US 2026/0271722 A1Published application

System and method for cooling an electronic device

AssigneeImpact Cooling Inc.

InventorsDavid Hobby, Zachary Gilvey, Todd Bandhauer, John Cliff Denson

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Abstract

Impingement cooling devices include distributor plates having a plurality of injection ports and impingement target plates including a plurality of extraction ports. The plurality of injection ports accelerate a cooling fluid. The impingement target plate is arranged adjacent the distributor plate such that the accelerated cooling fluid is directed onto the impingement target plate and thereafter through the extraction ports. In some examples, an upstream side of the impingement target plate and/or at least one extraction port is provided with a plurality of protrusions configured to increase a conductive surface area of the upstream side of the impingement target plate and/or a conductive surface area within the at least one extraction port. In some examples, a first distributor plate is non-parallel with a second distributor plate and/or a first impingement target plate is non-parallel with a second impingement target plate.

Claims22

Dependent claims

An impingement cooling device comprising:

a distributor plate including an upstream side, a downstream side opposite the upstream side, and a plurality of injection ports extending through the distributor plate from the upstream side to the downstream side;
and
an impingement target plate including an upstream side, a downstream side opposite the upstream side, and a plurality of extraction ports extending through the impingement target plate from the upstream side to the downstream side;
wherein the plurality of injection ports are configured to accelerate a cooling fluid as the cooling fluid passes therethrough from the upstream side to the downstream side of the distributor plate;
wherein the impingement target plate is arranged adjacent the distributor plate such that the accelerated cooling fluid is directed onto the upstream side of the impingement target plate and thereafter through the extraction ports to the downstream side of the impingement target plate;
and
wherein the upstream side of the impingement target plate and/or at least one extraction port in the plurality of extraction ports is provided with a plurality of protrusions configured to increase a conductive surface area of the upstream side of the impingement target plate and/or a conductive surface area within the at least one extraction port in the plurality of extraction ports, respectively.

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