US 12,442,712 B2
Liquid cooling system leak detection improvements
Prabhakar Subrahmanyam, San Jose, CA (US); Yi Xia, Campbell, CA (US); Ying-Feng Pang, San Jose, CA (US); Victor Polyanko, Kent, WA (US); Mark Bianco, Redwood City, CA (US); Bijoyraj Sahu, Portland, OR (US); Minh T. D. Le, North Plains, OR (US); Carlos Alvizo Flores, Guadalajara (MX); Javier Avalos Garcia, Zapopan (MX); Adriana Lopez Iniguez, Jalisco (MX); Luz Karine Sandoval Granados, Zapopan (MX); Michael Berktold, Phoenix, AZ (US); Damion Searls, Portland, OR (US); Jin Yang, Hillsboro, OR (US); David Shia, Portland, OR (US); Samer Melhem, Tualatin, OR (US); Jeffrey Ryan Conner, Beaverton, OR (US); Hemant Desai, Gilbert, AZ (US); John Raatz, Chandler, AZ (US); Richard Dischler, Bolton, ME (US); Bergen Anderson, Santa Clara, CA (US); Eric W. Buddrius, Hillsboro, OR (US); Kenan Arik, Hillsboro, OR (US); Barrett M. Faneuf, Beaverton, OR (US); Lianchang Du, Kunshan (CN); Yuehong Fan, Shanghai (CN); Shengzhen Zhang, Shanghai (CN); Yuyang Xia, Shanghai (CN); Jun Zhang, Shanghai (CN); Yuan Li, Shanghai (CN); Catharina Biber, Portland, OR (US); Kristin L. Weldon, Hillsboro, OR (US); and Brendan T. Pavelek, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/133,554.
Prior Publication US 2022/0196507 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. G01M 3/04 (2006.01); G01M 3/16 (2006.01); G01M 3/20 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC G01M 3/04 (2013.01) [G01M 3/165 (2013.01); G01M 3/20 (2013.01); H05K 7/20736 (2013.01); H05K 7/20772 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a cover to enclose a junction between respective ends of first and second fluidic conduits, the first and second fluidic conduits to transport a coolant fluid within a cooling system for an electronic device;
an absorbent layer coupled to a conductive material, the absorbent layer to be located within a region that is enclosed by the cover when the junction is enclosed by the cover, the absorbent layer to absorb leakage of the coolant fluid from the junction and to expand in response to the absorption of the leakage, the conductive material to move when the absorbent layer expands; and
an electrical contact spaced apart from the absorbent layer, the conductive material to contact the electrical contact when the absorbent layer expands, the contact between the conductive material and the electrical contact to trigger an alarm signal.