Patents Examined by Amir Jalali
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Patent number: 11967541Abstract: A liquid cooled thermal heat sink is provided. A plurality of jet orifices provide an exit for pressurised liquid to exit a plenum chamber and impinge on a thermal surface whereby they effect a cooling of the thermal surface, the heated liquid being transferred through an exit channel to dissipate heat away from the thermal surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: The Provost, Fellows, Foundation Scholars and the other members of Board, of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth, Near DublinInventors: Anthony Robinson, Cathal Wilson, Leo Celdran, Nicolas Baudin
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Patent number: 11966265Abstract: A cooling assembly for a computer module has a cooling device and a mounting device. The mounting device includes a rod shaped fastening element having a male thread and a stop. The fastening element is nonrotatable and movable along its axis with respect to the cooling device. The fastening element is guided through a first hole in the cooling device and a second hole in the computer module, when the cooling device is mounted on the computer module. The stop prevents the fastening element from sliding through the first and second holes. The mounting device also has an elastic element arranged along the axis of the fastening element that presses or pulls the stop away from the computer module. A nut on the mounting device is engageable with the male thread of the fastening element. The stop and the nut are arranged at opposite sides of the computer module.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: EKWB d.o.o.Inventor: Joe Robey
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Patent number: 11937404Abstract: A device via which components mounted on a carrier plate can be pressed against a heat sink that is arranged on a side or underside of a carrier plate that is not equipped with components at least in a cooling region, the device through which at least one component can be pressed on includes at least one hollow body for receiving at least one fastening body and at least one spring arm formed in an Omega shape and has, at the end thereof, a bearing face formed as a polygonal flattening for transmitting a pressing force onto the component to be cooled, where the device is further formed in one part as a plastics injection-molded part and can be installed easily and quickly (particularly automated manner) and enables a space-saving arrangement of components to be cooled, particularly whilst maintaining predefined electrical clearances and/or predefined air gaps and creepage distances.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventor: Martin Petricek
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Patent number: 11937413Abstract: A power electronics module includes at least one first substrate having on a first side one or more first semiconductor dies, the one or more first semiconductor dies and the at least one first substrate providing a higher power part of the power electronics module, at least one second substrate having on a first side one or more second semiconductor dies, the one or more second semiconductor dies and the at least one second substrate providing a lower power part of the power electronics module, and a common frame at least partially encasing the first and second substrates and being a monobloc part, the higher power part being configured for direct liquid cooling and the lower power part being configured for indirect cooling.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Tomas Manuel Reiter, Elvis Keli
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Patent number: 11929301Abstract: A package has a cavity to be sealed by a lid. The package includes a heat sink having a coefficient of thermal expansion of 9 ppm/° C. or more and 15 ppm/° C. or less from 25° C. to 100° C. and a frame disposed on the heat sink, made of ceramics, and surrounding the cavity in plan view. An outer edge of the frame includes a first linear portion extending along a first direction, a second linear portion extending along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a chamfer connecting the first linear portion and the second linear portion in plan view.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignees: NGK ELECTRONICS DEVICES, INC., NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Naoya Shirai, Yoshikazu Mihara, Noriyasu Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11924998Abstract: The disclosed systems and structures are directed to providing a hybrid liquid-cooling system for at least one rack-mounted immersion case containing at least one electronic assembly submerged in dielectric immersion cooling liquid. The hybrid liquid cooling system comprises a closed-loop fluid distribution arrangement configured to circulate channelized fluid, an external cooling module configured to thermally condition the channelized fluid circulated by the closed-loop fluid distribution arrangement, a serpentine convection coil structured to internally convey channelized fluid to operatively cool ambient temperatures of the dielectric immersion cooling liquid, and one or more fluid cooling blocks arranged to be in direct thermal contact with one or more heat-generating electronic processing components of the at least one electronic assembly.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: OVHInventors: Mohamad Hnayno, Ali Chehade, Henryk Klaba
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Patent number: 11924962Abstract: A printed circuit board (PCB), including: a processing unit; a plurality of layers; and a plurality of vias, each via extending through two or more of the layers, wherein a first via of the plurality of vias has a first pad at a first layer of the plurality of layers and a second via of the plurality of vias has a second pad at the first layer of the plurality of layers, wherein the first pad is conjoined with the second pad to form a first heatsink at the first layer that dissipates heat away from the processing unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventor: Umesh Chandra
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Patent number: 11915995Abstract: A power converter includes a housing including a convex radiator that radiates heat from a heater element and protrudes toward a board, in which the board and the heater element are arranged, and an urging member that is arranged between the board and a bottom surface of the housing and urges the heater element toward a first side surface of the convex radiator of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Shun Fukuchi
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Patent number: 11910518Abstract: A method is disclosed of mounting a heat sink through a printed circuit board to reach a component on the opposite side of a board. The heat sink is passed through a window in the board to contact a component at a predetermined pressure optimized for thermal performance at minimum stress. The heat sink is affixed in place on the printed circuit board using through-hole pins which can be soldered to maintain the heat sink's position and the predetermined pressure.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CANADA CO., LTD.Inventor: Matthew Milyavsky
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Patent number: 11908772Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor module including a semiconductor device and a cooling apparatus, wherein the semiconductor device includes semiconductor chips, circuit boards where the semiconductor chips are implemented, and a resin structure for sealing the semiconductor chips; the cooling apparatus includes a top plate, a side wall, a bottom plate, a coolant flow portion, a plurality of fins and reinforcement pins; the metal layer has a part overlapped with the cooling region, and other parts other than the part overlapped with one communication region of the first communication region and the second communication region in planar view; and the reinforcement pins are arranged in the one communication region.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Takafumi Yamada, Hiromichi Gohara
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Patent number: 11903118Abstract: An assembly including: a printed circuit board (PCB) having a first surface and a second surface; at least one energy transmitter mounted on the first surface; at least one cooling element associated with the PCB second surface, wherein the cooling element is configured to cool the at least one energy transmitter via the PCB.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2023Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Sofwave Medical Ltd.Inventors: Ariel Sverdlik, Erez Panir
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Patent number: 11894286Abstract: A hermetically sealed electronics module includes a core IC installed on a substrate. A collar surrounds the core IC and is sealed to the substrate and to a lid, forming a sealed chamber. A heat spreader bonded to an internal surface of the lid extends downward into proximal thermal contact with the core IC. A thin layer of TIM can be applied between the heat spreader and core IC. The heat spreader does not overlap any tall components that extend above the core IC, and can extend over regions adjacent to the core IC. Tall components can be limited to a periphery of the chamber, and/or the heat spreader can include openings that surround central tall components. The heat spreader can be soldered or welded to the lid over an entire upper surface of the heat spreader. X-ray and/or CSAM scanning can detect heat spreader bonding flaws.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.Inventors: Keith K Sturcken, Kenneth J. Cross, Michael J. O'Connor
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Patent number: 11894285Abstract: A back plate assembly includes a base plate formed with a groove having a bottom wall and a pair of side walls opposite to each other in a first horizontal direction, and an arch plate assembled into the groove and having a pair of opposite ends in the first horizontal direction. A pair of end surfaces of the ends of the arch plate abut against the side walls and a part of a middle portion of the arch plate between the ends is not in contact with the bottom wall of the groove.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jiefeng Zhang, Zhiqiang Li, Biaobing Lv, Guoxiao Shen, Wei Zhao, Jinqiang Wang
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Patent number: 11889649Abstract: The present invention relates to an energy storage device, comprising a switchgear cabinet housing in which a plurality of receiving spaces are provided, in which receiving spaces at least one control device and a variable number of electrical storage blocks are accommodated in an exchangeable manner, wherein the storage blocks can be selectively interconnected in series or in parallel and are connected to power connections by means of a current controller. Therefore, it is initially proposed to form the control device which is installed in the switchgear cabinet housing and the associated power electronics components themselves in a reconfigurable or variable manner in order to allow the controller and power electronics to be matched to another mode of operation or another application, without having to exchange the control and power electronics module and provide corresponding wiring for this purpose.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Liebherr-Components Biberach GmbHInventors: Sven Welser, Harald Wanner, Daniel Ried, Michael Schuler, Markus Eichler, Dietmar Sigg
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Patent number: 11889614Abstract: An electronics assembly used in a vehicle included a printed circuit board (PCB) having a first side and a second side; a plurality of electrical components mounted on the first side of the PCB; a heat sink, configured to receive cooling fluid from a source, positioned adjacent to the second side of the PCB; and a cooling fluid conduit, configured to communicate the cooling fluid from a fluid inlet to a fluid outlet, wherein the cooling fluid conduit is positioned adjacent to the first side of the PCB and directly contacts an outer surface of the electrical components.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: BORGWARNER INC.Inventor: Lathom Alexander Louco
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Patent number: 11882645Abstract: A laminate carrier-like module lid including multiple laminate layers of non-conductive materials stacked one atop another, sensor circuitry embedded within the laminate carrier-like module lid, the sensor circuitry providing a continuous electrical circuit surrounding the electronic components of the multi-chip module package, and thermal circuitry embedded within the laminate carrier-like module lid, the thermal circuitry comprising solid copper traces to thermally conduct heat from the electronic components of the multi-chip module package.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sushumna Iruvanti, James Busby, Philipp K Buchling Rego, Steven Paul Ostrander, Thomas Anthony Wassick, William Santiago-Fernandez, Nihad Hadzic
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Patent number: 11869760Abstract: Power electronics device assemblies, circuit board assemblies, and power electronics assemblies are disclosed. In one embodiment, a power electronics device assembly includes an S-cell including a first metal layer, a first graphite layer bonded to the first metal layer, an electrically insulating layer bonded to the first graphite layer, a second graphite layer bonded to the electrically insulating layer and a second metal layer bonded to the second graphite layer, the second metal layer comprising a surface and a recess provided within the surface. The power electronics device assembly further includes a power electronics device disposed within the recess of the surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Feng Zhou, Hiroshi Ukegawa
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Patent number: 11864306Abstract: A component carrier includes i) a first layer stack having a first electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one first electrically insulating layer structure, ii) a component embedded in the first layer stack, iii) a second layer stack having at least one second electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one second electrically insulating layer structure, and iv) a thermally conductive block embedded in the second layer stack. Hereby, the first layer stack and the second layer stack are connected with each other so that a thermal path from the embedded component via the thermally conductive block up to an exterior surface of the component carrier has a minimum thermal conductivity of at least 7 W/mK, in particular at least 40 W/mK. Further, a method of manufacturing the component carrier is described.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: AT&SAustria Technologie & Systemtechnik AGInventors: Erich Schlaffer, Sebastian Sattler
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Patent number: 11862531Abstract: This disclosure provides a power device, a power device assembly, and a related apparatus. The power device includes a package body and a plurality of pins. The package body includes a substrate structure, a semiconductor die, and a molded package. The semiconductor die is disposed on the substrate structure. The substrate structure includes a heat dissipation surface connectable to a heat sink. A first end of each pin is connected to the substrate structure. The molded package covers the semiconductor die and the substrate structure excluding the heat dissipation surface. A second end of each pin and the heat dissipation surface are both uncovered from the molded package. The second end of each pin includes a mounting surface connectable to a circuit board through a surface-mount technology to form an electrical connection.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Yankun Xu, Yue Chen, Yang Zhao, Ruoyang Du
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Patent number: 11856687Abstract: A power electronics system has a housing, a cooling device, a power semiconductor module and a capacitor device. The cooling device has a first and a second main surface. The power semiconductor module is arranged on the first main surface and is in thermally conducting contact with the cooling device and the capacitor device is arranged on the second main surface and is in thermally conducting contact with the cooling device. At least one DC connection device is connected to a DC module connection of the power semiconductor module and has a first cooling section, which is in thermally conducting contact with the cooling device.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Sandro Bulovic