IP Library Granted Patent US 6,874,576
Granted Patent B2
US 6,874,576 · App. 10/202,704 · Granted Apr 5, 2005

Device for cooling electric or electronic devices

Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
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Patent No.
US 6,874,576
App. No.
10/202,704
Granted
Apr 5, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device for cooling electric or electronic devices includes a heat exchanger and a adapter means connected to the heat exchanger via a fluid line for connecting the heat exchanger to the electric or electronic device. The heat exchanger, the fluid line and the adapter means contribute to a closed fluid circuit through which a primary fluid may be driven from an output of the heat exchanger to the device and from the device to the heat exchanger, so that waste heat from the device may be transported to the heat exchanger and there be given off to a secondary fluid.

Claims (12)

1. A device for cooling electric or electronic devices, comprising

a heat exchanger having an output and an input;

an adapter connected to said heat exchanger via a fluid line for connecting said heat exchanger to the electric or electronic device;

said heat exchanger, said fluid line and said adapter forming a closed fluid circuit, conducting a primary fluid driven from said output of said heat exchanger to the device and from the device to said input of said heat exchanger through said closed fluid circuit, causing waste heat from the device to be transported to said heat exchanger and given off to a secondary fluid in said heat exchanger;

a controller and a temperature sensor for regulating a temperature of said primary fluid at said output of said heat exchanger; and

a regulating valve for setting a flow rate of said secondary fluid through said heat exchanger to thereby set the temperature of said primary fluid at said output of said heat exchanger.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein said adapter includes at least two connectors for a connection to the electric or electronic device and a cooling system of the electric or electronic device forms part of said closed fluid circuit in a connected state of said connectors.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein said primary fluid is air and said secondary fluid is a cooling liquid.

4. The device according to claim 3 , wherein said cooling liquid is water.

5. The device according to claim 2 , wherein said primary fluid is air and said connectors are formed to be connected to cooling openings of an air cooled electric or electronic device in a manner sealing to the outside.

6. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising a fan to support a stream of said primary fluid in said closed fluid circuit.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein said fluid line as formed by a flexible tube.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2015
From: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
To: POLARIS INNOVATIONS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 036723/0021 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 8, 2015
From: QIMONDA AG
To: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
Reel/Frame 035623/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 13, 2010
From: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
To: QIMONDA AG
Reel/Frame 023773/0457 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2004
From: GRUNDBACHER, JOHANN
To: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
Reel/Frame 015720/0575 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 101 36 006 · Jul 24, 2001 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20030019611A1 · Jan 30, 2003