US 11,751,365 B2
Jet impingement manifolds for cooling power electronics modules
Gilberto Moreno, Thornton, CO (US); Sreekant Venkat Jagannath Narumanchi, Littleton, CO (US); Kevin Scott Bennion, Littleton, CO (US); Ramchandra Mahendrabhai Kotecha, Lakewood, CO (US); Paul Philip Paret, Thornton, CO (US); and Xuhui Feng, Golden, CO (US)
Assigned to Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US)
Filed by Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US)
Filed on Oct. 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/84,236.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/062,791, filed on Aug. 7, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/927,252, filed on Oct. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0212242 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01); F28F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/20927 (2013.01) [F28F 3/12 (2013.01); H05K 7/20272 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a block comprising a length in the x-axis direction, a width in the y-axis direction, and a height in the z-axis direction;
a first channel comprising a first opening;
a second channel comprising a second opening and a third opening; and
a fourth opening; wherein:
the length and the width define a first surface and a second surface of the block,
the length and the height define a third surface and a fourth surface of the block,
the width and the height define a fifth surface and a sixth surface of the block,
the first channel is positioned within the first surface and penetrates the block in the x-axis direction to a first depth, and penetrates the block in the z-axis direction to a second depth,
the second channel is positioned within the second surface, passes through the block from the third surface to the fourth surface, and penetrates the block in the z-axis direction to a third depth,
the fourth opening is configured to connect the first channel and the second channel,
the first channel is configured to direct a fluid from the first opening to the fourth opening, and
the second opening and the third opening are configured to receive the fluid from the fourth opening.