Porous media cold plate
AssigneeThermal Corp.
InventorsJOHN THAYER, Kevin Wert, Mark North, C. Schaeffer
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Abstract
A heat exchanger for cooling a heat generating device including a base having a recess with a base coolant inlet opening and a base coolant outlet opening. A porous core is positioned within the recess of the base, and has a core coolant inlet opening and a core coolant outlet opening that are arranged in corresponding relation with base coolant inlet opening and a base coolant outlet opening so as to be in fluid communication. A porous gasket is pinched between the porous core and the base.
Claims29
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A heat exchanger for cooling a heat generating device comprising:
- a base having a recess;
- a porous core positioned within said recess;
- a lid fitted to said base and enclosing said porous core;
- a plurality of coolant openings;
- an inlet plenum defined between said lid, said base, and said porous core, and an outlet plenum defined between said lid, said base, and said porous core wherein said inlet plenum and said outlet plenum are in fluid communication;
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- a gasket positioned between said porous core and an inner surface of said heat exchanger.
A heat exchanger for cooling a heat generating device comprising:
- a base having a recess with at least one base coolant inlet opening and at least one base coolant outlet opening;
- a porous core positioned within said recess and having at least one core coolant inlet opening and at least one core coolant outlet opening;
- a lid fitted to said base and enclosing said porous core;
- an inlet plenum defined between said lid, said base, and said porous core, and an outlet plenum defined between said lid, said base, and said porous core wherein said inlet plenum and said outlet plenum are in fluid communication through said porous core;
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- a gasket positioned between said porous core and an inner surface of said heat exchanger.
A pumped, single phase heat exchanger for cooling a heat generating device comprising:
- a base having a recess;
- a porous core positioned within said recess;
- a lid fitted to said base and enclosing said porous core;
- a plurality of coolant openings;
- an inlet plenum defined between said lid, said base, and said porous core, and an outlet plenum defined between said lid, said base, and said porous core wherein said inlet plenum and said outlet plenum are in fluid communication;
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- a gasket positioned between said porous core and an inner surface of said heat exchanger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.