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US 7,478,769 B1Granted
Method and apparatus for cooling electronic components
AssigneeCray Inc.
InventorsGregory W. Pautsch, Adam Pautsch
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Abstract
A spray cooling system includes a spray delivery device and a cooling liquid delivered to the spray delivery device. The spray delivery device includes one or more inlet apertures and one or more corresponding outlet apertures, at least one pair of inlet aperture and corresponding outlet aperture being positioned relative to each so as to form an asymmetric non-uniform density full-cone spray pattern.
Claims15
An apparatus comprising:
- a spray delivery device having a plurality of fluid inlet apertures to deliver a cooling fluid towards a plurality of corresponding outlet apertures, wherein one or more of the plurality of fluid inlet apertures are offset from corresponding outlet apertures such that the cooling fluid passing through the apertures has a full cone spray pattern having an asymmetrical, non-uniform density distribution, wherein at least four fluid inlet apertures of the spray delivery device have a center point therebetween and wherein each of the four fluid inlet apertures is located closer to the center point relative to that fluid inlet aperture's corresponding offset outlet aperture.
A cooling system comprising:
- a spray delivery device;
- and
- a cooling liquid delivered to the spray delivery device, wherein the spray delivery device includes one or more inlet apertures and one or more corresponding outlet apertures, each pair of corresponding inlet apertures and outlet apertures being configured to form an asymmetrical, non-uniform density full cone spray pattern, wherein at least four fluid inlet apertures have a center point therebetween and wherein each of the four fluid inlet apertures is located closer to the center point relative to that fluid inlet aperture's corresponding outlet aperture.
A method comprising:
- delivering a cooling fluid to a spray delivery device;
- and
- positioning an inlet aperture relative to an outlet aperture on the spray delivery device such that the cooling fluid delivered through the spray delivery device forms an asymmetrical non-uniform density full cone spray pattern, wherein at least four fluid inlet apertures have a center point therebetween and wherein each of the four fluid inlet apertures is located closer to the center point relative to that fluid inlet aperture's corresponding outlet aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.