US 11,890,224 B2
Cooling apparatuses with physically-powered, mechanical coolant pumps
Budy Notohardjono, Poughkeepsie, NY (US); Yuanchen Hu, Wappingers Falls, NY (US); Robert K. Mullady, Ulster, NY (US); Milnes P. David, New Paltz, NY (US); and Levi Campbell, Poughkeepsie, NY (US)
Assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/474,272.
Prior Publication US 2023/0077722 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 7/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/80 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 7/0085 (2013.01) [A61F 2/80 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0029 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0039 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0051 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0056 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a mechanical coolant pump to facilitate pumping a coolant through a coolant loop, the apparatus to couple to an individual and the mechanical coolant pump being physically-powered by a specified movement of the individual to pump coolant;
wherein the coolant pumped by the mechanical coolant pump comprises a liquid coolant, and the liquid coolant is circulated by the coolant loop through a device associated with the individual to cool the device; and
a heat sink to cool the liquid coolant within the coolant loop.