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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
May. 07, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Theron L. Lewis, Rochester, MN (US);
David J. Braun, St Charles, MN (US);
Jennifer I. Bennett, Rochester, MN (US);
James D. Bielick, Pine Island, MN (US);
John R. Dangler, Rochester, MN (US);
Timothy P. Younger, Rochester, MN (US);
Stephen M. Hugo, Stewartville, MN (US);
Timothy Jennings, Rochester, MN (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A heat sink assembly can comprise a heat sink and a shaping element made of a shape memory material. The shaping element is incorporated into the heat sink assembly in an assembly shape. An actuation energy can cause the shape memory material to change the shaping element to an actuation shape, and the actuation shape can produce a thermal coupling shape in the heat sink. A method comprises forming a shaping element, of a shape memory material, into an actuation shape. The method includes re-forming the shaping element from the actuation shape into an assembly shape and incorporating the shaping element in a heat sink assembly that includes a heat sink. In the method, applying an actuation energy causes the shape memory material to change the shaping element from the assembly shape to the actuation shape to produce a thermal coupling shape in the heat sink.