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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Leo M Higgins, III, Middleboro, MA (US);
Assignee:
Prime Computer, Inc., Framingham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 81 ; 357 82 ; 165 803 ; 165185 ; 16510434 ; 361383 ; 174 163 ; 62 512 ;
Abstract
A heat sink apparatus for convective cooling of circuit packages or components by direct impinging fluid operation employing a housing having an inlet port and a plurality of radially fluid flow passages communicating with the inlet port with each passage also having an outlet port. A fluid deflection member is supported with the housing in line with the inlet port and is provided with a deflection surface adapted to redirect the fluid flow from the inlet port to the air flow passages.