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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2022
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Ruslan Nagimov, Redmond, WA (US);
Bharath Ramakrishnan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Husam Atallah Alissa, Seattle, WA (US);
Vaidehi Oruganti, Kirkland, WA (US);
Christian L. Belady, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licesning, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A thermal management device includes a microfluidic volume having a first peripheral side and a second peripheral side and including at least one thermal element, a first port to the microfluidic volume, a second port from the microfluidic volume, an inlet valve at the first port to the microfluidic volume, an outlet valve at the second port, and a valve piezoelectric element in mechanical communication with a portion of at least one of the inlet valve and the outlet valve to move at least the portion of the at least one of the inlet valve and the outlet valve and selectively allow fluid flow through the microfluidic volume.