Patents by Inventor Rob Legtenberg

Rob Legtenberg 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: 8824146
    Abstract: Electronic circuitry includes a circuit board and at least one component mounted on the circuit board, with the at least one component generating heat while in use. The circuit board includes one or more apertures aligned with one or more respective components, and the electronic circuitry is configured to provide, while in use, a path for coolant fluid to flow through each aperture and past the respective component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Thales Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Gerrit Johannes Hendrikus Maria Brok, Wessel Willems Wits, Jan Hendrik Mannak, Rob Legtenberg
  • Patent number: 8305762
    Abstract: There is disclosed an apparatus of planar heat pipe for cooling, which may be embedded in a printed circuit board for cooling of heat-dissipating components. The apparatus includes two panels that are both metal clad on one side, at least one of the panels being grooved on its metal clad side, the panels being assembled by their metal clad sides to form a sealed cavity, the cavity being filled with a fluid, the fluid circulating by capillary action along the grooves towards zones exposed to heat where it vaporizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Thales Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Wessel Willems Wits, Jan Hendrik Mannak, Rob Legtenberg
  • Publication number: 20120127661
    Abstract: Electronic circuitry includes a circuit board and at least one component mounted on the circuit board, with the at least one component generating heat while in use. The circuit board includes one or more apertures aligned with one or more respective components, and the electronic circuitry is configured to provide, while in use, a path for coolant fluid to flow through each aperture and past the respective component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Thales Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Gerrit Johannes Hendrikus Maria BROK, Wessel Willems Wits, Jan Hendrik Mannak, Rob Legtenberg
  • Patent number: 8077464
    Abstract: Electronic circuitry comprises a circuit board (34) and at least one component (30,32) mounted on the circuit board (34), wherein the at least one component (30,32) generates heat in use, the circuit board (34) includes at least one aperture (48, 50) aligned with the component (30,32) or a respective one of the components, and the electronic circuitry is configured to provide, in use, a path for coolant fluid to flow through the or each aperture (48, 50) and past the at least one component (30,32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Thales Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Gerrit Johannes Hendrikus Maria Brok, Wessel Willems Wits, Jan Hendrik Mannak, Rob Legtenberg
  • Publication number: 20110002102
    Abstract: Electronic circuitry comprises a circuit board (34) and at least one component (30,32) mounted on the circuit board (34), wherein the at least one component (30,32) generates heat in use, the circuit board (34) includes at least one aperture (48, 50) aligned with the component (30,32) or a respective one of the components, and the electronic circuitry is configured to provide, in use, a path for coolant fluid to flow through the or each aperture (48, 50) and past the at least one component (30,32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Gerrit Johannes Hendridus Maria Brok, Wessel Willems Wits, Jan Hendrik Mannak, Rob Legtenberg
  • Publication number: 20100000088
    Abstract: A method for making a three-dimensional interconnect device, the device including a plurality of interconnection layers. The method includes laminating a printed circuit board comprising a plurality of interconnection layers, inserting the printed circuit board in a three-dimensional mold, injecting a molding material into the mold, so as to form a three-dimensional structure encompassing the printed circuit board, and metallizing a portion of the outer surface of the three-dimensional structure, so that it is connected with at least one interconnection layer of the printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: THALES NEDERLAND B.V.
    Inventor: Rob Legtenberg
  • Publication number: 20090065180
    Abstract: There is disclosed an apparatus of planar heat pipe for cooling, which may be embedded in a printed circuit board for cooling of heat-dissipating components. The apparatus includes two panels that are both metal clad on one side, at least one of the panels being grooved on its metal clad side, the panels being assembled by their metal clad sides to form a sealed cavity, the cavity being filled with a fluid, the fluid circulating by capillary action along the grooves towards zones exposed to heat where it vaporizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: THALES NEDERLAND B.V.
    Inventors: Wessel Willems Wits, Jan Hendrik Mannak, Rob Legtenberg