via the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Patent Department LP
    Inventors: Harvey J. Lunsman, Ernesto Ferrer, John Franz
  • Patent number: 11728627
    Abstract: Embodiments of the presently disclosed invention may enable electrical components and connections to be monitored within electrical distribution equipment cabinets having a blanking panel. Such an IR/UV-permitting panel may replace the pre-existing blanking panel in order to monitor the adjacent area having the targeted components and connections to be monitored. NFC tags may be utilized in connection with an IR/UV-permitting panel to enable data acquisition and management systems for the monitoring of electrical components in a cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: IRISS Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Martin Robinson
  • Patent number: 11716829
    Abstract: A head-mountable device can provide a cooling module that effectively manages heat while also minimizing noise, vibration, leakage, power consumption, size, and weight. To dissipate heat, the cooling module with a fan can be operated to move air through a chamber within the head-mountable device. An integrated heat sink can provide heat dissipation properties by drawing heat away from heat-generating components and into the chamber. The integrated heat sink can include a base plate that defines at least a portion of the chamber in which the blades of the fan are positioned. The integrated heat sink can further include fins between the chamber and an outlet. The fins can be integrated with the base plate to maximize heat dissipation and reduce the number of interfaces between separate parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng P. Tan, Sivesh Selvakumar, Jesse T. Dybenko, Enoch Mylabathula, Jason C. Sauers, Phil M. Hobson, Laura M. Campo, Dragos Moroianu
  • Patent number: 11698233
    Abstract: A cold plate apparatus that has an outlet plenum leading to an outlet opening includes an outlet transition that connects the outlet opening to the outlet plenum. The outlet transition defines a smoothly curving flow path from a direction along a long dimension of the outlet plenum, which is parallel to a plane defined by the outlet opening, to a direction along a centerline of the outlet opening, which is at an angle from the plane defined by the outlet opening. The outlet transition provides a smooth variation of cross-sectional area from the outlet plenum to the outlet opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Mark D. Schultz
  • Patent number: 11696423
    Abstract: An immersion cooling system includes an electronic component, a thermally conductive dielectric liquid, and a tank defining a tank interior configured to receive the electronic component and the thermally conductive dielectric liquid for cooling the electronic component. The immersion cooling system also includes a wall positioned external to the tank to coordinate with the tank to define an overflow gap extending between the tank and the wall. The overflow gap is configured to receive an overflow of the thermally conductive dielectric liquid from the tank interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH
    Inventors: Michael J Sweeney, David Patrick Selmser, John Bernard Zwicker, Shahreen Beente Haider
  • Patent number: 11681340
    Abstract: A graphics subsystem includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a set of one or more fans, and a heat sink. A graphics processing unit (GPU) is integrated into the PCB. The PCB is shortened to occupy a portion of the width of the graphics subsystem. The heat sink is coupled to the PCB and/or GPU and configured to extend beyond an edge of the PCB, thereby occupying a larger portion of the width of the graphics subsystem compared to the PCB. A first fan is disposed partially or fully beyond the edge of the PCB and is configured to direct air through the portion of the heat sink that extends beyond the edge of the PCB, along a first airflow path, and out of the graphics subsystem. A second fan is configured to direct air through the heat sink, along a second airflow path, towards the GPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Haley, Xiang Sun, Gabriele Gorla, Andrew Bell, Boris Landwehr
  • Patent number: 11683918
    Abstract: A power electronics module for an industrial or vehicle battery charger system or the like is provided. The power electronics module utilizes a chassis housing including a heatsink surface and a plurality of sidewalls. A main power section printed circuit board is disposed adjacent to the heatsink surface of the chassis housing a. A low voltage, low power printed circuit board is disposed adjacent to the main power section printed circuit board opposite the heatsink surface of the chassis housing. An alternating current input filter portion printed circuit board including electromagnetics is disposed along one of the plurality of sidewalls of the chassis housing and separated from the low voltage, low power printed circuit board within the chassis housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Young Doo, Jason Huang, Yang Liu