Patents Examined by Zachary Pape
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Patent number: 11818869Abstract: A heat dissipation structure assembly includes an elastic limiting member, a thermal grease wall, a fitting member, a phase-change metal, and an assembling plate. The elastic limiting member is adapted to be disposed at a periphery of a heat source. The thermal grease wall is adapted to be in contact with the periphery of the heat source. The fitting member is in contact with the thermal grease wall and engaged with the elastic limiting member. The phase-change metal is adapted to be filled into a region among the fitting member, the thermal grease wall, and the heat source. When a temperature of the phase-change metal exceeds a critical temperature, a state of the phase-change metal is changed to a liquid state. The assembling plate is connected to the fitting member, and the assembling plate is in contact with the thermal grease wall.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignees: MICRO-STAR INT'L CO., LIMITED., MSI ELECTRONIC (KUN SHAN) CO., LTD.Inventors: Cheng-Lung Chen, Chia-Ming Chang
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Patent number: 11818832Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include assemblies. In an embodiment, an assembly comprises a socket and a bolster plate on a board, where the bolster plate has load studs and an opening that surrounds the socket; a shim having first and second ends; and a carrier on the bolster plate, where the carrier has an opening and cutouts. The shim may have an opening through the first end as the second end is affixed to the carrier. The opening of the shim entirely over one cutout from a corner region of the carrier. In an embodiment, the assembly comprises an electronic package in the opening of the carrier, where the electronic package is affixed to the carrier, and a heatsink over the electronic package and carrier, where the first end is directly coupled to a surface of the heatsink and a surface of one load stud of the bolster plate.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Feroz Mohammad, Ralph V. Miele, Thomas Boyd, Steven A. Klein, Gregorio R. Murtagian, Eric W. Buddrius, Daniel Neumann, Rolf Laido
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Patent number: 11800689Abstract: An inventive embodiment comprises a thermalization arrangement at cryogenic temperatures. The arrangement comprises a dielectric substrate (2) layer on which substrate a device/s or component/s (1) are positionable. A heat sink component (4) is attached on another side of the substrate. The arrangement further comprises a conductive layer (5) between the substrate layer (2) and the heat sink component (4). A joint between the substrate layer (2) and the conductive layer (5) has minimal thermal boundary resistance. Another joint between the conductive layer (5) and the cooling heat sink layer (4) is electrically conductive.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT OyInventors: Mika Prunnila, Alberto Ronzani, Emma Mykkänen, Antti Kemppinen, Janne Lehtinen
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Patent number: 11792912Abstract: A heat dissipation structure includes a heat sink, a first thermal interface material, a second thermal interface material, a circuit board and a circuit element. The first thermal interface material is connected to the heat sink and has fluidity. The second thermal interface material is connected to the first thermal interface material and has no fluidity. The circuit board is connected to the second thermal interface material and has an opening, a top board surface and a bottom board surface. The circuit element includes a convex portion and a base portion. The convex portion has a top convex surface and is disposed in the opening. The base portion is connected to the convex portion and the bottom board surface. The second thermal interface material is connected to the top board surface and the top convex surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATIONInventor: Bo-Yen Chen
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Patent number: 11792911Abstract: An apparatus comprising chips mounted to a substrate, wherein one or more of the chips comprises a first height and one or more of the chips comprises a second height, wherein the first height is taller than the second height. A cold plate located above the plurality of chips, wherein the cold plate includes a bottom wall and a top wall, wherein the cold plate includes a plurality of cooling fins that are attached to the bottom wall of the cold plate, wherein the cold plate accommodates the plurality of chips, wherein the chips includes chips having the first height and the second height.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Shurong Tian, Todd Edward Takken
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Patent number: 11785742Abstract: A heat sink for use in drawing heat away from electronic devices such as solid state drives (SSDs) includes microchannels formed along its length. The microchannels may have a triangular cross-section and may be formed by additive manufacturing. Two pairs of microchannels are provided, with coolant fluid running in a first direction through the first pair, and in a second opposite direction in the second pair to minimize thermal gradients along the length of the SSD and heat sink. The walls of the microchannel may be formed with a roughness that provides turbulent flow through the microchannels. The turbulent flow together with the large surface area of the three sides of the triangular microchannels increases the heat transfer coefficient of the microchannels, while the triangular shape and pumping fluid through a pair of microchannels reduces pressure drop along the microchannels.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Puurnaraj Nadarajah, Mutharasu Devarajan
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Patent number: 11766787Abstract: This application describes multi-path cooling arrangements for robotic systems. For example, a robotic system can include a heat generating component positioned within a base that supports one or more articulating links. The heat generating component can be supported on a thermally conductive bracket within the base. The robotic system can include a first thermally conductive path configured to dissipate heat from the heat generating component. The first thermally conductive path can include the bracket and a first heatsink connected to the bracket. The robotic system can also include a second thermally conductive path configured to dissipate heat from the heat generating component. The second thermally conductive path can include the bracket, a thermal pad positioned on the bracket, and a second heatsink positioned on a second side of the base.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: OMRON CORPORATIONInventor: Daniel P. Norboe
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Patent number: 11755079Abstract: A computer includes a casing, an electronic assembly, and a water cooling assembly. The casing, forms an accommodation space. The casing has an interior fluid channel located at at least one side of the casing, and a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet which are in fluid communication with the interior fluid channel. The electronic assembly is located in the accommodation space. The water cooling assembly includes a first water block and a radiator. The first water block is in thermal contact with the electronic assembly, the first water block, the radiator, and the interior fluid channel located at the at least one side of the casing are in fluid communication with each other so as to form a circulation channel, and the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet of the casing are respectively in fluid communication with the radiator and the first water block.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: COOLER MASTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Ying-Chun Chen, Yu-Te Wei, Tsung-Wei Lin
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Patent number: 11744052Abstract: A power electronics unit for an electric motor of a motor vehicle drive, having a plate-like cooling element, at least one semiconductor module and a module holder which consists of plastic and secures the at least one semiconductor module relative to the cooling element. The module holder is fixed to the cooling element via an interlocking snap connection.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventor: Gregor Müller
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Patent number: 11744051Abstract: An apparatus to cool electronics in an autonomous vehicle, where the autonomous vehicle includes significant computing power to receive data from on-board sensor, cellular data and user interactions and to navigate an environment to a predetermined location. The cooling system includes a radiator, fan, pump and cold plate. The cold plate is formed from two plates with extended surfaces that are mated together so that the cavities around the extended surfaces form a flow passage. The electronics processing the data and navigating are mounted on the outside surface of the cold plate.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventor: Christopher C. Langenfeld
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Patent number: 11744050Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed. An example coolant system can be configured in an autonomous vehicle. The system can include a first coolant loop configured with a first series of coolant hoses to communicate a first volume of coolant fluid between a first reservoir, a first coolant pump, a three-way heat exchanger, and a computer system heat exchanger and a second coolant loop configured with a second series of coolant hoses to communicate a second volume of coolant fluid between a second reservoir, a second coolant pump, the three way heat exchanger, and the computer system heat exchanger. The system can further include a third coolant loop configured with a third series of coolant hoses to communicate third volume of coolant fluid between the three-way heat exchanger and an engine heat exchanger of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLCInventors: Roger Lo, Brian Schlotterbeck
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Patent number: 11737241Abstract: A heat dissipation apparatus, a remote radio unit, a baseband processing unit and a base station are disclosed. According to an embodiment, the heat dissipation apparatus comprises a base and a plurality of first heat sink fins arranged in parallel on the base. On a top of each first heat sink fin of the plurality of first heat sink fins, a first heat dissipation component and a second heat dissipation component are sequentially arranged along the parallel direction of the plurality of first heat sink fins. The first heat dissipation component comprises a bottom plate and a plurality of second heat sink fins which are arranged at intervals along the parallel direction on a top face of the bottom plate. Each second heat sink fin has a shape of a comb having three or more comb teeth.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Haigang Xiong, Kai Yang, Bo Xiao, Mengyu Huang
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Patent number: 11729955Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed relating to welding-type power supplies. In some examples, the power supplies may have no vents, which may help prevent environmental contaminants from entering the power supplies. Instead, the power supplies include one or more thermal interfaces configured to conduct heat generated by internal circuitry of the power supply from the interior of the power supply to an exterior of the power supply. Additionally, the thermal interface(s) may be configured for attachment to one or more exterior heat dissipating devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Alan Adam Manthe, Nicholas James Dessart
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Patent number: 11723177Abstract: A cooling device for heat dissipation from an electronic component includes a heating tube having a heating tube surface, a cooling element having a first cooling element side formed with a slot recess which at least partially encloses the heating tube, and a fiber structure made of fibers and arranged on the heating tube surface in a region in which the heating tube is at least partially enclosed by the slot recess. The fibers on the heating tube surface of the heating tube in the region of the slot recess form a mechanical connection with a cooling element surface of the cooling element.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thomas Bigl, Alexander Hensler, Stephan Neugebauer, Ewgenij Ochs, Philipp Oschmann, Stefan Pfefferlein, Ulrich Wetzel
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Patent number: 11723179Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrical device using a cooling device, which includes a first box, a second box arranged on one side of the first box, and a power device arranged inside the first box. The cooling device is arranged inside the second box, and the cooling device includes a substrate evaporator, a first condenser and a pipe. The cooling device is configured to collect the heat inside the first box to the second box, that is, the substrate evaporator directly absorbs the heat generated by the high-power devices inside the first box. Moreover, the spoiler fan arranged inside the first box can disturb the air inside the first box, so that the spoiler fan and the first box evaporator cooperate to exchange heat in the air inside the first box.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhi Yuan, Jie Zhou, Liwen Hu
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Patent number: 11716831Abstract: A electronic device includes: a plurality of substrates each including a substrate main body and a heat generating element, the plurality of substrates being provided side by side in a plate thickness direction; a cooler which is provided between the substrates adjacent to each other, and configured to cool the heat generating element; and a piping which is made of metal, and is connected to the cooler. The piping includes: an inner piping portion which is arranged in an inter-substrate region, and is connected to the cooler; an inner piping extending portion provided so as to extend from the inner piping portion to an outer side of the inter-substrate region; and an outer piping portion which is arranged to be shifted from the inter-substrate region, and is connected to the inner piping extending portion. The outer piping portion includes a movable piping portion that is deformable.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Kise, Hiroaki Ishikawa, Takashi Moriyama, Yuki Sakata
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Patent number: 11706904Abstract: An electronic device is provided, which may include a first housing; a second housing configured to accommodate at least a portion of the first housing and guide a sliding movement of the first housing; a display including a first display area disposed on the first housing and a second display area extending from the first display area; a PCB configured to accommodate at least one electronic component; a support member configured to support the PCB; a side wall member connected to the support member and facing at least a portion of the first housing; a heat dissipation sheet configured to receive heat from the at least one electronic component, the heat dissipation sheet being disposed on the support member and the side wall member; and a heat dissipation member disposed on the side wall member and facing the heat dissipation sheet.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Inventors: Jooyoung Kang, Myunghoon Kwak, Baekeun Cho, Hyunsuk Kim, Sanghyuk Park, Soohyun Seo, Nakhyun Choi, Yangwook Kim, Hyunju Hong
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Patent number: 11706902Abstract: A cold plate may include a plate body having a thermal conductive side; a plurality of parallel hollow fluid channels running inside the plate body; at least one fluid inlet in direct fluid communication with a first subset of the plurality of parallel hollow fluid channels; at least one fluid outlet in direct fluid communication with a second subset of the plurality of parallel hollow fluid channels; and a porous thermal conductive structure which fluidly connect the first subset of the plurality of parallel hollow fluid channels to the second subset of the plurality of parallel hollow fluid channels, and which is in thermal contact with the thermal conductive side of the plate body. The porous thermal conductive structure may include a plurality of elongate fluid contact surface regions, each may be extending continuously lengthwise along a longitudinal side of respective fluid channel to serve as a fluid interface.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: AEM SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.Inventors: See Jean Chan, Zhaomeng Wang
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Patent number: 11690202Abstract: An electronic rack includes one or more servers, where each server is contained within a respective server container, and each server is at least partially submerged in two-phase liquid coolant, where, while the server generates heat that is transferred to the two phase liquid coolant thereby causing some of the two phase liquid coolant to turn into a vapor. The electronic rack includes a condenser container and condensing coils mounted at a top portion of the electronic rack to condense the vapor into the two-phase liquid coolant. The electronic rack includes a vapor manifold along a length of the electronic rack, the vapor manifold coupling the condenser container to a respective server, where the vapor manifold carries the vapor from the servers to the condensing coils. The electronic rack includes a first return line coupled to the condenser container, to return the two-phase liquid coolant to a coolant unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: BAIDU USA LLCInventor: Tianyi Gao
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Patent number: 11690195Abstract: A cooling system for power semiconductor switches is provided. The cooling system includes a heat sink that is pressed against the power semiconductor switch. A plenum is also provided with an opening through a wall thereof which is aligned with the heat sink. A fan draws air through or around the heat sink and through the plenum wall opening and the plenum in order to cool the power semiconductor switch.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AGInventors: Thomas Kendzia, III, Christopher Alan Belcastro, Taylor Miller