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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7174721 | Cooling load enclosed in pulse tube cooler A cooling load 90 is enclosed within the envelope of the pressure vessel that contains the working fluid in a pulse tube cooler in a load space 95 adjacent to a regenerator 58 of that pulse tube cooler. Flow-smoothing means 63, which incl... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7176382 | Electrical circuit board and method for making the same A multi-layer circuit board with heat pipes and a method for forming a multi-layer circuit board with heat pipes. The method includes forming channels in a first and second pre-circuit assembly and attaching the first pre-circuit assembly to the second pre-circuit a... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177152 | Collective and restrictive inhalant and radiating device for appliances A collective and restrictive inhalant and radiating device for appliances includes a heat inhaler in a CPU of a computer or other electric appliances, a first heat radiation block connected to the heat inhaler by a pair of first thermic pipes, a second heat radiatio... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177153 | Vehicle drive module having improved cooling configuration An electric vehicle drive includes a thermal support may receive one or more power electronic circuits. The support may aid in removing heat from the circuits through fluid circulating through the support. Power electronic circuits are thermally matched, such as bet... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177148 | Outdoor-installed power conditioner device An enclosure is formed of an outer case and a lid. The outer case includes a first projecting strip portion provided on a top face side of the outer case and on an outer peripheral portion defining an opening, and extending to project outwardly from the outer case, ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177154 | Computer Provided is a computer with a case and a plurality of parts, including heat generating components that generate heat when operated, installed in the case, wherein the case includes a plurality of plates, and heat generated by at least one of the heat generating comp... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173820 | Data center cooling A modular data center, for housing and cooling electronic equipment, includes multiple housings, a first portion of the housings configured to hold heat-producing electronic equipment and a second portion of the housings configured to hold at least one cooling unit,... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173817 | Front side hot-swap chassis management module A modular platform is provided. The modular platform includes a chassis having a front side and a back side, and configured to receive modular platform boards, a plenum associated with the chassis and at least one chassis management module removably disposed in the ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172443 | Electrical connector set An electrical connector set is disclosed to include an electrical connector, which has an electrically insulative housing houses a plurality of metal contact pins, the electrically insulative housing having a dovetail groove at each of two distal ends thereof, and t... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171742 | Method and system for assembling a printed circuit board using a land grid array A device for assembling circuit boards. The device has an upper surface for receiving a compressing force. The device also has a lower surface for compressing a number of compression devices in a land grid array assembly while allowing access to a number of fastener... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173822 | Techniques for providing ventilation and EMI shielding to electronic circuitry using a panel member with brimmed holes A panel member attaches to a frame that supports electronic circuitry. The panel member includes a mounting portion configured to mount to the frame, and a face portion coupled to the mounting portion. The face portion defines a plane and multiple openings within th... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170747 | Plug-in rack A mounting rack for aircraft has one or more rows, which are located one above the other, each having one or more compartments which are located alongside one another, for holding electronics units, with a compartment being designed for independent insertion and wit... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165604 | Fan module for a heat dissipating device A heat dissipating device includes an anchoring frame engaging detachably a supporting seat for anchoring a fin unit between the supporting seat and the anchoring frame. A fan module includes a fan unit mounted on the fin unit, a connecting seat mounted on a fan hou... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167369 | Methods and apparatus for installing a heat sink using surface mount technology A circuit board module includes a circuit board having surface mount pads, a circuit board component mounted to the circuit board, and a heat sink assembly. The heat sink assembly includes a heat sink, a first clip holder and a second clip holder. Each clip holder i... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167368 | Electronic equipment case structure An electronic equipment case structure aims to provide bracing and cooling for an electronic element. The electronic equipment is housed in the case which has a plurality of protrusive sections on the outer side that are spaced from one another at a selected distanc... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167363 | Methods and apparatus for directing an air stream through a circuit board assembly An air stream distribution apparatus directs portions of an air stream, at substantially ambient temperatures, to serially arranged circuit board components of a circuit board assembly. The air stream distribution apparatus splits an incoming air stream into air str... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164580 | Plenum-based computer cooling system A system for using a plenum to cool components of the system is described. The plenum distributes air to local hot spots of the system which are remote from a fan source. A central processing fan, a separate system fan, or an external air source may be used to gener... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7164581 | Modular chassis divided along a midplane and cooling system therefor A chassis divides vertically, with front and rear sections of the chassis joined immediately adjacent a midplane printed circuit board that supports interconnectivity of electronic circuits. Wiring within the chassis is eliminated through directed connections of all... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7164587 | Integral heatsink grounding arrangement An electromagnetic (EM) shielding assembly shields an electronic component mounted on a circuit board. The assembly includes a shielding portion that is electrically conductive and can be mounted adjacent an electronic component that it is desired shield. The shield... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7161801 | Commutate silencer of computer system A commutate silencer of a computer system is described. The commutate silencer of the computer system is installed at the back end of the computer system, and comprises a shield device, a commutate device and at least one partition. The shield device comprises a fir... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158378 | Switch cabinet for a tablet press Tablet press, with an upper housing part for receiving a rotor and comprising pressing tools, a lower housing part with side walls for receiving a drive device for the rotor, servo drives for peripheral apparatus for the tablet press, a switch cabinet for receiving ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158380 | Heatsink for digital video recorder A heat sink assembly for cooling a DVR enabled set-top box. A heat sink is coupled to a chassis of the set-top box as well as to a storage device within the chassis. Heat is transferred from the storage device to the exterior of the chassis to be vented to the exter... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158379 | Device for removing heat from a power connector A heat removal device includes a shroud on a top side of a printed circuit board that contains a power connector. An air intake vent is located underneath the printed circuit board and directs air up through printed circuit board vias into the shroud. Openings are l... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155822 | Connector locking device A locking device for a connector that can be readily adapted to an existing electronics enclosure such as personal computer. Preferably the locking device has one or more sheathing members that form a hollow space for at least partially retaining a connector. The sh... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7157838 | Light emission display arrangements The present invention provides arrangements for electroluminescent displays 10 comprising a packaged semiconductor light emitting element 12 that has a light emitting display side 16. A heat sink 22 is disposed in the region of a rear sid... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154748 | Cooling structure of electronic equipment and information processing equipment using the cooling structure A cooling structure of an electronic equipment includes substrate housing parts, an upstream side duct, a downstream side duct, an exhaust device and an air adjusting part. The substrate housing parts detachably house therein one or plurality of substrate units, and... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7152418 | Method and apparatus to manage airflow in a chassis A method and apparatus to manage airflow in a chassis includes one or more airflow restrictor assemblies disposed adjacent a slot within the chassis. The airflow restrictor assemblies can be set in a plurality of positions between a minimum airflow position and a ma... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7154755 | Power supply assembly A power supply assembly includes a housing having side walls, end walls, and a bottom wall defining a rectangular box with an interior space and an open top. A first dividing wall and a second dividing wall are positioned in the interior space of the housing which d... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151667 | Modular, scalable thermal solution One embodiment of a modular, scalable cooling system includes a core cooling module configured to be thermally coupled to a heat-generating electronic device and a supplemental cooling module configured to be thermally coupled to the core cooling module. A first int... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7150109 | 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... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7147094 | Drive power transmission control device A drive power transmission control device is provided with an electromagnetic drive power transmission device and an ECU for controlling the application of electric current to an electromagnetic coil of the drive power transmission device. The ECU is bodily provided... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149497 | Radio signal receiving device The radio signal receiving device that has an input terminal for inputting an input signal and an output terminal for amplifying the signal inputted to the input terminal and then outputting the signal, comprises an insulating container comprising the input terminal... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149453 | Cooling device for an image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus wherein a flow path for cooling air is formed in a gap between a pair of plates which form a frame of the apparatus, and a unit constituting the apparatus to be cooled by cooling air that flows through the flow path. ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7145775 | Chassis conducted cooling thermal dissipation apparatus for servers A thermal dissipation apparatus for implementing chassis conducted cooling for a server. The apparatus includes a heat sink having a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is adapted to accept a chip thermal interface for a chip. The second surface is... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7142434 | Vehicle drive module having improved EMI shielding EMI shielding in an electric vehicle drive is provided for power electronics circuits and the like via a direct-mount reference plane support and shielding structure. The thermal support may receive one or more power electronic circuits. The support may aid in remov... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7140193 | Rack-mounted equipment cooling A gas distribution unit for use in a rack, that holds rack-mounted equipment that produces heat during operation, includes a housing defining a cavity, an exhaust port in a top wall of the housing, and at least one intake port configured to provide fluid communicati... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142423 | Power adapter with fan assembly A power converter with a fan assembly cools down a temperature of the power converter. The power converter with a fan assembly includes a housing, a plate, and a second plate. The housing includes a fan assembly (which is integral to the housing) to draw in air. The... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139172 | Apparatus and methods for microchannel cooling of semiconductor integrated circuit packages Apparatus and methods are provided for microchannel cooling of electronic devices such as IC chips, which enable efficient and low operating pressure microchannel cooling of high power density electronic devices having a non-uniform power density distribution, which... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139170 | Disk array device In a disk array device for cooling respective sections including a HDD by a fan, drop of cooling efficiency by the difference of conditions of HDD mounted and unmounted sections is prevented and the use of a dummy HDD is deleted/eliminated. A housing contains a HDA ... | 11/21/2006 |
