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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7717162 | Passive fluid recovery system A fluid recovery system is adapted for use with a cooling system, such as for use in electronic applications. In one example, an enclosure is configured to contain fluid in both gas and liquid states, wherein the fluid is adapted for use in spray cooling electronic ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7679234 | Spray cool means for cooling a modular inverter electric motor system In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure an apparatus includes a means for converting a first type of electrical power to a second type of electrical power. The apparatus also includes a means for spraying a coolant on the means for converting. | 03/16/2010 |
| 7665322 | Method of reducing fluid emissions from a global spray cooling system The present invention uses multiple global cooling chambers for providing liquid cooling to a plurality of electronic components. The global cooling chambers utilize a non-electrically conductive fluid which is in direct contact with the components to be cooled. The... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7650902 | Liquid thermal management purging system A liquid thermal management purging system for efficiently removing the liquid coolant within a liquid thermal management system prior to opening the system for maintenance. The liquid thermal management purging system generally includes a reservoir storing a volume... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7643910 | Spray chamber valve control system A spray chamber valve control system for ensuring that coolant is sufficiently available at the intakes of pumps in a spray cooled environment regardless of the attitude, acceleration or deceleration of a spray chassis. The spray chamber valve control system include... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7621739 | Injection molding apparatus for producing an atomizer Representative embodiments provide for corresponding fluid atomizer bodies, each generally defining a fluidicly communicative interior cavity. The interior cavity is typically defined by an entry passageway portion, a chamber portion, a plurality of feeder passagewa... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7602608 | Narrow gap spray cooling in a globally cooled enclosure Electronic circuit boards are arranged as respective parallel pairs defining a narrow gap there between. One or more such pairs of boards are supported within a hermitically sealable housing and cooled by way of spraying an atomized liquid coolant from a plurality o... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7597275 | Methods and apparatus for atomization of a liquid Representative embodiments provide for corresponding fluid atomizer bodies, each generally defining a fluidicly communicative interior cavity. The interior cavity is typically defined by an entry passageway portion, a chamber portion, a plurality of feeder passagewa... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7508665 | Server farm liquid thermal management system A server farm liquid thermal management system that is efficiently maintained. The server farm liquid thermal management system generally includes a coolant reservoir fluidly connected to a plurality of thermal management units. A supply line from the coolant reserv... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7506519 | Staggered spray nozzle system A staggered spray nozzle system for efficiently thermally managing one or more electronic devices. The staggered spray nozzle system includes a first portion and a second portion positioned with the first portion. The first portion includes at least one first orific... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7495914 | Narrow gap spray cooling in a globally cooled enclosure Electronic circuit boards are arranged as respective parallel pairs defining a narrow gap there between. One or more such pairs of boards are supported within a hermitically sealable housing and cooled by way of spraying an atomized liquid coolant from a plurality o... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7490478 | Dynamic spray system A dynamic spray system for effectively thermally managing electronic components. The dynamic spray system includes a thermal management system including a spray unit, and a control unit in communication with the thermal management system. The spray unit includes a s... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7477513 | Dual sided board thermal management system A dual sided board thermal management system for efficiently thermally managing a printed circuit board having electronic components on opposing sides thereof. The dual sided board thermal management system generally includes a housing surrounding a portion of a pri... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7475494 | Hybrid thermal management system A hybrid thermal management system for providing simultaneous spray cooling and dry cooling for a plurality of cards. The hybrid thermal management system includes a chassis having a global spray chamber, a hybrid chamber, a first opening within a rear portion of th... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7469551 | Globally cooled computer system A globally cooled computer system for providing liquid cooling to a plurality of electrical components. The globally cooled computer system includes an electronics unit having a plurality of electronics components attached to a plurality of cards and a card cage for... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7428152 | Localized thermal management system A localized thermal management system for efficiently thermally managing a plurality of heat producing devices. The localized thermal management system includes a thermal management unit and a plurality of thermal vias in thermal communication with the thermal manag... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7405935 | Service tray for a thermal management system A service tray for a thermal management system for providing convenient access to components within a liquid thermal management system. The service tray for a thermal management system includes a chassis with an opening and a support unit slidably positioned within ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404261 | Dry-wet thermal management system A dry-wet thermal management system for providing simultaneous spray cooling and dry cooling for a plurality of cards. The dry-wet thermal management system includes a chassis having a dry chamber and a spray chamber, a first opening within a rear portion of the cha... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7401471 | Dynamic spray system A dynamic spray system for effectively thermally managing electronic components. The dynamic spray system includes a thermal management system including a spray unit, and a control unit in communication with the thermal management system. The spray unit includes a s... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7392660 | Spray cooling system for narrow gap transverse evaporative spray cooling A spray cooling system for transverse evaporative spray cooling in a narrow gap, which may generally include a mixing zone, a converging zone, a plurality of cooling conduits, and a re-circulation conduit. The spray cooling system in some of its embodiments, provide... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7372698 | Electronics equipment heat exchanger system An electronics equipment heat exchanger system for thermally managing the electronic devices of a computer server and the exhaust air emitted from the computer server. The electronics equipment heat exchanger system generally includes a heat exchanger attached near ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370817 | Actuated atomizer An actuated atomizer is adapted for spray cooling or other applications wherein a well-developed, homogeneous and generally conical spray mist is required. The actuated atomizer includes an outer shell formed by an inner ring; an outer ring; an actuator insert and a... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7331377 | Diamond foam spray cooling system A diamond foam spray cooling system for improving the thermal management of a heat producing device. The diamond foam spray cooling system includes a thermal management unit including a spray assembly, a chamber, a heat spreader and at least one diamond foam section... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325589 | Passive fluid recovery system A fluid recovery system is adapted for use with a cooling system, such as for use in electronic applications. In one example, an enclosure is configured to contain fluid in both gas and liquid states, wherein the fluid is adapted for use in spray cooling electronic ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7313925 | Atomizer for thermal management system An atomizer for thermal management system for efficiently thermally managing one or more heat producing devices. The atomizer for thermal management system includes a housing having a coolant passage and a dispensing end, an orifice within the dispensing end, and an... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7308801 | Method of operating a spray unit A method of operating a spray unit for efficiently thermally managing one or more electronic devices. The method of operating a spray unit includes a first portion and a second portion positioned with the first portion. The first portion includes at least one first ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7301772 | Three dimensional packaging and cooling of mixed signal, mixed power density electronic modules An integrated three dimensional packaging and cooling system for cooling an electronic component system with dissimilar power densities and interfering signals. ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299647 | Spray cooling system for transverse thin-film evaporative spray cooling A spray cooling system for transverse thin-film evaporative spray cooling in a narrow gap which generally includes a framework, a cooling cavity, a plurality of atomizers oriented to transversely spray coolant across the electronic components to be cooled, and prefe... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7264042 | Spray cooling system for extreme environments A spray cooling system for extreme environments for providing a desired enclosed environment for electronic devices regardless of external environmental conditions. The spray cooling system for extreme environments includes an enclosure that isolates the electronic ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265976 | Microchannel thermal management system A microchannel thermal management system for thermally managing a heat producing device. The microchannel thermal management system includes a housing having an interior surface, a cap having a plurality of microchannels attached to the interior surface of the housi... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7216695 | Method of operating a thermal management system A spray cooling system for extreme environments for providing a desired enclosed environment for electronic devices regardless of external environmental conditions. The spray cooling system for extreme environments includes an enclosure that isolates the electronic ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7180751 | Input/output transition board system An input/output transition board system for collecting and distributing input/output signals between a backplane board and an I/O board while allowing for additional electronic devices. The input/output transition board system includes a transition board having at l... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180741 | Spray cool system with a dry access chamber A spray cool system with a dry access chamber for providing convenient access to specific spray system components in a dry chamber separate from the wet chamber. The spray cool system with a dry access chamber includes a chassis having a dry chamber and a wet chambe... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7159414 | Hotspot coldplate spray cooling system The present invention is a coldplate hotspot spray cooling system that cools an electronic component creating a varying amount of heat across its surfaces. Liquid coolant is dispensed upon a spray pin protruding from a base wherein the liquid creates a very high hea... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7131825 | Spindle-motor driven pump system The present invention is a compact pump that is powered by a brushless DC spindle-motor, as used in disk drives and CD-ROM drives. A hard drive type spindle-motor is a brushless DC motor that is highly balanced, very reliable, available at low cost, and is capable o... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7104078 | Spray cooling system for transverse thin-film evaporative spray cooling A spray cooling system for transverse evaporative spray cooling in a narrow gap which may generally include a mixing zone, a converging zone, a cooling conduit, and a re-circulation conduit. The spray cooling system in some of its embodiments, provides among other t... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7086455 | Spray cooling system A spray cooling system for efficiently thermally managing a single or multiple semiconductor chip package. The spray cooling system includes a heat exchanger unit having a pump unit and a reservoir, a coaxial tube fluidly connected to the heat exchanger unit, a coup... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7078803 | Integrated circuit heat dissipation system An integrated circuit heat dissipation system for reducing the number of junctions in packaged integrated circuits thereby decreasing thermal impedance and increasing thermal dissipation efficiency. The integrated circuit heat dissipation system includes a lid attac... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7043933 | Spray coolant reservoir system A spray coolant reservoir system for increasing the efficiency and performance of a spray thermal management system. The spray coolant reservoir system includes a reservoir capable of storing a volume of coolant, a chassis with a spray chamber, a pump unit, an intak... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7044768 | Liquid thermal management socket system A liquid thermal management socket system for thermally managing an electronic device in a socket. The liquid thermal management socket system includes a thermal management unit having a chamber for receiving one or more electronic devices, a plurality of first conn... | 05/16/2006 |
