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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:
Jan. 16, 2024

Filed:

May. 28, 2021
Applicant:

GM Cruise Holdings Llc, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kaida Chen, San Jose, CA (US);

Zoran Stefanoski, San Francisco, CA (US);

Srinivasa Rao Damaraju, San Francisco, CA (US);

Cathy Yoon, Scotts Valley, CA (US);

Assignee:

GM Cruise Holdings LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H01L 23/473 (2006.01); H01L 23/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20509 (2013.01); H05K 1/0203 (2013.01); H05K 7/20336 (2013.01); H01L 23/473 (2013.01); H01L 2023/405 (2013.01); H05K 7/20254 (2013.01); H05K 7/20872 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various technologies described herein pertain to a heat spreader for an autonomous vehicle computing device. The heat spreader includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and a side surface. The top surface of the heat spreader is thermally conductive. The top surface of the heat spreader includes a section that is sized and shaped to align with a heat generating component (e.g., on a printed circuit board assembly). The top surface of the heat spreader is configured to receive heat from the heat generating component. The bottom surface of the heat spreader includes externally integrated fins. The heat spreader is configured to dissipate the heat from the heat generating component such that the heat from the heat generating component flows from the top surface to the externally integrated fins on the bottom surface.


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