With Cold Plate Or Heat Sink Patents (Class 361/702)
  • Patent number: 8958208
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is disclosed that includes an insulation substrate, a metal wiring layer, a semiconductor element, a heat sink, and a stress relaxation member located between the insulation substrate and the heat sink. The heat sink has a plurality of partitioning walls that extend in one direction and are arranged at intervals. The stress relaxation member includes a stress absorbing portion formed by through holes extending through the entire thickness of the stress relaxation member. Each hole is formed such that its dimension along the longitudinal direction of the partitioning walls is greater than its dimension along the arranging direction of the partitioning walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Shogo Mori, Shinobu Tamura, Shinobu Yamauchi, Taizo Kuribayashi
  • Patent number: 8953317
    Abstract: Cooling apparatuses and methods are provided for immersion-cooling one or more electronic components. The cooling apparatus includes a housing at least partially surrounding and forming a fluid-tight compartment about the electronic component(s) and a dielectric fluid disposed within the fluid-tight compartment, with the electronic component(s) immersed within the dielectric fluid. A vapor-condenser and one or more wicking components are also provided. The vapor-condenser includes a plurality of thermally conductive condenser fins extending within the fluid-tight compartment, and the wicking component(s) is disposed within the fluid-tight compartment in physical contact with at least a portion of one or more thermally conductive condenser fins of the thermally conductive condenser fins extending within the compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    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
  • Patent number: 8953321
    Abstract: A small form factor desktop computing device having a suitable internal cooling arrangement is disclosed. The device can be formed of a single piece seamless housing machined from a single billet of aluminum. The single piece seamless housing includes an aesthetically pleasing foot support having at least a portion formed of RF transparent material that provides easy user access to selected internal components as well as offers electromagnetic shielding. The device can also include a removable foot, a heat producing element, a fan, an air processing manifold having a plurality of angled fins, and a heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Inventors: Eric A. Knopf, David P. Tarkinton, Matthew D. Rohrbach
  • Publication number: 20150036294
    Abstract: A housing or other enclosure used to facilitate fluid cooling of a circuitry of a battery charger, such as but not limited to a battery charger of the type used to facilitate charging a high voltage vehicle battery with AC energy provided from a utility power grid. The housing may include a groove and seal arrangement operable to seal a fluid coolant chamber used to cool the circuitry from leaking fluid during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Nadir Sharaf, John M. Van Dyke, Richard J. Hampo, Slobodan Pavlovic, Rutunj D. Rai, Reinhard Pusch
  • Patent number: 8941995
    Abstract: A fixing bracket includes a bracket body, at least one connecting rod assembly, and at least one elastic buckling arm. One side of the bracket body has a first pivoting point and a second pivoting point. The at least one connecting rod assembly includes a first rod, a second rod, a third rod. The first rod has a third pivoting point and a fourth pivoting point. The second rod has a first limiting part, a fifth pivoting point, and a sixth pivoting point. The third rod has a second limiting part, a seventh pivoting point, and a eighth pivoting point. The at least one elastic buckling arm is located on the first rod. The connecting rod assembly drives the elastic buckling arm to move between a release position and a fastening position. When located at the fastening position, the first limiting part is against the second limiting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignees: Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation, Inventec Corporation
    Inventor: Tai-Yi Chiang
  • Patent number: 8937810
    Abstract: Cooled electronic assemblies, and a method of decoupling a cooled electronic assembly, are provided. In one embodiment, the assembly includes a coolant-cooled electronic module with one or more electronic components and one or more coolant-carrying channels integrated within the module and configured to facilitate flow of coolant through the module for cooling the electronic component(s). In addition, the assembly includes a coolant manifold structure detachably coupled to the electronic module. The manifold structure, which includes a coolant inlet and outlet in fluid communication with the coolant-carrying channel(s) of the electronic module, facilitates flow of coolant through the coolant-carrying channel, and thus cooling of the electronic component(s). Coolant-absorbent material is positioned at the interface between the electronic module and the manifold structure to facilitate absorbing any excess coolant during a stepwise detaching of the manifold structure from the electronic module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas J. Brunschwiler, Evan G. Colgan, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Werner Escher, Ingmar G. Meijer, Stephan Paredes, Gerd Schlottig, Martin Witzig, Jeffrey A. Zitz
  • Patent number: 8934245
    Abstract: A heat conveying structure for an electronic device according to the present invention includes: an evaporating section that has a chamber structure with first fins erected therein, is thermally connected to the electronic device, evaporates a liquid coolant on the surfaces of the first fins to thereby change the liquid coolant to a vapor coolant, and sends out liquid coolant present near the first fins along with the vapor coolant as a gas-liquid two-phase flow coolant; a condensing section that has a chamber structure with second fins erected therein, is thermally connected to a radiator provided outside the electronic device, and changes the gas-liquid two-phase flow coolant in contact with the second fins to a liquid coolant; a vapor pipe that connects the evaporating section and the condensing section, and moves the gas-liquid two-phase flow coolant sent out from the evaporating section to the condensing section; and a liquid pipe that connects the evaporating section and the condensing section, and move
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Minoru Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 8929073
    Abstract: A boiling refrigerant type cooling system to suppress overshoot upon start of heat generation and realize stable start of boiling. In the boiling refrigerant type cooling system, a metal boiling heat transfer unit has a base in thermal contact with a heat generating body. The boiling heat transfer unit is in contact with a liquid refrigerant. The boiling heat transfer unit has plural parallel tunnels communicating with the outside via holes or gaps under its surface, a groove deeper than a tunnel diameter formed through all the tunnels in an orthogonal direction to the tunnels, and a cover plate on the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Suzuki, Shigemasa Sato, Akio Idei
  • Patent number: 8922998
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus is provided which includes one or more coolant-cooled structures attached to one or more electronic components, one or more coolant conduits, and one or more coolant manifolds. The coolant-cooled structure(s) includes one or more coolant-carrying channels, and the coolant manifolds includes one or more rotatable manifold sections. One coolant conduit couples in fluid communication a respective rotatable manifold section and the coolant-carrying channel(s) of a respective coolant-cooled structure. The respective rotatable manifold section is rotatable relative to another portion of the coolant manifold to facilitate detaching of the coolant-cooled structure from its associated electronic component while maintaining the coolant-cooled structure in fluid communication with the respective rotatable manifold section through the one coolant conduit, which in one embodiment, is a substantially rigid coolant conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Eric J. McKeever, Robert E. Simons
  • Patent number: 8917508
    Abstract: The invention relates to a power electronic assembly (1, 2, 3) with a heat sink (2), a power semiconductor module (1) and a circuit arrangement (3) for controlling the power semiconductor module, wherein the heat sink (2) has at least two parallel channels through which a coolant can flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: AEG Power Solutions B.V.
    Inventors: Liviu Bajan, Samir El Gharib, Gerrit Schulte
  • Patent number: 8913391
    Abstract: An apparatus, comprising a rack and a cooler. The apparatus also comprises a plurality of electronic circuit boards located in corresponding slots of the rack, each of the electronic circuit boards being held against a portion of the cooler by a corresponding force, some of the electronic circuit boards having a localized heat source thereon The apparatus also comprises a plurality of heat spreaders, each heat spreader configured to form a heat conducting path over and adjacent to one of the electronic circuit boards from one or more of the localized heat sources thereon to the portion of the cooler. The apparatus also comprises a plurality of compliant thermal interface pads, each of the pads being compressed between end of one of the heat spreaders and the portion of the cooler to form a heat conduction path therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Wei Ling, Salvatore Messana, Paul Rominski
  • Patent number: 8902582
    Abstract: A coldplate for use with a transformer in an electric vehicle (EV) or a hybrid-electric vehicle (HEV). The coldplate includes a main portion having a recess formed therein, the recess having a floor configured for contacting a bottom surface of a transformer for dissipating heat generated by the transformer. The main portion includes a raised feature configured for contacting a winding of the transformer for dissipating heat generated by the transformer. The coldplate also includes a bracket member for use in securing the transformer in the recess of the main portion, the bracket member configured for contacting the main portion and the transformer for dissipating heat generated by the transformer. The bracket member includes a contact surface for contacting a top surface of the transformer, the contact surface having an area sufficient to contact substantially all of the top surface of the transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Venkat Yalamanchili, Rutunj Rai
  • Patent number: 8902589
    Abstract: A semiconductor module and a cooler capable of cooling a semiconductor element efficiently. The semiconductor module supplies a refrigerant to a water jacket configuring the cooler, to cool a circuit element part disposed on an outer surface of a fin base. This semiconductor module has: a fin connected thermally to the circuit element part; a refrigerant introducing passage in the water jacket, which has a guide part that has one surface and another surface inclined to guide the refrigerant toward one side surface of the fin; a refrigerant discharge passage disposed in the water jacket to be parallel to the refrigerant introducing passage, which has a side wall parallel to another side surface of the fin; and a cooling passage formed in a position for communicating the refrigerant introducing passage and the refrigerant discharge passage with each other in the water jacket. The fin is disposed in the cooling passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromichi Gohara, Takeshi Ichimura, Akira Morozumi
  • Patent number: 8897010
    Abstract: A heat sink assembly includes a base plate coupled to a first side of an electronic device. A plurality of fins extend from the base plate and are positioned within a housing. The housing includes a first manifold defining a plurality of first passages and a second manifold defining a plurality of second passages in fluid communication with the plurality of first passages. At least one of the plurality of first passages extends between an adjacent pair of the plurality of second passages and is oriented to channel fluid toward at least one of the plurality of fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Mark Eugene Shepard
  • Patent number: 8897011
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a heat dissipation system for a power module, the heat dissipation system including: first and second heat dissipation plates spaced apart from each other while facing each other, to form a cooling medium flow passage; first and second inflow lines extended to the cooling medium flow passage of the first and second heat dissipation plates, to transfer cooling media flowing therein at different flow rates or different fluxes to the cooling medium flow passage; and first and second inlets respectively connected with the first and second inflow lines to allow the cooling media to flow therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Hoon Kwak, Jong Man Kim, Young Ho Sohn
  • Patent number: 8897013
    Abstract: A housing or other enclosure used to facilitate fluid cooling of a circuitry of a battery charger, such as but not limited to a battery charger of the type used to facilitate charging a high voltage vehicle battery with AC energy provided from a utility power grid. The housing may include a groove and seal arrangement operable to seal a fluid coolant chamber used to cool the circuitry from leaking fluid during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Nadir Sharaf, John M. Van Dyke, Richard J. Hampo, Slobodan Pavlovic, Rutunj Rai, Reinhard Pusch
  • Patent number: 8897012
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an electronic device and a heat dissipation module having an imaginary structural plane. The heat dissipation module includes a fin assembly, a connecting part and a heat pipe. The fin assembly is disposed on the structural plane and includes a plurality of fin elements extending along a first direction. The connecting part is connected to the fin elements. The fin elements are connected to each other via the connecting part. At least one portion of the connecting part is connected to at least one portion of the heat pipe, and the connecting part and the heat pipe both extend along a second direction. The fin assembly and the connecting part are integrated and formed into one piece by die casting. The first direction and the second direction form a first included angle greater than 0 degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignees: Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation, Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Feng-Ku Wang, Yi-Lun Cheng, Chih-Kai Yang, Wei-Hsin Wu, Hua-Feng Chen, Ming-Hung Lin
  • Patent number: 8897016
    Abstract: A low profile heat removal system suitable for removing excess heat generated by a component operating in a compact computing environment is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Inventors: Brett W. Degner, Peteris K. Augenbergs, Frank Liang, Amaury J. Heresztyn, Dinesh Mathew, Thomas W. Wilson
  • Patent number: 8889489
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device is provided. The heat dissipation device includes an integrated heat spreader and a base plate coupled to the integrated heat spreader, wherein the base plate comprises a plurality of metal pellets to dissipate heat from the integrated heat spreader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Gavin D. Stanley, Michael T. Crocker
  • Publication number: 20140334103
    Abstract: An electric unit having at least one cooler structure and at least one electric module with at least one electric element on a metal-ceramic substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Jurgen Schulz-Harder, Andreas Meyer
  • Patent number: 8867205
    Abstract: A fluid cooling system and associated fitting assembly for an electronic component such as a multi-processor computer offer easy and reliable connect and disconnect operations while doing so in a minimum amount of available space without damaging associated components of an electronic device, computer or cooling system. One exemplary fitting assembly includes a manifold mount with a port that is in fluid communication with a manifold tube. A fitting is sized and configured to mate with the port and is in fluid communication with associated cooling tubes of a cold plate. A latch is pivotally mounted to the manifold mount for movement to and between a first position in which the latch secures the fitting to the manifold mount and a second position in which the fitting is capable of being disconnected from the manifold mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Jason R. Eagle
  • Patent number: 8867210
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus is disclosed. The cooling apparatus comprises a first outer portion comprising a fluid inlet and a first exterior cooling surface. A first fluid-diverting structure is in fluid communication with the fluid inlet. A second outer portion comprises a fluid outlet and a second exterior cooling surface. A second fluid-diverting structure is in fluid communication with the fluid outlet. An electrical substrate is coupled to at least one of the first and second exterior cooling surfaces. An intermediate portion is in a facing relationship with the first and second outer portions. The intermediate portion defines an aperture for transferring a fluid between a first cavity and a second cavity. The first cavity is defined between the first outer portion and the intermediate portion. The second cavity is defined between the second outer portion and the intermediate portion. The fluid absorbs heat from the electrical substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Gregory K. Harmelink, Christopher J. Schmit
  • Patent number: 8867209
    Abstract: Cooling apparatuses, cooled electronic modules and methods of fabrication are provided for fluid immersion-cooling of an electronic component(s). The cooled electronic module includes a substrate supporting the electronic component(s), and the cooling apparatus couples to the substrate, and includes a housing at least partially surrounding and forming a compartment about the electronic component(s). Additionally, the cooling apparatus includes a fluid and a deionization structure disposed within the compartment. The electronic component is at least partially immersed within the fluid, and the fluid is a water-based fluid. The deionization structure includes deionizing material, which ensures deionization of the fluid within the compartment. The deionization structure facilitates boiling heat transfer from the electronic component(s) to a condenser structure disposed in the compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    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, Prabjit Singh
  • Publication number: 20140307388
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device that includes a base plate having a plurality of substantially circular channels which are substantially concentrically arranged; and a fluid distribution structure adjacent the base plate, wherein the fluid distribution structure has a plurality of inlet conduits extending substantially radially from a central area with each of the plurality of inlet conduits having at least one fluid delivery port extending through the fluid distribution structure to at least one base plate circular channel, and wherein the fluid distribution structure has a plurality of outlet zones defined between adjacent inlet conduits with each of the plurality of outlet zones having at least one fluid removal port extending through the fluid distribution structure to at least one base plate circular channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventor: Chia-Pin Chiu
  • Publication number: 20140307389
    Abstract: Cooling apparatuses and methods of fabrication thereof are provided which facilitate cooling a multi-component assembly, such as a hub module assembly. The cooling apparatus includes a first liquid-cooled heat sink configured to facilitate removal of heat generated by one or more first electronic components of the multi-component assembly, and a second liquid-cooled heat sink configured to facilitate removal of heat generated by one or more second electronic components of the multi-component assembly. The first liquid-cooled heat sink is separably coupled to the multi-component assembly, and the second liquid-cooled heat sink is fixedly secured to the multi-component assembly. Fluid couplers fluidically couple the first and second liquid-cooled heat sinks to facilitate liquid coolant flow through the fixedly-secured, second liquid-cooled heat sink from the separably-coupled, first liquid-cooled heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
  • Patent number: 8861202
    Abstract: A thermal management component for a Rechargeable Energy Storage Systems (RESS) assembly and a method of managing the temperature of a RESS battery module using the component are disclosed. The thermal management component comprises (i) a frame having a chamber defined therein; and (ii) a heat exchange plate in mechanical communication with at least a portion of the frame. The method comprises (a) providing a thermal management component as described herein; and (b) circulating at least one heat transfer fluid through said component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Mathew L. Nassoiy
  • Patent number: 8861201
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a first heating element in the housing, a heat sink in the housing, a first pressing member, a first heat pipe, and a second heat pipe. The first heat pipe has a plate shape, includes a first portion facing the first heating element and a second portion being outside the first heating element. The first heat pipe is configured to be bent by the first pressing member. The second heat pipe is connected to the second portion of the first heat pipe and the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Yukihiko Hata
  • Publication number: 20140293543
    Abstract: Embodiments of a silicon-based heat dissipation device and a chip module assembly utilizing the silicon-based heat dissipation device are described. In one aspect, the chip module assembly includes a chip module and a primary heat dissipation module. The chip module includes a board and at least one heat-generating device. The board includes a first primary side and a second primary side opposite the first primary side. The at least one heat-generating device is disposed on the first primary side of the board. The primary heat dissipation module includes at least one silicon-based heat dissipation device disposed on the at least one heat-generating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Gerald Ho Kim, Jay Eunjae Kim
  • Patent number: 8848372
    Abstract: A thermal interface material facilitates heat transfer between an integrated circuit device and a thermally conductive device. According to an example embodiment, a thermal interface material includes carbon nanotube material that enhances the thermal conductivity thereof The interface material flows between an integrated circuit device and a thermally conductive device. The carbon nanotube material conducts heat from the integrated circuit device to the thermally conductive device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Chris Wyland, Hendrikus Johannes Jacobus Thoonen
  • Patent number: 8837148
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (1) for supporting, housing and cooling radiant modules (2) of an antenna, comprising a plate (3) for cooling said radiant modules (2) that can be fixed to means for supporting said antenna, said plate (3) having an upper surface and a lower surface; characterized in that it comprises a plurality of projecting guides (5) provided at least on one of said surfaces of said plate (3), so that each pair of said projecting guides (5) adjacent with surface on which are provided realize housing seats (6), in each one of which one of said radiant modules (2) is introduced; and pressing means (7, 15, 16, 17), integrated with said projecting guides (5), apt exerting a pressure on said radiant modules (2) so as to obtain a substantially uniform coupling between each of them and the surface of said plate (3) on which said projecting guides (5) are provided. The invention further relates to an array antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Selex Sistemi Integrati S.p.A. P.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Giovannelli, Francesca Masala
  • Patent number: 8830695
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate (1), an electronic component (2) seated on the substrate (1), and a cover (3) across the electronic component (2) with a space (330) between the cover (3) and the electronic component (2). The cover (3) is configured on an inside (32) facing the electronic component (2) in such fashion that the cover (3) has at least one support structure (4, 40) protruding into the space (330).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventor: Silvio Grespan
  • Patent number: 8830680
    Abstract: Power supply and heat sink modules are suitable for use in sealed outdoor enclosures. Circuit elements in the power supply modules are connected to multiple heat sinks. The heat sinks are combined in heat sink modules. The heat sink modules provide high thermal conductivity while avoiding electromagnetic interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Public Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Lui, Tom Sidlauskas
  • Patent number: 8824147
    Abstract: This invention relates to a fluid-cooled electronic equipment item, an avionic rack to receive such an equipment item and an aircraft equipped with such racks. The electronic equipment items are connected to the avionic rack on the one hand electrically (C3-C4) and on the other hand fluidically (36?-37, 45?-44) to a system of pipes (30a, 30b) on at least one cold source for a cooling fluid (30). A heat-dissipating electronic board (35) is equipped with a dissipated-heat collector plate (61-65), in which fluid circulation channels are implemented, connected via quick-disconnect fluidic couplings (42, 39) to quick-disconnect fluidic couplings of the system of pipes. These devices allow the equipment to be removed from or inserted into the rack (32-EE) or the electronic board (35) to be removed from or inserted into the electrical equipment (33-35).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe Caron, Philippe Mairet, Vincent Rebeyrotte, Olivier Roujean
  • Patent number: 8820113
    Abstract: To reduce power consumption and more efficiently cool computing devices in a data center, an air supply unit supplies air from outside the data center to an air handling unit, which cools servers within the data center using the supplied air. Using air from outside the data center, rather than recirculating and cooling air from within the data center, reduces the power consumption of the data center. In an embodiment, a chiller and/or an evaporative cooling system are coupled to the air supply unit to allow further cooling of the outside air before it is circulated. Heat generated by the servers within the data center is collected, for example using thermal pathways coupled to server components, and used by the chiller in an absorption or adsorption process to further reduce power consumption of the data center and allow the air handling unit to further cool the outside air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Ali Heydari, Marco Magarelli
  • Patent number: 8809697
    Abstract: An electronics enclosure is disclosed that provides passive cooling of electronic components while reducing electromagnetic interference (EMI) emissions. The electronics enclosure includes an electronics assembly with at least one electronic component and a heat sink coupled to the electronics assembly. The heat sink has a base portion configured to thermally couple to the at least one electronic component when the heat sink is coupled to the electronic assembly. The electronics enclosure also includes a conductive enclosure forming an enclosed volume around the electronics assembly. The enclosure has a first opening configured to fit around the heat sink and at least one second opening. All non-conductive passages from the volume to the external environment have at least one cross-sectional opening having a continuous conductive perimeter with a maximum linear length within the opening of less than one quarter wavelength of a determined maximum shielding frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: CareFusion 303, Inc.
    Inventors: David H. Nicol, Michael Dugan Joyce, Brendan Burgess
  • Patent number: 8811016
    Abstract: A power converter device is disclosed herein. The power converter device includes a printed wiring board assembly, a cold plate base and a shell plate assembly. The cold plate base is fastened under the printed wiring board assembly for dissipating heat generated by the printed wiring board assembly. The shell plate assembly having a top shell plate, a bottom shell plate, at least two side plates respectively mounted on the cold plate base in different orientations. The printed wiring board assembly and the cold plate base are enclosed with the shell plate assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pei-Ai You, Gang Liu, Jin-Fa Zhang
  • Patent number: 8811015
    Abstract: A motor controller comprising an inverter module including an inverter circuit coupled to a baseplate, wherein the baseplate includes cooling features; a cooling channel configured to receive a cooling fluid, wherein the cooling features extend into the cooling channel; a capacitor; and a laminated bus electrically coupling the capacitor to the inverter circuit and thermally coupling the capacitor to the cooling channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Mission Motor Company
    Inventors: Jon Wagner, Trevor James Edmonds, Derek Bruce Young
  • Patent number: 8807760
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to provide a light source apparatus that includes space-saving LED cooling unit, and a projector type image display apparatus including the same. The light source apparatus of the present invention includes a plurality of LEDs, a plurality of heatsinks that are respectively thermally coupled to the LEDs and that are disposed in series with an interval between each other, and a cooler mechanism that sends a cooling airflow into the heatsinks along their disposition direction. A heatsink included in the plurality of heatsinks that dissipates the heat of an LED having a greater heat generating amount out of the plurality of LEDs is disposed downstream in the cooling airflow from the other heatsink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Kanno, Shigenori Shibue, Takuya Kodama, Shigetoshi Ipposhi
  • Patent number: 8804337
    Abstract: A device including a structural member having a heat spreader and an electronic device mounted directly to a first surface of the heat spreader of the structural member. The device also includes a cold plate mounted directly to the first surface of the heat spreader of the structural member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Zaffetti, Edmund P. Taddey
  • Publication number: 20140218865
    Abstract: A motor controller comprising an inverter module including an inverter circuit coupled to a baseplate, wherein the baseplate includes cooling features; a cooling channel configured to receive a cooling fluid, wherein the cooling features extend into the cooling channel; a capacitor; and a laminated bus electrically coupling the capacitor to the inverter circuit and thermally coupling the capacitor to the cooling channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Mission Motor Company
    Inventors: Jon Wagner, Trevor James Edmonds, Derek Bruce Young
  • Patent number: 8797741
    Abstract: A cold plate system including, in one embodiment, first and second flow paths extending from a common inlet to a common outlet, wherein the first and second flow paths enable two-phase coolant flow under pressure through micro-channels for cooling heat loads on the cold plate system, first and second orifices disposed in the first flow path on an inlet side of the first flow path, and a third orifice spaced from a fourth orifice, the third and fourth orifices disposed in the second flow path on an inlet side of the second flow path, wherein the first and second orifices in the first flow path and the third and fourth orifices in the second flow path minimize a difference in mass flow rate between the first and second flow paths when the first and second flow paths are exposed to different heat loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: David H. Altman
  • Patent number: 8789578
    Abstract: A cooling structure for an electric device includes a plurality of cooling medium paths (724) through which a cooling medium for an inverter flows, an inlet (722) into which the cooling medium to be supplied to the plurality of cooling medium paths (724) flows, and a wall (726) provided between the inlet (722) and the plurality of cooling medium paths (724) to promote distribution of the cooling medium to each of the cooling medium paths (724).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ken Asakura
  • Publication number: 20140204534
    Abstract: An apparatus including a cold plate body; a channel module disposed within the cold plate body including a channel body and a plurality of channels projecting through the channel body; and a manifold disposed on the channel module, the manifold including an inlet and an outlet and a first plurality of apertures in fluid communication with the inlet and a second plurality of apertures are in fluid communication with the outlet. A method including introducing a fluid to an integrated cold plate disposed on an integrated circuit device, the integrated cold plate comprising a cold plate body extending about the device, the fluid being introduced into a manifold in fluid communication with a channel module disposed between the manifold and a base plate, the channel module, and including channels to direct the fluid toward the base plate, and collecting the fluid returned to the manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventors: Arnab Choudhury, Je-Young Chang, David W. Song, Edvin Cetegen, Ashish Gupta
  • Patent number: 8787013
    Abstract: A system for removing heat from a computing device includes a carrier and one or more heat removal elements. The carrier includes a carrier surface having a carrier surface pattern. The carrier surface pattern includes coupling portions. The coupling portions of the carrier surface pattern selectively couple, at different locations on the pattern, the heat removal elements to the carrier. The heat removal elements conduct heat from heat producing components of the computing device to the carrier. The carrier conducts heat away from the heat removal elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael P. Czamara, Osvaldo P. Morales
  • Patent number: 8780562
    Abstract: The present invention relates that a part of the outer bottom is combined with an intermediate heat conductor (102) the flow guide holes (300) are not totally shielded after combined, the interior of the heat dissipater (100) is installed with the heat conductive rib structure (310) for being combined with the inner periphery of the heat dissipater (100), the intermediate heat conductor is installed with the electric luminous body (200) and formed as the heat source, so the heat can be conducted to the surface of the heat conductive rib structure (310) and the heat dissipater (101), and with the fluid effect of hot ascent/cold descent, the airflow is enabled to upwardly flow from one side of the electric luminous body (200) through the flow guide holes (300) then flow out from the other side thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Inventor: Tai-Her Yang
  • Patent number: 8780557
    Abstract: A power electronics inverter includes a housing which forms a cold plate with coolant passages. The housing encloses an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT), and a DC Link capacitor. The capacitor comprises a bus-bar which exits from a bottom side of the capacitor, and the bus-bar is positioned adjacent to the cold plate. The cold plate forms a cooling passage which underlies the IGBT and the capacitor bus-bar. Thermally conductive gap pads are located between the capacitor bus-bar and the cold plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Duppong, David Michael Loken, Erich Joel Drees
  • Publication number: 20140192476
    Abstract: A cooling structure including a thermally conducting central element having a channel formed therein, the channel being configured for flow of cooling fluid there through, a first pressure plate, and a first thermally conductive resilient member disposed between the thermally conducting central element and the first pressure plate, wherein the first pressure plate, the first thermally conductive resilient member, and the thermally conducting central element form a first heat transfer path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
  • Patent number: 8767390
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a circuit board in the housing, a first back plate on the circuit board, a second back plate on the circuit board, and a connecting portion connecting the first back plate with the second back plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Koichiro Takeguchi, Yasuyuki Horii, Shingo Koide
  • Patent number: 8760869
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a central processing module having a base board, a central processing unit fixed to the base board, and a heat dissipation assembly secured to the base board. The heat dissipation assembly has a first heat sink, a second heat sink and an air deflector. The air deflector blocks an opening of the channel to deflect and guide airflow flow through the first heat sink and the second heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zeu-Chia Tan
  • Patent number: 8760868
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing in which electronic components are mounted. The electronic components may be mounted to a substrate such as a printed circuit board. A heat sink structure may dissipate heat generated by the electronic components. The housing may have a housing wall that is separated from the heat sink structure by an air gap. The housing wall may have integral support structures. Each of the support structures may have an inwardly protruding portion that protrudes through a corresponding opening in the heat sink structure. The protruding portions may each have a longitudinal axis and a cylindrical cavity that lies along the longitudinal axis. Each of the support structures may have fins that extend radially outward from the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Vinh Diep, Chiew-Siang Goh, Doug Heirich, Alexander Michael Kwan, Cesar Lozano Villarreal