Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical... – For electronic systems and devices
Reexamination Certificate
2008-07-09
2010-11-30
Vortman, Anatoly (Department: 2835)
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical...
For electronic systems and devices
C361S679530, C361S679540, C361S709000, C361S710000, C361S711000, C361S718000, C165S104330, C257S713000, C257S714000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07843695
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus includes a plurality of islands each carrying multiple cantilevers. The apparatus also includes a fluidic network having a plurality of channels separating the islands. The channels are configured to provide fluid to the islands, and the fluid at least partially fills spaces between the cantilevers and the islands. Heat from the islands vaporizes the fluid filling the spaces between the cantilevers and the islands to transfer the heat away from the islands while driving the cantilevers into oscillation. The apparatus may also include a casing configured to surround the islands and the fluidic network to create a vapor chamber, where the vapor chamber is configured to retain the vaporized fluid. The islands and the fluidic network could be formed in a single substrate, or the islands could be separate and attached together by a binder located within the channels of the fluidic network.
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Eickhoff Steven J.
Gu Alex
Yang Wei
Zhang Chunbo
Zook J. David
Honeywell International , Inc.
Munck Carter, LLP
Vortman Anatoly
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