Heat exchange – Heat transmitter
Reexamination Certificate
2005-03-22
2005-03-22
McKinnon, Terrell (Department: 3743)
Heat exchange
Heat transmitter
C361S710000, C361S704000, C257S707000, C174S016300
Reexamination Certificate
active
06868899
ABSTRACT:
A variable-height thermal-interface device is provided for transferring heat from a heat source to a sink. The device comprises a first uniaxial rotary cylindrical joint comprising a first cylindrically concave surface in slidable contact with a first cylindrically convex surface. The first cylindrically concave surface and the first cylindrically convex surface share a common first radius of curvature relative to a common first cylinder axis. The first cylindrically concave surface is operable to rotate about the common first cylinder axis relative to the first cylindrically concave surface to compensate for uniaxial angular misalignment between the source and the heat sink.
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Delano Andrew D.
White Joseph M.
Hewlett--Packard Development Company, L.P.
McKinnon Terrell
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