Aircraft signal computer system having a plurality of modular signal computer units
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorSebastian Roering
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Abstract
An aircraft signal computer system includes a plurality of modular signal computer units and a liquid cooling device for cooling the modular signal computer units. The liquid cooling device includes a coolant line, which is connectable to a central liquid cooling system of an aircraft in order to supply a liquid coolant medium at a desired low temperature to the liquid cooling device. The coolant line of the liquid cooling device is in thermal surface contact with the modular signal computer units in order to dissipate heat from the modular signal computer units. A heat-emitting component of the modular signal computer units may be in thermal contact with a coolant bath or an internal heat conductor for removing heat energy.
Claims9
An aircraft signal computer system comprising:
- a plurality of modular signal computer units which are each arranged in a housing, and
- a liquid cooling device for cooling the modular signal computer units, the liquid cooling device comprising a coolant line, which is connectable to a central liquid cooling system of an aircraft in order to supply a liquid coolant medium at a desired low temperature to the liquid cooling device, and the coolant line of the liquid cooling device being thermally coupled with outer surfaces or outer surface sections of the housings of the modular signal computer units in order to dissipate heat from the modular signal computer units,
- wherein a heat-emitting component of a modular signal computer unit is in thermal contact with a coolant bath which is thermally coupled to the coolant line of the liquid cooling device, the heat-emitting component of the modular signal computer unit being in thermal contact with a substrate which on account of capillary action is designed to conduct coolant medium from the coolant bath along a surface of the component.
An aircraft signal computer system, comprising:
- a plurality of modular signal computer units which are each arranged in a housing, and
- a liquid cooling device for cooling the modular signal computer units, the liquid cooling device comprising a coolant line, which is connectable to a central liquid cooling system of an aircraft in order to supply a liquid coolant medium at a desired low temperature to the liquid cooling device, and the coolant line of the liquid cooling device being thermally coupled with outer surfaces or outer surface sections of the housings of the modular signal computer units in order to dissipate heat from the modular signal computer units,
- wherein a heat-emitting component of a modular signal computer unit is thermally coupled to an internal heat conductor which establishes a heat-conducting connection between the heat-emitting component and the coolant line of the liquid cooling device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.