Assignee: Thermal Corp.

Location: Wilmington, DE
No. of patents: 32

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7914529	Cooling element for electrosurgery A cooling member for a cautery surgical instrument such as a surgical forceps including a pair of elongate arms joined at an end so as to provide for resilient compressible movement of the arms between a normally open position and a squeezed closed position. The coo...	03/29/2011
7647961	Heat pipe with axial and lateral flexibility A flexible heat pipe is disclosed for use with evaporator and condenser elements for removing heat from electronic components. The flexible heat pipe comprises a bellows member fixed at one end to a condenser member and at an opposite end to an evaporator member. A ...	01/19/2010
7431071	Fluid circuit heat transfer device for plural heat sources A heat sink or heat transfer device particularly for integrated circuits, uses a phase change working fluid in a cyclic flow path having at least one evaporator that serves multiple heat sources. The evaporator can be an integral vessel made of thermally conductive ...	10/07/2008
7414844	Liquid cooled heat sink with cold plate retention mechanism A system for cooling electronic components with a surface having one or more electronic components, including an integrated circuit, mounted thereon. A liquid cooled heat exchanger located in overlying contacting relation with the integrated circuit. A resilient col...	08/19/2008
7407083	Bonded silicon, components and a method of fabricating the same A heat pipe housing assembly (22) includes a pair of silicon housing pieces (24, 26) and a bond joint (42) between the housings (24, 26), with the bond joint (42) preferably including a eutectic layer (43). ...	08/05/2008
7306028	Modular heat sink A modular based heat sink which can be easily optimized for a given heat source relies upon both phase change based heat transfer and condenser modules that combine the efficiency of folded fin cooling and the efficiency of the two phase heat transfer. ...	12/11/2007
7159649	Air-to-air heat exchanger An air-to-air heat exchanger, is provided that comprises a folded fin core formed from a continuous sheet of thermally conductive material that has been folded into alternating flat ridges and troughs; an insert overlay having an opening including two sets of unifor...	01/09/2007
7149087	Liquid cooled heat sink with cold plate retention mechanism A system for cooling electronic components with a surface having one or more electronic components, including an integrated circuit, mounted thereon. A liquid cooled heat exchanger located in overlying contacting relation with the integrated circuit. A resilient col...	12/12/2006
7143511	Method of forming a heat pipe A method for forming a heat pipe is provided comprising coating the interior surface of the vessel with a wicking material and partially saturating the wick with a working fluid. The vessel is then partially evacuated. A portion of the vessel is pinched-off so as to...	12/05/2006
7143818	Heat pipe evaporator with porous valve An evaporator includes an enclosure having a fluid inlet manifold and a vapor outlet manifold. At least one blind passageway is arranged within the enclosure so as to open into a portion of the vapor outlet manifold. The interior surface of the enclosure that define...	12/05/2006
7137443	Brazed wick for a heat transfer device and method of making same A capillary structure for a heat transfer device, such as a heat pipe is provided having a plurality of particles joined together by a brazing compound such that fillets of the brazing compound are formed between adjacent ones of the plurality of particles. In this ...	11/21/2006
7129731	Heat pipe with chilled liquid condenser system for burn-in testing A burn-in testing cooling system includes a heat pipe having a tubular body. A capillary wick is disposed on an evaporator portion of the tubular body, and a base seals off the evaporator portion. The base is sized and shaped so as to be releasably thermally engaged...	10/31/2006
7124809	Brazed wick for a heat transfer device A capillary structure for a heat transfer device, such as a heat pipe is provided having a plurality of particles joined together by a brazing compound such that fillets of the brazing compound are formed between adjacent ones of the plurality of particles. In this ...	10/24/2006
7117930	Heat pipe fin stack with extruded base A heat sink has a base plate to be clamped against a heat source and one or more heat pipes containing a phase change fluid. Each heat pipe has an elongated tubular evaporator fitted in a channel in the base plate, and a columnar condenser part perpendicular to the ...	10/10/2006
7111394	Hybrid loop heat pipe A heat pipe assembly (100) has a combined reservoir (102) and evaporator (104), the evaporator (104) having ducts of a vapor manifold (106) that exhausts vapor toward the condenser (108) instead of opposing the flow of liqui...	09/26/2006
7100679	Integrated circuit heat pipe heat spreader with through mounting holes A heat pipe with superior heat transfer between the heat pipe and the heat source and heat sink. The heat pipe is held tightly against the heat source by mounting holes which penetrate the structure of the heat pipe but are sealed off from the vapor chamber because ...	09/05/2006
7100680	Integrated circuit heat pipe heat spreader with through mounting holes The apparatus is a heat pipe with superior heat transfer between the heat pipe and the heat source and heat sink. The heat pipe is held tightly against the heat source by mounting holes which penetrate the structure of the heat pipe but are sealed off from the vapor...	09/05/2006
7096928	Flexible loop thermosyphon A flexible loop thermosyphon is provided having a flexible, hermetic, outer tube and a flexible, non-hermetic, inner tube, positioned concentrically within the outer tube, forming an annulus between the outer tube and inner tube. The annulus acts as a vapor conduit ...	08/29/2006
7090002	Deformable end cap for heat pipe A heat pipe is provided having a vessel with a closed first end, a second end, and a wick on an inner surface that defines a passageway. A convex wall is positioned at the second end so as to block the passageway. The convex wall is deformable so as to move from a f...	08/15/2006
7080681	Heat pipe component deployed from a compact volume A component of a heat pipe assembly (100) has hollow fluid transport sections (108) communicating with hollow bendable fluid transport sections (110); the bendable fluid transport sections (110) being bendable to deploy the transport sect...	07/25/2006
7069978	Chemically compatible, lightweight heat pipe The present invention provides an apparatus including a magnesium alloy vessel that is substantially free of aluminum and zinc, but including magnesium in combination with a gettering metal. The magnesium alloy vessel has a hollow interior cavity containing a workin...	07/04/2006
7071408	Thermal management system and method for electronics system A thermal energy management system is provided having a heat spreading device that is operatively engaged with at least one semiconductor chip and a thermal bus operatively engaged with the heat spreading device so as to transport thermal energy from the heat spread...	07/04/2006
7066240	Integrated circuit heat pipe heat spreader with through mounting holes The apparatus is a heat pipe with superior heat transfer between the heat pipe and the heat source and heat sink. The heat pipe is held tightly against the heat source by mounting holes which penetrate the structure of the heat pipe but are sealed off from the vapor...	06/27/2006
7044199	Porous media cold plate A heat exchanger for cooling a heat generating device including a base having a recess with a base coolant inlet opening and a base coolant outlet opening. A porous core is positioned within the recess of the base, and has a core coolant inlet opening and a core coo...	05/16/2006
7028760	Integrated circuit heat pipe heat spreader with through mounting holes A heat pipe with superior heat transfer between the heat pipe and the heat source and heat sink is provided. The heat pipe is held tightly against the heat source by mounting holes which penetrate the structure of the heat pipe but are sealed off from the vapor cham...	04/18/2006
7028759	Heat transfer device and method of making same A capillary structure for a heat transfer device, such as a heat pipe is provided having a plurality of particles joined together by a brazing compound such that fillets of the brazing compound are formed between adjacent ones of the plurality of particles and one o...	04/18/2006
7013955	Flexible loop thermosyphon A flexible loop thermosyphon is provided having a flexible, hermetic, outer tube and a flexible, non-hermetic, inner tube, positioned concentrically within the outer tube, forming an annulus between the outer tube and inner tube. The annulus acts as a vapor conduit ...	03/21/2006
7013958	Sintered grooved wick with particle web A grooved sintered wick for a heat pipe is provided having a plurality of individual particles which together yield an average particle diameter. The grooved sintered wick further includes at least two adjacent lands that are in fluid communication with one another ...	03/21/2006
7005738	Semiconductor package with lid heat spreader The invention provides a semiconductor package having a substrate, a top surface and at least one semiconductor device attached to the top surface of the substrate. A cover is secured to the substrate creating a space between the cover and the substrate, with the se...	02/28/2006
6972365	Thermal management system and method for electronics system A thermal energy management system is provided having a heat spreading device that is operatively engaged with at least one semiconductor chip and a thermal bus operatively engaged with the heat spreading device so as to transport thermal energy from the heat spread...	12/06/2005
6966361	Bi-level heat sink A bi-level assembly comprises a heat sink, a processor and a power supply. The heat sink includes a base and at least one fin structure attached to the base. The base may be a plate with attached heat pipes or the base may be a vapor chamber. The base is connected t...	11/22/2005
6405792	Compact fluid to fluid heat exchanger The disclosure is for an easily assembled heat exchanger using an internal porous metal pad. The heat exchanger is constructed of two halves attached at their heat transfer surfaces. Each half includes a pan shaped casing, a pad of sintered porous metal, ...	06/18/2002

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Assignee: Thermal Corp.