The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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. 22, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2006
John C. Pflueger, Austin, TX (US);
John C. Pflueger, Austin, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
For transferring heat generated by an electronic device, a component heat exchanger is thermally coupled to the electronic device. A component-side thermal interface is thermally coupled to the component heat exchanger by a heat conductor. A rack-side thermal interface is thermally coupled to the component-side thermal interface to transfer the heat from the component-side thermal interface to a heat exchanger. A thermoelectric cooler (TEC) is thermally coupled in series with at least one of the component-side thermal interface and rack-side thermal interface. The TEC is operable to increase an amount of the heat transferred from the electronic device to the heat exchanger in response receiving an electrical input.