With Fins Patents (Class 257/722)
  • Patent number: 11978690
    Abstract: A cooling system is described. The cooling system includes a bottom plate, a support structure, and a cooling element. The bottom plate has orifices therein. The cooling element has a central axis and is supported by the support structure at the central axis. A first portion of the cooling element is on a first side of the central axis and a second portion of the cooling element is on a second side of the central axis opposite to the first side. The first and second portions of the cooling element are unpinned. The first portion and the second portion are configured to undergo vibrational motion when actuated to drive a fluid toward a heat-generating structure. The support structure couples the cooling element to the bottom plate. At least one of the support structure is an adhesive support structure or the support structure undergoes rotational motion in response to the vibrational motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Frore Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Vikram Mukundan, Suryaprakash Ganti, Seshagiri Rao Madhavapeddy, Ananth Saran Yalamarthy, Prathima Kapa
  • Patent number: 11971219
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes at least a temperature plate and a cooling fin assembly. The temperature plate includes a plate body and a supporter. The plate body includes a vacuum chamber and a first external surface. The plate body is bent to form at least a bent portion with the first external surface being a compressive side, and the supporter is disposed at the bent portion. The supporter is disposed inside the vacuum chamber and connected to an inner wall of the vacuum chamber. The cooling fin assembly is disposed on the first external surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Li-Kuang Tan, Shih-Kang Lin
  • Patent number: 11887928
    Abstract: A package structure is provided. The package structure includes an encapsulant and an interposer. The encapsulant has a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to the top surface. The interposer is encapsulated by the encapsulant. The interposer includes a main body, an interconnector, and a stop layer. The main body has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The interconnector is disposed on the first surface and exposed from the top surface of the encapsulant. The stop layer is on the second surface, wherein a bottom surface of the stop layer is lower than the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Yung-Shun Chang, Sheng-Wen Yang, Teck-Chong Lee, Yen-Liang Huang
  • Patent number: 11859885
    Abstract: A refrigeration system configured to receive a refrigerant is provided, as well as a walk-in refrigeration unit configured to utilize said system. The refrigeration system comprises: a power source, a condenser unit, an evaporation unit, a plurality of compressors, wherein each of the plurality of compressors is communicably coupled to the condenser unit, and a plurality of expansion devices, wherein each of the plurality of expansion devices is communicably coupled to the evaporation unit. The system is configured to receive an A3 refrigerant having a Global Warming Potential (GWP) value less than 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: REFRIGERATED SOLUTIONS GROUP LLC
    Inventors: William Craig Larson, Narasimha Sapta Sailesh Krovvidi, Nicholas Scott Huppert, Brian McCain
  • Patent number: 11837519
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include electronic packages. In an embodiment, the electronic package comprises an interposer, a first die attached to the interposer, and a second die attached to the interposer. In an embodiment, the electronic package further comprises a heatsink thermally coupled to the first die and the second die. In an embodiment, the heatsink has a first surface facing away from the first die and the second die and a second surface facing the first die and the second die. In an embodiment, the heatsink comprises a thermal break between the first die and the second die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Zhimin Wan, Chia-Pin Chiu, Chandra Mohan Jha
  • Patent number: 11818868
    Abstract: A cooling device includes a heat-receiving block, a heat conductor, and first heat pipes. The heat-receiving block has a first main surface to which a heating element is fixed. The heat conductor extends along the first main surface and is fixed to the heat-receiving block. The first heat pipes are arranged in a direction in which the heat conductor extends and are fixed to the heat-receiving block at positions farther from the first main surface than the heat conductor is.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Masuyama, Hirokazu Takabayashi
  • Patent number: 11775034
    Abstract: A heat dissipation system of a portable electronic device is provided. The heat dissipation system includes a body and at least one fan. A heat source of the portable electronic device is disposed in the body. The fan is a centrifugal fan disposed in the body. The fan has at least one flow inlet, at least one flow outlet, and at least one spacing portion. The flow outlet faces toward the heat source, and the spacing portion surrounds the flow inlet and abuts against the body, so as to isolate the flow inlet and the heat source in two spaces independent of each other in the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Tsung-Ting Chen, Wen-Neng Liao, Cheng-Wen Hsieh, Yu-Ming Lin, Wei-Chin Chen, Kuang-Hua Lin, Chun-Chieh Wang, Shu-Hao Kuo
  • Patent number: 11756861
    Abstract: An opto-electronic package is described. The opto-electronic package is manufactured using a fan out wafer level packaging to produce dies/frames which include connection features. Additional structures such as heat exchanged structures are joined to a connection component and affixed to packages, using the connection features, to provide structural support and heat exchange to heat generating components in the package, among other functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashley J. M. Erickson, Matthew J. Traverso, Sandeep Razdan, Joyce J. M. Peternel, Aparna R. Prasad
  • Patent number: 11755081
    Abstract: Systems and methods that may be implemented to provide supplemental cooling air for a portable information handling system from one or more mechanically-adjustable cooling air supply outlets that may be positioned and/or repositioned at multiple different locations relative to a portable information handling system, such as notebook computer or laptop computer. In one example, the disclosed systems and methods may be implemented to have one or more mechanically-adjustable cooling air supply outlets that may be positioned and/or repositioned to align with differing geometries of cooling air inlet opening locations that correspond to different portable information handling system sizes and/or designs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Mark A. Casparian, Philip J. Grossmann, Joe A. Olmsted, Francisco Santana, Charles Cameron Duncan, Frank C. Azor
  • Patent number: 11747091
    Abstract: A fast heat-sinking device for evaporators according to the present invention is disclosed, comprising at least one heat-sinking component which is formed by means of conjunctively assembling an outer wall board and an inner wall board; the interior of the outer wall board includes a semi-open first evaporation area; the interior of the inner wall board includes a semi-open second evaporation area, and the inner wall board is concavely configured with a gap; as such, the inner wall board is attached onto one side of the outer wall board thus further being assembled into the heat-sinking component, and the first evaporation area and the second evaporation area are connected in communication at the notch so as to together form an air concentration area, as a heat-sinking structure of the evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: LDC PRECISION ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chi-Feng Hsu, Cheng-Jen Liang, Chih-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 11744050
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed. An example coolant system can be configured in an autonomous vehicle. The system can include a first coolant loop configured with a first series of coolant hoses to communicate a first volume of coolant fluid between a first reservoir, a first coolant pump, a three-way heat exchanger, and a computer system heat exchanger and a second coolant loop configured with a second series of coolant hoses to communicate a second volume of coolant fluid between a second reservoir, a second coolant pump, the three way heat exchanger, and the computer system heat exchanger. The system can further include a third coolant loop configured with a third series of coolant hoses to communicate third volume of coolant fluid between the three-way heat exchanger and an engine heat exchanger of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Roger Lo, Brian Schlotterbeck
  • Patent number: 11737241
    Abstract: A heat dissipation apparatus, a remote radio unit, a baseband processing unit and a base station are disclosed. According to an embodiment, the heat dissipation apparatus comprises a base and a plurality of first heat sink fins arranged in parallel on the base. On a top of each first heat sink fin of the plurality of first heat sink fins, a first heat dissipation component and a second heat dissipation component are sequentially arranged along the parallel direction of the plurality of first heat sink fins. The first heat dissipation component comprises a bottom plate and a plurality of second heat sink fins which are arranged at intervals along the parallel direction on a top face of the bottom plate. Each second heat sink fin has a shape of a comb having three or more comb teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Haigang Xiong, Kai Yang, Bo Xiao, Mengyu Huang
  • Patent number: 11732981
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a heat dissipation device configured to be in thermal contact with a heat source. The heat dissipation device includes a heat dissipation body and a cover plate. The heat dissipation body has at least one vertical channel. The heat dissipation body is configured to be in thermal contact with the heat source. The cover plate includes a first layer and a second layer that are stacked on each other. The first layer is stacked on the heat dissipation body and covers the at least one vertical channel. A thermal conductivity of the first layer is larger than a thermal conductivity of the second layer. The cover plate has at least one first through hole penetrating through the first layer and the second layer and connecting to the at least one vertical channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: COOLER MASTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chia-Yu Lin, Chang-Yu Hsieh, Shan-Yin Cheng, Hsiang-Fen Chou
  • Patent number: 11686536
    Abstract: A heat exchanger system is provided and includes a heat sink, fins arrayed on a central region of the heat sink to form channels between adjacent fins and an integrated blower. Each of the fins extends radially outwardly from the central region and has a height that increases with increasing distance from the central region. The integrated blower is disposed at the central region to generate flows of coolant directed into and through the channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimberly Rae Savlers, Matthew Robert Pearson
  • Patent number: 11665857
    Abstract: A receptacle assembly includes a heat sink assembly for a receptacle cage for dissipating heat from a pluggable module plugged into the receptacle cage. The heat sink assembly includes fin plates and spacer plates arranged in a plate stack independently movable for engaging and conforming to the pluggable module. Each spacer plate includes a thermal interface at a bottom of the spacer plate engaging the pluggable module. Each fin plate includes a thermal interface at a bottom of the fin plate engaging the pluggable module. The fin plates include branched fin plates and unbranched fin plates. Each of the unbranched fin plates are planar between the bottom and the distal end thereof. Each of the branched fin plates are non-planar and include at least one bend between the bottom and the distal end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Alex Michael Sharf, Steven M. Will
  • Patent number: 11659699
    Abstract: A power electronics unit may include a circuit board and a cooling device. The circuit board may include at least one electronic component which, in a heat transfer region, is disposed flat against an electronics side of the circuit board. The cooling device may include at least one impingement jet chamber through which a cooling fluid is flowable from an inlet to an outlet. The cooling device may further include at least one nozzle plate having at least one flow nozzle. The at least one nozzle plate may be arranged in and divide the at least one impingement jet chamber into an inlet chamber and an outlet chamber, which may be fluidically connected to one another via the at least one flow nozzle. The at least one flow nozzle may accelerate and conduct the cooling fluid towards the heat transfer region of the at least one electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Inventors: Sebastian Egger, Matthias Ganz, Janko Horvat, Niklas Kull, Peter Sever
  • Patent number: 11576285
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device, a heat dissipating method, and a terminal are described. In an embodiment, the heat dissipation device, a heat dissipating method, and a terminal are configured to correspondingly form at least one ventilation wall that is configured to dissipate heat on different heat source positions of the terminal, and form a flow path of the heat dissipation airflow generated by the at least one ventilation wall, based on different heat source positions of the terminal in different applications. In an embodiment, the entire heat dissipation of the terminal can be achieved by the flexible and variable flow path to provide a good user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hebing Feng
  • Patent number: 11533805
    Abstract: A clamp configured to be coupled to a printed circuit board to cool and compress one or more electrical connections subject to repeated power and thermal cycling. A first conductive column of the clamp is configured to compress a first electrical connection between a first power device lead and a first printed circuit board trace of the printed circuit board, and draw thermal energy away from the first power device lead. The first conductive column extends from a load spreading plate. The load spreading plate is an insulator that electrically isolates a fastener extending therefrom from the first conductive column. The fastener is configured to cooperate with the circuit board to connect the clamp to the circuit board, compress the load spreading plate against the first conductive column to compress the first electrical connection, and connect the clamp to ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: MKS Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Ky Luu, Aaron T. Radomski, Dave Coffta
  • Patent number: 11439001
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a barrier frame, thermal potting material that fills the barrier frame, and a heat removing structure embedded into the thermal potting material. The barrier frame encloses a first device, and extends to also enclose a second location of the PCB. The thermal potting material surrounds the first device. The heat removing structure includes a first pad co-located with the first device, a second pad co-located with the second location, and a thermally conductive connection between the first pad and the second pad. The heat removing structure may remove heat generated by the first device to the second pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Iris Huang, Cliff CH Chuang
  • Patent number: 11380599
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor module including: a base for semiconductor cooling; a stacked substrate provided above the base; a semiconductor chip provided above the stacked substrate; a coating layer provided on an upper surface of the semiconductor chip; and a sealing resin for sealing the semiconductor chip, in which the base is in contact with the sealing resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Yamauchi, Tatsuhiko Asai
  • Patent number: 11351623
    Abstract: A heat transfer device for thermal coupling of a component to be soldered with a heat source or a heat sink in a soldering machine includes a heat source or a heat sink, and at least one base plate, said base plate being in thermally conductive contact at least with the heat source or the heat sink, said base plate comprising at least two contact units having respective contact surfaces, said contact surfaces being thermally contactable to the component, said contact units being designed in such a way that relative distances between the contact surfaces and the surface of the base plate facing the component are changeable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: PINK GMBH THERMOSYSTEME
    Inventors: Christoph Oetzel, Sebastian Clärding
  • Patent number: 11335621
    Abstract: In an example, a composite thermal interface object includes a first layer including a first thermal interface material that has first compliance characteristics. The first layer includes first graphite fibers, and the first graphite fibers are aligned in a direction that is substantially orthogonal to a surface of the first layer. The composite thermal interface object further includes a second layer including a second thermal interface material that has second compliance characteristics that are different from the first compliance characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sarah K. Czaplewski, Joseph Kuczynski, Melissa K. Miller, Rebecca Nadeau Morones
  • Patent number: 11317539
    Abstract: A device includes a hybrid heat sink, and a heat generation component. The hybrid heat sink is attached to the heat generation component. The hybrid heat sink includes a front plate and a rear plate. The front plate is connected to the rear plate by a wall. The front plate includes fins extending away from the front plate and toward the rear plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventors: Chien-Cheng Huang, Chih-Hao Chien, Xue-Hong Wu
  • Patent number: 11302606
    Abstract: A high-frequency module 1a includes: a circuit board 2; a first component 3a, which has characteristics likely to be changed by heat, and a second component 3b, which generates heat, that are mounted on an upper surface 20a of the circuit board 2; a sealing resin layer 4 configured to cover each of the components 3a and 3b and a component 3c; a shield film 5 configured to cover a surface of the sealing resin layer 4; and a heat dissipation member 6 disposed above an upper surface 4a of the sealing resin layer 4. A recessed portion 11 is formed in the upper surface 4a of the sealing resin layer 4 as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the upper surface 20a of the circuit board 2. The recessed portion 11 can prevent the heat generated from the second component 3b from affecting the first component 3a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Otsubo, Shota Sato
  • Patent number: 11215405
    Abstract: A heat exchanger can include a cooling air conduit having at least one baffle, as well as a hot air conduit having at least two passes through the cooling air conduit. The heat exchanger can further include at least one perforation extending into the least one baffle. The perforation can have a passage connecting an inlet to an outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Kenworthy, William Dwight Gerstler, Daniel Jason Erno, Thomas Kupiszewski, Joseph Robert Coleman
  • Patent number: 10673211
    Abstract: A contactor assembly post is provided. The contactor assembly post includes a first portion electrically connected to an external bus bar at an exterior of an electrical contactor housing, a second portion electrically connected to an internal bus bar at the exterior of the electrical contactor housing, a third portion and fins. The internal bus bar is configured to extend into an interior of the electrical contactor housing to be electrically coupled to another internal bus bar. The third portion extends transversely between the first and second portions. The fins extend transversely from multiple points defined along a longitudinal axis of the third portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Debabrata Pal, Mark Hamilton Severson
  • Patent number: 10674640
    Abstract: An electronic device with heat sink is provided. The heat sink includes a base and fins. One side of the base has a first placement plane and a second placement plane. The electronic device includes a circuit board, a power module and transistors. The power module includes a power body and soldering legs, and the power body is attached to the first placement plane. The transistor has a transistor body and pins, and the transistor body is attached to the second placement plane. The circuit board is disposed at one side of the base formed with the first placement plane, and soldering legs of the power module and pins of the transistor are inserted on the circuit board. Thereby the heat sinks and the space which the circuit board occupied will be reduced for increasing the power density of the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chao-Li Kao, Jin-Zhong Huang, Yi-Ping Hsieh, Chang-Ye Li
  • Patent number: 10622277
    Abstract: A heat dissipating assembly including a layered stack of materials with a highly thermally conductive path for cooling a circuit, the stack including a structurally isolated material having a high coefficient of thermal expansion connected between materials having low coefficients of thermal expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Matthew Johnson
  • Patent number: 10281962
    Abstract: An information handling system (IHS) includes a heatsink retention apparatus. A processor mounted on a board receives a heatsink base having peripheral, spaced apertures. At least two latching mechanisms include a mounting portion received respectively in peripheral, spaced apertures on opposites sides of the heatsink base. A latching surface is mounted to one of (i) the heatsink base and (ii) a terminal portion of the mounting portion to engage respectively with either the mounting portion or an upper edge of the corresponding peripheral, spaced aperture of the heatsink base. At least two peripheral, spaced loading screws are sized to be engageable by loading nuts when the heatsink base is positioned not higher than the engagement height. The engaged, at least two, latching mechanisms prevent tipping of the heatsink base during loading of the at least two peripheral, spaced loading screws with the at least two spaced apart loading nuts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Corey D. Hartman, Lawrence A. Kyle
  • Patent number: 10257932
    Abstract: A light source module comprising a semiconductor light source mounted directly to a conducting trace of a multilayer printed circuit board having a core comprising a plurality of core layers electrically and thermally coupled by a plurality of buried vias wherein at least one of the core layers comprises a heat sink plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.
    Inventors: David Mandelboum, Shlomo Felzenshtein, Boaz Shem-Tov, Raymond Kirk Price, Ravi Kiran Nalla
  • Patent number: 10211707
    Abstract: An electronic device has a substrate, a heat sink, and a heat conductive material. The substrate has a first surface on which an electronic part is arranged. The heat sink has (i) a second surface facing the first surface and distanced from the electronic part and (ii) an annular groove extending annularly and defining an area that is circled by the annular groove on the second surface and faces the electronic part. The heat conductive material is arranged between the first surface and the second surface to be in contact with the electronic part and the annular groove. The heat conductive material guides heat generated by the electronic part to the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 10211124
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided which comprises: a first heat spreader surface, a second heat spreader surface, and a plurality of heat spreading fins on, and extending substantially perpendicularly from, the first and second heat spreader surfaces, wherein the plurality of heat spreading fins are arranged substantially parallel to one another in a plurality of substantially linear columns, wherein the columns of heat spreading fins are separated by gap regions wider than the heat spreading fins, and wherein the columns of heat spreading fins on the first heat spreader surface are sited to line up with gap regions between columns of heat spreading fins on the second heat spreader surface when the first and second heat spreader surfaces are aligned. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Douglas Heymann
  • Patent number: 10103089
    Abstract: An exemplary cooling system includes a heat transfer device having a base and a plurality of curved fins defining a curved air flow channel. Air flow is provided through the air flow channel, and a plurality of openings through a fin communicate air flow from a first side to a second side of the curved fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Scott F. Kaslusky, Brian St. Rock, John H. Whiton, Vincent C. Nardone
  • Patent number: 10027246
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to achieve both low height and miniaturization of a double side cooling type electric power conversion device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Tokuyama, Takahiro Shimura, Toshiya Satoh
  • Patent number: 9970648
    Abstract: A light source module includes at least one light source, and a body supporting the light source. The body includes a heat sink supporting the light source on a top surface thereof, the heat sink absorbing heat from the light source and dissipating the heat to the outside, an insulating layer provided on at least one surface of the heat sink, the insulating layer having electrical insulating properties, and a conductive layer provided on the insulating layer. The conductive layer includes connection regions through which electric current is supplied to the light source, and a light source region disposed between the connection regions, the light source region having the light source mounted therein. A protective layer is stacked in the connection region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaepyo Hong, Jaechan Kim, Injoong Kim, Hyeuk Chang, Sumin Jun
  • Patent number: 9912107
    Abstract: Plug assembly including a pluggable connector having a mating end and a trailing end and a central axis extending therebetween. The pluggable connector includes internal electronics that generate thermal energy within the pluggable connector. The mating end is configured to engage a data connector. The pluggable connector also includes a thermal interface region that is coupled to the pluggable connector. The thermal interface region includes a series of transfer plates that extend parallel to each other and to the central axis. The transfer plates define a series of plate-receiving slots extending parallel to the central axis. The thermal interface region transfers the thermal energy generated by the internal electronics through the transfer plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Alan Weir Bucher
  • Patent number: 9892991
    Abstract: A semiconductor packaging system includes a semiconductor device package having a semiconductor chip with two or more terminals and a protective structure encapsulating and electrically insulating the semiconductor chip. Two or more electrical conductors that are each electrically connected to one of the terminals extend to an outer surface of the protective structure. A first surface feature is on an exterior surface of the semiconductor device package. The system further includes a connectable package extender having a second surface feature configured to interlock with the first surface feature when the first surface feature is mated with the second surface feature so as to secure the package extender to the semiconductor device package. An extension portion adjoins and extends away from the exterior surface of the semiconductor device package when the package extender is secured to the semiconductor device package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Tian San Tan, Theng Chao Long, Ming Kai Benny Goh
  • Patent number: 9851732
    Abstract: Methods and systems for electrical bias generation are disclosed. Two or more different voltage levels can be created, one above a mid-rail value and one below the mid-rail value for each pair of voltage levels. Such voltage levels can be used to power processes in other circuits by providing a safe but adequate voltage value. Transition control between an on state and an off state for a power supply can also be implemented using this bias generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Mark Englekirk
  • Patent number: 9812444
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and method for fabricating such a device are presented. The semiconductor device includes a fin extending away from a substrate, a plurality of epitaxially grown regions disposed along a top surface of the fin, and at least two contacts that provide electrical contact to the fin. The plurality of epitaxially grown regions are arranged to alternate with regions having no epitaxial material grown on the top surface of the fin. A resistance exists between the two contacts that is at least partially based on the arrangement of the plurality of epitaxially grown regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chia-Hsin Hu, Hsueh-Shih Fan, Huan-Tsung Huang
  • Patent number: 9786822
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) device and packaging for same is disclosed. In some aspects, the LED is manufactured using a vertical configuration including a plurality of layers. Certain layers act to promote mechanical, electrical, thermal, or optical characteristics of the device. The device avoids design problems, including manufacturing complexities, costs and heat dissipation problems found in conventional LED devices. Some embodiments include a plurality of optically permissive layers, including an optically permissive cover substrate or wafer stacked over a semiconductor LED and positioned using one or more alignment markers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Inventor: Mordehai Margalit
  • Patent number: 9761974
    Abstract: A connector is disclosed that includes housing positioned within a cage, the connector having a first port and second port that are vertically spaced apart. A thermal management module is positioned between the two ports. The thermal management module directs thermal energy from one or both ports out a rear wall of the connector. A heat sink can be coupled to the thermal management module to improve thermal dissipation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Frank L'Esperance, Jerry Kachlic
  • Patent number: 9651318
    Abstract: A system and method for cooling heat-producing devices using synthetic jet embedded heat sinks is disclosed. The cooling system includes a heat sink comprising a base portion and a plurality of fins disposed on the base portion and extending vertically out therefrom, the plurality of fins spaced to define a channel between adjacent fins. The cooling system also includes at least one synthetic jet actuator attached to the heat sink, with each of the at least one synthetic jet actuators comprising a plurality of orifices therein and being configured to generate and project a series of fluid vortices out from the plurality of orifices and toward at least a portion of the channels of the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mehmet Arik, Yogen Vishwas Utturkar, Mustafa Gursoy
  • Patent number: 9464800
    Abstract: A light emitting module includes a light source board having a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface and extending from one end to the other end, forming a spiral shape; at least one light source disposed on the first surface of the light source board; and a heat dissipation plate disposed on the second surface of the light source board and provided with a contact surface having a spiral shape corresponding to that of the light source board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Wook Kim, Se Mook Lim, Woo Suck Jang, Myoung Sik Jung
  • Patent number: 9455213
    Abstract: Effective utilization of a parallel flow air-cooled microchannel array at the micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) scale is prohibited by unfavorable flow patterns in simple rectangular arrays. The primary problem encountered is the inability of the flow stream to penetrate a sufficient depth into the fin core to achieve the desired fin efficiency. Embodiments of the present invention overcome this problem using a manifold with open nozzle discharge and integrated lateral exhaust along with a microchannel array cooler with micro spreading cavities for internal air distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventor: Scott T. Johnson
  • Patent number: 9447948
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves a street light. The street light includes a base, a lamp post coupled to the base, and a lamp head coupled to the lamp post. The lamp head includes a housing and a plurality of LED light modules disposed within the housing. The LED light modules are separate and independent from each other. Each LED light module includes an array of LED that serve as light sources for the lamp. Each LED light module also includes a heat sink that is thermally coupled to the LED. The heat sink is operable to dissipate heat generated by the LED during operation. Each LED light module also includes a thermally conductive cover having a plurality of openings. Each LED is aligned with and disposed within a respective one of the openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin-Hua Wang, Hsueh-Hung Fu, Pei-Wen Ko, Chih-Hsuan Sun
  • Patent number: 9316389
    Abstract: A modular LED heat-dissipating device includes an LED circuit board, a heat-conducting adhesive layer, a heat-dissipating structure, and a wire terminal module. The LED light source illuminates by power supplied via the wire terminal module. Heat generated from the LED light source is dissipated by the heat-dissipating structure. This device does not dissipate heat by a lamp housing. So the lamp housing can be made of, but not limited to, plastic, thereby decreasing a production cost of the LED lamp. In addition, the modular LED heat-dissipating device can fit various kinds of lamp housings. When the LED light source breaks down, the modular LED heat-dissipating device and the lamp housing can be easily separated to replace or repair the LED light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Inventor: Cheng-Feng Huang
  • Patent number: 9282675
    Abstract: A heat sink and method of fabrication are provided for removing heat from an electronic component(s). The heat sink includes a heat sink base and frame. The base has a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), and includes a base surface configured to couple to the electronic component to facilitate removal of heat. The frame has a second CTE, and is configured to constrain the base surface in opposing relation to the electronic component, wherein the first CTE is greater than the second CTE. At least one of the heat sink base or frame is configured so that heating of the heat sink base results in a compressive force at the base surface of the heat sink base towards the electronic component that facilitates heat transfer from the electronic component. A thermal interface material is disposed between the base surface and the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Robert E. Simons, Prabjit Singh
  • Patent number: 9272498
    Abstract: Precast curable thermal interface adhesives facilitating the easy and repeatable separation and remaining of electronic components at thermal interfaces thereof, and a method for implementing the foregoing repeatable separation and remating at the thermal interfaces of components through the use of such adhesives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: Evan George Colgan, Paul W. Coteus, Michael Anthony Gaynes, Kenneth Charles Marston, Steven P. Ostrander
  • Patent number: 9220184
    Abstract: A system includes an electronic device, a heat spreader with a vapor chamber attached to a bottom end of the electronic device, so that heat flows from the electronic device to the heat spreader, and a heat sink with microchannels running through it attached to a bottom end of the heat spreader, so that heat from the heat spreader flows through the heat sink and to an ambient. A method for cooling a device includes transferring heat generated by a device through a conductivity layer, spreading the heat through a heat spreader, transferring the heat from the heat spreader to a heat sink that contains microchannels, and releasing the heat from the heat sink into an ambient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Ram Ranjan, Matthew Robert Pearson, Shashank Krishnamurthy
  • Patent number: 9196604
    Abstract: A power semiconductor module includes a base plate as a metallic heat dissipating body, a first insulating layer on the base plate, and a first wiring pattern on the first insulating layer. On a predetermined region that is a part of the first wiring pattern, a second wiring pattern for a second layer is laminated via only a second insulating layer made of resin, thereby forming a pattern laminated region. A power semiconductor element is mounted in a region other than the pattern laminated region on the first wiring pattern. The base plate, the first insulating layer, the first wiring pattern, the second insulating layer, the second wiring pattern, and the power semiconductor element are integrally sealed with a transfer mold resin, thus obtaining the power semiconductor module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiko Tamada, Seiji Oka