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Circuit card assembly cold plate
Assignee: Magnavox Electronic Systems Co
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Filing: 1989-04-18
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Granted: 1990-10-23
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Expires: 2009-04-18
Abstract
Abstract Shock mounting and enhanced conductive cooling of electrical components on printed circuit cards are achieved by mounting the non-component surface of the circuit card to a cold plate with a viscous, heat conductive, electrically insulating material sandwiched between the cold plate and circuit card. The cold plate may be an aluminum plate with a thermally conductive, electrcially insulative anodized surface. Typically, the cold plate is attached to a chassis of electrical equipment, or to a similar heat sink.
Inventors
- 👤 Ralph Z. Jorden
- 👤 Ronald S. Lenig
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 01:38
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K7/00; H05K7/20; H05K7/2039; H05K7/20509; H05K1/00; H05K1/02; H05K1/0201; H05K1/0203; H05K1/0204; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/01; H05K2201/0104; H05K2201/0133; H05K2201/02; H05K2201/0203; H05K2201/0206; H05K2201/0209; H05K2201/10; H05K2201/10613; H05K2201/10621; H05K2201/10689; H05K2203/00; H05K2203/03; H05K2203/0315; H05K3/00; H05K3/0058; H05K3/0061; H05K3/30; H05K3/32; H05K3/34; H05K3/3447
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
92 words
In combination with a circuit board having electrical components mounted on one side thereof with electrical component leads extending therethrough, a thermally conductive electrically insulating coating on the surface of the circuit board opposite the side having the electrical components, and a heat dissipating member having a generally flat surface in good thermal contact with the coating whereby heat generated by an electrical circuit component is conducted by the component leads from the component to the coating and then conducted by the coating from the component leads to the heat dissipating member.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
92 words
In combination with a circuit board having electrical components mounted on one side thereof with electrical component leads extending therethrough, a thermally conductive electrically insulating coating on the surface of the circuit board opposite the side having the electrical components, and a heat dissipating member having a generally flat surface in good thermal contact with the coating whereby heat generated by an electrical circuit component is conducted by the component leads from the component to the coating and then conducted by the coating from the component leads to the heat dissipating member.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The combination of claim 1 wherein the heat dissipating member comprises an anodized aluminum plate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The combination of claim 2 wherein the anodiaed aluminum plate has an electrically insulating oxide surface coating about three one-thousandths of an inch in thickness.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
68 words
The combination of claim 1 further comprising a metallic plate of a preferred thickness interposed between a limited portion of the heat dissipating member and a limited portion of the surface of the circuit board opposite the side having the electrical components to maintain the separation therebetween at the preferred thickness, the preferred thickness being sufficient to insure separation between the electrical leads and the heat dissipating member.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The combination of claim 3 wherein a preferred thickness of the anodized aluminum plate is about six hundredths of an inch.
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