Nuventix, Inc.

Georgia Tech Research Corporation

Nuveatix, Inc.

Raghavendran Mahalingam

Samuel Neil Heffington

Ari Glezer

Daniel N Grimm

Stephen P Darbin

Lee M Jones

John Stanley Booth

Paul E Pergande

Mark G Allen

Markus Schwickert

Brandon Noska

Ronald Lutz

Robert G Diamond

Carlos Beltran

Samuel Heffington

An illumination deviceis provided which includes a light emitting portion; an LEDdisposed within said light emitting portion; a threaded connector moduleadapted to rotatingly engage said illumination device to a source of electricity; a heat sinkdisposed between said light emitting portion and said connector module; and a synthetic jet ejectordisposed between said light emitting portion and said connector module.

Thermal management of LED-based illumination devices with synthetic jet ejectors

A light source () is provided which comprises (a) a housing element (); (b) a heat sink (); (c) a first flow channel element () which, alone or in combination with said housing element, creates (i) a first set of flow paths () for the flow of fluid in a first direction through the light source, and (ii) a second set of flow paths () for the flow of fluid in a second direction through the light source; (d) a set of synthetic jet actuators () having at least one member and being in fluidic communication with said first set of flow paths; and (e) a set of LEDs () containing at least one member and being in thermal contact with said heat sink.

Light fixture with multiple LEDs and synthetic jet thermal management system

An illumination device (b-) is provided which comprises a housing (b-) equipped with an aperture (b-), first (b-) and second (b-) diaphragms disposed in said housing and in fluidic communication with said aperture, and an LED (b-) disposed between said first and second diaphragms.

A thermal management device () is provided which comprises a synthetic jet actuator () and a heat sink () comprising a fin (). The fin has at least one interior channel () defined therein which has first and second openings that are in fluidic communication with each other. The synthetic jet actuator is adapted to direct a synthetic jet into said channel.

Thermal management of very small form factor projectors with synthetic jets

A synthetic jet ejector () is provided herein which comprises a diaphragm (), a first voice coil () disposed on a first side of the diaphragm, and a second voice coil () disposed on a second side of the diaphragm.

Methods for reducing the non-linear behavior of actuators used for synthetic jets

Thermal management of led-based illumination devices with synthetic jet ejectors

A method for constructing a thermal management system is provided herein. In accordance with the method, a fan () is provided which is adapted to provide a global flow of fluid through the device. A synthetic jet ejector () is also provided which is adapted to augment the global flow of fluid over the surfaces of a heat sink (). The ratio of the flow per unit time of the synthetic jet ejector to the flow per unit time of the fan is selected so as to achieve a desired level of heat dissipation.

Synthetic jet ejector for the thermal management of PCI cards

A thermal management system is provided herein which comprises a synthetic jet ejector () driven by an acoustic resonator ().

Acoustic resonator for synthetic jet generation for thermal management

A thermally managed power source () is provided herein which comprises a first battery module (), and a first synthetic jet ejector () disposed on a surface of said first battery module and being adapted to direct a plurality of synthetic jets along a surface () of said first battery module.

Thermal management of batteries using synthetic jets

An LED assembly is provided herein. The assembly comprises a thermally conductive housing (), wherein a portion of said housing is equipped with a plurality of fins (); an LED () disposed in said housing; and a synthetic jet actuator () adapted to direct a synthetic jet onto said portion of the housing.

Synthetic jet cooling system for LED module

A device, comprising (a) a chamber having a liquid disposed therein, (b) an LED array having a first surface which is in contact with said liquid, and (c) at last one actuator adapted to dislodge vapor bubbles from said first surface through the emission of pressure vibrations.

Thermal management system for LED array

A system is provided herein which comprises (a) a plurality of circuit boards (); (b) a plurality of slots (), wherein each of said slots is adapted to provide power to a circuit board coupled thereto, and wherein each of said circuit boards is coupled to one of said slots; and (c) a thermal management card () disposed in one of said slots, said thermal management card containing at least one synthetic jet ejector.

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Austin, TX, United States of America

Raghavendran Mahalingam