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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2022
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Prabhakar Subrahmanyam, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark E. Sprenger, Tigard, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/0203 (2013.01); H05K 7/2049 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10159 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a cooling assembly. The cooling assembly includes a cooling mass; a first heat spreader; a second heat spreader; a spring element; and, hinge components to form a hinge that the first and second heat spreaders rotate about. The spring element to apply a force to the first and second heat spreaders that causes the first and second heat spreaders to rotate about the hinge toward a circuit board located between the first and second heat spreaders.