Patents by Inventor Jim E. Loro

Jim E. Loro 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).

  • Patent number: 7760508
    Abstract: A thermal management device for a circuit substrate having at least a first heat generating component and at least a second heat generating component, the thermal management device includes a first thermal spreader and a second thermal spreader. The second thermal spreader is mountable to the circuit substrate to thermally couple with the second heat generating component. Additionally, the second thermal spreader is adapted to couple to the first thermal spreader to thermally couple the first thermal spreader to the first heat generating component when the second thermal spreader is mounted to the circuit substrate. The thermal management device also includes a bias device that is coupled to the first thermal spreader and the second thermal spreader and is adapted to maintain the thermal coupling between the first thermal spreader and the first heat generating component when the second thermal spreader is mounted to the circuit substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: ATI Technologies ULC
    Inventors: Gamal Refai-Ahmed, Robert A. Wiley, Jim E. Loro
  • Publication number: 20080192441
    Abstract: A thermal management device for a circuit substrate having at least a first heat generating component and at least a second heat generating component, the thermal management device includes a first thermal spreader and a second thermal spreader. The second thermal spreader is mountable to the circuit substrate to thermally couple with the second heat generating component. Additionally, the second thermal spreader is adapted to couple to the first thermal spreader to thermally couple the first thermal spreader to the first heat generating component when the second thermal spreader is mounted to the circuit substrate. The thermal management device also includes a bias device that is coupled to the first thermal spreader and the second thermal spreader and is adapted to maintain the thermal coupling between the first thermal spreader and the first heat generating component when the second thermal spreader is mounted to the circuit substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: ATI Technologies ULC
    Inventors: Gamal Refai-Ahmed, Robert A. Wiley, Jim E. Loro
  • Patent number: 7362583
    Abstract: A thermal management device for a circuit substrate having at least a first heat generating component and at least a second heat generating component, the thermal management device includes a first thermal spreader and a second thermal spreader. The second thermal spreader is mountable to the circuit substrate to thermally couple with the second heat generating component. Additionally, the second thermal spreader is adapted to couple to the first thermal spreader to thermally couple the first thermal spreader to the first heat generating component when the second thermal spreader is mounted to the circuit substrate. The thermal management device also includes a bias device that is coupled to the first thermal spreader and the second thermal spreader and is adapted to maintain the thermal coupling between the first thermal spreader and the first heat generating component when the second thermal spreader is mounted to the circuit substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: ATI Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Gamal Refai-Ahmed, Robert A. Wiley, Jim E. Loro
  • Patent number: 7283364
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thermal management apparatus used to manage temperature of components mounted to a circuit substrate, such as electronic or optical components. The apparatus includes a heat dissipation structure that includes at least one protrusion extending from a surface of the heat dissipation structure. A carrier structure is also included and engages with the heat dissipation structure. The carrier structure includes an aperture that receives the at least one protrusion. Additionally, the apparatus includes at least one biasing structure that is configured to allow movement of the heat dissipation structure relative to the carrier structure and provides a biasing force tending to move the heat dissipation structure and carrier structure together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: ATI Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Gamal Refai-Ahmed, Xiaohua H. Sun, Nima Osqueizadeh, Salim Lakhani, Jim E. Loro, A. Mei Lan Shepherd-Murray, Ross Lau