Patents by Inventor Richard F. Hill

Richard F. Hill 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: 20240105663
    Abstract: Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of compressible foamed thermal interface materials. Also disclosed are methods of making and using compressible foamed thermal interface materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Vijayaraghavan RAJAGOPAL, Eugene Anthony PRUSS, Richard F. HILL
  • Patent number: 11776928
    Abstract: Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of compressible foamed thermal interface materials. Also disclosed are methods of making and using compressible foamed thermal interface materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Laird Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal, Eugene Anthony Pruss, Richard F. Hill
  • Patent number: 11776868
    Abstract: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of thermal interface materials, electronic devices, and methods for establishing thermal joints between heat spreaders or lids and heat sources. In exemplary embodiments, a method of establishing a thermal joint for conducting heat between a heat spreader and a heat source of an electronic device generally includes positioning a thermal interface material (TIM1) between the heat spreader and the heat source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Laird Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason L. Strader, Richard F. Hill
  • Publication number: 20230223315
    Abstract: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of thermal interface materials, electronic devices, and methods for establishing thermal joints between heat spreaders or lids and heat sources. In exemplary embodiments, a method of establishing a thermal joint for conducting heat between a heat spreader and a heat source of an electronic device generally includes positioning a thermal interface material (TIM1) between the heat spreader and the heat source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Jason L. STRADER, Richard F. HILL
  • Patent number: 11610831
    Abstract: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of thermal interface materials, electronic devices, and methods for establishing thermal joints between heat spreaders or lids and heat sources. In exemplary embodiments, a method of establishing a thermal joint for conducting heat between a heat spreader and a heat source of an electronic device generally includes positioning a thermal interface material (TIM1) between the heat spreader and the heat source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Laird Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason L. Strader, Richard F. Hill
  • Publication number: 20220246572
    Abstract: Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of compressible foamed thermal interface materials. Also disclosed are methods of making and using compressible foamed thermal interface materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Vijayaraghavan RAJAGOPAL, Eugene Anthony PRUSS, Richard F. HILL
  • Patent number: 11276662
    Abstract: Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of compressible foamed thermal interface materials. Also disclosed are methods of making and using compressible foamed thermal interface materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventors: Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal, Eugene Anthony Pruss, Richard F. Hill
  • Publication number: 20210202343
    Abstract: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of thermal interface materials, electronic devices, and methods for establishing thermal joints between heat spreaders or lids and heat sources. In exemplary embodiments, a method of establishing a thermal joint for conducting heat between a heat spreader and a heat source of an electronic device generally includes positioning a thermal interface material (TIM1) between the heat spreader and the heat source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Jason L. STRADER, Richard F. HILL
  • Patent number: 10964617
    Abstract: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of thermal interface materials, electronic devices, and methods for establishing thermal joints between heat spreaders or lids and heat sources. In exemplary embodiments, a method of establishing a thermal joint for conducting heat between a heat spreader and a heat source of an electronic device generally includes positioning a thermal interface material (TIM1) between the heat spreader and the heat source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Laird Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason L. Strader, Richard F. Hill
  • Publication number: 20200219785
    Abstract: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of thermal interface materials, electronic devices, and methods for establishing thermal joints between heat spreaders or lids and heat sources. In exemplary embodiments, a method of establishing a thermal joint for conducting heat between a heat spreader and a heat source of an electronic device generally includes positioning a thermal interface material (TIM1) between the heat spreader and the heat source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Jason L. STRADER, Richard F. HILL
  • Patent number: 10600714
    Abstract: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of thermal interface materials, electronic devices, and methods for establishing thermal joints between heat spreaders or lids and heat sources. In exemplary embodiments, a method of establishing a thermal joint for conducting heat between a heat spreader and a heat source of an electronic device generally includes positioning a thermal interface material (TIM1) between the heat spreader and the heat source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Laird Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason L. Strader, Richard F. Hill
  • Publication number: 20190371697
    Abstract: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of thermal interface materials, electronic devices, and methods for establishing thermal joints between heat spreaders or lids and heat sources. In exemplary embodiments, a method of establishing a thermal joint for conducting heat between a heat spreader and a heat source of an electronic device generally includes positioning a thermal interface material (TIM1) between the heat spreader and the heat source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Jason L. STRADER, Richard F. HILL
  • Publication number: 20190348388
    Abstract: Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of compressible foamed thermal interface materials. Also disclosed are methods of making and using compressible foamed thermal interface materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Vijayaraghavan RAJAGOPAL, Eugene Anthony PRUSS, Richard F. HILL
  • Patent number: 10373891
    Abstract: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of thermal interface materials, electronic devices, and methods for establishing thermal joints between heat spreaders or lids and heat sources. In exemplary embodiments, a method of establishing a thermal joint for conducting heat between a heat spreader and a heat source of an electronic device generally includes positioning a thermal interface material (TIM1) between the heat spreader and the heat source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Laird Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason L. Strader, Richard F. Hill
  • Patent number: 9515004
    Abstract: A thermal interface material is configured for use with an electronic device for transferring heat between heat generating components and heat removing components of the electronic device. The thermal interface material generally includes a first material (e.g., a gap filler, etc.) incorporating a contact resistance reducing material. The contact resistance reducing material operates to fill interstitial voids of surfaces of components in which the first material is installed to thereby reduce surface contact resistance between the first material and the component surfaces. The contact resistance reducing material may be applied to one or more side surfaces of the first material. Or, alternatively, the contact resistance reducing material may be blended in the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: LAIRD TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jason L. Strader, Karen J. Bruzda, Richard F. Hill
  • Publication number: 20160315030
    Abstract: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of thermal interface materials, electronic devices, and methods for establishing thermal joints between heat sources and heat dissipating and/or heat removal structures, devices, or components. In exemplary embodiments, a thermal interface material is configured to have an inverse tan delta of at least 1.1 from about room temperature to about 125° C. and/or a bond line thickness predetermined to be at least 1.1 times greater than a largest filler particle size of the thermal interface material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Jason L. Strader, Richard F. Hill
  • Patent number: 9330998
    Abstract: A thermal interface material assembly generally includes a substrate and one or more pillars protruding outwardly away from the substrate. A thermally-conductive heat path is at least partially defined by the substrate and the one or more thermally-conductive pillars, whereby heat may be transferable along the thermally-conductive heat path from a heat source of an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Laird Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason L. Strader, Richard F. Hill
  • Patent number: 9322580
    Abstract: A circuit assembly generally includes a circuit board and at least one electrical pathway configured to couple a thermoelectric module to the circuit board. The circuit board and the at least one electrical pathway form part of the thermoelectric module when the thermoelectric module is coupled to the circuit board via the at least one electrical pathway. The thermoelectric module, including the portion of the circuit board forming part of the thermoelectric module, defines a footprint that is smaller than a footprint of the circuit board. As such, the circuit board is capable of supporting electrical components on the circuit board in a position outside the footprint defined by the thermoelectric module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Laird Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Gerard Hershberger, Richard F. Hill, Robert Michael Smythe, Michael G. Sutsko
  • Patent number: 9258928
    Abstract: According to various aspects of the present disclosure, exemplary embodiments include assemblies and methods for dissipating heat from an electronic device by a thermally-conducting heat path to the external casing. In an exemplary embodiment, a thermally-conductive structure which comprises graphite may be disposed about or define a battery area such that heat may be transferred to the external casing by a thermally-conductive heat path around the battery area through or along the thermally-conductive structure which comprises graphite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Laird Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard F. Hill, Shahi Riaz
  • Patent number: 9222735
    Abstract: According to various aspects of the present disclosure, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of thermally-conductive interface assemblies suitable for use in dissipating heat from one or more components of a memory module. The thermally-conductive interface assembly may generally include a flexible heat-spreading material having first and second sides and one or more perforations extending through the flexible heat-spreading material from the first side to the second side. The flexible heat-spreading material may be sandwiched between first and second layers of soft thermal interface material. A portion of the soft thermal interface material may be disposed within the one or more perforations. The thermally-conductive interface assembly may be positioned relative to one or more components of a memory module to provide a thermally-conductive heat path from the one or more components to the first layer of soft thermal interface material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Laird Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard F. Hill, Robert Michael Smythe