Details Patents (Class 361/710)
  • Patent number: 8913389
    Abstract: Disclosed is a heat radiation device, which is in contact with a first heat-producing component having a higher value of guaranteed temperature and a second heat-producing component having a lower value of guaranteed temperature, and the heat radiation device comprises a metal member provided with a slit. The metal member is divided by the slit to have two heat radiation regions, a first heat radiation region and a second heat radiation region that are loosely coupled with each other in terms of heat conduction. The first heat-producing component is placed in contact with the first heat radiation region, and the second heat-producing component is placed in contact with the second heat radiation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhito Fukui, Takashi Sawa, Shinichi Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20140362536
    Abstract: A circuit substrate has one or more active components and a plurality of passive circuit elements on a first surface. An active semiconductor device has a substrate with layers of material and a plurality of terminals. The active semiconductor device is flip-chip mounted on the circuit substrate and at least one of the terminals of the device is electrically connected to an active component on the circuit substrate. The active components on the substrate and the flip-chip mounted active semiconductor device, in combination with passive circuit elements, form preamplifiers and an output amplifier respectively. In a power switching configuration, the circuit substrate has logic control circuits on a first surface. A semiconductor transistor flip-chip mounted on the circuit substrate is electrically connected to the control circuits on the first surface to thereby control the on and off switching of the flip-chip mounted device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: UMESH MISHRA, PRIMIT PARIKH, YIFENG WU
  • 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: 8908375
    Abstract: A cooler of a power converting device for a railroad vehicle has heat exchanger tubes or heat radiator fins disposed to enhance the cooling performance of semiconductor devices arranged on an upper level of the multiple semiconductor devices arranged in multiple rows. Temperature detecting elements are arranged to detect temperature of the semiconductor devices arranged on a lower level on a windward side and a leeward side with respect to a traveling wind performing heat exchange with the heat radiator fins, and are arranged to detect temperature of the semiconductor devices arranged on the upper level at a center area thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaomi Konishide, Yasuhiko Kono, Akihiro Hishida
  • Patent number: 8898892
    Abstract: A circuit board module includes a circuit board and a heat-dissipating device. The circuit board includes a ceramic substrate, and a circuit pattern formed on a surface of the ceramic substrate. The circuit board is sinter-bonded to a main body of the heat-dissipating device. A method of making the circuit board module is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Chung Chiang, Keng-Chung Wu, Ying-Chi Hsieh, Cheng-Kang Lu, Ming-Huang Fu
  • Patent number: 8893770
    Abstract: One aspect of the disclosure is directed to a heat sink assembly for dissipating heat from an electronic component. The heat sink assembly includes a heat sink having a base and at least one fin extending from the base. The at least one fin has an opening formed therein that is configured to receive a fastener. The heat sink assembly also includes a clip. The clip has a first portion configured to receive the fastener and at least one second portion flexibly coupled to the first portion. The at least one second portion is configured to secure the heat sink to the electronic component proximate to the base in response to a force being applied to the first portion by the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Schneider Electric It Corporation
    Inventor: Gorm Gamborg
  • 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-Gaƫlle Tallec
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8873237
    Abstract: One embodiment of a system for cooling a heat-generating device includes a base adapted to be coupled to the heat-generating device, a housing coupled to the base, a liquid channel formed between the base and the housing, where a heat transfer liquid may be circulated through the liquid channel to remove heat generated by the heat-generated device, and a heat pipe disposed within the liquid channel, where the heat pipe increases the heat transfer surface area to which the heat transfer liquid is exposed. Among other things, the heat pipe advantageously increases the heat transfer surface area to which the heat transfer liquid is exposed and efficiently spreads the heat generated by the heat-generating device over that heat transfer surface area. The result is enhanced heat transfer through the liquid channel relative to prior art cooling systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventor: Zoran Stefanoski
  • Patent number: 8859908
    Abstract: A package carrier includes a substrate, first and second insulation layers, first and second patterned circuit layers, at least one first and second conductive through holes, a heat dissipation channel, an adhesive layer and a heat conducting element. The first and second patterned circuit layers are respectively disposed on the first and second insulation layers which are respectively disposed on upper and lower surfaces of the substrate. The heat dissipation channel at least passes through the first insulation layer, the first and second patterned circuit layers, and the substrate. The first and second conductive through holes electrically connect with the substrate, the first and second patterned circuit layers. At least two opposite side surfaces of the heat conducting element each includes at least one convex portion or at least one concave portion. The heat conducting element is mounted in the heat dissipation channel via the adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Subtron Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chin-Sheng Wang, Chien-Ming Chen
  • 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: 8851159
    Abstract: An interface is formed by pressing a first surface and a second surface together, with a particle-loaded thermal interface material (TIM) in between. By applying the thermal interface material to controlled locations on the first surface in controlled amounts, final layer thickness at a given squeezing pressure, and time required to squeeze, are minimized. The locations and amounts are controlled such that small islands of TIM merge only just before final layer thickness is achieved. Better TIM thermal performance and quicker manufacturing result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
    Inventors: Drew A. Davidson, Bahgat G. Sammakia
  • Patent number: 8854819
    Abstract: A cooling device includes a heat sink base plate for mounting on a circuit board to absorb waste heat from a heat source, a radiation fin unit consisting of a set of radiation fins, mounted on the heat sink base plate opposite to the circuit board and defining a plurality of heat-dissipation passages between each two adjacent ones of the radiation fins, a cooling fan unit mounted on the radiation fin unit for creating currents of air toward the heat-dissipation passages, a plurality of thermal tubes supported on the heat sink base plate and fastened to the radiation fins. Each radiation fin has first wind guiding wall portions and second wind guiding wall portions respectively tilted in reversed directions to facilitate the flow of air through the heat-dissipation passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Dong Guan Yung Teng Electronic Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-Long Chen, Yi-Kun Lin
  • Patent number: 8848374
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure for dissipating heat away from a resistor having neighboring devices and interconnects. The semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a resistor disposed above the semiconductor substrate, and a thermal protection structure disposed above the resistor. The thermal protection structure has a plurality of heat dissipating elements, the heat dissipating elements having one end disposed in thermal conductive contact with the thermal protection structure and the other end in thermal conductive contact with the semiconductor substrate. The thermal protection structure receives the heat generated from the resistor and the heat dissipating elements dissipates the heat to the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jian-Hong Lin, Chin Chuan Peng, Tzu-Li Lee, Bi-Ling Lin, Bor-Jou Wei, Chien Shih Tsai
  • Patent number: 8842437
    Abstract: A combinational chassis featuring heat dissipation comprises a chassis body, a base plane shell, and a first side shell and a second side shell, of which the two sides connect to each other in the same direction of the base plane shell. A heat dissipation device comprises a plurality of heat-sink parts on the outside surface of chassis body. The heat-sink part comprises a raised portion integrally connected to the inside, and a joint portion connected to the outside. The raised portion integrally protrudes outwards from the outside surface. The joint portion geometrically protrudes from the raised portion. A wedge groove is formed near the joint portions where an inlet groove is formed. The inlet groove connects and communicates with the wedge groove. The chassis may be connected vertically in stack and/or connected horizontally for expansion to expand the computer system for preferably flexible application and optimal heat dissipation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Inventor: Lerng-Horng Chang
  • Patent number: 8837149
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic component includes disposing a heat radiation material including a plurality of linear structures of carbon atoms and a filling layer of a thermoplastic resin provided among the plurality of linear structures above a first substrate, disposing a blotting paper above the heat radiation material, making a heat treatment at a temperature higher than a melting temperature of the thermoplastic resin and absorbing the thermoplastic resin above the plurality of linear structures with the absorption paper, removing the blotting paper, and adhering the heat radiation material to the first substrate by cooling to solidify the thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Shinichi Hirose, Taisuke Iwai, Yoshitaka Yamaguchi, Yohei Yagishita, Yukie Sakita, Masaaki Norimatsu
  • Patent number: 8837153
    Abstract: An insulating body embeds at least one integrated circuit chip and a first and second exposed heat sink exposed on a free surface opposite a mounting surface of the body. An external heat-sink extends above the free surface. The external heat-sink includes a first dissipative portion and a second dissipative portion for contacting the first and second heat-sinks on the free surface, respectively, as well as an insulating portion for electrically insulating the first dissipative portion from the second dissipative portion. The first dissipative portion and the second dissipative portion are symmetrical with respect to the insulating portion. An extension of the external heat-sink may provide a stabilizing element. The extension of the external heat-sink may alternatively thermally and electrically interconnect two insulating bodies, each body embedding at least one integrated circuit chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventor: Cristiano Gianluca Stella
  • Patent number: 8837154
    Abstract: An insulating body incorporates at least one integrated circuit chip and includes a mounting surface for mounting to a board and a free surface opposite the mounting surface. A heatsink is attached to the insulating body at the free surface. The heatsink includes at least one stabilizing element. The stabilizing element includes an attachment portion extending at least partially transversely to the free surface beyond a peripheral boundary of the free surface when considered in plan view. The attachment portion has a binding end bound to the free surface and a free end opposite the binding end. The stabilizing element also has a mounting portion extending from the free end of the attachment portion at least up to a plane of the mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Cristiano Gianluca Stella, Concetto Privitera
  • Patent number: 8837152
    Abstract: An electronic module including a supporting frame, a handle, an electronic device, and a heat dissipating member is provided. The handle assembled to the supporting frame is open or closed relative to the supporting frame. The electronic device is detachably assembled on the supporting frame. The heat dissipating member detachably assembled to the handle moves relative to the supporting frame with the handle. When the handle is closed relative to the supporting frame, the electronic device is fixed on the supporting frame by the handle, and the heat dissipating member leans against the electronic device. When the handle is opened relative to the supporting frame, the heat dissipating member is far away from the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventor: Wei-Shih Chen
  • Patent number: 8837151
    Abstract: According to various aspects of the present disclosure, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of thermally-conductive interface assemblies suitable for use in dissipating heat from one or more components of a memory module. The thermally-conductive interface assembly may generally include a flexible heat-spreading material having first and second sides and one or more perforations extending through the flexible heat-spreading material from the first side to the second side. The flexible heat-spreading material may be sandwiched between first and second layers of soft thermal interface material. A portion of the soft thermal interface material may be disposed within the one or more perforations. The thermally-conductive interface assembly may be positioned relative to one or more components of a memory module to provide a thermally-conductive heat path from the one or more components to the first layer of soft thermal interface material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Laird Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard F. Hill, Robert Michael Smythe
  • Patent number: 8830681
    Abstract: A heat dissipation apparatus for an electronic component installed in an enclosure of an electronic device includes a bracket and a heat sink. The bracket includes a supporting plate, an elastic positioning plate extending slantingly up from a side of the supporting plate away from the electronic component, and an installation plate extending from the positioning plate to be attached to the enclosure. The heat sink is fixed to the supporting plate to abut against the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Lei Liu
  • Patent number: 8804331
    Abstract: Various computing devices and methods of thermally managing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of thermally managing a computing device is provided where the computing device includes a housing that has a wall adapted to contact a body part of a user, a circuit board in the housing, and a semiconductor chip coupled to the circuit board. The method includes placing a first heat spreader in thermal contact with the semiconductor chip and the circuit board but separated from the wall by a gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: ATI Technologies ULC
    Inventor: Gamal Refai-Ahmed
  • Patent number: 8797742
    Abstract: An electronic controller for a vehicle includes a circuit board on which an electronic component is mounted and a metal housing accommodating the circuit board therein. The housing includes an inner face and an outer face, at least one of the inner face and the outer face being subjected to surface treatment facilitating heat absorption and dissipation. The inner face of the housing further includes a protruding portion extending to a heating portion of the circuit board so as to be close to the heating portion, or includes concavities and convexities at at least a part thereof opposed to a surface of the circuit board on which the electronic component is mounted so as to increase a surface area of the inner face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Kawai, Eiji Ichikawa, Takayuki Fukuzawa
  • Patent number: 8797743
    Abstract: An electronic device mounted on a circuit board and accommodated in a housing includes a heat source element accommodated in the housing and mounted on the circuit board, and a heat conducting member accommodated in the housing. The heat conducting member is movably mounted on the circuit board. An elastic member fixes the heat source element and the heat conducting member in abutment with each other. The elasticity of the elastic member permits variations in the relative positions of the heat source element and the heat conducting member while maintaining the abutment of the heat source element and the heat conducting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Aisin Aw Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichiro Taka, Masashi Takano, Tarou Aikawa
  • Patent number: 8792241
    Abstract: An assembly includes an electronic device casing, a heat-dissipating module and a waterproofing module. The electronic device casing is formed with an encircling wall. The encircling wall has a wall body and an apertured portion formed in the wall body. The heat-dissipating module is coupled to the electronic device casing, is surrounded by the encircling wall, and includes a heat pipe extending through the apertured portion. The waterproofing module includes a waterproofing element that has a ring portion disposed on a top rim of the wall body, and a sleeve portion having a first sleeve segment that is connected to the ring portion, that is sleeved on the heat pipe and that engages the apertured portion so as to establish water tightness between the heat pipe and the apertured portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Po-Yuan Hsu, Wei-Cheng Wang, Chen-Yu Li, Hsing-Wang Chang, Tsung-Hsien Chen, Chia-Cheng Su
  • 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: 8773858
    Abstract: The invention relates to heat dissipation means for use with electrical and/or electronic apparatus to provide for the improved cooling of at least one component within the housing of the apparatus. The heat dissipation means includes a first portion located internally of the housing at or adjacent to the at least one component to be cooled and the means is formed of a material to allow the same to be passed via the first portion to an interface and onto a second portion located externally of the housing to allow the heat to be dissipated therefrom to the external environment more effectively. This allows heat to be dissipated without the need for moving heat dissipation means to be provided and avoids the noise and/or vibration which can be created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Pace Plc
    Inventor: Gary Burns
  • Patent number: 8760870
    Abstract: A pluggable module, includes: an insertion gate through which an electronic module is inserted and removed; a guide rail, including a spring support unit provided with a spring unit and a bearing unit located near the insertion gate, to guide the electronic module; and a heat sink plate, including, at one end portion, a fulcrum bar to be inserted into the bearing unit so as to move in a pressing direction of the spring unit, the heat sink plate being pushed up at the other end portion by a leading end of the electronic module so as to be pressed against the electronic module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Naoki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8749980
    Abstract: A mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal comprises at least one element, a connector selectively connected to another device to provide a data exchange path between the at least one element and the other device, and a thermal conduction frame having one side coming into contact with the at least one element and the other side coming into contact with the connector to transfer heat generated from the at least one element to the connector. The connector is connected to the element included in the mobile terminal and the other device through the thermal conduction frame to effectively transfer heat generated from the element to the other device through the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Dongsu Won, Seunghwan Jang, Yongsang Cho
  • Patent number: 8749979
    Abstract: The sheet structure includes a plurality of linear structures of carbon atoms, a filling layer filled in gaps between the linear structures for supporting the plurality of linear structures, and a coating film formed over at least one ends of the plurality of linear structures and having a thermal conductivity of not less than 1 W/mĀ·K.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Taisuke Iwai, Daiyu Kondo, Yoshitaka Yamaguchi, Ikuo Soga, Shinichi Hirose
  • Patent number: 8743545
    Abstract: A heat sink and method of fabrication are provided for removing heat from an electronic component(s). The heat sink includes a heat sink base and frame. The base has a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), and includes a base surface configured to couple to the electronic component to facilitate removal of heat. The frame has a second CTE, and is configured to constrain the base surface in opposing relation to the electronic component, wherein the first CTE is greater than the second CTE. At least one of the heat sink base or frame is configured so that heating of the heat sink base results in a compressive force at the base surface of the heat sink base towards the electronic component that facilitates heat transfer from the electronic component. A thermal interface material is disposed between the base surface and the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Milnes P. David, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Robert E. Simons, Prabjit Singh
  • Patent number: 8743544
    Abstract: A cardlock clamp is described that is used to secure an electronics module in a channel of a card cage. The cardlock clamp is configured to convert an input compression force into clamping forces in at least two radial directions perpendicular to the input compression force. The described cardlock clamp also provides self-alignment and self-center functions for the electronics module inserted into the channel. Further, variations of the cardlock clamp are described that provide more effective heat transfer from the electronics module to the card cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. Monson, Kevin J. Thorson, Melissa A. Grette-Compton, Kent D. Katterheinrich
  • Patent number: 8737070
    Abstract: A heat dissipation system includes an enclosure, a first heat sink, a second heat sink, and a fan. The enclosure includes a bottom plate, a first side plate, and a second side plate. A first air vent area is located on the first side plate. A second air vent area is located on the second side plate. A first heat generation apparatus and a second heat generation apparatus is mounted on the bottom plate and located between the first air vent area and the second air vent area. A first heat sink is mounted on the bottom plate and contacts the first heat generation apparatus. A second heat sink is mounted on the bottom plate and contacts the second heat generation apparatus. A plurality of second fins is located on the second heat sink. Each second fin is wavy. A fan is located between the first air vent area and the second air vent area. The fan is adapted to drive air to flow through the first air vent area, the first heat sink, the plurality of second fins, and the second air vent area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao-Jun Zhu, Xiang-Kun Zeng, Zhi-Jiang Yao, Li-Fu Xu
  • Patent number: 8730675
    Abstract: An electronic device including a housing including a frame member exposed to an outer surface of the electronic device; a circuit substrate disposed within the housing on which a plurality of electronic components are disposed; and a heat-radiating member provided in contact with or in close proximity to the electronic components disposed on the circuit substrate, and in contact with the frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sano, Tetsuya Okuchi
  • Patent number: 8724326
    Abstract: A heat dissipation structure includes a heat sink having a base formed with four securing tabs laterally extending from four corners of the base. Four positioning posts upwardly protrude from a printed circuit board. Four spring clips are attached to the four positioning posts respectively. Each of the four spring clips has a resilient piece for exerting a downward force to press a corresponding securing tab, thereby securing the heat sink to the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Hao Yang, Bao-Quan Shi, Rong Yang, Xiang-Kun Zeng
  • Patent number: 8724323
    Abstract: A heat dissipation apparatus for an electronic component mounted in a casing of an electronic device includes a first heat sink attached to the component, a second heat sink located outside the casing, and a heat pipe connected between the first heat sink and the second heat sink. The heat pipe contacts the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yao-Ting Chang, Hung-Chou Chan
  • Patent number: 8705239
    Abstract: A heat dissipation system for use with an electronic module is provided. The electronic module includes a first side with a first plurality of electronic components mounted thereon and a second side with a second plurality of electronic components mounted thereon. The heat dissipation system includes a first segment mountable on the module to be in thermal communication with at least one electronic component of the first plurality of electronic components. The system further includes a second segment mountable on the module to be in thermal communication with at least one electronic component of the second plurality of electronic components. The system includes a third segment mountable on the module to be in thermal communication with the first segment and with the second segment, the third segment providing a path through which heat flows from the first segment to the second segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Netlist, Inc.
    Inventors: Enchao Yu, Zhiyong An
  • Patent number: 8699227
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for transfer of heat energy in a well logging tool, where a variable heat flow from a chamber for electronics via a thermovalve is transmitted into a heat sink consisting of cooled metal, thereby establishing an approximately constant temperature in the chamber for electronics. The device comprises an electronics modular unit and a heat sink modular unit, which modular units are connected via an intermediate section, where a heat-regulating thermovalve provides heat conduction between a conical piston and a conical piston seat, for transferring heat energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Norwegian Well Solutions AS
    Inventor: Thomas Hovik
  • Patent number: 8699228
    Abstract: A reliable power module is realized, in which a good performance of radiating heat of the power semiconductor element is secured and it is hard for the heat of a power semiconductor element to be conducted to a driving element. A power module includes a power semiconductor element mounted on a lead frame, and a driving element mounted on the lead frame, and a heat radiating plate radiating heat which is generated by the power semiconductor element, and a resin holding the power semiconductor element, the driving element, and the heat radiating plate, wherein the heat radiating plate has a portion disposed at a side opposite to a surface of the lead frame where the power semiconductor element is mounted, a portion disposed between the power semiconductor element and the driving element, and a portion disposed below the power semiconductor element, as the portions being in a body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Keiko Takahashi, Masanori Minamio, Kenya Yamashita
  • Patent number: 8699226
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to active cooling or removing heat generated by a processor in a computing device. More specifically, a cooling system in a computing device may include a heatpipe which moves heat along a fin pack. The fin pack may include top and bottom ends as well as a plurality of fins. The fins may extend only a portion of the way between the ends thus creating an air duct. The air duct may allow debris to move along an edge of the fin and out of the computing device. The fins may also be curved to promote the forcing of debris through the fin pack while still allowing the heat to be expelled through the fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: James Tanner, William Riis Hamburgen
  • Patent number: 8687358
    Abstract: The power conversion apparatus includes electronic components constituting a power conversion circuit, a cooler for cooling at least some of the electronic components, and a case housing the at least some of the electronic components and the cooler. The at least some of the electronic components and the cooler are fixed to and integrated in a frame as an internal unit. The frame has such a shape that at least some of the electronic components constituting the internal unit are disposed inside the frame. The frame includes a terminal block on which input/output terminals for inputting and outputting controlled power are mounted for providing connection between the input/output terminals and external devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Nakasaka, Masao Murakami
  • Patent number: 8687368
    Abstract: An assembled structure includes an integrated circuit chipset and a heat-dissipating module. The heat-dissipating module includes a heat sink, a locking member and at least one elastic element. The heat sink includes a base and a plurality of fins. The locking member includes a rectangular frame with at least one sustaining part. Two first lateral plates are downwardly extended from a first side and a second side of the rectangular frame, respectively. The first side and the second side are opposed to each other. In addition, at least one hook is formed on an inner surface and a lower edge of each first lateral plate. The elastic element has a first part sustained against the base of the heat sink and a second part sustained against the sustaining part of the rectangular frame. The hooks are engaged with a bottom surface of the substrate of the integrated circuit chipset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Enzotechnology Corp.
    Inventors: Chen-Chang Wu, Ching-Hsing Liao
  • Patent number: 8687366
    Abstract: A voltage supply apparatus for a motor vehicle, especially a passenger car, truck or a motorcycle, includes a storage cell arrangement having one or more electrochemical storage cells and/or double layer capacitors that are mounted on top of each other. The storage cell arrangement is releasably connected in a form-fitting way to a heat-conducting cooling device that removes heat from the storage cells and/or double layer capacitors such that at least some of the storage cells and/or double layer capacitors of a respective storage cell group can each be thermally connected with the heat-conducting cooling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Eckstein, Bjoern Lath, Hubertus Goesmann, Micha Dirmeier, Alexander Meijering, Philipp Petz, Nicolas Flahaut
  • Publication number: 20140085828
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a circuit board and a heat sink. A chip is mounted on the circuit board. The heat sink includes a base mounted on the chip and a number of heat-dissipation poles extending up from the base. Each pole defines a through hole extending through the base and a top end of the pole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Cheng-Sung Wang
  • Patent number: 8681501
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, an apparatus comprises a heat dissipation unit, such as a heat sink, that encases wireless logic in order to completely surround such logic. When adapted as a wireless network device, a casing further encases the heat dissipation unit. The casing includes a plurality of slots that are aligned with heat-radiating elements positioned around the periphery of the heat dissipation unit to allow for cooling by convection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Aruba Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Gururaj Govindasamy, Thomas Nguyen, Hogan Lew, David Fraticelli
  • Patent number: 8675365
    Abstract: Cooling airflow through an information handling system is redirected at positions of a motherboard having an unpopulated processing component towards positions of the motherboard having processing component. For example, a shroud shaped as a nozzle couples to a heat sink connector of the motherboard to cover an unpopulated CPU socket. The shroud has a nozzle-shaped channel with an inlet accepting cooling airflow and an outlet exhausting the cooling airflow towards a processing component. For instance, the inlet is proximate a cooling fan and the outlet directs the airflow from the cooling fan towards a heat sink associated with RAM populated on the motherboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Darren B. Pav, David McKinney
  • Patent number: 8665596
    Abstract: Power switching circuitry has a heat absorbing structure, and a heat conductive substrate having power switching components on a first surface and a second surface adjacent to the heat absorbing structure. Electrically conductive members, comprising first and second members, are on the first surface and extend along a first axis orthogonal to the heat conductive substrate. The second portion is more remote from the heat conductive substrate, and has a smaller cross-sectional area than, the first portion to define a shoulder region orthogonal to the first axis. A circuit board is located on the shoulder regions, with the second portions extending through the circuit board. An urging mechanism urges the circuit board against the shoulder regions, whereby the electrically conductive members provide a current path between the heat conductive substrate and the circuit board, and urge the heat conductive substrate into thermal contact with the heat absorbing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: PG Drives Technology Limited
    Inventor: Richard Peter Brereton
  • Patent number: 8659896
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus for a power electronics system includes a jet plate, a target plate, a plurality of fluid collection passageways, and a fluid outlet. The jet plate includes an array of impingement jets having a jet body and an impingement jet channel. The target plate includes an array of microchannel cells having a plurality of radially-extending wavy-fin microchannels. The coolant fluid is directed toward an impingement location through the array of impingement jets and travels through the wavy-fin microchannels. The plurality of fluid collection passageways are arranged in a grid pattern such that the coolant fluid exits the wavy-fin microchannels and flows into the plurality of fluid passageways. The coolant fluid exits the cooling apparatus through the fluid outlet. The cooling apparatus may be incorporated into a power electronics module having a power electronics device to cool the power electronics device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Ercan Mehmet Dede, Yan Liu
  • Patent number: 8649178
    Abstract: A heat dissipation module for an electronic apparatus including a heat-generating structure is provided. The heat dissipation module includes a heat dissipation structure and a heat-conducting structure. The heat-conducting structure includes a heat-conducting portion and an extending portion. The heat-conducting portion is adhered between the heat-generating structure and the heat dissipation structure. The heat generated by the heat-generating structure is transmitted to the heat dissipation structure through the heat-conducting portion. The extending portion is connected to the heat-conducting portion and exposed to the heat-generating structure and the heat dissipation structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Compal Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ching-Yuan Huang, Chang-Yuan Wu, I-Feng Hsu, Tzu-Chang Chen
  • Publication number: 20140036450
    Abstract: An apparatus for passively cooling electronics. The apparatus for passively cooling electronics includes at least one heat sink configured to be thermally coupled to at least one cabinet. When the at least one cabinet is thermally coupled to the at least one heat sink, the at least one heat sink draws heat from the at least one cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Mario E. Facusse, David Scott Kosch