Electrical Component Patents (Class 165/80.2)
  • Patent number: 11599165
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device for electronic device, a heat dissipation assembly, an air pipe assembly and a table. The heat dissipation device includes a refrigerator, an air pipe assembly and a heat dissipation assembly. The refrigerator has a cool air opening. The air pipe assembly has a first and second end portions, the first end portion detachably connects to the cool air opening. The heat dissipation assembly has a base body detachably connected to the refrigerator and a supporting plate pivoted to the base body. When the supporting plate is in a first position, the supporting plate has a first angle with a bottom plate of the base body. When the supporting plate is in a second position, the supporting plate has a second angle with the bottom plate. The second end portion is detachably connected to the supporting plate and is movably disposed in the air permeable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: COOLER MASTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wen-Hsien Lin
  • Patent number: 11602081
    Abstract: A cooling system for a plurality of heat-generating components in a chassis of an information handling system includes an array of fans, each fan operable to generate an airflow in a range of airflows, and a control system configured to monitor temperatures for the components and adjust a direction of one or more airflows based on the component temperatures. If a component temperature gets too high for a first fan associated with the component to cool the component, a portion of a second airflow generated by a second fan may be directed to provide additional airflow to the component such that the component is cooled without increasing the fan speed of the first fan. Adjacent fan speeds may also be adjusted to reduce losses due to differences between adjacent airflows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Xinzhi Ma, Eric Michael Tunks
  • Patent number: 11533828
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cooling systems, methods of making cooling systems, and methods of cooling using cooling systems. A cooling system includes a compression container with a coolant that includes a fluid. A valve is arranged on the compression container through which the coolant is released from the compression container. The cooling system further includes a component positioned to receive droplets of the coolant. The component has a surface with a three-dimensional topography that includes a plurality of pillars and a plurality of trenches. The component is an electronic component or a photoelectronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Delmar L. Barker, Paul M. Lyons
  • Patent number: 11483921
    Abstract: A holder has a holding body, a spring member, and a tensioning member. The holding body forms a cavity to receive the electronic component. A connecting section has a thermally conductive heat conductive section adjacent to the cavity. The tensioning member tensions the spring member. The spring member supports itself in a tensioned state on a counter-holding member. The spring member moves a connecting surface of the holding body to the cooling body and/or presses it against the cooling body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Holderbach, Alexander Lust, Nico Hirschlein
  • Patent number: 11470747
    Abstract: This converter comprises: a housing having heat dissipation fins formed on the top surface thereof; a printed circuit board disposed in the inner space of the housing; and a bus bar, the bottom surface of which is in surface contact with the top surface of the printed circuit board, wherein the heat dissipation fins and the bus bar can be disposed overlapping each other in a vertical direction to enhance heat dissipation efficiency and can be further reduced in weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yun Young Jung
  • Patent number: 11462468
    Abstract: A semiconductor package may include a semiconductor device coupled to a package substrate. The semiconductor package may also include an integrated heat spreader coupled to the package substrate. The semiconductor package may further include a package connector mounted on the integrated heat spreader. According to various examples, a semiconductor system is also described. The semiconductor system may include a first semiconductor package. The first semiconductor package may include a first package connector, and a first integrated heat spreader. The first package connector may be mounted on the first integrated heat spreader. The semiconductor system may also include a second semiconductor package. The second semiconductor package may include a second package connector, and a second integrated heat spreader. The second package connector may be mounted on the second integrated heat spreader. The first package connector may be electrically connected to the second package connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Bok Eng Cheah, Jackson Chung Peng Kong
  • Patent number: 11420278
    Abstract: A system and method for more consistent joule heating of a material blank to a desired temperature. An electrical terminal delivers a current to an end portion of the blank. The terminal has a heat sink effect which would otherwise prevent the end portion from reaching the desired temperature. An active thermal buffer element is interposed between the terminal and the end portion. The buffer element includes a first surface which abuts the end portion and a second surface which abuts the terminal. The buffer element is joule heated with the blank, and a temperature gradient is created across the buffer element such that the first surface is at the desired temperature and the second surface is at a lower temperature due to the heat sink effect of the terminal. The buffer element thereby compensates for the heat sink effect and allows the end portion to reach the desired temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
    Inventor: James Michael Wagner, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11378340
    Abstract: A heat transfer device includes a storage chamber, a coolant housed within the storage chamber, a cooling chamber, one or more heat transfer components, a fluid passage between the storage chamber and the cooling chamber, and a barrier element. The one or more heat transfer components facilitate heat transfer from a heat source outside of the cooling chamber to the cooling chamber. The barrier element may have (i) a closed configuration, and (ii) an open configuration in which the barrier element is configured to allow the coolant in the storage chamber to flow from the storage chamber into the cooling chamber. The barrier element may reconfigure from the closed configuration to the open configuration in response to a trigger condition, such as the coolant housed within the storage chamber reaching a trigger temperature and/or the initial pressure of the coolant housed within the storage chamber reaching a trigger pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Ernest E. Bunch, Christopher C. Veto, James J. Lucas, Garrett W. Ek, Douglas H. Van Affelen, Michael F. Stoia
  • Patent number: 11357142
    Abstract: An electronic device having a shielding structure disposed around electronic components and having high heat dissipation performance is provided. The electronic device includes a circuit board, at least one electronic component mounted on a surface of the circuit board, a shielding sheet attached to the surface of the circuit board to cover the at least one electronic component, a thermal interface material stacked on the shielding sheet to overlap the at least one electronic component, and a heat dissipation member disposed to face the surface of the circuit board, being in surface contact with the thermal interface material, and fastened to at least a portion of the circuit board by a fixing member. Various other embodiments may be possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunjoong Yoon, Myunghoon Kwak, Minki Park, Youngjae You, Yongsang Yun
  • Patent number: 11348852
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an insulating circuit substrate including an insulating plate, a first metal layer formed on a top surface of the insulating plate, and a second metal layer formed on a bottom surface of the insulating plate, a heatsink on whose top surface the insulating circuit substrate is disposed; semiconductor elements disposed on the top surface of the first metal layer through a bonding material, and a case that encloses a perimeter of the insulating circuit substrate and the semiconductor elements. The first metal layer includes circuit patterns electrically connected to the semiconductor elements and an annular pattern formed to enclose the perimeter of the circuit patterns with a gap provided with respect to the circuit patterns. The second metal layer is disposed at a spot that surfaces the annular pattern. The housing is affixed to the annular pattern through an adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoki Takizawa
  • Patent number: 11312249
    Abstract: An induction charging device for an electrically operated motor vehicle may include an emission protection arrangement and a charging arrangement secured to the emission protection arrangement. The emission protection arrangement may include a metal shield plate. The charging arrangement may include a magnetic plate facing the emission protection arrangement, at least one induction coil disposed in a charging housing, and an active cooling arrangement secured in the charging housing to transfer heat. The magnetic plate may be at least one of (i) at least partially ferrimagnetic and (ii) at least partially ferromagnetic. On a housing bottom side, the charging housing may include at least one cooling recess for the active cooling arrangement. The active cooling arrangement may include at least one cooling duct formed integrally in the cooling recess. The charging arrangement may further include a bottom side cover secured in a fluid-tight manner to the housing bottom side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Laemmle, Timo Laemmle, Florin Maldovan, Heiko Neff
  • Patent number: 11296005
    Abstract: An integrated device package is disclosed. The integrated device package can include a substrate that has an upper side and a lower side opposite the upper side. The integrated device package can include an integrated device die that is mounted to the lower side of the substrate. The integrated device die has a first side facing the lower side of the substrate and a second side opposite the first side. The package can include a molding material in which the integrated device die is at least partially embedded. The package can include a thermally conductive element coupled to the second side of the integrated device die. At least a portion of the thermally conductive element can be exposed through the molding material. The thermally conductive element can be a heat sink. The package can include an interconnect that is configured to provide an external connection. The interconnect extends at least partially through the molding material from the lower side of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Hall, David Frank Bolognia
  • Patent number: 11270974
    Abstract: An electronic component and a method of manufacturing an electronic component, the method including surface mounting electronic components to a printed circuit board (PCB), applying a flip-chip die integrated circuit (IC) to the PCB and underfilling the flip-chip IC to secure the PCB. The method also includes sintering a copper block to the PCB, where the copper block is in thermal communication with the IC and acts as a thermal path for removing heat generated by the flip-chip IC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: FLEX LTD
    Inventors: Cheng Yang, Dongkai Shangguan, Li Yao
  • Patent number: 11269004
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus configured to inspect a target object includes a placing device configured to place the target object thereon; a heater provided in the placing device and configured to adjust a temperature of the placing device; and a position adjusting mechanism configured to hold the placing device on which the target object is placed, and configured to perform a position adjustment between the target object placed on the placing device and a terminal to be brought into contact with the target object when an inspection of an electrical characteristic is performed. The placing device is configured to be separated from the position adjusting mechanism when the inspection of the electrical characteristic is performed. A heat sink having prominences and depressions is provided at a portion of the placing device except a holding target portion thereof which is to be held by the position adjusting mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventor: Jun Fujihara
  • Patent number: 11219940
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of middle member structure includes steps of applying an external force to a plate body to shape the plate body and form multiple recessed/raised structures and perforating the plate body to form multiple perforations misaligned from the recessed/raised structures so as to achieve a plate body with recessed/raised structures. The middle member structure is applicable to a vapor chamber to enhance the vapor-liquid circulation effect and the support for the internal chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wei-Kong Sheng
  • Patent number: 11191184
    Abstract: A fluid delivery module that produces direct fluid-contact cooling of a computer processor, while mating with common processor accessory mounting specifications. Computer processors are commonly packaged and installed on printed circuit boards. The fluid module delivers cooling fluid directly to at least a surface of the processor package. The fluid module forms a fluid-tight seal against the surface of the processor package. By delivering fluid to the surface of the processor package, the module cools the computer processor. The module does not mechanically fasten to the processor. Instead, the module fastens to a variety of processor accessory mounting patterns commonly found on printed circuit boards. The printed circuit board typically carries the processor. This minimizes stress on the processor package, and allows greater modularity between different processors. In one embodiment, the fluid delivery is done with integral microjets, producing very high heat transfer cooling of the computer processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Jetcool Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Jordan Mizerak, Bernard Malouin
  • Patent number: 11152340
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a power module comprising at least one power die, the at least one power die is embedded in a multilayer structure, the multilayer structure is an assembly of at least two sub-modules, each sub-module being formed of isolation and conductor layers and the power module further comprises at least one capacitor embedded in the multilayer structure for decoupling an electric power supply to the at least one power die embedded in the multilayer structure and at least one driving circuit of the at least one power die that is disposed on a surface of the multilayer structure or embedded completely or partially in the multilayer structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roberto Mrad, Stefan Mollov, Jeffrey Ewanchuk
  • Patent number: 11051421
    Abstract: A cooling assembly includes a primary plate, a secondary plate, and a padding layer. The primary plate includes a body, a first arm, and a second arm. The first arm and the second arm of the primary plate extend outwardly in opposite directions from the body of the primary plate. The secondary plate also includes a body, a first arm, and a second arm. The first arm and the second arm of the secondary plate extend outwardly in opposite directions from the body of the secondary plate. The padding layer is inserted between the primary plate and the secondary plate. The padding layer directly contacts a heat-generating electrical component secured between the primary plate and the secondary plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yi-Chieh Chen, Yueh-Chang Wu, Ching-Yi Shih
  • Patent number: 10984994
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a deposition apparatus, including a first chamber, a second chamber and a third chamber. The first chamber is configured to load a substrate. The second chamber is configured to provide a high temperature environment in which a degas process and a sputtering process are performed on the substrate. The third chamber is provided between the first chamber and the second chamber. The third chamber is configured to transfer the substrate from the first chamber to the second chamber via the third chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: BEIJING NAURA MICROELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Zhang, Boyu Dong, Jinrong Zhao, Xuewei Wu, Bingliang Guo, Baogang Xu, Henan Zhang, Tong Wang, Shaohui Liu, Jun Wang
  • Patent number: 10986755
    Abstract: A heat transfer apparatus includes a first chamber horizontally offset from a second chamber to form an upper housing and a lower housing. The upper housing may be stacked on top of and fastened to the lower housing. The heat transfer apparatus may include a heat exchange interface fixed to a bottom surface of the lower housing. The heat exchange interface may absorb heat from a proximate heat source and transfer the absorbed heat to an inner surface of the lower housing. The apparatus includes a pump including an impeller and a stator disposed therein. The lower housing may separate the impeller from the stator so that the stator is isolated from the impeller by a surrounding casing. A liquid coolant may be circulated from an inlet, over the heat exchange interface and out to an outlet to remove heat from a processer proximate to the heat exchange interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: ARCTIC (HK) LTD
    Inventors: Vincent Andre, Magnus Huber
  • Patent number: 10978372
    Abstract: A heat sink apparatus that utilizes a pivot couple and support with anchor-spring mounts to enable exertion of a uniform amount of force over the mounting surface of the apparatus that is thermally/physically coupled to a heat load. The apparatus can include a heat sink base that has a bottom side defining the mounting surface, and a top side to which a support is pivotally coupled by a pivot couple. The apparatus can include a first and second anchor that each have a first end connected to an anchor point and a second end coupled to a load surface on the support by a spring. The load surfaces can be symmetrically disposed on opposite sides of the pivot couple, which is centrally located relative to the mounting surface so that the force imparted by spring loads of the springs is evenly distributed over the mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Ryan C. Tong
  • Patent number: 10978373
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a vapor chamber lid for high power applications such as chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) applications using high performance processors (e.g., graphics processing unit (GPU)) and methods of manufacturing the same. The vapor chamber lid provides a thermal solution which enhances the thermal performance of a package with multiple chips. The vapor chamber lid improves hot spot dissipation in high performance chips, for example, at the three-dimensional (3D-IC) packaging level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Chang Ku, Hung-Chi Li, Tsung-Shu Lin, Tsung-Yu Chen, Wensen Hung
  • Patent number: 10891836
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an input/output port mounting unit integrated type display frame for POS equipment, the input/output port mounting unit integrated type display frame (300) for POS equipment comprising: a display panel mounting unit (310), in which a display panel (50) is loaded, formed at a front surface thereof; an input/output port mounting unit (320) formed at a rear surface thereof and having an input/output port mounting hole (322), in which an input/output port (31) provided at a main substrate (30) is inserted and coupled, the input/output port mounting unit having a part cut from an input/output port mounting unit perforation (321) and being formed to be bent towards the rear direction so as to be protruded therefrom; and a lower main ventilation hole (330) formed at a lower side of the rear surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: POSBANK CO., LTD
    Inventor: Dong Uk Eun
  • Patent number: 10881022
    Abstract: A thermal interface assembly for transferring heat from a heat generating component to a heat dissipating component. The thermal interface assembly includes a plurality of discrete thermal sheets attached to a resilient pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: TRW AUTOMOTIVE U.S. LLC
    Inventor: Darryl J. Edwards
  • Patent number: 10797417
    Abstract: A shielded I/O connector that supports high density connections. The shielded connector has a cage with channels. At least a first channel is configured to receive a transceiver such that it may be plugged into a port in a connector housing at an end of the cage. At least a second channel is configured to dissipate heat by enabling air to flow adjacent the transceiver. The rate of air flow in the second channel is increased with a diverter at the end of the second channel to smooth the flow of air through the second channel and out of one or more orifices. The diverter may be simply formed by shaping the housing of a connector at an end of the cage. The orifices may be formed by channel in the connector housing and openings in surfaces of the cage that bound the second channel or the housing channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Scholeno, Craig W. Clewell
  • Patent number: 10787014
    Abstract: This application relates to a portable electronic device. The portable electronic device includes an operational component capable of generating heat and walls that define a cavity capable of carrying the operational component. The portable electronic device further includes a support plate that is welded to at least one of the walls. The support plate includes a thermally conductive layer that is thermally coupled to the operational component, where the thermally conductive layer includes a first material that is capable of conducting at least some of the heat away from the electronic component. The support plate further includes a first stiffness promoting layer that is welded to the thermally conductive layer, where the first stiffness promoting layer includes a second material having sufficient material hardness for welding the support plate to at least one of the walls such as to increase a stiffness of the support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lee E. Hooton, Marwan Rammah, James A. Bertin, Stoyan P. Hristov, William A. Counts
  • Patent number: 10777458
    Abstract: A method of filling a via hole and an apparatus for performing the same are disclosed. The method includes providing a filling material having a fluidity on a via hole formed in the substrate, forming an electric field through the substrate to fill the via hole with the filling material, and solidifying the filling material in the via hole. The apparatus includes a stage for supporting the substrate, upper and lower electrodes for forming the electric field, and a power supply connected with the upper and lower electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoon Ki Sa, Mong Ryong Lee
  • Patent number: 10667429
    Abstract: A system, such as a heat exchange assembly includes a support structure having a recess, a first support end, a second support end, and a support portion extending between the first and second support ends. The support structure further includes a plurality of projections protruding from a portion of a surface of the support structure, corresponding to the support portion. The support structure is a primary heat sink. The heat exchange assembly includes a vapor chamber having a casing and a wick disposed within the casing. The vapor chamber is disposed within the recess and coupled to a surface of the support structure such that the plurality of projections surrounds the vapor chamber. The casing includes a mid projected portion disposed at an evaporator portion of the vapor chamber. The first and second support ends, and the mid projected portion include a non-uniform surface configured to contact the circuit card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Shakti Singh Chauhan, Hendrik Pieter Jacobus De Bock, Graham Charles Kirk, Stanton Earl Weaver, Jr., David Shannon Slaton, Tao Deng, Pramod Chamarthy
  • Patent number: 10595393
    Abstract: A digital amplifier integrated circuit (“IC”), which is a heat-generating electronic component, is mounted on an upper surface of an insulating substrate. The digital amplifier IC is disposed inside a recess of a heat sink. The heat sink includes a peripheral wall having an end face placed on the upper surface of the insulating substrate. A hot-melt resin layer, molded by hot-melt molding, covers the upper surface of the insulating substrate. The hot-melt resin layer is in contact with a side face of the peripheral wall and retains the heat sink on the insulating substrate. The recess of the heat sink has no hot-melt resin therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Makoto Sato, Hiroki Haraguchi
  • Patent number: 10586850
    Abstract: Methods for mounting and dismounting thin and/or bowed semiconductor-on-diamond wafers to a carrier are disclosed that flatten said wafers and provide mechanical support to enable efficient semiconductor device processing on said semiconductor-on-diamond wafers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: RFHIC Corporation
    Inventors: Quentin Diduck, Daniel Francis, Frank Yantis Lowe, Felix Ejeckam
  • Patent number: 10573600
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a first semiconductor die stacked over a second semiconductor die which is mounted to a temporary carrier. A plurality of bumps is formed over an active surface of the first semiconductor die around a perimeter of the second semiconductor die. An encapsulant is deposited over the first and second semiconductor die and carrier. A plurality of conductive vias is formed through the encapsulant around the first and second semiconductor die. A portion of the encapsulant and a portion of a back surface of the first and second semiconductor die is removed. An interconnect structure is formed over the encapsulant and the back surface of the first or second semiconductor die. The interconnect structure is electrically connected to the conductive vias. The carrier is removed. A heat sink or shielding layer can be formed over the encapsulant and first semiconductor die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: STATS ChipPAC Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: HeeJo Chi, NamJu Cho, JunWoo Myung
  • Patent number: 10566265
    Abstract: An electronics assembly includes a cooling chip structure having a target layer and a jet impingement layer coupled to the target layer. The jet impingement layer has one or more jet channels disposed within the jet impingement layer. Further, one or more through substrate vias are disposed within the jet impingement layer, where the one or more through substrate vias are electrically conductive and are electrically coupled to the target layer. A fluid inlet port and a fluid outlet port are fluidly coupled to the one or more jet channels of the jet impingement layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuoka, Ercan Dede
  • Patent number: 10551580
    Abstract: A receptacle includes a cooling channel that is positioned between a top port and a bottom port. A transfer member is positioned in the cooling channel and is configured to direct heat from an inserted plug module into the cooling channel. Air flowing through the cooling channel acts to remove thermal energy from the receptacle. A connector system may include a plug module that can be inserted into such a receptacle and the plug module can include grooves to help allow for direct cooling of the plug module, even when inserted into the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Kent E. Regnier, Jerry D. Kachlic
  • Patent number: 10545547
    Abstract: In the embodiments of the present disclosure, a device having time division multiplexing capability of heat dissipation is provided, including: a first component and a second component arranged in different orientations; and a heat sink arranged to guide an air flow flowing through the heat sink to the first component and the second component respectively during different time periods. Therefore, the device having time division multiplexing capability of heat dissipation of the present disclosure may reduce the number of heat sinks in the device and thus, reduce the overall size of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Haifang Zhai, Hendry Xiaoping Wu, David Dong, Yujie Zhou
  • Patent number: 10524386
    Abstract: A heat transfer apparatus includes a first chamber horizontally offset from a second chamber to form an upper housing and a lower housing. The upper housing may be stacked on top of and fastened to the lower housing. The heat transfer apparatus may include a heat exchange interface fixed to a bottom surface of the lower housing. The heat exchange interface may absorb heat from a proximate heat source and transfer the absorbed heat to an inner surface of the lower housing. The apparatus includes a pump including an impeller and a stator disposed therein. The lower housing may separate the impeller from the stator so that the stator is isolated from the impeller by a surrounding casing. A liquid coolant may be circulated from an inlet, over the heat exchange interface and out to an outlet to remove heat from a processer proximate to the heat exchange interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: ARCTIC (HK) Ltd
    Inventors: Vincent Andre, Magnus Huber
  • Patent number: 10511118
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed herein for managing thermal dissipation in a receptacle assembly. In one embodiment, the receptacle assembly comprises a cage with a front face, a rear face, the front face having a plurality of ports; and a heat transfer unit having a thermal interface disposed with the cage, one or more heat transfer bars coupled, via openings in the cage, to sides of the thermal interface and are external to the cage, and a heat sink coupled to the one or more heat transfer bars, where the heat transfer unit is movable in a vertical direction in response to insertion of a module into one of the plurality of ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: YAMAICHI ELECTRONICS USA, INC.
    Inventors: Noah Beltran, Takeshi Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10492324
    Abstract: In an electronic device, pairs of fixing jigs are provided on an extraction side of pairs of guide rails and extend in an extraction direction respectively along both ends of a circuit board. The fixing jigs of each pair are disposed on the sides of both surfaces of the circuit board such that their distal ends are spaced at a second interval longer than a first interval. Pairs of jig guiding portions are provided on a faceplate and extend in an insertion direction respectively along both ends of the circuit board. The jig guiding portions of each pair are disposed on the sides of both surfaces of the circuit board such that their distal ends are spaced at a third interval longer than the sum of the second interval and the thicknesses of the distal ends of the pair of fixing jigs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke Miura
  • Patent number: 10433449
    Abstract: A locking bracket system for a pair of line replaceable modules (LRMs) includes a locking bracket assembly including an expanding member configured to be actuated to expand; and an extension bracket attached to the expanding member. The extension bracket extends from the expanding member in a direction opposite that the expanding member expands. Each of the expanding member and the extension bracket are configured to compress against a LRM to retain the pair of LRMs to a chassis when the expanding member is in an expanded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Donald Kilroy, Steven E. Jackson
  • Patent number: 10404309
    Abstract: A mobile device may include circuitry, a thermally-conductive panel in thermal communication with the circuitry, and a housing with a user-operable thermal access cover that has a closed position to cover the thermally-conductive panel and an open position to expose the thermally-conductive panel. Embodiments may include a dock with which the mobile device may be engaged, wherein the dock may include a thermal transfer device to engage the thermally-conductive panel of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sankarananda Basak, Joshua Een, David W. Browning
  • Patent number: 10386897
    Abstract: An enclosure for use with a portable electronic device. The enclosure comprises a plurality of connected walls defining surfaces of the enclosure for receiving the electronic device. Power for the electronics components of the enclosure is supplied from an on-board power source (battery) and from an external power source via a port. A thermoelectric cooler, operating in conjunction with a gel pack, cools the electronic device. A first surface of the gel pack is disposed in contact with or proximate the thermoelectric cooler and a second surface of the gel pack is in contact with or proximate the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Inventors: John V. Rivera, Jr., John V. Rivera, Sr.
  • Patent number: 10383254
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a heat source, a heat-conductive member and a heat-dissipating sheet. The heat-conductive member includes a recess, wherein the recess is thermally connected to the heat source. The heat-dissipating sheet is attached to the heat-conductive member, wherein the heat-dissipating sheet covers the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORP.
    Inventors: Hung-Ming Chang, Yi-Yun Chang, Shih-Hong Chen, Babak Radi, Sheng-Hung Tsai
  • Patent number: 10368464
    Abstract: A heat dissipating apparatus for cooling a transceiver is provided. The apparatus includes a cooling jacket configured to receive the transceiver. The transceiver is secured within the cooling jacket via a connecting structure. The apparatus also includes cooling devices secured to an exterior surface of the cooling jacket, the plurality of cooling devices comprising a highly thermal conductivity material. The apparatus also includes a heat dissipation device connected to a distal end of each of the plurality of cooling devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chao-Jung Chen, Yu-Nien Huang, Kuen-Hsien Wu, Kuo-Wei Lee
  • Patent number: 10354036
    Abstract: In a model data generation device configured to generate model data of an electronic component to be mounted on a printed board, the model data includes data about terminals to and data about a mounting reference point with respect to the printed board. The mounting reference point of the model data is determined by using first image data about an electronic component captured by a component recognition camera and second image data including information about pads of the printed board that overlap the terminals of the electronic component and information about a mounting position of the electronic component on the printed board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinichi Okazaki, Tsutomu Nakashima
  • Patent number: 10356962
    Abstract: The invention discloses a power electronic device cooling system, which includes an air conditioning unit, a coolant pump (31), a bypass throttling element (32) and a cooler. The coolant pump (31) takes liquid from a first condenser (13) of the air conditioning unit, a liquid coolant enters the cooler after being throttled by the bypass throttling element (32), the low-temperature coolant cools a power electronic device at the cooler, and the coolant enters an evaporator (11) of the air conditioning unit to finish a cooling cycle after flowing out of the cooler. The power electronic device cooling system has a good cooling effect, and is high in cooling efficiency, small in equipment size and low in noise, and moreover, the power electronic device may be located in a sealed environment and prevented from influence of dust, and is internally clean and long in operation life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI
    Inventors: Hongbo Li, Hua Liu, Zhiping Zhang, Yu Zhou, Huaican Liu
  • Patent number: 10314207
    Abstract: A power-module assembly includes plates defining pockets and arranged in a stack such that the pockets cooperate to define coolant chambers interleaved with the plates. The assembly further includes cards having a power module encased in a frame. The frame has an outward projecting spacer, and each card is disposed in a corresponding one of the chambers with the spacer contacting a wall of the corresponding chamber to form a coolant passage between the wall and the card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Vincent T. Skalski, Serdar Hakki Yonak, Shailesh Shrikant Kozarekar
  • Patent number: 10305151
    Abstract: A battery carrier for accommodating at least one battery for an electric motor vehicle is disclosed having tension spring elements being arranged underneath a base of the battery carrier. The tension spring elements press a temperature adjustment element, which is likewise arranged underneath the base, onto the base, such that heat conduction from the base into the temperature adjustment element takes place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Hitz, Christian Handing, Thomas Olfermann
  • Patent number: 10292293
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes an electronic substrate on which an electronic component is mounted, and a cover that retains the electronic substrate, which is inserted along its plate surface direction. An insertion opening, into which the electronic substrate is capable of being inserted, is formed between a second guide part and a first guide part. The first guide part and the second guide part are arranged to be shifted from each other in a planar direction of a tabular flat plate part. The second guide part is located further in an insertion direction, in which the electronic substrate is inserted, than the first guide part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masayoshi Kayano
  • Patent number: 10249679
    Abstract: Method of wireless communication between a first device and a second device, in which, the first device and the second device comprising respectively a first thermoelectric generator and a second thermoelectric generator, the two thermoelectric generators being in thermal coupling, a first signal is generated within the first device, the first thermoelectric generator is electrically powered as a function of the first signal so as to create a first thermal gradient in the said first generator and a second thermal gradient in the second generator, and a second signal is generated within the second device on the basis of the electrical energy produced by the second thermoelectric generator in response to the said second thermal gradient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SAS
    Inventors: Pascal Fornara, Christian Rivero
  • Patent number: 10219394
    Abstract: An apparatus for a vehicle includes an electronic device and an ECU. The electronic device includes a conductive housing that comprises a bottom portion, a PCB that comprises a top layer having circuitry, and a ground layer, the PCB located in the housing, a ground component electronically connected to the ECU and the bottom portion, at least one leg that extends through the PCB and fixes the PCB to the bottom portion, and EMC connectors that connect the circuitry to the bottom portion. At a noise frequency, when there is a noise current at a given location of the circuitry, a first noise impedance from the location to the bottom portion through the EMC connectors is less than a second noise impedance from the location to other locations of the circuitry, and less than a third noise impedance from the location to the bottom portion through the leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Connaught Electronics Ltd.
    Inventors: Sergio Bantiles, Amit Gupta, Fintan McMorrow, John Grimes, Joseph Estremera
  • Patent number: 10201113
    Abstract: The invention concerns a piece of electronic equipment comprising a card (2) provided with an electronic component (3), a radiator (5) having a bottom (6) topped by fins (7), the bottom of the radiator resting on the electronic component, and a cover (8) extending above the radiator providing an air flow around the fins of the radiator, the cover comprising a plurality of flexible blades (11), each applied to an upper edge of at least one of the fins to keep the radiator applied against the component, and the flexible blades (11) have a first end integral with the cover and a second free end applied against the upper edge of the fins. A cooling device with a radiator and a cover for holding the radiator in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS
    Inventors: Stephane Kohn, Herve Lieven