US 12,439,549 B2
Corona discharge powered cooling
Amol Suresh Mulay, Pune (IN); Christopher Cantrell, Jackson, MI (US); Peter Fritz, Dublin (IE); and Armen Baronian, Toronto (CA)
Assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin (IE)
Filed by EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin (IE)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/871,640.
Claims priority of application No. 202111033117 (IN), filed on Jul. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0024941 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01); H01T 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/20172 (2013.01) [H01T 19/00 (2013.01); H05K 7/20145 (2013.01); H05K 7/2039 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermal management system for use with electronic equipment, the thermal management system comprising:
a fluid pathway extending between a heat exchanger and electronic equipment to be cooled; and
an ionic motion generator including an anode spaced from a cathode, the anode and the cathode having a voltage drop sufficient to generate an ionic discharge including a flow of ions between the anode and the cathode, the ionic motion generator being disposed along the fluid pathway so that the ionic discharge generates fluid movement along the fluid pathway,
wherein the fluid pathway forms a closed loop,
wherein the electronic equipment, the ionic motion generator, the heat exchanger and the fluid pathway are contained within a housing,
wherein the cathode defines a through opening with which the anode aligns, and
wherein the through opening defines a path along which the ions flow when discharged from the anode.