Heat Sink Patents (Class 361/709)
  • Patent number: 8974116
    Abstract: There is provided a heat sink for measuring temperature of electronic component. The heat sink includes a heat radiating plate, a fin, a heat receiving plate, and a temperature detector. The heat radiating plate has a first surface that receives heat from the electronic component. The fin is for radiating heat energy conducting through the heat radiating plate and is connected to the heat radiating plate. The heat receiving plate arranged apart from the heat radiating plate has a second surface movable to be parallel to the first surface. The temperature detector that detects a temperature is disposed on the heat receiving plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Tomomi Okamoto, Hiroshi Yamada, Ryuji Ito, Osamu Higashi
  • Patent number: 8967586
    Abstract: A supporting apparatus, configured to support a heat dissipating device, includes a bracket, two adjusting structures, and two mounting portions. Each of the two mounting portions defines a mounting hole. Each of the two adjusting structures is engaged in each of the mounting holes and includes an adjusting member and an installation member engaged with the adjusting member. Each of the adjusting members defines a through hole. The two adjusting members are rotatable relative to the two mounting portions from a first position to a second position. When the adjusting members are in the first position, a first line is running through the two through holes. When the adjusting members are in the second position, a second line is running through the two through holes, and a length of the first line is less than a length of the second line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (WuHan) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao-Jun Zhu, Jin-Biao Ji, Zhi-Jiang Yao
  • Patent number: 8971044
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first output unit configured to output a first phase; a second output unit configured to output a second phase different from the first phase, the second output unit being disposed to be stacked on the first output unit; and a controller configured to control the output units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Okumura, Takukazu Otsuka, Masao Saito
  • Patent number: 8971824
    Abstract: A radio frequency unit and an integrated antenna are provided. The radio frequency unit includes a duplexer, a power amplifier circuit board, and a transceiver circuit board. The duplexer connects to the power amplifier circuit board and the transceiver circuit board. The power amplifier circuit board connects to the transceiver circuit board. The power amplifier circuit board and the transceiver circuit board are respectively located at two end portions of the duplexer. The power amplifier circuit board and the transceiver circuit board are projected onto the same plane along a direction being vertical to the power amplifier circuit board with their projections on the same plane non-overlapped each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yonghui Peng, Shengjun Ou, Tao Tang, Ganghua Yang, Tengyue Li
  • Publication number: 20150055302
    Abstract: A power module substrate with a heatsink includes: a power module substrate provided with a ceramic substrate, a circuit layer and a metal layer; and a heatsink bonded to the metal layer via a solder layer and composed of copper or a copper alloy. The metal layer is formed by bonding an aluminum plate in which the content of Al is 99.0 to 99.85% by mass to the ceramic substrate, and the solder layer is formed of a solid-solubilized-hardening type solder material including Sn as a major component and a solid-solubilized element being solid-solubilized into a matrix of Sn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nagatomo, Yoshirou Kuromitsu
  • 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: 8958207
    Abstract: The electronic device includes a heat generator 54, a heat radiator 58, and a heat radiation material 56 disposed between the heat generator 54 and the heat radiator 58 and including a plurality of linear structures 12 of carbon atoms and a filling layer 14 formed of a thermoplastic resin and disposed between the plurality of linear structures 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Yamaguchi, Taisuke Iwai, Shinichi Hirose, Daiyu Kondo, Ikuo Soga, Yohei Yagishita, Yukie Sakita
  • 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: 8952523
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package apparatus includes a packaging substrate, an integrated circuit coupled to an upper side of the packaging substrate, an array of contacts coupled to an underside of the packaging substrate for electrically coupling the integrated circuit to a circuit board, and a lid coupled to the upper side of the packaging substrate. In one form, the lid includes a central portion lying on a first plane, corner areas lying on a second plane, and arcuate wall portions disposed between and interconnecting the corner areas and the central portion. Other forms of the lid are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mudasir Ahmad, Mohan R. Nagar, Weidong Xie
  • Patent number: 8947881
    Abstract: A housing (1) for at least one electronic card (2), designed for the aeronautics field, of the type having a standardized width and including two lateral guides designed to work together with slides provided on the inner surfaces of an electronics bay, includes two half-shells, upper (4) and lower (5), pressed together at the lateral guides; the lower half-shell includes at least one bearing area (10) forming the housing for electronic cards; elements (19) for pressing each electronic card (2) in each corresponding housing and for pressing at least one heat sink (16) against the upper surface of at least one electronic card; the function of the body (5) is to take into account the mechanical stresses linked to the electronic cards hosted within the housing, and the function of the cover (4) is to ensure adequate thermal conductivity to allow heat produced by an electronic card in operation to be dissipated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS France
    Inventors: Jesus Aspas Puertolas, Nicolas Maisonnave, Emile Colongo, Sylvain Bourdou
  • Publication number: 20150029669
    Abstract: A control device includes a first circuit carrier with electrical components that are electrically conductively connected to one another and a second circuit carrier with electrical components that are electrically conductively connected to one another. The first circuit carrier and the second circuit carrier are electrically conductively connected to one another. The second circuit carrier is fixedly connected in thermally conductive fashion to a fluid-tight thermally conductive carrier element. The second circuit carrier and the carrier element are arranged in a cutout of the first circuit carrier. The carrier element has better thermal conductivity than the first circuit carrier and can be thermally conductively connected to a heat sink. The carrier element is integrated in fluid-tight fashion in an internal region of the first circuit carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Liskow, Peter Klobes, Thomas Meier
  • Patent number: 8941996
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device is used in a circuit board, where the circuit board includes a chip and at least one positioning hole disposed around the chip, and each of the positioning holes has a bare metal area on its periphery. The heat dissipation device includes a heat dissipation element, a conductive element and at least one fixing part. The heat dissipation element is disposed on the chip; the conductive element is connected electrically to the bare metal area of the circuit board and the heat dissipation element respectively; the fixing part passes through the fixing holes and is connected to the positioning hole, so as to fix the heat dissipation element to the circuit board. A circuit board is also provided, which includes a substrate, a chip, a positioning hole and the heat dissipation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Feng Chiang, Cheng-Hao Lee, Chun-Lin Wang, Tung-Huang Kuo
  • 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: 8934243
    Abstract: A notebook computer 1 is provided with: a casing in which a CPU is accommodated; a heat-dissipating component 37 having a plurality of fins; and a fan 31, and operates such that heat transferred from the CPU to the heat-dissipating component 37 is heat-exchanged with air supplied from the fan 31, and released to the exterior of the casing. The heat-dissipating component 37 is disposed at an air outlet 32b of the fan 31. An opening 35 is formed, between the air outlet 32b and a fan main unit 33, in a fan case 32. First shutter means 39 is provided on a discharge outlet surface of the heat-dissipating component 37. With this structure, increase in cost and weight can be restrained, and dust on the heat-dissipating component can be removed with a simplified structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Ito, Kazuhiro Shiraga, Shinji Goto
  • Patent number: 8933324
    Abstract: An electronics assembly for a photovoltaic panel includes a substrate of a thermally conductive material, wherein the substrate defines a thermal contact area for thermally contacting the electronics assembly to a photovoltaic panel; and at least one electronic component provided on the substrate and in thermal contact with the substrate, so that when the electronics assembly is in thermal contact with the photovoltaic panel. The thermal contact provides a heat conductive channel between the at least one electronic component and the photovoltaic panel, wherein the heat conductive channel enables the electronics assembly to use the photovoltaic panel as a heat sink for heat produced by the at least one electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: SMA Solar Technology AG
    Inventors: Hendrik Oldenkamp, Irene Johanna De Jong
  • Publication number: 20150009629
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic control apparatus for a vehicle and provides an electronic control apparatus for a vehicle using a radiation board in which a radiation plate having a slide fixing structure (for example, “U” shaped) is attached onto a portion opposite to a portion which requires the radiation in a printed circuit board(PCB) and if additional radiation performance is required, a slidable radiation board which is detachable is attached/detached to directly emit heat to the atmosphere through the radiation plate and the radiation board to the atmosphere, thereby improving a radiation effect and to implement a standard platform of the radiation structure and implement an optimal radiation structure through a slidable radiation board and a manufacturing method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: Hyundai Autron Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyung Joon Moon
  • Patent number: 8929081
    Abstract: An electronic system includes a printed circuit board (PCB), and a heat dissipating element. The PCB includes one or more first electronic components mounted on a first side of the PCB, and one or more second electronic components mounted on a second side of the PCB. The first electronic components have a power consumption that is greater than a threshold and have a height over the first side of the PCB that is higher than any other electronic components mounted on the first side of the PCB. At least one of the second electronic components has a height over the second side of the PCB that is higher than the height of the first electronic components. The heat dissipating element is adjacent to the first electronic components so as to provide a thermal coupling for dissipating heat generated by the first electronic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Marvell Israel (M.I.S.L) Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel Elkaslassy, Daniel Kalmanoviz
  • Patent number: 8929077
    Abstract: A thermal connector for use with a printed circuit board assembly is disclosed. The thermal connector includes a top segment configured for thermal engagement with a heat source disposed on a top surface of a printed circuit board and for insertion through an opening of the printed circuit board to thermally engage the heat source. A middle segment of the thermal connector extends from the top segment and includes a flanged portion configured to engage a bottom surface of the printed circuit board when the top segment is inserted through the opening of the printed circuit board. A bottom segment of the thermal connector extends from the middle segment and is configured for thermal engagement to a heat dissipating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: TEM Products Inc.
    Inventor: Dean Gouramanis
  • Patent number: 8929078
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic control device (10) having electronic components (160, 162) on a circuit board (110) which are shielded from electrical and/or magnetic interference fields. According to the invention, an electrically conductive sheet metal part (170) is arranged on the circuit board (110) which forms a Faraday cage for the electronic components (160, 162) with the circuit board. The electrically conductive sheet metal part (170) is furthermore in thermal contact to the electronic components (160, 162) and in thermal contact to the housing (100) of the control device (10) and thereby deflects heat from the electronic components (160, 162) into the housing (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Weeber, Heinrich Barth, Ralph Schertlen
  • 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: 8922999
    Abstract: A heat dissipating assembly which releases heat produced by an electronic device comprising a heat dissipating device and a plurality of elastic fastening members. The heat dissipating assembly includes a base plate having a plurality of engaging holes formed thereon. Each elastic fastening member includes a connecting member and a spring. The connecting member has a head portion and a bolt body that extends therefrom. The bolt body has an outer thread formed on the surface thereof and is being insertable into the respective engaging hole. The spring includes a winding portion woundable around the outer periphery of the bolt body, a clutching portion outwardly extended and downwardly bent from the bottom end of the winding portion to the base surface of the base plate, and a fastening segment extending from the clutching portion back under the winding portion. The instant disclosure further provides an elastic fastening member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Wistron Corp.
    Inventors: Jeng-Ming Lai, Sheng-Fu Liu, Tsung-Yu Chiu, Wei-Chung Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20140376188
    Abstract: In an electronic device, a one-side heat radiation element and a two-side heat radiation element are disposed on a surface of a substrate adjacent to a heat sink. The one-side heat radiation element has a rear-side covered conductive portion and a rear-surface molded portion on the rear-side covered conductive portion adjacent to the heat sink, and radiates heat to the substrate. A surface of a rear-side exposed conductive portion of the two-side heat radiation element adjacent to the heat sink is exposed and the two-side heat radiation element radiates heat to the substrate and the heat sink. The rear-surface molded portion controls a limit position of the one-side heat radiation element toward the heat sink due to deformation of the substrate. A heat radiation gel is filled in between the rear-side exposed conductive portion and the heat sink to radiate heat from the two-side heat radiation element toward the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventor: Seiji MORINO
  • Patent number: 8917511
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer system and power transmitting/receiving device according to the present invention include an antenna (resonator) 109 and a heat dissipation structure 111 with an electrically conductive thermal conductor 11, a portion of which makes thermal contact with the inductor 13 of the antenna 109 with an electrical insulator 12 interposed between them. The thermal conductor 11 is arranged to form no electrically closed loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamamoto, Hiroshi Kanno
  • Patent number: 8913390
    Abstract: An electronic device may have electrical components that generate heat. The components may be mounted on a printed circuit board having a peripheral edge with an edge surface. The edge surface may be coated with a layer of metal. Metal traces in the printed circuit board such as ground plane traces may be used to conduct heat from the electrical components to the layer of metal on the edge surface. The edge surface may be separated from an adjacent thermally conductive electronic device housing structure by an air gap. Thermally conductive elastomeric bumper structures may bridge the air gap between the edge surface of the printed circuit and the housing structure. The thermally conductive elastomeric bumper structures may conduct heat from the layer of metal on the edge surface to the housing structure and may serve as a cushioning interface between the printed circuit and the housing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shayan Malek, Michael B. Wittenberg, Miguel C. Christophy
  • Patent number: 8905775
    Abstract: An retaining device of an electrical connector assembly for use with a heat dissipating device, includes a first retainer, a fixing lever, and a second retainer. The fixing lever has one end pivotally mounted to the first retainer and another end capable of locked by the first retainer. The second retainer is integral formed with an elastic plate. The first retainer and the second retainer are two separated members, and the fixing lever and the elastic plate are used for pressing two opposite ends of the heat dissipating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheng-Chi Yeh
  • Patent number: 8902623
    Abstract: In a power inverter, a coolant passage is fixed to a chassis to cool the chassis; the chassis is divided into a first region and a second region by providing the coolant passage in the chassis; a power module is provided in the first region as fixed to the coolant passage; a capacitor module is provided in the second region; and the DC terminal of the capacitor module is directly connected to the DC terminal of the power module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fusanori Nishikimi, Kinya Nakatsu
  • Patent number: 8902590
    Abstract: An apparatus for tracking a portable asset includes a solar panel, an electronics assembly integrated into an enclosure, and a heat spreading assembly adjacent the solar panel, the heat spreading assembly located to form an air gap separating the heat spreading assembly from the electronics assembly such that heat generated by the solar panel is dissipated in the air gap before reaching the electronics assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Omnitracs, LLC
    Inventors: Steven M. Tom, John P. Oeth, Clayton G. Dumstorff
  • Patent number: 8902591
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat dissipation device, which comprises: a fluid, a fluid delivery device, and a circular pipe. The fluid delivery device is for propelling and delivering the fluid, the circular pipe is connected with the fluid delivery device, at least a portion of the circular pipe itself contacting with a heat generation device for conducting heat to the portion of the circular pipe, so as letting the fluid to be delivered by the fluid delivery device for delivering heat to the rest portion of the circular pipe, and to dissipate the heat generation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Microjet Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hao Jan Mou, Ta Wei Hsueh, Ying Lun Chang, Shih Chang Chen, Yung Lung Han, Chi Feng Huang
  • 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: 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: 8897014
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mechanical layout for a half-bride power module that is optimized for low inductance. In one embodiment, a first power module and a second power module are mounted on each side of a heat sink. An inductance cancelling bus bar is wrapped around the heat sink, the first power module and the second power module in a loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert Gregory Wagoner, Allen Michael Ritter, Mark Eugene Shepard
  • Patent number: 8891241
    Abstract: An electronic assembly includes a heat generating element, a heat dissipation fin set and a filter circuit board. The filter circuit board is disposed between the heat generating element and the heat dissipation fin set. The filter circuit board includes a metal layer, an electromagnetic band gap structure layer, an insulation layer disposed between the metal layer and the electromagnetic band gap structure layer and plural first thermal vias. The heat dissipation fin set is disposed on the heat generating element and directly contacts the metal layer. The electromagnetic band gap structure layer has plural conductive patterns arranged in the same pitches. The heat generating element directly contacts at least one of the conductive patterns. The first thermal vias pass through the insulation layer, the metal layer and the conductive patterns. Two ends of each first thermal via respectively connect the metal layer and the corresponding conductive pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Tatung Company
    Inventors: Shih-Chieh Chao, Chih-Wen Huang
  • Patent number: 8891242
    Abstract: A heat sinking device for a component mounted on an electronic circuit board, including: a hollow body, of straight cylindrical or prismatic form, including a first material, arranged vertically on top of the electronic circuit board, the useful volume of the body including at least the component, a resin including a second material, at least partially filling the internal volume of the body so as to contain the component. The heat sinking device can be arranged on an insulating separator element, the resin can be introduced in the liquid state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Pierre Borrat-Michaud, Anne-Gaëlle Tallec
  • Patent number: 8891246
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a coreless substrate with an embedded die that is integral to the coreless substrate, and at least one device assembled on a surface that is opposite to a ball-grid array disposed on the coreless substrate. The apparatus may include an over-mold layer to protect the at least one device assembled on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: John S. Guzek, Vijay K. Nair
  • Publication number: 20140334104
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic control apparatus for a vehicle, and the electronic control apparatus includes: an electronic control board which has a top side on which a heating element is mounted; a heat sink which radiate heat generated from the heating element to the outside; at least one screw which couples the electronic control board and the heat sink; and a heat radiating pad which transfer heat of the heating element to the heat sink, in which a stepped portion having a predetermined depth is formed on the contact surface of the heat sink so that the heat radiating pad is inserted thereto, and the depth of the stepped portion is formed to be smaller than a thickness of the heat radiating pad so that the heat radiating pad is pressed and inserted between the electronic control board and the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: HYUNDAI AUTRON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun Jae Yang, Hyung Joon Moon, Chang Geun Shin, Dong Gi Lee, Seung Mok Song
  • Publication number: 20140334074
    Abstract: An electrical contactor assembly is provided including an electrical contactor, an electrical bus bar, and a panel formed from an electrically insulating material. At least one post protrudes through the panel and is in contact with the electrical bus bar. The at least one post is constructed from an electrically and thermally conductive material. A first end of the at least one post is configured to electrically and thermally connect to the electrical contactor. A heat sink is removably coupled to a second end of the at least one post. The heat sink includes a body having a plurality of fins extending radially outward. A first portion of the plurality of fins extends around a circumference of the body. A second portion of the plurality of fins extends around only a portion of the circumference of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Debabrata Pal, Aida Virginia Bennett, John Shutts
  • Patent number: 8885336
    Abstract: A mounting structure adapted for mounting an expansion card within a computer enclosure and configured to directly absorb and conduct heat from a heat source (such as an IC chip) on the card to the ambient atmosphere surrounding the enclosure. The mounting structure includes a mounting bracket, a heat sink adapted to contact a surface of the heat source on the expansion card, an extension interconnecting the heat sink and the mounting bracket, one or more features for conducting heat from the heat sink to the mounting bracket, and one or more features associated with the mounting bracket for dissipating heat from the mounting structure to the ambient atmosphere surrounding the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: OCZ Storage Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Dokyun Kim, Karl Reinke
  • Patent number: 8885342
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cage for thermal management and for housing an electronic module. The cage includes top, bottom and side walls joined to form an interior cavity. The side walls form an enclosure having a first panel. A thermally conductive pathway is disposed on the first panel. The enclosure receives an electronic device such as a transceiver module and a heat sink mounted on the first panel. The thermally conductive pathway is disposed between the electronic device and the heat sink so that heat from the electronic device is transmitted via the thermally conductive pathway to the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Methode Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Skepnek, Alexandros Pirillis, Andrius Zernaitis
  • Patent number: 8879267
    Abstract: A transceiver assembly includes a transceiver module having ribs and a thermal interface member on an outer surface and a receptacle assembly receiving the transceiver module. The receptacle assembly includes a heat sink and a clip coupling the heat sink to a guide frame. The heat sink has a heat sink surface facing the thermal interface member and a step extending from the heat sink surface with a module engagement surface. The ribs ride along the step during insertion into and removal from the receptacle of the transceiver module. When the ribs are longitudinally aligned with and engage the step, the module engagement surface is in an elevated position. When the ribs are longitudinally offset from the step, the module engagement surface is in a recessed position and in direct thermal engagement with the thermal interface member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Randall R. Henry, Michael E. Shirk
  • Publication number: 20140321061
    Abstract: Present thermal solutions to conduct heat from pluggable optical modules into heat sinks use a metal heat sink attached with a spring clip. The interface between the pluggable module and the heat sink is simple metal-on-metal contact, which is inherently a poor thermal interface and limits heat dissipation from the optical module. Heat dissipation from pluggable optical modules is enhanced by the application of thermally conductive fibers, such as an advanced carbon nanotube velvet. The solution improves heat dissipation while preserving the removable nature of the optical modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: David Moore, Dean Flockton
  • Publication number: 20140313675
    Abstract: The present disclosures provides an electronic control apparatus for a vehicle using overmolding in which a heat radiating plate is attached to an opposite side of a part requiring heat radiation in a printed circuit board (PCB) and a part other than the part, to which the heat radiating plate is attached, is overmolded so as to directly discharge heat to the air through the heat radiating plate such that a heat radiation effect is excellent, the heat radiating plate is attached in advance and then a housing is formed of mold resin such that a manufacturing process is simplified, and a printed circuit board (PCB) is surrounded by mold resin such that a waterproof function is excellent, and a manufacturing method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Hyundai Autron Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeon Chul Choo, Sun Jae Yang, Chang Ju Kim, Seung Mok Song, Ju Hyung Lee
  • Publication number: 20140313674
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a circuit board, a first heat sink, a second heat sink, and two fixing members. The first heat sink includes a board and a number of fins extending from a top of the board. The second heat sink includes a connecting piece, two blocks mounted to opposite ends of the connecting piece, and a number of fins extending from a top of the connecting piece. The blocks are rested on the circuit board. Opposite ends of each fixing member are fixed to the board and one of the blocks. The first heat sink is mounted on the circuit board and maintains the second heat sink on the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventor: ZHI-BIN GUAN
  • Publication number: 20140313668
    Abstract: An exemplary protective device is for protecting an electronic component mounted on a printed circuit board. The protective device includes a protective board covering the electronic component, and a hard carbon film coated on an outer periphery of the protective board. The protective board is made of anti-EMI materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: WEI-HANG HSU, JUI-WEN HUNG
  • Publication number: 20140307390
    Abstract: An apparatus for enclosing an electronic component to a base comprising, an enclosure attached to a base and surrounding an electronic component. The enclosure divided into a first portion and a second portion along a first plane substantially parallel to the base. The second portion of the enclosure is attached to the base. The first portion of the enclosure is attached to the second portion of the enclosure. The enclosure including one or more extruding elements on an exterior surface of the enclosure. The one or more extruding elements on the exterior surface of the enclosure increases an exterior surface area of the enclosure facilitating dissipation of heat from the electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony E. Baker, Stephen J. Flint, Jian Meng
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8861203
    Abstract: An adjustable heat sink assembly includes a thermo-conductive bottom panel having a flat contact face protruded from the bottom wall thereof, elevation-adjustment fasteners mounted in the thermo-conductive bottom panels and fastened to a circuit board and vertically adjusted to keep the flat contact face in positive contact with a heat source at the circuit board, a thermo-conductive top panel, pitch-adjustment fasteners joining the thermo-conductive bottom panel and the thermo-conductive top panel and adjustable to control the distance between the thermo-conductive bottom panel and the thermo-conductive top panel and to keep the thermo-conductive top panel in positive contact with the housing, face panel or radiation fin of the electronic apparatus using the circuit board, and heat pipes connected between the thermo-conductive bottom panel and the thermo-conductive top panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Adlink Technology Inc.
    Inventor: Chih-Liang Fang
  • Publication number: 20140301042
    Abstract: An electronic device is attached to a first surface of a board which includes vias. A heat sink precursor for the electronic device is attached to the second surface of the electronic board. The heat sink precursor includes a cavity facing the vias. A wave of solder paste is applied to the second surface. The solder paste penetrates into the cavity of the heat sink precursor and flows by capillary action through the vias to weld a thermal radiator and/or electronic contact of the electronic device to the vias. The solder paste further remains in the cavity to form a corresponding heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Cristiano Gianluca Stella, Rosalba Cacciola, Giuseppe Luigi Malgioglio
  • Patent number: 8854809
    Abstract: A data center includes a modular building structure forming an enclosure having a bottom side. An external support system extends from the modular building structure. A series of heat sinks are each configured to extend from an interior to an exterior of the enclosure and protrude below the bottom side of the modular building structure into a fluid. Electronic components and devices are housed within the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Matthew Daniel Neumann, Timothy Michael Rau
  • Patent number: 8854817
    Abstract: An exemplary electronic device includes an electronic component, a heat dissipation device, a fixing member and a casing contained the electronic component, the heat dissipation device and the fixing member therein. The heat dissipation device thermally contacts the electronic component. The fixing member includes a main body and an engaging portion extending from the main body. The engaging portion fixes the heat dissipation device to the fixing member. Fasteners extend through the casing and engage the main body of the fixing member to secure the fixing member on the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Yao Li, Jui-Wen Hung, Wei-Jen Huang