Patents by Inventor Eric McAfee

Eric McAfee 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).

  • Publication number: 20260047043
    Abstract: Immersion cooling systems, apparatus, and related methods for cooling electronic computing platforms and/or associated electronic components are disclosed herein. An immersion cooling chassis includes a first face, a second face opposite the first face, a third face disposed between the first face and the second face, the third face perpendicular to the first face, a fourth face disposed between the first face and the second face, the fourth face perpendicular to the first face and opposite the third face, and a first portion to be cooled via a first convection of a coolant fluid, the first portion including a coolant inlet defined in the third face, and a coolant outlet defined in the first face, and a second portion to be cooled via a second convection of air, the second portion including an air inlet defined in the first face between the fourth face and the coolant outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 12, 2026
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Birch, Jimmy Chuang, Yuehong Fan, Jing-Hua John He, Eric McAfee, Suchismita Sarangi, David Shia, Ming Tien, Chuanlou Wang, Peng Wei, Casey Winkel, Berhanu Wondimu, Dong-Han Wu, Jay Wu, Shaorong Zhou
  • Publication number: 20050129483
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for holding a screw captive to a printed circuit board (PCB), with a channel formed through the apparatus and a mounting hole formed through the PCB being in alignment to allow a screw to pass therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventor: Eric McAfee
  • Publication number: 20050007743
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for releasably retaining a heatsink in contact with an IC attached to a circuitboard in which the heatsink is inserted into a spring cage that is pivotally connected with an actuation lever, wherein at least a pair of spring tabs engage the heatsink to press a thermal conductive surface of the heatsink towards a circuitboard and an IC attached to the circuitboard when the combination of the heatsink, actuation lever and spring cage are inserted into the rectangular frame of a retention module mounted on the circuitboard so as to surround the IC and the lever portion of the actuation lever is pivoted towards the spring cage so as to cause retention points on the actuator portions of the actuation lever and on the rectangular frame of the spring cage to engage corresponding retention points on the rectangular frame of the retention module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Eckblad, Eric McAfee, Andy Thompson, Glen Gordon