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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2007
Michael J. Wayman, Waconia, MN (US);
Michael J. Nelson, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Michael J. Wayman, Waconia, MN (US);
Michael J. Nelson, Prior Lake, MN (US);
ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for dissipating heat through a plurality of fins is provided. The apparatus includes a heat dissipating member composed of metal and having a plurality of fins projecting from a first side of the heat dissipating member. Additionally, the apparatus includes a thermal material within at least one fin of the plurality of fins, the thermal material having a thermal conductivity greater than the thermal conductivity of the at least one fin in a direction normal to the first side of the heat dissipating member. Finally, a thermal spreader thermally coupled to the heat dissipating member, the thermal spreader configured to spread heat across the plurality of fins of the heat dissipating member is included.