Method and system for using and cooling a portable high-powered laser
AssigneeAcme Solutions LLC
InventorsRobert E. Richard, Jonathan D. Kemp, Emil V. Ardelean
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Abstract
A system includes one or more diodes, a power source, a tank, and a cooling plate. The power source is coupled to the one or more diodes and the tank is operable to store a fluid under pressure. The cooling plate includes one or more channels configured to receive at least some of the fluid stored in the tank and is operable to transfer heat from the one or more diodes to the fluid through the one or more channels.
Claims22
A system for emitting a high-powered laser, the system comprising:
- one or more light-emitting diodes;
- a power source coupled to the one or more diodes, the power source comprising one or more batteries;
- a tank operable to store carbon dioxide at a pressure above 700 pounds per square inch;
- an assembly comprising a valve and a nozzle operable to control a flow of the carbon dioxide from the tank;
- a cooling plate including a plurality of channels, wherein:
- each channel corresponds to at least one diode and is operable to receive at least some of the carbon dioxide stored in the tank;
- the cooling plate is operable to transfer heat from the diode to the carbon dioxide through the channels;
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- a housing configured to encase the one or more diodes, the power source, the tank, and the cooling plate;
- wherein:
- the carbon dioxide is introduced to the assembly as a liquid and is discharged from the assembly to the cooling plate as a solid particulate stream;
- the high-powered laser is operable to generate at least 100 Watts of output power;
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- the system has a weight of less than 45 pounds per 1000 Watts of output power.
A system for emitting a high-powered laser, the system comprising:
- one or more diodes;
- a power source coupled to the one or more diodes;
- a tank operable to store a fluid under pressure;
- a valve operable to control a flow of the fluid from the tank through a nozzle configured to facilitate a phase change of the fluid from a liquid to a particulate;
- and
- a cooling plate comprising one or more channels configured to receive at least some of the particulate, the cooling plate being operable to transfer heat from the one or more diodes to the particulate through the one or more channels;
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- wherein the system has a weight of less than 45 pounds per 1000 Watts of output power.
A method for emitting a high-powered laser, the method comprising:
- generating a laser using at least one diode mounted to a cooling plate;
- releasing a pressurized fluid stored in a tank via a valve operable to control a flow of the fluid from the tank through a nozzle configured to facilitate a phase change of the fluid from a liquid to a particulate;
- directing the particulate through a manifold to a channel of the cooling plate, wherein directing the particulate causes heat transfer between the at least one diode and the particulate;
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- wherein a system comprising the at least one diode, the cooling plate, the tank, the valve, and the manifold has a weight of less than 45 pounds per 1000 Watts of output power.
A system for emitting a high-powered laser, the system comprising:
- one or more diodes;
- a power source coupled to the one or more diodes;
- a tank operable to store a fluid under pressure;
- a valve operable to control a flow of the fluid from the tank through a nozzle configured to facilitate a phase change of the fluid from a liquid to a particulate;
- a cooling plate including at least one channel, wherein:
- the at least one channel corresponds to at least one diode and is operable to receive at least some of the particulate;
- the cooling plate is operable to transfer heat from the diode to the particulate through the at least one channel;
- a housing configured to encase the one or more diodes, the power source, the tank, the valve and the cooling plate;
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- wherein the system has a weight of less than 45 pounds per 1000 Watts of output power.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.