Patents by Inventor C. Scott Schaeffer

C. Scott Schaeffer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Porous media cold plate
    Patent number: 8397796
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for cooling a heat generating device including a base having a recess with a base coolant inlet opening and a base coolant outlet opening. A porous core is positioned within the recess of the base, and has a core coolant inlet opening and a core coolant outlet opening that are arranged in corresponding relation with base coolant inlet opening and a base coolant outlet opening so as to be in fluid communication. A porous gasket is pinched between the porous core and the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Thermal Corp.
    Inventors: John G. Thayer, Kevin L. Wert, Mark T. North, C. Scott Schaeffer
  • POROUS MEDIA COLD PLATE
    Publication number: 20100181056
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for cooling a heat generating device including a base having a recess with a base coolant inlet opening and a base coolant outlet opening. A porous core is positioned within the recess of the base, and has a core coolant inlet opening and a core coolant outlet opening that are arranged in corresponding relation with base coolant inlet opening and a base coolant outlet opening so as to be in fluid communication. A porous gasket is pinched between the porous core and the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: John G. Thayer, Kevin L. Wert, Mark T. North, C. Scott Schaeffer
  • Porous media cold plate
    Patent number: 7690419
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for cooling a heat generating device including a base having a recess with a base coolant inlet opening and a base coolant outlet opening. A porous core is positioned within the recess of the base, and has a core coolant inlet opening and a core coolant outlet opening that are arranged in corresponding relation with base coolant inlet opening and a base coolant outlet opening so as to be in fluid communication. A porous gasket is pinched between the porous core and the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Thermal Corp.
    Inventors: John G. Thayer, Kevin L. Wert, Mark T. North, C. Scott Schaeffer
  • Porous media cold plate
    Patent number: 7044199
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for cooling a heat generating device including a base having a recess with a base coolant inlet opening and a base coolant outlet opening. A porous core is positioned within the recess of the base, and has a core coolant inlet opening and a core coolant outlet opening that are arranged in corresponding relation with base coolant inlet opening and a base coolant outlet opening so as to be in fluid communication. A porous gasket is pinched between the porous core and the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Thermal Corp.
    Inventors: John G. Thayer, Kevin L. Wert, Mark T. North, C. Scott Schaeffer
  • Fluid cooled single phase heat sink
    Patent number: 6131650
    Abstract: The apparatus is an easily assembled, fluid cooled, single phase heat sink. The heat sink is constructed of only four simple parts, a pan shaped casing, a simple thermally conductive porous pad, a manifold block with channels, and a lid. The lid includes input and output fluid holes which are interconnected to sets of alternating channels in the manifold block, so that adjacent channels are isolated from each other and are connected to only either the input or the output holes. Thus, the only access between the adjacent input and output channels is through the porous pad which is sandwiched between the manifold block and the bottom of the casing. Fluid flow through the porous pad thereby cools the entire bottom of the casing which is held in heat transfer relationship with a heat source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Thermal Corp.
    Inventors: Mark T. North, John H. Rosenfeld, David L. Muth, Brian D. Fritsch, C. Scott Schaeffer