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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8089768 | Component arragement with an optimized assembly capability The invention relates to a component arrangement. In at least one embodiment, the component arrangement comprises: an electronics module; a heat sink contacted by the electronics module; a printed circuit board, and; a fastening means for fastening the electronics m... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8035973 | Cage having a heat sink device secured thereto in a floating arrangement that ensures that continuous contact is maintained between the heat sink device and a parallel optical communications device secured to the cage A floating heat sink device is provided that attaches to a cage in a floating configuration that enables the heat sink device to move, or “float”, as the parallel optical communications device secured to the cage moves relative to the cage. Because the heat sink... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7990715 | Electrical assembly and fastening assembly thereof An electric assembly includes a heat sink defining a through hole and a notch communicating with the through hole; a circuit board defining a fixing hole; and a fastening assembly. The fastening assembly includes a fastener comprising a stem, a head connected one en... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7969742 | Bracket for mounting heat sink A bracket is used to mount a heat sink to a printed circuit board (PCB). The heat sink can dissipate heat for an electronic component mounted on the PCB. Cantilevers can be detached from the bracket, and replaced by other cantilevers with different sizes to mount a ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7961470 | Power amplifier An RF power amplifier including a single piece heat sink and an RF power transistor die mounted directly onto the heat sink. ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7957134 | System and method having evaporative cooling for memory A system, in one embodiment, may include an in-line memory module with a plurality of memory circuits disposed on a circuit board, wherein the circuit board may have an edge connector with a plurality of contact pads. The system also may include a heat spreader disp... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957147 | Electronic device with circuit board support An electronic device includes a circuit board comprising a first surface and a second surface, a heat sink positioned on the first surface, and a support positioned on the second surface to support the circuit board. The circuit board includes a pair of first locati... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957146 | Illumination device comprising a substrate plate and a heat sink The invention relates to an illumination device (1) comprising at least one preferably ceramic substrate plate (2), at least one luminous element (3) arranged on a front side (A) of the substrate plate (2) in particular at least one light... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7944698 | Mounting a heat sink in thermal contact with an electronic component A heat transfer apparatus comprises a load frame having load springs and an open region that exposes an electronic component. The load frame is mounted to a printed circuit board on which the electronic component is mounted. A heat sink assembly is disposed on the l... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7903413 | Coupling system and method for attaching thermal components in association with a board-mounted integrated circuit A system and method are provided including a first thermal component adapted for thermal communication with an integrated circuit, and a second thermal component adapted for thermal communication with the first thermal component upon engagement therewith. Further pr... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903414 | Air volume control module for vehicular air conditioning apparatus An air volume control module for use with a vehicular air conditioning apparatus includes a circuit board including a control circuit for controlling the rotational speed of the blower of the vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a heat sink connected to the circuit... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7881061 | Mounting device for mounting heat sink onto electronic component An electronic apparatus includes a PCB with a heat generating electronic component disposed thereon, a heat sink, and a mounting device for mounting the heat sink onto the heat generating electronic component. The mounting device includes a mounting frame and a wire... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7872868 | Mounting structure for power module, and motor controller including the same A mounting structure for a power module, in which a power module and a heat sink can be easily separated without additional labor and time and without requiring an extra disassembly space in a product and in which parts are not damaged during the disassembly. In the... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7848088 | Mounting apparatus for power supply A mounting apparatus for mounting a power supply having a first connector on a front side, includes an enclosure, a bracket, and a board. The enclosure includes a rear wall defining an opening for the power supply passing therethrough. The bracket is mounted to the ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7808788 | Multi-layer electrically isolated thermal conduction structure for a circuit board assembly A thermal conduction structure is integrated into a multi-layer circuit board to thermally couple a power electronic device to a heatsink while electrically isolating the power electronic device from the heatsink. The thermal conduction structure includes a stack of... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7800909 | Lamp base having a heat sink A lamp base having a heat sink is connected to a bulb having two electrodes. The lamp base includes a heat sink, a first electrically conductive piece, a second electrically conductive piece, and leads. The heat sink comprises a heat-dissipating base formed with a t... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7760506 | Electronic components, systems and apparatus with air flow devices Electronic components, systems and apparatus including one or more air flow devices, such as an aerodynamic element and/or an air diverter. ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7746646 | Securing device for assembling heat dissipation module onto electronic component A securing device (30) is used for securing a heat sink (10) to a printed circuit board (40) with a heat-generating electronic component (41) mounted thereon. The securing device includes a V-shaped elongated main body (31), a firs... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7746645 | Heat sink assembly having a clip A heat sink assembly includes a heat sink and a clip assembly. The clip assembly includes a clip and a pair of movable fasteners pivotally connected to the clip. The clip includes a main body, two pressing portions extending from two opposite ends of the main body a... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7697295 | Heat sink clip A heat sink clip (30) includes an elongated resilient main body (31) with two spaced barbs (315) at a first end thereof, a first locking member (33) coupled with a second end of the main body and a moveable second locking member (32 | 04/13/2010 |
| 7697294 | Heat dissipation device having an improved fin structure A heat dissipation device adapted for dissipating heat from a heat-generating electronic element, includes a plurality of fins assembled together. Each of the fins has a rectangular body and four arch-shaped flanges extending from edges of the body to form four roun... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7667972 | Connector with a heat sink A connector with a heat sink to prevented a card from being damaged due to friction when the card is inserted or removed includes a frame provided with two guide arms and two elastic members, each guide arm containing two chutes, each chute containing an upper and a... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7613003 | Electrical connector A high voltage electrical connector includes a connector body. A first connector is supported within the connector body. A second connector is supported within the connector body and electrically connected to the first connector. A high voltage circuit protection de... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7606032 | Structural screw secure device for a radiator assembly A structural screw device for a radiator assembly includes a frame and four screw members. The frame with four corners provides at least a leg post with an axial through hole respectively. The respective screw member is inserted into the leg post and the main body o... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7583504 | Cooling assembly A method and apparatus for cooling an electronic application having at least one heat-generating electronic component mounted on a circuit board. A heat transferring heat sink is attached to the circuit board in thermal contact with one heat generating electronic co... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7567438 | Heat sink with precompressed bias member A subassembly of an apparatus, in one example, includes a first body member and a bias member. A fastener extending through the subassembly applies a compression force to the subassembly. A precompression member is engageable with the subassembly and the bias member... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7525803 | Power converter having multiple layer heat sinks A power converter including a printed circuit board (PCB) having a plurality of heat conductive layers configured to sink heat generated by the power converter electronics. Each of these heat conductive layers are comprised of thermally conductive material configure... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7515421 | Electronic device comprising secure heat dissipation A multi-component housing including a housing shell and a housing lid is disclosed. A support plate that is fitted with at least one power electronics component is disposed on a base plate of the housing shell. The housing lid supports a mounting device for fastenin... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7515422 | Electric power converter The present invention provides an electric power converter in which a tip portion of a cooling fin on an air flow inlet side is limited to flow a large quantity of air around a connection portion, where the fin efficiency is high, of a base surface of the cooling fi... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7505273 | Cooling body and rectifier module for an electrical machine A heat sink, in particular for a rectifier unit of an electrical machine has at least one diode opening, and disposed around the at least one diode opening at least partially ring-shaped cooling air openings and at least one mass-increasing raised area, wherein the ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7443680 | Heat dissipation apparatus for heat producing device A heat dissipating apparatus for dissipating heat generated by heat producing device, includes a base, a fin set and an axial fan. The base is secured on the heat producing device. The fin set comprises a plurality of fins arranged on the base; the fins are spaced a... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443682 | Computer system A computer system includes a chassis (10), a securing panel (30), a motherboard (20), and a heat sink (40). The chassis includes a plate (12) having at least one positioning post (14) extending upwardly therefrom. The securi... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443683 | Cooling apparatus for electronic devices In accordance with certain embodiments, a heat sink has a mounting base, a core structure extending outwardly from the mounting base, and a plurality of fins extending outwardly from the core structure in a direction parallel to the mounting base, wherein the core s... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443023 | High capacity thin module system Flexible circuitry is populated with integrated circuitry disposed along one or both of its major sides. Contacts distributed along the flexible circuitry provide connection between the module and an application environment. The circuit-populated flexible circuitry ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443678 | Flexible circuit board with heat sink A novel flexible circuit board with heat dissipation ability is provided. The flexible circuit board includes a heat sink and a heat spreader having at least one circuit substrate mounted thereon. The heat spreader has a first lower surface and a first upper surface... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443684 | Heat sink apparatus The present invention relates to a heat sink apparatus, which discloses that by using a meshed member as a heat sink member, the heat-sinking efficiency will be enhanced owing to increased surface areas. Furthermore, a first linear member is made to contact with a s... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440283 | Thermal isolation devices and methods for heat sensitive downhole components A device for isolating a heat sensitive component includes a heat sink positioned adjacent to the heat sensitive component. The heat sink has a stepped thermal response to an applied heat. The heat sink may include two or more thermally decoupled masses. Thermal dec... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436670 | Heat sink retaining device A heat sink retaining device for attaching a heat sink on a chip unit is provided, which includes a retaining component and a rotating component. The retaining component is locked to the heat sink in a state of pressing by a hook portion thereof, and the rotating co... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436671 | Retention module for a heat sink A retention module (10) for securing a heat sink (20) to a printed circuit board (30) includes a pair of carriage arms (12) separated by a space and a connecting wall (14) interconnecting opposite rear free ends of the carriage arm... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7430120 | Induction lighting system An improved induction lighting system is presented where the electronic power supply device powering the induction lamp is insulated and an extensive set of heat sink fins is provided to control the temperature of the power supply. Reduction of power supply device t... | 09/30/2008 |
