LOCALLY EMBEDDED PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL FOR HEAT SINKS

Abstract: a pcm heat sink comprises a thermally conductive body member having a plurality of pcm-receiving bores defined therein from at last one surface thereof. a plurality of pre-cast pcm rods are disposed in respective bores have a phase change temperature from solid to liquid at or just below a specified maximum operating temperature. a plurality of sealing members is disposed in respective bores to seal the rods in the bores. the sealing members may be plugs or thin disc-like lids that are brazed, welded or otherwise secured to the body member at the bore openings.

Inventor(s): Robert RUFFINO, Matthew SPITZNER, Gregory GORSKI

CPC Classification: F28D20/02 (HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT (fluid heaters having heat generating means and heat transferring means ; furnaces ; details of heat-exchange apparatus of general))

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