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US 7,607,470 B2Granted
Synthetic jet heat pipe thermal management system
AssigneeNuventix, Inc.
InventorsAri Glezer, Raghavendran Mahalingam, Samuel Heffington
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Abstract
A thermal management system (201) is provided which comprises a first heat spreader (205) comprising a heat pipe material, a plurality of fins (217) disposed on said first heat spreader, and a synthetic jet actuator (209) adapted to direct a synthetic jet between at least a pair of said plurality of fins.
Claims21
A thermal management system, comprising:
- a first heat spreader comprising a heat pipe;
- a plurality of fins disposed on said first heat spreader;
- a synthetic jet actuator which is centrally disposed with respect to said plurality of fins and which is adapted to direct a synthetic jet between adjacent ones of said plurality of fins;
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- a second heat spreader disposed about the exterior of said synthetic jet actuator.
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A thermal management system, comprising:
- a first heat spreader which comprises a heat pipe;
- a second heat spreader which is equipped with at least one rib, wherein said at least one rib is equipped with at least one aperture which extends therethrough;
- a fin disposed on said first heat spreader;
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- a synthetic jet actuator which is equipped with a plurality of jet orifices and which is adapted to direct a synthetic jet from one of said plurality of jet orifices and along a major surface of said fin;
- wherein at least one of said at least one apertures is aligned with at least one of said plurality of jet orifices.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.