With Cooling Or Fluid Feeding, Circulating Or Distributing Patents (Class 174/15.1)
  • Patent number: 7352572
    Abstract: The fire block module includes a number of rectangular plate strips, arranged vertically and parallel to each other to form a grid layer. The grid layer is arranged horizontally in respect of the vertical direction of flame propagation occurring in the event of a fire, thus achieving good heat energy dissipation and preventing flame propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Peter Sedlmeier
  • Patent number: 7342785
    Abstract: A cooling device incorporating a boiling chamber includes a heat sink (10), a fan (30) and a fan duct (50) covering the heat sink and the fan therein. The heat sink includes a chamber (14) receiving liquid (26) therein and a mounting plate (16) located at a bottom surface (200) of the chamber. The fan duct is mounted to two opposite edges of the mounting plate. The fan is mounted in a front part while the heat sink is mounted in a rear part of the fan duct. A top wall (220) of the chamber has a plurality of fins (18) extending upwardly therefrom. The liquid has a level higher than that of a bottom surface of the top wall so that a constant contact between the liquid and the top wall is ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tay-Jian Liu
  • Patent number: 7339789
    Abstract: One embodiment of a modular, scalable cooling system includes a core cooling module configured to be thermally coupled to a heat-generating electronic device and a supplemental cooling module configured to be thermally coupled to the core cooling module. A first interface attached to the core cooling module is configured to thermally couple the core cooling module to the supplemental cooling module. The core cooling module and the supplemental cooling module may be used alone or in combination to dissipate heat from the heat-generating electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Douglass Walters, Zoran Stefanoski, Tommy C. Lee
  • Patent number: 7339787
    Abstract: A heat sink module includes a fan set and a heat sink plate. The fan set is integrated as a whole, reducing manufacture time, and the material of the fan set is plastic, thus reducing the weight as well. Due to the hook design of the fan set and the ear design of the heat sink plate, the number of screws is reduced. Furthermore, the screws pass through the first lug of the heat sink plate and the second lug of the fan set, so that the heat sink plate and the fan set are fixed on the motherboard, and thereby the number of the parts to be fixed by screws is reduced. Heat from the heat source on the motherboard is conducted to the fan set to be dispersed through the heat sink plate extending to the heat source and covering the fan set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Lun Cheng, Chun-Lung Lin, Feng-Ku Wang
  • Patent number: 7336487
    Abstract: Embodiments of a cold plate and a manifold plate are disclosed. The cold plate may be coupled with an integrated circuit die, and the cold plate may also include a flow path to receive a liquid coolant. Coolant moving through the flow path can remove heat generated by the die. The cold plate may include one or more piercing elements that are coupled with the flow path. The manifold plate may hold a volume of a liquid coolant, and one or more breakable seals on the manifold plate contain the liquid coolant within the manifold plate (and perhaps other components of a fluid cooling system). The piercing element (or elements) on the cold plate may be inserted into the breakable seal (or seals) on the manifold plate to open the breakable seals and establish fluid communication between the cold and manifold plates. The use of a manifold plate including the breakable seals may enable the shipment and storage of a fluid cooling system precharged with a working fluid. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory M. Chrysler, Paul J. Gwin, David S. Chau
  • Patent number: 7333334
    Abstract: For cooling of an electronic equipment, a heat receiving jacket, to which piping extended outside the electronic equipment is connected, is mounted to a heat generating element in the electronic equipment, a radiator, a cooling-liquid tank, a pump, and a pipe, which joins them, are constructed as an external module, and the external module is mounted externally and fixed to a housing of the electronic equipment. Cooling liquid is circulated by the pump through the heat receiving jacket, the radiator, and the tank to achieve cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki Yamatani, Ichiro Asano, Junya Ide, Sumihiro Tono, Tsunenori Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 7324342
    Abstract: An electronics assembly is provided having a carrier that provides a controlled height variability between electronics packages and a heat sink device. The electronics assembly includes a substrate and electronics packages connected to the substrate. The assembly also includes a heat sink device positioned in thermal communication with a first side of the electronics packages. The assembly further includes a carrier disposed between the substrate and the heat sink device. The carrier has a resilient wall that biases the electronics packages towards the heat sink device such that a controlled bond line is provided between the first side of the electronics packages and the heat sink device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph S. Taylor, Thomas A. Degenkolb, Loren H. Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 7320178
    Abstract: A standoff for a cold plate and a cold plate using the standoff are characterized by a coil pack consisting of a plurality of individual fluid conveying tubes formed into a coil pack having a desired configuration and held in place by a plurality of retaining wires. The standoffs are slidably attached to the retaining wires and each comprises an elongate body that is triangular in cross-section, has a bottom end, an apex end opposite from the bottom end and a longitudinal bore toward the bottom end and through which a retaining wire extends. The standoffs are made of aluminum and are of sufficient size to maintain their structural integrity during a casting process in which the coil pack is placed in a mold and molten aluminum is poured around the coil pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: IMI Cornelius Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Kirby, Jose L. Rodriguez, Miguel Angel Herrera Bucio
  • Patent number: 7317615
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a microchannel structure having microchannels formed therein. The microchannels are to transport a coolant and to be proximate to an integrated circuit to transfer heat from the integrated circuit to the coolant. The apparatus also includes a plurality of walls coupled to the microchannel structure to define a manifold. The manifold is in communication with at least a plurality of the microchannels. The plurality of walls includes a side wall. The side wall has a port therein. The port allows the coolant to flow in a direction that is either into the manifold or out of the manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Je-Young Chang, Gregory M. Chrysler
  • Patent number: 7312986
    Abstract: A cooling device comprises a circulation passage through which a liquid coolant flows, and a pump provided in the circulation passage configured to circulate the liquid coolant along the circulation passage. The pump includes, (1) a pump casing including a pump chamber into which the liquid coolant flows, (2) an impeller mounted in the pump chamber to push out the liquid coolant from the pump chamber to the circulation passage, and (3) an injection portion provided in the pump casing configured to inject the liquid coolant to the pump chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kentaro Tomioka, Yukihiko Hata, Kenichi Ito
  • Patent number: 7309453
    Abstract: A coolant capable of enhancing corrosion inhibition includes a potassium formate solution having a first concentration of a polyphosphate salt and a second concentration of dicyandiamide. In one embodiment, such a coolant may provide corrosion inhibition that is especially effective for silicon and aluminum, among other materials. The corrosion protection may be enhanced for certain materials by adding benzotriazole in a third concentration to the potassium formate solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Je-Young Chang, Choong-Un Kim, Balu Pathangey, Paul J. Gwin, Mark E. Luke, Ravi Prasher
  • Patent number: 7310232
    Abstract: An electrical assembly comprising plurality of heat producing devices in direct thermal contact with perforated heat pipe film. Direct benefits of this invention for circuit board packages are weight reduction, volume reduction, increase of allowable heat dissipation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Inventor: Igor Victorovich Touzov
  • Patent number: 7304845
    Abstract: A heat sink assembly includes a heat sink (10), a fan holder (20) mounted on the heat sink and a fan (30) carried by the fan holder. The heat sink defines a slot (148) in a top thereof. The fan holder comprises flap (260) downwardly extending to engage in the slot, and a fastening lug (28) secured to a recessed portion (122) of a top surface of a base (12) of the heat sink. The fastening lug extending from a baffle (24) which fittingly engages with a raised portion (124) of the top surface of the base adjacent to the recessed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wan-Lin Xia, Tao Li, Yong Zhong
  • Patent number: 7301772
    Abstract: An integrated three dimensional packaging and cooling system for cooling an electronic component system with dissimilar power densities and interfering signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Isothermal Systems Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Tilton, Charles L. Tilton
  • Patent number: 7301771
    Abstract: A heat-receiving plate of a pump has a heat-receiving surface and a guide. The heat-receiving surface is thermally connected to a heat-generating body. The guide is provided on the heat-receiving surface. The guide is opposed to the heat-generating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yukihiko Hata, Kentaro Tomioka
  • Patent number: 7298618
    Abstract: Cooling apparatuses and methods are provided for cooling an assembly including a planar support structure supporting multiple electronics components. The cooling apparatus includes: multiple discrete cold plates, each having a coolant inlet, coolant outlet and at least one coolant carrying channel disposed therebetween; and a manifold for distributing coolant to and exhausting coolant from the cold plates. The cooling apparatus also includes multiple flexible hoses connecting the coolant inlets of the cold plates to the manifold, as well as the coolant outlets to the manifold, with each hose segment being disposed between a respective cold plate and the manifold. A biasing mechanism biases the cold plates away from the manifold and towards the electronics components, and at least one fastener secures the manifold to the support structure, compressing the biasing mechanism, and thereby forcing the parallel coupled cold plates towards their respective electronics components to ensure good thermal interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt, Robert E. Simons
  • Patent number: 7298623
    Abstract: A chip module heat transfer apparatus includes one or more chips electronically connected to a module substrate by controlled collapse chip connection (C4) solder joints. The module substrate, which is preferably an FR-4 laminate or other organic substrate, has cut-out channels formed thereon. A permanent solder mask is laminated over the cut-out channels to form thermal dissipation channels, which are in fluid communication with input and output ports. The C4 solder joints include solder balls that electronically connect terminals on the chips to corresponding attach pads on the substrate that are exposed through the mask. The thermal dissipation channels extend along rows of attach pads. A cooling fluid, such as inert perfluorocarbon fluid, flows through the thermal dissipation channels to remove heat and to mitigate strain on the solder balls due to coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) mismatch between the chips and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Kuczynski, Arvind Kumar Sinha
  • Patent number: 7295433
    Abstract: An electronics assembly is provided having a substrate and at least one electronics package supported on the substrate. The electronics package also has electrical circuitry and first and second side surfaces. The assembly further includes a first heat sink device positioned in thermal communication with the first side surface of the electronics package, and a second heat sink device positioned in thermal communication with the second side surface of the electronics package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph S. Taylor, Michael A. Jeter, Erich W. Gerbsch, Jeffrey J. Ronning
  • Patent number: 7295436
    Abstract: A power supply housing (12) is mounted inside of a computer housing (10). Housing (12). It includes components (34) that generate heat when the computer is being used. The power supply housing (12) is sealed in order to make it leak proof. A radiator is positioned outside of the power supply housing (12). It includes a coil assembly having an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is connected to an outlet leading out from the power supply housing (12). The outlet is connected to the inlet of the power supply housing (12). During use of the computer, a cooling fluid is circulated through the coil assembly of the radiator and the power supply housing (12). A fan is positioned outwardly of the radiator and is used to cool the cooling fluid when it is in the coil assembly of the radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Inventor: Kioan Cheon
  • Patent number: 7295435
    Abstract: A heat sink uses a ferrofluid-based pump assembly for controlling the direction of nanofluid flow within the heat sink. The nanofluid is thermally conductive and absorbs heat from a heat source, which is then directed away from the heat source by the ferrofluid-based pump assembly. The ferrofluid-based pump assembly uses a motor to rotate at least one magnet so as to rotate ferrofluid contained in the ferrofluid-based pump assembly. The direction of nanofluid flow within the heat sink is dependent on the movement of ferrofluid in the ferrofluid-based pump assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventor: Chien Ouyang
  • Patent number: 7282638
    Abstract: An elongated object for use in subsea having a heating pipe and an electrical cable fixed to the surface of the heating pipe. The electrical cable has a protective sleeving for surrounding the electrical cable, composed of a series of elongated synthetic plastics components arranged end-to-end. Each component is an extruded frame work type hollow profile suitable for slowing down the impact over a long deformation path. A hollow space is disposed between the electrical cable and the protective sleeving allowing the cable to move into the protective sleeving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Nexans Statoil ASA
    Inventors: Jan Erik Karlsen, Lars Hennig, Havard Ilstad, Bjorn Melve
  • Patent number: 7280363
    Abstract: The invention provides a heat sink device for receiving heat generated by an electrical chip. The heat sink device includes a cold plate having a bottom surface for receiving heat from the electrical chip and a top surface opposite of the bottom surface. The heat sink device also includes a finger member having a rounded tip centered on the top surface. The heat sink device also includes a force generating device having an anvil spaced from the finger member and a compressible member compressed between the anvil and the finger member. The compressible member generates a pressing force urging the finger member and the top surface together. The heat sink device also includes a moving device operable to move one of the anvil and the finger member relative to the other to change the pressing force generated by the compressible member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ilya Reyzin, Mohinder Singh Bhatti, Lawrence P. Scherer, Andrew R. Hayes, Shrikant Mukund Joshi
  • Patent number: 7280358
    Abstract: A liquid loop cooling system, a tubing encloses an interior lumen within which a cooling fluid can circulate. A plurality of heat exchangers is coupled to the tubing and is configured within in a constrained space in conformance to space availability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Christopher G. Malone, Glenn C. Simon
  • Patent number: 7280357
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the invention, a pump includes a pump housing, an impeller, and a motor. The pump housing has a pump chamber and a heat receiving plate to couple to a heat generating unit, such as a CPU. The impeller is provided in the pump chamber. The motor couples to the impeller to rotate it. A region of the heat receiving plate projects further outward than other regions to couple the heat receiving plate to the IC chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kentaro Tomioka, Yukihiko Hata
  • Patent number: 7274567
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a capillary tube may be utilized to facilitate bubble containment in liquid cooling systems. For example, a system may comprise a first volume to contain a liquid, a second volume to contain the liquid and a gas, a capillary tube configured to hydraulically couple the first and second volumes, an inlet coupled to the first volume to receive the liquid from an electronics cooling system, and an outlet coupled to the first volume to provide the liquid to the electronics cooling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Paul J. Gwin
  • Patent number: 7272005
    Abstract: A heat exchange assembly for a cooling system, having first and second cooling loops, includes a housing with a first coolant inlet and outlet and a second coolant inlet and outlet, respectively coupling to the first and second cooling loops, and multiple heat exchange elements. Each heat exchange element includes a first set and a second set of coolant flow passages intersecting different pairs of parallel face surfaces of the elements, with the second set of flow passages extending in a transverse direction to the first set of flow passages. The heat exchange elements are disposed within the housing with the first set of flow passages oriented in a first common direction in fluid communication with the first coolant inlet and outlet and the second set of flow passages oriented in a second common direction in fluid communication with the second coolant inlet and outlet of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt, Robert E. Simons
  • Patent number: 7272015
    Abstract: To improve EMC shielding for an electronic unit containing at least one electronic power device operated at high frequency and a metal housing thermally coupled to the device to provide heat dissipation, the power device with a device terminal is thermally and electrically coupled to a first metal plate. The first metal plate is coupled in turn to a second metal plate in a particular manner via a first insulating layer. A metal housing with a heat sink through which a cooling fluid can flow is disposed, on another side of a second insulating layer. The improvement in EMC is based on an internal short-circuiting of an interference current produced by the power device over a very short loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Volker Karrer, Michael Kirchberger
  • Patent number: 7265978
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a body, a fixation plate and a control circuit arrangement. The body includes first and second fluid passages, which conduct fluid. The fixation plate is installed to the body on one side of the body and includes a third fluid passage, which has a first end connected to the first fluid passage and a second end connected to the second fluid passage. The third fluid passage conducts the fluid from the first fluid passage to the second fluid passage. The control circuit arrangement includes a board and a plurality of on-board devices. The board is installed to a surface of the fixation plate, which is located on one side of the fixation plate that is opposite from the body. The on-board devices are arranged on one side of the board, which is opposite from the fixation plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Fuminori Suzuki, Akira Takagi
  • Patent number: 7262965
    Abstract: A thermal structure includes a fin module, a heat sink base, a heat pipe, a fan housing, and a fan. One end of the heat pipe is connected with the fin module and the other end of the heat pipe is installed on the heat sink base. The fan housing is fixed on the fin module. Blades are installed inside the fan housing. The fan includes inlets on an upper surface and a lower surface of the fan housing and a outlet on a side surface of the fan housing, so as to absorb heat through the inlet and eliminate the heat through the outlet. Therefore, the heat dissipating efficiency is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Shuttle Inc.
    Inventor: Jung-Hsiang Cheng
  • Patent number: 7256997
    Abstract: A heat dissipating device (8) for cooling a number of electronic devices. The heat dissipating device includes a heat sink (7), a fan (6) mounted to a side of the heat sink and a fan duct (5). The heat sink includes a heat spreader (70), a cover (74) and fins (72) disposed between the heat spreader and the cover. The fan duct includes a mounting plate (50), a faceplate (52) extending downwardly from and perpendicular to the mounting plate, and baffle walls (506, 508) extending downwardly from the mounting plate. The mounting plate defines locating holes (540) for permitting screws (82) to pass through the locating holes and to engage with threaded holes (740) defined in the cover. An airflow generated by the fan flows through the fins and an outlet (524) defined between the baffle walls and the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Chi Chen, Yi-Qiang Wu, Gen-Ping Deng
  • Patent number: 7250674
    Abstract: A coolant cooled type semiconductor device capable of achieving a superior heat radiation capability is provided, while having a simple structure. While a plurality of semiconductor modules are arranged in such a manner that main surface directions of these semiconductor modules are positioned in parallel to each other in a interval along a thickness direction thereof. These semiconductor modules are sandwiched by coolant tube having folded portions with fixing members. As a consequence, both surfaces of the semiconductor module can be cooled by a single coolant tube with a uniform pinching force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Seiji Inoue
  • Patent number: 7251137
    Abstract: An electronic component, cooling apparatus comprises a so-called water-cooled heat sink, a radiator to be cooled by a motor-driven fan, first and second coolant paths for circulating a coolant between the heat sink and the radiator, and a motor-driven pump for giving a moving energy to the coolant. A plurality of engaging pieces of the motor-driven fan and a plurality of engaged portion of the radiator are engaged to connect the motor-driven fan and the radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Iijima, Masashi Miyazawa, Kouji Ueno
  • Patent number: 7251136
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a heat sink (20) having a plurality of fins (26), a fan duct (50), a fan (70) and a mounting bracket (60) for mounting the fan duct and the fan to the heat sink. The fan duct is mounted to a front side of the heat sink, and includes an inlet, an enlarged outlet covering the front side of the heat sink and at least two channels (56). The fan duct is capable of expanding an airflow generated by the fan by the enlarged outlet and dividing the airflow by the at least two channels into at least two sub-airflows. Thus, the fan can blow the airflow through all of the fins to thereby promote a heat dissipating efficiency of the heat dissipation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo-Yong Yang, Shih-Hsun Wung, Chun-Chi Chen
  • Patent number: 7248478
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a cooling unit in which coolant flows, a semiconductor chip having two main surfaces press-pinched by the cooling unit, and an electronic member different from the semiconductor chip. The electronic member is located to contact the cooling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Seiji Inoue
  • Patent number: 7245493
    Abstract: A cooler cools a plurality of electric parts from both sides thereof. The cooler includes a plurality of cooling units including a pair of cooling tubes for flowing coolant therethrough. A pair of cooling tubes having a flat shape is disposed to sandwich the electric part so that both sides of the electric part are cooled by a pair of cooling tubes. The cooling units are disposed to align in a stacking direction. A clearance is disposed between the neighboring cooling units in the stacking direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Inagaki, Junji Kato, Masahiro Shimoya, Jiro Ebihara, Shinya Noro, Tomoaki Nakano
  • Patent number: 7242581
    Abstract: A liquid cooling system, enabling protection from corrosion due to liquid coolant for a long time-period (5–10 years) while cooling a heat-generation body effectively, comprises a pump 108, a heat-receiving jacket 107, a radiator for radiating heat into an outside, being made up with a heat-radiation pipe 201 and a heat-radiation plate 202, and further a tank 203 for accumulating the liquid coolant 209 within an inside thereof, wherein those are connected in a closed-loop, so as to circulating the cooling liquid therein, thereby cooling the heat-generation of a CPU 106, being a heat-generation element, effectively, through the heat-receiving jacket 107, and further a water-permeable bag 204 is disposed in a portion of flow path of the cooling liquid, which receives microcapsules 10 therein, each enclosing in an inside thereof anti-corrosion agent 20 for suppressing the corrosion due to the cooling liquid, including such as, a water, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Rintaro Minamitani, Shinji Matsushita
  • Patent number: 7233492
    Abstract: The described embodiments relate to devices and cooling systems for same. One exemplary device includes a housing and at least one fan unit configured to move air through the housing. The device also includes a fluid channel comprising an impeller for moving fluid contained in the fluid channel, wherein the impeller is configured to be driven, at least in part, by air moving through the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul Ross Staben, Paul E. Westphall
  • Patent number: 7227753
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a heat receiving portion which receives heat within a footprint from a heat generating structure, and a cooling arrangement which causes flow of a coolant that absorbs heat at the heat receiving portion, the cooling arrangement being disposed in its entirety within a width of the footprint in a particular direction. A different feature involves an apparatus which includes a heat receiving portion at which a coolant receives heat, and a coolant separating portion which receives coolant traveling away from the heat receiving portion, and which separates liquid coolant from vapor coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Richard M. Weber, George F. Barson, Michael D. Koehler
  • Patent number: 7215547
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an electronic assembly and an electronic assembly with an integrated cooling system for dissipating heat. The electronic assembly comprises a base; and at least one electrical component attached to the base. The base defines an integrated cooling system having a fluid channel spanning within the base and at least one heat exchanger in heat communication with the fluid channel. The integrated cooling system may further include a pump attached to the base for directing the flow of the fluid within the fluid channel, and a port in fluid communication with the fluid channel for receiving fluid from an external source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Chia Chang, Bruce A. Myers, Darrel E. Peugh, Carl W. Berlin, M. Ray Fairchild
  • Patent number: 7215545
    Abstract: A liquid cooled heat sink for cooling integrated and power modules. The heat sink is formed of a Diamond, Silicon Carbide composite and is provided with heat transfer facilitating fins and an enclosure for routing the cooling liquid into heat transfer contact with the heat sink and its fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Inventors: Saeed Moghaddam, John Lawler, Michael Ohadi
  • Patent number: 7206203
    Abstract: An electronic device cooling assembly and fabrication method are provided which include a manifold with an orifice for injecting a cooling liquid onto a surface to be cooled, and an elastic pin support material with an opening aligned to the orifice of the manifold. Multiple thermally conductive pins are mounted within the support material, extending therefrom, and are sized to physically contact the surface to be cooled. The support material has a thickness and compliance which facilitates thermal interfacing of the pins to the surface by allowing second ends thereof to move vertically and tilt. The second end of each pin has a planar surface which is normal to an axis of the pin, and the support material facilitates the planar surfaces of the second pin ends establishing planar contact with the surface to be cooled, notwithstanding that the surface may be other than planar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Robert E. Simons, Roger R. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 7201982
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for cooling an electrical system comprising circulating in a cooling system of the electrical system a mixture comprising a heat transfer fluid and one or more carboxylic acid salts thereof, wherein the electrical conductivity of the mixture is less than 100 ?S/cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignees: Texaco, Inc., Texaco Development Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Maes, Serge Lievens
  • Patent number: 7203063
    Abstract: An enclosure forms a plurality of tiers vertically stacked in a longitudinal dimension. Each tier is a 1U modular computer system having a computer chassis configured for mounting in the multi-tiered support, and computer components that need cooling within the computer chassis. A cold plate is in thermal communication with at least one of the computer components, and convectively removes heat from that component using a liquid coolant. A heat exchanger dissipates heat from the liquid coolant, and provides liquid coolant back to the cold plate. An air mover within the chassis cools the heat exchanger, blows air across other components needing cooling, and removes heated air from the chassis. The air mover may extend substantially across the chassis, or it may blow crosswise from an outlet-ventilating direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Cullen E. Bash, Glenn C. Simon, Christopher G. Malone, Ratnesh K. Sharma
  • Patent number: 7193854
    Abstract: A heat sink assembly for cooling a component is disclosed, the heat sink assembly comprising a printed circuit board; a clamp plate; a waterblock cooling device; and a force attachment component to attach the clamp plate and the waterblock cooling device with the printed circuit board in contact with the waterblock cooling device and the clamp plate. A method is disclosed for connecting together a heat sink assembly and a component, the method comprising inserting standoffs of a clamp plate through passage holes in a printed circuit board; inserting the standoffs of the clamp plate through clearance holes in a waterblock cooling device; and positioning a spring component in contact with the clamp plate and the waterblock cooling device so as to position the printed circuit board in contact with the waterblock cooling device and the printed circuit board in contact with the clamp plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Verigy Pte. Ltd
    Inventors: Paul Bonomo, John Andberg
  • Patent number: 7193316
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a microchannel is provided to transport a coolant. The microchannel may be proximate to an integrated circuit to transfer heat from the integrated circuit to the coolant. Moreover, a movable portion may be provided to adjust a volume of a space associated with the microchannel (e.g., when the coolant freezes).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Rajiv K. Mongia, Himanshu Pokharna, Eric DiStefano
  • Patent number: 7190579
    Abstract: An air purifying data processing system includes a chassis, a planar, a microprocessor and an air purifier. The air purifier produces purified air that is exhausted exterior to the chassis to improve the air quality in the vicinity of the chassis. The air purifier produces an air flow that is preferably in proximity to the microprocessor to facilitate dissipation of heat generated by the microprocessor. The air purifier may be oriented to direct the air flow through an opening in a first face of the chassis. The air purifier may include a high voltage unit to create an electrical discharge within the air purifier. The high voltage unit preferably produces a voltage greater of 8000 V or at an output point of the high voltage unit. The air purifier includes a grounded and electrically conductive grid in the vicinity of the high voltage unit output point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: James Lee Chao
  • Patent number: 7190580
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for microchannel cooling of electronic devices such as IC chips, which enable efficient and low operating pressure microchannel cooling of high power density electronic devices. Apparatus for microchannel cooling include integrated microchannel heat sink devices and fluid distribution manifold structures that are designed to provide uniform flow and distribution of coolant fluid and minimize pressure drops along coolant flow paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Raschid Jose Bezama, Evan George Colgan, John Harold Magerlein, Roger Ray Schmidt
  • Patent number: 7187549
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, the present invention is a heat exchange apparatus which includes at least one heat exchanger, an intake manifold, and at least one multichip module. Where the intake manifold is in fluid communication with each heat exchanger and where the intake manifold is capable of providing the heat exchange medium separately to each heat exchanger. Where the each multichip module is positioned at least adjacent to at least one heat exchanger, such that heat can transfer between each multichip module and at least one heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Teradyne, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Teneketges, Tarzen Kwok
  • Patent number: 7187550
    Abstract: A field-replaceable active pumped liquid heat sink module includes a liquid pump, a radiator, an optional receiver, and a gasketed cold heat exchanger box, all of which are connected together in a liquid pump loop through which a coolant such as water is circulated. The liquid pump, radiator, optional receiver and gasketed cold heat exchanger box are in a liquid pump loop and are self-contained in a field-replaceable active pumped liquid heat sink module. The heat sink module provides direct contact between the liquid coolant and the top portion of the targeted electronic component, which can be a CPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ali Heydari, Vadim Gektin
  • Patent number: 7184269
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus for an electronics assembly having a substrate and one or more electronics devices includes an enclosure sealably engaging the substrate to form a cavity, with the electronics devices and a heat exchange assembly being disposed within the cavity. The heat exchange assembly defines a primary coolant flow path and a separate, secondary coolant flow path. The primary coolant flow path includes first and second chambers in fluid communication, and the secondary flow path includes a third chamber disposed between the first and second chambers. The heat exchange assembly provides a first thermal conduction path between primary coolant in the first chamber and secondary coolant in the third chamber, and a second thermal conduction path between primary coolant in the second chamber and secondary coolant in the third chamber. The heat exchange assembly further includes coolant nozzles to direct primary coolant towards the electronics devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Company
    Inventors: Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt, Robert E. Simons