Change Of Physical State Patents (Class 361/700)
  • Patent number: 8567483
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a heatsink having a flexible base and height-adjusted cooling fins. The flexible base includes a single base plate, with cooling fins and heat pipes secured directly to an upper surface of the single base plate. The use of the single base plate allows the length of the cooling fins to be increased. The use of a single base plate also allows the base to flex when mounted at the outer region of the base plate to a circuit board using fasteners. The flexure of the base biases the heatsink against the heat-generating component. The flexure also displaces the outer cooling fins, and the length of the outer cooling fins is further increased to compensate for the anticipate displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Vinod Kamath, Jason A. Matteson, Aparna Vallury
  • Publication number: 20130279115
    Abstract: A heat removal system for use in optical and optoelectronic devices and subassemblies is provided. The heat removal system lowers the power consumption of one or more active cooling components within the device or subassembly, such as a TEC, which is used to remove heat from heat generating components within the device or subassembly. For any particular application, the heat removal system more efficiently removes the heat from the active cooling component, by using a heat transfer assembly, such as a planar heat pipe type assembly. The heat transfer assembly employs properties like, but not limited to, phase transition change and thermal conductivity to move heat without external power. In some embodiments, the heat transfer assembly can be used to allow the active cooling component, such as a TEC to be removed, leaving the heat transfer assembly to remove the heat from the device or subassembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: Packet Photonics, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Jacob Blumenthal
  • Patent number: 8561673
    Abstract: A cooling system and method for cooling electronic components. The cooling system employs a cooling device that includes a composite structure having first and second plates arranged substantially in parallel and bonded together to define a sealed cavity therebetween. The first plate has a surface that defines an outer surface of the composite structure and is adapted for thermal contact with at least one electronic component. A mesh of interwoven strands is disposed within the cavity and lies in a plane substantially parallel to the first and second plates. A fluid is contained and sealed within the cavity of the composite structure, and is pumped through interstices defined by and between the strands of the mesh. Flow dividers can define interconnected channels within the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Olantra Fund X L.L.C.
    Inventor: Franz Michael Schuette
  • Patent number: 8561674
    Abstract: A heat dissipation module includes a plurality of fins and a heat pipe connected with the fins. The heat pipe includes a body, which forms an enclosed space, and an inner ring. A wick structure is disposed on the inner surface of the body, and the inner ring is disposed in the enclosed space for increasing a structural strength of the heat pipe. The inner ring is pressed against the top and bottom of the body or in contact with the wick structure located at the top and the bottom of the body, respectively. The inner ring includes at least one opening located close to the top of the body for communicating inside and outside of the inner ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chi-Feng Lin, Min-Hui Yu
  • Patent number: 8564952
    Abstract: A heat sink, and cooled electronic structure and cooled electronic apparatus utilizing the heat sink, are provided. The heat sink is fabricated of a thermally conductive structure which includes one or more coolant-carrying channels and one or more vapor-condensing channels. A membrane is disposed between the coolant-carrying channel(s) and the vapor-condensing channel(s). The membrane includes at least one vapor-permeable region, at least a portion of which overlies a portion of the coolant-carrying channel(s) and facilitates removal of vapor from the coolant-carrying channel(s) to the vapor-condensing channel(s). The heat sink further includes one or more coolant inlets coupled to provide a first liquid coolant flow to the coolant-carrying channel(s), and a second liquid coolant flow to condense vapor within the vapor-condensing channel(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madusudan K. Iyengar, Robert E. Simons
  • Patent number: 8564951
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a fan, a circuit board which is positioned downstream in an airflow to which the fan generates, at least one processer mounted on the circuit board, a radiator which is positioned downstream in the airflow which the fan generates, the radiator cooling a liquid coolant, a pipe unit which includes a heat receiving member in which the coolant flows and coolant piping, the heat receiving member being mounted on the processer, and the coolant piping circulating the liquid coolant between the radiator and the heat receiving member, and at least one memory board on which memory package is mounted, the memory board being mounted on the circuit board, and the memory board and the pipe unit being arranged along a direction perpendicular to a direction to which the fan blows the airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Masayuki Watanabe, Kenji Sasabe, Eiji Wajima, Masumi Suzuki, Michimasa Aoki
  • Patent number: 8559178
    Abstract: A cardlock clamp is described that is used to secure an electronics module in a channel of a card cage. The cardlock clamp is configured to convert an input compression force into clamping forces in at least two radial directions perpendicular to the input compression force. The described cardlock clamp also provides self-alignment and self-center functions for the electronics module inserted into the channel. Further, variations of the cardlock clamp are described that provide more effective heat transfer from the electronics module to the card cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. Monson, Kevin J. Thorson, Melissa A. Grette-Compton, Kent D. Katterheinrich
  • Patent number: 8555952
    Abstract: A heat sink includes a base panel having parallel channels located on the top wall, first ribs protruding from the top wall and respectively extending along one side of each channel and second ribs protruding from the top wall and respectively extending along the other side of each channel, and radiation fins respectively mounted in the channels of the base panel and supported on the second ribs in vertical positions, each radiation fin having an angled foot portion, which is inserted into one channel and secured thereto by the associated first rib upon deformation of the associated first rib by an external force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Inventor: Tsung-Hsien Huang
  • Patent number: 8553415
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a casing, a fan, and a heat sink. The casing defines a plurality of through holes therein. The fan defines air outlet at one side thereof facing the through holes of the casing. The air outlet includes a first portion and a second portion. Air pressure in the first portion is larger than air pressure of the second portion. The heat sink includes a first fin set arranged on the first portion and a second fin set arranged on the second portion. A first passage is defined between each two neighboring first fins. A second passage is defined between each two neighboring second fins. A width of the second passage is less than that of the first passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhen-Yu Wang, Chang-Shen Chang, Ben-Fan Xia
  • Patent number: 8550150
    Abstract: An exemplary loop heat pipe includes a plate-type evaporator, a pipe, a condenser thermally connected with the pipe and a working medium contained in the closed loop. The plate-type evaporator defines an exit for vapor in a lateral portion thereof and an entrance for liquid in a top portion thereof. The pipe connects the exit and the entrance to form a closed loop. A first wick structure has a lower end thereof attached to a bottom portion of the evaporator and has an upper end thereof attached to the top portion of the evaporator. The entrance for liquid corresponds to the upper end of the wick structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chuen-Shu Hou
  • Publication number: 20130258594
    Abstract: A heat exchanger including a first heat exchanger module with a first evaporator channel and a first condenser channel. The first evaporator channel and the first condenser channel are arranged in a first conduit. The first evaporator channel and the first condenser channel are fluidly connected to one another by a first upper distribution manifold and a first lower distribution manifold such that the first evaporator channel and the first condenser channel form a first loop for a working fluid. The first heat exchanger module includes a first evaporator heat transfer element and a first condenser heat transfer element. The heat exchanger includes a second heat exchanger module coupled to the first heat exchanger module by a fluid connection element for an exchange of the working fluid between the first heat exchanger module and second heat exchanger module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: ABB RESEARCH LTD
    Inventors: Thomas Gradinger, Bruno Agostini, Marcel Merk
  • Patent number: 8542489
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a rack having a row of shelves, each shelf supporting an electronics circuit board, each one of the circuit boards being manually removable from the shelve supporting the one of the circuit boards and having a local heat source thereon. The apparatus also comprises a cooler attached to the rack and being able to circulate a cooling fluid around a channel forming a closed loop. The apparatus further comprises a plurality of heat conduits, each heat conduit being located over a corresponding one of the circuit boards and forming a path to transport heat from the local heat source of the corresponding one of the circuit boards to the cooler. Each heat conduit is configured to be manually detachable from the cooler or the circuit board, without breaking a circulation pathway of the fluid through the cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Susanne Arney, Jen-Hau Cheng, Paul R. Kolodner, Krishna-Murty Kota-Venkata, William Scofield, Todd R. Salamon, Maria E. Simon
  • Patent number: 8540497
    Abstract: A fan self-cooling structure with heat pipe includes a stator assembly, a fan circuit board, and at least one heat pipe. The fan circuit board is flatly connected to a bottom end of the stator assembly and has at least one heat-producing electronic element provided thereon. The at least one heat pipe is provided on the fan circuit board for absorbing and transferring heat energy produced by the at least one electronic element. With these arrangements, it is able to lower the temperature of the electronic elements in a fan and enhance the characteristics of the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shu-Kang Chang
  • Patent number: 8537536
    Abstract: A portable air cooled data center can include interior fans, a heat sink integrally serving as part of a wall or ceiling, and an outer heat pipe assembly in thermal communication with the heat sink allowing for heat dissipation. External fans can pull external air over the outer heat pipe assembly. A first transducer can monitor inner air temperature within the data center, a second transducer can monitor the outer heat pipe assembly, and a third transducer can be secured proximate to a fin side of the heat sink. A controller can be connected to the transducers, fans, and a power supply. Computer instructions can be used to monitor temperatures from the transducers, compare the temperatures to preset limits, and individually or simultaneously actuate, regulate, or turn off the fans when monitored temperatures meet or exceed preset limits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Inventor: Paul F. Rembach
  • Patent number: 8534348
    Abstract: A thin and flat type heat pipe with enhanced conductivity. Between an upper member 22 having a rectangular area 24b on a lower surface and a lower member 20 having a rectangular area 24a on an upper area are provided intermediate plate members 32, 30. The members 32, 30 are each formed with slits 8, constructing a vapor path extending a planar direction, communicating with the rectangular areas 24a, 24b of the members 22, 20, respectively. Thus, a sealed space is defined by the slits 8 and the rectangular areas 24a, 24b so that a refrigerant is enclosed in the sealed space. Capillary holes 10 are formed through non-slitted portions of the intermediate plate members 32, 30 so that each capillary hole 10 serves as a capillary path of flow extending vertically to communicate with the rectangular areas 24a, 24b of the members 22, 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Kenji Ohsawa, Katsuya Tsuruta
  • Patent number: 8537550
    Abstract: A wiring board includes a conductor plate including a wiring portion and an electrode portion connected to a power conversion semiconductor element, a liquid-cooling pipe mounted near the conductor plate and causing a cooling liquid to be supplied therethrough, and an insulating resin material arranged at least between the conductor plate and the liquid-cooling pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Masato Higuchi, Yasuhiko Kawanami, Katsushi Terazono, Koji Higashikawa, Akira Sasaki, Takayuki Morihara, Takashi Aoki, Tetsuya Ito, Yukihisa Nakabayashi, Tasuku Isobe, Kiyonori Koguma
  • Patent number: 8531838
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a television apparatus includes an exothermic component, a heat transfer mechanism, a plurality of heat releasing fins, a fan, and a deflecting member. The exothermic component is housed in a housing. The heat transfer mechanism is at least partially housed in the housing. The heat transfer mechanism includes a heat receiving portion that receives heat from the exothermic component, a heat releasing portion that releases heat, and a heat transferring portion that houses a medium to transfer heat from the heat receiving portion to the heat releasing portion. The heat releasing fins are thermally connected to the heat releasing portion and arranged with gaps therebetween. The fan generates an air flow flowing through the gaps. The deflecting member is located at least downstream of the gaps to cover the gaps. The deflecting member deflects the air flow toward an exhaust outlet formed in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Akifumi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20130223010
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a substrate with a first surface on which a semiconductor device is mounted and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a loop heat pipe including an evaporator and attached to the second surface of the substrate, wherein the substrate has a groove structure in the second surface, the groove structure being in contact with a porous wick provided in the evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: FUJITSU LIMITED
  • Patent number: 8520388
    Abstract: A heat-radiating component is bonded via a thermal interface material (TIM) to an electronic component (chip) mounted on a wiring board. The heat-radiating component includes a plate-like portion thermally bonded to the chip through the TIM, and a foot portion formed on a surface which faces the electronic component, of the plate-like portion. The foot portion is formed in a ring shape at a position which surrounds a region corresponding to a mounting area of the electronic component, on the inner side of the periphery of the plate-like portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuya Kurosawa
  • Patent number: 8514579
    Abstract: The invention relates to a power semiconductor module including a module underside, a module housing, and at least two substrates spaced from each other. Each substrate has a topside facing an interior of the module housing and an underside facing away from the interior of the module housing. The underside of each substrate includes at least one portion simultaneously forming a portion of the module underside. At least one mounting means disposed between two adjacent substrates enables the power semiconductor module to be secured to a heatsink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Thilo Stolze, Olaf Hohlfeld, Peter Kanschat
  • Publication number: 20130208422
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclose a system and an associated method to provide cooling to a plurality of electronic components mounted proximately to one another in an electronic enclosure is disclosed. The system comprises a cold plate that is mounted on the electronic enclosure to conduct heat thermally. The cold plate has a first surface to mount proximate to the plurality of electronic components and a second surface to mount distal from the plurality of electronic components. One or more heat risers are configured to be thermally coupled between the first surface of the cold plate and at least one of the plurality of electronic components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: JOHN PHILLIP NEVILLE HUGHES, ROBERT J. LIPP
  • Patent number: 8508934
    Abstract: An aircraft signal computer system includes a plurality of modular signal computer units and a liquid cooling device for cooling the modular signal computer units. The liquid cooling device includes a coolant line, which is connectable to a central liquid cooling system of an aircraft in order to supply a liquid coolant medium at a desired low temperature to the liquid cooling device. The coolant line of the liquid cooling device is in thermal surface contact with the modular signal computer units in order to dissipate heat from the modular signal computer units. A heat-emitting component of the modular signal computer units may be in thermal contact with a coolant bath or an internal heat conductor for removing heat energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Sebastian Roering
  • Publication number: 20130194747
    Abstract: The electronic device according to the Present Disclosure is an electronic device provided with a heat-dissipating portion and an electronic component socket that can accommodate, therein, an installable electronic component, wherein the electronic component socket has a thermal connecting portion for connecting thermally to the electronic component, and, when the electronic component is operating, the electronic component and the heat-dissipating portion are connected thermally through the thermal connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: MOLEX INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Hideo Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 8496047
    Abstract: A heat dissipating apparatus includes a thermal conducting base and heat pipes connected to the thermal conducting base. Each heat pipe includes a heated section and a heat dissipating section. The portion connected to the thermal conducting base is the heated section, and the heat dissipating section is extended outward from the thermal conducting base. In the heat pipes, at least one heat dissipating section of the heat pipe is extended outward from a lateral side of the thermal conducting base, and the heat dissipating section of the heat pipe is situated at a position higher than the heated section, and fins are disposed on the heat dissipating section of the heat pipe. Therefore, the heat pipe guides the heat absorbed by thermal conducting base to a lateral side to dissipate heat from a nearby heat source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Chemtron Research LLC
    Inventor: Cheng-Yi Chang
  • Publication number: 20130188315
    Abstract: A cooler of a power converting device for a railroad vehicle has heat exchanger tubes or heat radiator fins disposed to enhance the cooling performance of semiconductor devices arranged on an upper level of the multiple semiconductor devices arranged in multiple rows. Temperature detecting elements are arranged to detect temperature of the semiconductor devices arranged on a lower level on a windward side and a leeward side with respect to a traveling wind performing heat exchange with the heat radiator fins, and are arranged to detect temperature of the semiconductor devices arranged on the upper level at a center area thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventor: HITACHI, LTD.
  • Patent number: 8493737
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a pressing member includes: a band-like pressing portion placed on a heat receiving block arranged on an element mounted on a substrate, the pressing portion configured to press the heat receiving block against the element; a first arm, one end of the first arm being connected to one longitudinal end of the pressing portion, other end of the first arm being connected to the substrate; and a second arm, one end of the second arm being connected to other longitudinal end of the pressing portion, other end of the second arm being connected to the substrate, wherein the first arm and the second arm are connected to the pressing portion in a bent shape as seen in a planar view from above a surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Koji Abe, Takeshi Hongo
  • Patent number: 8490683
    Abstract: There is provided a flat plate type micro heat transport device formed of two plates coupled with each other to be opposite to each other, each of the plates includes: a reservoir formed to store a moving fluid charged via an inlet; a evaporator formed separated from the reservoir to generate vapor having latent heat by vaporizing the moving fluid; a vapor flow path formed to be connected to the evaporator, through which the vapor having latent heat is transported; a condenser formed to be connected to the vapor flow path and to condense the vapor having latent heat; and a liquid flow path formed to be connected to the condenser and the evaporator and separately from the vapor flow path to transport a liquid obtained by condensing the vapor. The device may efficiently control heat with respect to portable electronic devices by effectively transporting heat generated by a heat source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Seok Hwan Moon, Gunn Hwang
  • Patent number: 8493738
    Abstract: Liquid-cooled electronic systems are provided which include an electronic assembly having an electronics card and a socket with a latch at one end. The latch facilitates securing of the card within the socket or removal of the card from the socket. A liquid-cooled cold rail is disposed at the one end of the socket, and a thermal spreader couples the electronics card to the cold rail. The thermal spreader includes first and second thermal transfer plates coupled to first and second surfaces on opposite sides of the card, and thermally conductive extensions extending from end edges of the plates, which couple the respective transfer plates to the liquid-cooled cold rail. The thermally conductive extensions are disposed to the sides of the latch, and the card is securable within or removable from the socket using the latch without removing the cold rail or the thermal spreader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Chainer, Michael A. Gaynes, David P. Graybill, Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Vinod Kamath, Bejoy J. Kochuparambil, Roger R. Schmidt, Mark D. Schultz, Daniel P. Simco, Mark E. Steinke
  • Patent number: 8488322
    Abstract: The heat sink fastener includes a heat conductive board and a flexible metallic wire. The heat conductive board has a pair of pivot portions. The flexible metallic wire has a pair of flexible arms and a middle portion connecting therebetween. Each flexible arm connects to the pivot portion. The pivot portion side of the heat conductive board is formed with a blocking sheet. The middle portion is provided with a bend for being blocked by the blocking sheet. When the flexible metallic wire is hooked to a ring on a circuit board, it will generate pressure to the heat conductive board resulting from the bent flexible arms and the blocked middle portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Chaun-Choung Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Meng-Cheng Huang, Chi-Chung Tseng
  • Patent number: 8485698
    Abstract: A heat dissipating module includes a first heat conducting plate, a second heat conducting plate and at least one heat pipe. The second heat conducting plate is disposed opposite to the first heat conducting plate. Each of the at least one heat pipe includes a first fixing portion, a first curved portion, a second fixing portion, a second curved portion and a connecting portion. The first fixing portion is positioned on the first heat conducting plate and the second fixing portion is positioned on the second heat conducting plate. The first curved portion is curved and extended from the first fixing portion. The second curved portion is curved and extended from the second fixing portion. The connecting portion is connected between the first curved portion and the second curved portion. At least parts of the first curved portion and at least parts of the second curved portion are not coplanar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Cooler Master Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chia-Chun Cheng, Lei-Lei Liu
  • Patent number: 8488323
    Abstract: An electronic device has a ventilation system with an inlet section that receives inlet air that travels past components of the computing device to be cooled and exits at an outlet section. The air carries heat away from the components. A liquid heat transfer system captures heat generated by the components and transfers the captured heat to the inlet section of the ventilation system to warm the inlet air before it travels past the components to be cooled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric C. Peterson, Christian L. Belady
  • Patent number: 8482920
    Abstract: In a device for cooling an electronic circuit board comprising at least one component covered with an exchanger cover, the device includes a heat sink covering all or some of the electronic circuit board, and at least one heat pipe per component, each heat pipe being capable of carrying away the heat from the component with which it is associated to at least one end of the electronic circuit board via a zone of the heat pipe called the condensing zone. The device further includes at least one heat-exchange part located on the end of the electronic circuit board and mounted freely on the heat sink, each heat pipe being attached to the heat-exchange part by means of its condensing zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Serge Tissot, Thierry Demonchaux, Philippe Oconte, Guy Vanneuville
  • Patent number: 8479804
    Abstract: An exemplary heat dissipation device includes a fan having fixing cylinders, a heat sink having a supporting board, and fasteners fixing the fan to the heat sink. Each fastener includes a screwing pole, a first elastic member and a second elastic member encircling the screwing pole, and a fastening cylinder engaging with the screwing pole. Each screwing pole includes a head, a shaft extending coaxially downwardly from the head, and a post extending coaxially downwardly from the shaft. For each fastener, the screwing pole extends through a corresponding fixing cylinder of the fan, the first elastic member is compressed between the head and the corresponding fixing cylinder, the second elastic member is compressed between the corresponding fixing cylinder and the fastening cylinder, and the post protrudes from the fastening cylinder and is engaged with the supporting board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jian Liu
  • Patent number: 8482921
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for fabricating a heat spreader system, including providing a plurality of bottom microporous wicks recessed in a bottom substrate, bonding a center substrate to the bottom substrate, and bonding a top substrate having a top chamber portion to the center substrate to establish a first vapor chamber with said plurality of bottom microporous wicks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC.
    Inventors: Qingjun Cai, Chung-Lung Chen, Chialun Tsai
  • Patent number: 8472184
    Abstract: A dust-free and anti-vibration industrial computer. The industrial computer has a case sealed from the outside, a heat diffusion fin assembly mounted on the outer surface of the case, and a circulation pipe for allowing a heat generating component and at least a heat diffusion fin to be communicated with each other, or a heat pipe for transferring heat between the heat generating component and the heat diffusion fin. The heat generating component can be cooled in a state in which dust is prevented from being produced within the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Acetronix Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young Sool Chang
  • Patent number: 8472189
    Abstract: An enclosure comprises a thermal barrier (42) for protecting a heat sensitive component (40). The thermal barrier includes at least one endothermic layer (48, 54, 58) that includes water gelled with a thickening agent, absorbed onto a cellulose-comprising fabric or paper. The endothermic layer is sandwiched between layers comprising metal foil or sheet (49, 52, 56).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Penny & Giles Aerospace Ltd.
    Inventor: David Charles Aslin
  • Publication number: 20130155616
    Abstract: Disclosed are a hybrid heat sink and a hybrid heat sink assembly for a power module. The hybrid heat sink comprises a base provided with at least one power module on one side thereof, a first heat dissipation unit being a first heat dissipation fin group which is composed of a plurality of heat dissipation fins intervally arranged and is located on the other side of the base, and a second heat dissipation unit comprising a plurality of heat pipes and a second heat dissipation fin group. Each of the heat pipes comprises an evaporating section provided in the base and close to the power module, a condensing section, and an adiabatic section located between the evaporating section and the condensing section and comprises an extension portion and a folding portion, the second heat dissipation fin group is provided on the condensing sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: DELTA ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Aixing Tong, Teng Liu, Jianping Ying
  • Publication number: 20130155607
    Abstract: A cooling system is used for cooling an electronic apparatus in an electronic device. The electronic device includes a top wall, a bottom wall, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall. The electronic apparatus is supported on a middle of the bottom plate. The cooling system includes an evaporator, a fan, a condenser, a heat sink attached to the condenser, and a refrigerant pipe connected between the condenser and the evaporator. The heat sink and the condenser are set on an inner surface of the first sidewall. The fan is set on the first sidewall and aligns with the heat sink. The condenser operates to cool refrigerant and transfers the cooled refrigerant to the evaporator. A first airflow cooled by and coming from the evaporator flows through the electronic apparatus and the condenser to cool the electronic apparatus and the condenser, and is then vented through the fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: CHAO-KE WEI
  • Publication number: 20130155611
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a bottom plate, a cover plate, a dust collection box, and a dust cleaning apparatus. A heat sink is mounted in the bottom plate. The cover plate covers on the bottom plate. The cover plate defines a cutout. The dust collection box is placed on the bottom plate via the cutout. The dust cleaning apparatus is slidably mounted on the bottom plate. The dust cleaning apparatus moves relative to the heat sink to sweep dust of the heat sink into the dust collection box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD
    Inventors: CHIH-HAO YANG, XIANG-KUN ZENG, JING-JUN NI
  • Publication number: 20130148300
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for transfer of heat energy in a well logging tool, where a variable heat flow from a chamber for electronics via a thermovalve is transmitted into a heat sink consisting of cooled metal, thereby establishing an approximately constant temperature in the chamber for electronics. The device comprises an electronics modular unit and a heat sink modular unit, which modular units are connected via an intermediate section, where a heat-regulating thermovalve provides heat conduction between a conical piston and a conical piston seat, for transferring heat energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: Norwegian Well Solutions AS
    Inventor: Thomas Hovik
  • Publication number: 20130148299
    Abstract: A cooling device includes: a heat sink and a heat pipe that are connected with each other; a metal plate that is connected with the heat pipe; an elastic member that is provided in the metal plate; and a securing member that is attachable with a printed circuit board on which a beating part is mounted, is able to be secured to the elastic member to be elastically deformed such that the metal plate is pushed to the heating part, and is able to position the metal plate in a state where the securing member is not secured to the elastic member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: FUJITSU LIMITED
  • Patent number: 8462508
    Abstract: A heat sink comprises a vapor chamber base formed in a three-dimensional arrangement that mirrors topology of underlying structures on a substrate upon which the heat sink can be mounted, and at least one fin coupled to the vapor chamber base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert J. Lankston, II, Christopher G. Malone, Stephen D. Cromwell
  • Patent number: 8462507
    Abstract: A cooling element for an electronic apparatus can include an inlet for receiving fluid, an outlet for forwarding fluid from the cooling element, and multiple pipes providing parallel fluid paths for passing the fluid from the inlet to the outlet. To obtain a simple and efficient cooling element, multiple base plates for receiving electronic components can be attached to the pipes for conducting heat generated by the electronic components to the fluid in the pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: ABB Oy
    Inventor: Pertti Seväkivi
  • Patent number: 8459340
    Abstract: An exemplary flat heat pipe with an evaporator section and a condenser section includes a hollow casing, and a first wick structure and a second wick structure in the casing. The second structure contacts an inner surface of the casing at the evaporator section. The first structure at the evaporator section includes a first contact portion contacting an inner surface of the second structure, and a first isolated portion from the inner surface of the second structure. The first isolated portion and the inner surface of the second structure define a first channel therebetween. The first structure at the condenser section includes a second contact portion contacting the inner surface of the casing, and a second isolated portion from the inner surface of the casing. The second isolated portion and the inner surface of the casing define therebetween a second channel communicating with the first channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignees: Furui Precise Component (Kunshan) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yue Liu, Sheng-Liang Dai, Jin-Peng Liu, Sheng-Guo Zhou, Sheng-Lin Wu, Yu-Liang Lo
  • Patent number: 8459335
    Abstract: A heat-dissipating fin of a large area is made of a metallic sheet and has a fin body. An outer edge of one side of the fin body extends to form a sheet-like expanding portion. The expanding portion is bent and overlapped on the fin body to obtain the heat-dissipating fin. A heat sink includes a plurality of heat-dissipating fins and a heat-conducting element, which is formed by means of penetrating the respective heat-dissipating fins with a condensing section of the heat-conducting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignees: CPUmate Inc, Golden Sun New Techniques Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuo-Len Lin, Chen-Hsiang Lin, Ken Hsu, Chih-Hung Cheng
  • Patent number: 8459336
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device with guiding line and soldered heat pipe includes a heat pipe and a heat sink. The heat pipe includes a condenser section and an evaporator section. The condenser section has a planar outer surface. The heat sink includes a supporting surface contacting the outer surface of the condenser section. A guiding line is defined in the supporting surface for spreading solder therealong. The guiding line has a width smaller than a width of the outer surface of the condenser section. The condenser section of the heat pipe is mounted on the supporting surface of the heat sink along the guiding line and firmly connected to the heat sink by the solder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignees: Furui Precise Component (Kunshan) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Tang Zhang, Wei-Hsiang Chang, Nien-Tien Cheng
  • Patent number: 8453716
    Abstract: An exemplary heat dissipation device includes a heat pipe and a fin unit. The heat pipe includes an evaporation section and a condensing section formed at opposite ends thereof, respectively. The fin unit includes plural stacked parallel fins. Each of the fins defines a through hole therein for receiving the condensing section of the heat pipe. A flange extends from a periphery of the through hole. The flange defines two slits to divide the flange into two separate portions. The slits communicate with the through hole. A compressible structure is formed in each fin at opposite sides of the through hole. The compressible structure is aligned with the slits such that when the fin is compressed along a direction transverse to the alignment, the compressible structure is compressed and the separate portions of the flange move toward each other and closely contact the condensing section of the heat pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignees: Furui Precise Component (Kunshan) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi-Shih Hsieh, Rui-Wen Sun
  • Patent number: 8453714
    Abstract: An exemplary heat dissipation device includes a fin assembly, a heat pipe, and a protective member. The fin assembly includes stacked fins and air passages between fins. Each fin includes a main body, an extending hole defined in the main body, and a flange extending from the main body around the extending hole. The heat pipe is received in the extending holes of the fins and abuts the flanges of the fins. The protective member includes a plurality pairs of elastic arms. Each pair of elastic arms is sandwiched between a free end of the flange of a corresponding fin and the main body of a corresponding adjacent fin to prevent solder associated with the heat pipe from flowing into the corresponding air passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Li, Yi-Qiang Wu, Chun-Chi Chen
  • Patent number: 8453718
    Abstract: A sintered heat pipe, a manufacturing method thereof and a manufacturing method for a groove tube thereof are provided. The sintered heat pipe includes a groove tube, a sintered powder layer and a working fluid. The groove tube has a plurality of grooves and a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. Each groove extends along an axial direction of the groove tube. The first end and the second end are closed. The sintered powder layer is formed on an inside wall of the groove tube, and the groove tube is filled with the working fluid. The size of each powder in the sintered powder layer is greater than a width of each of the grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Zhongshan Weiqiang Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ke-Chin Lee, Shu-Lung Chung
  • Publication number: 20130135822
    Abstract: A cooling module applicable in an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a plurality of first heat sources and a plurality of second heat sources. The cooling module includes a cooling loop and a plurality of heat pipes. The cooling loop includes a plurality of cooling units. The cooling units are connected in series through a plurality of connection tube and each cooling unit is thermally coupled to one of the first heat source. The heat pipes are thermally coupled to the second heat sources and the cooling units. When the cooling unit is in failure, the cooling units can be directly removed and replaced. Also, the second heat sources of the electronic device are capable of exchanging heat with the cooling unit through the heat pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien-An Chen, Yi-Ling Chen