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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1999
Thomas R. Messenger, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Ian Mark Whiting, Tempe, AZ (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
An electronic package (,) designed to be mounted in a space vehicle includes active electronic components that produce heat energy during operation and has a shear plate (,) attached to a heat sink (,). A heat spreader (,) includes an L-shaped plate of thermal pyrolitic graphite encapsulated in aluminum, which has a long arm (,) attached to the shear plate (,) by a heat conductive adhesive and a short arm (,) attached to the heat sink (,) for transferring heat energy from the package (,) to the heat sink (,). Whereby the heat sink (,) and the package (,) produce a dynamic load and the heat sink (,) and the package (,) are designed to carry the dynamic load with the heat spreader (,) providing only thermal enhancement.