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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:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles Robert Lamb, Endwell, NY (US);
Kang-Wah Li, Flushing, NY (US);
Elias Papanicolaou, Karlsruhe, DE;
Charles Chaolee Tai, Vestal, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361699 ; 361687 ; 361692 ; 361704 ; 361752 ; 257715 ; 16510433 ; 165185 ; 174 163 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for cooling electronic devices is suggested comprising of a thermally conductive, flexible, non-jointed cooling conduit able to house a coolant. The conduit is passed or pulled through apertures provided on two or more cold plates. The conduit and plates are then placed in thermal communication with the electronic device or assembly to be cooled. The flexibility of the conduit allows the conduit with plates to be rearranged as to conform to the contours of the device to be cooled.