With Cold Plate Or Heat Sink Patents (Class 361/702)
  • Publication number: 20100328892
    Abstract: A heat sink for use with a heat generating component includes a molded cooling block including a molded cooling passage for receiving a cooling medium. The cooling block is configured to be positioned in sufficient heat transfer relationship with respect to the heat generating component so that the cooling medium receives heat from the heat generating component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl T. Madison, JR., John R. Kostraba, JR.
  • Publication number: 20100328894
    Abstract: Provided is an optical interconnection device in which a volume required for cooling is reduced. In the optical interconnection device, a plurality of optical modules (12) are arranged on a periphery of an LSI (11) electrically connected to an electric wiring board (10), and liquid cooling mechanisms (13, 14) are respectively placed on the LSI (11) and the optical modules (12). The plurality of optical modules (12) may be arranged only on a surface of the electric wiring board (10) where the LSI (11) is mounted, only on a surface opposite to the surface where the LSI (11) is mounted, or on both the same surface as and the opposite surface to the surface where the LSI (11) is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Mikio Oda, Tomotaka Ishida, Hisaya Takahashi, Hideyuki Ono, Jun Sakai, Takashi Ohtsuka, Arihide Noda, Hikaru Kouta
  • Patent number: 7859846
    Abstract: A power module assembly (400) with low thermal resistance and enhanced heat dissipation to a cooling medium. The assembly includes a heat sink or spreader plate (410) with passageways or openings (414) for coolant that extend through the plate from a lower surface (411) to an upper surface (412). A circuit substrate (420) is provided and positioned on the spreader plate (410) to cover the coolant passageways. The circuit substrate (420) includes a bonding layer (422) configured to extend about the periphery of each of the coolant passageways and is made up of a substantially nonporous material. The bonding layer (422) may be solder material which bonds to the upper surface (412) of the plate to provide a continuous seal around the upper edge of each opening (414) in the plate. The assembly includes power modules (430) mounted on the circuit substrate (420) on a surface opposite the bonding layer (422). The power modules (430) are positioned over or proximal to the coolant passageways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Vahab Hassani, Andreas Vlahinos, Desikan Bharathan
  • Publication number: 20100321889
    Abstract: In a power conversion device including: a converter which steps up or down a voltage of a direct current power supply; and an inverter which converts the direct current voltage obtained by the converter into an alternating voltage to drive an electric motor, a plurality of magnetic parts are arranged above a switching element assembly unit with a water-cooled type second heat sink interposed between the switching element assembly unit and the plurality of magnetic parts, the switching element assembly unit configured by mounting all the switching element modules on upper and lower surfaces of a water-cooled type first heat sink. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a power conversion device capable of housing many switching element modules in a compact space and cooling them effectively, while preventing the influence of a noise due to the magnetic parts from acting on the switching element modules as much as possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu YOSHINO, Takeshi KATO, Yoshihiko HIGASHIDANI
  • Publication number: 20100315782
    Abstract: A heat sink is provided for directly cooling at least one electronic device package having an upper contact surface and a lower contact surface. The heat sink comprises a cooling piece formed of at least one thermally conductive material, where the cooling piece defines at least one inlet manifold configured to receive a coolant and at least one outlet manifolds configured to exhaust the coolant. The inlet and outlet manifolds are interleaved and are disposed in a spiral arrangement. The cooling piece further defines a number of millichannels disposed in a radial arrangement and configured to receive the coolant from the inlet manifolds and to deliver the coolant to the outlet manifolds. The millichannels and inlet and outlet manifolds are further configured to directly cool one of the upper and lower contact surface of the electronic device package by direct contact with the coolant, such that the heat sink comprises an integral heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Adam Gregory Pautsch, Satish Sivarama Gunturi, Patrick Jose Lazatin
  • Patent number: 7843695
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of islands each carrying multiple cantilevers. The apparatus also includes a fluidic network having a plurality of channels separating the islands. The channels are configured to provide fluid to the islands, and the fluid at least partially fills spaces between the cantilevers and the islands. Heat from the islands vaporizes the fluid filling the spaces between the cantilevers and the islands to transfer the heat away from the islands while driving the cantilevers into oscillation. The apparatus may also include a casing configured to surround the islands and the fluidic network to create a vapor chamber, where the vapor chamber is configured to retain the vaporized fluid. The islands and the fluidic network could be formed in a single substrate, or the islands could be separate and attached together by a binder located within the channels of the fluidic network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Yang, Steven J. Eickhoff, Chunbo Zhang, Alex Gu, J. David Zook
  • Patent number: 7836940
    Abstract: According to the invention, an apparatus for transferring heat with a target is disclosed. The apparatus may include a body which defines a surface, inlet port, inlet manifold passages, heat transfer passages, outlet manifold passages, and outlet port. The surface may couple the target with the body. The inlet port may be configured to receive and direct a fluid into inlet manifold passages. The inlet manifold passages may be configured to receive and direct the fluid to the heat transfer passages. The heat transfer passages may be configured to receive and direct the fluid in a direction substantially parallel to the surface and substantially perpendicular the input manifold passages. The outlet manifold passages may be configured to receive and direct the fluid to an outlet port. The outlet port may be configured to receive and output the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: MicroVection, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey O. Campbell, Jack M. Fryer
  • Patent number: 7835152
    Abstract: A heat dissipating module includes a heat dissipating unit, a heat collecting plate with a position limiting hole, a heat conducting member connected between the heat dissipating element and the heat collecting plate, and a fixing structure. The fixing structure includes two end portions, an arcuate elastic portion, and a position limiting portion connected to the arcuate elastic portion and extending through the position limiting hole. Each end portion is slidably disposed on the heat collecting plate. The arcuate elastic portion is connected between the two end portions and adapted to be fastened to the heat collecting plate and a base, such that an electrical component is sandwiched in between the heat collecting plate and the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Shaw-Fuu Wang, Ting-Chiang Huang, Sheng-Jie Syu, Chiun-Peng Chen, Chih-Kuang Chung, Li-Ting Wang
  • Patent number: 7830664
    Abstract: Cooling apparatuses and methods are provided for cooling an assembly including a planar support structure supporting multiple electronics components. The cooling apparatus includes: multiple discrete cold plates, each having a coolant inlet, coolant outlet and at least one coolant carrying channel disposed therebetween; and a manifold for distributing coolant to and exhausting coolant from the cold plates. The cooling apparatus also includes multiple flexible hoses connecting the coolant inlets of the cold plates to the manifold, as well as the coolant outlets to the manifold, with each hose segment being disposed between a respective cold plate and the manifold. A biasing mechanism biases the cold plates away from the manifold and towards the electronics components, and at least one fastener secures the manifold to the support structure, compressing the biasing mechanism, and thereby forcing the parallel coupled cold plates towards their respective electronics components to ensure good thermal interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt, Robert E. Simons
  • Publication number: 20100277869
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention can provide systems, methods, and apparatus for cooling a power conversion system. According to one embodiment, a system comprising a power conversion system having an electrical component with a magnetic core can be provided. The system can include a heat transfer path adjacent to a portion of the electrical component and electrically isolated from the electrical component. The system can also include a cooling medium. The cooling medium can be used in conjunction with the heat transfer path for transferring heat from the electrical component. At least in this way, a system for cooling a power conversion system can be provided that can reduce thermal effects associated with power conversion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventor: Robert Gregory Wagoner
  • Patent number: 7826225
    Abstract: An expansion tank device 14 comprises a tank installation base 16 having a cooling liquid channel 17 and an expansion tank 18 provided on the upper surface of the installation base 16. The base 16 has a communication hole 19 for holding space above the upper surface thereof in communication with the cooling liquid channel 17. The expansion tank 18 has a tank main body 21 including an upwardly bulging portion 22 having an opening at its lower end, and a bottom plate 23 joined to the lower end of the tank main body 21 for closing the lower-end opening of the bulging portion 22 and joined to the upper surface of the tank installation base 16. The bottom plate 23 is provided at a portion thereof corresponding to the communication hole 19 with a through hole 25 communicating with the communication hole 19.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignees: Showa Denko K.K., NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Katada, Kazuo Taga, Tomotaka Ishida, Sakae Kitajo
  • Publication number: 20100259897
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device dissipates heat generated by a heat-generating electronic element mounted on a top surface printed circuit board. The printed circuit board defines a plurality of first through holes. The heat dissipation device comprises a heat spreader located at a top side of the printed circuit board. The heat spreader defines a plurality of second through holes corresponding to the first through holes, respectively. A first heat sink is located over the heat spreader, and a plurality of second heat sinks is located at a bottom side of the printed circuit board. A plurality of heat pipes extending through the second through holes of the heat spreader and the first through holes of the printed circuit board to thermally connect the first and second heat sinks to the heat spreader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicants: FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD., FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: XU-XIN MIN, MENG FU, CHUN-CHI CHEN
  • Publication number: 20100259899
    Abstract: An apparatus for passively cooling electronics. The apparatus for passively cooling electronics includes at least one heat pipe and at least one heat sink thermally coupled to a bridge plate. When a cradle is thermally coupled to the at least one heat pipe, the at least one heat sink draws heat from the cradle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: Mario Facusse
  • Publication number: 20100254089
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide for non interruptive fluid cooling of an electronic enclosure. One or more electronic component packages may be removable from a circuit card having a fluid flow system. When installed, the electronic component packages are coincident to and in a thermal relationship with the fluid flow system. If a particular electronic component package becomes non-functional, it may be removed from the electronic enclosure without affecting either the fluid flow system or other neighboring electronic component packages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: William James Anderl, Evan George Colgan, James Dorance Gerken, Christopher Michael Marroquin, Shurong Tian
  • Patent number: 7805954
    Abstract: The high-frequency circuit cooling apparatus comprises a package container 14 for housing a high-frequency circuit, a tank 16 for storing a gas to be introduced into the package container 14, a cold head 12 for cooling the package container 14 and the tank 16, pipes 24, 26 connected to the tank 16, for supplying the gas into the tank 16, pipes 18, 22 detachably connected between the tank 16 and the package container 14, for introducing the gas in the tank 16 into the package container 14, and pipes 34, 36 detachably connected to the package container 14, for discharging the gas in the package container 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kazunori Yamanaka, Teru Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 7808780
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a data center having a plurality of liquid cooled computer systems. The computer systems each include a processor coupled with a cold plate that allows direct liquid cooling of the processor. The cold plate is further arranged to provide adapted flow of coolant to different portions of the processor whereby higher temperature regions receive a larger flow rate of coolant. The flow is variably adjusted to reflect different levels of activity. By maximizing the coolant temperature exiting the computer systems, the system may utilize the free cooling temperature of the ambient air and eliminate the need for a chiller. A data center is further provided that is coupled with a district heating system and heat is extracted from the computer systems is used to offset carbon emissions and reduce the total cost of ownership of the data center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas J. Brunschwiler, Ryan J. Linderman, Bruno Michel, Erich M. Ruetsche
  • Patent number: 7808781
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for packaging multi-chip modules with liquid cooling modules designed to provide different thermal resistances for effectively conducting heat from various chips with disparate cooling requirements while minimizing mechanical stresses in thermal bonds due to thermal excursions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Evan George Colgan, Michael Anthony Gaynes, John Harold Magerlein, Kenneth Charles Marston, Roger Ray Schmidt, Hilton T. Toy
  • Publication number: 20100248000
    Abstract: A device for storing electrical energy is provided, especially for a motor vehicle. The device includes at least one rechargeable storage cell and a cooling unit which is in thermal contact with the storage cell. The storage cell is accommodated in a retaining element and is in thermal contact with the retaining element, mating molded sections on the retaining element and the cooling unit mechanically interconnecting the retaining element and the cooling unit in a self-locking manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Herbert DAMSOHN, Conrad PFENDER, Thomas SCHIEHLEN, Martin STEINBACH, Caroline SCHMID
  • Publication number: 20100238619
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a heat sink, a housing, and a cover. The housing contains the heat sink, and includes a first wall, a second wall located opposite to the first wall relative to the heat sink, a third wall extending between the first wall and second wall, and an open portion formed by continuously cutting out the first, second, and third walls. The cover includes a first portion which joins with the first wall and faces at least a part of the heat sink, a second portion which joins with the second wall and faces at least a part of the heat sink from a side opposite to the first portion, and a third portion which joins with the third wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventor: Hideo Shirasaka
  • Patent number: 7800904
    Abstract: The invention provides an electronic assembly and heat sink comprising: (a) a thermally-conductive layer having a peripherally-indented top surface and a preferably non-indented bottom surface; and (b) one or more thermally-conductive elements that extend outwardly from the peripherally-indented top surface of the thermally-conductive layer and that are adapted for thermal communication with one or more heat-generating circuit components for the transfer of a heat load from the heat-generating circuit components, through the peripherally-indented top surface of the thermally-conductive layer, and to the preferably non-indented bottom surface of the thermally-conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Inventor: William L. McGough
  • Patent number: 7796388
    Abstract: The disclosure describes directly cooling a three-dimensional, direct metallization (DM) layer in a power electronics device. To enable sufficient cooling, coolant flow channels are formed within the ceramic substrate. The direct metallization layer (typically copper) may be bonded to the ceramic substrate, and semiconductor chips (such as IGBT and diodes) may be soldered or sintered onto the direct metallization layer to form a power electronics module. Multiple modules may be attached to cooling headers that provide in-flow and out-flow of coolant through the channels in the ceramic substrate. The modules and cooling header assembly are preferably sized to fit inside the core of a toroidal shaped capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Randy H. Wiles, Andrew A. Wereszczak, Curtis W. Ayers, Kirk T. Lowe
  • Patent number: 7791882
    Abstract: Apparatus and method are provided for cooling an electronics rack in an energy efficient, dynamic manner. The apparatus includes one or more extraction mechanisms for facilitating cooling of the electronics rack, an enclosure, a heat removal unit, and a control unit. The enclosure has an outer wall, a cover coupled to the outer wall and a central opening sized to surround the electronics rack and the heat extraction mechanism. A liquid coolant loop couples the heat removal unit in fluid communication with the heat extraction mechanism, which removes heat from liquid coolant passing therethrough. The control unit is coupled to the heat removal unit for dynamically adjusting energy consumption of the heat removal unit to limit its energy consumption, while providing a required cooling to the electronics rack employing the liquid coolant passing through the heat extraction mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard C. Chu, Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Vinod Kamath, Roger R. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 7778044
    Abstract: The present invention is applied to a tuner module comprising a circuit as a constituent component for tuning at the time of radio signal reception and a metal case made of aluminum and receiving the circuit. The circuit includes at least one IC component. In the metal case, a heat conductive sheet is attached between the at least one IC component and the metal case so as to be in contact with them. Furthermore, a heat radiating sheet is attached to an outer surface of the metal case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Inaba, Takumi Suzuki, Kyuichi Sato
  • Publication number: 20100195285
    Abstract: A fluid-cooled electronic housing assembly (“FCEHA”) configured for mounting within a vehicle is described. The FCEHA may be part of a fluid-cooled electronic system (“FCES”) that includes the FCEHA and a plurality of electronic components. The FCEHA is capable of providing effective cooling for the FCES while maintaining a small space requirement by utilizing a fluid cooling system that cools the housing of FCEHA. In general, the FCEHA includes a cooling-fluid channel through a heat sink that, in operation, allows a cooling fluid/liquid to flow throw the cooling-fluid channel and cool off the FCEHA more efficiently that air convection because the cooling fluid is more efficient in heat transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: Harman Becker Automotive System GmbH
    Inventors: Valod Noshadi, Juri Woinkoff
  • Patent number: 7760501
    Abstract: A heat dissipation apparatus includes a heat sink (30) and a fan (50) mounted on the heat sink. The heat sink includes a plurality of radial fins (311, 331). An air channel (312, 332) is defined between every two adjacent fins. Each of the fins includes a main body (331, 331) and an airflow guiding flange (314, 334) extending upwardly and outwardly from a top side of the main body. The airflow guiding flange is twisted in a radial direction, such that an included angle between the airflow guiding flange and the main body is gradually increased from an outer side (318, 338) towards an inner side (317, 337) of the main body. The fan is used to generate airflow towards the heat sink. The airflow is guided into the air channels between the fins via the airflow guiding flanges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xin-Xiang Zha, Shu-Min Li, Shu-Yuan Xu
  • Patent number: 7755898
    Abstract: A semiconductor module includes a base plate; a plurality of substrates placed on one surface of the base plate, with each substrate of the plurality of substrates including a switching element, a diode element, and a connection terminal area; and a parallel flow forming device that forms parallel coolant flow paths that are provided so as to be in contact with the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Aoki, Junji Tsuruoka, Seiji Yasui
  • Patent number: 7751191
    Abstract: A cooling system that promotes cooling of a device including a heat source therein is provided, the cooling system includes: a cooling unit that absorbs, upstream from the heat source, heat from intake air that the device takes in from an outside to cool the heat source and dissipates the heat to an outside of a flow path of the intake air; and a fluid control unit that lets fluid flow toward the cooling unit so as to discharge the heat absorbed by the cooling unit from the intake air to an outside of the cooling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kohichi Kakikawa, Yohichi Matsui, Hiroyuki Takenoshita
  • Patent number: 7751192
    Abstract: A heatsink having tapered geometry that improves passive cooling efficiency is discussed. A tapered geometry between heatsink heat dissipation elements, as a function of distance along a z-axis opposing gravity, decreases resistance to rarification of passively flowing cooling gas upon heating. Thus, the tapered heatsink elements result in higher velocity of gas flow and increased cooling efficiency of the heatsink. Optionally, the heatsink is made from a thermally conductive polymer allowing the heatsink to be created in complex shapes using injection molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Sensys Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Roxanne E. Abul-Haj, N. Alan Abul-Haj, Timothy W. Stippick, Kevin H. Hazen
  • Patent number: 7742304
    Abstract: A control device housing for an electronic brake system includes a lid, a housing part closable by the lid, a component support member for electronic components, and a cooling element that is in direct or indirect thermal contact with at least part of the electronic components. The cooling element may be either a planar additional cooling plate or a lid that is at least partly made of metal. The cooling element and the component support member are spaced from each other, and thin heat conductive elements are arranged in the resulting intermediate space between the cooling element and the electronic components that are to be cooled or the component support member. The heat conductive elements are configured flexibly for tolerance compensation and inhere good heat conductivity in addition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Andreas Heise, Michael Jürgens, Jürgen Peter Gilb
  • Patent number: 7738250
    Abstract: A water-cooling radiator for a computer chip is provided to lower the temperature of the computer chip. The radiator includes a body on which other elements can be fixed and providing an interface for heat exchange, an internal circulation flow path built inside the body to provide a passage required for the coolant to flow through, and a pump fixed to the side of the body near the computer chip to provide power required for the coolant circulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Chang Jung Christian University
    Inventor: Chun-Kai Wu
  • Publication number: 20100142150
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus and method of fabrication are provided for facilitating removal of heat from a heat-generating electronic device. The method of fabrication includes: obtaining a solder material; disposing the solder material on a surface to be cooled; and reflowing and shaping the solder material disposed on the surface to be cooled to configure the solder material as a base with a plurality of fins extending therefrom. In addition to being in situ-configured on the surface to be cooled, the base is simultaneously metallurgically bonded to the surface to be cooled. The solder material, configured as the base with a plurality of fins extending therefrom, is a single, monolithic structure thermally attached to the surface to be cooled via the metallurgical bonding thereof to the surface to be cooled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Levi A. CAMPBELL, Richard C. CHU, Michael J. ELLSWORTH, JR., Bruce K. FURMAN, Madhusudan K. IYENGAR, Paul A. LAURO, Roger R. SCHMIDT, Da-Yuan SHIH, Robert E. SIMONS
  • Patent number: 7729117
    Abstract: A housing for electronic control units, in particular in motor vehicles, having a bottom section for attaching the electronic control units and having a cooling device that enables heat to be dissipated from the housing via a flowing liquid, a cooling device formed in the bottom section being provided both for improving the cooling capacity and for rigidity. The bottom section is easily manufactured with an integrated cooling channel by injection molding, while cooling is achievable by a medium available in the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen Schweinbenz, Peter Schiefer, Dirk Schmidt, Gero Haehnel
  • Patent number: 7729118
    Abstract: A liquid cooling device includes a casing having an outer wall, a bottom base attached to a bottom end of the outer wall and a top cover attached to a top end of the outer wall. The casing defines a receiving space therein for receiving an impeller therein. A sealed chamber is defined in the casing and isolated from the receiving space. A motor driving unit is received in the sealed chamber and magnetically interacts with the impeller to drive the impeller to rotate. The motor driving unit comprises a motor having a stator and a printed circuit board electrically connecting with the stator. The top cover covers the motor driving unit and thermally contacts with electronic components on the printed circuit board for dissipating heat generated by the electronic components when the motor driving unit is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng-Tien Lai, Zhi-Yong Zhou, Qiao-Li Ding
  • Patent number: 7724527
    Abstract: A method and structure of improving thermal dissipation from a module assembly include attaching a first side of at least one chip to a single chip carrier, the at least one chip having a second side opposite of the first side; grinding the second side of the at least one chip to a desired surface profile; applying a heat transfer medium on at least one of a heat sink and the second side of the at least one chip; and disposing the heat sink on the second side of the at least one chip with the heat transfer medium therebetween defining a gap between the heat sink and the second side of the at least one chip. The gap is controlled to improve heat transfer from the second side of the at least one chip to the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick A. Coico, David L. Edwards, Richard F. Indyk, David C. Long
  • Patent number: 7722191
    Abstract: A projector comprises a case, an illuminant heat source, a thermal module, and an equalizing temperature module. The equalizing temperature module is disposed between the illuminant heat source and the thermal module. When the fluid flows from the illuminant heat source to the equalizing temperature module, the fluid flows through a relative high temperature region more than that of flowing through a relative low temperature region. The equalizing temperature module at least comprises a heat pipe and a plurality of heat sinks. The heat pipe has a first end located in the relative low temperature region and a second end located in the relative high temperature region. The heat pipe transfers heat from the relative high temperature region to the relative low temperature region by a cold fluid in the heat pipe. The plurality of heat sinks are disposed on the heat pipe to increase the area of heat conduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Benq Corporation
    Inventor: Chi-Hung Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20100124022
    Abstract: A computer system and method that cools an integrated circuit by use of a pipe and thermoelectric cooling module. Heat is moved from an integrated circuit and eventually dissipated into the air by fluid circulated in a pipe in thermal contact with the integrated circuit and the thermo-electric cooling module. In an embodiment, fluid is pumped by a magneto-hydrodynamic pump assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Inventor: Suad Causevic
  • Patent number: 7719839
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a heat conduction apparatus includes a heat sink. A coupling member is located on the heat sink. The coupling member is operable to releaseably and interchangeably couple one of a selected blank member and a cold plate to the heat sink in response to a cooling requirement of the heat sink. In an embodiment, a method of cooling an information handling system includes providing cooling by coupling a heat sink to a heat generating component. The method further provides selectably coupling a blank member to the heat sink providing cooling by a first fluid coolant. The method further provides selectably coupling a cold plate to the heat sink providing cooling by a first fluid coolant and a second fluid coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Shawn Paul Hoss, David Lyle Moss
  • Patent number: 7719842
    Abstract: An apparatus for mounting a plurality of heat sinks onto a circuit board during testing while the circuit board is tested in a fixed manufacturing station. The apparatus has a polygonal shaped frame with a size that is limited to an area on the circuit board which contains a plurality of data processing elements to be cooled. At least four apertures are on the frame, wherein each of the apertures corresponds to a different one of the plurality of data processing elements to be cooled. A slot is positioned on the frame to receive oversized processing elements. At least four pillars extend from the frame and mount into mounting holes provided on the circuit board. The apertures on the frame support the heat sinks above the data processing elements to be cooled. No additional screws, adhesives, clips or other fixing mechanisms are required to secure the heat sinks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald Kreissig, Wolfgang Bollinger, Roland Dieterle, Hartmut Droege
  • Publication number: 20100118494
    Abstract: A hybrid immersion cooling apparatus and method is provided for cooling of electronic components housed in a computing environment. The components are divided into primary and secondary heat generating components and are housed in a liquid sealed enclosure. The primary heat generating components are cooled by indirect liquid cooling provided by at least one cold plate having fins. The cold plate is coupled to a first coolant conduit that circulates a first coolant in the enclosure and supplies the cold plate. Immersion cooling is provided for secondary heat generating components through a second coolant that will be disposed inside the enclosure such as to partially submerge the cold plate and the first coolant conduit as well as the heat generating components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, JR., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Robert E. Simons
  • Publication number: 20100110636
    Abstract: An insulating and dissipating heat structure of an electronic part includes an electronic component, a heat sink attached to one surface of the electronic component, a housing having a first notch for coupling with the heat sink, and fluid filled in the housing for cooling. The housing is made of an insulating material. The heat sink, the fluid, and the housing of the present invention are able to lower the temperate and dissipate heat. Particularly, the housing has the character of insulation to meet the safety requirements of high power electronic parts, without concerning about electric conduction and leakage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventor: WEN-CHIANG CHOU
  • Publication number: 20100110635
    Abstract: A thermal management device (401) is provided which comprises a synthetic jet actuator (403) and a heat sink (405) comprising a fin (407). The fin has at least one interior channel (409) defined therein which has first and second openings that are in fluidic communication with each other. The synthetic jet actuator is adapted to direct a synthetic jet into said channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Lee M. Jones, Samuel N. Heffington, Raghavendran Mahalingam
  • Patent number: 7710722
    Abstract: A heat exchanger allows establishment of a flat space between first and second plates. The heat exchanger is inserted in a closed circulating loop for coolant. The flat space is allowed to have a cross-section larger than that of a cylindrical duct of the closed circulating loop. The flat space serves as a flow passage. An increased cross-section enables a reduction in the flow speed of the coolant. The coolant is allowed to slowly flow through the flat space. The coolant thus contacts with the first and second plates for a longer time. The heat of the coolant is sufficiently transferred to the first and second plates. The efficiency of heat radiation is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Masumi Suzuki, Michimasa Aoki, Yosuke Tsunoda, Masuo Ohnishi, Masahiko Hattori
  • Patent number: 7710734
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, a pluggable optoelectronic module includes a shell with a front, back, and first and second sides. A first guiderail protrudes from the first side and extends from the front of the shell to the back of the shell. A second guiderail protrudes from the second side and also extends from the front of the shell to the back of the shell. A first thumbscrew runs the length of the module and is housed within the first guiderail. A second thumbscrew also runs the length of the module and is housed within the second guiderail. The two thumbscrews are configured to secure the module to a host device when the module is plugged into the host device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Finisar Corporation
    Inventors: Donald A. Ice, Christopher R. Cole
  • Publication number: 20100103620
    Abstract: A method and associated assembly is provided for cooling of a computing embodiment having electronic components. The heat generating components are disposed in the vicinity of at least one cold plate providing direct liquid cooling. Coolant is provided to the cold plate which will eventually exit it through one or more ports or orifices placed on the sides or both side and bottom of the cold plate. The placement, size and number of port(s) or orifice(s) can be selectively adjusted to control amount of coolant flow. Effluent flow from the cold plate flows over the remaining immersion cooled components and then exits the liquid tight enclosure which houses the electronic components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, JR., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Robert E. Simons
  • Patent number: 7706143
    Abstract: A mounting plate for electronic components, including cooling conduits that are integrated into a plate body and that are traversed by a coolant, a fixing device for mounting electronic components that are to be cooled being located on the plate body. The mounting plate has the fixing device including at least one first groove with an approximately C-shaped cross-section, which extends in a linear manner in the extension direction of the mounting plate. At least one screw nut is inserted and locked against torsion in the groove in order to form a screw connection with an electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Lang, Wolfgang Reuter, Horst Besserer
  • Patent number: 7701715
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes an enclosure enclosing a liquid cooling unit. The liquid cooling unit includes a heat receiver received on an electronic component. Heat of the electronic component is transferred to the heat receiver. The heat of the heat receiver is transferred to the coolant flowing through the flow passage of the heat receiver. The electronic component gets cooled. The coolant flows into a tank in the liquid cooling unit. The tank stores the coolant and air. The air inlet is formed in the enclosure. Fresh air is introduced into the enclosure through the air inlet. Since the tank is opposed to the air inlet, the tank is exposed to the fresh air. The heat of the coolant in the tank is thus radiated into the air. The coolant gets cooled in an efficient manner. The efficiency of heat radiation is enhanced in this manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Masumi Suzuki, Michimasa Aoki, Yosuke Tsunoda, Masuo Ohnishi, Masahiko Hattori
  • Patent number: 7701053
    Abstract: An electronic component has a portion adjacent to a surface of a base to which elements are mounted is immersed into a liquid resin or semi-solid resin such that an element surface of the base to which the elements are mounted is not immersed and in which the resin is then hardened. This causes a gap to be disposed between the hardened resin and the element surface of the base, such that a cover supported by some of the elements is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Nishizawa, Norio Sakai, Isao Kato
  • Patent number: 7701708
    Abstract: A heat dissipation assembly for dissipating heat from a heat-generating component includes a first heat sink mounted on the heat-generating component for dissipating heat therefrom, and a second heat sink movably mounted to the first heat sink, to be adjustable relative to the first heat sink. The second heat sink can be moved to a desired position to fit a need of heat dissipation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Yi Wu, Zhen-Xing Ye, Ke Sun, Ming-Ke Chen, Xiao-Zhu Chen
  • Patent number: 7701709
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a housing of an electronic apparatus includes a first sidewall portion provided with an air vent, a ceiling wall portion extending from an upper end of the first sidewall portion toward the outside of the housing, and a pair of second sidewall portions which extend from respective side end portions of the first sidewall portion toward the outside of the housing and are opposed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kentaro Tomioka, Satoshi Yokote
  • Patent number: 7697297
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device for removing heat from an electronic component mounted on a printed circuit board, includes a heat sink and a clip attaching the heat sink onto the printed circuit board. The heat sink has a rectangular base and a plurality of fins extending upwardly from the base. The fins define a receiving channel therein, which is slantwise to two opposite sides of the heat sink. The clip includes a main body placed in the receiving channel and two latching legs extending obliquely and oppositely from two opposite ends of the main body. The two latching legs are located in front of and in rear of the two opposite sides of the heat sink, respectively, and are parallel thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxcomm Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Chi Chen, Min Li, Hong-Cheng Yang