Patents by Inventor George Anthony Meyer, IV

George Anthony Meyer, IV 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: 20180164041
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a phase-changing heat dissipater and a manufacturing method thereof. The heat dissipater includes a main body, a capillary structure and a working fluid. The capillary structure is composed of a plurality of metal powders being provided on an inner wall of the main body with a spraying means and processed with a sintering process for being formed thereon; and the working fluid is filled in the main body. Accordingly, the capillary structure is able to be tightly adhered in main body, thereby effectively preventing the capillary structure from being damaged and enhancing the heat conducting performance of the phase-changing heat dissipater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: George Anthony Meyer, IV, Hsin-Hua WEN, Ming-Kuei HSIEH, Chieh-Ping CHEN
  • Publication number: 20160305715
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a phase-changing heat dissipater and a manufacturing method thereof. The heat dissipater includes a main body, a capillary structure and a working fluid. The capillary structure is composed of a plurality of metal powders being provided on an inner wall of the main body with a spraying means and processed with a sintering process for being formed thereon; and the working fluid is filled in the main body. Accordingly, the capillary structure is able to be tightly adhered in main body, thereby effectively preventing the capillary structure from being damaged and enhancing the heat conducting performance of the phase-changing heat dissipater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: George Anthony Meyer, IV, Hsin-Hua WEN, Ming-Kuei HSIEH, Chieh-Ping CHEN
  • Patent number: 8792238
    Abstract: A heat-dissipating module having a loop-type vapor chamber includes a heat-dissipating body, a loop-type vapor chamber, and a heat-conducting medium. The loop-type vapor chamber is completely covered by the heat-dissipating body. The loop-type vapor chamber includes a loop body, a wick structure and a supporting structure. The loop body includes a bottom plate and a cover plate. A vacuum chamber is formed between the bottom plate and the cover plate. The wick structure is arranged on inner surfaces of the cover plate and the bottom plate. The supporting structure abuts the wick structure toward the cover plate and the bottom plate. The loop-type vapor chamber is tightly connected to the heat-dissipating body via the heat-conducting medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Celsia Technologies Taiwan, Inc.
    Inventors: George Anthony Meyer, IV, Chien-Hung Sun, Chieh-Ping Chen, Yung-Tai Lu, Ming-Kuei Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20130199757
    Abstract: A heat-dissipating module having a loop-type vapor chamber includes a heat-dissipating body, a loop-type vapor chamber, and a heat-conducting medium. The loop-type vapor chamber is completely covered by the heat-dissipating body. The loop-type vapor chamber includes a loop body, a wick structure and a supporting structure. The loop body includes a bottom plate and a cover plate. A vacuum chamber is formed between the bottom plate and the cover plate. The wick structure is arranged on inner surfaces of the cover plate and the bottom plate. The supporting structure abuts the wick structure toward the cover plate and the bottom plate. The loop-type vapor chamber is tightly connected to the heat-dissipating body via the heat-conducting medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventors: George Anthony. Meyer, IV, Chien-Hung Sun, Chieh-Ping Chen, Yung-Tai Lu, Ming-Kuei Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20130168052
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat pipe and a composition of a capillary wick thereof. The heat pipe includes a main body, a capillary wick and a working fluid. The main body has an inner wall surface. The capillary wick is combined on the inner wall surface. The capillary wick includes a first capillary powder of 30 weight percent and a second capillary powder of 70 weight percent. The size of particles of the first capillary powder is smaller than that of the second capillary powder. The working fluid is filled in the main body of the heat pipe. The first capillary powder and the second capillary powder are mixed to each other uniformly to be sintered on the inner wall surface of the heat pipe. By this arrangement, the heat pipe can achieve the maximum performance to remove the heat generated by an electronic element rapidly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: George Anthony Meyer, IV, Chien-Hung Sun, Chieh-Ping Chen, Ming-Kuei Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20120325437
    Abstract: A flat heat pipe with a capillary structure includes a pipe body and a capillary tissue. The pipe body is substantially hollow and flat and includes a bottom wall and a top wall opposite to the bottom wall, and both walls are formed on the pipe body, and an appropriate quantity of working fluid is sealed inside the pipe body. The capillary tissue is covered onto an internal side of the bottom wall, and the capillary tissue includes a plurality of protrusions formed inside the pipe body and extended along the lengthwise direction of the pipe body, and a gap is reserved between the protrusions and the internal side of the top wall to form an air passage. The protrusions formed by the capillary tissue can provide sufficient capillary forces and also produce the gap to form the air passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: George Anthony Meyer, IV, Chien-Hung Sun, Chieh-Ping Chen, Te-Hsuan Chin
  • Publication number: 20120325438
    Abstract: A heat pipe with a flexible support structure includes a pipe body and a support, and the support is installed in the pipe body and includes a first row of side plates and a second row of side plates extended along the lengthwise direction of the pipe body and a plurality of support elements coupled between the first and second rows of side plates, and each support element abuts the internal side of a capillary tissue of the pipe body. Plate elements of the first and second rows of side plates are arranged with an interval apart from each other and in sections along the lengthwise direction of the pipe body, and the plate elements of the first row of side plates and the plate elements of the second row of side plates are aligned alternately with each other. The support is flexible to facilitate users to bend the heat pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: George Anthony Meyer, IV, Chien-Hung Sun, Chieh-Ping Chen, Te-Hsuan Chin
  • Publication number: 20120285662
    Abstract: The vapor chamber includes a casing, wick structure, working fluid and filling/degassing tube. The casing is composed of two plates and has a chamber therein. The wick structure and working fluid are disposed in the chamber. The filling/degassing tube is connected with the casing to form a passage communicating with the chamber. A portion of the plates which overlaps the filling/degassing tube is pressed to deform for making the passage closed. And the outer end of the filling/degassing tube is flush with the side of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: George Anthony Meyer, IV, Chien-Hung Sun, Chieh-Ping Chen, Ming-Kuei Hsieh, Te-Hsuan Chin
  • Publication number: 20120279687
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flat-type heat pipe and a wick structure thereof. The flat-type heat pipe has a flat tube. The wick structure is arranged inside the flat tube along an axial line of the flat tube. The wick structure comprises a first wick portion and two second wick portions connected on both sides of the first wick portion. The thickness of the first wick portion is larger than that of the second wick portion. The first wick portion abuts against an upper inner wall of the flat tube. An air channel is formed between each of the second wick portions and the upper inner wall of the flat tube. The wick structure supports the inner wall of the flat-type heat pipe without providing additional supporting structure, so that the heat pipe can be made more compact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: George Anthony Meyer, IV, Chien-Hung Sun, Chieh-Ping Chen, Te-Hsuan Chin
  • Publication number: 20120186798
    Abstract: A cooling module for an LED lamp includes a thermostatic plate, a hollow column, and a plurality of cooling fins. The thermostatic plate has an evaporating segment and a pair of condensing segments extending from the evaporating segment. The outer surface of the hollow column has a pair of grooves corresponding to each other. The condensing segments of the thermostatic plate are buried in the grooves. The cooling fins surround and thermally contact the outer rim of the hollow column and the condensing segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: George Anthony Meyer, IV, Chien-Hung Sun, Chieh-Ping Chen
  • Publication number: 20120097371
    Abstract: A serially-connected heat-dissipating fin assembly includes a plurality of heat-dissipating fins and a thermal-conducting element. Each of the heat-dissipating fins is provided with a hollow connecting portion for allowing the thermal-conducting element to be disposed through. The inner edge of the connecting portion of the respective heat-dissipating fins is provided with a protruding wall. The protruding wall is provided with a plurality of abutting portions slightly protruding toward the connecting portions. The surface of the thermal-conducting element is brought into frictional contact with the abutting portions to thereby tightly fit into the connecting portions of the respective heat-dissipating fins. With the interference fit between the respective abutting portions and the surface of the thermal-conducting element, it is unnecessary to use solders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: George Anthony. Meyer, IV, Chien-Hung Sun, Chieh-Ping Chen
  • Patent number: 8134834
    Abstract: A clamp-type heat sink for a memory includes two heat conducting modules, a pivot shaft, and an elastic element. The heat conducting module includes an isothermal vapor chamber plate and a heat dissipating body coupled to the isothermal vapor chamber plate. The heat dissipating body includes a base plate and heat dissipating fins extended from the base plate. The base plate includes a shaft hole for passing the pivot shaft, such that each heat dissipating body is installed serially, and the elastic element is sheathed onto the pivot shaft and includes two elastic arms extended from the elastic element and abutted against each heat dissipating body, such that each isothermal vapor chamber plate is clamped and attached onto an external side of the memory to improve the convenience and integrity of the assembling and removal process to achieve a quick assembling or removal effect and prevent the components from missing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Celsia Technologies Taiwan, Inc.
    Inventors: George Anthony Meyer, IV, Chien-Hung Sun, Chieh-Ping Chen, Hsien-Tsang Liu
  • Publication number: 20120037344
    Abstract: A flat heat pipe having a swirl core includes a flat sealed casing having smooth inner walls, a working fluid filled within the flat sealed casing, and a swirl core disposed along a central axis of the flat sealed casing to support upper and lower inner walls of the flat sealed casing. Two airflow channels are formed between the swirl core and left and right inner walls of the flat sealed casing for allowing vapors of the working fluid to flow through. The swirl core is made by winding a metallic woven mesh in at least two circles for allowing the working fluid to flow through. A center of the swirl core is formed with a reflow channel. By this arrangement, the swirl core is used as a wick structure for allowing the working fluid to flow through, thereby saving the cost and time for manufacturing the wick structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: George Anthony Meyer, IV, Chien-Hung Sun, Chieh-Ping Chen, Ming-Kuei Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20110315351
    Abstract: A vapor chamber having a composite supporting structure includes a flat sealed casing; a wick structure, a working fluid and a composite supporting structure. The composite supporting structure has a waved supporting rack and at least one supporting pillar. The waved supporting rack is configured to support upper and lower inner walls of the flat sealed casing. The waved supporting rack has plural separated channels for allowing vapor of the working fluid to flow through. Both ends of the at least one supporting pillar are respectively connected to the flat sealed casing or the wick structure. With this arrangement, compressive strength and tensile strength of the vapor chamber can be increased simultaneously without obstructing the circulation of liquid/vapor phases of the working fluid and reducing the thermal-conducting efficiency thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: George Anthony. Meyer, IV, Chien-Hung Sun, Chieh-Ping Chen, Yung-Tai Lu, Te-Hsuan Chin, Mei-Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20110315356
    Abstract: A heat-dissipating device includes a heat-dissipating body, a vapor chamber and a fan assembly. The heat-dissipating body includes a thermal-conductive element and a radial fin assembly. The thermal-conductive element includes a solid post and extending arms extending therefrom. The radial fin assembly includes radially-arranged heat-dissipating fins that form a central hole to enclose the sold post, engaging troughs inserted by the extending arms, and an airflow space. An air channel is formed between any two heat-dissipating fins. The vapor chamber is provided at one end of the solid post, while the fan assembly is arranged on the other end and received in the airflow space to correspond to the respective air channels. Thus, the mobility of air and the heat-dissipating efficiency can be increased, thereby conforming to the requirements for compact design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: George Anthony. Meyer, IV, Chien-Hung Sun, Chieh-Ping Chen, Hsien-Tsang Liu
  • Publication number: 20110310563
    Abstract: A clamp-type heat sink for a memory includes two heat conducting modules, a pivot shaft, and an elastic element. The heat conducting module includes an isothermal vapor chamber plate and a heat dissipating body coupled to the isothermal vapor chamber plate. The heat dissipating body includes a base plate and heat dissipating fins extended from the base plate. The base plate includes a shaft hole for passing the pivot shaft, such that each heat dissipating body is installed serially, and the elastic element is sheathed onto the pivot shaft and includes two elastic arms extended from the elastic element and abutted against each heat dissipating body, such that each isothermal vapor chamber plate is clamped and attached onto an external side of the memory to improve the convenience and integrity of the assembling and removal process to achieve a quick assembling or removal effect and prevent the components from missing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: George Anthony Meyer, IV, Chien-Hung Sun, Chieh-Ping Chen, Hsien-Tsang Liu
  • Publication number: 20110297355
    Abstract: A heat-conducting module for heat conduction of an electronic heat-generating element includes a heat pipe and a vapor chamber. The vapor chamber has an evaporating section brought into thermal contact with the electronic heat-generating element and a heat-conducting section located away from the evaporating section and wrapping around the heat pipe. With this arrangement, the contact area and heat-conducting efficiency between the vapor chamber and the heat pipe can be increased greatly, thereby obtaining a heat-conducting module with an excellent heat-conducting efficiency. With a heat-dissipating fin assembly and a fan being connected to the heat pipe, a heat-dissipating device having the aforesaid heat-conducting module can be obtained, whereby the heat of the vapor chamber and the heat pipe can be rapidly dissipated to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: George Anthony Meyer, IV, Chien-Hung Sun, Chieh-Ping Chen
  • Patent number: 8059406
    Abstract: In a memory device and its heat sink, the memory device includes a memory, a heat sink mounted onto the memory and a clamping element, and the heat sink includes an isothermal vapor chamber plate and a heat dissipating body, and the isothermal vapor chamber plate is attached onto an external side of the memory and includes an insert portion, and the heat dissipating body includes a base plate, a plurality of heat dissipating fins extended from the base plate, and a pawl arm extended from the base plate and in an opposite direction of the fins, and the heat dissipating body is coupled to the insert portion in a replaceable manner by the pawl arm, and the clamping element is provided for clamping the base plate and the isothermal vapor chamber plate, such that the heat dissipating body can be replaced on the isothermal vapor chamber plate easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Celsia Technologies Taiwan, Inc.
    Inventors: George Anthony Meyer, IV, Chien-Hung Sun, Chieh-Ping Chen, Hsien-Tsang Liu
  • Publication number: 20110232877
    Abstract: A compact vapor chamber configured to thermally conduct heat of an electronic heat-generating element includes a flat sealed casing; a wick structure arranged on inner walls of the flat sealed casing; a working fluid filled inside the flat sealed casing; and an evaporating section formed on a portion of the vapor chamber. An outer surface of the flat sealed casing on the evaporating section has a recess for covering the electronic heat-generating element. The recess is brought into thermal contact with the electronic heat-generating element. With this arrangement, when the compact vapor chamber is brought into thermal contact the electronic heat-generating element for heat dissipation, the distance of the electronic heat-generating element protruding from the compact vapor chamber is reduced, thereby facilitating the compact design of an electronic product. Further, the present invention provides a heat-dissipating module having such a compact vapor chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: George Anthony Meyer, IV, Chien-Hung Sun, Chieh-Ping Chen
  • Patent number: 8011361
    Abstract: A tower type heat dissipating structure is applied to dissipate the heat of a solar power system. The solar power system is provided with a reflector having a hemispheric surface for reflecting the sunlight to a solar cell. The heat dissipating structure comprises a heat-conducting plate, a plate type heat pipe and a plurality of heat dissipating fins. One side of the heat-conducting plate is connected with the solar cell, and the other side is provided with a groove for being embedded an end of the plate type heat pipe. The heat dissipating fins is arranged with an inclination angle against the plate type heat pipe that can promote the heated air within the gaps to rise. The heat is rapidly conduced to prevent the solar cell from being destroyed by overheating for reducing the repairing costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Celsia Technologies Taiwan, Inc.
    Inventors: George Anthony Meyer, IV, Chien-Hung Sun, Chieh-Ping Chen