Controlling the temperature of an object
AssigneeTeradyne, Inc.
InventorsLarry W. Akers, Nathan Blosser, Brian S. Merrow
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Abstract
An apparatus for controlling the temperature of an object, comprises: a housing comprising: a cavity adapted to accept an object, an air inlet configured to allow air to flow into the cavity, and an air outlet configured to allow air to flow out of the cavity; and a nest configured to hold the object within the housing such that the smallest planar dimension of the object is substantially aligned with the smallest planar dimension of the cavity; wherein the nest and housing are adapted to direct air flow from the air inlet, substantially in parallel across at least one surface of the object and in the direction of the smaller dimension of the at least one surface, to the air outlet.
Claims16
An apparatus for controlling the temperature of an object, comprising:
- a housing comprising:
- a cavity configured adapted to accept the object, with the cavity comprising a first planar dimension and a second planar dimension, with the first planar dimension of the cavity being smaller than the second planar dimension of the cavity;
- wherein the object comprises a first planar dimension and a second planar dimension, with the first planar dimension of the object being smaller than the second planar dimension of the object;
- an air inlet configured to allow air to flow into the cavity;
- and
- an air outlet configured to allow air to flow out of the cavity;
- and
- a nest configured to hold the object within the housing such that the first, smaller planar dimension of the object is substantially aligned with the first, smaller planar dimension of the cavity;
- wherein the nest and the housing are configured to direct air flow from the air inlet, across at least one surface of the object and substantially in parallel with the first, smaller planar dimension of the object, to the air outlet.
An apparatus for controlling the temperature of an object, comprising:
- a housing comprising:
- a cavity configured to accept the object, with the cavity comprising a first planar dimension and a second planar dimension, with the first planar dimension of the cavity being larger than the second planar dimension of the cavity;
- wherein the object comprises at least one surface with a first linear dimension and a second linear dimension, with the first linear dimension of the at least one surface of the object being larger than the second linear dimension of the at least one surface of the object;
- an air inlet configured to allow air to flow into the cavity;
- and
- an air outlet configured to allow air to flow out of the cavity;
- and
- a nest configured to hold the object within the housing such that the first, larger linear dimension of the at least one surface of the object is substantially aligned with a diagonal of the first, larger planar dimension of the cavity;
- wherein the nest and the housing are configured to direct air flow from the air inlet, across the at least one surface of the object and substantially in parallel with the second, smaller linear dimension of the at least one surface of the object, to the air outlet.
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