Thermally conductive periodically structured gap fillers and method for utilizing same
OwnerRoger S. Kempers, Richard T. Lagrotta +3inventors
InventorsRoger S. Kempers, Richard T. Lagrotta, Walter J. Picot, Joseph A. Borowiec, Shankar Krishnan
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Abstract
A method for conducting heat between a heat source and a heat sink includes disposing under a compressive force therebetween a plurality of thermally conducting unit cell structures that mechanically cooperate to form thereby a body structure having an aggregate thermal conductivity that changes in response to a compressive force exerted thereon, wherein an amount of said plurality of thermally conducting unit cell structures disposed therein is selectable to affect thereby a desired aggregate thermal conductivity in response to the compressive force.
Claims24
A method for conducting heat between a heat source and a heat sink, comprising:
- disposing between the heat source and heat sink a plurality of thermally conducting unit cell structures that mechanically cooperate to form thereby a body structure having an aggregate thermal conductivity that changes in response to a compressive force exerted thereon;
- wherein an amount of said plurality of thermally conducting unit cell structures disposed therein is selectable to affect thereby a desired aggregate thermal conductivity in response to the compressive force.
An elastomeric gap filler, comprising:
- a plurality of thermally conducting unit cell structures, mechanically cooperating to form thereby a body structure having an aggregate thermal conductivity that changes in response to a compressive force exerted thereon;
- wherein an amount of said plurality of thermally conducting unit cell structures disposed therein is selectable to affect thereby a desired aggregate thermal conductivity in response to the compressive force.
An elastomeric gap filler, comprising:
- a plurality of thermally conducting unit cell structures, mechanically cooperating to form thereby a body structure having an aggregate thermal conductivity, wherein an amount of said plurality of thermally conducting unit cell structures disposed therein is selectable to affect thereby a desired aggregate thermal conductivity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.