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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
May. 25, 2010
Tao Deng, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Todd Garrett Wetzel, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Hendrik Pieter Jacobus DE Bock, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Boris Alexander Russ, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Tao Deng, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Todd Garrett Wetzel, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Hendrik Pieter Jacobus de Bock, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Boris Alexander Russ, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A locking device providing thermal management for an electrical assembly board is described and includes a fluid-permeable member saturated with a fluid and disposed between the electrical assembly board and a heat sink; a pair of locking device substrates substantially orthogonal to the electrical assembly board and the heat sink; and an actuator coupled to at least one of the locking device substrates. The fluid-permeable member is disposed between the locking device substrates. The actuator is configured to compress the fluid-permeable member by at least one of the locking device substrates forcing a portion of the fluid out of the fluid-permeable member and forming at least one fluid contact interface with the electrical assembly board and the heat sink in a reversible process. A method for making a locking device is also described.