IP Library Granted Patent US 10,356,958
Granted Patent B2
US 10,356,958 · App. 16/114,934 · Granted Jul 16, 2019

Immersion cooling apparatus

Inventors: Satoshi Inano (Minoh, JP); Minoru Ishinabe (Atsugi, JP); Yukiko Wakino (Sagamihara, JP); Hiroyuki Fukuda (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
H05K7/2079H05K7/20236H05K7/20263H05K7/20272
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Patent No.
US 10,356,958
App. No.
16/114,934
Granted
Jul 16, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An immersion cooling apparatus includes an immersion tank in which an electronic device is disposed and in which a secondary refrigerant is stored, the electronic device being dipped into and cooled down by the secondary refrigerant, a housing in which the immersion tank is disposed and in which a primary refrigerant is stored, the immersion tank being dipped into and cooled down by the primary refrigerant, and a driver that rotates the immersion tank, wherein the immersion tank being rotatably attached to an interior of the housing, the immersion tank having an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface, the inner circumferential surface being positioned facing the electronic device, the outer circumferential surface being positioned on an opposite side of the inner circumferential surface, each of the inner circumferential surface and the outer circumferential surface having a plurality of projections.

Claims (15)

1. An immersion cooling apparatus comprising:

an immersion tank in which an electronic device is disposed and in which a secondary refrigerant is stored, the electronic device being dipped into and cooled down by the secondary refrigerant;

a housing in which the immersion tank is disposed and in which a primary refrigerant is stored, the immersion tank being dipped into and cooled down by the primary refrigerant; and

a driver that rotates the immersion tank, wherein

the immersion tank being rotatably attached to an interior of the housing,

the immersion tank having an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface, the inner circumferential surface being positioned facing the electronic device, the outer circumferential surface being positioned on an opposite side of the inner circumferential surface, each of the inner circumferential surface and the outer circumferential surface having a plurality of projections.

2. The immersion cooling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the projections include a plurality of fins that stir the primary refrigerant and the secondary refrigerant, each of the fins having a flat part.

3. The immersion cooling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the projections include a plurality of swelling parts formed such that parts of the immersion tank swell in a direction toward or away from the electronic device.

4. The immersion cooling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the immersion tank has a cylindrical shape that is symmetric with respect to an axis of rotation of the immersion tank, and

the projections include a plurality of projections arranged on a bottom of the immersion tank in a radial fashion from the axis of rotation.

5. The immersion cooling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the secondary refrigerant has a lower electric conductivity than that of the primary refrigerant.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2025
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 073964/0516 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 27, 2024
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 069454/0333 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2018
From: INANO, SATOSHI; ISHINABE, MINORU; WAKINO, YUKIKO; FUKUDA, HIROYUKI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 046969/0565 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-174188 · Sep 11, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190082556A1 · Mar 14, 2019
Cited By (1)
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