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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 11, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Ryan Elsasser, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

David Charles Olson, Lagrangeville, NY (US);

Brian Werneke, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/0201 (2013.01); H05K 7/1461 (2013.01); H05K 7/20145 (2013.01); H05K 7/20163 (2013.01); H05K 7/20172 (2013.01); H05K 7/20409 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10416 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for providing a stiffener and cooling to a printed circuit board includes a printed circuit board coupled to a top surface of a stiffening cooling structure, where a lower surface of the printed circuit board is opposite the top surface of the stiffening cooling structure. One or more channels of the stiffening cooling structure defined by the top surface of the stiffening cooling structure, a bottom surface of the stiffening cooling structure, and one or more support members, where the one or more support members are positioned between the top surface of the stiffening cooling structure and the bottom surface of the stiffening cooling. One or more apertures in the top surface of the stiffening cooling structure directs airflow from the one or more channels of the stiffening cooling structure to one or more components disposed on a top surface of the printed circuit board.


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