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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
May. 09, 2008
Jeffrey Russell Bult, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Mehmet Arik, Niskayuna, NY (US);
William Dwight Gerstler, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Yogen Utturkar, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Jeffrey Russell Bult, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Mehmet Arik, Niskayuna, NY (US);
William Dwight Gerstler, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Yogen Utturkar, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for increasing cooling of an enclosure is provided. The component enclosure includes one or more sidewalls defining a volume, the sidewalls are configured to substantially surround a heat generating component positioned within the volume. The component enclosure further includes a synthetic jet assembly positioned adjacent at least one of the sidewalls. The synthetic jet assembly includes at least one synthetic jet ejector having a jet port. The jet port is aligned at least one of perpendicularly, parallelly, and obliquely with a surface of the at least one sidewall. The synthetic jet assembly is configured to direct a jet of fluid through the port at least one of substantially parallel to the surface, perpendicularly onto the surface, and obliquely toward the surface.