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US 2013/0074520 A1Published application
Multi Mode Thermal Management System and Methods
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorsWilliam G. Wyatt, James A. Pruett, Byron E. Short, JR.
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Abstract
An apparatus comprises a cooling structure that includes a first plate, a second plate separated from the first plate, and an inlet adapted to receive a cooling fluid. The apparatus also comprises a first cooling portion coupled to the first plate and adapted to maintain a first temperature. The apparatus also includes a second cooling portion coupled to the second plate and adapted to maintain a second temperature, different from the first temperature.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a cooling structure including a first plate, a second plate separated from the first plate, and an inlet adapted to receive a cooling fluid;
- a first cooling portion coupled to the first plate and adapted to maintain a first temperature;
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- a second cooling portion coupled to the second plate and adapted to maintain a second temperature, different from the first temperature.
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A method comprising:
- directing a cooling fluid through a cooling structure, wherein the cooling structure includes a flow passage, for directing the cooling fluid, extending between first and second separated plates;
- cooling a first mounting interface of a first cooling portion to a first temperature, the first cooling portion coupled to the first plate;
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- cooling a second mounting interface of a second cooling portion to a second temperature, the second cooling portion coupled to the second plate, wherein the first temperature is different from the second temperature.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.