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US 11,778,775 B2Granted
Cooling device and method of manufacturing the same
AssigneeAptiv Technologies AG
InventorsFrank H. Adam, Klaus Kaufmann, Tobias Merten
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Abstract
A cooling device for cooling a plurality of electronic components mounted on a circuit board. The device includes a contact sheet shaped for conforming to the plurality of electronic components and comprising a mating face for mating against the plurality of electronic components and a cooled face. An enclosure is mounted to the cooled face and defines a coolant transport circuit for circulating coolant liquid therethrough. A coupling may be provided for biassing the mating face toward the plurality of electronic components.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a device configured to cool a plurality of electronic components having different heights and mounted on a circuit board, the device comprising:
- a contact sheet formed of sheet metal and conforming to the plurality of electronic components, the contact sheet comprising a bottom face that is three-dimensionally shaped to mate against the plurality of electronic components having the different heights, the contact sheet further comprising a top face that has a surface with varying heights;
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- an enclosure formed of sheet metal and mounted to the top face of the contact sheet, a coolant transport circuit for circulating coolant liquid therethrough being defined by a space between the top face of the contact sheet and the enclosure.
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A method comprising:
- manufacturing a device configured to cool a plurality of electronic components having different heights and mounted on a circuit board, wherein manufacturing the device comprises:
- shaping sheet metal into a contact sheet to conform to the plurality of electronic components, wherein the contact sheet comprises a bottom face that is three-dimensionally shaped to mate against the plurality of electronic components having the different heights, the contact sheet further comprises a top face that has a surface with varying heights;
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- mounting an enclosure to the top face of the contact sheet to define a coolant transport circuit for circulating coolant liquid therethrough in a space between the top face of the contact sheet and the enclosure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.