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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
May. 09, 2000
William Harold Scofield, Lombard, IL (US);
Lucent Technologies, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides for an apparatus for removal of thermal energy emitted from at least one electrical component positioned on a circuit board, in which a forced air stream is provided in a direction to flow over the circuit board and toward the at the least one electrical component which includes a rod having an elongated dimension in which the elongated dimension is positioned transverse to the direction of the forced air stream, upstream from the at least one electrical component and spaced apart from a plane defined by the circuit board. The present invention provides for a method for removal of thermal energy emitted from at least one electrical component positioned on a circuit board in which a forced air stream is provided and directed to flow over the circuit board and toward the at least one electrical component which includes the step of providing a rod having an elongated dimension and positioning the rod in the forced air stream with the elongated dimension transverse to the direction of the forced air stream, upstream to the at least one electrical component and spaced apart from a plane defined by the circuit board.