For Module Patents (Class 361/715)
  • Publication number: 20130215576
    Abstract: The present application relates to a microwave module comprising a printed circuit board, a first housing part, a second housing part, and a diplexer. It is specifically proposed that the first and second housing parts are adapted to act as a shielding cover, and that the diplexer and its filter are an integrated part in the module and are made out of the shielding cover and the printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 8514570
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a distribution board, two power supplies, an interface board, and a cable. The interface board comprises two parallel connectors arranged at a center portion of a first side of the interface board, a pair of vents respectively defined beside the two connectors, and a first adapter connector formed at an end portion of the first side. The distribution board is coupled to a second side of the interface board and comprising a second adapter connector arranged thereon. The power supplies are respectively connected to the two connectors and each defines an air vent in alignment with the vents of the interface board. The cable is connected between the first adapter connector and the second adapter connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Chi Tsai
  • Patent number: 8514576
    Abstract: A device includes a circuit board and a dual sided package. The dual sided package fits into an opening provided in the circuit board. The dual sided package includes a first portion with a first set of integrated circuits (ICs), a second portion with a second set of ICs, and a package substrate provided between the first portion and the second portion. The package substrate connects to the circuit board, and the first portion and the second portion face opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Howard Baxter Osgood
  • Patent number: 8498117
    Abstract: Various integrated circuit voltage regulation apparatus and methods of assembling the same are provided. In one aspect, an apparatus is provided that has a stack that includes a heat sink and a semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip has a conductive heat transfer pathway to the heat sink. A voltage regulator member is electrically coupled to the semiconductor chip and coupled to the heat sink, but is not positioned in the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Andric, David L. Wigton, Paul Devriendt
  • Patent number: 8493762
    Abstract: A power semiconductor module includes semiconductor elements of a first system constituting each of arms in a circuit of the first system, semiconductor elements of a second system constituting each of arms in a circuit of the second system, a plurality of DC electrode conductors including a common DC electrode conductor joined to the semiconductor elements of the first and second systems, and a plurality of AC electrode conductors joined to the respective semiconductor elements of the first and second systems. Each of the semiconductor elements of the first and second systems is interposed between the DC electrode conductor and AC electrode conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Gou Ninomiya, Toshiharu Obu, Kazuhiro Ueda, Yoshiyuki Shimizu, Shinichi Baba
  • Patent number: 8488317
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus that does not give a user, who grips an apparatus body with his/her hand when he/she uses the imaging apparatus or the electronic device, a sense of discomfort due to a heat, and that can efficiently diffuse heat generated from a heat source inside the apparatus body to suppress a local temperature rise inside the apparatus body. An image pickup apparatus comprises an outer cover that forms an exterior of a device body, the device body having a grip at one end thereof and having a heat source therein. A first thermal conductive path from a first circuit unit to a first heat storage member via a first heat conductive member and a second thermal conductive path from a second circuit unit to a second heat storage member via the second heat conductive member are separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Jiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8488316
    Abstract: A power module includes a first power chip and a second power chip, each of which has at least two electrodes. The power module is applied to a power converter having a power density higher than 15 W/inch3 and a maximum efficiency higher than 92%, or to a power converter having a power density higher than 20 W/inch3 or having a maximum efficiency higher than 93%. At least one of the power chips operates at a frequency higher than 25 kHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jian-Hong Zeng, Shou-Yu Hong, Qi-Feng Ye, Xue-Tao Guo, Ai-Xing Tong
  • Patent number: 8488324
    Abstract: An electrical control unit has a printed circuit board substrate, on which an electronic circuit is situated, which circuit includes multiple electrical components which are interconnected via printed conductors of the printed circuit board substrate, as well as housing parts for covering the electrical components on the printed circuit board substrate, and at least one device plug connector part situated on the printed circuit board substrate outside the section of the printed circuit board substrate covered by the housing parts. Outside the section covered by the at least one housing part and outside the section of the printed circuit board substrate provided with the device plug connector part, at least one contact point for an additional electrical component is situated on the printed circuit board substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Becker, Christian Lammers, Juergen Jerg, Joachim Wolff, Volker Hochholzer, Ulrich Trescher, Helmut Bubeck, Klaus Voigtlaender, Jan Benzler, Thomas Raica, Willi Kuehn, Thomas Wiesa, Michael Krapp
  • Patent number: 8488325
    Abstract: A memory module is provided having a plurality of integrated circuit packages. The memory module includes a first thermal conduit in thermal communication with a first set of integrated circuit packages on the first side, and substantially thermally isolated from a second set of one or more integrated circuit packages on the first side. The memory module further includes a second thermal conduit in thermal communication with the set of one or more integrated circuit packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Netlist, Inc.
    Inventor: Enchao Yu
  • Patent number: 8482922
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of cooling an ultramobile device with microfins attached to an external wall of an enclosure surrounding the ultramobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Zhihua Li, Cheng-Chieh Hsieh, Jack Hu, Hakan Erturk, George Chen
  • Publication number: 20130170172
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a substrate (120), at least one electronic component (171, 172, 173) arranged on the substrate, and an encapsulation (140) covering the at least one electronic component (171, 172, 173). An electromagnetic protective layer (130) covers a surface (143) of the encapsulation (140) that faces away from the substrate (120), and the side faces (121, 141; 122, 142) directed transversely with respect to the surface (143). In particular, a thermal and/or electrical coupling (134, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166) couples the electromagnetic protective layer (130) thermally and/or electrically to a region (168) of the electronic device (111, 112) that is enclosed by the encapsulation. For production purposes, the device is singulated from a panel and the electromagnetic protective layer (130) is subsequently applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Claus Reitlinger, Gerhard Zeller
  • Patent number: 8477498
    Abstract: A circuit card enclosure comprises a backplane including a plurality of connectors. First and second conduction rails are thermally coupled to a heat exchanger, the first and second conduction rails each comprising an inner body at least partially encapsulated by an outer body. The inner body comprises a thermally conductive material. The outer body comprises a structural material. Card slots of the circuit card enclosure are defined between opposed card channels of the first and second conduction rails. Each card slot is constructed and arranged to register an inserted circuit card with at least one of the connectors, the card channels including a thermally conductive region constructed and arranged to thermally interface with a thermal frame of an inserted circuit card, the thermally conductive region of the card channels being thermally coupled to the inner body of the conduction rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul J. Porreca, Todd P. Maille, Michael R. Palis
  • Patent number: 8477502
    Abstract: A portable power tool includes a tool housing, a motor unit located in the tool housing, and an electronic module located in the tool housing. The electronic module includes (i) an electronic module housing having at least one housing component, and (ii) at least one printed circuit board. The at least one printed circuit board is at least partially decoupled relative to the at least one housing component of the electronic module housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Single, Michael Maercker, Klaus Guenther, Martin Lohner, Klaus Dengler
  • Patent number: 8477497
    Abstract: A cooling device for cooling electronic components includes a base plate, a power source, and a cooling module. The cooling module includes a cooling sheet and a thermal conductive base. The cooling sheet includes a hot surface and a cooling surface. The thermal conductive base is located above the cooling surface of the cooling sheet, and configured to support electronic components on a printed circuit board and transfer heat between the electronic components and the cooling surface. When the cooling sheet is powered on, the cooling surface is in a constant state of low temperature. Due to the heat transfer between the cooling surface and the thermal conductive base, heat from the electronic components can be transferred from the thermal conductive base to the cooling surface continuously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry ( Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Ching Liu, Chi-An Yu, Xi-Hang Li, Bing Liu, Bo Xu, Jie-Peng Kang
  • Patent number: 8472196
    Abstract: A power module includes a first heat sink, first and second power chips, a thermo-conductive insulating layer, a lead frame and a molding compound. The first heat sink has a first area and a second area. The first power chip is disposed in the first area. The thermo-conductive insulating layer is disposed in the second area. The second power chip is disposed on the heat sink through the thermo-conductive insulating layer. The lead frame is electrically connected to at least one of the first and second power chips. The molding compound covers the first and second power chips, the thermo-conductive insulating layer and a portion of the lead frame. The first heat sink is electrically connected to at least one of the first and second power chips. Because the first power chip is not disposed on the first heat sink through the thermo-conductive insulating layer, the cost can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jian-Hong Zeng, Shou-Yu Hong, Qi-Feng Ye, Yi-Cheng Lin
  • Patent number: 8472199
    Abstract: A solid state drive is disclosed. The solid state drive includes a circuit board having opposing first and second surfaces. A plurality of semiconductor chips are attached to the first surface of the circuit board of the solid state drive, and the plurality of semiconductor chips of the solid state drive include at least one memory chip that is at least substantially encapsulated in a resin. An in-line memory module-type form factor circuit board is also disclosed. The in-line memory module-type form factor circuit board has opposing first and second surfaces. A plurality of semiconductor chips are attached to the first surface of the in-line memory module-type form factor circuit board, and these semiconductor chips include at least one memory chip that is at least substantially encapsulated in a resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: MOSAID Technologies Incorporated
    Inventor: Jin-Ki Kim
  • Patent number: 8472185
    Abstract: An assembly includes an article, and a computer housing including left and right sidewalls cooperatively defining an accommodating space and an opening for communicating the accommodating space with an external environment, and a positioning member provided on one of the sidewalls. Each sidewall includes a slide rail. A package is mounted removably in the accommodating space via the opening, is connected slidably to the slide rails of the sidewalls, and is positioned within the accommodating space through the positioning member. The package includes two interconnected cover parts cooperatively defining a receiving space for receiving the article and a communicating hole for communicating the receiving space with the external environment, and a handgrip to mount removably the package in the accommodating space. Each cover part includes a stop member abutting against the article to prevent escape of the article from the receiving space via the communicating hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Meng-Hsun Wu, Fu-Jen Yang, Yang-Chieh Ma
  • Patent number: 8467189
    Abstract: A liquid submersion cooling system that is suitable for cooling a number of electronic devices in parallel using a plurality of cases connected to a rack system. The system cools heat-generating components in server computers and other devices that use electronic, heat-generating components and are connected in parallel systems. The system includes a housing having an interior space, a dielectric cooling liquid in the interior space, a heat-generating electronic component disposed within the space and submerged in the dielectric cooling liquid. The rack system contains a manifold system to engage and allow liquid transfer for multiple cases and IO connectors to engage electrically with multiple cases/electronic devices. The rack system can be connected to a pump system for pumping the liquid into and out of the rack, to and from external heat exchangers, heat pumps, or other thermal dissipation/recovery devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: LiquidCool Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Chad Daniel Attlesey
  • Patent number: 8449203
    Abstract: CXP is a telecommunications connector standard based on cage assemblies originally designed for copper cables. Optical transceivers dissipate more heat than copper cables, however, so cage assemblies designed for copper cables cannot remove heat adequately for proper transceiver operation. One embodiment of the inventive cage assemblies removes heat from an optical transceiver with a heat spreader, which protrudes through an aperture in a cage, and a compressible gap pad in thermal contact with the heat spreader. Inserting the optical transceiver into the cage places the transceiver in thermal contact with a heat spreader and pushes the heat spreader out of the cage, which, in turn, causes the gap pad to come into thermal contact with a heat pipe and/or a heat sink. The embodiment provide a low mechanical profile to support high-density circuit board configurations for high-density optical connectivity systems, such as used in Dense Wavelength Division optical networking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Tellabs Operations, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas John Downs
  • Patent number: 8451611
    Abstract: An object is to achieve a compact design by using a dead space in an inverter box effectively, to improve cooling properties of heat-generating electrical components disposed on a control circuit board of an inverter, and to increase flexibility of wiring layout. In an inverter box provided at a periphery of a housing, a heat-dissipating flat portion that is parallel to a control circuit board of an inverter is formed, and electrical components are disposed in a space between the heat-dissipating flat portion and the control circuit board. Preferably, the electrical components are installed so that the back faces thereof abut against the heat-dissipating flat portion either directly or via a heat-conducting member. More preferably, faces of the electrical components on the board side abut against the control circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Nakagami, Hiroyuki Kamitani
  • Patent number: 8446722
    Abstract: A circuit board chassis and a method for assembling a backplane and a circuit board into the circuit board chassis include an aperture within at least one sidewall of the circuit board chassis. The backplane is inserted and assembled into the circuit board chassis through the aperture (that may include a counter-opposed pair of backplane insertion and assembly slots) in a first direction, and a circuit board is inserted and assembled into the circuit board chassis and the backplane in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. By inserting and assembling the backplane into the aperture and slots, rather than assembling the backplane as an external surface component of the circuit board chassis, the embodiments provide for ease of replacement of the backplane and circuit board under space constrained limitations. The resulting embodiments also provide enhanced rigidity and enhanced thermal dissipation within the circuit board chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: SRC, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael L. Fowler
  • Patent number: 8446726
    Abstract: A power semiconductor module includes a module housing with a sealing ring on its top side. The sealing ring, in co-operation with the module housing and a printed circuit board attached to the power semiconductor module, hermetically seals feed-through locations at the top side of the module housing for feeding through electric terminals of the power semiconductor module. On the bottom side of the module housing a sealing ring hermetically seals the bottom side of the module housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ralf Schloerke, Thilo Stolze
  • Patent number: 8441827
    Abstract: A power converter assembly includes a housing and at least one transistor module. The housing has a liquid cooled heat transfer surface. The at least one transistor module is mounted directly to the liquid cooled heat transfer surface and positioned at least partially within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Baker, Robert R. Sychra, Keith E. Dixler, Jon N. Husser
  • Patent number: 8441792
    Abstract: Disclosed is an embodiment of a module for insertion between a first shelf and a second shelf of a rack based processing system. The module includes a first thermal plate substantially parallel to a second thermal plate. An inner surface of the first thermal plate faces an inner surface of the second plate and an outer surface of each of the first and second thermal plates faces opposite to the respective inner surfaces. Each thermal plate is configured to thermally couple to one or more component units locatable between the inner surfaces of the first and second thermal plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Birchbridge Incorporated
    Inventors: John Craig Dunwoody, Teresa Ann Dunwoody
  • Patent number: 8442684
    Abstract: A control system for achieving high-speed torque for a joint of a robot includes a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) having a collocated joint processor and high-speed communication bus. The PCBA may also include a power inverter module (PIM) and local sensor conditioning electronics (SCE) for processing sensor data from one or more motor position sensors. Torque control of a motor of the joint is provided via the PCBA as a high-speed torque loop. Each joint processor may be embedded within or collocated with the robotic joint being controlled. Collocation of the joint processor, PIM, and high-speed bus may increase noise immunity of the control system, and the localized processing of sensor data from the joint motor at the joint level may minimize bus cabling to and from each control node. The joint processor may include a field programmable gate array (FPGA).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignees: GM Global Technology Operations LLC, The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Oceaneeering Space Systems
    Inventors: Donald R. Davis, Nicolaus A. Radford, Frank Noble Permenter, Michael C. Valvo, R. Scott Askew
  • Patent number: 8427828
    Abstract: A modular electronic component includes a circuit board having disposed thereon one or more electronic components and an enclosure for housing the circuit board. The enclosure comprises a thermally conductive shell having front and back surfaces being substantially parallel to the plane of the circuit board and being disposed on opposite sides of the circuit board from each other, left and right surfaces being substantially perpendicular to the plane of the circuit board and being disposed on opposite sides of the circuit board from each other, and top and bottom surfaces being substantially perpendicular to the left and right surfaces and substantially perpendicular to the top and bottom surfaces and being disposed on opposite sides of the circuit board from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Themis Computer
    Inventors: William E. Kehret, Dennis Henry Smith
  • Patent number: 8422237
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a folding structure comprising a storage device with an electronic component at least and a plurality of metal contacts and is configured with electronic component(s), metal contacts, and a plug board or a folding kit to embody the present invention's space effectively used and saved, match the present product's design requirements for lightness, thinness, shortness, and smallness, and integrate with other relevant products to become a combinational product with both multiple functions and its shape advantageous to lightness, thinness, shortness, and smallness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Walton Advanced Engineering Inc.
    Inventors: Hong-Chi Yu, Mao-Ting Chang
  • Patent number: 8422218
    Abstract: A cooling device includes an enclosure, an external heat rejection device, a primary cooling system including a loop heat pipe like device. The LHPL device includes, an evaporator module, a condenser module, a vapor line, a liquid return line, and a working fluid having a liquid phase and a vapor phase. The evaporator module includes a component-evaporator heat spreader, an evaporator body, and an evaporator-component clamping mean. The evaporator body includes an evaporator outer shell, a working fluid inlet port, a compensation chamber, a working fluid exit port, and an evaporator wick having vapor escape channels. The condenser module includes a condenser coolant inlet, a condenser coolant exit, a condenser condensation channel, a condensation channel working fluid inlet, a condensation channel working fluid exit, and a condensation channel-coolant thermal interface further comprises a coolant passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Inventors: Stephen Samuel Fried, Yury F Maydanik, Vladimir A. Kozhin
  • Patent number: 8416570
    Abstract: An open frame chassis has a top opening and a bottom opening permitting ambient airflow. A plurality of modules, each enclosing electrical components in thermal contact with a heat sink area of their corresponding module, can each be inserted in the chassis. Ambient air may flow from the bottom opening across the heat sink area of each module to the top opening to passively cool the modules and electrical components. Key pins guide the modules into place and prevent incorrect insertion of a different type of electrical module not corresponding to the electrical connection of the chassis for that slot. Guide pins on corners of the modules mate with guide holes in the chassis to secure the module to the chassis and decrease vibration. Both sides of the chassis have side openings through which the fins of the modules in the end slots of the chassis may be exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Ruggedcom Inc.
    Inventors: Guang Zeng, Roger Moore, Phil Levy, Yuri Luskind
  • Patent number: 8411441
    Abstract: A casing houses: semiconductor modules constituting a main circuit for power conversion; a capacitor electrically connected to the main circuit; drive circuits that provide the main circuit with a drive signal used in power conversion operation; a control circuit that provides the drive circuit with a control signal used to prompt the drive circuit to provide the drive signal. Within the casing, a cooling chamber including a coolant passage is formed, and a chamber wall of the cooling chamber is formed with a thermally conductive material. At least the semiconductor modules are housed inside the cooling chamber, and at least the capacitor and the control circuit are disposed outside the cooling chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kinya Nakatsu, Takayoshi Nakamura, Ryuichi Saito, Takashi Suga, Hiroki Funato
  • Publication number: 20130077253
    Abstract: A system includes a removable module to process data when installed in the system, where the module includes a first surface via which heat, that is generated by the module, is transferred. The system also includes a port into which the module is installed; and a heat sink, associated with the port, to dissipate the heat received from the first surface, where the heat sink includes a second surface on which a material is applied, and where the material makes contact with the first surface when the module is installed that allows the heat to be received from the first surface, conforms to an American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM)-B607-91 standard or a United States military specification-C-26074, and transfers the heat to the second surface that allows the module to operate at a temperature that is less than a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Infinera Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas George Macall
  • Publication number: 20130077254
    Abstract: A communication assembly can include: a module device; a cage having a body defining a first open end that is configured to receive the module device therethrough and the body defining one or more first receiver members between the first end and a second end opposite of the first end, the one or more first receiver members having a first part of fastening system (e.g., two-part fastening system); and a heat sink adapted to be received into the cage so as to be thermally coupled with the module device, the heat sink having a body defining one or more second receiver members configured to receive the one or more first receiver members, the one or more second receiver members having a second part of the fastening system that couples with the first part of the fastening system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: FINISAR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Finisar Corporation
  • Patent number: 8405993
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes: an element substrate and an opposing substrate disposed so as to oppose each other; liquid crystals encapsulated and sealed between the two substrates; a display region that displays an image by modulating incident light based on image information; a heat dissipation member disposed opposing a second surface of the element substrate, the second surface being on the opposite side as the opposing substrate; and a thermal conductive member disposed between the element substrate and the heat dissipation member. The dimension from the end portion of where the thermal conductive member and the element substrate make contact with each other to the end portion of the display region on the second surface of the element substrate is greater than the thickness of the element substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Nariya Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8405994
    Abstract: A heat dissipating member is formed so as to be opposed to a reflection type liquid crystal panel. The heat dissipating member includes a heat receiving portion that is opposed to a reflection type light modulation element and has a heat receiving surface for receiving heat from the element, a heat dissipating fin that dissipates heat received on the heat receiving portion to the outside. The heat receiving portion has heat receiving convexes which project to the side at which the element is arranged from the heat receiving surface, and the convexes are formed such that ratios of areas of tip surfaces of the heat receiving convexes with respect to a unit area are larger on a center portion of a heat reception acceleration region rather than on an end of the heat reception acceleration region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Kinoe, Yoichi Momose
  • Patent number: 8391008
    Abstract: A power electronics module includes a frame, a jet impingement cooler assembly, and a power electronics assembly. The frame includes a first surface, a second surface, a power electronics cavity within the first surface of the frame, a fluid inlet reservoir, and a fluid outlet reservoir. The fluid inlet and outlet reservoirs extend between the first surface of the frame and the second surface of the frame. The fluid inlet reservoir and the fluid outlet reservoir are configured to be fluidly coupled to one or more additional modular power electronics devices. The jet impingement assembly is sealed within the frame and fluidly coupled to the fluid inlet reservoir and the fluid outlet reservoir. The power electronics assembly includes at least one power electronics component, is positioned within the power electronics cavity, and is thermally coupled to the jet impingement cooler assembly. Power electronic module assemblies are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Ercan Mehmet Dede
  • Patent number: 8391005
    Abstract: A frequency converter includes a housing, which is designed and envisaged for the peripheral assembly on an electric motor. The base of the housing is provided in the middle region on the outside with longitudinal ribs and is connected to heat-producing components of the power circuit of the frequency converter, is provided in outer regions with cooling ribs which are arranged on the outside transversely or obliquely to the longitudinal ribs, and on the inside is connected in a heat-conducting manner to heat-producing components of the input circuit and/or output circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Grundfos Management a/s
    Inventors: Peter Monster, Niels Hogholt Petersen
  • Patent number: 8391011
    Abstract: A cooling device includes a heat sink having a top plate, a bottom plate spaced from the top plate and fins between the top and bottom plates, a first metal member laminated to the side of the top plate that is opposite from the fins, and a first insulator laminated to the first metal member. The top plate, the bottom plate and the first metal member are each made of a clad metal that is composed of a base metal and a brazing metal, so that the fins are brazed to the top and bottom plates, the first metal member is brazed to the top plate, and the first insulator is brazed to the first metal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Shogo Mori, Eiji Kono
  • Publication number: 20130050949
    Abstract: A circuit module can include a substrate, photonic conversion units placed on the substrate; and a retention assembly. The retention assembly can include a heat sink in thermal contact with the photonic conversion units and a fastener. The fastener can be mechanically coupled to both the substrate and the heat sink, and configured to press the heat sink against the photonic conversion units. The plurality of photonic conversion units are removably secured to the substrate by the retention assembly without the use of a bonding material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventor: Terrel Morris
  • Publication number: 20130050948
    Abstract: A mobile electronic apparatus includes a main body unit having a main board, a display unit disposed so as to rotate with respect to the main body unit for operating according to a control of the main board, a solar cell module disposed on a rear surface of the display unit for generating electric power by converting solar energy into electric power, and a converting circuit disposed inside the display unit for stabilizing electric power generated by the solar cell module so as to supply stable electric power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Kun-suk KIM, Hae-soo KIM
  • Publication number: 20130050947
    Abstract: A power module is disclosed that includes a semiconductor element, a first cooling member and a second cooling member configured to sandwich the semiconductor element therebetween, a frame member configured to support the semiconductor element between the first cooling member and the second cooling member and molded resin disposed between the first cooling member and the second cooling member, wherein the frame member includes an adjusting member which adjusts a distance between the first cooling member and the second cooling member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya KADOGUCHI, Yoshikazu SUZUKI, Tatsuya MIYOSHI, Takanori KAWASHIMA, Tomomi OKUMURA
  • Patent number: 8385067
    Abstract: A system to remove heat from an in-line memory module and/or circuit board may include a cold-rail to engage each end of an in-line memory module adjacent to where the in-line memory module is attachable to a circuit board, the cold-rail to remove heat from the in-line memory module. The system may also include a cold-plate connected to the cold-rail with the circuit board between the cold-plate and the cold-rail, the cold-plate to remove heat from the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Amilcar Arvelo, Jason R. Eagle, Eric A. Eckberg, Gary F. Goth, Katie L. Pizzolato, Scott A. Shurson
  • Patent number: 8379390
    Abstract: A package substrate includes a circuit board, an electronic component, an electromagnetic shield cover, and a heat conducting member. The electronic component is disposed on the circuit board. The electromagnetic shield cover is fixedly coupled to the circuit board. The electromagnetic shield cover houses the electronic component within an inside space defined between the electromagnetic shield cover and the circuit board. The heat conducting member is disposed between the electronic component and the electromagnetic shield cover within the inside space. The heat conducting member contacts both of the electronic component and the electromagnetic shield cover such that the heat conducting member establishes a thermal connection between the electronic component and the electromagnetic shield cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Inoue
  • Patent number: 8379403
    Abstract: A spacer-connector and connection arrangements between daughter boards and motherboards are disclosed. Assemblies may include a daughter board one or more spacer-connectors spacing the daughter board above a motherboard and conductive elastomers providing electrical connections between the daughter board and spacer-connector and between the spacer-connector and the motherboard. The spacer-connector may include ground, power, digital and/or controlled impedance RF pathways to conduct signals between the daughter board to the mother board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM, Incorporated
    Inventors: David W. Waite, James L. Blair, Ashish Lohiya, Arvid G. Sammuli, Jeffrey T. Smith, Saritha Narra
  • Patent number: 8379394
    Abstract: A sliding expansion data card includes a data card interface, a spring plate, a main bearing plate, and a shield. The data card interface is set at one end of the main bearing plate. One end of the spring plate is set on the shield which is located on the lower surface of the main bearing plate, and the other end contacts the data card interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Luoyi Liang, Xialing Zhang
  • Patent number: 8371861
    Abstract: A straddle mount connector is provided for edge mounting to a circuit board of a pluggable module. The straddle mount connector includes a dielectric connector body having a base and a plug extending from the base. The base is configured to be coupled to an edge of the circuit board. The plug has opposite first and second sides and a plate cavity that extends within the plug between the first and second sides. The plug is configured to be received within a receptacle of a receptacle connector. Electrical contacts are held by the connector body. The electrical contacts include mating segments. The mating segments of a first group of the electrical contacts are arranged in a first row that extends a length along the first side of the plug. The mating segments of a second group of the electrical contacts are arranged in a second row that extends a length along the second side of the plug. A ground plate is held within the plate cavity of the plug of the connector body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Frank Cina, Randall Robert Henry, Michael J. Phillips, David Szczesny
  • Patent number: 8373991
    Abstract: The invention provides a metal thermal interface material (TIM) with through-holes in its body and/or zigzags or wave shapes on its border, which is suitable for use at thermal interfaces of a thermal conduction path from an integrated circuit die to its associated heat sink in a packaged microelectronic component. The invention also includes a thermal module and a packaged microelectronic component including the metal thermal interface material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yuan-Chang Fann, Chun-Mu Chen, Cheng-Chou Wong, Chih-Tsung Tu, Jen-Dong Hwang
  • Publication number: 20130027888
    Abstract: There is provided a power module production method that is capable of stably producing a power module with highly reliable properties, and so forth. The power module production method produces a power module 1 by stacking a cooler 5, an insulating resin sheet 4, a heat sink block 3, and a semiconductor chip 2, wherein a first insulating resin sheet 41, which forms a lower layer of the insulating resin sheet 4, is first bonded to the cooler 5 by thermal compression. Next, with a second insulating resin sheet 42, which forms an upper layer of the insulating resin sheet 4, interposed between the first insulating resin sheet 41 and the heat sink block 3, the second insulating resin sheet 42 is bonded to the first insulating resin sheet 41 by thermal compression, and the heat sink block 3 is bonded to the second insulating resin sheet 42 by thermal compression. The semiconductor chip 2 is then soldered onto the heat sink block 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventor: Yuji Yoshida
  • Patent number: 8363387
    Abstract: A converter arrangement comprising a switchgear cabinet for a plurality of converter assemblies forming respective main modules and each consisting of submodules, formed as a switching module and a capacitor module. The switchgear cabinet has connection devices for electrical connection of the converter assemblies and also, for each converter assembly, a rail system for the mechanical arrangement thereof. The capacitor module has a DC voltage contact device for electrical connection to the assigned switching module, and also sliding elements. The switching module has a cooling device, power semiconductor modules and also dedicated sliding elements. The sliding elements of the submodules are arranged in a stacked manner in the same rails of the rail system of the switchgear cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Semikron Elektronik GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Francois Vanhyfte, Briag Allain
  • Patent number: 8363409
    Abstract: The integrated device of a heat dissipation unit and a package component includes a non-insulation type package component, an insulation sheet, a heat dissipation unit, a fastener, a washer and a sleeve. The non-insulation package component has a metal tab with a through hole. The insulation sheet is provided with a via hole and attached on one side of the metal tab. The heat dissipation unit is provided with a tapped hole corresponding to the through hole. The sleeve includes a narrow portion penetrating the via hole and through and a wide portion sandwiched between the insulation sheet and heat dissipation unit. When the fastener penetrates into the through hole of the metal tab and the via hole of the insulation sheet and screws into the tapped hole, the fastener will pass through the sleeve without contact with the insulation sheet due to the protection of the narrow portion in the via hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Chicony Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yi-Chiu Chung
  • Patent number: RE44372
    Abstract: This document describes apparatus and methods for a self-contained assembly having an encapsulated electronic module coupled to a heat removal device by a thermally conductive substance. In an illustrative example, the module includes at least one heat dissipating device thermally coupled by internal members to selected portions of a housing. The module housing includes a flat top surface with a perimeter adjoined to side surfaces. In one example, the heat removal device includes a cavity interior surface with an upper surface to match the module top surface, and side walls that match at least 50% by area of the selected portions of the module side surfaces. The cavity interior surface may receive at least 50% of the housing surface area. The matched portion of the cavity side surfaces may be at least 33% by area of the portion of the cavity upper surface that matches the module top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: VLT, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrizio Vinciarelli, Michael B. Lafleur