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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8109324 | Microchannel heat exchanger with micro-encapsulated phase change material for high flux cooling A microchannel cooler containing a slurry having a particulate liquid/solid phase change material is provided balancing the interdependent factors of microencapsulated particle size with microchannel size and shape and flow conditions for the removal of high heat fl... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8104533 | Spray nozzle apparatus and method of use The subject invention pertains to a spray nozzle apparatus and method of use. The subject spray nozzle can be used to spray atomized fluid. The atomized fluid can then be incident on a heated surface such that heat is transferred from the heated surface to the atomi... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100169 | Spray nozzle apparatus and method of use The subject invention pertains to a spray nozzle apparatus and method of use. The subject spray nozzle can be used to spray atomized fluid. The atomized fluid can then be incident on a heated surface such that heat is transferred from the heated surface to the atomi... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8091614 | Air/fluid cooling system The present invention is an air/fluid cooling system. In one embodiment an apparatus for dissipating heat from a heat-generating device includes a base having a first side configured for thermal coupling to the heat-generating device, an air-based cooling path coupl... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8087452 | Contact cooling device A high performance cold plate cooling device including multiple, relatively thin plates, each having patterns formed thereon that, as arranged within the device, cause turbulence in a fluid passing within the cooling device. Adjacent plates within the cooling device... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8066057 | Flow distributing unit and cooling unit A distributor (1) for distributing a flow of cooling fluid over one or more surface(s) (3) to be cooled has a housing (13) that may be manufactured in a single piece together with inlet (8) and outlet (9) manifolds and a plurality ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8061412 | Cooling structure, heatsink and cooling method of heat generator A cooling structure includes a heat dissipation structure having a heat generator and a heatsink that is adhered through an insulating adhesive layer to at least a surface of the heat generator that faces a cooling fluid and made of a metal foil having the flexibili... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8056615 | Evaporative compact high intensity cooler An evaporative compact high intensity cooler (ECHIC) for transferring heat from a heat source along a heat conduction surface of the heat source with a two-phase coolant, comprises a flow passage labyrinth of flow passages with short conduction paths interrupted by ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8051898 | Water cooling type heat dissipation module for electronic device A water cooling type heat dissipation module for an electronic device includes a base disk, a suction disk, a water guide and a cover. The base has two containing spaces and a plurality of cooling strips in the containing space. The suction base is attached to the b... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051897 | Redundant assembly for a liquid and air cooled module A redundant assembly for an air and liquid cooled module is provided. The redundant cooling assembly comprises an air and liquid cooled module having a cold plate in thermal communication with a side attached auxiliary drawer. The auxiliary drawer houses a heat exch... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8037926 | Method and apparatus for chip cooling In one embodiment, the invention is a method and apparatus for chip cooling. One embodiment of a system for cooling a heat-generating device, such as a semiconductor chip, includes a vaporization chamber for at least partially vaporizing a stream of liquid in a stre... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8011421 | System and method that dissipate heat from an electronic device The electronic system includes an electronic device and a liquid holding section that is thermally coupled to the electronic device. The electronic system further includes an impermeable section that engages the liquid holding section. The impermeable section includ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8006746 | 3-dimensional high performance heat sinks A heat sink having a very high heat transfer capability may be made from a plurality of unit elements. Each unit element includes a series of inlet tubes having a range of diameters and a series of outlet tubes also having a range of diameters. At least one inlet tu... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8002021 | Heat exchanger with internal heat pipe The invention is a heat exchanger transferring heat from a small heat source to a moving fluid. The inherent limitation of such a system is that most of the heat transfer to the fluid occurs only in the immediate vicinity of the heat input even though a large surfac... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7992625 | Fluid-operated heat transfer device Method and apparatus for heat transfer are described. In particular, a heat transfer device includes a housing having input and output ports for ingress and egress of a medium. The housing defines an interior volume with a first portion having pins extending therein... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7992626 | Combination spray and cold plate thermal management system A combination spray and cold plate thermal management system for effectively thermally managing a heat producing device during startup. The combination spray and cold plate thermal management system includes a spray unit thermally managing a heat producing device an... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7992627 | Microjet module assembly Low-pressure drop thermal assemblies, systems and methods of making low-pressure drop thermal assemblies for use in high power flux situations. A manifold body is attached to a distributor to form a subassembly. This subassembly is in communication with a substrate ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7987899 | Micro-structured cooler and use thereof For providing a particularly efficient micro-structured cooler intended more specifically for cooling electronic components, it is proposed to proceed in the following manner to build this cooler: providing a stack of at least two metal foils (1) comprising c... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7971632 | Cooling system for a computer system The invention relates to a cooling system for a computer system, said computer system comprising at least one unit such as a central processing unit (CPU) generating thermal energy and said cooling system intended for cooling the at least one processing unit and com... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7958934 | Counter-stream-mode oscillating-flow heat transport apparatus A counter-stream-mode oscillating-flow heat transport apparatus improves heat transport capability by imparting oscillatory displacement to a fluid located near a heat-generating element such that the fluid is directed toward the heat-generating element. Turning por... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7942195 | Heat dissipation device having a bracket A heat dissipation device (10) includes a first heat sink (20), a second heat sink (30) and a heat pipe (40) transferring heat from the first heat sink to the second heat sink. A bracket (50) includes a first end (51) attach... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7934540 | Integrated liquid cooling unit for computers An integrated liquid cooling unit comprising a liquid pump and a U-shaped flat tube. An adapter rigidly connects and establishes fluid communication between the pump and the tube creating an integrated unit for cooling an electronic chip via a closed loop. Heat is r... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7913747 | Miniature liquid cooling device with two sets of electrodes crossed over one another to drive a fluid A miniaturized liquid cooling device (200) includes at least a heat absorber (20), at least a heat dissipater (30), a droplet generator (40) driving a working fluid circulating between the at least a heat absorber and the at least a heat ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7905275 | Ceramic foam cold plate An exemplary cold plate housing defines an inlet port and an outlet port. A plurality of foam strips are disposed in the housing. Each foam strip suitably has pore size of no more than around 50 micrometers and porosity of at least around 80 percent. The foam strips... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905276 | Method and apparatus for leak-proof mounting of a liquid cooling device on an integrated circuit Apparatus for cooling of an electrical circuit element on an electrical element package, comprising in combination, structure including a hollow body defining a cavity for containing cooling fluid located in heat transfer relation with said element, a rotatably tigh... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7841385 | Dual-chamber fluid pump for a multi-fluid electronics cooling system and method A dual-chamber fluid pump is provided for a multi-fluid electronics cooling system and method. The pump has a first fluid path for pumping a first fluid coolant and a second fluid path for pumping a second fluid coolant, with the first fluid path including a first p... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7836940 | Microchannel cooling device for small heat sources According to the invention, an apparatus for transferring heat with a target is disclosed. The apparatus may include a body which defines a surface, inlet port, inlet manifold passages, heat transfer passages, outlet manifold passages, and outlet port. The surface m... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7832461 | Cooling systems and methods An exemplary cooling method may comprise thermally coupling a network of cooling lines to each of a plurality of heat exchangers in a cooling system. The method may also comprise providing a first connection from a network of cooling lines to a first fluid source an... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7819174 | Heat pipe cooling system and thermal connector thereof A heat pipe cooling system including an evaporator, a pipeline, a working fluid and a thermal connector is provided. The evaporator is connected to a heat-generating element, and the pipeline is connected to the evaporator. The working fluid is injected into a close... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7806168 | Optimal spreader system, device and method for fluid cooled micro-scaled heat exchange A device, method, and system for a fluid cooled micro-scaled heat exchanger is disclosed. The fluid cooled micro-scaled heat exchanger utilizes a micro-scaled region and a spreader region with a highly thermally conductive material and sized to yield high heat dissi... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7766075 | Microchannel heat exchanger A heat exchanger is provided for transferring heat to a working fluid. The heat exchanger comprises a housing having a plurality of grooves formed in a surface of the housing. The grooves have a first end and a second end, and define fluid flow channels. Each channe... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7762316 | Heat-dissipating device with high heat-dissipating efficiency A heat-dissipating device includes a housing, a partitioning member, a finned structure, and a high thermal-conductivity strip. The housing defines an inner space, and has a top surface formed with a retaining groove, and an inlet and an outlet. The partitioning mem... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7753108 | Liquid cooling device A cooling plate of a liquid cooling includes a chamber hermetically defined therein, an outlet, and an inlet. The outlet and the inlet communicate with the chamber for circulating liquid through the chamber. One of the outlet and the inlet is located in the other on... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7694721 | Miniature liquid cooling device having an integral pump A miniature liquid cooling device includes a casing (10) having a base (16) attached on a heat-generating electronic component for absorbing heat generated by the electronic component. The casing includes an outer wall (12) mounted on the base a... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7694722 | Cooling systems incorporating heat transfer meshes Apparatus for cooling of an electrical element package, comprising in combination structure including a hollow body, defining a cavity containing cooling fluid, the structure defining an opening or passage whereby direct contact of the cooling fluid with the package... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7690419 | 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... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7628198 | Cooling technique using a heat sink containing swirling magneto-hydrodynamic fluid A heat sink has a heat spreader structure containing magneto-hydrodynamic fluid. Also, the heat spreader includes a central metallic cylinder and a metal ring screen surrounding the central metallic cylinder. Electrical and magnetic fields induce the magneto-hydrody... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7604042 | Cooling mechanism with coolant, and treatment device with cooling mechanism A processing apparatus is provided with a showerhead for introducing a process gas into a processing vessel, and heaters for heating the showerhead to an elevated temperature. The processing apparatus is provided with a main flow line for a cooling liquid, and a byp... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7597135 | Impingement cooled heat sink with low pressure drop Two embodiments of a heat exchanger assembly for cooling an electronic device are shown respectively in FIGS. 1 and 3 and each comprises a housing, a plurality of high fins, a plurality of low fins, a nozzle plate, an inlet, at least one outlet, a prim... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7584781 | Liquid-cooling device A liquid cooling device includes a base, a housing and a heat exchanger. The base and the housing enclose a chamber which receives the heat exchanger therein. Inlet and outlet for liquid are provided at the housing. The heat exchanger includes stacked flakes. Each f... | 09/08/2009 |
