Patents by Inventor Robert A. Yacavonis

Robert A. Yacavonis 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: 4546405
    Abstract: A cooling fin assembly for mounting on a semiconductor package that includes a plurality of pins adapted to be affixed to a surface on the package, and a cooling fin means having a thin walled cellular configuration with the cells defining elongated openings in side-by-side relation that extend through the fin means, the pins being seated in the cells of the fin means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1985
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric B. Hultmark, Claude G. Metreaud, Robert A. Yacavonis
  • Patent number: 4233645
    Abstract: A semiconductor device package having a substrate, one or more semiconductor devices mounted on the top surface of the substrate, a heat sink having a surface in opposed spaced parallel relation to the top surface of the substrate, and at least one deformable heat transfer member positioned between a device mounted on the top surface of the substrate, and the surface of the heat sink. The heat transfer member is comprised of a porous block of material, and a heat conductive non-volatile liquid retained within the block of material by a surface tension. The heat transfer member being operative to transfer heat from the device to the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1980
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Demetrios Balderes, John R. Lynch, Robert A. Yacavonis