Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical... – For electronic systems and devices
Patent
1999-05-27
2000-10-10
Thompson, Gregory
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical...
For electronic systems and devices
361695, 361818, H05K 720
Patent
active
061308188
ABSTRACT:
An electronic assembly provides fault tolerant cooling for the electrical components of the electronic assembly to prevent premature failure of the electronic components due to overheating. The electronic assembly includes a chassis (20) having an exterior surface (22) and an interior cavity (24), a plurality of heat generating components (26) mounted in the cavity (24) and in heat exchange relation to the chassis (20) to reject generated heat to the chassis (20), and a fault tolerant heat exchanger (28) on the exterior surface (22) in heat exchange relation with the chassis (20). The heat exchanger (28) includes a passive heat sink (30) and an active heat sink (32). The passive heat sink (30) is configured and sized to reject the generated heat of the electrical components (26) at a first rate from the chassis (20) to the environment surround the chassis (20) via radiation and natural convection. The active heat sink (32) includes one or more coolant passages (34) and is configured and sized to reject the generated heat at a second rate from the chassis (20) to a coolant air flow that is flowed through the one or more coolant passages (34), with the second rate being greater than the first rate. The active heat sink (32) includes a conductive thermal path (36) from the chassis (20) to the passive heat sink (30) to reject the generated heat at the first rate from the chassis (20) to the passive heat sink (30) with no coolant air being flowed through the one or more passages (34).
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Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
Thompson Gregory
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