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US 2016/0105992 A1Published application
Apparatus for cooling and mounting a circuit board
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsAndrew Louis Krivonak, Mark Allen Murphy
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided that includes a housing for an electronic device. The housing includes a plurality of side walls and a removable exterior housing panel. A circuit board is mechanically attached to a first side of the panel, which faces an interior of the housing when the panel is secured to the plurality of side walls. The panel is made from a heat-conductive material to conduct heat from the circuit board to the panel and exterior environment.
Claims20
An assembly for an apparatus, comprising:
- a panel formed from heat-conductive material, comprising:
- a panel body having a first surface and a second surface separated by a thickness of the panel body, wherein the first surface includes a plurality of fins, and the second surface includes a plurality of protrusions and a rail;
- and
- a connector mount extending away from the panel body;
- a circuit board of an electronic device mechanically attached to the second surface of the panel;
- a connector mechanically attached to the connector mount;
- and
- a wire harness coupling the connector and the circuit board, wherein the wire harness at least partially extends along the rail on the second surface.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a housing for an electronic device, the housing having at least a plurality of sidewalls and a panel, the panel being a removable exterior housing panel;
- and
- a circuit board mechanically attached to a first side of the panel, the first side facing an interior of the housing when the panel is secured to the plurality of sidewalls,
- wherein the panel is a heat-conductive material to conduct heat from the circuit board to the panel.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- an electronic device;
- and
- a housing for the electronic device, the housing having a plurality of sidewalls, a removable front panel, and a removable panel assembly;
- wherein the removable panel assembly includes:
- a panel of heat conductive material having a first side and a second side separated by a thickness of the heat-conductive material, wherein the first side includes a connector mount, a plurality of mounting bosses, a plurality of thermal bosses, and a harness rail, and the second side includes a plurality of fins;
- a circuit board mechanically attached to the first side of the panel via at least a subset of the plurality of mounting bosses, the plurality of thermal bosses compress a thermal interface material against the circuit board, when attached, to conduct heat from the circuit board to the panel;
- a connector terminal mechanically attached to the connector mount;
- and
- a wire harness coupling the connector terminal to the circuit board, the wire harness being secured to the harness rail.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.