Porous media cold plate
AssigneeThermal Corp.
InventorsJohn G. Thayer, Kevin L. Wert, Mark T. North, C. Scott 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.
Claims17
A heat exchanger for cooling a heat generating device comprising:
- a base having a recess with a base coolant inlet opening and a base coolant outlet opening;
- a porous core positioned within said recess and having a core coolant inlet opening and a 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 porous gasket pinched between said porous core and said lid.
A heat exchanger for cooling a heat generating device comprising:
- a base having a recess with a base coolant inlet opening and a base coolant outlet opening;
- a porous core positioned within said recess and having a core coolant inlet opening, a core coolant outlet opening and defining an inlet plenum and an outlet plenum that are located between said base and said porous core;
- a lid fitted to said base and enclosing said porous core;
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- a porous gasket pinched between said porous core and said lid.
A heat exchanger for cooling a heat generating device comprising:
- a base having a recess with a base coolant inlet opening and a base coolant outlet opening;
- a lid sized so as to correspond to the size of said base, and having an inner surface with a plurality of fins that project outwardly from, and extend longitudinally along said inner surface in spaced apart relation to one another, each of said fins positioned within said recess and including a coolant inlet opening arranged in coaxial relation with said base coolant inlet opening and a coolant outlet opening arranged in coaxial relation with said base coolant outlet opening, wherein two outer most fins of said plurality of fins have an end that is adjacent to a wall portion of said base so as to define said inlet plenum and said outlet plenum;
- a porous core positioned between said fins and within said recess and having a core coolant inlet opening and a core coolant outlet opening;
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- a metal felt gasket pinched between said porous core and said base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.