Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Shaped heat sinks to optimize flow
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Application No.: US12965454Application Date: 2010-12-10
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Publication No.: US09615482B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Pradeep Chandra Babu Salapakkam , Ri Li , Mehmet Arik , William Dwight Gerstler , Bryan Patrick Whalen
- Applicant: Pradeep Chandra Babu Salapakkam , Ri Li , Mehmet Arik , William Dwight Gerstler , Bryan Patrick Whalen
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, SC
- Agent Jean K. Testa
- Main IPC: F28F7/00
- IPC: F28F7/00 ; H05K7/20 ; H01L23/467 ; F28D21/00 ; F28F3/02
Abstract:
A heat sink with shape-optimized fins provides for improved heat transfer. Synthetic jets create vortices which enhance heat transfer and cooling of downstream fins, while the shape of the fins limits pressure drop in the flow over the cooling fins.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110139429A1 SHAPED HEAT SINKS TO OPTIMIZE FLOW Public/Granted day:2011-06-16
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