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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2007
Applicant:
Michael J. Wayman, Waconia, MN (US);
Inventor:
Michael J. Wayman, Waconia, MN (US);
Assignee:
ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for spreading heat over a plurality of fins is provided. The apparatus includes a heat dissipating member composed of metal and having a plurality of fins on a first side of the heat dissipating member. The apparatus also includes a plurality of strips of thermal material having a thermal conductivity in a direction parallel to the heat dissipating member higher than a thermal conductivity of the heat dissipating member, the plurality of strips disposed on a side of the heat dissipating member opposite of the first side and configured to spread heat along the heat dissipating member.